Chapter 613 Situation in Quanzhou

Although the Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to the port of Quanzhou, Haihan was very interested in it. Quanzhou Port extends from Quanzhou Meizhou Bay in the north to Weitou Bay in the south, with a coastline of more than 500 kilometers. Historically, there were four bays and sixteen

According to the port, the port conditions are very superior. It is only 90 nautical miles away from Magong Port in Penghu and within 200 nautical miles from the west coast of Taiwan Island. For the Haihan regime that is interested in developing Taiwan Island into the next Hainan Island-style colony,

It is said that Quanzhou Port is a trading port with a very good location on the coast of Fujian.

If Haihan develops smoothly in the future and can defeat the Shibazhi and drive away the Dutch to take over the island of Taiwan, then most likely they will negotiate with Fujian officials to take over part or all of the operating rights of Quanzhou Port, or establish a

Local chambers of commerce organizations like "Qiong Lianfa" have attracted local big business owners to take over this area for redevelopment. This approach is already familiar to Haihan, and there are already many templates for reference.

At that time, merchants from Fujian were invited to Hainan Island and Annan to take a look at the operation of the local ports. I believe it will not be difficult to copy the successful model of the past to Fujian.

Of course, before realizing these long-term goals, the Haihan people must first solve the immediate problems pragmatically and completely eliminate the influence of Shibazhi in the coastal areas of Fujian.

Although Quanzhou Port is obviously in decline at this time, many of the supporting facilities of the Millennium Commercial Port are still very complete. For example, the residence Xu Xinsu arranged for Shi Diwen and others near the port is quite good. This is a 20-year-old commercial port.

There are many acres of courtyard, but this is not a private house, but an inn open to the public. It is specially designed to serve those wealthy businessmen who have to take care of their families and have many servants when they go out. The rental fee is by no means a small amount. However,

With Xu Xinsu's arrangement, there is no need for Haihan to pay out of his own pocket.

The courtyards here are all designed by famous designers from Suzhou and Hangzhou. Although it is located in Lingnan, it has an unusual Jiangnan atmosphere. Shi Diwen and Morgan moved in with a few personal attendants, and there were more servants than them.

More than double, as long as they are willing, someone will even wipe their butts for them. As long as they give orders, someone will run errands to do it. They are more comfortable than when they were leaders in Victory Port.

Both Steven Stone and Morgan stayed in Port Victory for a long time. Even if they were on business trips, most of the time they would go to the battlefield or go to deserted places to explore new colonies. It was rare to enjoy such a time. Morgan lay on the soft bed and enjoyed

Looking at the delicacies delivered to his mouth by the maid, he couldn't help but sigh: "I find that our life in Victory Port is not as good as we thought."

In order to prevent others from spreading the conversation, most of the exchanges between the two on the road were done in English. After hearing this, Shi Diwen also responded in English: "Of course, look at the expatriates in recent years.

Has anyone taken the initiative to apply to be transferred back to Shengli Port from outside? Even though the living facilities outside are not as complete, life is more relaxed and comfortable than in Shengli Port!"

Morgan responded: "I should also consider applying for a foreign assignment."

"No, you have no hope. It's better to give up as soon as possible." Shi Diwen poured cold water on Morgan mercilessly: "You are the only expert in the entire team who specializes in cardiovascular diseases. Do you think the executive committee will

Are you planning to stay far away from Sanya for a long time?"

"You're right." Morgan himself obviously knew this very well, and said with some frustration: "It seems that I have to bring out a few qualified apprentices as soon as possible, otherwise I will never be able to escape from this imprisonment. I came with you back then.

One of the reasons for coming here is that I don’t want to be trapped in the hospital, I don’t want to keep repeating my old life after coming here.”

In the evening of the same day, the person in charge of the Haihan office in Quanzhou also rushed to Quanzhou Port to report the recent work and the situation in Quanzhou to the chief who came here for the first time. The person in charge of the Haihan office in Quanzhou is also a naturalized cadre, and

He is also a native of Fujian—Zhang Qianren, the eldest son of Zhang Tiangui, director of the Shengli Port Shipyard.

Zhang Tiangui's family originally lived in Guangdong from Fujian, and were recruited from Guangdong to Shengli Port by Haihan. Among Zhang Tiangui's five sons, except for the youngest son Zhang Qianzhi, who was appreciated by He Xi since childhood and became the chief's personal attendant,

The other four sons all followed Zhang Tiangui as shipwrights. However, Zhang Tiangui entered the Haihan system early and had his own understanding of this social system that was different from that of the Ming Dynasty. He believed that although he could make a good living in his profession, he was ultimately a

If you want future generations to succeed in technical jobs, you have to let them take another path like Zhang Qianzhi.

So at Zhang Tiangui's request, Zhang Qianren, who was familiar with Fujian's customs and customs, was sent to Quanzhou to take charge of Haihan's local business and diplomatic affairs. This was indeed a brand new job for Zhang Qianren, who had been working as a carpenter for nearly ten years.

Fortunately, Haihan's local business affairs in Quanzhou are mainly focused on purchasing various industrial raw materials and introducing immigrants. The large framework has long been coordinated by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Fujian government. Zhang Qianren does not need to be responsible for those things that are easy to memorize.

As for Guo's foreign affairs work, he only needs to do his job step by step. Although the work of the Quanzhou office has no highlights, Zhang Qianren has not made any trouble for Haihan in the more than a year since he took office.

Zhang Qianren is no stranger to Shi Diwen and Morgan who led the Haihan warship to Quanzhou this time. When he was still working at the Victory Port Shipyard, these navigation experts from the North American Gang were regular visitors to the shipyard. From "

From "Exploration Class" to "Adventure Class" to the latest "Dignity Class" sailboat, they have participated in every new sailboat manufactured by Victory Port Shipyard. And Zhang Qianren has listened to their lectures on navigation knowledge more than once.

, to be honest, there is still a master-disciple relationship between the two parties.

After Zhang Qianren came to the study, he knelt down without waiting for the two to greet him. He gave the two the master-disciple ceremony according to tradition, and then stood up to speak. Although Shi Diwen and Morgan had lived in this era for more than four years,

However, this kind of kneeling ceremony is still not acceptable. However, the two of them also knew that Zhang Qianren just wanted to express respect to themselves, so it was not easy to reprimand him.

Shi Diwen smiled and said: "Zhang Qianren, you are now also the leader of a foreign agency. Don't kneel down at every turn. This is not the behavior that a Haihan cadre should do."

Zhang Qianren said sternly: "As a humble official, I am a Haihan cadre and a student of the two teachers. If I put business first and then private affairs, then I have to salute twice in this humble position. It is better to just give a big salute and save a little trouble of red tape."

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Shi Diwen couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, so he had to compromise: "Don't kneel down like this in public, it will have a bad impact... Well, this is my order to you as a division commander."

"Students must obey the instructions." Zhang Qianren did not argue, but just agreed. However, judging from his appearance, he did not seem to intend to obey Shi Diwen's order.

"This time our mission visited Fujian, Commissioner Ning was supposed to be in charge of commercial and diplomatic affairs. However, because he had to stay in Zhangzhou to handle some affairs, he did not come with our fleet, so your routine report will be given by

Morgan and I will be responsible for the review." Shi Diwen quickly brought the topic back to business: "Let's talk about our business progress in Quanzhou first."

"Yes! I have prepared two written reports for the two leaders. Please review them." Zhang Qianren came prepared, presented two handwritten documents, and then began to explain the recent business situation to the two.

Quanzhou's local export commodities have always been mainly silk fabrics and ceramics, while imported commodities are mainly spices and medicines. After Haihan established commercial ties with Fujian, Quanzhou's import commodity catalog added Haihan products.

For this major item, the value of various Haihan industrial products shipped from Sanya to Quanzhou for sale every year has exceeded 700,000 taels of silver. In addition to being sold locally in Quanzhou, a considerable number of Haihan products are also sold exclusively through land routes.

Inland Yanping Prefecture, Shaowu Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, and even Jianchang, Fuzhou, Nanchang and other places in Jiangxi Province adjacent to Fujian. Some commodities are also transported by sea to Fuzhou Prefecture, Funing Prefecture, and even further north.

The coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

This trade figure seems to be quite large, but for the local consumer market in Fujian, it is far from ideal. This is not because the high prices of Haihan products have limited sales, but the more important reason is

Due to the limited supply of Haihan products, most of the products are still in short supply. Basically, they can sell as much as they can transport, so sales are not a problem.

Zhang Qianren pointed out in his written report that even if the quantity of goods supplied by Haihan doubled, there would never be unsaleable conditions. Although it is only the middle of the fourth year of Chongzhen, some merchants from other places are already trying to ensure priority procurement.

He took the initiative to pay the deposit for some in-demand commodities for the next year to the Haihan Office in Quanzhou.

Similar to this situation, when the mission was in Zhangzhou, they also heard Gong Ping, the local responsible for commercial affairs, mention that this is already a norm in Fujian. Xu Xinsu, Haihan's main local partner, almost monopolizes most of Haihan's products.

This has also made the Haihan products circulating in the market even more scarce. However, this situation is probably unlikely to improve in the near future. The Executive Committee believes that it will continue until at least two or three years later.

Only with the explosion of production capacity brought about by Haihan's primitive accumulation to a certain extent can we hope to change this situation in the local market.

At present, Fujian can only rank third as the destination for Haihan's export commodities. The top two are Guangdong and Annan. According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, only 15% of Haihan's industrial products exported last year were sold to Fujian.

The majority of exports are still used to satisfy major markets closer to Hainan Island.

The goods Haihan purchases locally are still mainly based on various industrial raw materials. In addition, agricultural products also occupy a considerable share, especially some agricultural products produced in the north. The price purchased from Fujian is about three times lower than that from Guangdong.

one part.

However, neither Shi Diwen nor Morgan were from the Ministry of Commerce, and they only knew a little about the business situation. Since there was no data to compare with most of the data provided by Zhang Qianren, they could not tell whether the trend was good or bad. Naturally, they had no idea.

What comments can France make? Compared with the business situation, they are more concerned about the progress of immigration affairs.

"Let's talk about the immigration recruitment situation in the recent period." After Zhang Qianren finished introducing the business situation, Shi Diwen couldn't wait to change the topic.

Zhang Qianren continued: "After the establishment of the Quanzhou office, an immigration recruitment agency was established immediately. By the end of last year, a total of 7,351 immigrants had been sent to the Sanya area. In the first three months of this year, a total of 7,351 immigrants had been sent to the Sanya area.

Sanya transported 1,048 immigrants, among whom the number of adult men was..."

If we look at the average level, the scale of immigration recruitment in Quanzhou can only be ranked at the bottom among the overseas offices. The number of immigrants sent in the first three months of this year is not as good as the one-month volume at the Lijiazhuang Resettlement Site in Guangdong. However,

Considering that Haihan's local influence is far less than that of Guangdong, there seems to be nothing wrong with such results.

Shi Diwen was obviously not satisfied with this situation. After hearing this, he shook his head and said: "The number is too small! Calculated, there are only a few hundred people a month. Even the establishment of an administrative village is a bit reluctant. If it is only at this level,

When the work performance is reviewed at the end of the year, I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs!”

Zhang Qianren said with a wry smile: "I want to recruit more people in my humble position, but it is not easy for people to abandon their homeland and settle in a foreign land thousands of miles away. If there is no catastrophe, who would be willing to leave their hometown easily? Fujian

The war has calmed down in the past two years, and the Shibazhi harassed local areas less often than before. Without the refugee flow, it would be difficult to attract a large number of immigrants in a short period of time."

What Zhang Qianren said is not to shirk responsibility. Since Haihan implemented a strategy of military support for Fujian, the Shibazhi, which often disrupted coastal social order, has also been directly affected. The scope and frequency of its activities have been greatly reduced compared with the past. Correspondingly

The number of victims has also decreased a lot compared to previous years. In the absence of natural or man-made disasters, it would be much more difficult to recruit a large number of immigrants from an area. Like Lijiazhuang, a large pot of white porridge can attract hungry people.

Lulu's method of voluntary registration of refugees is not feasible in Quanzhou.

Of course, if you must find a way, there is nothing you can do, such as promising generous remuneration to immigrants, but this will greatly increase the cost of immigration. Such additional expenditures will probably not be approved by the Executive Committee. Even if it requires spending money to recruit immigrants

, the target must also be skilled technical workers and professionals, and will never be ordinary people recruited in batches.
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