Chapter 3041

The Haihan Law stipulates that every year on National Day, the whole country will have a day off. Officials and private parties also hold various celebrations on this day to commemorate the birth of Haihan.

On the occasion of the Five Small Celebrations and the Tenth National Day, this is also the rule that Chuanchuang people set in advance when they decided to found the country. At this time every five or ten years, a grand National Day parade and military parade are held in Sanya.

An indispensable and important link.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Time Travel, and it is also the period when the country is at its strongest, so it stands to reason that it should be celebrated in a big way.

The tenth anniversary celebration in 1637 coincided with the most intensive period of Haihan's foreign military operations, but celebrations mainly focusing on military parades were still held in Sanya.

At the beginning of the year, Haihan launched an expedition to the west, mobilized elite troops from across the country, sent troops to Luzon, and captured Manila Bay controlled by the Spanish in one fell swoop, as a tribute to the National Day that year.

Some of the combat troops who returned to Sanya after the war participated in the National Day military parade as a triumphant division. After the military parade, the troops under review immediately sent troops north to the Korean Peninsula to assist North Korea in resisting the Manchu invasion.

Both of these major battles were fought overseas, with Haihan using all his elites and investing huge amounts of money. In the year 1637, Haihan was in a state of war for nearly half of the time, and the whole country was also revolving around the war.

, all production activities prioritize combat readiness materials.

By the twentieth anniversary celebration in 1647, the international situation was much easier. Haihan had already controlled the surrounding hotspots and no longer needed to prove its strength through large-scale foreign wars.

The celebration ceremony held in Sanya this year was also more leisurely. It no longer had to be as hasty as it was ten years ago, when the troops had to participate in the military parade and immediately set off for the expedition.

Another ten years have passed, and the situation in Haihan today is significantly different from that of ten or twenty years ago.

The most obvious point is that as the territory of the country continues to expand, it is time for Haihan's administrative center to move north in order to stabilize its rule.

Of course, Haihan would not follow the example of the Ming Dynasty and move the capital to Beijing, which has a poor environment and scarce resources. Instead, he chose Hangzhou, which is very close to the coastline in East China.

Regarding the matter of moving the capital, the Executive Committee has already reached a consensus long ago, and there is no dispute. However, the process of moving the capital is very complicated, and there are still many specific issues that need to be resolved slowly.

For example, regarding the 30th anniversary celebration, the venue proposed by Ning Qi must be decided early so that all parties can have enough time to organize preparations.

Yan Chujie was the first to express his opinion: "Victory Port, Victory Avenue, Victory Square, basically every large-scale celebration event is held in Sanya. The new city in Hangzhou has not yet been built, so how can there be such a big place to hold events...

…I think this year we should follow the previous rules, and it won’t be too late to wait for the 35th anniversary celebrations before holding them in Hangzhou.”

Gu Kai also echoed: "Sanya's event venues and plans are all ready-made, and there are a large number of experienced organizers. If we really want to go to Hangzhou to do it, many things will have to be started all over again. I agree with Lao Yan's opinion

, or do it locally.”

Ning Qi explained: "Of course there are many advantages to holding it locally, but Shi Diwen proposed a plan a few days ago to put the 30th anniversary celebration in Hangzhou and invite us to watch the ceremony there. The Donghai Region will bear the responsibility.

What do you think about the related activity funding?"

"Be responsible for the expenses? That can be considered!" Yan Chujie immediately changed his tone in a very realistic manner: "The cost of celebrations is not a small amount, and it is a good thing to save a little bit financially. Are you right, Lao Tao?"

Tao Donglai was not eager to express his opinion, but turned the conversation to Schneider, who was in charge of finance: "What does Lao Shi think?"

Schneider said slowly: "According to the previous budget plan, Sanya's celebration activities will require an investment of about two million, and some preliminary work is already in progress."

"If we change the venue, we estimate that we will lose about 10% of the upfront cost. In addition, the materials and personnel required for the celebration will have to be sent from Sanya to Hangzhou, which will also increase the budget."

"It is certainly a good thing that Hangzhou will save money for the national treasury, but I must remind everyone that a considerable part of the funds required for the large-scale infrastructure projects related to the capital relocation plan in Hangzhou come from loans from Haihan Bank."

"I don't know how the celebration funds promised by Shi Diwen came from. All the money saved here went out from there."

Everyone understood what Schneider meant. He was worried that Schneider would use funds that belonged to the national treasury to hold celebrations, which would be equivalent to spending the country's money to achieve his personal honor. It seems that Sanya has saved a lot of money.

A large amount of activity funds were spent, but in fact the money was just spent elsewhere.

Ning Qi responded: "According to Shi Diwen, relevant activity funds will be raised through private donations. Moreover, the budget he formulated is 50% higher than our original figure, which should be able to fully cover the elderly.

What Shi calls the initial losses and additional increases.”

Schneider smiled and said: "Shi Diwen is very capable! Then I have nothing to say. The budget is sufficient and the scale of the event can be larger."

What is the so-called "private voluntary donation" is actually familiar to these senior officials present.

Those wealthy businessmen who have prospered by relying on the business resources provided by Haihan have always been keen to make friends with senior figures in Haihan. If they can spend some money to open up the connections and give them the opportunity to have face-to-face contact with the senior officials of the executive committee, then

There will definitely be a lot of people willing to pay for this rare opportunity.

Zhejiang merchants, Hui merchants, and the famous Yangzhou salt merchants all obviously belong to this group. To outsiders, they may seem like they have been taken advantage of, but only they themselves understand the various benefits that gaining high-level connections will bring to them.

As long as they can open up personal connections, the money they spend in the process will be recovered in other ways in other places in the future.

There is another group of wealthy people who will take the initiative to show favor to Haihan, and that is the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.

Like Shandong Dewangfu, there have been more and more upper-class figures in the Ming Dynasty choosing to cooperate with Haihan in recent years.

The general trend of the world has gradually become clear, and those in high positions must plan for the future in advance. Even if it is not appropriate to take refuge in Haihan now, you should first try to establish a personal relationship with Haihan's senior officials. In the future, when dynasties change, this may become your own

life-saving straw.

Donating money is undoubtedly the most direct and effective way to show goodwill. The Haihan National Day celebrations in more than two months will be an excellent opportunity.
Chapter completed!