Chapter 410: Trends in the Arms Trade
It is true that the construction of police academies and the training of external recruits are one of the ways to solve the police shortage, but one of the obvious drawbacks of this method is that the cycle is too long, and it may take several months to see actual results, and the current law and order situation is obviously not likely to leave too much time for the Ministry of Justice......
Of course, Ren Liang also proposed another faster solution, that is, to recruit people from relevant departments and immigrants with similar work experience, and take up posts while training, so as to shorten the training time.
As a violent organ under the Executive Committee, the "relevant departments" with similar attributes are naturally the military, but it is easy for the military to dig into the corners of the Ministry of Justice, but it is difficult for the Ministry of Justice to dig it back. Yan Chujie's attitude is very clear: There is still a considerable shortage of troops in several overseas bases in the plan, and the Central Military Commission is planning to carry out a new round of conscription plan, and if the personnel are assigned to the Ministry of Justice at this juncture, it will not be an expansion but a disarmament.
Later, under the coordination of Tao Donglai, the Central Military Commission chose a compromised approach, that is, to let some personnel who had served for more than one year and who had been injured in previous battles be discharged from the army and transferred to other jobs and included in the establishment of the Ministry of Justice. Due to the limitations of their injuries, although these people are no longer suitable to set foot on the battlefield, they have a certain degree of military quality and discipline, and they are still more competent to change careers and engage in public security work. The Ministry of Justice has set a very low threshold for this kind of personnel, as long as the brain is clear, there is the ability to work independently, there is no hard requirement for physical disability, the lower limb injury can do internal work, the upper limb injury can go to some agencies as a doorman, in short, as long as the paralysis is not in the **, you can arrange a job, which can also see how big the personnel gap of the Ministry of Justice is.
This arrangement is relatively acceptable to the military, which not only helps them reduce the burden on their personnel, but also leaves a good reputation among the people who have joined the army -- those who have been injured in the war for the executive committee will at least have a way out of retreat to enter the public gate, so that they will not be left alone after the war if they are given some material rewards.
In addition, experienced immigrants are selected to enter the Ministry of Justice. It is also a more convenient way. In fact, this method has been adopted since last year, and many of the immigrants who come to Haihan have worked in the public office as errand workers, and these people often have a certain amount of experience in public security management and even criminal investigation, and they are relatively fast to get started after joining the company, and they have always been happy to accept the personnel of the police department.
Yu Zhen, the captain of the Sanya Port Police Squadron, used to be the arrester of Yazhou Yamen, and after being moved by the patrol Wei Ping, he joined Haihan, and then joined the police force. In just over half a year, he was promoted from a probationary police officer to a squadron leader. Of course. A large part of the reason why Aftershock's promotion was so fast was that there were really few professionals in the police force, and most of the officers were novices who put down their hoes and picked up batons.
The situation of Nguyen Van Van is a little different, although he was born in the military circles, but because he is a demoted general, it is unlikely that he will enter the militia army in the short term, so the military still failed to win Ren Liang in the end, so he asked Nguyen Van Van and other grassroots officers in the South Vietnamese surrendered army to the past. However, the limited number of South Vietnamese naval division prisoners from the soldiers to the generals were not released. This group of people is intended to be kept by the military for themselves, and after screening, it will be used to enrich the immature Haihan Navy.
Although Ruan Wenwen is also from an aristocratic background, he can serve as a general of the city defense army not entirely by virtue of his family background, and he still has some real skills. Since he was a child, his family trained him to follow the path of martial arts and military service, and he began to practice weapons such as knives and guns before he was ten years old, and he also went to the battlefield against North Vietnam and made military achievements. It's completely different from the kind of embroidered pillow-style gentleman.
In terms of the average physical condition of the people of Annam, Nguyen Wen is considered to be a relatively tall and strong type, and it is very smooth to pass the basic physical examination and some simple physical fitness tests. After the first two levels of inspection are passed, the entry physical test of the vast majority of people ends here. However, people like Ruan Wenwen who have been marked as "having martial arts experience" on their personal files have to take an extra try. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)
Ren Liang specially applied to the Military Commission for a class of Haihan militia to serve as the simulated law enforcement object for these candidates. Of course. If you want these law enforcement targets to obey the law, then the candidates have to show their own skills.
Although it was only a mock exam, the military did not want to be looked down upon by the police department, and the people sent over were all "veterans" who enlisted in the army in 1627, who had practiced grappling with the enemy and had actual combat experience in battlefield combat, and it was certainly difficult for ordinary police officers to win favor in their hands.
Although this batch of candidates all have martial arts experience. But not everyone has rich experience in martial arts, and when they start their hands, they are often subdued or put down by the militiamen, and several examiners shake their heads again and again.
Ruan Wenwen's cousin Xiàn was obviously the best among this group of people, and the militia against him was quickly defeated in the hand-to-hand confrontation, and Ren Liang ordered another person to go up, still invincible to Ruan Wenwen. Seeing that this kind of one-on-one competition, the militia should not be the opponent of this South Vietnamese general, Ren Liang simply stopped the competition and asked Nguyen Wenwen what skills he could show.
Ruan Wenwen also knew that it was time to fight for his future, so he immediately asked for a wooden stick, and then played a set of stick methods, although he was not a master, but it was also decent, and at a glance, he knew that it should have been many years of work. After some discussion among several examiners, Ruan Wenwen was included in the establishment of the anti-riot brigade.
"Isn't this riot brigade a team to prevent mobs?" Ruan Jinggui couldn't help but ask when he heard him say this.
Ruan Wenwen replied proudly: "Big brother, I have specifically consulted with the chief, this riot brigade is the police force that deals with riots and other serious incidents, the responsibility is heavy, and the future is bright!"
Ruan Jinggui said: "However, under the governance of the Executive Committee, this Sanya area has always been politically harmonious, and I have never heard of the riots, and it may be true that the responsibility is heavy, but if there is no opportunity to express it, it is difficult to say that the future is bright!"
"Big brother, you don't know anything. Ruan Wenwen explained: "The chief said that when I encountered more difficult things before, the police department always asked the militia to borrow people, not to mention the troublesome procedures, and in the end, most of the credit went to the militia." In the future, with this anti-riot brigade, many matters can be handled by the Ministry of Justice itself, and opportunities for meritorious service are naturally indispensable. ”
"If that's the case, then it's best to ......" Ruan Jinggui was about to continue asking when he heard a faint bell outside, it should have been dinner time.
The two brothers immediately stopped talking. Hurry up and pack up and go out for dinner. They are not worried about the cram school at night, but they have lived in the isolation camp for many days, and they have no oil and water in their stomachs for a long time.
Naturally, they were not happy to go to the collective canteen, so they immediately found a restaurant near Landscape Avenue and ordered a table of good food. But the price of the meal did hurt them. The two of them ate more than 30 yuan after a meal, which is more than their combined monthly salary after joining the company.
Ruan Jinggui is still waiting to negotiate the price with the store. Unexpectedly, he was counted down by this shop: "This guest officer, seeing that you are not an ordinary person in your clothes and conversation, how can you not know the market of this Shengli Port! The dish you just ordered on this table, this cow was transported from Annan, the chicken and duck were all transported from Guangzhou Prefecture, and this seafood was a little closer, and it was also sent from Lingshui County, a hundred miles away, and some of the spices used for cooking were trafficked by Western maritime merchants from thousands of miles away in the south. How much do you think the price of this table is less?"
Ruan Wenwen said: "Boss, don't fool me, this cow is just that, you said that there are no chickens and ducks in the local area, and they need to be shipped from Guangzhou, but I don't believe it!"
"Of course there are local ones! There are several farms on the other side of the Tiandu River, and there are at least 1,000 chickens and ducks, but the Ministry of Agriculture does not sell them to the outside world! There are several hundred people in this Haihan chief. How much meat do you have to eat every day? At the restaurant on this scenic avenue, you can ask if the chickens and ducks used are brought from other places. The shopkeeper unceremoniously refuted Ruan's questioning.
"Forget it, don't argue, I'll just pay!" Ruan Jinggui saw that someone had already begun to notice his table, so he didn't want to argue with the store anymore. I took out the circulation ticket from my pocket and paid the points to the store.
The two of them ate very comfortably, but after they came out, they inevitably felt a little distressed about this expense. If it was placed in the past, eating more than 30 taels of silver for this meal would be a lot of expenses for them, not to mention that it is not as good as in the past, whether it is family property or income, it is far less than before. With such a level of consumption, it will not take a few days to squeeze out the little property they have left.
"Brother, starting tomorrow, let's continue to eat in the collective cafeteria!" Ruan Jinggui touched his bulging belly and sighed and said to Ruan Wenwen.
Of course, Ruan Wenwen was also very aware of his own situation, so he could only nod helplessly.
Seeing that the time was almost there, the Nguyen brothers went to the Shengli Port Primary School at the foot of the mountain, where there is a night school for newcomers, and they must undergo a period of professional training at the beginning of their employment. Here Ruan Wenwen finally saw the "electric light" that his brother had mentioned, so much so that he barely listened to the lecture that night, and kept staring at the LED lights on the ceiling in a daze.
Since the curfew in the Port Victory area starts at 8 p.m., evening classes are not long, usually only two and a half hours a day. After the two brothers finished their lessons, they went straight back to their lodgings to rest.
Compared with Ruan Wenwen's schedule, Ruan Jinggui is obviously much busier, on the one hand, he has to continue his internship in the Ministry of Commerce, on the other hand, he has to go through the relevant procedures for applying for a dormitory, and his old friend Wu Sen, who was imprisoned in a hard labor camp, must also try his best to find a way to intercede, otherwise it will take a few more days, maybe this guy will be dragged out and killed by the Haihan people because of his strong temperament.
Ruan Jinggui found an opportunity to inform Schneider about his worries the next day, and Schneider was also patient, and after listening to him, he also made a few phone calls to arrange related matters. Although Ruan Jinggui didn't quite understand why Schneider was talking to himself with a small black box, he listened to what Schneider said, but it was related to his affairs, and he didn't dare to ask questions at the moment, just stood next to him and waited quietly for Schneider to finish the call.
"The dormitory you applied for is no problem, you can go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get the keys yourself, and it's all arranged. Schneider first gave Ruan Jinggui a good news, and then changed the conversation and said: "But the Wu Sen you said seems to be a little troublesome, I made an appointment with Mr. Yan for dinner at noon, and when the time comes, you can go with you, and say good things to Mr. Yan yourself!"
Since the "Haihan Military Industry" began to take charge of the foreign arms trade, the Ministry of Commerce and the military have become very close, and the heads of the two departments often get together to discuss the recent arms sales situation and the next stage of sales strategy. Today's working meal is no exception, and the reason why Schneider and Yan Chujie met was to discuss the next arms sales strategy to Fujian.
After Haihan began to implement military support for the Fujian Xu Xinsu Group. Xu Xinsu's passive situation, which was originally oppressed by the "Eighteen Zhi", gradually improved. Xu Xinsu, who was originally killed by Zheng Zhilong in 1628, not only successfully survived the life and death hurdle, but also began to play several beautiful counterattacks in the second half of last year, which greatly affected the morale of the "Eighteen Zhi". At the end of the year, Liu Xiang's gang, which dominated the waters of Guangdong, was also deflated by the guns of the Haihan Navy, and led his subordinates to retreat to the waters of Fujian and Guangdong. Due to the unfavorable situation of the fighting in Fuguang and Guangzhou, the offensive of the "Eighteen Zhi" in the vicinity of Zhangzhou this year has been greatly slowed down. There are even faint signs of retraction to Taiwan to recuperate.
The retraction of the "Eighteen Zhi" gave Xu Xinsu more opportunities to control the maritime trade in the Fuguang area, and the Fujian side not only reduced the order volume because of the reduction of the war. On the contrary, they hope to purchase more weapons from Sanya so that they can launch an early attack on the "Eighteen Zhi" entrenched in Penghu and the island of Taiwan. After learning that the Haihan Navy had defeated Liu Xiang's pirate group in the waters of the Pearl River estuary, Fujian even proposed to buy Haihan warships.
Compared with the Annan Imperial Court, which was financially stretched and had fallen into a debt crisis, Xu Xinsu, a maritime merchant who monopolized most of Fujian's maritime trade, was obviously much more confident, and he didn't know where he heard about the quotation of warships from the "Haihan Military Industry" to the Annan Imperial Court, so he directly asked Dong Yanyun, who was in Guangzhou, to contact the Guangzhou Office, claiming that he could order warships at Haihan's price, and that he would ask for ten warships as soon as he opened his mouth.
The news was sent back to Sanya by telegram only yesterday, and Bai Kesi, who is in charge of the "Haihan Military Industry," has been busy working in the Tiandu Industrial Zone recently. Unable to get out for a while, the Executive Committee handed over the matter to Schneider, asking him to discuss with the military before submitting a feasible resolution to the Executive Committee.
Regarding this matter, Yan Chujie's attitude was very clear: "Selling weapons for the use of the army can be considered, but I don't think the navy's combat ships can be sold to forces that have the ability to pose a threat to us." Although we now have military cooperation with Xu Xin, we will enter the Taiwan Strait in the future. It is bound to have a conflict of interest with Xu Xinsu, and if he gets into the horns of the bull and wants to do something with us, won't the warship sold to them become a foolish trick for us to ask for trouble? The rest can be discussed, but I will not agree to the sale of the ship under any circumstances. ”
Schneider said: "But this list is big, ten ships, counting weapons and equipment." That's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Based on the previous quotation, the gross profit margin should be more than 100 percent, right? Ten Exploration-class, with the current scale of the shipyard, can be completed in less than half a year, and this business is still very profitable!"
"The arms trade is not just about economic benefits!" Yan Chujie stared at Schneider, and his attitude was unyielding: "If we want to fight Xu Xinsu in the future, we will destroy these ten ships that we sold." How much does it cost? Maybe even the book will be broken by then!"
Schneider's eyes rolled and said, "Or can we think of another way, such as asking them to regularly drive the ship to Sanya for maintenance every year?"
Yan Chujie shook his head and said, "This won't work." We put forward this condition to Annan because there was no large shipyard and the required dock on the Annan side, and there was no condition to maintain the warships. But this argument will not work in Fujian, there are more shipyards there than the salt works we have opened, and they can complete the general tinkering themselves, and Xu Xinsu is not a fool, so he will definitely not agree to such conditions. ”
"Why don't we lower the technical standards and let the shipyards remodel and produce specialized export models?" Schneider was not stumped, and then proposed another plan.
"I've already discussed this matter with Yue Zhiyun and them. Yan Chujie responded: "Theoretically, it works, but if the order is too small, the cost of designing and manufacturing new ship types will not be reduced, because many parts and components on the warship have been standardized production, and a series of production links are involved in remodeling." Moreover, the modification of warships is not like army weapons, which can make the technical generation gap very large, and before we put the steam engine sailing ship into use, there is no insurmountable gap between the warship used by the navy and the traditional Chinese warship. Even if we specially design an export model, the combat effectiveness gap with our original model will not be too large, which is still a hidden risk for us. ”
"It's a pity to let go of such a big order!" Schneider also knew that the military's worries were reasonable after listening to Yan Chujie's explanation, but he felt a little unwilling to see hundreds of thousands of taels of silver slipping away from his mouth.