Chapter 1613 What happened in Sanya

Of course, the Ming Dynasty also had an institution similar to the Sanya Guest House to receive foreign envoys, but in terms of living environment, furniture, and service quality, it was far less comprehensive than the Haihan people. Of course, the reception institution in the Ming Dynasty was located in

In the capital city, there are all kinds of yamen around, and there is no scenery at all. How can it compare with the beautiful scenery of Sanya Guest House, surrounded by mountains and sea. Standing on the second floor balcony of the house where I live, I feel the openness

The view allows Fei Cexian to have a panoramic view of the entire Sanya city.

As for the furnishings in the house, they were fine porcelain and precious woodware. There was never a shortage of these things in the capital, but the one-foot-square plate glass installed on the doors and windows amazed Fei Cexian, and the interior of the house was stunning.

The bathroom facilities are very comfortable. In addition to the flush toilet, there is also a regular supply of hot water for bathing every day. When you turn on the faucet, it will automatically flow into the bathtub. According to the staff of the guest hotel, hot water was originally supplied all day long, but recently because of

The bad weather in the Beibu Gulf has affected the coal shipping route from Annan Black Earth Port to Sanya and temporarily suspended it, so the boiler used to heat hot water in the Guesthouse can only be used for a shorter period of time.

As for the food, Fei Cexian can't fault it even more. He was born in Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong, but has been in the north for ten years. Now he is more accustomed to the taste of the north in terms of food, and this guest house can actually serve eight

They have the famous northern pasta and a wide variety of dishes. It can be seen that Haihan has put a lot of effort into the preparations to welcome their envoy from the capital. This aspect satisfies Fei Cexian's little vanity.

He felt that he had received enough attention from the other party. On the other hand, it also gave Fei Cexian a new understanding of Haihan's national strength, because he knew that the south basically did not produce flour, and the people in the south did not have the habit of eating pasta, and Sanya

The flour prepared here must have been purchased from the north. This kind of attention is not something ordinary people can do.

Fei Cexian and his party arrived in Sanya in the morning and had a simple meal at the Guest House at noon. According to Haihan official arrangements, the formal reception banquet will be held in the evening, so Fei Cexian and his party still have half a day to relax.

Let's take a rest. Fei Cexian is a person who can't stay any longer. After lunch, he planned to go to the city for a walk. After applying to the diplomatic officials at the Guest House, he quickly got the permission, but still gave it to Fei Cexian.

It was determined that the scope of activities could only be on Victory Avenue, and someone was sent to accompany Fei Cexian in the name of a tour guide. In addition to acting as a guide, he could also monitor Fei Cexian's movements in real time.

Fei Cexian expressed no objection to this arrangement. He knew that the people of Haihan were extremely vigilant about intelligence security. Over the years, the intelligence personnel stationed in Haihan by the Ming Dynasty military, Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other agencies had a very high loss rate. Jinyiwei alone

There are more than 200 missing persons registered, not counting those peripheral intelligence personnel who are not officially established by the government. Fei Cexian also knows the existence of the Haihan Security Department. This name is very important to the Ming Dynasty's intelligence agencies.

Just like the Hell Gate in the Palace of Hell, as long as you are targeted by the security department, you will rarely have a chance to escape from Haihan.

After arriving in Haihan, Fei Cexian could not count how many people from the Ministry of Security were secretly watching him, but he knew that these people must be around him, and they would be like this every day during his mission to Haihan.

Instead of fighting, it would be better to adapt to this life of surveillance as soon as possible. This was also the realization he had made before coming to Haihan.

So under Haihan's arrangement, Fei Cexian took only two entourages and followed the tour guide out of the guest house in a carriage and headed south to Victory Square. The tour guide for the Ming envoy was a young man named Zhang Qianzhi.

, this name is of course very unfamiliar to Fei Cexian, but he is quite famous within the Haihan Intelligence System. Zhang Qianzhi is He Xi’s direct disciple. He followed He Xi to Guangzhou to establish the Guangdong Office. It can be said that

He was one of the first batch of naturalized intelligence officers who fought on the front line. Later, after returning to Hainan Island, he continued to serve in the Ministry of Security. He made great contributions in solving the Danzhou Assassination Case in 1631 and received a commendation issued by the Executive Committee.

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Although Zhang Qianzhi is only in his twenties, he is already one of the most senior employees in the Ministry of Security. The latest task he has received is to monitor Fei Cexian, the Ming envoy who has just arrived in Hainan Island.

The importance of this task did not require much explanation by He Xi. Zhang Qianzhi himself could understand it, so to be cautious, he even personally acted as a tour guide arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Not only did he have to monitor Fei Cexian's every move at a close distance, but also

He hoped to understand the Ming Dynasty official's mentality and life style through contact, so as to provide reference for the high-level foreign affairs decision-making of Haihan.

With Zhang Qianzhi's familiarity with Sanya, it is not a big problem to play the role of a tour guide. Moreover, he spent some time in Guangzhou in his early years and followed He Xi to visit various officials in Guangzhou. He has these habits and styles.

, the mentality is relatively understanding. Zhang Qianzhi has also prepared a routine for this new Ming envoy.

"Master Fei, this is Victory Square. To the north of the square is Victory Fort, the center of power of our Haihan Kingdom! Later, the heads of the executive committee will meet Master Fei there." Zhang Qianzhi said to Fei Ce skillfully.

Xian introduced the scene here: "To the east of the square are the offices of various government agencies, including the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Justice. To the west are the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Haihan Bank, and to the south is Sanya.

The most prosperous landscape avenue.”

"Isn't the Ministry of National Defense here?" Fei Cexian listened very carefully and immediately asked a question.

"The Ministry of National Defense is in Victory Fort." Zhang Qianzhi responded: "If Mr. Fei is interested in the Ministry of National Defense, you can also apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to visit it."

"This...can we also visit?" Fei Cexian thought he heard wrongly. The Haihan Ministry of National Defense was like the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. It was a sharp weapon for the country. How could foreign envoys be allowed to visit?

"I can go." Zhang Qianzhi nodded and said, "As long as Mr. Fei wants to go, there should be corresponding arrangements."

Fei Cexian never thought that Haihan would be so relaxed and allow foreign envoys to visit such a key department as the Ministry of National Defense. He almost blurted out and asked if he could visit the Ministry of Security.

Of course, not to mention the Ministry of National Defense, even the yamen around the square had to apply for permission before they could visit, so Fei Cexian could only take a look at them.

"I heard that your country originally built this square to facilitate military parades in front of Fort Victory?" Fei Cexian continued to ask.

"It does have this purpose." Zhang Qianzhi replied affirmatively: "Every National Day, Sanya will hold a military parade. The troops will go from the port direction to Victory Square via Landscape Avenue, and then be reviewed by the leaders. But this square

It’s not necessarily just for military parades. Sir Fei, please see, this square is very lively on weekdays and is a place for people to have fun and move around.”

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Qianzhi to remind Fei Cexian that he has been observing the situation in this square since he got off the car. Although this place is only separated by a wall from the Victory Fort, the center of Haihan's power, it is not like outside the Forbidden City in the capital.

It was so heavily guarded. There were buskers and monkey performers here, literati gathered together to debate current affairs, merchants held banners to engage in promotional activities, vendors walked around shouting and selling candied haws, and people wandered around in small groups, and some just arrived like him.

Sanya, outsiders looking around with excitement.

It can be seen from this that the rulers of Haihan did not list the square outside the Victory Fort as a forbidden area. This may be a sign of their approachability, but Fei Cexian is more willing to understand it as the high-level officials of Haihan.

We have enough confidence in the local security situation that there is no need to set up a no-entry zone here.

"Do the leaders of your country go out for activities on weekdays?" Fei Cexian asked curiously: "Will it attract people to watch?"

"Of course they will come out. You can meet several people on the landscape avenue every day. Even the top leaders of the executive committee often walk around here. People have seen more, so naturally they will no longer be interested in watching.

"As Zhang Qianzhi spoke, he paid attention to Fei Cexian's expression and reaction to judge the purpose of his asking about this matter. But Fei Cexian really asked this out of curiosity and had no other thoughts. It made Zhang Qianzhi

Qianzhi's defenses fell into place.

Now that we have arrived in Sanya, we naturally have to visit the Landscape Avenue. Fei Cexian has long heard that the market here is very prosperous and the variety of goods is far greater than that of the Ming Dynasty. Of course he wants to see it.

"When the Landscape Avenue was first built, there were only shops facing the street. However, in recent years, more and more businessmen from various countries have opened shops here, so the commercial area is also expanding year by year. The so-called Landscape Avenue no longer refers to more than just the shops on both sides of the road.

Shops are a general term for the entire Shengli Port commercial district. According to last year’s statistics, there were more than 800 shops opened in Shengli Port alone. If Sanya Port is added, the number of shops in the entire Sanya area

It’s close to 2,000.” Zhang Qianzhi proudly introduced the commercial operation status of Landscape Avenue to Fei Cexian.

These shops in Sanya are not the kind where every household sets up a stall at the door to sell needles, threads, snacks and breakfast. Many shops are actually not just a shop, but a comprehensive commercial warehouse, with shops facing the street and warehouses and residences behind.

Place. For large merchants like Furifeng, their business stores are divided into Shengli Port and Sanya Port, each covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. In addition to warehouses and living quarters, there are even

My own carriage shop. And those consumption places such as restaurants and restaurants, even if they have four or five floors and seven or eight yards, are only counted as one shop in the statistics. Therefore, the number of shops in Sanya sounds like

It doesn't seem like much, but the actual scale of operations is far greater than that of the cities of Ming Dynasty.

The more foreign businessmen come to invest here, the more they will boost Sanya's business atmosphere and consumption power, and it has entered a virtuous cycle. The continuous influx of foreign capital has made Sanya's regional business status rise.

Today, the identity of the first trading port in the South China Sea has been very stable, and the annual trade volume has exceeded that of Guangzhou by more than five times.

For Fei Cexian, the business atmosphere here is indeed an eye-opener. Han people are not the only ones participating in various trade activities in Sanya. You can see exotic people in strange clothes and deep eyes and noses everywhere on the streets.

, and even some shops are opened by these foreigners. Although Fei Cexian has met a lot of foreigners in the Ministry of Rites over the years, I am afraid they are not as many as when he just strolled around here. He couldn't help but be curious, Haihan

How to manage this mixed situation.

Fei Cexian raised his question to Zhang Qianzhi, and Zhang Qianzhi explained: "Our country has a very complete foreign population registration system. All foreigners who come to Sanya must register their identity before they can enter the urban area. If you want to visit Sanya,

If you stay in Sanya for a long time, you have to go through the corresponding procedures. All foreigners entering Sanya must abide by the laws of our country. Once there is any illegal behavior, we don't care which country they come from, they will all abide by Haihan laws.

Punishment. Over time, these foreigners will spread the word from word to mouth, and naturally they will know what to do and what not to do."

Fei Cexian said: "I heard that Haihan has always encouraged immigrants to become naturalized, so how do we distinguish which ones are foreigners and which ones are Haihan people?"

"Every citizen of our country carries an identification number plate with them for identification." Zhang Qianzhi said as he reached out and pulled out the necklace from his neck, and showed Fei Cexian the number plate hanging on his neck: "This thing is made of fine steel.

It is made and not easy to be damaged. It is engraved with each person’s unique number, so you can know the authenticity at a glance.”

Fei Cexian said: "Although it is made of fine steel, can it be faked?"

Zhang Qianzhi said seriously: "Haihan law has special provisions on this. Anyone who makes fake identity plates will be punished with death. I heard that there have been a few counterfeiters caught in recent years, but they are not Haihan citizens."

Both Jinyiwei and Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty have used their brains in this regard to make fake identity number plates to arrange for intelligence personnel to sneak into Haihan and lurk. However, the material used in Haihan number plates is actually an alloy. No matter how they are copied,

After all, the material of the number plate cannot be exactly the same, so the identity will be exposed in the end. After losing some manpower, Ming Dynasty gave up this method and instead arranged for manpower to lurk in Haihan through immigration and naturalization.

, although the process will take longer, but at least you can get a genuine ID number plate, and you no longer have to worry about using fake ones to expose your identity.

Zhang Qianzhi has seen many similar cases like this in the Ministry of Security, and is relatively familiar with the situation in this area. He was not sure whether Fei Cexian asked this question to test himself or if he really didn't understand, but he still responded in a flawless manner.
Chapter completed!