The North Vietnamese Imperial Court is now paying money and grain and ceding land and immigrating, and it will certainly not be out of willingness, and the Executive Committee has long been aware of the unwillingness and resentment that the North Vietnamese Imperial Court is currently hiding, and it is also wary of it. Even if it doesn't exist now, it must create such an opponent for it, so as not to turn its mind to Haihan after the North Vietnamese court is idle.

However, the North Vietnamese side has not yet realized these plans of the Executive Committee, and now they are all focused on defeating the small southern court, and as for the external pressure, perhaps the phrase "if you want to go outside, you must first settle inside" is the most suitable way to describe the current mentality of the North Vietnamese rulers.

The same is true of Zheng Zheng, as the most likely candidate to inherit the ruling power of Annam in the future, his views on the domestic political situation are basically the same as those of his father, Zheng Jie, the king of the Qing capital—although the methods of the Haihan taking advantage of the fire and robbery are very hateful, at least they have no real malice towards Annam, and there is no fundamental conflict of interest compared to the usurpation of power and rebellion by the rebels of South Vietnam. And although the cooperation with Haihan paid a very big price, but the harvest is also quite obvious, this year, the combat effectiveness of Annam has been greatly improved, and the civil war that has lasted for several years has finally had the possibility of ending, from the results of cooperation, the North Vietnamese high-level people generally believe that it is still very worthwhile, it must be said that there is any dissatisfaction, it is nothing more than a little less cost-effective.

The most important thing is that Thang Long and Haihan's side can bargain, slowly negotiate conditions, and even have common interests in many cooperation projects, but there is nothing to talk about with the South Vietnamese traitors, the conflict of interests between the two sides is irreconcilable, and in the end it will definitely be the result of endless death.

Judging from Haihan's past actions, it is not necessarily a bad thing to hand over these locations to Haihan, at least the existing concessions are still developing well, and thanks to the ports built by Haihan in the concessions, North Vietnam's maritime industry has improved a lot compared with the depression of previous years. Zheng Zheng didn't think about it for too long, so he nodded and said that the new concession proposed by Haihan did not have a zài problem in the general direction.

With this foreshadowing, it is natural for Tao Donglai to put forward the follow-up conditions - Annan must open the original Heitu Port, Tushan Port, Yongan Port, plus the four newly added port areas to Haihan as treaty ports, and Haihan in the above areas in addition to the power of settlement and trade, but also enjoy administrative autonomy and extraterritoriality. Although this practice had been basically implemented in the three northern ports before this, only a very small number of Haihan cadres were covered by extraterritoriality, and the scope of application proposed by Tao Donglai this time should be expanded to all naturalized groups in the concession.

Several ports in North Vietnam controlled by the Haihan have developed significantly in the past year, and the number of people working for the Haihan and even joining the naturalized population has gradually increased. With the exception of Heitu Port, which was completely under the rule of the Haihan, Tushan Port and Yongan Port, which were originally built as military bases and temporary ports, now have their own permanent populations of more than 1,000.

The two sides have been arguing many times openly and secretly over which side of the laws and regulations should be followed in civil cases that occur in these two places. Tu Son Port is a military administrative area, after all, the North Vietnamese officers here are also under the command of Haihan instructors, and local affairs are basically decided by the Haihan side, while the situation in Yongan Port is relatively more complicated.

Vinh An Port was a temporary transshipment port built behind the battle line during the Haihan aid operation in January, and after the war, the North Vietnamese army still deployed a considerable number of troops on the front line, so this port was retained and has been operated and managed by the Haihan side. Due to the limited shipping capacity of the North Vietnamese government, the task of transporting supplies from the Hong River Delta to the front line was basically undertaken by Hai Han cargo ships, and there were more than 10 Hai Han cargo ships that regularly traveled between Tu Son Port and Vinh An Port every month, which gradually drove the popularity of Vinh An Port and the surrounding area. However, with the increasing prosperity of Yong'an Port, the troubles gradually increased.

Migrant workers working for the Haihan people in Vinh An Port, regardless of whether they have naturalized nationality or not, are treated much better than those forcibly recruited from the people in North Vietnam, and because of its location close to the front line, a large number of people are stationed nearby. So slowly, some people began to evade the army, entered Yong'an Port to work for the Haihan people, and even applied for naturalization. When the North Vietnamese army in charge of Minfu tried to capture these people from Vinh An Port, it inevitably had friction with the Hai Han militia stationed there. If no effort is made to clarify the treatment of Haihan naturalized residents in the Haihan Concession, then such incidents will only increase in the future, and in the absence of laws and regulations to follow, there may even be a possibility of small-scale armed conflicts between the two sides.

Since the Executive Committee has put this matter on the table, Zheng Zheng has no choice but to express the attitude of the North Vietnamese court: "According to the agreement signed between this country and you, the matter of providing immigration to you must be carried out through the special authority of the country, and this kind of act of evading the military and entering the concession and applying for Haihan nationality is illegal according to the agreement between the two parties." Instead of stopping them, you are providing them with asylum, which is a violation of the agreement we agreed to in the first place. ”

In this matter, Zheng Zheng can indeed point out the inappropriateness of Haihan. In order to pay for the military expenses of Haihan, Thang Long Province agreed to use the immigrant population as a counterpayment, and due to the large scale of immigration, Thang Long Province also set up a special immigration management agency, the Immigration Department, which is responsible for contacting and organizing immigrants from Haihan. In order to avoid uncontrollable situations, the difference between legal and illegal immigrants was indeed indicated in the agreement at that time, and only immigrants sent to Haihan through the channels of the Guò Immigration Department could have a legal status recognized by both parties. And those North Vietnamese people in Vinh An Port who spontaneously joined the Haihan nationality obviously did not enter through formal channels such as guò.

Ning Qi opened his mouth and responded: "Regarding the problem that the little prince said, in fact, we have long been aware of it. It's not terrible to have problems, as long as we are willing to negotiate and solve them. We also have a corresponding proposal on this matter, which is simply to have your country's immigration department set up offices in several concessions, so that the immigration status problem can be solved for the people nearby. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zheng couldn't help frowning, the Haihan people really have to make inches of progress! As soon as he finished complaining that the concession was suspected of taking in and sheltering illegal immigrants, he jumped out on the other side and demanded that the identity of these illegal immigrants be legalized.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng shook his head and rejected Ning Qi's suggestion: "I can't agree to this matter." In the case of immigration, it is good to continue to follow the old rules. ”

Ning Qi was about to debate a few words with Zheng Zheng, but Tao Donglai had already interrupted the topic: "We will reach a framework agreement now, and the details of the immigration issue can be discussed later." ”

Zheng Zheng's negotiations at Shengli Port lasted five full days, during which the two sides basically reached an agreement on the ways and projects of cooperation in the coming period. In particular, the few natural harbors that the Executive Committee wanted were finally fulfilled – of course, it would take some time for construction to begin, at least after the South Vietnamese regime had been eliminated. In addition, the two sides have also reached a series of cooperation agreements in the fields of economy and trade, politics and chemistry.

The officer corps brought by Zheng Zheng spent almost all of the five days at the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Commission, discussing the battle plan for the next few months with the high-ranking personnel of the Haihan military. Even for the Haihan officers who had already participated in many battles after the crossing, this battle plan had extraordinary significance.

Although the South Vietnamese regime is now crumbling, the size of its ruling area cannot be completely solved by a few battles. From Dong Hai to Hue, and then to Quy Nhon, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan, and Vung Tau in the south, this offensive route along the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula was more than 1,000 kilometers long. If there is not enough maritime forces to supplement it, it will be difficult to wipe out the armed forces of South Vietnam in one fell swoop by relying solely on army operations to push through the past.

Even if the Hai Han militia was willing to help and send troops to help in the war, such a long front would be enough to produce many uncontrollable variables in the battle situation, so the generals on both sides had different views on how to annihilate the living forces of South Vietnam as much as possible. After five days of talks, although opinions on the major operational strategy have tended to converge, there are still quite a few differences in the specific combat methods and arrangements.

On December 25, 1628, Tom Wang returned to Victory Harbor with the militia naval fleet, which had just won a great victory in the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary. It was only after the nautical expert joined the discussion that the outlines of the battle plan finally became clear.

Tom Wang's opinion is very clear: considering that the combat mode of the new army is extremely dependent on logistics supply, the entire combat process must be based on the supply line, and the battle plan must also be formulated according to the logistics supply radius. Now that the South Vietnamese army is far less powerful than the North Vietnamese, the speed of the advance on the front line is no longer determined by the combat effectiveness of the combat units, but by whether the logistics can keep up with it – in other words, by the capabilities of the maritime sector.

After staying up for 24 hours in the staff headquarters, Tom Wang couldn't hold it anymore, so he took leave and returned to his residence to sleep for most of the day. When he woke up, he smelled the smell of food before he opened his eyes, and couldn't help but sniffle and said, "Roast goose?"

"You're up right now and you're still in time for a hot meal. ”

Tom Wang opened his life and sat up, and saw that several members of the North American Gang were in the house, putting all kinds of hot meals on the table. Morgan held a braised chicken wing in his mouth and said, "Today's vacation, it's rare that you are back, so the Jianyì brothers came to you for a get-together." ”

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" Tom Wang replied, and his heart warmed, these friends have been busy with their own things in the recent past, and there is very little time to get together.

Morgan and Johnson now sit at the Port Victory Medical Center to provide health care for the travelers, and they also take turns teaching students at the health school, and they also have to go out for medical visits every month, even as far as Black Earth Harbor. Johnson is a little better, after all, he has a lot of wives and children, and the executive committee also consciously did not arrange too much foreign affairs for him. In addition to his job as a doctor, he also has to serve as a sniper instructor in the Victory Harbor barracks, and participate in various foreign military operations, which is the second most active figure in the North American gang after King Tom. And Qiao Zhiya, Luo Jie, and Shi Di, the three engineering men, have had much fewer opportunities to emerge recently. Qiao Zhiya has been pressed into the chemical department and has been unable to get out, and Roger and Shi Di have also stayed in Tian Du's military workshop for a long time as technical consultants. In the recent battles at Lijiazhuang, Dangan Island, Hoi An Port and Wanshan Port, they were not able to participate due to work reasons. Soon everyone sat together, and Qiao Zhiya conjured a bottle of wine as if by magic: "Royal Salute, the Queen's Coronation 60th Anniversary Collector's Edition, this is my personal collection!"

"There is still such a good thing!" Tom Wang took it and looked at it, handed it back to him, and then nodded: "It seems that something good has happened?"

"It's not a good thing. Qiao Zhiya unscrewed the cap of the bottle and said: "The executive committee plans to separate the chemical department and set up a division-level unit, and by the way, I will be promoted." ”

Prior to this, Qiao Zhiya's chemical department was administratively under the name of the Ministry of Industry, but there was no independent system in management, and it basically belonged to the vertical management unit. However, with the gradual commissioning of the three-acid and two-alkali production line, the Executive Committee decided to set up a chemical department under the Ministry of Industry for future management and development. Qiao Zhiya, who has always been one of the main technical backbones of the chemical department, has been promoted naturally because he has always performed well.

"Then I really have to congratulate you, Director Qiao!" Wang Tom stayed in the system for a year, and slowly began to learn how to do things, so he immediately raised his glass to congratulate Qiao Zhiya on his promotion.

After Qiao Zhiya and everyone held their glasses one by one, he took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I don't want to be the director of this department, if I have to choose, I would rather go to the militia to be the division commander." ”

"However, the militia does not have a division commander at present. Shi Di immediately poured a basin of cold water on him: "Even if there is, it must be Mr. Yan and Mr. Tao who first got such a position, and you will probably have to wait a long time for a little transparent like you to have a chance." ”

"What's the matter, you're not happy in your current unit?" Tom Wang noticed that Qiao Zhiya's affection was not very high, so he asked with concern.

"How can he be happy. Roger took over and said: "There are more than a dozen technicians in the Chemical Industry Department, and he is the only one who is an overseas Chinese, even if no one excludes him, he will look out of place in the unit." Shi Di and I, Johnson and Morgan Sr., at least we can have a companion in the unit, but Qiao Zhiya has always been alone. ”

"It's as if I'm not alone. Tom shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not a big deal. Besides, how good it is to stay here, not to be born and die, carefree and free, you look at Johnson, this old guy has gained at least ten kilograms after the crossing. ”

"Fourteen.5 kilograms, to be exact. Johnson unashamedly raised his glass to show off to the crowd, sparking a burst of laughter.

Qiao Zhiya also smiled, but judging from his slightly stiff expression, it was obvious that his feelings had not improved because of this. Tom Wang also noticed his depression, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, tell me what you really think, what are your plans?"

"I hope to be transferred out of my current unit to the Army or to the Navy...... I just don't want to stay in the real room anymore. Qiao Zhiya's expression looked very helpless: "My interest is not in the chemical industry at all, if I had known that I would also spend my days in the real room after the crossing, then I might as well not come to this trip." ”

Tom Wang frowned and said: "But for a person with professional qualifications like you, the executive committee may not be willing to let you go! Unless there is someone else who can take over your current work, you can only be rejected even if you make a transfer report." ”

"It's not a problem, the other colleagues in the unit are not inferior to me, and there are many capable people among them, and they are more suitable for professional research than me. Qiao Zhiya looked at Wang Tom and said, "I need someone to help me now." ”

Speaking of which, Tom Wang completely understood what Qiao Zhiya meant. Qiao Zhiya wants to leave his current unit and return to the army, in addition to his own method of making a transfer report, if a high-level military personnel can put forward an important person, then the certainty of success will undoubtedly increase a lot. Wang Tom now has no problem ranking in the top five in the Military Commission, and he can be regarded as a high-level person with a lot of weight, Qiao Zhiya wants to find someone to help in the military, so naturally Wang Tom has become the first choice.

"So you want the military to come out and ask for someone from the Executive Committee?" asked Tom Wang very directly.

"It would be nice if it could be like that. Qiao Zhiya's face was full of expectation, and several others also turned their eyes to Wang Tom. Tom Wang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with this kind of staring from his friends, but he still replied stubbornly: "Okay, I will try my best to help you, my brother!" "Thank you, Tom!" Qiao Zhiya stretched out his arm, hugged Tom Wang gently, and then raised his glass and toasted loudly: "For Tom's victory, for my new life, for our friendship!"