Chapter 2693

Haihan has a long history of organizing armed militia groups in overseas colonies and trading ports, which can be traced back to the early days of the Annan Black Earth Port. Later, Qian Tiandun formed a local special operations force specializing in mountain warfare, and some of the soldiers were from

A militia under the jurisdiction of the Black Earth Port Management Committee. The Golden Shield Escort, which is now famous in major trading ports, was formerly a militia formed by Haihan with the help of the Guangzhou Furifeng Company.

After that, the number of overseas colonies under Haihan's control gradually increased, but the scale of Haihan's overseas garrison obviously could not keep up with the expansion speed, so militia groups became the standard configuration of each colony. In addition to maintaining local security, militia groups in some areas also

Responsible for the responsibilities of the reserve forces, most of the commanders are retired personnel from the Haihan Army, which ensures that these militia organizations can quickly connect with the Haihan Army during wartime.

However, as the situation develops, the establishment of overseas militia groups is also constantly changing, gradually dividing into two departments with different functions. One is the militia with certain combat capabilities and focusing on local defense, and the other is the militia whose functions tend to deal with civilian matters.

Affairs, a police department that specializes in public security work.

For situations like Busan, where exclusive economic zones are designated within cities and towns in other countries, the security teams specially formed for this purpose are generally more inclined to the latter function and will not emphasize their combat capabilities.

What's more, one of the original intentions of forming this team is to reduce security costs for the Haihan Chamber of Commerce as much as possible. If this team is trained and equipped according to the standards of a militia force, then they might as well just hire Golden Shield.

The security work in the escort contract area is more cost-effective.

Shi Chengwu is well aware of the nature of this team, so he will not emphasize the functions of this team in the professional field to the selected candidates, but requires them to always remember who they are loyal to in the future. Although many of them are North Koreans

People, there will definitely be more non-Haihan nationals joining in the subsequent open recruitment, but Shi Chengwu knows that this is not a problem. As long as they are not fools, they will naturally quickly understand the benefits of being loyal to Haihan.

"President Zhang, Mr. Fu, the rest of the work will be left to you! If it can run smoothly for about a year, a special police station can be established and they can be transferred to become police officers." When Shi Chengwu left, he specifically added

A few words of advice. Although there will be dedicated personnel coming to train these personnel in the future, future operations will still rely on Zhang Fu and his two men to direct and coordinate.

Zhang and Fu quickly bowed and agreed. Both of them knew very well that the division of special areas and the formation of a security team would greatly increase their power. If they could seize the opportunity and make some achievements, this would become their

Capital to move up in the future.

At the same time, Tao Hongfang was presiding over the audit work related to the local chamber of commerce. Almost all civilian staff in the mission were temporarily transferred to review various trade materials submitted by the chamber of commerce.

This audit work is not just a formality, but is closely related to the operation of the zone after its establishment.

After the establishment of the Haihan Zone, the tax collection and collection work for Haihan merchants and commercial institutions engaged in local trading activities will be taken over by the zone management committee. Therefore, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the current trade situation. Tao Hongfang, as a businessman

The representative officials of the Ministry naturally took on this task without hesitation.

Tao Hongfang has been working in the Ministry of Commerce for several years. He has seen all kinds of weird things. Of course, he will not 100% believe in the information submitted by each company. By putting pressure on Wen Zhihong, he has obtained the documents for the past five years.

By comparing the registration information of Haihan merchants paying trade tax in Busan with the information submitted by the merchants themselves, we can get a rough idea of ​​the level of taxation here.

In fact, before this, the Ministry of Commerce had a general understanding of the trading situation of Haihan merchants in Busan, otherwise the mission would not have rashly proposed using taxes to operate various regional public institutions, including the security team. However, in

After reading first-hand information, Tao Hongfang was still surprised by the large volume of Haihan's trade in Busan.

As early as five years ago, Haihan merchants paid various taxes to the Busan government in silver terms, which amounted to more than 200,000 taels throughout the year. Although the tax rates for different commodities are different, if you simply follow the National Day

According to the estimated tax ratio, the trade volume related to Haihan is at least two million taels.

In the following years, the total tax paid by Haihan merchants continued to increase steadily at a rate of about 10% per year. By the time of settlement last year, it had reached 300,000 taels. This is definitely not a small amount. It is no wonder that the local government is not interested in the establishment of Haihan.

The Han area was very resistant. It must be very painful to suddenly lose such a large amount of income.

Of course, for local officials like Wen Zhihong who hold real power, Haihan has his own way to help them recover their personal losses from other places. Wen Zhihong is now willing to cooperate, mostly because he is counting on Haihan

Be able to keep your promise and provide him with other resources later.

Tao Hongfang is not worried about Wen Zhihong's attitude in the future. What he is worried about is that the other party is not greedy. But since the other party is willing to accept benefits, many things will be much easier to operate. The most important thing at the moment is to complete the audit quickly.

The task is to arrange the related work of trade activity registration and tax collection before leaving Busan.

Part of the audit work has touched upon the commercial secrets of Haihan merchants. However, due to the tight schedule, heavy tasks, and insufficient manpower, even temporary personnel like Zhu Zian were brought in to participate in the audit work.

Before this, Zhu Zian did not have a precise understanding of the scale of Haihan's overseas transnational trade activities. After looking at the large pile of ledgers assigned to him, he was shocked beyond measure.

In the Port of Busan alone, the annual trade volume of Haihan merchants was as high as one million taels of silver, and the taxes paid to the North Koreans in a year were two to three hundred thousand taels, which was an astronomical figure for him.

.As far as he knew, when his ancestors built Prince De's Mansion, the project lasted for nearly four years, including materials and labor, plus furniture and furnishings, and the total cost was less than two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Before Zhu Zian left Prince De's Mansion, the imperial court could no longer afford the royal family's salary. Under successive years of disasters, no one was cultivating the fiefdom of Prince De's Mansion. Even if it was sold at a low price, it was unlikely that there would be a buyer. The royal family's food and clothing for the next year

The expenses have been reduced to about 10,000 taels of silver. If Haihan hadn't paid for all the expenses of his trip south, he might have been out of pocket while preparing for the exam in Hangzhou.

Compared with the wealth of the Haihan people, Zhu Zian felt that his family was not like a royal family member, they were clearly penniless poor people.
Chapter completed!