In fact, it is not only bystanders like Li Nai who have this question, and there have always been different voices within the group on how to deal with the relationship with the Annan court. At the beginning of the crossing, there was an internal debate about whether Annan should be developed into a vassal state or directly annexed, and this controversy has not been completely subsided until now.

Some people think that they should use the various black technology golden fingers in their hands to annex Annam as quickly as possible, because compared with the powerful and vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, Annan is obviously the closest "soft persimmon" to the foothold of the crossing group, this country does not even have an independent language and writing, and the people's sense of belonging to the national identity is relatively weak, and the difficulty of ruling is definitely much easier than annexing the areas under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. After swallowing up the country, it can quickly gain population, land, various production resources and strategic depth, which can allow the crossing regime to get a wave of explosive growth in power.

However, the attitude of the Executive Committee is still basically biased towards a steady approach, believing that with its current strength, it is a bit unrealistic to achieve the annexation and rule of Annan in the short term. The northern and southern ends of the country are more than 1,000 kilometers apart, and it is unlikely that Haihan will be able to completely dominate such a large area, whether it is civil administration or military defense. Moreover, the country of Annam is a typical country that eats soft rather than hard, and the two powerful empires of the Yuan and Ming dynasties have done it with real swords, and if the Haihan wants to annex by force, it will inevitably provoke strong resistance.

Although the Executive Committee believes that the militia will not lose its combat effectiveness to the monkey soldiers on the Indochina Peninsula, after all, there are only a few thousand people under its command, and it is inevitable that they will not be able to take care of the end of the group when they are concentrated in one place, and they will not be able to give full play to the power of group operations if they scatter their troops, and it is very likely that they will repeat the tragedy of a certain lighthouse country in another time and space that has fallen into the quagmire of law and order warfare in the Middle East. No matter how the masses who do not know the truth clamoring for the law, the Executive Committee still has a relatively sober understanding of its own strength, and every time a large-scale military operation against Annam takes several months or even half a year to prepare for the battle, and immediately withdraws after accomplishing the set goal, and this is only a local war, and it really has to fight a protracted war to annihilate the country. For the time being, the Haihan militia does not have such a strong strength.

Taking Hue as an example, although it took only one month for the militia to defeat this large city, known as the first heroic city in Annam, and to destroy the foundation of the Nguyen court in South Vietnam, they basically used up the war materials prepared in the previous months. The militia had made a lot of money in Hue, but if they wanted to continue the war, it would take time to convert the captured real money into food, weapons and ammunition.

Victory on the battlefield does not mean complete conquest, and siege and domination are two completely different things. With the size of Hue City, if you want to rule according to the model of Victory Port. In addition to stationing at least 2,000 militia troops here to maintain daily law and order and external defense, it is also necessary to transfer at least 2,300 naturalized cadres to manage tens of thousands of people in Hue and the surrounding areas. Obviously, the human resources department does not have such a staff reserve available, and it is also unsafe for the Executive Committee to use unidentified Belt and Road parties or subordinates on a large scale in the local area.

Although he has the Zenith Technology in his hands, whether it is the material supply capacity or the reserve of management personnel, the current strength of Haihan is far from enough to annex a country like Annan, even in the foreseeable years. The possibility of a direct annexation of Annam is also unlikely, as the Haihan have the strength to establish a real ruling area outside Hainan Island, and the preferred target will certainly be the mainland of the same roots, not Annam.

With regard to Annan, the Executive Committee's attitude was still to adhere to the current practice, infiltrating and gradually establishing influence through various channels in the political, economic, military, and cultural fields, so that the ruling class could maintain sufficient reverence and dependence on the Haihan, and gradually create a lofty image of the Haihan as the "Heavenly Empire" in the minds of the people. Of course. There are quite a few measures to be used, and the complexity is far greater than the preparation for a war, and the implementation is a long-term task that cannot be accomplished overnight.

Schneider did not elaborate on the strategy of the executive committee, and casually put forward a few points like a dragonfly, Li Nai and Ruan Jinggui are both shrewd figures. By drawing inferences from one case to another, it is natural to understand the magnitude of the Executive Committee's plan. Although Ruan Jinggui's face did not change, his heart had already churned - although Haihan did not have the intention of annexing Annan, what they wanted was far more than just an Annan!

"Since the Executive Committee doesn't have any more ideas about Annan, the more this weapon is sold, the more dependent Annan will be on Haihan!" Li Nai quickly figured out why Haihan was still increasing the export of weapons to Annan.

Schneider nodded and said: "Annan imitated the military system of our Haihan to establish a new army, and it is also equipped with the weapons of our Haihan. All the officers of the Forces nouvelles have to be trained at the military academy run by our Haihan, and while learning combat skills, they are also receiving the various kinds of consciousness that we have instilled in them. Annan does not have the ability to produce weapons on its own, and as long as we cut off the supply of weapons, the combat effectiveness of Annan's new army will be greatly discounted. If they want to spend a huge amount of money to purchase our arms, they will rely more on us in terms of economy and trade, and we can also use this as a condition in exchange to put forward more demands on them, such as opening treaty ports, granting extraterritoriality to Haihan personnel, and so on. In short, as long as we open an opening, we have many ways to make Annan slowly become an obedient assistant. ”

After all, Ruan Jinggui was still a person from Annan, and after listening to Schneider's discussion, he was still a little unconvinced, so he couldn't help but retort: "When Annan was at its peak, it fought with the Yuan and Ming countries, and although its strength was at a disadvantage, it finally defeated the opponent. It is true that Haihan's weapons are powerful, but the Annan army, which was not equipped with these weapons at the beginning, has not achieved great results? If the executive committee thinks that it can control Annan's army in this way, it is inevitably a bit too trusting, right?"

Schneider smiled: "There should be quite a lot of people in Annan who have thoughts like yours now, but it doesn't matter, time will prove which of us is right and who is wrong." Another thing you probably overlooked, a country like Annam, which has a long coastline and major cities that are all in the coastal area, if you don't have a strong navy, you should never think about setting up your own door or something!"

Schneider's reminder made Ruan Jinggui suddenly feel enlightened, and he immediately figured out the true plans of the Haihan people. The strongholds set up by the Haihan people in Annam are counted as the four southern ports that have not yet been implemented. All are on the coastline, and the weakest force of the Annam military is the surface forces. The naval divisions in the South Vietnamese region had almost been wiped out by the Haihan warships, and the naval captives, especially the commanders among them, were all transported to Sanya as debts. The North Vietnamese region is a little better, at least there are still some troop transports and cargo ships available, but compared to the professional heavy artillery warships of the Haihan people, the so-called naval warships of North Vietnam are actually not fundamentally different from ordinary civilian ships. In front of the artillery of the Haihan people, it was just a pile of rotten wood floating on the water.

The vast majority of military aid and cooperation projects for Annan have been directed at the Army. There is only one project related to its sailors, that is, the sale of "expedition-class" warships, but Thang Long Mansion can't afford to spend such a large amount of money to buy warships from the Haihan people now, and even if they bite their teeth and cut their kidneys to buy them, they still can't afford to raise such a huge surface force - just the time and cost of the warships that need to be repaired and maintained at the Shengli Port Shipyard every year is enough to make the high-ranking officials of Thang Long Province discourage the idea of purchasing.

For a foreseeable period of time, Annan probably has no hope of building a powerful navy that truly belongs to itself, and under the deliberate operation of the Haihan Executive Committee, Annan's future military development is likely to be a strange lameness. That is, there is only an army, not a navy, and the entire coastline of Annam must be handed over to Haihan, an ally, for protection and defense. In this way, even if Annan's army can be strong against the sky in the future, it will not be able to pose a substantial threat to the mobile and flexible Haihan Navy, but a large number of coastal towns in Annam will always be within the attack range of the Haihan Navy.

This is due to the huge gap between the two sides in shipbuilding, weapons manufacturing, maritime operations, and other aspects. Coupled with the targeted arrangements made by the Haihan Executive Committee, there is almost no possibility for Annan to turn over in this field, and the only choice to ensure the security of the Haihan in the future is to enter the camp of the Haihan. And this camp is not only limited to the scope of military cooperation, but must be in step with the Haihan in all aspects of politics, economy, culture, and so on, and then establish a strong community of interests led by the Haihan - this kind of Cheng Dù is probably completely beyond the understanding of alliance between Li Nai and Nguyen Ching Gui, after all, their vision is limited by this era. There is no specific concept of what integration is.

Not being able to fully understand it did not prevent the two of them from admiring the foresight of the Executive Committee, and Ruan Jinggui couldn't help but sigh: "I have heard that the husband who wins the temple without a fight has to be counted as a lot, and the person who has not fought and the temple is not victorious has to be counted as a few." Now I finally understand why Haihan can control the territory of Annan thousands of miles with a small number of elite soldiers, and the executive committee is the essence of the temple. It's unbeatable!"

Li Nai also praised: "With the strategy of the Executive Committee, even if those people in the Annan Imperial Court want to break their heads, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a way to crack it!

After discussing this topic, Schneider took the briefcase, opened it, took out a stack of documents from it, and handed it to Li Naidao: "These are the training agreements entrusted by the personnel who arrived in Hong Kong this month, you can sign them if there is no problem, right?"

Li Nai flipped through the two pages at random, looked up and asked, "Are they all from my Li Jiazhuang?"

"That's no nonsense, can someone from another family get you to sign it?" Schneider rebuked with a smile.

"Then I don't have to take a slow look at them one by one. Li Nai took out a signature pen from his bosom, leaned over and began to sign his name on each page of the stack. This signature pen is also a small gift given to him by Tao Donglai after he signed a cooperation agreement with the Executive Committee, in order to be able to use this delicate signature pen in the correct posture, Li Nai also specially asked Ning Qi for advice on how to hold the pen. Of course, he was also told that the number of words that this pen can write is limited, so except for signing some documents, Li Nai basically does not take out this rare thing in his daily life.

After nearly two years of cooperation, Haihan's cooperation with the Li family has long been more than just trade and military in the initial stage. In addition to setting up permanent offices on each other's territory, the two sides have also carried out deeper cooperation, for example, the Li family has sent people to Sanya on a certain period since last year to learn some of the training courses offered by Haihan.

These training courses are not cultural literacy classes for school-age children, nor are they military content for training armed personnel, but some more specialized courses, such as financial accounting courses, because now the "Fu Ruifeng" branches are increasingly using the silver bills issued by the Haihan Bank, and the bookkeeper often does not know how to distinguish and use the Haihan silver bills, in order to solve this problem. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce jointly organized a class, and not only faced the enrollment of "Fu Ruifeng", but also other businesses that were willing to participate in it could send people to sign up on their own.

There are also medical, agronomic, logistics, sales and other majors like this, all of which are voluntary, and although the training fee is expensive, the enrollment form is very good. In the first session of the training course in the first half of last year, only a few foreign students enrolled in each major. Now there are more than 20 students from the Li family who have signed up for the next training. It is estimated that the number of foreign participants in this training course will eventually exceed 200, and even the Portuguese have signed up for two places in the financial and accounting class, because the two sides have agreed to set up a branch office of Haihan Bank in Macau in the near future.

At first, the outside world did not pay much attention to these training courses, and the bosses focused on the production skills that had been trained for several years, but soon they realized the benefits and necessity of these short courses - if they wanted to expand their business with the Haihan people, they had to have someone under them who understood the rules of the game set by the Haihan people.

For example, the organization of immigrants for the Haihan people used to be rebates per capita, but with the expansion of the scale of immigration, the requirements for the physical condition of immigrants have gradually become stricter. People with physical disabilities, various infectious diseases, and serious illnesses that affect their ability to work will be rejected by Haihan. In order to adapt to the new rules, several large-scale operators simply hired Lang Zhong themselves and sent him to Sanya for short-term training, so that they would first eliminate unsuitable personnel when organizing immigration in the future.

There are also some merchants who export agricultural products to Haihan. Now it is gradually accepting the new rules set by the Ministry of Agriculture, all agricultural products must be priced in grads, and live livestock must also be quarantined. The big bosses of these things naturally disdain and don't have the time to learn, and it's easier to spend some money to send their subordinates to Sanya for training.

As for the training courses in logistics, sales, finance, etc., there is no need to go into detail, if foreign merchants want to seamlessly connect with the Haihan trade model, these projects must be in accordance with the rules formulated by the Haihan people. Enrollment for these courses is not mandatory. But all the cooperative merchants know very well that if they do not participate, then sooner or later they will be excluded from this trade circle with Haihan as the dominant force, and this is definitely a situation that every boss who tastes the sweetness in the trade with Haihan does not want to see.

As a veteran partner with Haihan for the longest time, the deepest cooperation process and the largest scope of cooperation, the Li family has selected almost all the majors recruited from outside the school to participate in the training courses in Sanya, and even the new course of "geological exploration" for unknown reasons. The Li family didn't care about the name of the three hundred and seventy-one -- the profession that seems to be useless now, maybe it will come in handy in the future.

Although it costs two or three thousand taels of silver just for tuition, the Li family does not feel distressed at all, for the scale of the business cooperation between the two sides now, this money is really just a drizzle. In the face of the commercial miracle and strong armed support created by the Haihan people, the Li family has been brainwashed and thoroughly washed from top to bottom, and they are determined to follow the executive committee. To put it bluntly, if Schneider now said that Haihan was going to start selling cow dung, Li Nai would probably not hesitate to pay for a few boats first.

Taking advantage of Li Nai's time to sign the agreement one by one, Schneider chose to give Ruan Jinggui a brief explanation of the situation related to professional training. After listening to this, Ruan Jinggui couldn't help but ask: "Then is there any student from Annan Kingdom who comes here for training?"

"Absolutely. Schneider did not hide this: "Last year, we set up an office of Hae Han Bank in Tu Son Port, not far from Thang Long Province, and we have started to implement silver bill transactions in the area under the jurisdiction of Thang Long Province to facilitate trade settlement between the two sides. For this reason, we have been training professionals in finance, logistics, commerce and trade for Thang Long, and there should be 20 or 30 students with us now. ”

Thang Long Province in the north is ahead of Hue Province in everything, so it is no wonder that the Northern Court has the last laugh in the dispute between the North and the South, and Nguyen Ching Gui also has a deeper understanding of the defeat of Hue Province after confirming this fact. When the city was broken, Nguyen Ching Gui, like most people in the city, believed that the defeat of Hue Province was only because the armed forces were inferior to the Haihan militia, but as his understanding of the strength of the Haihan deepened, he found that his original thoughts were indeed a bit one-sided.