Chapter 768 Unique vision

"Reporting to the chief, Li Shaodong's family from Guangdong Furifeng Commercial Bank is asking for an audience."

"Oh? He's come to Sanya again? Invite him in." After hearing the guard's report, Schneider put down the official document in his hand.

Although Guangdong Furifeng Trading Company has three young masters, the only one who would come to the Ministry of Commerce to visit him at short notice without making an appointment in advance is probably the third young master Li Nai, who regards Fort Victory as his own home.

Since Li Nai took over as the chief shopkeeper of "Golden Shield", he spent most of his time in Guangdong. He couldn't just run to Shengli Port like before. He stayed there for two or three months. But he still bought it in Sanya New Town.

I live in Sanya for at least ten days and a half every year, catching up with Haihan’s friends.

"Mr. Shi, long time no see! How are you always?" Li Nai greeted Schneider warmly as soon as he came in.

Schneider didn't see him outside. He stood up and cupped his hands with a smile and said, "Young master is so free, why are you coming to Sanya for vacation again? You live a relaxed, carefree and enviable life!"

"This time I came to Sanya not just for fun." Li Nai waved his hands seriously and said, "I have serious business to attend to. I came directly to Fort Victory to find you as soon as I got off the ship."

"What's the matter?" Schneider smiled and said, "Could it be that you are marrying a concubine again? Let me talk about it first. You are holding a wedding banquet in Guangzhou, and no one can go there. You can only ask the Guangdong Office to send me a gift.

Thanks."

Li Nai got married two years ago and started a family, and now the children are one year old. However, he married a side wife last year. At that time, he sent people to Sanya to send invitations, inviting familiar Haihan executives to Panyu County, Guangzhou Prefecture.

Drinking wedding wine in Lijiazhuang. Of course, the time travelers did not have enough time to cross the sea to participate in such social activities, so most of the people who received the invitation did not attend the wedding banquet, but they still sent invitations to Li through the Guangdong Office

Nai sent congratulatory gifts and red envelopes. Schneider was also one of the people who received the invitation at that time, and he happened to go to Guangzhou to inspect the work. By the way, he showed up on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee and said a few words of congratulations, which was considered a gift.

It's enough for Li Nai's face.

Li Nai smiled bitterly and said: "Why are you marrying me? Two women at home are enough troubles. I have no interest in marrying another one and letting them fight me as a landlord."

"There's no need to fight with landlords. If you marry another one and go home, the four of you can have a mahjong table together," Schneider joked.

As contact with the Ming Dynasty increased, some of Haihan's unique entertainment methods, such as playing cards and later improved mahjong games, gradually entered the lives of some of the upper class people who were close to Haihan. Li Nai

This lover of Hai-Han culture has naturally learned a lot.

"No kidding, to be honest, I really have something to do when I come to Sanya this time." Li Nai raised his chin towards Schneider: "I just came to see you."

"Is that about talking about business?" After all, the two have known each other for several years. Schneider could roughly guess what Li Nai said when he heard it.

"We are not outsiders, so let me tell you the truth." Li Nai took the hot tea just delivered by his secretary to moisten his throat, and then said: "I heard that Haihan is going to colonize Dayuang Island?"

Schneider asked calmly: "Where did you get this news?"

It has only been a few days since Qian Tiandun signed an agreement with the Dutch in Damuan Port. The news has not yet spread completely. Calculating the time, Li Nai did not know about it at all when he set off from Guangzhou.

Li Nai responded: "Looking at your reaction, it should be pretty close. I didn't get this from others, but I spent a lot of time analyzing it bit by bit!"

"Oh? Did you analyze it yourself? Then you can tell me." Schneider had nothing urgent at hand, and he became interested after hearing Li Nai's answer. He wanted to know how this young master Li San, who has a strange brain circuit, thinks about it.

came out.

"This is a long story..." Seeing that Schneider was interested in listening, Li Nai became excited and began to explain his reasoning process bit by bit.

The story begins in May of this year. After the Battle of Penghu, Haihan and Fujian officials consciously conducted a large amount of publicity on the results of the battle. The Guangdong side, with the secret promotion of the Guangdong Office in Guangdong, naturally also launched this battle.

It caused a wave of discussion among the people. The common people in the city are probably concerned about how many pirates the official army and the Haihan militia killed in Penghu, how many ships were sunk, how much stolen money and stolen goods were seized, and other news.

A number of rumors or legends were born during the dissemination process. However, because of the different sources of information, upper-class people like Li Nai received much more detailed information than folk rumors, and their focus was more or less the same as that of ordinary people.

There are some differences.

The coalition forces composed of the Ming Dynasty and Haihan won a complete victory in the Battle of Penghu and drove the remaining Shibazhi forces away from the local area. This result is beyond doubt, and Li Nai has no doubt that the Haihan militia has such combat capabilities.

——As for the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Li Nai believes that they only played a supporting role and had a limited role in the battle. The question Li Nai is interested in is why Haihan sent troops to fight this battle? After this battle

After that, what does Haihan want to do next?

Of course, Li Nai was somewhat aware of the conflict between Haihan and Shibazhi, as well as the behind-the-scenes support of Fujian Commander-in-Chief Xu Xinsu, so Haihan teamed up with the Fujian government to send troops to raid Shibazhi's lair. Li Nai thought it was okay.

It was reasonable. However, he did not expect that the Fujian government was generous enough to directly hand over Penghu to Haihan for management after the war. Although it was nominally a co-management, it was obvious that the level of co-management might not be as high as that of the Yazhou government.

Influence in Sanya. Coupled with Haihan's quick announcement to garrison troops in Penghu and build a port and immigration station, Li Nai understood that Haihan planned to repeat what he had done on Hong Kong Island there.

With the cooperation of the government, it would be no more difficult for Haihan to take actual control of Penghu than it was to take Hong Kong Island, so Li Nai's focus quickly shifted to Haihan's next plan.

Before Haihan took action against Penghu, he established a temporary base at Zhongzuo Station on the coast of Fujian at least a year in advance. A large amount of military supplies were shipped out from Sanya and transferred to the local area via Hong Kong Island. Because Haihan wanted to

For the purpose of covering operations, a considerable number of civilian ships were hired to perform transportation tasks. As Haihan's "old friend", Furifeng's shipping department also undertook part of the transportation business in the process, so Li Nai was quite aware of this.

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The springboard role played by Hong Kong Island in Haihan's expansion of his sphere of influence into the Fujian Strait is very obvious, and the location of Penghu indicates that it is very likely to be the next springboard with similar functions to Hong Kong Island - only the sea

In which direction Han was about to jump, Li Nai had limited information at the time and could not accurately judge.

Although Li Nai was very familiar with the people in the Guangdong Office, he was not blind enough to go directly to ask them about this issue. However, from the fragments of information collected later, Li Nai gradually pieced it together according to his own understanding.

There is a possibility.

Haihan has stationed a powerful armed force in Penghu. The army is the special operations battalion known as Haihan's ace army, and the navy is an almost integrated fleet. Haihan's biggest local enemy Shibazhi has already

Fleeing to the distant sea, there are allies Xu Xinsu to the west, and the Dutch who have signed an armistice treaty and are unwilling to oppose Haihan to the east. So what is the significance of deploying this armed force locally?

Li Nai has been dealing with the Haihan people for a long time, and his way of thinking has naturally moved closer to the Haihan people unconsciously. He does not think that Haihan's behavior is unintentional, and it is more likely that it has some secret purpose.

For Li Nai, who is familiar with Haihan's situation, it is not too difficult to find out the truth after the deduction has reached this point.

Based on the usual practice of the Haihan people, Li Nai believes that they will not stop at the Fujian Strait, and will definitely look for opportunities to expand their sphere of influence, and the troops stationed there will probably become the pioneers in the next step. The Haihan Army and the Fujian Army

The relationship between the two parties is extremely close, and Xu Xinsu can be regarded as a die-hard Haihan Party member. It is unlikely that Haihan will choose the coastal areas of Fujian as his next target. In addition, the first special operations battalion stationed in Penghu is best at mountain and jungle warfare.

, this information happens to be in Li Nai's hands. Combining these fragments of information, Li Nai believes that Haihan's next step is probably to attack the nearby Dajuan Island from Penghu.

As for why he headed east instead of continuing to the north, Li Nai's views are very consistent with those of Haihan's military. He believes that the size of Penghu is not enough to support Haihan's development needs to the north, just like An in the South China Sea.

The Buona Islands cannot support Haihan's southward strategy. If Haihan really wants to continue to expand northward, then another base with a larger scale and richer resources will be needed in the Fujian Strait. From this perspective, Penghu

Compared with Taiyuan Island, there is no advantage at all. Although Qian Tiandun had not yet led his troops to inspect Taiyuan Island at that time, Li Nai only inferred based on the information he had and had definitely believed that Haihan's whereabouts were

One development target is Taiyuan Island next to Penghu.

Does Haihan's next move to Taiyuan Island have anything to do with Li Nai and Guangzhou Furifeng behind him? Of course there is a connection, and it is a big one.

Since Fulifeng climbed to the high branch of Shanghai five years ago, its development can be described as a meteoric rise. Up to now, Fulifeng and the many firms and various businesses with which it is interested have made the Li family a leader in the entire Guangdong.

They are the leading wealthy businessmen. But after reaching this stage, the Li family also felt that their business operations seemed to have hit the ceiling, and there was no room for further growth and development.

The reason is very simple. Furifeng's influence is mainly concentrated in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi. This sign is difficult to use outside the province, especially to the north. In neighboring Fujian, there is a big boss like Xu Xinsu, who is both an official and a businessman.

It is difficult for Fulifeng to expand its business to the local area. Although it can be regarded as an in-depth partner of Haihan, the business system promoted by Haihan in the Ming Dynasty is based on the local agency system. As the general agent in Fujian

Xu Xinsu would naturally not be happy to see the agent from next door come to her house to do business. And the business scope of Furifeng's current business is almost 100% related to Haihan, and there is naturally 100% conflict with its counterparts in Fujian.

Conflicts of interest make it difficult for Furifeng's trade scope to expand northward. The main reason why the military supplies shipped by Furifeng had to be transshipped in Hong Kong was because Fujian was unwilling to let Furifeng's fleet pass.

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In addition, there is another reason, which is that Fulifeng has tasted enough sweetness in the investment projects led by Haihan in recent years, which gave the Li family a new understanding of the model of developing overseas colonies. Fulifeng

Feng’s investment projects on Hainan Island include salt fields, farms, plantations, transportation lines, ports and terminals, various workshops, and even real estate areas that few foreign investors can directly set foot in. At the same time, Feng has invested in Hong Kong Island, Annan and even Annan in the South China Sea.

There are large and small investment projects in Hong Kong, and the long-term stable income is very considerable. In the process, the Li family also noticed that investing in undeveloped virgin land has the most cost-effective rate of return and return period.

Li Nai has carefully studied Haihan's operation mode of new colonial areas in the past few years. Almost all of them have carried out investment promotion activities of different scales to attract businessmen other than Haihan to invest money or resources to participate in the operation, reducing the risk of independent development and construction of colonial sites.

Risk. Based on this, he believed that if Haihan wanted to attack Da Yuan Island, one of the necessary steps to establish a colonial area was to attract investment. And Furifeng must seize this opportunity and obtain his own foothold locally. If he moves slowly

Being beaten ahead by his colleagues from Fujian, Furifeng would most likely not even be able to get a mouthful of soup.

The reason for such urgency has a lot to do with the suppression Fu Ruifeng suffered in Fujian. Although Penghu Magong Port is actually controlled by Haihan, it is still officially under the Ming Dynasty, and the influence exerted by the Xu family there

Due to the force, Furifeng has not yet obtained an exclusive terminal and business store in Magong Port, and Haihan can only remain neutral about this. After all, the merchant ships under the name of Xu Xinsu are currently unable to pass the Pearl River section north of Lijiazhuang, Panyu.

You can only choose Hong Kong Island or Wanshan Port as the anchorage.

But Damuan Island is different. The imperial court did not include this large island in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Xinsu did not have any direct influence in the area. If Haihan took over the land, the local land distribution would definitely be

The Haihan people have the final say. If Furifeng can obtain the qualification to build a wharf and commercial warehouse locally, the Fujianese can only stare blankly.

Although Li Nai didn't know when the Haihan people would take action against Damuan Island, this matter should be done sooner rather than later. After he figured out the key, he immediately rushed to Sanya by boat, hoping to be the first to finalize the cooperative development with Haihan executives.

agreement.
Chapter completed!