Chapter 2520

Every Haihan person who has been to Sanya will be proud of the fact that their country has built such a spectacular and prosperous capital from scratch on the island. Tao Hongfang and others have lived in Sanya since they were children, and they are very concerned about the rapid development and changes of this city.

They have personal feelings. As descendants of high-ranking Haihan officials, they have been indoctrinated since childhood and regard themselves as the masters of this city. And they can hear a foreigner speaking Haihan Mandarin far away from Sanya.

Praising Sanya's construction achievements is also a quite novel experience for them.

Peter was obviously a very qualified businessman. While he was talking, he was also observing the reactions of Tao Hongfang and others. From the barely concealed smiles of these young people, he could confirm that his guess was basically correct.

The young people are most likely from Sanya. And that is where the most important people from Haihan are concentrated. Looking at the ages of these young people, they are probably the children of powerful people with prominent backgrounds.

Pete said excitedly: "To be honest, I haven't received a guest from Sanya for a long time. I'm glad that you can come to my hotel today! If possible, I hope you can share Sanya with me.

I really miss that beautiful place."

This is of course a topic that young people are happy to discuss. Tao Hongfang and others also shared with Peter the construction achievements of the Sanya area in the past two years. For example, the recently completed Yulinjiao Lighthouse is not only more beautiful than it was more than 20 years ago.

The old lighthouse was more than twice as tall and equipped with a new bull's-eye lens, allowing the light from the top of the lighthouse to shine farther out to sea.

The Tiandu River dredging project, which lasted for five years, has also come to an end. Now, small ships with a displacement of less than 40 tons can travel upstream along the Tiandu River directly to the inland industrial areas, which greatly eases the congestion of railway lines.

Freight pressure.

Of course, the most boastful project is the airport located west of Sanya. This airport, named "Phoenix", is still a scientific research institution and is closely guarded by the army. Although it is not open to the outside world, it has been used by the people of Sanya.

It is regarded as a "miracle" to a certain extent. When the weather is fine, you can occasionally see aircraft taking off and landing here. At this time, people will kneel down to worship, thinking that this is the "Heavenly Official coming to the world".

Evidence of the governance of Haihan by the Incarnation Executive Committee.

"Plane! I saw an article about it in the Times, but I can't imagine what kind of machine it is that can take people to the sky!" Pete responded with excitement: "Wait until I return to Sanya next time

, I must go and see its true face!”

Tao Hongfang smiled and said: "Perhaps some time in the future, an airport will be built nearby, and you will be able to see airplanes here."

Peter came back to his senses and nodded in response: "Master Tao is right, Haihan has decided to move the capital to Hangzhou. If there is something in Sanya, there will definitely be something in Hangzhou in the future!"

After chatting about Sanya, the relationship between the two parties has become warm. Peter also struck while the iron was hot and took the initiative to introduce the situation of this business store.

The establishment of an office in Zhoushan by the Dutch East India Company can be traced back nearly twenty years ago. However, at that time Haihan still maintained strict control over the business activities of Western merchants in this area and did not allow the Dutch to operate in Dinghai Port.

Build a large store.

It was not until about fifteen years ago that Haihan basically controlled the situation in Northeast Asia through the Golden State Talks, and then began to gradually loosen restrictions on Western merchants and allow the East India Company to expand its business scale in Dinghai Port.

The Dutch, who had long been hungry and thirsty, immediately invested heavily in a large piece of land in the most prime location of Dinghai Port, and spent two years building this large commercial warehouse covering an area of ​​100 acres to replace the

Tai Yuan Port in Taiwan has little development prospects in the trade field.

After this business warehouse was put into use, the trade volume between the East India Company and the Ming Dynasty immediately tripled, and the considerable profits it brought made the Dutch increase their subsequent investment without hesitation.

Not only were many capable people sent from Batavia, but they also followed local customs and changed the decoration of the store to a Chinese style that would make it easier for customers to favor it.

Peter followed his parents to Sanya when he was very young and lived there for a long time. Not only did he learn authentic Haihan Mandarin, but he also had a relatively in-depth understanding of Haihan's customs and social structure.

Therefore, after he became an adult, he naturally engaged in diplomacy and foreign trade related work.

Before he was transferred to Zhoushan, he had worked for the East India Company's official agency in Sanya for two or three years. Five years ago, he was entrusted with an important task and went to Zhoushan to replace the previous store manager who retired in old age.

Although Peter was young, with his understanding of Haihan and his impeccable communication skills, he achieved results quickly after taking office. He successively purchased several batches of highly profitable and in-demand commodities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, thus winning Bada's reputation.

Via's recognition. Just after the half-year inspection period, he was officially appointed by the company's board of directors as the person in charge of the Zhoushan Trading Post, and was fully in charge of the East India Company's various trade affairs in the East China Sea region.

This means that Pitt can make decisions on his own in all trade matters without consulting Batavia. This power allows him to mobilize supplies, funds, personnel and ships in the East China Sea, and represent the East India Company with

Haihan or other countries sign various commercial agreements, and the scope of their authority is quite large.

But even so, Pitt was not satisfied with the status quo and did not intend to stop in the field of trade. In his view, if he could manage to make friends with important figures in the high-level Haihan and establish reliable personal relationships, then the East India Company would be able to expand its presence in East Asia.

His business interests will also have a lot of room for development, and this also means that he can have more wealth and greater authority.

Therefore, in the five years since Peter took office, he has been trying every means to build a network of contacts and has established good relationships with officials from Shi Diwen's lineage. However, Shi Diwen is only a local official after all, and his influence on Sanya is still relatively small.

Limited. And Sanya is too far away from Zhoushan. Even if Peter wanted to run it, it would be beyond his reach.

Today, I heard from the waiter that some noble-looking out-of-towners had arrived, so Peter planned to come and meet them. If there were any fish, he would catch them first. Unexpectedly, these young people came from Sanya.

Peter became curious about their true identities, so he naturally wanted to test them out.
Chapter completed!