Chapter 1878 Conveying Benefits

Jin Shangjiu had stayed in Zhoushan for a long time and looked at the problem from a more comprehensive perspective than Li Fu. He believed that the Haihan-dominated trade model brought prosperity to the Ming Dynasty not only to some coastal areas, but also to the Ming Dynasty in the process.

The government is also constantly suffering from erosion, and many Ming officials who hold real power have become frequent visitors to Zhoushan Island. Having said that, if the local officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had not provided Haihan with many conveniences, he would not have been able to operate such a business in just one or two years.

Even the mighty Haihan would find it difficult to achieve a big situation.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally prosperous areas of the Ming Dynasty. Officials here generally had good family backgrounds, but they still couldn't withstand Haihan's sugar-coated bullets. If it were North Korea, I'm afraid local officials would fall to Haihan's interests faster.

Under the offensive, Jin Sangjiu thought that he was still determined, but after being in contact with the Haihan people for a long time, he could not help but receive a lot of benefits from them. However, Haihan never asked him to make any move to betray North Korea, so he

For the time being, I can safely advise Li Bo not to have too high expectations for Haihan’s trade model.

"Your Majesty, the Haihan people are not only good at trade, they are also good at using trade to open up joints and win people's hearts. If we want to introduce this to our country, we must guard against the Haihan people using this to win over our ministers." Although he knew that such words might make Li

He was not very happy, but Jin Shangjiu's duty was to remind Li Bo to be careful of Haihan's methods.

Li Bo stopped writing after hearing this and asked: "According to this, the military attachés and generals of the Ming Dynasty we saw the day before yesterday should have received a lot of benefits from Haihan, so they appeared on the island collectively?"

Jin Shangjiu said: "Your Majesty Ming Jian! Most of these military attachés of the Ming Dynasty secretly have trade relations with Haihan. Many of them also control the sales authority of certain Haihan products in coastal states, and they make huge profits from them every year. There are also some

Ambitious people are trying to copy the model of the Xu family in Fujian to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and want to become the overlord of one party by winning the support of Haihan."

Li Huang couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. The goal he wanted to achieve was to make his country's international trade as prosperous as here, but he did not carefully consider the possible side effects. The history of the Xu family in Fujian, he

I have also done some research with the limited information at hand to know how this warlord who dominated the southern part of the Ming Dynasty climbed up step by step with the help of Haihan as his backer. If a figure like this appears in North Korea in the future, it will undoubtedly affect the rule of the imperial court.

is a huge threat.

But even if Haihan's trade model is not introduced, can this kind of benefit transfer be completely cut off? Li Bo thinks that is not necessarily the case. As far as he knows, there are many domestic high-ranking officials who have flirted with Haihan. Earlier, it could be said that they were

In order to ask Haihan to send troops to save the country, it is understandable to act humble. However, after the war, there were still many people who wanted to be attached to the Haihan people. Naturally, this reason could only be due to interests.

After the war, North Korea not only faced the reconstruction work of the northern war zone, but also many large-scale cooperation projects with Haihan, as well as a package of military aid and arms purchase plans. These are all projects that require a large amount of investment, and also mean that these projects

There will be a lot of money in it. If you want to get benefits from projects related to Haihan, the first priority is naturally to have a good relationship with the Haihan people. There are many people who start their mental activities from this.

If you are just greedy for some oil and water from the engineering project, it is actually not a big deal. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Li Ming still understands. But if someone is bold and wants to imitate the Xu family in Fujian and rely on Haihan in exchange for support

, and thus became a warlord, that was something that the imperial court could not tolerate.

The Fujian Xu family has now become too powerful and no longer obeys the orders of the Ming Dynasty court. This matter has long been no news. From the fact that he sent troops to Korea to participate in the war on his own, it can be seen that Xu Xinsu no longer pays attention to the imperial court's ideas. Li Ming

Although he was grateful to the Fujian Xu family for sending troops, he did not want such a situation to occur in his country a few years later.

"Counsellor Jin, do you have any preventive measures against this situation where officials are bribed?" Li Bo understood that Jin Shangjiu knew much more about Haihan than he did, and it would definitely not help if he listened more to the other party's opinions.

harm.

Jin Shangjiu responded with a wry smile: "To be honest with you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take any effective measures to prevent this matter. Otherwise, how could the Ming Dynasty sit back and watch the rise of Haihan? The best way is to not have any contact with Haihan at all.

But of course this is unattainable."

The two countries completed a formal alliance last year, so how could they suddenly cut off exchanges? There are still thousands of Haihan troops stationed in North Korea, as well as a large number of cooperation projects waiting to be started. The relationship between the two countries is in the honeymoon period.

If Jin Shangjiu's words of advice were heard by the people of Haihan, it would be hard to say whether he could keep his newly promoted position of Councilor Li Cao. Being able to say these words to Li Bo can be regarded as a great tribute to the country.

Be loyal.

Li Bo fell into silence again after hearing this. Jin Shangjiu said this, and of course he could hear the seriousness of the problem. If it is true as Jin Shangjiu said, some officials in the country will inevitably be harassed by Haihan

To bribe and win over, you must consider how to minimize the damage to your country. But this is undoubtedly a difficult problem to solve for him who has extremely limited political and diplomatic knowledge.

Since Jin Shangjiu couldn't give an effective solution to the problem, it was pointless for Li Bo to continue asking, so he sent him back to rest. Li Bo thought for a long time alone, but still couldn't figure it out. After thinking for a long time,

Still did not write this part into the letter he was going to send back to China. Li Pu was worried that after his father knew about this situation, his attitude towards Haihan would change, and that might incur Haihan's anger.

Dissatisfaction may not be a good thing for the future development of North Korea, and the consequences may even be far more serious than the bribery of high-ranking court officials and the emergence of a few local warlords.

“I still haven’t seen enough of the world!”

Li Bo finally found a plausible reason for his helplessness. Indeed, for him, who was going abroad for the first time, everything he saw in Haihan seemed novel and full of challenges. He tried to gain from Haihan.

He wanted to learn more to help his country, but now he found that things seemed not as simple as expected, and the relationship between countries was not just a simple alliance and rival.

Li Bo now finds that the experience he was quite proud of in the past in assisting his father in handling government affairs is almost completely useless in the current situation, which also makes him feel very frustrated at the moment.

The next day, Shi Diwen still invited Li Bo to continue to visit the trading center and business district. Li Bo readily agreed. He knew that the more he knew about Haihan, the more likely he would be able to find a solution for the two countries to live in harmony.

method. And after I have a better understanding of Haihan's trade model, I may be able to deal with the hidden dangers raised by Jin Shangjiu.

The more he saw, the more Li Mu admired Haihan's production and research and development capabilities. He really couldn't imagine how the Haihan people developed so many kinds of products, and how the Haihan people who used these things lived their lives.

What kind of lifestyle. But one thing seems to be without doubt, the Haihan people who have the financial ability to afford these things are indeed worthy of the word "rich".

During the visit accompanied by Shi Diwen, Li Bo happened to meet a Ming Dynasty businessman who came to order the kind of tall full-length mirror he had set his sights on yesterday. Li Bo was too embarrassed to ask about the price yesterday. When he saw someone wanted to buy this mirror, he kept calm.

Shi Diwen came closer. Shi Diwen guessed what Li Bo was thinking, but he didn't reveal it and let him eavesdrop on the quotation.

Li Bo quickly turned around and came back. Although his expression was calm, he was still surprised by the high price of this mirror. The price of this mirror was enough to buy several thousand kilograms of grain in the North Korean market. If

If he had to pay for this thing himself, he would probably hesitate for a long time. However, there seemed to be a lot of wealthy people in Ming Dynasty. The businessman who ordered the mirror did not counter-offer at all. Instead, he asked if he could increase the price and deliver the goods in advance.

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Li Bo had to secretly sigh that it was great to have money. Thinking about it, as the crown prince of Joseon, he only had a few thousand taels of silver with him when he went to study abroad this time. And half of it had already been spent in the country according to Jin Sangjiu's suggestion.

Zhoushan deposited it into Haihan Bank and exchanged it for Haihan's domestic banknotes, which are more convenient to use. Of course, Haihan was responsible for all the food and lodging during Li's trip to Sanya, and there was a hospitable person like Shi Diwen.

Master, just give me whatever you like. In fact, it doesn’t cost much.

At noon, Shi Diwen was still the host, but during the dinner he declared to Li Bo that he had other business matters in the afternoon and would not accompany Li Bo to continue the visit.

Li Bo had long noticed that several groups of officers came to Shi Diwen to ask for instructions and reports this morning, and immediately asked curiously: "Master Shi, I dare to ask, is it possible that your country's army wants to take action?"

"Operation? What action?" Shi Diwen was a little confused by this question. He shook his head and denied: "Our army has not arranged any major military operations on the coast of Zhejiang in the near future, and there are no opponents that require us to take military measures. In the afternoon

We want to meet with the Ming Dynasty military attachés whom the Crown Prince met the day before yesterday. They did not come to Zhoushan Island to enjoy the mountains and rivers. They have been bargaining with us for the past two days and are preparing to purchase weapons and equipment. The talks are almost done now. I will meet them in the afternoon.

Let’s meet and confirm the contents of the transaction.”

When Li Bo heard that it was a weapons transaction, he immediately became interested, but he also knew that this kind of transaction was relatively sensitive, and Shi Diwen might not be willing to let him know the inside story, so he had to ask in a different way: "Excuse me, Mr. Shi, this kind of transaction is usually

, can people other than the parties to the transaction be allowed to observe?”

As soon as Shi Diwen heard his explicit question, he knew that Li Bo was curious about this matter, and immediately responded: "Considering the interests of our customers, in principle we will not allow third parties to observe the transaction process... But, Prince

He is an honored guest invited by our country, and there is no possibility of armed conflict between your country and the Ming Dynasty, so I think it won’t be a big deal to arrange for the prince to watch."

Li Bo was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked Shi Diwen.

In fact, it is not a secret that Haihan sells weapons and equipment to these military leaders in coastal state capitals, and Shi Diwen also knows that not all the weapons purchased by these military leaders are for their own use, and some of them will be turned over to the Zhejiang Capital Command.

Only for unified arrangements. In other words, these military leaders do not all want to establish armed separatism and become local warlords. Some of the weapons and equipment they bought from Zhoushan will enter the weapons arsenal of the Ming Dynasty military and are very likely to be shipped.

Go to the north and be assigned to suppress the peasant army or troops stationed on the northern border.

It is precisely because of this that the amount of weapons and equipment sold from Zhoushan to the Ming Dynasty is quite considerable, even more than the purchase volume of the Fujian Ming Army. Of course, as a loyal ally of Haihan, the types of weapons Xu Xinsu can buy can be

They are more advanced than the weapons sold here in Zhoushan.

The main reason why Ming Dynasty adopted such a curve to save the country was because Haihan deliberately controlled the scale of official arms sales to Ming Dynasty. The weapons that entered Ming Dynasty through this method were higher than the price of Ming Dynasty's bulk purchase in Sanya.

At least 30% to 40%, Haihan is also happy to use such channels to make extra money.

As for why the price is so high, the reason is very simple. The channels through which these weapons are sold to local garrisons do not comply with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to become a warlord, you can only spend more money. The Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty wants more Haihan weapons to arm the north.

Combat troops, and there is no way to obtain supplies from Haihan through official procurement channels, they can only hold their noses and subscribe to such high-priced goods.

However, Haihan will not take the initiative to announce the specific transaction price of each buyer. After all, each buyer has a close relationship with Haihan, and the purchase volume is also different, so the price will naturally vary. And Shi Di

The reason why Wen agreed to let Li Pu go and watch was because the transaction in the afternoon did not involve the payment price that had been negotiated for a long time. It was just delivery and acceptance. Even if Li Pu went to see it, he could only watch the excitement. He would not

Learn the true transaction prices of these weapons.

It is worth mentioning that the weapons sold by Zhoushan this time are rare in recent times, which is why these Ming army generals were so active. They all personally went to Zhoushan Island to bid for fear of being snapped up by other colleagues. Of course,

Since there is no need to wait for delivery and you can pick it up and ship it out immediately after buying it, the price of this batch of weapons and equipment is naturally higher than usual.

Of course, Li Bo could not have imagined that there was so much inside information about this weapons transaction, but his purpose was actually relatively simple. Even if he could not know the specific price of weapons sold by Haihan to Ming Dynasty, he could at least see the scale of weapons purchased by Ming Dynasty's military.

and grade, and guess from the side the gap in military power between our country and these two countries.
Chapter completed!