Chapter 422 Step by step

The Ming court set aside territory on Qiongzhou Island and gave local forces the power of autonomy. This is actually nothing new. The government almost always exercised indirect control over the Limiao and Miao villages spread across the island by granting officials and fiefdoms.

Jurisdiction, and Li Dong Miao Village were almost all small independent kingdoms in their respective territories. Although they still had to obey the rule of the Ming Dynasty externally, the internal rule could not be interfered with by the outside world.

As for the Haihan people's local governance, Huangque can feel that the methods they use are different from the Li and Miao peoples. They implement their own set of rules and systems, but they also cooperate well with the Ming government.

It is not as tense as between Han and Li, and between Han and Miao - to be precise, it is not the Ming Dynasty that occupies the dominant position in this cooperative relationship, but the seemingly relatively weak Haihan. Huangque simply cannot imagine that if

When Shi Zidong is dealing with Daming, what will it be like if Shi Zidong takes the initiative?

Huang Que didn't know much about Haihan's strength at this time, so for him, it was beyond his knowledge that Haihan, a local powerful man, could create such a strange symbiotic relationship with the Ming government.

.But even though he had not been in Victory Port for a long time, everything he saw in front of him kept reminding him that Haihan was by no means as simple as the Han Chamber of Commerce he had seen in Changhua and Danzhou before.

Organizations, the areas ruled by the Haihan people have social systems and customs that are clearly different from those of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's acquiescence to the existence of the Haihan people is accelerating the external expansion of this local force at all times.

Fu Li did not rush to take Huang Que to visit the military camp in the next time to let him feel the power of Haihan's military force. Instead, following Ning Qi's suggestion, he took Huang Que to visit a school not far from Victory Fort. Compared with the early stage

The composition of students is different. Now, the students of Shengli Port Primary School include not only a few children of time travellers, but also many school-age children from Han, Li, Miao and even Annan. Of course, in addition to the descendants of time travellers, these

Most of the students' family backgrounds are naturalized citizens, and there are also a very small number of children of foreign merchants. However, the cost for this part of the foreign population to attend schools sponsored by Haihan is not low.

Huang Que seemed to feel her childhood again here, recalling the time when she attended a Han private school in Changhua County. At that time, in addition to Han children, there were also mountain people from the Li and Miao ethnic groups who were studying and literate together. Of course,

Those Li and Miao children who are able to leave the mountains to study in the county are at least members of the privileged class such as the descendants of the cave master. For example, candidates for the next generation of successors, such as Huangque, who are favored by the cave master, will often be rejected by the cave master.

During school age, he was sent to the territory of the Han people to learn some cultural knowledge. Otherwise, if he inherited the position of a copycat leader in the future, he might suffer a disadvantage in the process of dealing with the Ming government.

However, the school of the Haihan people is obviously very different from the private school Huang Que attended when he was a child. First of all, the content taught here is not a subset of classics and history such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, but the literacy textbooks compiled by the Haihan people themselves.

The curriculum is not just about literacy, there are also corresponding courses in arithmetic, common sense, and even military-related subjects in this school.

"If you are interested in the courses here, you can sign up to study here after you move out." Fu Li saw Huang Que looking at the children in class in the classroom without saying a word for a long time, so he introduced him: "

The courses we offer are not just for children, but also have corresponding teaching content for adults.”

Huangque turned around and asked, "Sir? Are you also learning to read?"

"In addition to literacy, there are many things that can be learned!" Fu Li continued: "For example, how to grow more food in the soil, how to build ships, how to smelt iron, and how to do what people in other places do

Business... Haihan leaders have opened many courses, all to enable the people to live a better life."

"Then why do the Haihan leaders teach these skills to ordinary people? If it were in their own hands, wouldn't it be more likely to make everyone obey?" Huang Que asked in confusion.

"What the leaders want is not everyone's obedience, but the continued strength of Haihan as a collective!" Fu Li patiently explained to him: "If every household in a Lidong has enough food and sharp weapons,

With well-trained warriors, what do you think the future of this cave will be?"

"That will definitely become a big cave within a few hundred miles!" Huang Que blurted out, and then realized the true meaning of Fu Li's analogy: "So the leaders of Haihan passed on the knowledge they had to the people.

Is it to enable the Haihan Executive Committee to become the ruler of this area one day?"

"The people who rule this area are not only Chief Haihan, but also ordinary people like you and me." Fu Li undoubtedly learned a lot from his political classes back then, and he has an excellent grasp of the scale of this kind of propaganda:

"The Haihan Executive Committee only makes decisions on behalf of the people. The decisions made by the Executive Committee are beneficial to all people. If you are smart enough and as talented as the leaders of Haihan, then in the future you will

There is also the possibility of joining the executive committee!”

Although Huangque didn't quite understand what the concept of Haihan's ruling system was, Fu Li's analogy helped him initially understand the role of the Haihan Executive Committee - even though it sounded mysterious, the Executive Committee

It turned out that he was exercising his right to rule on behalf of ordinary people. But as what Fu Li said was verified by facts bit by bit, Huang Que slowly began to choose to believe in these phenomena and concepts that were temporarily incomprehensible.

Instead of constantly questioning.

While Fu Li was traveling around with Huangque and brainwashing him, the plan to develop Shilu had also entered the formal preparatory stage. According to the plan formulated by the Ministry of Construction, a thoroughfare from Changhua Fishing Village must first be completed.

The land passage to the inland Shizidong mining area is to transport various materials, building materials and production tools to the mining area and complete the preliminary construction of the mining area.

Although most of the areas along the way are uninhabited areas and do not involve troublesome matters such as land acquisition and demolition, and the plain terrain along the way greatly reduces the difficulty of road construction, but only based on the length of the passage on this road

In general, it is the longest road construction project undertaken by the Ministry of Construction since the crossing. The straight-line distance from Changhua Fishing Port to the mining operation area is nearly 40 kilometers long. This project volume is almost the same as the original construction of Victory Port.

——It is four times as large as the Tiandu overland channel, and it must also cross a tributary of the Changhua River that is about 50 meters at its narrowest point. This means that the construction department will probably have to erect a solid structure along the way.

A bridge will do.

After the construction of this transportation artery is completed, it is just the beginning. As the mining area development project proceeds, a railway will inevitably be needed to improve the transportation efficiency between Shilu and the coast. In addition, after the Shilu mining area is put into operation,

At least thousands of miners have to work permanently in the local area, and the corresponding living facilities must be built in advance. In addition, in order to more efficiently utilize the clean coal transported from the nearby Black Earth Port, it is logical to build a large steel base near Changhua.

One of the development steps.

Such a huge project plan cannot be completed in one and a half years based on current construction conditions. According to the estimates of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Construction and other departments, the road construction can be completed within one year.

Achieving full production within the year can already be regarded as a miracle of extraordinary performance. During the entire construction period, the labor force that the Executive Committee needs to deploy here will probably need at least three to four thousand people, and they must be resettled for a long time in an area under indirect control.

With so many people and the execution of corresponding construction project tasks, it is also a great test for the organizational and coordination capabilities of the executive committee and related departments.

The executive committee attaches great importance to this project and devotes resources to this project, even far exceeding the period when the Black Earth Port was originally developed. After all, the mining site of the Black Earth Port is very close to the coastline. In addition to the difficulty of crossing the sea for development, in fact, in the local area

The construction difficulty is not as high as the project in Shilu. As the head of the construction department, Tao Donglai personally took charge of this project construction task, but his main responsibility is still to coordinate the cooperation between various departments, and the on-site

The overall commander of the project will still be the second-in-command Liu Shanxialai.

Time soon came to the end of May, and the Executive Committee finally dispatched the first fleet to Changhua. The engineering personnel carried by this fleet were not to build roads, but to expand the wharf at Changhua Fishing Port.

Build preliminary facilities such as warehouses, trestles, and collective residences to lay a good foundation for subsequent projects.

This engineering team will spend a month at Changhua Fishing Port to build these facilities, and then the base camp will send a large force to the place to start building roads to the inland areas.

On June 2nd, a fleet of twelve large ships arrived in Changhua. Under the slightly surprised gaze of the fishermen, not only did they get off the ship a few familiar faces they had seen before, but also a large number of loaded guns and live ammunition.

Haihan soldiers in gray clothes. After landing, these Haihan soldiers quickly formed a team and spread out in three directions: north, east, and south, and set up a perimeter warning circle within three miles nearby.

Later, Liu Shanxia, ​​the on-site commander-in-chief of the project, read a notice from the Haihan Executive Committee to the stunned fishermen, saying that the place had been temporarily requisitioned by the Executive Committee, and all residents must cooperate with the project arrangements and move to other areas. If there is any problem,

For those who are willing to cooperate, the Haihan Civil Group will take corresponding measures to ensure the smooth progress of local projects.

When the fishermen were anxious and didn't know whether to resist or obey, Liu Shanxia announced another piece of good news to cheer them up - all local residents who are willing to cooperate will be eligible to settle in Sanya.

And you can obtain the application qualifications for Haihan naturalized citizens in a short period of time.

The fishermen living in Changhua Fishing Port have actually known about Haihan's development in Sanya through various channels. It would be a lie to say that these people have no intention of moving away, but they live here.

Being able to get the benefits of the Haihan people from time to time, life is still going well. Unless it is absolutely necessary, no one will take the initiative to leave their hometown and go to a strange area to seek life. However, this time the arrival of the Haihan people immediately announced forced demolition, which in turn also affected this place.

Not many residents have a chance to choose their way of life again.

Of course, if there are people who are unwilling to go to Sanya, the executive committee has also given them the opportunity to choose their own destination, but they are not allowed to enter within a few miles of the fishing port. Before the construction of the entire Shilu coal-iron composite industrial belt is completed,

The Changhua Port area will become a strict military control zone. Not to mention these fishermen, even ordinary naturalized citizens will no longer be able to enter or leave this place casually without the approval of the Executive Committee.

This may seem a bit unreasonable, but in order to allow the project to proceed smoothly and prevent problems with the logistics support channel, the Executive Committee believes that this small means must still be used. For this purpose, the Military Commission dispatched two companies

The militiamen will participate in the first batch of construction teams to Changhua Port. They will be responsible for the peripheral martial law tasks in the port area. At the same time, if there are some disharmonious factors in Changhua County, then the militiamen of these two companies will

It is possible that more drastic measures will be taken, such as taking actual control of Changhua County.

The Ministry of Construction also mobilized its elite soldiers and generals for this big project. Fortunately, there are no large-scale engineering projects underway in Sanya recently. The development and construction of the new urban area is progressing slowly, and the Ministry of Construction has also been able to dedicate part of its construction team to participate in Changhua Port.

is under construction.

But even so, the Executive Committee did not forget to spare time to promote the development of other areas, that is, several ports located on the southeast coast of Indochina. These places have been spotted by the Executive Committee early on, and they are sending troops

Before Hue, it was proposed to the North Vietnamese court that these places should be used as post-war compensation. Although the agreement was reached in the name of a concession, both the Executive Committee and the North Vietnamese court were very clear about the ownership rights of these places.

Probably the surname will be changed to "Hai Han" from now on, but out of consideration for the interests of the strategic alliance, both sides have a tacit understanding not to bring the relevant topics to the table for discussion - North Vietnam silently sends it, and Hai Han also

Just accept it without saying a word.

After capturing these places, Haihan was able to successfully control the vast sea area from the east coast of Indochina Peninsula to Malacca, Java, and Borneo in the south, almost covering the main waterway for Western merchant ships to China through the coast of Indochina Peninsula.

This can pave the way for the next step of controlling several chokepoints in the South China Sea. However, there are still considerable practical difficulties in developing these ports that are already nominally owned by Haihan.
Chapter completed!