The Ming court carved out the territory on Qiongzhou Island and gave the local forces the power of autonomy, in fact, it is not a new thing, the official government almost all of the Li Miao cottages all over the island are through guò feudal fiefs and the like to exercise indirect jurisdiction, and Li Tong Miao Zhai in their respective territory areas, almost all of them are small independent kingdoms, although the external still has to obey the rule of the Ming court, but the internal rule is not interfered with by the outside world.

As for the rule of the Haihan people over the region, Huang Que can feel that the way they adopt is different from that of the Li and Miao tribes. They implemented their own set of rules and systems, but they cooperated well with the Ming government, and were not as tense as between Han Li and Han Miao - to be precise, it was not the Ming Dynasty that dominated this cooperative relationship, but the seemingly relatively weak Haihan. Huang Que couldn't imagine what it would be like if Shi Zitong and Da Ming were dealing with each other, and Shi Zitong took the initiative.

Huang Que didn't know much about Haihan's strength at this time, so for him, it was really beyond his knowledge that Haihan, as a local tycoon, could create such a strange symbiotic relationship with the Ming government. However, although he had not been in Shengli Port for a long time, the Yiqiē he saw in front of him had already reminded him that Haihan was by no means such a simple organization as the Han Chamber of Commerce that he had seen in Changhua and Danzhou before, and that there was a social system and atmosphere that was clearly different from that of the Ming Dynasty in the areas ruled by the Haihan people, and the Ming Dynasty's acquiescence to Haihan was intensifying the speed of external expansion of this local force all the time.

Fu Li did not rush to take Huang Que to visit the military camp in the following time, so that he could feel the strength of Haihan's martial arts, but according to Ning Qi's Jianyì, he took Huang Que to visit the school not far from Victory Fort. Different from the initial student composition, there are not only a few children of the crossers, but also many school-age children from Han, Li, Miao and even Annam. Of course, in addition to the descendants of the traversers, most of these students' family backgrounds are naturalized people, and there are also a very small number of children of foreign merchants, but this part of the foreign population is enrolled in schools run by Haihan. The cost is not low.

Huang Que seems to feel his childhood again here, remembering the scene when he studied in a Han private school in Changhua County. At that time, in addition to Han children, there were also mountain people of the Li and Miao ethnic groups who loved novels and books. Of course, the children of Li Miao who can go out of the mountains to study in the county town are at least the privileged class such as the descendants of the lord of the mountain. For example, Huang Que, a candidate for the next generation of heirs who is favored by the lord of the mountain, is often sent to the territory of the Han people to learn some cultural knowledge when he is of school age, otherwise he will inherit the position of the leader of the cottage in the future. In the process of dealing with the Ming government, it is possible to suffer losses.

However, the Haihan school is obviously also very different from the private school that Huang Que attended when he was a child, first of all, the content taught here is not a subset of scriptures and histories such as the Four Books and the Five Classics. Rather, it is a literacy textbook compiled by the Haihan people themselves. And the curriculum is not only literacy, arithmetic, general knowledge, and even military-related subjects, and there are corresponding courses arranged in this school.

"If you're interested in the courses here, you can sign up for them when you move out. Fu Li saw that Huang Que looked at the children in the classroom for a long time, so he opened his mouth and introduced to him: "Our courses are not only for children, but also for adults. ”

Huang Que turned his head and asked, "My lord, are you also learning to read and write?"

"In addition to literacy. There's still a lot to learn!" Fu Li continued, "For example, how to grow more food in the soil, how to build ships, how to make iron, how to do business with people from other places...... The Haihan chiefs held many courses so that the people could live a better life. ”

"Then why do the leaders of the Haihan Dynasty teach these skills to the common people, if they are in their own hands, wouldn't it be more obedient for everyone?" asked Huang Que puzzled.

"What the chiefs want is not everyone's obedience, but the continuous growth of the Haihan collective!" Fu Li patiently explained to him, "If every household in a Li Tong has enough food. With sharp weapons and well-trained warriors, what do you think the future holds for this mountain?"

"That will definitely become a big mountain within a radius of hundreds of miles!" Huang Que blurted out, and immediately realized the true meaning of the analogy of Fu Li: "So the leaders of the Haihan passed on the knowledge they had to the people, that is, so that the Haihan Executive Committee could one day become the ruler of this region?"

"It's not just the Haihan chief who rules this area, but also ordinary people like you and me. "Fu Li's original political lesson was undoubtedly quite solid. He has an excellent grasp of the scale of this kind of propaganda: "The Haihan Executive Committee only makes decisions on behalf of the people, and the decisions made by the Executive Committee are beneficial to all the people. If you are smart enough to be as high as the leaders of Haihan, then you will also have the possibility of entering the Executive Committee in the future!"

Although Huang Que did not quite understand the concept of Haihan's ruling system, Fu Li's analogy helped him to initially understand the role of the Haihan Executive Committee - although it sounds mysterious, the Executive Committee actually exercised the ruling power on behalf of ordinary people. But as what Fu Li said was verified by the facts little by little, for these temporarily incomprehensible phenomena and concepts, Huang Que slowly began to choose to believe instead of constantly questioning.

While Fu Li traveled around with Yellow Sparrow and brainwashed him, the plan to develop Shilu had also entered the formal preparation stage. According to the plan formulated by the Ministry of Construction, it is first necessary to complete an overland passage from Changhua fishing village to the inland Shizitong mining area, so that various materials, building materials and production tools can be transported to the mining area, and the preliminary construction of the mining area must be completed.

Although most of the area on the way is uninhabited, there is no trouble such as land acquisition and demolition, and the plain terrain where it passes greatly reduces the difficulty of construction and road construction, but in terms of the length of the passage on this road, it is the longest road construction project engaged by the Ministry of Construction after crossing. The straight-line distance from the Changhua fishing port to the mining area is nearly 40 kilometers, which is almost four times the amount of the original construction of the Shengli Port-Tiandu land channel, and it also has to cross a tributary water vein of the Changhua River about 50 meters at the narrowest point, which means that the construction department will probably have to build a strong bridge on the way.

The construction of this artery is just the beginning, and as the development of the mining area progresses, a railway will be needed to improve the efficiency of transportation between Shilu and the coast. Besides. At least thousands of miners will have to work in the area after the mine is put into operation, and the construction of the corresponding living facilities must be started in advance. In addition, in order to make more efficient use of the refined coal from the nearby Heitu Port, the construction of a large steel base near Changhua has become one of the logical development steps.

Such a huge project plan, with today's construction conditions, can not be completed in a year and a half. According to the expectations of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Construction and other departments, the road construction can be completed within one year and fully put into operation within two years. It can already be regarded as a miracle of super-level play. During the entire construction period, the executive committee needs to put at least three or four thousand people in the labor force here. To place such a large number of personnel in an area not directly ruled for a long time and to carry out the corresponding construction tasks is also a great test for the organizational and coordinating ability of the Executive Committee and the relevant departments.

The Executive Committee's attention to the project and the intensity of its resources are even greater than those of the original development of the Black Earth Port. After all, the mining site of the Black Earth Port is very close to the coastline, and in addition to the difficulty of crossing the sea for development, the construction difficulty in the local area is not as high as that of the project on the Shiroku side. Tao Donglai, as the leader of the construction department, personally took charge of the project construction task, but his responsibility is still mainly to coordinate the cooperation between various departments, and the on-site project commander will still be the second-in-command Liu Shanxia.

It was fast to the end of May. The Executive Committee finally sent its first fleet in the direction of Changhua. The engineering personnel carried by this fleet did not go to build the truth, but to expand the wharf in Changhua Fishing Port, build warehouses, trestle bridges, collective housing and other preliminary facilities, and lay a good foundation for the follow-up project.

The team will spend a month building these facilities at the Changhua fishing port before the base camp sends a large force to the site to start building roads to the interior.

On 2 June, a fleet of 12 large ships arrived in Changhua. Under the slightly surprised gaze of the fishermen, there were not only a few familiar faces they had seen before, but also a large number of gray-clothed soldiers with loaded guns. After landing, these Haihan soldiers quickly formed a group, spread out in the north, east, and south directions, and set up a perimeter cordon within three miles of the vicinity.

Subsequently, Liu Shanxia, the on-site commander of the project, read out the notice of the Haihan Executive Committee to the stunned fishermen, saying that the place had been temporarily requisitioned by the Executive Committee. All residents are required to cooperate with the project arrangements and move to other areas. If there are those who are unwilling to cooperate, the Haihan People's League will take corresponding measures to ensure the smooth progress of the local project.

While the fishermen were worried about whether to resist or obey, Liu Shanxia announced the good news that had reinvigorated them - so local residents who were willing to cooperate with the operation would be eligible to settle in Sanya. And they will be able to obtain the application qualification for Haihan naturalized citizens in a short period of time.

These fishermen who live in Changhua Fishing Port have long been aware of the development of Haihan in Sanya through various channels, and it would be a lie to say that these people have no intention of moving their nests, but they can often get the benefits of Haihan people when they live here, and their lives can still go on. The arrival of the Haihan people immediately announced the forced demolition, which also gave the few residents here a chance to choose their way of life again.

Of course, if there are people who are unwilling to go to Sanya, the executive committee also gives them the opportunity to choose their own destination, but they are not allowed to enter for a few miles around the fishing port. Until the construction of the entire Shiroku Coal and Iron Complex Industrial Belt is completed, the area of Changhua Port will become a strictly military control zone, not to mention these fishermen, even ordinary naturalized citizens, who will no longer be able to enter and leave the place without the approval of the Executive Committee.

This may seem a bit unreasonable, but in order to allow the project to proceed smoothly and avoid problems with the logistics support channel, the Executive Committee believes that this small means must be used. To this end, the military commission sent two companies of militia to participate in the first batch of construction teams to Changhua Port. They will be in charge of the outer martial law tasks in the port area, and if there are some discordant factors on the side of Changhua County, then the militia of these two companies may take more drastic measures, such as taking actual control of Changhua County.

Fortunately, there is no large-scale engineering project in Sanya in the near future, and the development and construction progress of the new urban area is slow, and the Ministry of Construction has also been able to draw out a part of the construction team to participate in the construction of Changhua Port.

Even so, the Executive Committee did not forget to spare time to develop other areas, namely the ports on the southeast coast of the Indochina Peninsula. These places had already been favored by the Executive Committee early on, and before sending troops to Hue, they proposed to the North Vietnamese court to compensate for these places after the war. Although the agreement was reached in the name of the concession, both the Executive Committee and the North Vietnamese court knew very well that the ownership of these lands would probably be changed to "Hai Han" from now on, but for the sake of the interests of strategic alliances, both sides tacitly did not put relevant topics on the table for discussion - the North Vietnamese side silently sent it, and Hai Han accepted it silently.

After these places were taken, Haihan was able to control the vast sea area from the eastern coast of the Indochina Peninsula to Malacca, Java, and Borneo in the south, and almost covered the main shipping routes from the coast of the Indochina Peninsula to China by Western merchant ships, so that a springboard could be laid for the next step of controlling several choke points in the South China Sea. However, there are still many practical difficulties in developing these ports, which are already nominally part of Haihan.