Chapter 711 The future of Penghu

Objectively speaking, as long as you are honest and don't mess around, being assigned to be an official in the Haihan area is actually a very good job. It is not only leisurely, but also the income is not bad. After accepting the reality, Wei Ping of the Yulin Inspection Department

, life in Sanya is also very comfortable. Not only has he purchased a property there and settled down, but he also serves as a deputy captain in the "Sanya Public Security Brigade" under the name of the Ministry of Justice, in charge of the arrival of new immigrants.

It can be said that the future of Haihan has been closely tied to the public security affairs during the period when he arrived in the country to become a naturalized citizen.

Of course, Wei Ping's situation is relatively special, because his brother-in-law is a fellow governor of Yazhou and is considered a powerful figure in the local area. Haihan was willing to cooperate with people like Wei Ping and Luo Shengdong out of the need for united front.

All the officers of the Ming Dynasty tried their best to fight for it and were given relatively generous treatment.

The situation in other places on Hainan Island is generally the same. As long as they are willing to cooperate with Haihan and give up their power, their official positions within the Ming system will be recognized by the Haihan Executive Committee and they will receive corresponding economic benefits.

Compensation. Those who are willing to do business to make money can follow Luo Shengdong's approach and make a fortune by selling products for Haihan. Those who want to continue to be officials can also stay within the Ming Dynasty's bureaucracy.

After Xiao Yin took refuge in Haihan, he was quickly promoted to Qianhu of the Danzhou Guards. Yan Mingjun, the governor of Danzhou who took office last year, also kept his official position after changing his attitude. Similar to Danzhou General Li

Nowadays, there are also quite a few Ming officials like Li Qingyang, a member of the Jinyiwei Hundred Household, who simply changed his family and joined Haihan's family.

Although these officials who came from Ming Dynasty and switched to Haihan generally have low-level positions, there are many capable people like Li Qingyang among them, which also alleviates the shortage of professional cadre reserves in Haihan to a certain extent. Although the loyalty of some personnel is not particularly high.

Reliable, but the Executive Committee is still relatively supportive of the practice of absorbing officials who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Haihan still held a relatively relaxed attitude towards retaining the local government agencies of the Ming Dynasty. As long as he did not go against Haihan, everything would be easy. If the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty could be used by Haihan, it would save a lot of trouble.

Establishing an inspection department in a place like Penghu actually has certain benefits for Haihan. The executive committee's plan is to build this place into a free trade base along the coast of Fujian and a bridgehead to continue to expand its sphere of influence to the north, and retain the Ming Dynasty here.

The existence of local institutions can make Ming merchants who come to trade here feel more at ease. Especially merchants from the north of Fujian who have not had much dealings with Haihan, the existence of the inspection department will make them feel more at ease about the trading environment in Penghu.

.Even if the Penghu Inspection Department is just a facade, it is a trustworthy endorsement for Ming merchants. After all, this place has been the most famous pirate den on the southeast coast in the past few years. Not everyone dares to

Come here with confidence and boldness to do business with your belongings.

Xu Xinsu had no objection to Yan Chujie's answer. His focus was not on the actual control of Penghu, because this place had been outside the control of the Fujian government in the past few years. The reason why he wanted to attack here was just to catch up.

It's just a hostile force like Shibazhi. Taking back a Penghu Island that has no output has no practical significance for the Fujian government and the Ming Dynasty. The establishment of an inspection department here is more just to write to the court.

The memorial is more substantial - the pirates in Fujian have been causing trouble for so many years, and successive officials have not solved this problem well. In the end, they drove away the pirates and recaptured Penghu and reestablished the inspection department on the island. It was still the person who made this great contribution.

The current Fujian Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Xu Xinsu.

Of course, Xu Xinsu has another identity besides the Fujian general soldier. The Haihan people want to build a commercial port and develop trade here in Penghu. Xu Xinsu, as the spokesperson of Fujian maritime merchants, will naturally not let go of such an opportunity. Xu Xinsu rushed

Hundreds of craftsmen were transferred from Fujian to Penghu, not only to serve the Haihan people, but some of them came here to build warehouses, warehouses and other facilities for the trading company under Xu's name. The scale of trade here will gradually develop.

After getting up, the Xu family was able to catch this free ride smoothly and became a truly famous family in Fujian.

The inspiration for Xu Xinsu's approach came from the Li family in Guangzhou. Since Li Jifeng reached a cooperative relationship with Haihan, in just four or five years, the Li family's influence in Guangdong has become very amazing. Panyu County, Guangzhou Prefecture has almost

It has become the private domain of the Li family. Compared with the Li family in Guangzhou, the Xu family in Fujian, represented by Xu Xinsu, now has many people with official status and stronger political capital. As long as they use the sea in the right way,

With the power of the Han people, Xu Xinsu believed that her family would rise much faster than the Li family in Guangzhou.

When the Haihan delegation visited Fujian last year, Xu Xinsu discussed the future development of Penghu with Haihan representative Ning Qi. Ning Qi said at that time that Haihan would invest a lot of resources in the Penghu area and imitate the operation model of Victory Port.

, building it into a large trading port on the southeast coast.

Xu Xinsu once personally visited Sanya for inspection, and also knew how the Haihan people operated the port based on the concept of free trade. This approach would definitely not work in the Ming Dynasty, but Xu Xinsu was very optimistic about the Haihan people operating another port in Penghu.

The prospect of "Victory Port". The reason is very simple. If maritime merchants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, North Korea, and Japan want to go south for trade, especially to purchase various commodities produced in Haihan, then Magong Port in Penghu will be their first choice in the future.

The many novel trade methods adopted by the Haihan people will also attract those maritime merchants who originally targeted Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to change their original intentions.

Yan Chujie continued: "Although the future of Penghu is aimed at building a commercial port, for security reasons, we will still station a certain size of militia troops here. Mr. Xu will not have any objection to this, right?"

In fact, the two sides have already communicated about this issue. Yan Chujie brought it up again just to confirm the attitude of the Fujian government. Xu Xinsu nodded and said: "With the Haihan militia stationed here to guard it, I think there will be more sea traffic coming and going here in the future."

Merchants can also avoid security worries. General Yan can rest assured that the memorial to the court has clearly stated that after the pirates are expelled from Penghu, the Inspection Department will organize a militia here to guard the border.

The adults will be happy to see it, and will reward the militia with an official and a half-job."

Of course, it is impossible for the Penghu Inspection Department to organize another armed militia. In the future, there will be and only be the Haihan Militia here. The method Xu Xinsu mentioned is actually to give the Haihan Militia stationed in Penghu an officially recognized force.

The explanation - this is not a private armed force, but a local armed force organized by the Fujian government. He has dealt with the Haihan people for several years and knows that the other party will not particularly care about this formal thing, as long as they can achieve the effect they want.

That’s it.

Sure enough, Yan Chujie immediately agreed with this solution: "Sir Xu, you can say whatever you want to the court. Our purpose is to protect the peace and tranquility here, as long as there is no misunderstanding about us."

Of course, this is just an official statement. The Haihan military not only regards this place as a port that needs armed protection, but also as a springboard and important strategic node for Haihan to expand its sphere of influence northward in the future.

From a geographical point of view, the distance between Sanya and Hong Kong Island and Hong Kong Island and Penghu is more than 300 nautical miles. Whether it is military support or logistical supplies, this distance can make more efficient use of maritime transport capacity and reduce the possibility of maritime voyages.

There will be risks. Moreover, Penghu happens to guard the entrance and exit of the southern channel of the Taiwan Strait, and its role in wartime is no less than that of Hong Kong Island at the mouth of the Pearl River.

The military's plan to expand its strength northward is to go all the way north along the coastline and try to establish a stronghold in a place with a comparable voyage. There is no dispute that the next target chosen by the military along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is to control the inflow of the Yangtze River at the same time.

Haikou and the Zhoushan Islands in Hangzhou Bay. The voyage from Zhoushan Islands to Hong Kong Island is more than 700 nautical miles. If Hong Kong Island is used as a strategic springboard, it is a bit far away. However, the voyage to Penghu is about 400 nautical miles. This distance is very suitable for the Haihan Army.

Fang’s consistent leapfrog development strategy.

The port conditions of Penghu itself are also very suitable for the construction of a military port. In addition to Magong Port, the Penghu Bay composed of Penghu Island and its surrounding islands is actually a natural harbor with excellent conditions. This time, we attacked the Sanzhihai of Penghu.

The Han fleet is currently stationed in this huge bay south of Magong Port.

However, there is still a lot of work required to build a military port in Penghu that meets the requirements of the Haihan Navy. Due to the special structure and manufacturing process of the Haihan warship, it is relatively difficult to maintain and repair it in overseas ports.

In addition to being able to dock fleets and provide supplies, a comprehensive military port also needs specialized docks, hoisting tools and ship technology teams. The construction speed of such professional facilities is faster than that of civilian facilities such as commercial warehouses.

It is much slower, and it will be difficult to complete in less than one or two years. The Cam Ranh Bay military port designated by Haihan on the coast of Indochina has been developed for more than two years, and only the first phase of the project has been completed so far.

Expedition-class warships are being repaired and maintained. As for the larger "Dignity-class" warships, currently only the Victory Port Shipyard can carry out subsequent repairs and maintenance.

Therefore, although the military has made a relatively clear plan for the military use of Penghu, its implementation will still be restricted by many objective conditions. However, the good news is that the Executive Committee will review the immigration plan proposed by Ning Qi and others at the beginning of the year.

After that, it was decided to use Penghu as a key overseas construction port in 1632.

Historically, in 1632, extremely serious civil strife broke out in Shandong and Shanxi provinces. A large number of war refugees would appear in the Ming Dynasty. Ning Qi once proposed to introduce refugees from the northern region to enrich the labor force needed for the development of Hainan Island. Although Hainan Island

Han itself does not have the ability to directly go to the north to absorb refugees, but the executive committee believes that this plan is still feasible. Schneider also proposed an operation plan of exchanging industrial products for population.

However, if this plan is implemented, Penghu will definitely become a maritime transfer station for refugees heading south in the future. This function is equivalent to the original immigration transfer station established in Lijiazhuang, Guangzhou, where a large number of refugees will be gathered, screened, and completed.

After screening, they will be organized to immigrate to various areas under the rule of Haihan and start their lives again. If the northern refugees can rest and recuperate here in Penghu, it will play a certain role in their adaptation to the southern climate and environment and ensuring the survival rate of the immigrants.

function.

To complete such a transshipment task, both maritime transport capacity and the local port's reception capacity will undergo a great test. Magong Port is not a big problem as a commercial port, but to absorb immigrants and station the navy, another local port needs to be built.

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On May 5, seeing that the situation was decided, the Haihan Militia began to gradually withdraw from Penghu. Shi Diwen's fleet set off first, escorting a battalion of the army on the voyage back to Sanya. A day later, Roger's fleet also left the port,

Accompanying them are the artillery battalions specially gathered from all over Hainan Island this time. However, the artillery battalion did not make any profit in the Penghu Battle this time. After arriving on the island, there was no large-scale firefight at all. The artillery soldiers just

When I attacked several strongholds, I went out to increase my presence, but the combat achievements I obtained were far less than those of my counterparts in the navy.

On May 9, Yan Chujie and Wang Tom also led their troops to leave Penghu and return to Sanya. In addition to the militia army going south with them, there was also a new batch of grassroots officers sent by the Fujian military to Sanya for three months of military training. At the same time,

This is also the sixth batch of overseas-study officers sent by Xu Xinsu and Haihan since their cooperation.

Almost all of this group of officers are from the Fujian Navy. During their arrival in Sanya, in addition to learning various tactics of the Haihan Navy, they also had a very important task to receive the two newly launched "Exploration-class" warships. This is also

The last two of the first batch of eight warships customized by Haihan for the Fujian military. However, the Shengli Port Shipyard did not have to worry about losing the order, because after the Penghu Battle, Xu Xinsu ordered eight more warships from Haihan.

The order for warships. Xu Xinsu was so arrogant mainly because the quick end of the Penghu Battle allowed him to save a large budget, and this money could just be used to expand the Fujian Navy and gradually eliminate those that had long been outdated.

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Qian Tiandun will be stationed in the new stronghold. In the future, the military and political power of Penghu will be controlled by him alone. At least until the Penghu commercial port begins to take shape, the base camp will send people to take over the civil affairs.

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