As expected by He Xi and Marico, the news from Fujian naturally attracted attention after it was transmitted back to the base camp, and the Executive Committee immediately convened high-level personnel in Sanya to discuss countermeasures.

Tao Donglai, as the host of the meeting, first gave a brief explanation of the current news to the participants, and finally said: "Their negotiation of peace is not the biggest problem, and the ambiguous attitude that Xu Xinsu is showing now is what we need to be wary of." I hope that everyone will express their opinions and come up with ideas about what we should do in response to this. ”

"If the news from Fujian is true, then Xu Xinsu consciously wants to negotiate with the other party without us. Whether this happens or not, it seems that he has no intention of informing us in the first place. Yan Chujie immediately took over the conversation and expressed his opinion: "I think it is necessary to knock on the Fujian side at the right time. ”

Ning Qi shook his head and objected: "Fujian is not a cliff city, just go as you say, from Sanya to Zhangzhou nearly 700 nautical miles, about to catch up with a trip to the Anbuna Islands, when we are ready to send a boat to leave, the negotiations over there are estimated to have been discussed for a long time." ”

Yan Chujie explained: "Teacher Ning, don't misinterpret what I mean, I don't mean fighting a war, and you can also use other means to achieve it! For example, we can first suspend military aid to Fujian, especially the sale of arms and equipment......

Before Yan Chujie finished speaking, Bai Kesi interrupted him: "I agree with beating Xu Xinsu, but I am against using the means of stopping arms sales to achieve this goal! This has too many negative effects on us, first, it will affect our business reputation, after all, the orders from the Fujian side are all paid in advance, and if we terminate the contract because of some news that catches the wind and shadows, it will be bad for our reputation." Second, the income from arms sales is a major item for the industrial sector to realize production profits, and the Fujian side has to hand over several hundred thousand taels of silver to us every year, so where will this money be replenished after the cessation is stopped? Third, now the Fujian side is providing us not only with silver, but also with all kinds of minerals, materials, and human resources that we need; if we break off cooperation, the Fujian side may also cut off these supply chains, and it is very likely that the gains will outweigh the losses for us. ”

"I would also like to add that even if we can get him to surrender this time, we will definitely leave a pimple in my heart, which may have a negative impact on our future layout in Fujian. Tao Donglai continued Bai Kesi's words and said.

Yan Chujie shrugged and said, "Okay, okay, you all have a point, so who will come up with a useful idea." ”

Trade sanctions are a double-edged sword, this truth is understood by everyone, including Yan Chujie, but the problem is that the relationship between Haihan and Fujian is based on trade, and even military cooperation projects are based on arms trade.

And the military suppression method that Haihan is best at is a little beyond the reach of Fujian. Fujian is not like Annam, there are troops stationed there that can be called upon at any time, and the commander of the navy, Wang Tom, is still on his way back to Hainan Island from Nanyang, and the fleet he led has been on a voyage for more than a month, and has just returned from completing its mission, so it is obviously not suitable to send him out to Fujian to carry out the mission immediately.

But in addition, it seems that there is no other effective and safe way for a while, Yan Chujie is a picker, and everyone is also looking at each other, after all, no matter what method is used, it will definitely be difficult to implement without the military.

After a moment of silence, Yan Chujie spoke again: "So far, there are only two ways to choose. The first is to sit back and wait for the results of the peace talks on the Fujian side, and then we will express our corresponding attitude, but in any case we will lose the initiative in this matter. The second way is to make our attitude clear to the Fujian side as much as possible, to condemn those who should be condemned, to warn those who should be warned, and if Xu Xinsu still does not listen, then we will take further tough measures, such as cutting off trade and military cooperation. If necessary, we can even contact Shibazhi to change the position of what we have done in the previous two years and do it again. ”

"Wouldn't this be too undisciplined?" Some people obviously have some opinions about Yan Chujie's last two sentences.

"Discipline exercises?" Yan Chujie did not have a good tone in response to such a question: "If we want to be disciplined, we don't even need to support Xu Xinsu, let's train our troops and fight slowly through them! What is our purpose? It is to ensure that the local area will not be monopolized by any force until our navy is strong enough to take over the Taiwan Strait." Whether it is Xu Xinsu or Zheng Zhilong, we choose who to support for the purpose of benefiting ourselves, rather than looking at his camp. We just want Xu Xinsu to know that if he is unwilling to cooperate with us honestly, then we can support a new force to take his current position at any time!"

"Then what do you mean, should we send an envoy to Fujian to have a good talk with Xu Xinsu?" Ning Qi heard Yan Chujie's words.

Yan Chujie nodded and said: "Things will develop to the current situation, in the final analysis, our influence in Fujian is too low, so that Xu Xinsu doesn't need to take into account how we feel thousands of miles away." I think it's time to send a delegation to Fujian to make our position and attitude clear, so that Xu Xinsu can understand what can and cannot be done!"

"Send an embassy to Fujian?" Tao Donglai muttered, "Then you have to say hello to the Fujian side first." ”

"Didn't Xu Xinsu have a staff member stationed in Guangzhou? The one surnamed Dong asked the Guangzhou Office to immediately inform him and ask him to send someone to send a message back. Yan Chujie obviously had some consideration for this, and immediately came up with a solution.

"There is no garrison in Fujian, so how can we ensure the safety of sending an embassy over?" Ning Qi questioned.

Yan Chujie said: "Since this matter was initiated by the military, of course the military is responsible." Besides, if there is no garrison, won't we go out? Then everyone will be on Hainan Island to play the game of map and frontier and diary of a powerful country! That will not take 100 years, about 100 days will be enough to conquer the whole world!"

Ning Qi said angrily: "Are you a timid person when I am afraid?"

Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "You had the courage to follow us, of course you are not a timid person, but I am worried that your statement has brought rhythm, and if things do not go well at that time, then the foreign policy may become more and more cautious and conservative in the future." ”

"Conservative and cautious are two different things!" Ning Qi retorted with a gritted word.

"Alright, don't argue, now is not the time to argue about these details. Lao Yan, what emergency plan does the military have for Fujian?" Tao Donglai hurriedly stopped the argument between the two, otherwise these two guys would continue to debate, and most of them would have to be involved in other things.

After Haihan established the Military Commission and its subordinate staff, the military also formulated many emergency plans for various areas outside Sanya in case of emergency. In addition to Annam and Guangdong, which are close to Hainan Island, Fujian, which has a close relationship with the Haihan Dynasty, is naturally one of the areas that the military is concerned about.

Yan Chujie responded: "Since we do not have a formed army stationed in Fujian, the emergency plan we formulated before was basically based on the plan of evacuating personnel from the local area in an emergency, which is probably not suitable for dealing with the current situation." ”

"Then what do you think?" Tao Donglai continued to ask.

"My personal construction is ......," Yan Chujie said thoughtfully: "In the name of visiting Wèn, we will send a fleet to Zhangzhou, and while negotiating with Xu Xinsu, we will also show off our armed forces by the way, so that he will realize who is qualified to have the final say on the southeast coast! Of course, the purpose of this fleet is not to go to war, so the scale does not need to be too large, and there are not many in the refinement, and it is enough to have two or three combat ships." In this way, we don't need to spend too much time on the preparation work before departure, and we can leave in two or three days. ”

"This is a relatively safe solution. Tao Donglai nodded, and wrote down Yan Chujie's ideas in a notebook.

In the course of the ensuing meeting, there were basically no workable solutions. If it is in the time and space before the time travel, this kind of problem is actually easy to solve through the communication of guò communication tools, but in this time and space, it can probably only be achieved through face-to-face talks. Moreover, if you don't send a traverser to the local area, it obviously doesn't reflect the importance that the Haihan Executive Committee attaches to this matter.

"Then, let's vote!" After all the participants had finally finished speaking, Tao Dong came to propose a vote to choose a solution to the problem.

In the end, it was Yan Chujie's plan that was chosen, after all, no matter how it was solved, it could not bypass the military, and the military's plan was indeed the most feasible one, which even Ning Qi, who had doubts about Yan Chujie, had to admit it.

"Then without further ado, let's do our best to determine the candidate for the envoy to Fujian!" Tao Donglai announced the next agenda after counting the results.

"My idea, of course, is that it would be more appropriate for me to go on this trip. Yan Chujie was the first to open his mouth and took the initiative to sign up: "Besides, I am the supreme commander of the Haihan People's League, and if I negotiate with Xu Xinsu, the weight must be much more than that of the pirate leader of Eighteen Zhi." ”

"I'm against it!" The person who spoke out against this time was still Ning Qi, but the reason for his opposition was that Yan Chujie couldn't refute: "Lao Yan is one of the few people in our team who has been an officer before the crossing, and there is no one to replace the professional, and there can be no problems with your safety." Besides, if you negotiate with Xu Xinsu on behalf of the military, if the talks fall apart, there will be no room for turnaround, and it is not suitable from the perspective of negotiation. ”

After hearing this, Yan Chujie only felt angry and funny: "If you don't let me go, then the mission must have someone of sufficient weight to suppress the formation, otherwise Xu Xinsu has never heard of the name at all, will he come forward to talk in person?"

Ning Qi said: "Since ancient times, the envoys have been mainly civilian officials, supplemented by military attachés. Negotiation, which requires speaking skills, is only appropriate for people from the civil service system to do. ”

"Going around and around, you're here to set up an ambush...... Say, what are your candidates?" Yan Chujie understood Ning Qi's little abacus when he heard this, it was obvious that he didn't want the military to completely dominate this matter, since he was not going to fight but to negotiate, then the civilian system had every reason to intervene here.

"I would like to recommend myself once about this. Ning Qi's words surprised everyone present, and they didn't expect him to fight with Yan Chujie, but in the end, he had to play in person.

"As a member of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee, I should have enough weight, and I have participated in various negotiations many times, and I believe that my experience and skills will not be worse than those of all of you. In addition, I led this mission as a literati, which can also make Xu Xinsu's vigilance a little lower, at least let him understand that we are not going to turn our faces this time. Of course, the most important point is that among the members of the Standing Committee here, I am probably the only one who is relatively free and can go on this long trip. Ning Qi gave his reasons unhurriedly.

"Well-founded, I have no opinion. He was the first to agree.

Among the current executive committee members, Yuan Ruoxiu is very old, and the agricultural department he is in charge of has always had many affairs, so he was the first to be excluded from the candidate. Tao Donglai, Yan Chujie, and Bai Kesi, who are in charge of the Ministry of Construction, the military, and the industrial production department, are all busy people, and they are indeed not suitable for this foreign mission. Gu Kai and Ren Liang have been busy lately building the Haihan judicial system and police department in the newly occupied Qiongbei region, and they are also very busy. And Schneider has already decided to go to Annan this month to inspect the local business situation, and sign an agreement with the Annan court on the business orders in the second half of the year, and he will definitely not be able to go. It seems that among the Standing Committee members of the Executive Committee, Ning Qi is indeed the only one who is relatively free.

Of course, Ning Qi is not really that idle, and the cultural, educational, civil affairs, and human resources departments he is in charge of are also very busy. However, as the consensus reached earlier, the team that sent Fujian this time must have a heavyweight to suppress the formation, and among the nine Standing Committee members, he is the only one who can temporarily put down the affairs in his hand and go on this trip.