Chapter 776 Negotiating Details

If they want to set up a newspaper in Guangzhou, there are still many things that need to be dealt with one by one. The two of them cannot finalize all the details in a short time. Therefore, even if Ning Qi verbally agrees to Li Nai's proposal,

At present, only a rough agreement of intention has been reached. Ning Qi still has to report the matter to the executive committee, and then coordinate with relevant agencies and deploy personnel to Guangzhou to prepare and implement the project. In addition, the equipment and equipment required for printing newspapers

, paper, ink and other supplies probably have to be transported from Sanya, and there are also many departments that need to make overall arrangements.

Li Nai visited Fort Victory again the next day, but was told that the senior officials of the executive committee were meeting behind closed doors and no visitors would be allowed. After asking a familiar staff member, he was told that the agenda for the relevant meeting would take two or three days.

It takes a genius to complete it. Although Li Nai was eager to know Haihan's attitude towards the development of Da Yuan Island, he could not urge Haihan and could only continue to wait patiently for the news.

Three more days later, Schneider finally sent someone to notify Li Nai and asked him to go to Fort Victory for an interview.

"The two things you mentioned this time have been approved in principle by the Executive Committee." After the meeting, Schneider gave Li Nai good news: "It can be implemented as soon as next month."

"Then what preparations do I need to make?" The joy that could not be concealed on Li Nai's face showed his current mood. If these two things can be implemented, it will have a great impact on the future development of the Li family.

The promotion effect. Especially being able to step on the springboard of Da Yuan Island will be of great help to the Li family in expanding their business to the north. There is no need to worry about the near-monopoly of Fujian counterparts on the Strait waterways.

"Let's talk about the arrangements for the newspaper office first." Schneider responded: "It is best to place the newspaper office outside the city, close to our Guangdong Office. As for the place, a courtyard with three entrances is enough in the early stage, and the front is used to receive guests.

, the middle part will be the editorial department, and the last part will be the printing workshop and warehouse in the yard. You have a lot of connections on the ground in Guangzhou, so spend some time organizing and get the venue ready, and we will send the people and materials there as soon as possible."

"It's easy to handle. I'll send a telegram later and ask my family to get the venue settled as soon as possible." Li Nai responded confidently: "We will finalize this matter within seven days at most."

Fort Victory is currently open to a very small number of partners to provide paid telegraph services. The information that needs to be conveyed can be transmitted to the Haihan Office in Guangzhou through the radio, and then the Guangdong Office will send people to the door to deliver the message to the recipient. Of course.

, the charges for this communication method, which is regarded as "magic" in the eyes of outsiders, are also quite considerable. The content of each word of the telegram costs two seas of Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to two taels of official silver. This is basically what an ordinary Guangzhou person at this time

The average monthly income of citizens.

The price is not too expensive, because most people are not qualified to enjoy this kind of high-end service even if they are rich, and those who are eligible do not particularly care about this small amount of money. After all, the flight from Sanya to Guangzhou takes several days, and information transmission

The efficiency is extremely slow, but Haihan's wireless telegraph service can deliver the message in half a day. For a rich man like Li Nai who can get in and out of hundreds or thousands of taels every minute, he can save a hundred or ten taels of silver.

After spending several days on it, this deal was a really good deal.

"In addition to the venue, we also need to recruit a group of people from Guangzhou." Schneider carefully explained to Li Nai: "The people we have here are mainly responsible for collecting and editing news, organizing printing, and distribution, but they are also responsible for typesetting and printing.

, for those who sell these manual jobs, it is more convenient to recruit people from the local area.”

"That's no problem." Li Nai nodded and said, "Lijiazhuang Academy has been running literacy classes in the past few years, and there are more literate people. It feels more secure to use our own people."

"I heard from Ning Qi that you will take care of official relations. You are more professional than me in this regard, so I won't do whatever you want." Schneider said with a smile.

Li Nai waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Mr. Shi's words really offend me. All of my methods were learned from the leaders of Haihan."

Li Nai's words were not deliberately modest. When he first came into contact with the Haihan people a few years ago, he was still a dabbler who had just given up writing and started doing business. He was also ignorant about the world of people and the entanglement of interests. But later he often got involved in

The Guangdong Office is very familiar with Schneider, He Xi, Maliko and others, and these people are all veterans who have worked hard in shopping malls, official circles, and society for many years. There are endless tricks and tricks. Li Nai spends a lot of time hanging out with them.

As I grew up, I naturally learned from others, and gradually learned many methods.

Schneider said sternly: "Director Malikoma, who is now in charge of Guangdong affairs, is an old acquaintance of you. Although he is not a publicist, he is still relatively stable in policy matters. If there is anything wrong with newspaper management,

If you understand something, you can also seek advice from him nearby."

Li Nai responded: "I have put this matter in my mind. When I return to Guangzhou, the first thing I will do is send a message to Director Ma to invite him to dinner."

Schneider smiled and changed the subject: "Let's stop talking about running the newspaper here. Next, let's talk about Taiwan. Well, Taiyuan Island has always been marked as Taiwan on our maps, and you know this."

"I know, I know, actually it doesn't matter what the name is, the key is who holds the place." Li Nai responded with a smile.

What Li Nai said is quite essential. The first Western colonists to arrive in Taiwan called it Formosa, which means "beautiful island". However, the Ming Dynasty across the sea did not use this name. Folks

The northern part of Taiwan Island is called "Chicken Coop", the west coast is called "Beigang", the southern part is called "Da Yuan", "Tai Yuan", "Taiwan Bay", etc. Officially, it is also called "Taiwan" or "Dongfan".

"" formulation. However, it was actually during the Qing Dynasty that the mainland regime took over the island and officially named it "Taiwan". At this time, whether it is official or official, this large island across the sea from Fujian

There is no recognized naming among the people yet.

Li Nai has done so much research on Taiwan Island, and naturally knows that the Haihan people's name for this place is different from the more common public perception, just like they changed Qiongzhou Island into Hainan Island. However, the Haihan people changed the place name.

It is often accompanied by the expansion of the scope of their control, and only the areas that have been or are being included under their rule will be renamed. As for the local names given by the Westerners, probably only they themselves will use them.

, the Haihan people will definitely not buy it. When the Haihan people take actual control of the island in the future, whether they want to call it Taiwan or Taiwan will be a matter for the Executive Committee to issue an official document.

"You are one of our own. I won't deliberately hide some situations from you, but you also know our confidentiality system, so the news you heard from me is best not to spread. After all, it involves future investment promotion.

Planning, you also know that it is not good for your family if this spreads." Schneider slowed down his speech so that Li Nai could have enough time to digest the meaning of his words.

Li Nai naturally understood it and kept saying: "I understand the rules, so Mr. Shi can rest assured. Even if it is for future business, I will definitely keep my mouth shut."

Schneider nodded, stood up and walked to the wall at the back. On the wall was a large map measuring two meters by two meters, with the island of Taiwan located in the upper right corner.

"The west coast of Taiwan Island is basically a coastal plain, and there are not many natural ports. We have visited several alternative locations in the early inspections, and now we have basically finalized the first choice." Schneider pointed his finger at it.

He poked at the coastline of Tainan, but did not point out the specific location. However, Li Nai also wisely did not ask for such details. Since Schneider is now willing to discuss the local development plan in detail, it is only a matter of time before he gets the specific information.

"Our biggest concern when we landed on Taiwan Island was the Dutch. But before that, we had already dealt with the Dutch and told them to shut up and not interfere with our colonial plan." Schneider said proudly: "As long as the Dutch

If we don't get in the way, we will transport immigrants to the local area and build preliminary projects, so there won't be any big problems."

"Why don't you just drive them away? Letting the Dutch stay there won't be of any benefit to your future plans, right?" Li Nai asked in confusion, but looking at Schneider's smiling expression, Li Nai suddenly came to his senses.

Come: "No! With how shrewd you are, how can you only ask the Dutch to stay hands-off? I'm afraid there must be some kind of dirty deal hidden behind this!"

"What a dirty deal! Don't keep talking about the slang you learned from He Xi all day long." Schneider smiled and responded: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the Dutch are willing to trade people in exchange for

It’s just a period of peaceful coexistence.”

"Using immigration to buy peace?" Li Nai immediately understood Schneider's meaning: "They have taken the pulse and know that there is always a gap in your demand for population. But where will they get people for you? The local area of ​​Taiyuan Port is also

One or two thousand people, right?”

"Introducing immigrants from Japan and North Korea. The Dutch have their own channels. Since they are willing to offer such conditions, let's see how they are implemented first. If they can only talk and fail to meet the promised conditions,

, then it will not be too late to consider the plan of forceful expulsion." Schneider did not try to hide this matter, because these two countries are not within the reach of the Li family's business empire, and the Dutch's trade with these two countries has nothing to do with the Li family's business.

There is no competitive relationship whatsoever.

"But if the Dutch do this, isn't it equivalent to delivering supplies to the enemy on the battlefield to make you stronger?" Li Nai shook his head and was incomprehensible to the Dutch's strategy.

"They have no choice. The blood transfusion can at least ensure that we will not take drastic measures for a period of time. If we don't do this, they may not have the chance to stay in Taimuang Port until the end of next year." Schneider made no secret of it.

boasted.

The military has indeed proposed pulling out the nail of Taiyuan Port many times before to ensure the safety of the Strait waterway. The staff has even formulated several combat plans for attacking Taiyuan Port. If the Dutch move to Haihan

If Taiwan Island shows hostility, the militia troops stationed in Penghu may take some more radical measures to deal with the Dutch in Taiyuan Port.

Of course, the conditions offered by the well-informed and knowledgeable Dutch were indeed unacceptable to Haihan's senior management. After weighing the pros and cons, they reached an agreement with the Dutch to continue to live in peace. Although both parties knew the binding force of this agreement.

and timeliness are quite limited, but on the one hand, they do not want to waste their military power on useless battles, and on the other hand, they hope to survive and muddle along as long as they can, so there is the "Penghu Supplementary Clauses" like this

A strange agreement.

Although they knew clearly that it was an act of drinking poison to quench their thirst, the Dutch could only pretend not to know and go ahead with the deal. As for whether the East India Company headquarters in Batavia would react after knowing that Hans had signed the agreement.

His foolish actions are not what Haihan needs to worry about. Of course, judging from what is known so far, the damage to Batavia City due to this year's war is so serious that it is estimated that it will last for a while and a half

Now I won’t be able to care about a place as far away as Taiyuan Port.

However, Li Nai is not particularly concerned about the future of the Dutch. As long as the Haihan Militia is stationed in the local area, he feels reassured enough. What he is concerned about is another issue: "Then the local development will still be carried out according to the previous investment model.

?”

Schneider did not directly respond to his question, but continued to explain the situation: "The port we inspected locally is very large, and the coastline that can be used to build terminals is longer than the existing large ports in Hainan Island combined. Therefore, in terms of civil terminals,

We will leave enough space for investment."

Li Nai asked tentatively: "Does that mean that even if my family competes with the one from Fujian at the same time, there will still be enough space for us?"

Schneider smiled and said: "No matter how many ten or eight families there are, we can still accommodate it."

"Is there anything that needs to be prepared in advance?" Li Nai continued to ask.

"This is not the first time your family has participated in a colonial area construction project, so why don't you pretend to be a novice and make excuses?" Schneider exposed Li Nai's purpose without mercy.

Li Nai didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a smile: "If we can understand more about the situation, we can be better prepared. But the planned port is so large, I'm afraid it won't be completed in one or two years, right?"

"If it doesn't work in two years, then five years; if it doesn't work in five years, then ten years. Infrastructure construction can only be completed slowly." Schneider sees this very clearly: "The main reason for the slowness now is that there are too few available labor forces. In the future, we will

The greater the population under the rule, the faster the infrastructure construction will be. When we first built the Victory Fort, it took more than a year to be completed. By the middle of this year, the Penghu base will be built, and it will be put into use in just one or two months.

It’s progress.”
Chapter completed!