om151 It is very dangerous to cross the sea alone on the vast sea. Due to the lack of ship performance and navigation skills, ordinary sea-going ships travel along the coastline. Although they have to take a long way around, they can avoid encountering wind and waves without being exposed to wind and waves. easily disoriented
However, there is also a serious problem when driving along the coastline, that is, it is easy to encounter pirates, especially in the Nanyang Sea, where there are many pirates on the islands. Even many merchants are also doing business and stealing. If there is no strong force as a backing, they will definitely be attacked. Robbery
In view of the rampant piracy in Southeast Asia, Wan Lei on the one hand asked the navy to send more warships to commit piracy and escort in Southeast Asia. On the other hand, he organized maritime merchants and asked them to form large fleets to concentrate on reading, so as to reduce the escort burden of the navy.
In fact, this is not difficult. In the past, Huayuan Company had a monopoly on overseas trade. Now, it is just based on the principle of equal benefit, allowing maritime merchants from Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places to join in and join us. Everyone can earn money and bear risks together.
When Huayuan Company sent people to raise funds in Fujian, Wan Lei had already completed the inspection of Fujian and took a boat to visit the coast of Guangdong. Compared with Fujian, Guangdong's development is very slow. The province's population is only about one million, and it is concentrated in the Pearl River Delta. The handicraft industry in the region, where farming is the main industry, is still in its infancy.
However, Guangdong has the Pearl River waterway that can connect it to Guangxi, and it is close to Nanyang. The geographical location is very advantageous, and the Pearl River Delta is a land of fish and rice. There is considerable room for development in both agriculture and handicrafts. However, land transportation is relatively backward.
In order to change this situation, Wan Lei has planned to build a railway from Nanhai County to Wuchang and connect it with the railway from Kaifeng to Hankou to form a main road running from north to south. The areas that this main road passes through are mostly plains with only a few hills and valleys. The cost is not too high
After the North-South Railway is completed, it will directly connect the five provinces of Beiping, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong, plus some branch lines, which will be enough to connect all provinces across the country. After that, the Zhujiang Estuary is expected to overtake the Yangtze River Estuary and become the most important seaport in the Republic of China.
However, there are many problems in Guangdong now. The most important problem is the sparse population. Since Guangdong is located at a low latitude, it is extremely hot in summer and full of miasma. People in the Central Plains are unwilling to go here. As a result, the economy and culture of Guangdong are relatively lagging behind.
The public security situation in culturally backward areas has always been worrying. During the Ming Dynasty, there were many rebellions in Guangdong, and rebels from Jiangxi, Huguang and other places also fled to the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong. In short, the people in this area are very tough and difficult to govern. Wan Lei One of the purposes of coming here is to appease the people.
Ordinarily, the people of the Republic of China should be content with the common state system of the Republic of China and the fact that no land tax or corvee is levied. However, no matter how good your national policy is, there will always be some desperadoes who are not satisfied with the status quo and still dream of becoming kings and hegemons. For this kind of people, The rebel Wan Lei is the one who will not tolerate the Peking Army. The three major armies of the Peking Army, with nearly 200,000 troops, are stationed in South China and will kill anyone who dares to move.
On the second day of April, in Nanhai County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Wan Lei was discussing the strategy of suppressing and appeasement with Li Guobao, who was in charge of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangdong. Suddenly, it was reported that Annan's envoy came to see Wan Lei. He frowned and finally agreed to be summoned.
Wan Lei has no good impression of Annan Kingdom. Annan Kingdom is located on the southeastern peninsula and borders Guangxi and Yunnan. Its territory is not as big as Qiongzhou Island. Since the Ming Dynasty, this small country has been restless and has been invading Siming Prefecture in Guangxi. It also went south to conquer Champa City. Militarism is like a clown
However, now the main focus of the Peiping Army is on pacifying the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. For a while, they have no time to pay attention to the southwest border, so Wan Lei can only tolerate it for the time being. Now that the Annan Kingdom actually sent an envoy first, let's meet and try to reach a peace agreement for the next two days. Let’s talk in three years
In fact, the envoys from the Annan Kingdom had already arrived. There were seven of them, headed by an envoy named Chen Zhaoji. They said they were here to pay tribute on the orders of the king, King Jianding. The so-called King Jianding was actually Chen Jie, Li Ji, the powerful official of the Annan Kingdom a few years ago. The Ya rebelled and seized power and raised troops to attack the borders of the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Ming Dynasty sent Xu Huizu to lead an army of hundreds of thousands to quell the rebellion and captured and killed Li Ji Yao. Annan was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.
But the good times did not last long. Xu Huizu was transferred back by the imperial court to station in Annan. The Ming army was also transferred back to Annan. The country fell into a state of dominance. Chen Jie claimed to be a descendant of the Chen Dynasty and established himself as an imperial title. Of course, this kind of imperial title can only be simplified. In Annan, he did not dare to show off his boasts to the Republic of China, so Chen Jie downgraded himself one level in the credentials and called himself King Jianding.
Wan Lei didn't care whether Chen Jie was a king or an emperor. He scanned the credentials and understood that Chen Jie wanted to follow the past experience of the Ming Dynasty and establish a tributary relationship with the Republic of China. He even shamelessly asked the Republic of China to send troops. Helping Annanguo "quell the rebellion" is really ignorant of current affairs
"Our country is the Republic of China and the tributary relationship before the empire is no longer appropriate. If your country wants to establish diplomatic relations with our country, you must submit a formal letter of credence. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs will review and confirm the mistake and then submit it to the Presidential Palace for approval." Wan Lei explained that although the letter of credence It doesn’t conform to the standard, but Wan Lei still hopes to establish peaceful diplomatic relations with Annan State.
Of course, this is only temporary. As long as conditions permit, Wan Lei will not tolerate the existence of such a country that does not know what is good or evil.
"We can't pay tribute." Chen Zhaoji asked in a strange Chinese: "Then how to establish diplomatic relations?"
"Our country has always treated people with sincerity and never relied on force to bully the weak. Although your country is small, its status is equal to ours, so there is no tributary relationship. Your country has not yet established normal diplomatic relations with our country, so it can conduct political and economic exchanges in accordance with the law."
Wan Lei paused and then said: "If your country wants to establish diplomatic relations with our country, it must first draft a letter of credence to apply for establishing diplomatic relations. Since your country has a territorial border with our country, it also attaches a national boundary map. Our foreign affairs department will naturally review it. Will submit for approval”
"I'm afraid this will take a lot of time. Can Your Majesty, the President, be accommodating?" Chen Zhaoji asked hurriedly.
In fact, we can’t blame Chen Zhaoji for being impatient, because there is a Champa Kingdom to the south of Annan. The Champa State’s army suddenly had a lot of cannons and kept suppressing the Annan State and beating them hard. After King Annam sent someone to investigate, they found out that these cannons came from Dahua in the north. From the Republic of China
Now the problem became serious. King Annan was worried that the Republic of China would join forces with the Champa State to attack Annan, so he sent Chen Zhaoji to hastily establish a tributary relationship with the Republic of China. Firstly, he wanted to seek protection, and secondly, he wanted to import cannons like the Champaign State.
Of course Wan Lei knew what Chen Zhaoji was planning and shook his head: "You still don't understand. Let me explain it to you simply. Countries that have diplomatic relations with our country are divided into three types according to the closeness of the relationship. One is general diplomatic relations. Countries that have established diplomatic relations. There are certain exchanges; secondly, countries such as mutual trusting countries abide by the trust and have a close relationship with our country for mutual benefit; secondly, countries such as allies and our country are brothers and have entered into an offensive and defensive alliance and do not rebel against each other."
“Among the countries that have established diplomatic relations with our country, the largest number are those countries that have normal diplomatic relations and carry out normal economic and trade with each other; there are a few countries such as Champa State and Ryukyu State that have mutual trust and can apply to purchase some special items from our country and even receive technical assistance. As for the allies, there is currently no country that can keep its promises as well as our country, so there are no allies yet. Your country has not established diplomatic relations with our country and has not established a relationship of mutual trust. You want to form an alliance with our country and ask our army to send troops to help. This is really too eager for quick success and instant benefit." Wan Lei smile