Chapter 1606 Hidden Information

Private scientific research institutions such as the Danzhou Haifeng Poetry Society were actually more than this under the rule of Haihan. However, the official has not opened up the restrictions on private scientific research, so it is carried out secretly. And the official is not aware of these trends.

It is not that he knows nothing. For example, Zhang Xin turned a blind eye to the behavior of the Haifeng Poetry Society. As long as it did not involve military affairs or high-tech technology, he would just let Zhang Jinbao do whatever he wanted. If he could really

After some efforts have been made, it will be too late for the government to control or acquire the company.

In fact, for time-travelers, no matter what kind of results are developed by civilian scientists in this era, it is difficult for them to be beyond the control of time-travelers. After all, what they have in their hands will not appear until several centuries later.

It is a black technology, but it is impossible for scholars of this era to obtain research results that transcend the times. However, some real talents will occasionally emerge among them, and perhaps their talents can be used by the government.

The Executive Committee spread the news through the official media channel Haihan Times, which can be regarded as opening up an opportunity for private scientific research. However, the Executive Committee is not very optimistic about Li Nai's investment in Haifeng Poetry Society. It is really good.

Everything is in the hands of the government. It is not that easy for the private sector to develop some advanced things on their own to earn profits. However, Furifeng is rich and has always cooperated closely with Haihan officials. Li Nai is willing to take

Qian heard the noise, and the executive committee left him alone. The Haifeng Poetry Society, which Xun Pengcheng, Zhang Jinbao and others regarded as the future and destiny, was actually just a small attempt from the official point of view, and it was unclear whether it was allowed or not.

It's harmless.

Li Nai was already in Haikou City when he saw this newspaper. The purpose of his coming here was to deliver a batch of cotton yarn and medicinal materials with Haikou Mayor Qiu Yuan. The reason why he came to complete the sale in person was not a transaction.

How amazing it is, but because this batch of goods was purchased according to Haihan's military standards. Although Haihan did not clearly state its purpose, Li Nai, who has dealt with Haihan for a long time, knew that most of this batch of goods was to be supplied to Haihan.

Military.

There is a factory here in Haikou that specializes in the production of medical gauze, alcohol and external hemostatic drugs. In addition to the fact that alcohol is produced locally in Hainan Island, the raw materials for gauze and drugs still mainly rely on Daming. And orders executed in accordance with military standards,

Generally, it is handed over to the agent of Furifeng, the most trusted agent of Haihan official. Li Nai knows that the destination of this batch of goods must be the factory in Haikou, so he goes to the scene to complete the transaction in person, not wanting to cause any problems in the last step. Moreover, Li Nai also

We know that Haihan usually orders large quantities of such goods to prepare for the next large-scale military operation, but this time it is not clear which direction Haihan is going to take action.

Li Nai did know the trend in the newspaper in advance. When he was in Sanya, he had already heard from senior officials in Haihan that the Executive Committee would relax the ban on this field, but he was not entirely sure.

In order to make money or attract talents to invest in the Danzhou Haifeng Poetry Society. Since the official intends to open this door, someone must take the lead and act as a trailblazer, and this role is most suitable for Fu Ruifeng to play. With the trust of the official,

And there are enough funds to operate, even if you don't make any money from it or even lose money in it, it can be used to show Fulifeng's respectful attitude, and the money will be considered well spent.

The acquisition in Budanzhou has just spent the money, and one transaction in Haikou has already earned more than half of it. Li Nai remembers that the last time Haihan purchased these materials on a large scale through Fulifeng was back this year.

It was before Liaodong launched a military operation. He really wanted to ask Qiu Yuan face to face where Haihan was going to take action next, but when he met Qiu Yuan several times, the other party would be followed by people from the military and the Ministry of Security.

, he really didn’t dare to ask this question.

Until Li Nai was about to leave Haikou, and hosted a banquet for Qiu Yuan before leaving, the two people who followed him around were finally gone. Li Nai seized this opportunity to ask Qiu Yuan about his doubts.

After hearing this, Qiu Yuan responded with a smile: "Since you know that this matter involves military intelligence, how could I disclose it casually? If I can't keep my mouth shut, Minister Yan will not let me off lightly if he finds out in the future."

The more Qiu Yuan kept his mouth shut, the more Li Nai felt itchy and unbearable, so he tried to persuade him: "Chief, why don't you give me some directions and I'll think about it myself. Doesn't this count as you revealing information?"

Qiu Yuan was silent for a long time before responding: "Have you read this issue of Haihan Times?"

"I saw it!" Li Nai recalled what he had seen before, but there seemed to be no official military news. He shook his head and said, "But I didn't notice that the Ministry of National Defense had released any news."

Qiu Yuan smiled and said: "That means you didn't read carefully enough. Let's take a closer look later. The news you want to know is all in the newspaper!"

After the banquet, Li Nai took a car back to his residence, asked someone to get some hot water, wiped his face well, and then ordered a pot of strong tea to relieve the hangover. He didn't want to sleep there, but hurriedly bought the things he bought the day before.

I opened the latest issue of Haihan Times to see where the news Qiu Yuan mentioned was hidden.

The headline of this issue of the newspaper is indeed a military-related report. The content is that the "Warrior" class steam sail warship jointly developed by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Shipping has completed its 18th sea voyage and is also the last sea voyage before finalization and mass production.

Trial. The content of the article mainly describes how the Navy and related departments overcame many difficulties to complete the design, manufacturing and improvement tasks of this new era warship.

The actual light conversion is continuously adjusted to ensure that the combat performance truly meets the military's requirements.

Li Nai has some impressions of this new type of warship. During the "Crossover 1635" military exercise held in Danzhou last summer, the "Warrior" class warship made its debut, leaving a great impression on the military observation groups from various countries participating in the military exercise.

Deep impression. However, at that time, the Haihan military also explained that this was only an experimental warship, and it was extremely difficult to build, and it would not be officially commissioned in the short term.

Because Li Nai has an extremely close relationship with Haihan's senior officials, he knows a little more information than the outside world. Although this new type of warship has a higher combat effectiveness than the current flagship "Dignity" class warship in the navy, it is still

The technology for building this type of warship is immature and the cost is prohibitively high, even for the wealthy Haihan Navy.

But now that the Haihan Times has published an article saying that this is the last sea trial of the "Warrior" class warship before it is finalized, it is basically certain that the Haihan military has decided to field this new type of warship in the near future.

As for the funding, Li Nai doesn't think this can hinder the people of Haihan who are good at making money. If the cost of building this new type of warship is really high enough that even the military thinks it is too expensive, then at most it will only build a few less ships temporarily until the production capacity can be increased in the future.

Let’s talk about it later.

But does this news hint at Haihan’s next step? Li Nai read the article over and over again, but still couldn’t figure it out. This article talks about various problems that researchers have faced, but there are no

One sentence mentioned which fleet this new type of warship would be prioritized for installation in the future, or which port it would be deployed to. It seemed that what he was interested in was not hidden in this report.

Li Nai was not discouraged. Now that Qiu Yuan had pointed the way, he believed that the other party would not deceive him about this kind of thing. He continued to read the news in the newspaper, even the seemingly irrelevant news.

Try to figure it out carefully, lest you miss any details.

In fact, Li Nai is not a military enthusiast, but he is very interested in Haihan's movements and likes to study the strategies of Haihan's senior officials. Especially this kind of information that Haihan's senior officials are unwilling to disclose to him, he has collected and studied it.

interest. If he can find the truth, it will be a great sense of accomplishment for him.

After flipping through the newspaper and reading it again, Li Nai finally found a report that seemed inconspicuous, but was somewhat thought-provoking upon careful reading.

The theme of this article is to talk about Haihan's current trading activities in the waters east and southeast of Hainan Island. Almost all of them are operated through Ming merchants as middlemen. The ships used by Ming merchants have limited performance, so they are also

The scale of trade activities was limited, and it was far less prosperous than the trade activities between Haihan and the north, east, and south. The main reason for this phenomenon was that the Spaniards and Haihan entrenched in Luzon Island

The old grievances between them have never been resolved.

The article does not provide a solution to this problem, but only calls on all sectors of society to pay attention to this issue, because it has affected the progress of Haihan's opening of trade routes in the South China Sea. And if Haihan's navigators want to explore the wider sea to the east,

, the route must also pass near Luzon Island, but the current situation in Luzon Island is not very friendly to Haihan navigators.

"It turns out this is here." Li Nai thought that he had found the place that Qiu Yuan had hinted at. The place Haihan wanted to attack next was most likely Luzon Island.

The feud between Heihan and Spain can even be traced back to when the executive committee chose to cooperate with Portugal, and Heihan was not polite in taking action against Spain, the main maritime competitor.

In early 1633, the Haihan army attacked the two Spanish strongholds in Jilong and Tamsui in the northern part of Taiwan Island, completely expelling the Spanish from Taiwan Island and cutting off Spanish merchant ships' trade routes to the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty. In early 1634, Sanya

The Spanish espionage case was solved, and the spy network that the Spaniards had painstakingly run in Haihan was uprooted, and almost no one was spared.

The Spanish's revenge was launched a year and a half later. A mixed fleet composed of the Manila fleet and the galleons from the Americas raided Sanya in September 1635. Unfortunately, they did not have enough understanding of Sanya's defense strength.

, when trying to break into the Port of Victory, they were beaten to pieces by coastal defense firepower, and were defeated before they even reached the shore. Then the Haihan Navy, which blocked the retreat of the Spanish fleet, gave its opponents a lesson in naval warfare.

, made these Europeans realize how powerful the opponent they encountered in the Far East was.

Since this battle, the Manila authorities have been like silenced firecrackers and have never made any sound. However, in order to save face, the Spanish still explicitly prohibited Haihan merchant ships and personnel from entering the Manila Port, and only allowed Daming maritime merchants to act as

Middlemen conduct trading activities.

Haihan also counterattacked, stipulating that all goods shipped to the Port of Manila must first be transported to Sanya for formalities before setting off for Manila. Otherwise, they will be regarded as being against Haihan and will be confiscated if caught.

All goods. As a result, those goods produced in the Ming Dynasty had to make a large circle on the sea before going to Manila. The freight cost had to increase several times. In the end, the only people who could bear this price increase were

Spanish.

The Spaniards will naturally not accept Haihan's trade sanctions calmly, but as the defeated party, it is difficult for them to come up with any strong countermeasures to fight back against Haihan, so the trade between the two sides has been at a low level.

It is an extremely awkward stagnation. Of course, no one is trying to reconcile the two sides, but the Haihan Executive Committee has a very clear attitude towards Spain and does not intend to reconcile with the other party.

As one of the leading large-scale merchants in Guangdong and Guangxi, Furifeng receives orders from the Spanish every year. Although Furifeng's largest trading partner is Haihan, this does not prevent it from doing business with other countries, let alone selling to the Spaniards.

The goods were all approved by Haihan. So Li Nai knew a little bit about the trade conditions.

Since Haihan had already controlled the Pearl River Delta, Spanish merchant ships did not dare to venture into this area. They could only obtain goods produced in the Ming Dynasty through purchasing agents. According to Haihan's regulations, the goods ordered by the Spaniards in the Ming Dynasty must first be purchased.

Sent to Sanya for registration and inspection, so these goods will first be transported by Furifeng's merchant ships to Sanya via the Pearl River Estuary, and then transported to Manila Port. The entire voyage is twice as far as the direct flight from Guangdong to Manila, and during the registration and inspection period in Sanya

You have to pay a management fee to Haihan. The costs inside and outside here are accumulated into the price, and the increase is considerable.

Furifeng has a monopoly on the output of certain high-end commodities in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, so the benefits obtained from it are quite generous. Even though the trade with the Spanish takes up a long shipping schedule, Furifeng still insists on sending out goods every month.

At least two ships headed to Manila.

Only Furifeng's senior staff like Li Nai understood that the money was not earned in vain. In addition to transporting goods and people, Furifeng's merchant ships to Manila were also tasked with sending and receiving intelligence for Haihan.

Almost every ship going to Manila will be accompanied by people from Haihan's security department. To this day, even Li Nai doesn't know how many people Haihan sent to sneak into Manila to act as spies.
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