Chapter 1898 Grand Welcome

As one of the largest local infrastructure projects, the train line running through the entire urban area of ​​Sanya has always been regarded by the Executive Committee as an important achievement of Haihan's industrialization construction. Although the full length of this railway is far less than that from Changhua Port to Shilu

Iron ore freight line, but because the former is located in the densely populated Sanya area, the number of passengers far exceeds the latter. A considerable number of people travel between Tiandu Industrial Zone, the port area and the city

Commuting is done by train, so the popularity and daily usage of this train line is much higher.

Important foreign figures visiting Sanya are almost always arranged to visit this advanced infrastructure project from the industrial age. So far, no one can remain completely calm when seeing this industrial miracle for the first time, and the Executive Committee

I am also very satisfied with the impact this has on visitors. After all, even in the eyes of a pure layman, such an unimaginable large-scale project can definitely be regarded as a symbol of national strength.

After Li Xi came to Sanya, this trip was naturally arranged. Li Xi admired the Haihan people for being able to build a steel behemoth like a train. He once wanted to understand the operating principle of this thing and even went to the library.

He read a lot of information in the museum, but in the end because the theoretical knowledge involved was too difficult and obscure, he had to give up his plan to become North Korea's first train expert.

Li Bo's curiosity about trains seemed to be what Li Xi himself was like when he first arrived in Sanya. He could even imagine Li Bo's surprised reaction when he saw the train itself in the future. However, after staying in Sanya for a longer time, he saw all kinds of incredible things.

After learning about things, you will know that things like trains are just normal operations for Haihan people.

After the official implemented special traffic control on the landscape avenue, the convoy traveled smoothly from the port area to Victory Square and quickly reached its destination. Like the port area, this place has been taken over by the military, and there are people in all directions.

Soldiers are on duty and the public is temporarily prohibited from entering.

Of course, this kind of clearance measure only prohibits people from entering, but it does not prevent people from watching the excitement around Victory Square. Well-informed people have already heard that today the authorities blocked part of the port and imposed military control on Landscape Avenue and Victory Square. The reason is this

It was the crown prince of Joseon who came to visit.

"The prince? Isn't that the son of the prince's family? Why is the prince's son so grand?"

"North Korea can only be called king, not emperor, so the crown prince is the son of the king and the heir to the throne. Do you understand?"

"The future king of North Korea...it's no wonder..."

"There is nothing unusual about the future king. Isn't the young prince of Annan who often comes to Sanya also the heir to the throne?"

"That young master comes too often, so we can't hold such a big welcome ceremony for him every two days!"

Regarding the origin of today's distinguished guest, the onlookers have already started discussing. Today's Haihan is one of the most prosperous cities in the South China Sea, and it is also the capital of Haihan Kingdom, a rising star. There are really not many foreign dignitaries who visit every year.

The people who have lived in Sanya all year round are naturally well-informed and are accustomed to the visits of these foreign dignitaries. They can even talk and laugh about such topics.

People in Sanya are not unfamiliar with the existence of North Korea at all. Since the North Korean ambassador arrived in Sanya last year and built the embassy, ​​this country thousands of miles away has begun to enter the Sanya people's horizons. And then the sea

The Han Dynasty agreed to the Korean state's request for help and sent troops to help it resist the Qing invasion. The war also attracted the attention of the whole country.

During the period when Haihan sent troops, various newspapers, including the official ones, managed to continuously report on the war, keeping a large number of people paying attention to the Korean battlefield. Although North Korea played a weak role protected by the coalition forces

, but under the deliberate guidance of public opinion, most people regard North Korea as "one of their own" like Annan.

Since he is one of his own people, it is naturally Haihan's responsibility as the leader to send troops to protect North Korea. Moreover, the enemy is Haihan's old rival in the Liaodong region. Now he has changed his identity and is a Qing army. The newspaper said that he will help North Korea to clear the country.

The army is to help Haihan himself eliminate opponents in the area; the military generals stated that they are incompatible with the Qing army; the executive committee issued a number of orders to mobilize various resources to ensure the combat needs of the expeditionary force. It can be said that it is not only Sanya, Haihan

Most of the Han Dynasty was mobilized because of this war.

This summer, the distant country of North Korea is basically indispensable in the daily conversations of Haihan citizens. The official Korean war reports and obituaries of the sacrificed personnel published through newspapers every half month will affect the emotions of the general public. Although the war in which the Haihan Army was directly involved

Almost all were good news, but there would inevitably still be casualties during the period. Fortunately, the war did not last long. It only lasted just over four months from the beginning to the end. The casualties of the Haihan Army were still at an acceptable level.

Soon after the war ended, news came out that North Korea would select elites to study in Haihan. This was not a big deal to the people of Haihan. After all, accepting foreign students was already a part of Haihan.

Tradition. There is a saying in Sanya that local foreigners are divided into four categories - officials, businessmen, sailors and international students. This shows that there are many foreign students studying in Sanya.

However, as far as foreign students are concerned, it is indeed rare to receive such a high-level grand reception. Not to mention the collective dispatch of senior officials of the Executive Committee, even measures such as traffic control are rarely used when receiving overseas students. Of course,

Well, this time the North Korean study abroad team is indeed quite special, because the Crown Prince Li Bo is also among them, and the senior officials of Haihan used a series of high-standard reception measures, naturally they also want to exert more influence on the heir to the North Korean throne so that he can have more influence in the future.

North Korea can develop in a direction that is beneficial to Haehan.

Of course, this is not an easy thing to do. Even if you are as powerful as Haihan, if you want to use soft means to influence another country's position or even its development direction, it will not be achieved overnight.

However, Haihan is very lucky, that is, there has been a similar successful case before in North Korea, and there is more than one. Haihan sent troops to help Annan Qingdu King Zheng Jie to deal with the Ruan family in the south, and supported Fujian Xu Xinsu to fight against the pirate gang Shibazhi

, in fact, they are all similar to the nature of helping Korea this time. Annan and Fujian established their dependence and trust on Haihan during the war, and provided Haihan with a large amount of production after the war.

Resources, labor, and the sales market for industrial products, and firmly sides with Haihan in terms of political stance.

Cooperation with these two parties has allowed Haihan to gain a lot of valuable experience in this field, and he has a broad field of use in the process of dealing with North Korea.

The Executive Committee believes that this is a simple and effective way to win the favor of the Joseon Crown Prince by using high-standard treatment to elevate the other party's status. Although doing so requires the relevant departments to make many arrangements in advance, for the Executive Committee

This is just a matter of a few orders. As long as the desired effect can be achieved, some expenses are completely acceptable.

Haihan arranged a small military parade in Victory Square for Li Bo's arrival. The scale was naturally not comparable to the grand military parade during the National Day every year, but according to Haihan's diplomatic standards, this was basically the etiquette for receiving foreign heads of state.

.Although Li Bo had received relevant notifications before, when the incident came to an end and saw the Hai, Han, Army and Navy standing neatly on one side of the square, he couldn't help but feel a little excited - this was his first time.

On a trip to a foreign country on behalf of North Korea, the reception he received was indeed far beyond his expectation. It seems that Haihan's official statement that North Korea is regarded as a brotherly country is not false.

"Your Majesty, please!"

Tao Donglai's invitation made Li Bo come back to his senses from his excitement, forced a smile on his face in response, and then walked forward with Tao Donglai to review the Haihan troops in the square.

The soldiers of the troops being reviewed held their guns with both hands, the muzzles of the guns tilted upward on their chests, their chins raised high, and their eyes fixed on the front of themselves. Although it was just a review, there was a faint atmosphere of fighting and iron horses.

Each small matrix is ​​lined up in platoons, from the south end of the square to the gate of Fort Victory at the north end. Although the number of troops being paraded is not too many, the visual impact it brings is no less than that of thousands of troops.

horse.

Li Pu could feel the chilling aura emanating from these soldiers. It was obvious that these troops were not just honor guards for decoration, but professional soldiers who had actually been on the battlefield.

Sure enough, Tao Donglai took the initiative to introduce to him during the march: "What the Crown Prince saw were the main combat troops that participated in the Battle of Manila at the beginning of this year, and were recently transferred back to the mainland in rotation."

Li Pu noticed that not all of these soldiers seemed to be Han Chinese, and some of them had obvious differences in appearance from the Han people. This was probably one of the manifestations of the Haihan population being composed of immigrants from many countries. But before, he was on the Datong River.

When visiting the base, it seems that similar situations are rarely found among the local garrison.

What Li Pu didn't know was that the Haihan Army he saw at the Datong River base was mainly composed of Qian Tiandun's special operations group and the Marine Corps.

Priority was given to recruiting Han soldiers. When the special battle group was established in the early days, although it recruited a large number of young adults of Annan origin and Hainan Island's Limiao and Miao ethnic groups, due to year-round activities in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, after several expansions, it only had senior officers.

There is still a certain proportion of Annan people in the army, and the racial structure of ordinary soldiers has long been consciously and gradually changed to mainly Han people.

Since Haihan recruits a large number of immigrants from foreign countries all year round and has always implemented preferential treatment measures to obtain nationality through enlistment, the proportion of non-Han soldiers in the ordinary troops is still very considerable. For example, in the Nanhai Independent Battalion stationed in Xingdao, there are many

There are a large number of soldiers from Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Peninsula and South Asia.

Of course, the troops that are eligible to be inspected by senior officials of the Executive Committee in Victory Square have also been screened by the military to ensure that these soldiers have been in the army for more than two years and are reliable personnel with a clean background and no hidden dangers.

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When Li Bo came with Tao Dong to review the troops, thousands of people watching around the square were also observing the crown prince of Joseon who was dressed up in attendance.

Compared with the Annan young prince Zheng Zao who often appeared in Shengli Port City and would often book an entire floor of a restaurant to entertain guests, the North Korean young prince looked much more reserved and followed Tao step by step.

Donglai looked like a student or personal secretary around him. However, since he was a guest from afar, the people of Sanya still showed great enthusiasm for the visiting Joseon Crown Prince, expressing their emotions with applause and cheers.

The public's reaction made Li Bo even more excited. He puffed out his chest a little so that he would not look too humble next to the muscular Tao Donglai. He had just noticed Executive Committee Member Haihan.

The senior officials in the meeting were generally tall, and even the civil servants looked quite strong, about half a head taller than themselves. Fortunately, Li Bo also wore a gauze hat on his head, which visually ensured that his height would not be compromised.

After the simple military parade, Tao Donglai invited Li Bo to the Victory Fort to enjoy a welcome dinner specially prepared for him.

According to Li Xi's introduction, Li Pu roughly understood that Victory Fort in Sanya was just like Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. It was the place where high-ranking officials from Haihan lived and handled official business. Although this place was not large in area, it was still very accessible to the outside world.

Mysterious, Li Xi has entered Victory Fort several times, but he can only go to a limited number of places.

Victory Fort looks like a small fortress from the outside, with a moat that is more than ten feet wide, well-proportioned city walls, and powerful fortifications. But when you enter it, you will find that the planning inside is more like a comprehensive yamen, with many government affairs

They will be distributed here to various agencies for processing. However, there are soldiers on duty everywhere in the fort, and there are many places where foreigners, not even naturalized officials from Haihan's own country, may be qualified to enter.

Most places in Sanya are open to foreign dignitaries, but this does not include Fort Victory, and Li Bo is no exception. Tao Donglai led him straight to the banquet hall in Fort Victory, where it was already early

We are all ready and waiting for the arrival of the rightful owner.

The attendees at today's welcome banquet are basically public officials from various official agencies in Haihan, especially the counterpart reception units for North Korean students, who have sent their important officials to attend so that they can communicate with North Korean students as soon as possible.

Communicate well.

For example, the military convenience meeting was personally attended by the Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie, and Gu Wei, who specializes in military training, was specially called over so that he could explain the relevant training content to the North Koreans when needed. Of course, there is something about this batch of North Korean officer cadets

Regarding the situation, they had already received the intelligence sent back by Qian and Wang from the front, and already had some understanding of it.
Chapter completed!