Chapter 544 Comparison of Situations

No matter how daring the private landowner armed forces are, they cannot save their weak armed strength. This kind of private armed force supported by long guns, short sticks, broadswords and hunting bows, its fighting will and combat level are completely unable to compare with the regular army. Although there are "

Zhuang Zishang, who was "wealthy and wealthy", bought through some special channels a few Type 27 matchlock guns that had been eliminated by the Haihan militia two years ago, and even one or two rusty small-caliber Franco machine guns, but they were placed on

Faced with the militia's tactics of clearing the way with artillery and advancing with volleys of guns, it is like mantis trying to use its arms as a chariot.

After Haihan took control of Danzhou, the reasons why the militia wanted to deal with these stubborn resisters became even more high-sounding. They were directly labeled as "colluding with pirates" and they were not even given a chance to defend themselves. Naturally, the military

The attack on these villages was used as an opportunity to train troops. Some relatively simple combat tasks have even begun to be handed over to young trainee officers who are only fourteen or fifteen years old. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Construction are also happy to see this.

If successful, these rebels can be used to fill the rapidly depleted labor force in the hard labor camps. After being captured, they will be immediately sent to the Shilu area in the south to work as miners.

In Danzhou City, the original Danzhou Prefectural Government Office had been destroyed by artillery fire when the pirate army entered the city. The gate and large sections of walls on the left and right sides were destroyed. After Haihan took control of Danzhou, he used this place as the office of the temporary management committee. But here

The facade that was destroyed by the war never had time to be repaired. The management committee only organized people to clean up the ruins and then pulled up barbed wire as a simple isolation measure. Although it does seem a bit nondescript, this defensive measure is in the current situation.

It is basically enough for Danzhou City.

At this time, Zhang Xin was meeting with several local "progressive" gentry in his study. These people were all local merchants and had business dealings with Haihan before. Haihan's takeover of Danzhou was of great significance to them.

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. And these people are also important tools for the Provisional Management Committee to implement rule in Danzhou. Haihan wants to control public opinion, and these people are far more effective than the means of the Ministry of Security and the Department of Propaganda.

Zhang Xin held the tea cup and said with a smile: "Everyone, the day after tomorrow is the day when the Danzhou branch of Haihan Bank will be opened. I hope everyone can come to support us and promote the benefits of our bank to more people!"

A fat old man sitting under Zhang Xin immediately responded: "You don't need to ask Director Zhang for this, everyone here will go. The shopkeepers of the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce have long been looking forward to Haihan Bank opening to Danzhou."

Here, I, Mr. Yuan, will open an account and deposit eighteen thousand taels of silver into it first, so that it will be easier to do business with Haihan's shopkeepers in the future."

This fat man named Yuan was originally a salt merchant in Danzhou. However, after Haihan salt hit the market at low prices, the salt farm in Danzhou Bay was unable to make ends meet and declared bankruptcy in a short period of time. Fatty Yuan discovered the business opportunities.

, instead of lowering the price to compete with Haihan Salt, he went to find the agent of Haihan Salt, Luo Shengdong, the military attache of Yacheng Water Village, and used the existing sales channels in his hands as an exchange to negotiate a deal.

After returning from the Danzhou area, he became a distributor of Haihan salt. Although the profits of this second-level agent were limited and could not be said to make a lot of money, he really didn't earn much in this business.

People dare to embarrass him - he has the support of the Ming Dynasty Navy, but he really can't help it because he has Haihan as his backer. Even the local government does not dare to easily provoke these two forces.

Fatty Yuan can be regarded as a well-informed person. After getting rich, he did not forget his backing. He has always been willing to cooperate with Haihan's various overt and covert expansion methods in Danzhou. After the pirate rebellion, Haihan took over Danzhou, and Yuan

Fatty was the first to jump out and contact a group of gentry who were pro-Haihan. They used the name of the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce to promote Haihan and worked very hard.

Of course Zhang Xin also knew that this guy was an extremely slippery philistine, but when Haihan first occupied Qiongbei, he definitely needed people like this who would take the initiative to jump out and wave the flag, so the necessary benefits had to be given to him. At that moment, Zhang Xin said: "

It just so happens that Boss Yuan is here today, so let me tell you something that you have always been concerned about. The salt farm in Danzhou will resume operation next month at the latest. From now on, Boss Yuan will not need to send a boat to Yingge in the south if he wants to buy salt.

Haiyan. Of course, the locally produced sea salt will continue to uphold the characteristics of Haihan salt with high quality and low price. You should still take care of your business in the future!"

A group of businessmen present here paid tribute to Fatty Yuan one after another. He is the general agent of the salt industry in Danzhou. Haihan people setting up a salt farm here will undoubtedly greatly reduce Fatty Yuan’s cost of operating salt. In this year alone

The shipping cost was probably enough for him to buy two sets of the legendary Haihan Garden houses in Sanya.

Fatty Yuan benefited immediately after expressing his loyalty. Naturally, others would not take it lightly and followed suit one after another. Zhang Xin was also prepared for this, and threw out various benefits one by one, so that these pro-Sea Han elements were attracted.

The interests can be equally shared and some practical benefits can be obtained.

Although Danzhou is a city with hundreds of years of history, in the eyes of the Haihan people, it is still in a state of waste and waiting for development. If many things are done by the Haihan people themselves, it will inevitably lead to inefficiency due to manpower issues.

It has been reduced indefinitely, so now Zhang Xin has many projects that are handed over to these second-rate dealers to operate.

Since the Ministry of Engineering's construction power has been in a very serious shortage, Zhang Xin, after reporting to the Executive Committee and obtaining approval, planned to hand over the renovation work of several major official roads in Danzhou to private contractors. Doing so would definitely require

It will cost more money than Haihan's own construction, and the construction efficiency will definitely be much lower. However, given the current actual situation, handing it over to private construction is likely to be faster than handing it over to the Ministry of Construction.

Among them, the official road leading to Fucheng via Lingao and the official road south along the coastline to Changhua will be organized and implemented by the temporary management committee on the Danzhou side, while Sanya will only be responsible for providing part of the funds and design.

Construction plans and review project costs.

Part of the shortfall of funds will be raised by local merchants organized by Zhang Xin on behalf of the management committee. Although there is no way to recover the cost through toll collection, the management committee will provide certain compensation from other aspects - such as obtaining

Agency years and regions for certain Haihan products.

Among those who are willing to cooperate with Haihan, there are also smart people who voluntarily want to join Haihan. However, Zhang Xin received instructions from the executive committee that there is no need to rush to let people from the middle and upper classes of society join Haihan for the time being. These people

Retaining the identity of the people of the Ming Dynasty will have a greater effect on Haihan. After all, these people have far more say and control in society than ordinary people. They can lead the trend of public opinion to a certain extent. They can act as a mouthpiece and voice for Haihan.

Propaganda, many policies and concepts can have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort. In Ning Qi’s words, this is essentially cultivating a group of big Vs and public intellectuals who are pro-maritime.

At the same time, Qiu Yuan, who is in charge of Qiongzhou Fucheng, is not as comfortable as Zhang Xin. The public sentiment here in Fucheng is quite different from that in Danzhou. The people's feelings for the Ming Dynasty obviously outweigh the fear of foreign ethnic groups. Many

The people who have lived here for generations are not so willing to betray Haihan. Compared with the gentry in Danzhou who are not very firm in their stance, the moral integrity of the upper class people in Fucheng is obviously much more stable. Haihan's local reputation

Although various temporary management measures are also being implemented, the level of cooperation received is far less than that in Danzhou, and there are countless situations where the situation is both overriding and undermining.

Moreover, the area around Fucheng is also the area with the most landowners on Qiongzhou Island, and the implementation of land policy has accordingly been under great pressure. Although those who tried to use violent confrontation were quickly suppressed, the promotion of land policy

However, the efficiency is still surprisingly low. The vast majority of landowners have adopted a soft refusal method of non-resistance and non-cooperation, and are not willing to accept the various solutions proposed by Haihan. Although the Executive Committee does not reject the use of force

They suppressed the resistance of the landlord class, but they did not want to violently massacre the landlord class before the conflict fully broke out. Doing so would only weaken the people of Qiongbei and continue to side with the Ming Dynasty.

Since the military has imposed military control on the ports near Qiongzhou Fucheng and the entire Qiongzhou Strait, this has also brought a lot of inconvenience to the local people in Fucheng, especially those who rely on the sea for a living or engage in maritime trade. There have been complaints from the public about this.

This has always been the case. However, the Executive Committee has long issued an order that the closure of the Qiongzhou Strait will be implemented until the end of January, and one of the main tasks of the Fucheng Management Committee is to try to gather people's hearts and eliminate opposition before this deadline arrives.

faction to consolidate the foundation of Haihan's rule in Qiongbei.

This task is not that easy to complete. After Qiu Yuan came here and stayed for two months, he deeply felt the pressure. It was much more difficult than when he was a commercial representative at the Resident Office and the port director at Shengli Port.

. There are at least seven or eight incidents of commotion at the management committee office every day due to various disputes, and most of them are caused by conflicts of interest between local people and Haihan. Qiu

It also feels very tricky to deal with.

While the reconnaissance fleet heading south to Natuna Island was still drifting in the South China Sea, Qiu Yuan received a telegram from Guangdong, the content of which made him feel the cruelty of Murphy's Law again.

According to the confirmed information obtained by the Ministry of Security from Zhaoqing, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Zunde, has already drawn up a list of officials who will take up their posts in Qiongzhou. The first batch of officials will depart from Zhaoqing and Guangzhou respectively in the near future and head to Qiongzhou Island by sea to take up posts.

When the pirate army attacked Qiongbei three months ago, almost all the resistance faction in the local government were robbed, and there were not even many family members left. The entire Qiongbei government system was completely paralyzed. Although this information

After being processed by Haihan, it was conveyed to Governor Wang Zunde, but it was not a simple matter to re-select a group of officials.

So many seats were suddenly vacated on Qiongzhou Island, including many high-ranking positions such as fourth- and fifth-level positions. The power game surrounding these positions behind the scenes was no less intense than the fighting on the battlefield. Although the Ming Dynasty

It made no difference to Haihan which officials were sent to Qiongzhou Island, but the relevant departments still took some measures to exclude officials who were hostile to Haihan from the candidate list as much as possible.

But even so, it is difficult for the Ministry of Security to make a conclusion in advance as to whether these Ming officials will have an adverse impact on the local situation after arriving on the island. It is also inconvenient to use certain means to prevent the Ming government from sending these personnel to Qiongzhou Island. The only

What we can do is to inform Qiongzhou Island of this situation in advance.

"It rained all night when the house leaked!" Qiu Yuan had nothing to comment on except sighing about the direction of the situation.

He was not particularly worried about what these officials would do after they came here. In fact, the military and the Ministry of Intelligence had already made corresponding plans. These people had already entered house arrest the moment they set foot on Qiongzhou Island.

status. After this, there will be some testing sessions to test the political inclination of the other party. If he is someone who can take advantage of him, then he will be lucky enough to spend a relaxed and happy term on this island. But if he is a determined person,

The most likely possibility for the resistance faction is to disappear completely from now on, and a new hard laborer with only a number will appear in the mountains of Qiongxi or in the coal mines on the other side of the Beibu Gulf.

"I just hope these people can behave and don't cause me any trouble!" Qiu Yuan sighed, and after reading the contents of the telegram several times, he put it into the archive folder.

"Director Qiu, all the participants have arrived." The naturalized secretary stood at the door and reported to him.

The meeting Qiu Yuan held today was actually of the same nature as the one held by Zhang Xin in Danzhou. It also aimed to win over the local gentry and promote some commercial and infrastructure projects led by Haihan. But compared with the fancy sedan chairs in Danzhou

Seeing the crowd carrying him, the situation Qiu Yuan encountered was much more troublesome. Most local businesses were unwilling to cooperate with Haihan's various arrangements. Such liaison meetings had been held several times, but there was not much progress.

This is also related to the composition of the local gentry. Almost all the dissatisfied gentry in Danzhou were eliminated during the pirate siege, while Qiongzhou City was never captured by the pirate army from beginning to end, so the composition of the gentry here is also different.

It was still mainly people who were close to the Ming Dynasty. There was a lot of dissatisfaction with Haihan's administration, especially the various "New Deals" implemented during this period. Even allowing local gentry to participate in such a meeting required Haihan.

The Han militia group was dispatched to put a certain amount of pressure. As a result, the effect of the meeting was naturally not much better.
Chapter completed!