Chapter 920 Vung Tau Port

The weaker a country is, the less resistant it is to foreign culture and values. Haihan's cultural export work in the Ming Dynasty lasted for several years before some results were achieved, but countries like Champa were able to achieve some results in a very short period of time.

He became extremely admiring of Hai-Han culture.

This is also a helpless move for Champa. It is surrounded by countries such as Annam, Chenla, and Siam that are stronger than itself. In recent centuries, its territory has been continuously encroached by the surrounding powerful powers. It is not easy to find a country willing to support it.

If you are a strong person, you will naturally have to try your best to hold on to this thigh. Moreover, Haihan's cooperation conditions do not require Champa to pay unilaterally. The large quantities of grain and other local products purchased from Champa every year have also become a part of Champa.

One of the main sources of economy for the city-state.

In addition, there are a large number of Champa nationals who cross the border and come to the Vung Tau Port controlled by Hai Han to work for Hai Han to earn income. Currently, at least one third of the thousands of residents in the Vung Tau Port are

Migrant workers from Champa State have taken on most of the local manual labor positions, and some of them have applied for Haihan citizenship after working for a long time.

Similar to Annan, Champa will also select outstanding domestic talents every year to go to HN Sanya to receive advanced training provided by Haihan. These trainees include not only the military, but also culture and education, civil affairs, commerce, finance, manufacturing, and medical

The training received by personnel in many fields such as Champa covers all aspects of society, and even members of the Champa royal family also participated in this training. These trainings greatly accelerated the speed of Haihan's cultural input to Champa, making

The degree of Haihanization in Champa State, especially the area around Saigon near Vung Tau Port, is quite high, even surpassing that of Annam, which had earlier cooperated with Haihan.

The person in charge of Vung Tau Port is Qiu Xin, who is affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Like most other travelers, Qiu Xin also holds different part-time jobs in multiple departments. In addition to being the director of the Champa Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qiu Xin

In addition to his duties, he also holds different positions in the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Agriculture. This appointment also allows him to have more independent decision-making power when he is in charge of Vung Tau Port, without having to cross the sea to various departments for everything.

After all, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to coordinate many things among multiple departments, so it would be better to let Qiu Xin make the decision alone.

The reason why the Executive Committee has so much trust in Qiu Xin is that he once served as the mayor of a township in Lingns District before he traveled through the world, and he has rich practical experience in managing local areas. However, the Executive Committee did not use this method in the early days of traveling.

The reason is that Qiu Xin left the officialdom in a disgraceful way. He was dismissed from office for dereliction of duty and accepting bribes. When he quietly ran to Guangzhou to sign up for the time-traveling operation, he still carried a suspended sentence that had not yet begun.

Qiu Xin participated in the time travel because he was somewhat desperate. If he stayed in the original time and space, there would be no second result besides losing his reputation. Moreover, he divorced early and his parents had passed away many years ago. There was nothing wrong with him when he participated in the time travel.

Concern. Although Qiu Xin's dark history made the executive committee wary of using him, after surviving in obscurity in Sanya for the first few years, Qiu Xin's ability was still recognized by the higher-ups.

After Hai Han took over the port of Vung Tau, the executive committee appointed him to serve as a local official here, and gave him considerable autonomy. Although his position here was only the most basic director of the management committee, he had been in the officialdom

Qiu Xin, who has been involved in internal affairs for some time, knows that this is an opportunity that he must seize. Compared with most people in the travel group, he knows better how to make good use of his official status, although Vung Tau Port is only a map

It was an inconspicuous little place, but he believed that this would be the runway for him to take off in the future.

It has to be said that Qiu Xin's ability to govern the local area as an official is much better than that of the travelers who are half-way monks. Most of Haihan's current contacts with Champa are maintained by the official institutions of Vung Tau Port.

Exporting economic, cultural, military and other affairs are almost all handled by Qiu Xin. Judging from the current development situation, Qiu Xin's achievements can be considered quite good.

The daily maritime transportation in Vung Tau Port is mainly grain trade, so the port is not set up with too much military function in mind. This time, there are many joint fleets from the two countries heading south, including two majestic-class ships.

This caused a lot of trouble for docking and replenishment. However, Qiu Xin did a sufficient job in preparatory work. There was no obvious confusion when guiding the fleet to enter the port area one after another, and various supplies needed by the fleet were

It is also relatively well prepared.

"Well done!" Yan Chujie was also quite satisfied with the local preparation work. After seeing Qiu Xin, he immediately praised Qiu Xin without hesitation: "You can be considered a good leader if you can prepare it within half a month."

Got it!"

"Mr. Yan, thank you for the award." Qiu Xin was very humble and did not appear complacent because of what he had done: "It is your responsibility. If you don't do it well, you have to take responsibility."

This southbound military exercise involves the mobilization of a large number of troops, which needs to be kept secret from the outside world. Therefore, it was not until half a month before the start of the operation that the military and the executive committee notified the various ports it passed through to prepare. As for Vung Tau Port, in addition to

In addition to necessary supplies, there is also an additional task of communicating with the Champa State, because the fleet going south not only includes Haihan's ships, but also an entire fleet from Annan. And Champa and Annan

There has always been a grudge between them, and if they are not notified in advance, unnecessary misunderstandings are likely to occur. Of course, Annan may not be afraid of misunderstandings, but may hope that this will happen, so that he can find an excuse to talk to Zhancheng.

Another fight.

"Have they been notified by Zhancheng?" Yan Chujie asked with concern.

Qiu Xin nodded and responded: "Notified. I went to Saigon last week and talked with people from the Champa military. They agreed that they would not send military ships to cruise in Saigon Bay while the combined fleet enters the port."

"Are people from Champa so easy to talk to?" Yan Chujie asked in disbelief.

"The Champa people are not stupid, of course there is a quid pro quo." Qiu Xin explained: "They asked to send a military observation team to station in Vung Tau Port. Of course, this is a non-public action. In addition, they hope to patrol the South China Sea in the future.

, to be able to bring the Champa Navy with us. I have already agreed to the first thing. I think it is also a good thing to let them see our fleet up close and realize their own weight. As for the second thing, I definitely can't

I'll make the decision for you, I can only wait until you arrive."

Yan Chujie muttered: "Your idea is right. It would be good to let the Champa people come over and take a look and realize the gap in strength, lest they have any wrong ideas. And after they see the size of Annan's fleet, they might still

They will learn from the experience and place more shipbuilding orders with us. As for the second thing, we will only stay in Vung Tau Port for four to five days. It is hard to say whether Champa can be ready to sail... Their people have arrived

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"We arrived three days ago. The team was led by a general from Champa named Fan Ji. Does Mr. Yan want to meet him?" Qiu Xin asked proactively: "He lives not far from the port area.

, I can arrange it as soon as possible."

Yan Chujie looked at Qiu Xin and asked half-jokingly: "Zhancheng wanted us to take him with him to play, and asked you to help arrange it. I should give you a fee, right?"

Qiu Xin's face changed slightly and he said, "Mr. Yan, please stop making fun of me. If I make another mistake at my age, my career will be really ruined."

Qiu Xin is considered a little older among the time travel groups. He was already forty-two years old when he joined, and now he is almost fifty. If he is kept in the cold for a few more years because of his mistakes, he will basically be in trouble for the rest of his life.

There's nothing left to do.

"I'm kidding you, Lao Qiu, we have all seen your performance in the past few years. If we can't trust you, why would we leave the entire Vung Tau Port to you to take care of?" Yan Chujie originally only gave a little beating.

Seeing that his attitude was quite upright, he immediately dismissed the matter with a joke: "Well, you can make arrangements and bring the Champa people to meet me in the evening. Be careful, don't let the Annan people

Found it."

Qiu Xin responded: "You can rest assured, I will arrange it properly."

The reason why Yan Chujie is not disgusted with sending people from Champa is because he also knows that this kind of thing can't be avoided by refusing. There are thousands of Champa people living in Vung Tau Port, and there must be a lot of spies here.

Even if the Champa military is refused to send people over, the situation of the combined fleet cannot avoid being scouted by the Champa. Therefore, it is a good way to deal with it by being more generous and letting the Champa military personnel directly stationed at Vung Tau Port. Qiu

Although Xin was suspected of overstepping his authority, there was nothing wrong with the way he chose to handle it. If it were Yan Chujie who handled the matter himself, he would probably have made the same choice.

After nightfall that night, Qiu Xin took General Fan Ji to the guest house where Yan Chujie was staying. After the two parties took their seats, Yan Chujie asked straight to the point: "I heard that your country plans to join our South China Sea cruise military exercise?"

"I do have such a plan." Fan Ji's Chinese is quite standard, and even has a hint of Haihan Mandarin. He must have put a lot of effort into it.

"Is it okay if there are Annan ships in the fleet?" Yan Chujie continued to ask.

"Annan is Annan, and Champa is Champa. We only recognize Haihan and don't care about the others." Fan Ji's tone was very stiff, and it was obvious that he didn't have a good impression of Annan. But since Champa is willing to endure actions with Annan

The inconvenience shows that he attaches great importance to this opportunity to participate in coordinated actions.

When the Haihan military planned this operation, they did not include the Champa Navy, because the Champa Navy's military strength was far less than that of Annan. The main warships were only four expedition-class sailing ships purchased from Haihan, and they were still

The old models built before 1630 were eliminated by the Haihan Navy and sold to Champa at a discount. The performance of these ships was on par with the export models ordered by Annan, but the number was much lower than that of Annan. The sailors and ships on board

The commanders lacked experience in ocean navigation, and had never participated in the maritime military exercises held in Haihan before. There was an obvious lack of experience.

However, the Annan fleet's participation in this exercise ended at Vung Tau Port. After that, the large force would not go south with the Haihan fleet. Only one ship carried a military observation group headed by Zheng Zha to participate in the subsequent operations.

.If people from these two families meet, there is a high probability that something will happen. Therefore, Yan Chujie must explain the situation in advance to prevent the people from occupying the city from causing trouble.

Yan Chujie continued to ask: "How many ships does your country plan to send to participate in the exercise?"

"Six ships, four warships ordered from you, and two supply ships." Fan Ji was obviously well prepared and gave an immediate reply.

Yan Chujie said: "Our destination is Amborna Island in the South China Sea. The round-trip voyage may take half a month, but you only have a few days to prepare. If you are not ready by then, we can only follow the instructions

The original plan was to leave Vung Tau Port.”

Fan Ji responded: "There is no need to worry about General Yan. When we set out for Vung Tau Port, Saigon has already started to make corresponding preparations. If there is no accident, the assembly should have been completed at Saigon Port by now. As long as General Yan says a word,

Our fleet will arrive at Vung Tau Port to rendezvous with you within three days."

The level of attentiveness of the Champa people obviously exceeded Yan Chujie's expectation. It seemed that they had been waiting for such an opportunity to train together for more than a day or two. Of course, this may also be because Champa saw Annan and Haihan getting too close, which was a bit

Worried about his own safety, he hopes to improve the relationship between the two parties by participating in joint military exercises to prevent Haihan from going to Annan's side.

Yan Chujie nodded and said: "There is one more thing I must emphasize first. During your country's navy participating in joint military exercises, the fleet will implement wartime laws and all actions must obey our commands. Any violations of disciplines and violations will be punished by military law."

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"Of course." Fan Ji did not show any objection to this: "Our king also wants to learn through such exercises whether the tactics the navy has learned from you have been transformed into real strength."

As a relatively purely agricultural country, it is not easy for Champa to operate a naval fleet, and the investment of manpower, material and financial resources is not a small amount for it. After so many resources are invested, whether the navy truly has combat capabilities?

It must also be an issue of great concern to its rulers, and it is a good way to test the results of military construction over the past few years through such a military exercise. Although Fan Ji himself has not received military training from Haihan, he is prepared to participate this time

The commanders of several warships in the exercise were all new generation officers trained by Haihan.
Chapter completed!