Chapter 1782 Taking the opportunity to make a fortune

Due to the large scale of this troop dispatch and the tight time limit, the military's logistics department does not have the luxury to start preparations several months in advance like the Battle of Manila. Therefore, it is somewhat stretched to complete the preparation of combat materials in Sanya alone. However,

This kind of problem does not trouble the experienced executive committee. After several telegrams were sent from Victory Fort, Hong Kong, Penghu, Zhoushan, Zhifu Island and other places followed suit and prepared food, clothing, quilts, and medicinal materials locally.

Burning coal, or even civilians accompanying the army, etc., so that when the troops arrive in these places when they go north, they can complete the supply operation, which is far more efficient than setting off after completing all the supplies in Sanya.

Although Li Xi has stated on behalf of North Korea that he will try his best to provide material supplies to the coalition forces entering North Korea, the Ministry of National Defense still dares not to be careless and pins all sources of supplies on North Korea. According to the Ministry of National Defense's estimates, the coalition forces will at least have to do it themselves.

Prepare supplies for two months, leaving enough buffer time to raise supplies in the northern region so that any changes will not have too big an impact.

Since Haihan has been conducting large and small military operations overseas all year round, in addition to having a certain number of garrisons, various colonies will also maintain varying amounts of combat supplies for a long time to prepare for emergencies. However, this trip to the north

Almost all combat troops are elites, so the Ministry of National Defense also requires all localities to check the quality of supplies to ensure that the performance of these troops on the battlefield will not be affected due to logistical problems.

Of course, the Ministry of National Defense will issue such an order. On the one hand, it is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops. On the other hand, it is also because it collected a sum of money from the North Koreans before departure, and the funds are relatively sufficient. Although the money still has to wait for the sea to arrive.

The Han army could only take advantage of the situation after it went to North Korea, but North Korea did not dare to turn its back on the debt. After all, if the Han army was to be mobilized to assist North Korea, it had to show something. Li Xi promised the two thousand taels.

Gold is only the upfront cost. If troops are to be stationed in North Korea for long-term operations, this amount of money is far from enough.

However, this arrangement of the Ministry of National Defense has invisibly brought benefits to the logistics departments of various places. As the saying goes, a cannon is worth a thousand taels of gold. It is not just the combat troops who attack cities and plunder territory on the front line who can make money through war.

Departments that provide logistics support, as well as civilian suppliers that provide various military supplies, will also make a lot of money at this time. Of course, the easiest person to make money in this process is the quartermaster who handles these matters.

Yes, just nod your head and you will get a lot of money.

The quartermaster does not need to deliberately lower the procurement standards. As long as he chooses a certain supplier that has shown promise in advance under the same conditions, rebates will naturally come into his pocket through secret channels afterwards. This kind of operation is not new, it can be regarded as ancient.

Yes, as long as you control the procurement standards and don't let the things you buy get turned over due to quality issues, generally no one will scrutinize the details of the process of appointing military suppliers.

As the Haihan military system becomes increasingly perfect, the procurement of military supplies has also begun to evolve towards standardized operations. Bidding has become the current prescribed process for the military to purchase supplies. As long as the amount of purchased supplies exceeds a certain amount,

It is necessary to complete the selection of suppliers and the approval of procurement contracts through bidding procedures.

However, this does not mean that the bidding method has completely eliminated tricks. In fact, most military supplies procurement business has always been monopolized by a few related parties. After such a seemingly formal procedure, in fact,

The scope of supplier selection will not be much broadened by this. Of course, standards also have benefits. First of all, all procurement contents and managers will be recorded in detail. Once a problem occurs, the source can be traced quickly; secondly, there are

With such a process of comparing goods and prices, even if the managers and suppliers want to make profits from it, they will not go too far, at least they will not dare to use inferior goods as new ones.

As long as things are done properly and without leaks, the managers and suppliers will profit from it. The above usually turn a blind eye and will not pursue these details. But the premise is that there can be no problems with the purchased materials.

, otherwise you will have to go to a military court afterwards.

Zhejiang Zhoushan Dinghai Port is not the largest among Haihan's overseas colonies, and it is not even ranked among the top three. However, its geographical location is close to the most prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in the Ming Dynasty. The maritime import and export trade is extremely developed, and there are even some sights.

Well-informed businessmen of the Ming Dynasty called this place "Little Sanya", which means that the market prosperity here is comparable to that of the capital of Haihan. In terms of trade volume alone, this place is definitely the champion among Haihan's overseas colonies.

Since Zhoushan is close to the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, it is more convenient to raise food and grass. The Ministry of National Defense assigned the Zhoushan authorities to prepare military food for the troops going north. Two hundred thousand kilograms of rice alone must be prepared. In addition, oil, wine, meat, livestock, poultry, fruits and vegetables, etc.

A certain number should be enough to consume the combat troops for two months. This is only the first batch of procurement list. If the war in the north becomes stalemate, or North Korea's logistics support is not ideal enough, then a large amount of military supplies will definitely be purchased from Zhejiang in the future.

Materials.

Of course, such an errand does not require Zhoushan's top leader Shi Diwen to do it himself. With his orders, people from the garrison's munitions department will run up and down to contact the source of goods, organize bidding, and arrange the delivery of goods. What really needs him to do it personally is

Yes, that is, review the material procurement contract, and then sign it for the financial department to allocate funds.

This is not because Shi Diwen is too powerful to care about such trivial matters, but because he is really too busy. Ever since Zhoushan was brought under the rule of Haihan in 1633, he has been monopolizing military and political power. Although there were occasional other incidents during this period,

Senior official Haihan stayed here, but at most he was in charge of some affairs for him, but no one has ever taken over the management of civil affairs and commercial affairs from him. This makes Shi Diwen, although he is the leader of the Ministry of National Defense,

He is a military general, but he has stayed in Zhoushan for three years and has completely become a local administrator.

It is not that the executive committee has not considered allocating manpower here to liberate Shi Diwen from the tedious civil affairs affairs, but this matter has not been going smoothly. Although there are hundreds of people in the time-travel team, most of them

What people are good at is focused on technology. Let alone managing a city, there are only a few people who have served as village and town cadres. It is okay to be an official in the government agencies in Sanya, but you have to work in a ruling area far away from Sanya.

However, most of them are unable to become officials, and many people may not be willing to stay away from their comfortable home in Sanya for a long time and travel thousands of miles away to satisfy their craving for officialdom.

People who truly have the ability to govern local areas have basically emerged in the past ten years, and have been assigned to govern in various places. Nowadays, most places are like carrots and pits. Transferring a position will cause a chain reaction.

, the executive committee also had difficulties in making arrangements.

There are also some personnel who, although capable enough to do the job, cannot escape the positions they hold, such as Cai Jinmei under Schneider, Cai Hongzhan and Liu Shanxia from the Ministry of Construction, Wu Zhuo and Meng He from the Ministry of Information Industry,

These people all have certain project management capabilities, and it would not be too difficult to transform themselves into local officials. However, their original positions were too professional and no one would be able to replace them after they left, so they had no choice but to give up.

After going back and forth like this, Shi Diwen took root in Zhoushan, and even married Qu Yutong, the magistrate of Ningbo. His relationship with the local government in Zhejiang became even closer. The commanders of the Coast Guard and thousands of households also called him brothers and were extremely close.

Shi Diwen's connections in Zhejiang would be difficult for another official to reach the same level within three to seven years. They are also one of the guarantees for Haihan's trade scale in Zhejiang to increase year by year. The executive committee considered the need for this person in Zhoushan

The trade window and strategic location have been in a stable state for a long time, so Shi Diwen will not be easily allowed to change positions.

Similar to several other areas under the control of Haihan on the coast of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants with the largest transactions with Haihan often have official backgrounds. For example, the trading firm in Ningbo contracted the supply of military supplies to the Zhoushan garrison, and its main owner was Qu

He Li, the younger brother of He Xiao, who was on the same staff as Yu.

Of course, the trade between the He brothers and Haihan is not limited to military supplies. In fact, many goods entering and leaving the Ningbo port, including shipping, are more or less handled by them.

To be able to achieve this level, the energy of the two brothers alone is definitely not enough, so a considerable part of the income earned through these channels has to be handed over to the pocket of the prefect Qu Yutong. To put it bluntly, the two brothers

The brothers are actually the traders of the prefect, and Haihan has Shi Diwen to protect their business, so the operation will naturally be smooth.

This mode of operation is not unusual among the local officials of the Ming Dynasty that Haihan came into contact with. Generally speaking, the most direct and effective way to open a coastal state to trade is to make local administrative officials the beneficiaries of trade.

Few people can resist such a huge temptation to tie their personal interests to trade between the two countries.

The transformation of Ningbo Prefecture from a crisis-ridden forward position when Haihan first came to it into a trade hotspot with close access to waterfront buildings took less than a year. In the following period, the money earned by the He brothers has already increased.

It has already exceeded their previous wealth several times. As for the prefect Qu Yutong, even if he retires immediately, his wealth is probably enough to buy an island off the coast of Ningbo Prefecture and become the owner of the island for retirement.

Of course, no one can have too much money, especially with such unique operating conditions, the He brothers will not easily give up the opportunity to make money to others. So after they got the latest money sent from Zhoushan

After the military supplies bidding notice was announced, the brothers immediately began to study the content.

Although winning Haihan's order is a sure thing, they also know that the military supplies purchased by Haihan are very demanding. If they want to pass off inferior goods, they will probably not be able to deliver bad ones, and the pricing cannot be too outrageous, otherwise they will submit the goods.

Going to Shi Diwen will also be rejected. In addition, these materials are not provided directly by them, but they have to organize their own sources of goods. During the period, personnel costs, surface and land freight, damage to goods, etc. are also included in the cost.

go.

"Two hundred thousand catties of rice... Tsk, tsk, Haihan is probably going to attack something again!" He Li looked at the number on the order and couldn't help but start to guess.

He Xiao also agreed with this: "I remember that the Haihan Army sent troops to attack Liaodong two years ago. At that time, it also ordered hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain from Zhejiang. Later I heard that part of it was shipped to relieve the soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town. It was considered intentional.

Already."

He Li smiled and said: "The benefits given by Haihan are not in vain. Didn't all the people in Dongjiang Town move back to Jinzhou from Pi Island last year? It seems that this group of people has no intention of listening to the imperial court's orders anymore. An Xin wants to

He has taken refuge with the Haihan people."

"This is understandable. After all, the Haihan people are given food and shelter, so what can the imperial court give them?" He Xiao's speech was quite bold, that is, he said it in his own home. If someone with a heart heard this, he would inevitably

There is a suspicion of disobedience.

Regarding the situation in Liaodong, although the Ming court did not issue an official notification, many well-informed people in the Ming Dynasty learned about Haihan's movements in Liaodong through some special channels. After the defeat of Haihan's army, Jin captured Jinzhou and Guxuan

Overseas, the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town defected to the Haihan people, and North Korea, the vassal state most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, chose to form an alliance with the Haihan people. One by one, these events had a great impact on the upper class of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the He brothers are from the Ming Dynasty and their elder brother He Xiao is still working in the government, they have made a fortune from Hai Han in the past two years and they no longer have much dislike for Hai Han. On the contrary, they have learned more about the outside world through long-term contacts.

information, and gradually recognized some of Haihan's values. Haihan was willing to send troops to Liaodong to fight the Jurchens. No matter what the purpose was, objectively it did alleviate the external military pressure on the Ming Dynasty and completed the task that the court wanted to do but was unable to do.

As for the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town who chose to defect to Haihan, it was purely for survival considerations, and there was nothing to say. Even the imperial court could only suffer this dumb loss silently, instead of classifying Dongjiang Town as a rebel.

It has been more than a year since the Zhoushan authorities last purchased a large amount of grain and grass, and the appearance of this order immediately reminded them of the offensive launched by Haihan in Liaodong last spring. After all, in terms of the purchase volume on the order, it has

It far exceeds the needs of the garrison in Zhoushan, which can only mean that a large number of troops will be stationed in Zhoushan in the near future, or will pass through here to go north.

"Two hundred thousand kilograms is not too much. We have more than ten days to pay the grain. If we raise some locally and then go to Jiaxing and Shaoxing to buy some grain, we should be able to get the amount they need soon.

." He Li is not as concerned about politics as his brother. He is more concerned about completing this order as soon as possible and pocketing the money safely.
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