Chapter 2708

After listening to Tao Hongfang's explanation, Zhu Zian realized that his previous idea was too simple. Haihan's purpose in intervening in this matter was not just to use it as an exchange for delimiting the exclusive economic zone in Busan, but to

Through commercial means, it annexed the special commercial entity of Tsuima in the field of trade.

This matter is difficult to say. It seems that it took only a few days to basically complete it. But it is not easy to say it is easy. It still requires the right time, place and people.

The North Korean official's initiative to ask for help, the armed fleet that coincides with the meeting, a group of young officials who dare to think and act, and the influence they have gained in this region through long-term management. These factors are all indispensable and can be transformed through negotiations.

The final result was achieved only after the pressure was exerted on Tsushima.

However, the actual impact this will have on the trade situation in this region may take several years to slowly become apparent. Even the young officials on the ship who are personally involved in it are hard to imagine at this time.

The situation after the New Year. Therefore, they did not feel much joy at making a great achievement at this time. They only felt that this was just a temporary task to be done, and their attention had been transferred to the next destination.

Compared with the previous stops, the place they are going to next is more attractive to most of them. Sasebo Bay, located more than two hundred miles south of Tsushima Island, is currently Haihan’s only place in the Japanese archipelago.

The colonial area also functions as a military base. Of course, this is also true in reverse. Haihan stationed in Sasebo Bay was originally intended to build a military base, and later gradually increased the scale of colonization in the area.

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Haihan has been interested in Sasebo Bay for a long time. As early as 1633, when Chen Yixin led a team north to inspect the western part of the Japanese archipelago and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, he made a field trip to Sasebo Bay. As for this place, which is wide on the inside and narrow on the outside, he has

Haihan had long been interested in occupying the deep-water port with a natural barrier. However, at that time, Haihan's development focus was on the northern coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and he had no time to set up a base in Japan. He could only include it in the Ministry of National Defense's plan to build overseas military bases.

Candidate locations.

After entering the 1740s, as Haihan gradually controlled the coastline of the East Asian continent, trade and cultural exchanges with Japan also increased. The Executive Committee believed that it was necessary to establish military bases on the Japanese archipelago to ensure that Haihan

With interests in this area, Sasebo Bay finally got the opportunity to be put into use.

Under the command of then-Navy Commander Tom Wang, Haihan spent several years establishing a military base in Sasebo Bay. Currently, the troops stationed in the area are mainly affiliated with Haihan's East China Sea Fleet.

As an active officer of the Kaihan East Sea Fleet, Shi Chengwu naturally knew Sasebo Bay far better than others, so on the way from Tsushima Island to Sasebo Bay, he explained the local situation to everyone.

"Except Anguo and I, everyone here should be going to Sasebo Bay for the first time. But I think everyone has done more or less relevant homework before setting off from Zhoushan and has a certain understanding of the local situation.

Regarding Sasebo Bay, you may wish to tell me what else you want to know, and I will explain it."

After Shi Chengwu finished speaking, he looked around at the crowd and saw that Zhu Zian was eager to try, so he pointed at him and said, "Then let Zian ask questions first!"

Zhu Zian asked: "Master Shi, when Haihan sent troops to Sasebo Bay, how did Japan react to this?"

Ishige Takedo: "In the early years, our country had used troops against the Goto Islands and Hirado Domain near Sasebo Bay several times, and Japan had long acquiesced to our military presence in this area. Moreover, Sasebo Bay was sparsely populated at that time, with only a few small fishing villages.

Therefore, we did not encounter any resistance when we sent troops to station. By the time the Japanese reacted, we had already settled there. If they wanted to drive us away, they would have to launch a war and win us, but the Japanese obviously did not want to make things worse.

Go in that direction."

Wang Anguo added: "Japan's largest foreign trade port, Nagasaki, is not far south of Sasebo Bay. Once a war breaks out, Nagasaki is likely to have to close the port, which will harm the interests of many people, so military means are used to solve the problem.

, is not the first choice of Japanese people.”

Zhu Zian asked: "What is the difference between Nagasaki Port and Tsushima?"

Shi Chengwu explained: "Almost all the businesses handled by Tsushima are trade activities between Korea and Japan. This is why the trade treaty they signed before has no binding force on Chinese merchants. The Port of Nagasaki is directly managed by the Japanese shogunate. , the trade objects are many countries including my country, and there are many domestic and foreign stakeholders involved."

Zhu Zian nodded thoughtfully and said: "So stationing troops near Nagasaki Port is actually equivalent to controlling the port and the stakeholders behind it in disguise. Even if the Japanese want to expel the Haihan Army from this area,

They will also dare not take action because they are afraid of the impact on Nagasaki Port."

Ishige Takedo: "You are basically right, but not entirely. The Japanese do not dare to turn against us. Apart from Nagasaki Port, the main reason is that the gap in military strength between the two countries is obvious enough. They know their own strength.

There is a big gap, and there is no hope of gaining an advantage on the battlefield, so we can only give up this unrealistic idea."

Zhu Zian was thinking that Sasebo Bay is located at the western end of the Japanese archipelago. Geographically, it is a strategic location for maritime traffic, especially more important than Tsushima Island, which is sandwiched between North Korea and Japan. Back then, Haihan was in Shandong, Liaodong

The garrison controlled the north and south sides of the Bohai Bay. The feeling of the Ming court at that time was probably similar to that of the Japanese, like a thorn in the back but unable to remove it.

As he spoke, the fleet had already arrived in the waters near Iki Island. This island is also under the jurisdiction of Tsushima Domain. Its area is much smaller than Tsushima Island, but it has more natural harbors.

At this time, standing on the bow of the ship and looking around, one could vaguely see the shadow of the islands under the jurisdiction of the Hirado Domain on the southern sea. Of course, the Hirado Domain at this time was no longer what it was under the rule of the Tagawa clan, and Hirado Castle was destroyed by the sea.

The Han Dynasty was completely burned to the ground, and the treasure trove of Hirado Port was lost. The local area no longer had sufficient funding sources to support reconstruction, and could only return to a state where fishing and agriculture were the way to survive.

The once-famous Hirado Navy has no signs of rebuilding, because Hirado Island is too close to Sasebo Bay. If a second maritime armed force appears in this area, it will not only be a stumbling block, but also a provocative sea force.

The Han Dynasty is suspicious.
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