With regard to the units that are open to the public for visits, after the establishment of the Ministry of Security, there has been a relatively standardized management model. Ordnance units such as shipyards can no longer be visited as they were in the early days, and outsiders must obtain a permit issued jointly by the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Maritime Transport before they can be accompanied by specialized personnel.

The vast majority of outsiders in Sanya were confined to a limited area near the two port areas, and only a very small number of people close to Haihan, such as Li Nai and Luo Shengdong, were able to move around freely with special permits issued by the Ministry of Security. However, the relationship between Annan and Haihan is still in the stage of pure interest partnership, and his special envoy will not enjoy such special treatment for the time being, and all the itinerary of Zheng Lin's stay in Sanya will be jointly formulated by the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will not leave him much freedom of movement.

Because Zheng Lin came on behalf of the Annan Imperial Court, his identity was relatively special, so his residence was arranged in the State Guest House on the hillside near Shengli Fort. It is very convenient to overlook the whole picture of Shengli Harbor Harbor, and when the weather is fine, you can push the window of your room to see the situation of the soldiers of the Han militia regiment in the Caspian Sea military base on the other side of the harbor.

Zheng Lin stayed in Heitu Port for a year as an envoy, during which he ate and lived with the Haihan cadres, and was more adapted to the Haihan-style lifestyle. For example, the facilities such as flush toilets and hot showers in the room, Zheng Lin is not as overwhelmed as other people who come to Victory Harbor for the first time, and these things are also available in Heitu Harbor, which is not particularly new to him.

However, the living environment of this State Guest House is much better than that of Black Soil Harbor, and each guest enjoys a single residence, and there are only twelve such villa-style buildings in the entire State Guest House. Each residence is staffed by three highly trained service staff, all of whom are hired from Guangzhou and trained by Haihan's Head Chef Fan Wei, and the ingredients are based on a variety of fresh local seafood, fruits and vegetables. In terms of living conditions alone, it is even much better than the welfare apartment where the traveler lives.

However, to put it bluntly, the State Guest House is also a model project for the outside world, and the main reception objects are some related households that need to be wooed, and it is understandable to make the living standard a little higher. It is also open to the public in its spare time, accepting some wealthy businessmen and magnates who come to Shengli Port to engage in trade business, but the fee standard is also quite high, and the daily check-in fee for each single-family villa starts at 100 yuan, which is more than ten times more expensive than the inn suites in the port business district, and ordinary merchants can not afford such a high accommodation fee.

This kind of living environment makes Zheng Lin almost impeccable, but the only thing that makes him feel a little dissatisfied is that the Haihan people seem to have forgotten about his existence in a blink of an eye, and he stayed in the State Guest House for three days in a row, and no Haihan people contacted him for the next negotiation. And because he did not receive special permission from the relevant authorities, Zheng Lin's area of activity was also limited to the Shengli Port area - he was not even given permission to visit the Sanya port area, which is ten miles away, because the main mode of transportation to the area is to take a commuter train, and to take the train you need a naturalized citizen ID card or a permit issued by the Ministry of Security.

It was the height of summer, the temperature in Sanya had exceeded 30 degrees Celsius, and Zheng Lin really didn't have the heart to hang out under such a big sun, so his main activity every day was to sit under the pergola and drink cold juice, watching the steam locomotives roar past the nearby railroad tracks every hour. Many first-time visitors will be frightened by the loud sound of the iron bumps speeding by, and Zheng Lin's experience of living in Heitu Port once again allowed him to avoid a gaffe, this thing has been running in the mining area of Heitu Port half a year ago, replacing the original animal-powered mine cart, and the mining efficiency of Heitu Port Coal Mine has been greatly improved. As soon as Zheng Lin saw the steam locomotive on the side of Shengli Harbor, he knew that this thing was the same thing as the black soil port that pulled coal, but the size was slightly different.

However, after watching the train at the State Guest House for three days, Zheng Lin finally couldn't sit still, so he asked the service staff to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, intending to urge the matter discussed with Schneider and Wang Tom two days ago.

Zheng Lin didn't have to wait too long this time, and soon the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a naturalized civilian clerk over and invited him to Shengli Fort to have an interview with the leaders of the relevant departments.

It turned out that after the demands made by Zheng Lin on behalf of the Annan Imperial Court were reflected in the Executive Committee, the side also fell into a situation of disagreement. Both the military and the commercial departments were eager to expand the port on the coast of Annam as soon as possible, and naturally agreed with Annam's proposal. Another opinion is that the suppression of Annan's shipbuilding industry should not be relaxed so quickly, and it should be delayed for at least a year or two, and after the scale of its shipbuilding and the number of ships it owns reach a certain level, it will gradually open up technical assistance in shipbuilding to Annan. Moreover, Tao Donglai also pointed out that the current technical strength of the Ministry of Construction is not enough to support the implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects overseas, because a group of technical backbones led by Liu Shanxia are currently in Changhua and have no time to withdraw.

After two meetings in three days failed to reach a consensus, Schneider proposed to simply let Zheng Lin be present, so that the members of the executive committee could put forward some of their concerns face-to-face and see if they could find a compromise way.

After Zheng Lin arrived, Schneider introduced the identities of these people to him one by one, and Zheng Lin immediately became nervous after hearing it. He had long known that the highest authority of Haihan was the executive committee composed of several highly respected Haihan people, and the status and authority of this executive committee in the Haihan collective were very high, and those naturalized people almost took the phrase "serving the executive committee" as a mantra. Zheng Lin also knew that Schneider was one of the executive committee members, and he was able to get Schneider's interview a few days ago, which was considered to have achieved the predetermined goal for him, but he never thought that he would have the opportunity to come directly to the meeting site of this mysterious executive committee this time and meet these big people who have created the powerful force of Haihan.

"Special Envoy Zheng, I invite you to come here today because we are still not very clear about the conditions given by your country this time, and I hope you can explain them to us on the spot. After Zheng Lin took his seat, Schneider explained to him the purpose of inviting him over in a concise manner.

Zheng Lin responded politely: "This is where the next duty lies, it should be, it should be." ”

Schneider said: "Then everyone who has questions can ask Special Envoy Zheng in turn." ”

"I'll do it first. Ning Qi was the first to raise his hand, and then asked Zheng Lin, "I want to ask about the question of what your country said about providing labor." Earlier, Special Envoy Zheng said that after the completion of the project, the laborers provided by your country can decide whether to join the Haihan nationality or not, does this represent the meaning of the imperial court of your country?"

"This is the decision of the ladies of the imperial court after consultation, and there will be no change, you can rest assured that when the agreement is reached, this article will also be written into the written agreement. Zheng Lin immediately responded.

"So if the 3,000 people proposed by your country are not enough, and we need more laborers, will we still handle it according to such a standard?" asked Ning Qi unrelentingly.

Ningqi's problem involves a detail that seems not obvious, but in fact there is a loophole. Zheng Lin previously said on behalf of Annan that he could provide labor to Haihan, and use the final ownership of these laborers to lure Haihan, who needed a large number of people. But a smart man like Ning Qi quickly noticed the loophole in it: if Haihan demanded an increase in the number of laborers without a limit, what would be Annan's attitude?

As for whether these people will eventually choose to join the Haihan naturalization, Ning Qi will not be worried. In the face of the favorable treatment of the Haihan, very few ordinary people can resist the temptation, not to mention that these common people who were expropriated in Annam are different from prisoners of war and refugees, and a considerable number of them will be resettled on the spot to participate in the subsequent construction of various infrastructure projects, and there is no need for them all to migrate across the sea to settle on Hainan Island.

If Annan does not respond to this loophole, then the Ministry of Civil Affairs can use this loophole to get at least several times more laborers. Of course, Haihan Fang can also play a clever trick and not raise this issue publicly, and just start operating directly when the time comes, but this will easily cause a rift to reappear in the relationship between the two sides, which has just begun to ease, and the executive committee has decided to put this issue on the table in a dignified and honest manner and get a clear answer.

Zheng Lin's mind was not stupid, if he hadn't realized the loophole in this condition proposed by his own side before, as soon as Ning Qi emphasized this, he would naturally think of it. Zheng Lin thought for a while before responding: "The number of laborers required for the project should be jointly negotiated and approved by both parties. ”

"Considering the various attrition that may occur in the project, such as injury, illness, physical weakness, etc., I think it is necessary to increase the number of negotiations by at least 30% as a replacement. Ning Qi also expected the remedial measures that the other party might take, and immediately put forward new supplementary opinions.

Zheng Lin didn't think much about it this time, and immediately replied: "At most, twenty percent!"

Ning Qi spread his hands and said, "I don't have any questions, you can continue to ask." ”

"Let me ask. Gu Kai took over and said, "While these laborers are working for us, will their affairs be subject to the jurisdiction of the Annan Imperial Court, or will the jurisdiction be transferred to us?"

"If you need to, we can transfer jurisdiction over these workers while they are working. Regarding this issue, Zheng Lin had been prepared for a long time, and the officials discussed it when they were in Annan, and finally thought that most of these people would join the Haihan nationality, and it would not be a great loss to hand over the jurisdiction to the Haihan people earlier.

"Will the competent authorities of your country intervene in the payment of labor remuneration for these people?" Gu Kai continued to ask.

This issue may seem unimportant, but Gu Kai, a lawyer like Gu Kai who came from later generations and specializes in labor disputes in the United States, will not ignore it lightly. According to Zheng Lin's previous statement, the remuneration for the work of these laborers will be borne by Haihan, but whether these remuneration will be paid directly to Haihan or by the competent department of Annan on behalf of him is completely different. In the latter case, if the wages of the workers are deducted too much, it will inevitably bring some unnecessary trouble to the progress of the project.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in later generations, simply put, the contractor deducted the wages of migrant workers in the project. The laborers who will be provided by Annan are certainly official organizations, and it is not unusual for someone in the middle to reach out and take advantage of them.

Zheng Lin thought for a while this time before responding: "China's Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Household will intervene in this matter, and you must also be able to understand my country's difficulties." ”

Zheng Lin understood the hidden meaning behind Gu Kai's question, but he could only respond positively, this matter involved the interests of many high-ranking officials, and his small envoy could not dictate the major affairs of the court.

Gu Kai nodded and said, "In other words, the remuneration we pay to these laborers must first be handed over to the Ministry of Industry or Household Department of your country, and then your country will pay them to them?"

Zheng Lin responded: "That's right. ”

"I'm afraid we'll have to discuss this again when the time comes. Gu Kai shook his head, obviously not too satisfied with the answer given by Zheng Lin.

"I'll ask you the next question. After Gu Kai finished asking, Yan Chujie, who was sitting next to him, took over the conversation: "Special Envoy Zheng, I would like to ask, after the ports are built, will our warships have complete freedom of passage when they enter these ports?"

Yan Chujie's question is a little unkind, in fact, the three concessions in the north of the Haihan did not have a very clear negotiation with the North Vietnamese court at that time, especially in the local military use, the two sides maintained a tacit understanding and did not mention the issue of warships docking. Even though half of the ships that called at Tu Son Harbor all year round were Haihan warships, the North Vietnamese court did not raise any objections to this.

However, after the South Vietnamese region was also brought back under the rule of the North Vietnamese court, the military felt that some details had to be clarified as soon as possible, and that troublesome matters should not be left to deal with later when major problems arose. In particular, in the planning of the four southern ports, the military has already demarcated the Jinlan Port as a special military port area, so it is all the more necessary to make this authority one of the terms of the agreement between the two sides. Otherwise, it is very likely that some political factions in Annam will use this as a reason to attack the military strategy of the Haihan in the future.

Zheng Lin's face also showed a hint of redness, for an Annan nobleman, Yan Chujie's question was undoubtedly of a certain provocative nature.