Chapter 1749 All for profit

Although the landscape avenue is wide enough for several carriages to travel side by side, Haihan still underestimated the current prosperity when he originally designed this main road, and did not remind businesses to leave enough space on both sides of the main road.

There is a wide space to park vehicles such as cars and horses. Even if this rule is enacted now, businesses may not be willing to free up the valuable land for parking lots, so they can only make do with it for now.

As soon as it's time for dinner, some of the street-side restaurants with good business inevitably have distinguished guests coming in and out. The carriages, sedans, and rickshaws at the door are all mixed together, which can easily block the road in the absence of clear guidance. This is the situation today. These

After the coachman and sedan bearer dropped off the passengers at the door, they wanted to take a seat nearby and wait to pick up the passengers, so naturally they were quickly blocked by the roadside.

However, at this time, the nearby patrol police had arrived and began to instruct the coachmen and bearers at the entrance of the restaurant to clear their seats, trying their best to restore traffic to the landscape avenue. The coachmen and bearers, who had already been quarreling over their row positions, had to stand in front of the patrolmen.

Under the scolding, they quickly moved away their food and household items. To do this business in the local area, they have to register at the police station and obtain a special license before they can open their business. The purpose of picking up and dropping off customers is to fight for seats, but if they offend the police

, if the license is revoked for a few days, then there will really be no food left.

The reason for this situation is actually very simple. More and more people are pouring into Sanya, and most of them are ordinary people with no special skills. If you want to make a living in Sanya city, you have to drive cars and lift sedans.

Errands like this are indeed very profitable, and they also require hard work. At the end of the day, they can earn at least 20% more than the laborers on the dock.

But after such an income gap emerged, some people who originally worked as laborers at the port also wanted to switch to higher-paying jobs, so the transportation industry soon began to become saturated. There were more sedans and rickshaws than two years ago.

The number has more than doubled, and even the more expensive box-type horse-drawn carriages now have sixty or seventy in urban Sanya.

Although these privately operated carriages charge higher fees, they are the best means of transportation for many people who care about face. After all, the leaders of Haihan also use this kind of carriage when traveling. Who doesn’t want to go out by themselves?

Did the same kind of pomp and circumstance exist at that time? In addition to the official official carriages equipped by various departments of Haihan, as well as the carriages purchased by wealthy businessmen, there are at least more than 300 carriages in the entire urban area. At this meal today

On the scenic avenue alone, there may be hundreds of horse-drawn carriages coming and going, so it is naturally easy to become jammed.

However, when the municipal departments noticed this situation and began to realize that the inventory of transportation vehicles must be controlled at a certain level, it was actually a little late. Issuing license plates on the road is one of the control measures, which can at least bring this originally chaotic situation to a certain level.

industries are brought under the direct management of municipal departments.

However, there is still no clear solution as to whether this industry should be handed over to the management committees of Shengli Port and Sanya Port, or whether it should be managed vertically by the Ministry of Transport. After all, after management fees have been charged for this industry,

For the competent authorities, it is a direct benefit that cannot be ignored.

Although municipal administration and transportation are not Qingshui Yamen, they will not ignore inputs such as transportation in Sanya. Having said that, who would dislike their income being too much? Except for about half of the management fees paid by these practitioners

In addition to being turned over to the national treasury, the remaining part is put into the small treasury of the competent department in the name of "operating funds", and is distributed to people in the name of filial piety during the holidays.

Of course, with the climate in Sanya, there is no need to pay for the fire. It is just a name to pay. Although Haihan is a new regime, the benefits that each yamen should have, in fact, the rules are similar to those in the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is municipal administration or transportation, the supervisor

Officials all want their subordinates to enjoy better benefits, so the issue of the management ownership of these practitioners is still unresolved. The executive committee has not given clear instructions yet, and only the management fees collected will be unified first.

Supervision and handling by the Ministry of Finance.

When Fei Cexian got out of the car, the sharp-eyed patrol officer had already noticed the Haihan flag hanging on the carriage. Those who could ride on the carriage with the national flag were either senior officials of their country or diplomatic envoys, even those who were extremely wealthy.

The businessman did not have this qualification either. Therefore, a patrol officer immediately stepped forward to guide Fei Cexian and clear the way to prevent this distinguished guest from being affected by the street congestion.

Fei Cexian was accustomed to such courtesy. Although senior officials from Haihan often embarrassed him in diplomatic situations, in fact, in public, the treatment Fei Cexian enjoyed as a diplomat was quite good.

There are cars to pick you up and drop you off in and out, and there are so-called "office expenses" specially allocated by Haihan every month. As long as you show your identity outside, ordinary people will also give you 10% respect. As for public servants like the police, in the

After knowing his identity, he will take the initiative to take care of him and make it as convenient as possible for him.

When Fei Cexian was on duty in the capital, although he had an official status, his treatment might not be as good as here. A signboard fell down in the capital and hit ten people, and probably half of them were officials. He, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zuo Si,

, he is just an ordinary member of the thousands of officials in the capital. If you want to enjoy the treatment of someone outside, you will probably have to stay in the officialdom for twenty years before you have the chance.

But in Sanya, as a diplomat, you are automatically superior to others and can enjoy corresponding special treatment. This is one of the main reasons why Fei Cexian likes Sanya.

Being able to get clearing treatment from the patrol immediately attracted the attention of many passers-by. Fei Cexian, who had just been hit at an arms exhibition, finally regained a little confidence in this environment - after all, in the hearts of ordinary people

, he still belongs to a superior existence.

However, this kind of vanity did not last long, because people who can enjoy such treatment are not uncommon in Sanya. He soon met another man who was cleared by the patrolman, and this man had just been there not long ago.

After taking a look, it was none other than the Dutch envoy Su Keyi who left the arms exhibition early.

Su Keyi also saw Fei Cexian almost at the same time, and took the initiative to clasp his fists and bow. Of course, Fei Cexian couldn't pretend not to see it, so he quickly stopped and returned the courtesy.

"Why didn't Mr. Fei stay for the dinner?"

"It's not enough to say anything... Didn't Mr. Su leave the venue early too?"

The two asked each other, and then laughed in a tacit understanding. In the diplomatic world, they did have similar situations in Sanya. They both faced targeted suppression by Haihan. It can be said that they have been betrayed in the past two days.

The two people who are the most angry.

As for why they left the venue early, both of them tacitly understood it. This was not only a way to vent their personal emotions, but also a way to express their dissatisfaction to Haihan officials. It may seem impulsive to outsiders, but those involved understood that this was a last resort.

In short, if you don't take the initiative to leave, you may have to continue to face the harshness of Haihan's senior officials. Since you don't have the confidence to break up, you can only choose to avoid it actively, which will at least leave a little buffer.

Both of them are diplomats with certain experience. Naturally, they don't need to waste time explaining this method. They both understand the difficulties of the other. Although the countries they represent do not have any friendly relations at all,

But at least at this moment, they found common ground in their attitudes towards Haihan.

"It's better to meet by chance than to invite. Since it's fate to meet Mr. Fei here, why not have a casual meal together?" Su Keyi took the initiative to extend the invitation.

Fei Cexian wanted to decline politely, but then he thought that the Dutch envoy might have some unique information to exchange. Even if there is no gain in this regard, if he can find an ally with similar interests for Ming Dynasty overseas, that would be great.

Very valuable.

There is no history of friendly exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands. After the Dutch settled in Penghu in 1604, they also spent a lot of effort to get the Ming Dynasty to open the country and grant them trade privileges. However, Shi Dezheng, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province at the time, refused the Dutch.

demands and asked them to withdraw from Penghu.

In 1622, Governor Cohen of Batavia sent twelve ships to raid Macau in an attempt to seize the port from the Portuguese, but suffered two defeats in Macau. This fleet later detoured to Penghu and occupied the area.

They also captured 4,000 Ming people as slave labor and built fortresses such as Hongmucheng there. At that time, the two governors of Fujian, Shang Zhou Zuo and Nan Juyi, expressed a tough attitude towards them. Finally, the commander-in-chief Yu Zigao and

The garrison king Mengxiong led his troops to attack, and after seven months of hard fighting, Penghu was recaptured, and the captured Dutch general Gao Wenlu and others were escorted to the capital and beheaded.

After the Dutch retreated to Tai Yuan Port in Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty stopped pursuing them. Later, the Fujian Strait gradually turned into a battlefield for confrontation between Shiba Zhi and the local government headed by Xu Xinsu, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost control.

The ability to control this area. But historically speaking, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands was indeed not harmonious.

However, more than ten years have passed since the Battle of Penghu. Now the Netherlands can no longer threaten the security of the Ming Dynasty. The armed forces occupying Penghu have changed from the Dutch to the Eighteen Zhi, and from the Eighteen Zhi to the

After conquering the Hai Han people, one group became stronger than the other, and the Fujian garrison became a local force ruled by warlords, with no intention of regaining Penghu. Now for the Ming Dynasty, there is only one real threat on the long coastline, and that

It is the Haihan Kingdom that is still expanding externally.

Under the threat of Haihan, it seems that the Netherlands, which had old grievances in the past, has become a partner on the same front. Although Fei Cexian also knows that his idea is a bit too one-sided, it is indeed a country that is now willing to stand with the Ming Dynasty.

There are very few of them anymore, and even North Korea, the once loyal servant, has a tendency to turn into a white-eyed wolf. Since even the vassal countries have the possibility of changing their faces, why can't the old grudges from more than ten years ago be resolved?

"Master Su is so polite, so I'd rather be respectful than obey your orders!" Fei Cexian quickly made a decision and agreed to the other party's invitation.

Since Su Keyi took the initiative to invite him, he had the intention of being a host and invited Fei Cexian to dine at a nearby Cantonese restaurant. However, when the two of them arrived at the restaurant, they were told by the shopkeeper that there were no tables for the time being. If you were willing to wait a while,

Then you can first listen to a book in the lobby on the ground floor, and then arrange for them when there are seats.

Although the two of them had special status, they were not noble enough to allow the store to ask customers to make room for them without making reservations. At that moment, they were a little hesitant to find another restaurant. The shopkeeper noticed his words and took the initiative to introduce: "Two of them."

If you are willing to wait, the store can give you a pot of new tea that was just delivered from Zhejiang this month. Moreover, today the storyteller is talking about the Battle of Manila, and there is news from the military, which cannot be heard anywhere else."

In fact, there are storytellers here in Sanya who have been interpreting the books about the Battle of Manila for a long time. However, some people’s books are adapted from newspaper news, some are pure jokes, and some are mixed with true or false stories.

The news has its own way of doing it. As diplomats, Fei Cexian and Su Keyi were naturally particularly concerned about the news about the Battle of Manila. They had heard several versions of the interpretation before, but since the shopkeeper claimed to have exclusive

After hearing the news, the two decided to sit down and listen.

At that moment, a waiter came over and led them to sit down in the lobby, and then quickly brought them a pot of freshly brewed green tea and two plates of snacks. Although the tea and snacks were given by the store, Su Keyi still took the initiative to pay and reward the waiter.

Second, the waiter received the money and thanked Su Keyi with a smile. He walked around and brought a few newspapers over, asking the two of them to kill some time first. The storyteller would come out soon.

Fei Cexian took a sip of tea. It was really not the kind of broken tea that is used to treat ordinary tea drinkers, but genuine Dongting green tea. If you pay for it yourself, then this pot of tea will cost at least two or three yuan.

The shopkeeper was quite discerning and was willing to bring out the good things to entertain the guests.

Su Keyi also praised the tea after taking a sip, jokingly saying that he could buy a few taels of tea from the store after the meal. This was of course a joke, but judging from the quality of the tea provided by the restaurant, this restaurant

The store is indeed willing to spend money.

Not long after, the storyteller in the store came out and sat down at the exclusive seat in the center of the store. He wiped his hands with a hot towel, took two sips of tea to moisten his throat, and then woke up and started his performance: "General.

He was born with courage and boldness, with a wild goose feather sword in the autumn water across his waist, the wind blowing with drums and mountains and rivers, and the lightning flashing flag rising high in the sun and the moon! Today I will tell you the story of our country’s army marching to Luzon and conquering the city of Manila!”

Fei Cexian's face darkened after hearing this opening poem, and he almost dropped his glass.
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