"It's been a hard journey!"

Qian Tiandun walked down the gangway, and Tao Donglai was the first to greet him and stretched out his arms, not a handshake, but a big hug. ... ≦, for the Haihan collective, Qian Tiandun's contribution is definitely worthy of such treatment.

"Where the duty lies, don't dare to slack off. Qian Tiandun has been a local official for a few years, and his temperament is no longer the appearance of the unstable petty officer he was a few years ago, and his answer is also very steady and decent: "Since the Executive Committee has entrusted me with this work, I will do my best to do my best! This time, I have prepared a report on the situation in the Indochina Peninsula, and I hope to make every effort to arrange time to report to the Executive Committee in person." ”

"Put aside the work in advance, there is only one thing the Executive Committee has to do today, that is, to pick you up and wash the dust!" Tao Donglai said with a smile: "Look, everyone has put down what they are doing today and came to pick you up." ”

As the most important colony of Haihan outside Qiongzhou Island, Annan provided Haihan with the most urgently needed minerals, energy and labor in the early days of the journey, and was also one of the most important export markets for Haihan goods, providing a very important boost to Haihan's development. The natural location of Annam also provided an excellent base for Haihan to expand southward and westward in the future. From a certain point of view, the significance of Annan to Haihan is not even weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty.

The special cooperative relationship between the Haihan and the Annan regime was established because of its civil war, and for the two sides, the early military cooperation was far more important than the issues of commerce, population, and land, so the role of Qian Tiandun, the Haihan military representative in Annam, in the cooperative relationship between the two sides was very special. Although there were also civil affairs chiefs appointed by the Executive Committee in Annan, after the Executive Committee transferred Zhou Hengxing back to Shengli Port to take charge of port management, the de facto leader of Haihan in the Annan area was Qian Tiandun, who was the military and political leader. The role played and achievements made by Qian Tiandun during his tenure of office are difficult for anyone to ignore.

Since the arrival of the colonization fleet in Heitu Port in the second half of 1627, Haihan's control area along the coast of Annam has expanded from one port to a total of seven concession port areas in the north, south and south, and almost controls the entire east coastline of the Indochina Peninsula from north to south, which is more than 2,000 kilometers long. It is no exaggeration to say that more than 70% of the coastline of Annam is now controlled by the Haihan. It was precisely because of these conditions that the military was able to safely send its fleet south to seize the Ambuna Islands, which were nearly 1,000 nautical miles away from Hainan Island.

Although it is not the work of Qian Tiandun to manage such a situation today, no one can deny the important role he played in this process as the head of Annan affairs appointed by the Executive Committee.

In addition, the Annan militia army trained by Qian Tiandun for the Haihan military in the past four years has also made great achievements in previous operations. During the "Liaoyuan Operation" last year alone, more than 70 members of the "pirate army" led by Qian Tiandun made meritorious achievements at different levels in the battles that swept through all parts of northern Qiongbei, removing the biggest obstacle to the reunification of Hainan Island for the Haihan people, so that the Haihan militia could smoothly settle into the cities of northern Qiongbei after that, and complete the de facto occupation of the control area that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty. Due to the special nature of this great achievement, the Executive Committee did not publicly announce the commendation order of the participants, and even Qian Tiandun only had an unknown certificate of commendation and a military merit medal of "Operation Liaoyuan Fire".

After the end of the "Liaoyuan Operation," the Executive Committee has basically established the status of the three major generals of the Central Military Commission, that is, Yan Chujie is responsible for the overall situation, Wang Tom is in charge of the navy, and Qian Tiandun is the third person in the military by default, responsible for the command of the army in foreign military operations.

However, after the "Liaoyuan Operation", Haihan's foreign military operations only included one operation against the Ambuna Islands, which was basically the work of the navy, and the battle process itself was lackluster, and there was not much difficulty. Although Annan sent troops, Mu Xiabai led the team to fight, and Qian Tiandun did not directly participate in it, because at this time, the executive committee had already notified him of this year's work transfer arrangements, and immediately began to hand over to Feng Annan and others on Annan's local affairs.

Although the transfer from Annan to Fujian seems to be just a level-level transfer, Qian Tiandun knows that the Executive Committee's obsession with the mainland strategy is very deep, and in the long run, the importance of Fujian's direction is still far greater than that of Annan, so the significance of this transfer is not only to move his ass to a place, but also to symbolize the adjustment of the Executive Committee's external development direction and strategy.

As Tao Donglai said, in order to welcome Qian Tiandun's return, the Executive Committee prepared a very rich reception banquet in Victory Castle. However, although Qian Tiandun drank a lot during the banquet, he still retained three points of sobriety, and after the banquet, he was supported by Takahashi Nan and left.

Qian Tiandun also has a capitation welfare house in Shengli Port, but he does not plan to return to that nominal "home" to live, but chooses the State Guest House in Shengli Port as his accommodation during his stay in Sanya. Although the hardware facilities of the State Guest House are ordinary, they are inferior to the express hotels of later generations, but the software service is very humane, and it will not be worse than the high-end hotels of later generations. If it weren't for the fact that the Executive Committee had set a threshold for receiving domestic guests, and only allowed officials who had returned from other places to report on their work to stay in the State Guest House for a short period of time, it would have been used as a dormitory by single young people long ago.

However, although the service of the State Guest House is good, Qian Tiandun is unlikely to enjoy 100% of the service provided by the official, and when he gets up early in the morning, it is not the service staff here who delivers hot water towels to him, but his personal attendant Takahashinan.

"Takahashi, you are an officer yourself now, this kind of thing that should be done by orderlies, you don't have to do it yourself. Qian Tiandun was a little sad and laughed at such a thoughtful service. Although Takahashi Nan was doing the same thing when he was in Annan, but when he returned to Shengli Port, Qian Tiandun didn't want his subordinates to still do this kind of work that might seem a little "low" to the outside world.

Takahashi Minami didn't care with a face: "I'm used to doing my job, and I don't need to let others do it." Even if you let someone else do it, you have to keep an eye on it, so it's better to let the lowly job do it yourself. ”

"You guy......" Qian Tiandun shook his head helplessly, but he felt a burst of warmth in his heart. He just felt that he should give Takahashi Minami a chance to change his fate, but he didn't think about making him loyal to him in the form of such a retainer, but after a few years of getting along, the two did have a deep bond, and it was no longer a simple colleague relationship.

"By the way, I'm going to Victory Fort for a meeting later, and you can send the gifts you brought back this time to the chiefs' homes. Qian Tiandun commanded.

Takahashi Nan answered, and then asked, "Then do you want to send one to Miss Luo?"

Qian Tiandun hesitated slightly, but still nodded: "Send!"

The "Miss Luo" mentioned by Takahashi Minami is Luo Wudan, a reporter from the Ministry of Information Industry who was "assigned" to Heitu Port in 1627 because he was considered by the Executive Committee to have a personal political tendency. This eldest lady had all kinds of conflicts with Qian Tiandun when she was in Shengli Port, and after going to Heitu Port, these two enemies still often have some vindictive behavior. And whenever this happens, Qian Tiandun, who is unwilling to spend money with Luo Wudan, often asks Takahashi Minami to act as a humanoid shield.

However, Luo Wudan's local work is still as a news reporter for the Ministry of Information Industry, and his work field inevitably has a lot of intersection with Qian Tiandun, and there are many opportunities for contact between the two, so it is impossible to completely avoid it. After a few years of contact, even if it is noisy, there is still a certain friendship.

However, before the "Liaoyuan Operation" last year, in order to cooperate with Haihan's early propaganda work in the northern Qiongbei area, the Ministry of Information Industry transferred Luo Wudan back to Hainan Island, so the two have not met for nearly a year. This time, Qian Tiandun came back from his post and brought a lot of Annan sustenances as gifts. With his current status, he doesn't need to give any benefits to the executive committee members, so they are all handicrafts with low economic value, and he doesn't have to worry about someone gossiping behind his back.

There are more than 400 people in the group, of course, it is impossible for Qian Tiandun to send them to everyone, and there are many people who are now stationed abroad, and they can also hand them over to each other for the time being, so they made a rough gift list in advance, and then asked Gao Qiao Nan to be responsible for delivering them one by one. However, Takahashi Nan is also a clever person, and after reading the gift list, he found that Luo Wudan was missing, so he specially confirmed it with Qian Tiandun again.

After Qian Tiandun responded to this, he found that he seemed to have exposed something, and pointed at Gao Qiao Nan without speaking. Takahashi Nan smiled, picked up the washing water that Qian Tiandun had used, and went out.

Qian Tiandun's return is a major event for Haihan's top management, so the executive committee also arranged a special time for him to listen to the work report. In addition to the relevant executive committee members, there was also Wang Tom, who rushed back to Shengli Port to attend as a military representative.

When Qian Tiandun entered the venue, everyone present stood up and gave him warm applause. For a hero who has been abroad for four years and has expanded the territory for Haihan, this is the treatment he deserves.

"Thank you, in order to save time, I won't talk nonsense and get straight to the point. After Qian Tiandun took his seat, he said straight to the point: "Regarding the progress of the construction of several concession ports in Annan, there will be corresponding reports sent back every month, and I believe everyone here knows a little bit about it." What I would like to talk about today is another aspect, namely, the direction of Annam's domestic shape and the areas that we may need to pay attention to in the coming years. ”

Qian Tiandun cleared his throat and continued: "Thanks to our intervention, Annan ended the civil war two years ago and achieved the reunification of the north and the south. Although this result affected our arms sales and control over the Annam court to a certain extent, it also provided us with a larger sales market. The maritime trade tradition in southern Annam has a long history, and the acceptance of imported goods is higher than that in the north. In my opinion, the commercial development of the south is much more than that of the north, which is dominated by an agrarian economy, and there is a more suitable environment for us to promote the Haihan commercial and trade system. In particular, the four southern ports that are still under construction can play a role in promoting the opening up of new industrial markets in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula. ”

"But at the same time, we also need to be aware of the drawbacks and hidden dangers of the southern region. Because of the influence of the Nguyen family during the rule of the south, the people of the south, especially those who came after the powerful and those who had vested interests in the original ******, were not particularly obedient to the current Thang Long court. Because of the national strength, Thang Long Province was not able to deploy a large number of troops loyal to the imperial court in the south for the time being, so to this day, there are actually many places in the south that are in a state of anarchy, and the coordination and handling of local affairs are still controlled by some wealthy families, and the influence of the government is relatively limited. ”

"Is it a bit similar to the situation on Qiongnan's side two years ago?" Tao Donglai interjected when he heard this.

"That's right!" Qian Tiandun nodded in response: "The court of Shenglong Mansion is a bit similar to the influence of the Ming Dynasty in Qiongnan before, although everyone knows that this place belongs to the Ming Dynasty, but no one will maintain enough awe of the Ming court, because everyone knows that the actual ruler of this place is us." There are many places in southern Annam that are in such a state today, and the difference is that the local elites do not have the ability to establish political power on their own and gradually replace the government like we do. ”

"The difference is that they don't have a strong enough armed force in their hands. Hearing this, Tom Wang couldn't help but add.

Wanting to replace the functions and status of the local government like Haihan is not something that can be done by the rich and powerful, and the situation that Haihan achieved in Qiongnan is difficult for others to copy to other places, because, as Wang Tom said, there is no strong enough armed force in his hand as a guarantee.

"You mean that the local landlords are armed with some unfashionable landlords who are controlling the local government affairs, but what impact does this have on us?" asked Gu Kai puzzled.

"There are both good and bad effects. "On the one hand, they want to import high-profit Haihan goods and distribute them to ordinary people for profit, but on the other hand, they don't want us to have more resources in the local area, because it will most likely affect their own interests, such as the land and people we need." ”

"It's hard to get the best of both worlds, right?" Gu Kai shook his head and said, "I think you should try the successful method of the commerce department, which is to organize a chamber of commerce in the local area to unify the interests of these people, and let their interests gradually converge with Haihan, so that it will be easy to do." ”