Chapter 2791

While Jiang Jianzhang was preparing for the dinner, Bai Kesi explained the naval development status of the Northern Region to the two young people around him.

Twenty years ago, when Haihan used the Dengzhou area and the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula as the boundary to demarcate the northern region and formally incorporated it into the national territory, the financial situation in this region was still in a very difficult situation. At that time, Haihan needed to be admitted and resettled continuously.

The large number of refugees pouring into the Denglai region from inside and outside Shandong are also faced with the Liaodong region, which has been ravaged by war for many years and is completely impoverished.

At that time, in order to feed the hundreds of thousands of people under the jurisdiction of the Northern Region, the Executive Committee had to allocate a large amount of food and materials from the south to support the Northern Region every year, and at the same time exempt the Northern Region from the taxes it needed to pay, so that it could barely maintain the population here.

Stabilize the situation.

At that time, the most exported products from the Northern Region were not the local specialties, but the tens of thousands of immigrants who had to leave their homes in order to make a living. Today, at least 50% of the Han immigrants that Haihan has resettled in various overseas colonies are

Northerners from Shandong, Liaodong and other places. Even thousands of miles away in the South China Sea, there are many Haihan immigrants who speak with northern accents.

However, such difficult times have become history. As the war in the north gradually subsided, agricultural production in the areas controlled by Haihan recovered rapidly, and daily necessities such as rice, flour, and oilcloth gradually became self-sufficient and no longer relied solely on supplies from the south.

The development of various mineral resources and the establishment of a maritime trade system have made the maritime trade channel established between the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea a way to make money in the northern region.

Although today's Northern Region is still far less wealthy than the Donghai Region, its financial situation has greatly improved compared to previous years. Not only does it have enough energy to organize the development and construction of large-scale infrastructure projects such as Qingdao Port, it even raises its own military expenditures.

Expanding the size of the garrison is not a problem either.

Affected by the military budget and the international situation in Northeast Asia, the North Sea Fleet has not undergone large-scale expansion and restructuring for a long time. Even plans to build new warships are often related to the retirement of old ships.

Arrangement linkage. It was not until the financial situation improved in recent years that the North Sea Fleet began to accelerate the pace of expansion.

It is worth mentioning that although the establishment and command of the garrison forces in each overseas region are in the hands of the Ministry of National Defense, in fact the military expenditures of the core armed forces garrisoned in various regions often come mostly from local finances and do not completely rely on national defense.

The allocation of departments makes it more flexible in terms of preparation.

It is not difficult for Chen Yixin to find some objective reasons for the expansion of the North Sea Fleet. For example, in 1652, Wang Tom led the fleet to North America. Some of the ships and personnel were transferred from the North Sea Fleet, so this part needs to be supplemented. Qingdao Port

After its completion, the North Sea Fleet will be equivalent to one more large naval base, which will naturally require more troops to garrison it.

The Executive Committee may not necessarily agree to such an expansion application, but there are indeed no strong measures to restrict the Northern Region. As long as Chen Yixin can find the money to solve the military expenditure problem on his own, the Executive Committee as far away as Sanya can only

Turn a blind eye to this.

After hearing this, Bai Letong asked: "The North Sea Fleet's self-expansion can be a big or small matter. Isn't the Executive Committee worried that the armed forces of the Northern Region will gradually escape control?"

Bai Kesi said: "Of course there are such concerns, but for now it is still in a controllable state. First, there is no doubt about Chen Yixin's loyalty to the Executive Committee. Second, the Executive Committee can still control the arms industry at its source.

Control the armed forces of overseas regions."

Even if the Northern Region can expand the North Sea Fleet by building its own shipyards, this does not mean that the Northern Region can achieve military independence.

Ship-borne artillery and ammunition, steam power systems, navigation clocks, sextants and other equipment required by naval ships are all produced by arsenals in the south, and their supply and maintenance all rely on the logistics system of the Ministry of National Defense. Overseas major

If the region wants to gain military independence, it must completely give up these advanced equipment. But without the blessing of these equipment, the strength of the North Sea Fleet will not be much stronger than the traditional navy of the same era.

In the same way, the situation of the Army is roughly the same. Whether it is individual weapons such as rifles or heavy equipment such as artillery, its production capacity is firmly controlled by the Executive Committee. Overseas regions want to rely on military means to

To set up your own business, you must first abandon your martial arts skills. Normal people will definitely know what choice to make.

Even if the Northern Region builds dozens of combat ships and recruits tens of thousands of soldiers at once, without the approval of the Executive Committee, it will be difficult for these troops to form real combat effectiveness.

Bai Letong didn't know much about this field before, but after listening to Bai Kesi's explanation, he suddenly realized it.

Ning Zijing understood this far better than Bai Letong. He added in a timely manner: "The state has always strictly controlled military supplies. If the demand suddenly increases in a certain place, it will inevitably attract attention, even if it is done secretly.

There is no way to hide the increase in troops and expansion."

As one of Haihan's earliest officially-led commercial organizations, Qiong Lianfa was responsible for purchasing and transporting various military supplies for Haihan in the Ming Dynasty in the early days of its establishment. Therefore, the state's supervision methods in this regard have no impact on Ning Zi.

It's not a secret.

Of course, with the various natural resources and processing capabilities that Haihan currently has at his disposal, he no longer needs to purchase from other countries through secret channels as before, and most military supplies have become self-sufficient.

At the reception banquet hosted by Jiang Jianzhang for Bai Kesi and his entourage at his official residence, almost all the local civil and military officials were present. In this newly built port, there were more than forty officials of all sizes. A city

Almost all the necessary departments have been established here, which shows that the Northern Region also attaches great importance to the development prospects here.

Bai Kesi noticed that more than 90% of the officials attending the banquet were from Denglai, and most of them were Ma and Jiang, accounting for almost a quarter of the officials present. As for the background of these officials, even Jiang Jianzhang

Without any introduction, Bai Kesi could guess a few things. It can be seen from this that Chen Yixin still prefers relatives and relatives when appointing officials.

In fact, it is difficult to say whether this method of appointment is good or not. The disadvantage is that it is easy for officials to protect each other and form cliques for personal gain, but the advantage is that they understand the local situation better, and the ruling party will encounter fewer problems than officials transferred from outside.

Much more.
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