Chapter 1620 Library

"Do you want to go to the Municipal Library?" Zhang Qianzhi was a little surprised when he heard Fei Cexian's sudden request. Fei Cexian has been working as a supervisor at the embassy construction site these days, and there has been nothing unusual. Why?

I went to the bank today and came back, and I just wanted to go to the library? Zhang Qianzhi definitely didn't think that Fei Cexian was going to check out some classics and history books. There must be some other purpose.

"Since I have come to Haihan, I also want to have a good understanding of the geographical environment of the South China Sea. I heard that there are many books in the municipal library. I think there must be such materials available for reference, so I want to take a look." Fei Cexian did not deliberately

He concealed the purpose of going to the library, but did not mention why he was suddenly interested in this knowledge.

Zhang Qianzhi has two tasks. One is to monitor Fei Cexian's words and deeds as an officer of the Ministry of Security. The other is to serve as a tour guide arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Fei Cexian, responsible for guiding him to familiarize him with the local environment and various institutions.

.Originally, Fei Cexian was supposed to be accompanied by Zhang Qianzhi when he went to Haihan Bank to do business, but the other party refused Zhang Qianzhi on the grounds that it was related to the security of the embassy’s funds, so Zhang Qianzhi did not know what Fei Cexian encountered when he went to the bank to do business.

things to come.

According to the prior arrangements of the Ministry of Security, Fei Cexian was not prohibited from going to places like the library. In fact, the various activities Haihan arranged before were all to expand Fei Cexian's horizons and try to use advanced social systems and achievements.

The development results will gradually affect the other party's three views, and a place like the library can undoubtedly play the same role. If Fei Cexian wants to go by himself, the effect will be far better than if Haihan arranges for him to go. As for books,

The secrets in the library that really involve Haihan's core interests are naturally inaccessible to Fei Cexian. The materials he can see with his own eyes after going to the library must be within the safe range of screening and rating.

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"Okay, when will Master Fei plan to go? I can make arrangements for you." Zhang Qianzhi did not hesitate at all to Fei Cexian's request and agreed immediately.

This attitude surprised Fei Cexian. He had originally prepared some rhetoric. If Zhang Qianzhi refused to agree readily, he would try to persuade the other party. However, he did not expect it to be so smooth. He mentioned it casually and the other party immediately responded.

Accepted.

Fei Cexian thought for a while and said, "In that case, how about choosing a day that doesn't hit the sun and leaving today?"

Zhang Qianzhi thought that the other party was so eager to go to the library to check the information. Could he have some thoughts on the situation in the South China Sea? However, the Ming Dynasty's influence in the South China Sea has been gradually replaced by Haihan. Today, the Ming Dynasty has neither troops nor embassies in the South China Sea countries. Even if

If he wants to build relations with countries in the South China Sea, people may not buy it. However, he will definitely need to accompany him when going to the library. Naturally, Fei Cexian will not be able to hide the information he will check from his own eyes. Zhang Qianzhi thought of this

I felt a lot more relieved, so I immediately responded.

In fact, there is always a foreman watching over the embassy construction site. There is no need for Fei Cexian to hold the line here. He is just guarding the construction site every day to show a serious attitude to the outside world. When something really happens, Fei Cexian will of course be there.

There is no need to stay here all the time, just go and do whatever you need to do. Zhang Qianzhi called a special carriage for Fei Cexian, and then called a personal entourage of Fei Cexian, and set off for the Sanya Municipal Library

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According to the experience accumulated by the Ministry of Security over the years, almost all foreign intelligence agents who go to Sanya to perform latent missions will regard the Municipal Library as a must-visit target. In the eyes of these intelligence agents, the Municipal Library contains a large amount of secret materials.

It is an excellent source of information, allowing them to effortlessly collect a lot of information about international relations, the natural environment, astronomy and geography. However, it also places extremely high demands on the quality of intelligence personnel. If there is no certain level of intelligence,

Cultural foundation, let alone collecting information from the library, it is difficult to even judge what information is valuable.

Therefore, the personnel later selected by the Ming Dynasty's intelligence agency often did not focus on force as their main ability, but focused on cultural foundation. For example, Liu Shang and his like who were sent to Sanya a year ago were spies who followed this path. But this gave birth to another spies.

The new contradiction is that the more educated the intelligence personnel are and can understand the power of Haihan, the more susceptible they are to the influence of Haihan's values. Their mentality will change, and they may even choose at the right time like Liu Shang in the later stage.

Betrayal.

Haihan will pay attention to such details to some extent, so it has taken more improvement measures for the operation of the library and formulated a more comprehensive classification system. The materials that foreigners and ordinary citizens can access are all subject to

There are certain restrictions, but it can appropriately allow viewers to learn more about society, nature, politics, economy and other aspects, and expand their horizons.

Before coming to Haihan, Fei Cexian had naturally learned about the situation of the Sanya Municipal Library from the intelligence agency. There is no doubt that this place is a treasure trove of valuable information. It is said that various advanced technologies currently available in Haihan are also

You can check it out in the library. Of course, the things are there, but not everyone may be qualified to see them, and even those who are qualified may not be able to understand the contents.

In fact, Fei Cexian had already thought about coming to the library to see the legendary treasure house after arriving in Sanya, but after arriving, he temporarily put this plan behind him due to other matters, until he met three businessmen for a chat today.

It mentioned some knowledge that he didn't know, which made him remember that he could go to the library to check the information and resolve the questions in his mind.

Taking a carriage to the library, Zhang Qianzhi first took Fei Cexian to register his identity and apply for a library card, and then took Fei Cexian into the library.

"Master Fei, if you want to read books about geographical charts, you must first check the relevant catalogs to find what you want to read, and then go through the borrowing procedures. However, you cannot take the borrowed books out with your ID.

You can check it here." Zhang Qianzhi led the way and introduced the rules here to Fei Cexian.

Fei Cexian didn't have any objections to this. This kind of system is very reasonable, and Haihan people always say one is one, so there is no need to ask if there is any special treatment. Besides, the content he wants to read cannot be said to be top secret.

There is no need to copy or copy the military information, and naturally there is no need to take it away.

However, when Fei Cexian checked the catalog, he was still shocked by the types and quantity of books collected here. There were more than a hundred kinds of books and documents on geographical charts of the South China Sea that he wanted to check. Among them, in addition to the early years

In addition to the materials produced and distributed by the Ming Dynasty, there are also nautical charts, logbooks, etc. drawn by Annan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries. Of course, the South China Sea charts produced by the Haihan official are also indispensable.

Fei Cexian saw that there was a separate column after the title of each document in the catalog with the words A, B, C and D, so he asked Zhang Qianzhi what this meant.

Zhang Qianzhi responded: "This corresponds to the borrower's reading permission level. If the marked level is higher than the borrower's permission, then the material cannot be borrowed."

Fei Cexian took out the library card he had just applied for and saw a big "D" marked on the back. He smiled bitterly and said, "Then the official who issued this card is the one with the lowest authority?"

Zhang Qianzhi nodded and said: "That's right, Mr. Fei can only borrow T-level documents at the moment."

Fei Cexian still refused to give in and asked again: "Is there any chance of improving this level?"

Zhang Qianzhi responded: "Yes, there is, but the process will be more troublesome. If you are a national of your own country, you can apply for upgrade after borrowing a certain number of documents, but the higher you go, the more conditions will be attached. If you are a foreigner like your Excellency,

Friends, in addition to the number of borrowings, you also need to stay in Haihan for a sufficient number of years. It will take at least two years to upgrade from D to C."

Fei Cexian couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He could only upgrade after two years. This condition was too harsh. If he wanted to borrow the first-class materials, he didn't know how long he would have to wait.

Zhang Qianzhi seemed to have understood what he was thinking, and continued: "Master Fei, please don't think that this rule is deliberately harsh on foreigners. It is actually because some of the documents in the collection are hard to come by. If anyone can borrow them, how can it be reflected?

Why is it precious? Besides, some documents are related to national security and must be kept secret. The establishment of classification is also to prevent foreign spies from prying into these secrets. Although Mr. Fei is an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, you still have to abide by this rule of the library.

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What Zhang Qianzhi said was to prevent Fei Cexian from making demands on his identity, and he also specifically highlighted the issue of foreign spies so that Fei Cexian would retreat and not push the topic on his own.

Of course Fei Cexian could understand what Zhang Qianzhi was saying, so he had to give up and look through the relevant catalogs carefully first, hoping to find suitable literature. But the library's grading system is really a wonderful measure. After he inquired

There are not many D-level materials under this category, only four in total, two of which were written by Akito, and are antiques from dozens or hundreds of years ago, and are not of great help to his current needs.

There was also a chart of the South China Sea drawn by the Portuguese, but Fei Cexian rejected it without thinking too much. He had seen the Portuguese writings, which were as twists and turns as earthworms rolling sand, and he couldn't read them even if he held them in front of him.

don't know.

The last document, just by looking at the name, seemed to suit his needs - "Geography of the South China Sea". The catalog stated that it was written by Hai Han and was used as a basic textbook in academies at all levels. Fei Cexian

Although I don’t quite understand why Haihan teaches these things in the academy that have nothing to do with the Classics and History Collection, but since it is a publicly released reading material, it is not surprising that it is marked as D grade. Anyway, this is the only copy, Fei Cexian

He had no choice, so he asked Zhang Qianzhi to take him to go through the borrowing procedures.

The book soon arrived in Fei Cexian's hands. It looked quite new. I think it was because the circulation was large enough, so even if it was turned over by the borrower, he could still exchange it for a new one and put it in the library. Fei Cexian

Cexian opened the cover of the book. On the first page was a simple map of the South China Sea. Although the place names were not marked, Fei Cexian could see the locations of the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island.

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There is also a line of words below the chart: The South China Sea is the foundation of our Haihan Kingdom, remember it!

This line of words made Fei Cexian feel a little unhappy. He thought that in the past, all the countries in the South China Sea respected the Ming Dynasty. Each country would send envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Even when the king was changed, he had to ask the Ming Emperor to send a document to enthrone him. But the Han Kingdom in the South China Sea

Not only did they seize Qiongzhou Island from the Ming Dynasty to establish the country, but they never sent anyone to the capital to pay tribute, let alone claimed to be a subject and asked the emperor to grant him a title. Now that the two countries have established diplomatic relations, Haihan is even forcing himself to be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty, even in this academy textbook.

They all designated the South China Sea as their own sphere of influence. How could Fei Cexian feel comfortable seeing this?

But he could only hold his breath. After all, the Ming Dynasty's influence in the South China Sea was almost nonexistent. Although Fuzhou and Guangzhou provinces still maintained naval establishments, the navies in these two places were all connected with the Haihan people.

Those with crotch pants will not try to regain control of the South China Sea for the imperial court. Most countries in the South China Sea now have trade relations with Haihan. Going against Haihan is a lose-lose situation. Therefore, more and more countries in the South China Sea are beginning to surrender.

Under the international rules established by Haihan, Ming Dynasty had nothing to do about it.

Fei Cexian took a few deep breaths to calm down, and then continued to read the content at the end. The textbook was quite detailed, and he quickly forgot about his unhappiness just now.

"The South China Sea starts from Guangdong's Nan'ao Island and the southern tip of Taiwan Island to Eluanbi in the north, to Borneo and Sumatra in the south, to the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula to the west, and to the Philippine Islands in the east..."

Fei Cexian still feels that this kind of description is very abstract. After all, these place names are all unfamiliar to him, and he doesn't know their specific locations. Fortunately, the pictures behind them are one after another, and they are all about situations.

It becomes more intuitive when the place names are enlarged and marked. From the scale on this map, it is not difficult for Fei Cexian to see how vast the South China Sea is. Hainan Island, where the core of the Haihan Kingdom is located, covers all the areas in the entire South China Sea.

The area ratio is only one percent.

It's just that Hainan Island is close to Ming Dynasty and Annan, but the distance between Hainan Island and other countries is too far, often thousands of miles away. Without a developed shipping industry, it would be difficult to connect Hainan Island with these countries.

Get up. From Fei Cexian's point of view, he couldn't quite understand why Haihan tried every means to establish contact with those countries separated by large oceans. If he really wanted to expand, wouldn't it be better to choose the direction of the mainland?

With such questions, Fei Cexian continued to look through the "South China Sea Geography", but unfortunately it did not give the answer to this question. However, regarding the geographical distribution of the South China Sea that he wanted to know, the content in this book was basically

met his needs.
Chapter completed!