Chapter 1547 Semi-colony

In fact, on the route between Fujian and Zhejiang, Haihan can deploy a lot of maritime transport capacity. Not counting the self-employed individuals like the "Diego", the transport capacity of several officially designated carriers alone is

It is enough to support the long-distance freight demand in this sea area. And Haihan Shipping Department's own maritime transportation capacity has been allocated more to the northern route to complete those more important and even arduous transportation tasks.

However, preparing for rainy days has always been one of the guiding principles of the Shipping Department. This department will never wait until there is a serious shortage of shipping capacity before starting to think of solutions. Instead, it will leave sufficient margin in advance to prevent unexpected needs. Xiangshan

Although the cargo terminal belonging to the salt farm is not large in scale and its transportation capacity requirements will be relatively stable after it is put into operation, the Shipping Department will still prepare some additional transportation capacity, such as cargo ships like the "Diego" whose shipping schedules are not fixed. Although "

Due to nationality issues, the "Diego" can only be included in the supernumerary list. However, because of its large cargo capacity and relatively fast speed, the Ministry of Shipping will still assign some transportation tasks to the Portuguese as appropriate.

However, this time after the "Diego" leaves Xiangshan, it will go all the way north to Zhifu Port, Shandong, where it may receive a new mission and go all the way north to Liaodong. When it comes back from the south and passes by Xiangshan, it will at least be a day.

It will happen two months later. So if Yang Yun agrees to his request now, it will not be fulfilled immediately. It is just a verbal agreement between the two parties.

"So all the cement shipped from Kaohsiung Port will be used to build saltworks?" Ribas still refused to let go of the use of cement, and he must break the casserole and ask the question.

Yang Yun hesitated for a moment, but decided to answer his question frankly: "Most of the cement will be used to build saltworks facilities, and some cement may also be used on the dock. You ask this because you want to buy it from us.

Want to walk some?"

When Ribas affirmed this, Yang Yun unceremoniously rejected his request: "As you know, this batch of cement was urgently allocated from Kaohsiung, and the quantity is far from enough to meet the local projects.

Demand, there is no way to sell it to you. Besides, you are on the sea all year round, why are you buying cement?"

Only then did Ribas explain his intentions to Yang Yun. It turned out that he had planned to prepare a residence for himself in the Zhoushan Islands and was planning to build his own house. Although there are many inns and hotels in Zhoushan, some of them are of good quality.

place, but after all, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse. Foreign businessmen like Ribas, who travel to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang waters all year round, are naturally more willing to spend some money to arrange a place for themselves here.

Ribas has been affiliated with Haihan in recent years and has made a lot of money in the shipping business. He is also very familiar with Haihan officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, so settling in Zhoushan will not be a big obstacle.

He also wants to be able to use some building materials produced by Haihan, and it is even better to hire Haihan to design and construct them. He is also very interested in the villa built by the Haihan people, but the cost of this thing is extremely high. After hearing the quotation

He could only think about it. But if he could organize his own construction team to break ground, then Haihan would not be too restrictive. At worst, he could just apply for commercial land.

However, Yang Yun has seen many businessmen with a mentality similar to Ribas's in the past. But any businessman who has had long-term cooperation with Haihan will start to have the idea of ​​imitating the lifestyle of Haihan's upper class at a certain period of time.

Building a villa according to Haihan's living model is the most convenient way to achieve it. Of course, the cost of this kind of imitation is not low at all. If you want to use things produced by Haihan in all aspects of your life, enjoy

To receive the same level of treatment as a time traveler, the cost is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The technology for making cement is not too complicated, but at least this technology has not been leaked yet, so this thing is still a rare commodity. Ribas also knows that the houses built by Haihan officials will use cement as building materials, and this time he is on board

With so much cement shipped, it is natural to deduct part of it by ordering it and then use it when building a house in Zhoushan. But the Xiangshan Salt Farm is a key project for Haihan that must be implemented as soon as possible. Cement is an important building material.

Naturally, it will not be distributed to others at this juncture.

Naturally, Ribas couldn't come up with any conditions to bargain with Yang Yun. After being rejected, he could only accept the result. However, he couldn't unload the cement on the ship before dark, so he could only stay here for one night.

Of course, this was not a difficult task for Ribas, who was out all year round. He asked the crew to take the tent from the ship, set up a small camp on the dock, and then made a fire to cook by himself. Although his skills were average, from

The ingredients fished out of the sea are really fresh and don't require much seasoning. The crew members also enjoy eating them.

There was nothing to say that night. The next morning, the "Diego" completed the unloading task at Xiangshan Port, picked up a few passengers bound for Zhoushan, and then set off for Dinghai Port. The original route was to sail directly to Shandong.

, but Ribas didn’t want to miss the supply station at Dinghai Port, not to mention that the passengers from the Xiangshan Merchant Ship were also employees of various government departments in Haihan. Ribas just took this opportunity to go to Dinghai Port.

Depending on the situation, there might be some unexpected gains.

But Captain Ribas did not get any adventures in Dinghai Port, and even Shi Diwen was not able to see him. This was not because Shi Diwen was trying to be a big name and was unwilling to meet little people, but because he went to Hangzhou and personally helped the Qiantang River.

The platform for three newly built weaving workshops.

It is a very worrying thing for many people that a high-ranking Haihan official like Shi Diwen leaves Zhoushan for Hangzhou. If Shi Diwen has any security problems in Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be Ming Dynasty's responsibility.

Therefore, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the Hangzhou government specially allocated 200 sergeants and 20 arresters to provide round-the-clock protection for Shi Diwen.

After arriving in Hangzhou, Shi Diwen did not rush into the city, but first went to see the progress of the weaving workshops under construction. After eliminating the resistance from local officials, these three construction sites had

The building is basically set up and it is estimated that the preliminary construction work will be completed in more than a month.

Shi Diwen's arrival was not silent, and naturally there were people in Hangzhou's official circles who heard about it. Wang Yuan, the general judge, rushed to the construction site outside the city as quickly as possible to meet Shi Diwen. However, in order to keep a low profile, Wang Yuan and

He didn't use his own ceremonial guard and didn't even wear official uniform. People who didn't know him couldn't tell that the middle-aged man who was stepping out of the sedan was a senior official in charge of local criminal proceedings.

Wang Yuan is the nominal founder of these three workshops. It is a rare opportunity to establish his presence in front of Shi Diwen, so he will not let it go. Although he left the city in low-key disguise, he was not so impressed after meeting Shi Diwen.

Keeping a low profile. Wang Yuan unceremoniously attributed the smooth progress of the construction to his good command and proper scheduling. He was not worried that his attitude would make Shi Diwen feel uncomfortable, because the two parties had a good relationship with each other on this cooperation project.

The division of labor is very clear. Haihan will provide these workshops with more advanced looms and textile technology. The construction process and future daily operations of the workshops are all matters that Wang Yuanlai will be responsible for. Wang Yuan boasts that he is not

In order to take credit, he just wanted to make Shi Diwen understand that he was more committed to this project than anyone else.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wang. There hasn't been any noise from the prefect recently, right?" Shi Diwen asked.

"Prefect He has been a lot quieter recently. It seems that he is still worried about what happened last time." Wang Yuan responded proudly. He immediately realized that this was Shi Diwen's deliberate reminder to himself that he could stabilize this project.

, part of the reason why He Guanzhi, the governor of Hangzhou, did not dare to act recklessly was because of Haihan's prestige. Otherwise, the group of retired water bandits sent by He Guanzhi would be enough to cause a big trouble even if they could not destroy these workshops.

Yuan Shou.

"This is also thanks to the support given by your country, otherwise Governor He probably wouldn't have stopped so easily." Wang Yuan quickly added, responding to Shi Diwen's question.

Shi Diwen said: "It's not necessarily that he has stopped, he is just afraid. But I have already said hello to him, so there should be no more problems. But those people from the Third Division, will they come to trouble you?"

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The three divisions that Shi Diwen mentioned are the Zhejiang Chengxuan Administrative Envoys Division, the Punishment and Prosecution Envoys Division, and the three agencies of the Command Envoys Division. These yamen are all located in Hangzhou City. If we knew that Wang Yuan had such a name

A piece of fat might be followed by a swarm of people. So Shi Diwen must find out as soon as possible whether there are other people in the city who are having trouble with Wang Yuan.

"Not really at the moment. General Lao Shi came to help last time. Everyone in the government offices must have received the news. As long as they weigh their own weight, they will know that they can't afford to offend." Wang Yuan quickly responded respectfully, saying that before

The excitement gradually subsided.

When Shi Diwen saw this, he secretly sneered. He understood that Wang Yuan's previous attitude was just to make him trust him, but Shi Diwen still felt that to deal with Ming officials, he had to keep the other side firmly under control. He repeatedly used words to stimulate him.

After Wang Yuan, the other party's tone became much more restrained.

Shi Diwen continued: "I came to Hangzhou this time to inspect the weaving workshop, and there is another important thing. I hope Mr. Wang can arrange it as soon as possible for me to meet with the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang."

Wang Yuan and Zhejiang Chief Minister Wang Ji have some relationship within the clan, but this relationship is not big enough for Wang Ji to sell favors. Even if it is such a trivial matter as arranging a meeting, Wang Yuan may not do it.

It can be done.

"I would like to ask, what is the reason why General Shi asked to meet with the Chief Envoy?" Wang Yuan was still more cautious, worried that Shi Diwen had done something that exceeded the rules.

Shi Diwen smiled and said: "The reason? Of course it's business. Mr. Wang must also know that the two countries are about to establish diplomatic relations. Wouldn't it be troublesome to distinguish between Ming people and Hai Han people?"

Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "I can only try my best to see if I can get the Chief Envoy to agree to meet. There is no guarantee of success."

Shi Diwen warned: "Just say that this meeting is closely related to the future development of Zhejiang and should not be missed. If the chief minister is still hesitant, you can hint to him that there will be practical benefits."

Wang Yuan knew very well what the actual benefits were, and he had bowed his head under this kind of offensive. As for whether this method would work well for Wang Ji, Wang Yuan felt relatively optimistic. After all, Wang Ji had done well in the past.

For more than a year, he has obtained some benefits from the trade between the two countries through explicit or covert means, but it was not Haihan's deliberate arrangement. If Haihan gave the money directly and could afford the price, he thought Wang

Ji should not choose to refuse.

Shi Diwen wanted to meet Wang Ji, and indeed he had something to discuss with him. The Haihan Executive Committee was no longer satisfied with the country's role as just a maritime trade merchant in a prosperous place like Jiangsu and Zhejiang. On the one hand, it asked Shi Diwen to focus on the real industry.

On the other hand, we are also trying to turn these coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang into semi-colonies that are easier to operate.

The so-called semi-colony means that this place is still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but economically and even politically, it is dependent on Haihan. This is about the time when Hainan Island was just taken over by Haihan. And Haihan wanted to achieve

The goal was to make full use of the abundant human, material and financial resources in the eastern coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty to organize quasi-industrial production institutions and expand the country's strength in this way.

At present, Haihan's influence in this region has basically reached a level that everyone knows, and he also has the ability to influence the market in terms of economics, but his political influence is far from meeting the requirements of a semi-colony. Therefore, the implementation of the

The committee hopes that Jiangsu and Zhejiang can try to recruit more senior officials. If it can be done to the extent of Fuzhou and Guangzhou, many things will become easier to operate.

Shi Diwen would not help but feel a headache when he received such an order. His expertise was in commanding wars rather than acting as a politician, but who made him the top leader of Haihan in Jiangsu and Zhejiang? At this time, he could only bite the bullet and go ahead.

Shi Diwen went through the connections he currently had. To deal with the Third Si Yamen of Zhejiang, it seemed that only Si Yamen, the chief envoy in charge of Wang Ji, could find a way to get in touch. Although he used old tricks,

But Shi Diwen couldn't think of any more effective way. If a fly doesn't bite the egg, as long as Wang Ji dares to reach out and take the money, the rest of the matter will be easy to handle.

Wang Yuan returned to the city with Shi Diwen's instructions. In the end, Shi Diwen still did not tell him what he was going to discuss with Wang Ji. Although he also felt that the matter was a bit mysterious, he thought that Shi Diwen would not persuade a province.

When the chief envoy commits treason or the like, most of the time they are still discussing how to cooperate and make money in the future.
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