Li Nai said goodbye to Schneider and left Victory Castle, and went straight to the railway station north of Victory Castle, ready to take the bus to Sanya New Town. Earlier, he bought a villa there in his own name, and although he doesn't spend much time there every year, he has always arranged for a special person to be responsible for daily cleaning and maintenance, and he can move in at any time. This time, it is estimated that he will stay on Hainan Island for a period of time, and from time to time he will have to report to Shengli Fort, and Li Nai plans to settle down there, so that it will not be too difficult to travel back and forth between Shengli Fort and Sanya City.

Li Nai easily sent his entourage to buy tickets with negotiable coupons, and then entered the station through the ticket gate to wait for the train. Victoryburg Station has not changed much compared to when it was first completed, and there are still only two platforms, one south and one north. The waiting position of the first-class carriage, the second-class carriage and the freight wagon is marked with different colors of paint on the platform floor, among which the first-class carriage is a high-class carriage prepared for the Haihan chief, senior cadres and wealthy foreign businessmen, with soft seats inside, and the windows are also made of glass, and there is only one small carriage for each train, and the ticket price is naturally higher. The second-class carriage is the first choice for the general naturalized people, the fare is cheap but the riding environment is relatively poor, there are only wooden benches in the carriage, the windows are simple and rough iron lattice, and during the daily rush hour, a carriage has to be filled with one or two hundred people, and sometimes even the car dǐng climbs on people.

Li Nai waited for about a stick of incense, and finally saw a train slowly coming from the railroad tracks in the distance, spewing white smoke. Crews on the platform blew brass whistles loudly to warn people waiting for trains to retreat beyond the safety line marked on the ground.

In the early days, when the train was first opened, there were often accidents in which people were squeezed off the railroad tracks because of the excitement, and after several deaths, the Ministry of Justice issued extremely strict station management regulations, and if the train did not follow the instructions of the staff to exit the safety line when entering and leaving the station, the first two times caught would be fined, and the third time it was caught, it would be directly sent to a hard labor camp for one month of re-education through labor. This measure has been in place for almost two years, and has effectively helped passengers develop relatively good riding habits, and accidents at stations have been very rare.

Li Nai was also amazed when he took the train for the first time, and even thought that if such a railway could be built between Guangzhou City and Panyu County, it would greatly enhance the importance of Lijiazhuang in the Pearl River shipping. However, in the end, this plan only existed in his mind, and did not become a reality. The∷♀dǐng∷♀diǎn∷♀小∷ ♀ said,.2》3.▼os_(); Even if the Li family is powerful in Panyu County, a lot of the land in Panyu County is in the hands of high-ranking officials and nobles in Guangzhou, and it is impossible for these people to take out the land to build the railway.

In addition, the local government will not be all confused, and the military risks of such a convenient passage from the mouth of the Pearl River to the city of Guangzhou will certainly be seen by the Ming generals stationed in Guangzhou, and it is bound to prevent the construction of such a project.

And this kind of thing will not happen on Hainan Island, where Haihan is in charge, first of all, all the land here is accused by the Haihan Executive Committee, and there is no way to resist even if some people are dissatisfied with land acquisition and road construction. Secondly, almost all the local government offices have been hollowed out by Haihan, and now Haihan doesn't even need to inform the government if he wants to build a railway, just do it himself. It is said that Haihan is already planning to build a railway between the capital city of Qiongzhou and Danzhou, connecting the two big cities in northern Qiongzhou with railroad tracks. If this railway, which is more than 200 miles long, can be completed and opened to traffic, it will undoubtedly become the fastest mode of transportation between the two places.

Li Nai's desire to take the train in his hometown is probably unlikely to come true in the near future, unless Guangdong changes hands in the future and Haihan is in power, maybe it may become a reality, but Li Nai doesn't have too much expectations for this, after all, this is really a big rebellion for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Nai and his entourage checked their tickets and boarded the train, and there were only five or six naturalized cadres in the first-class carriage with them, all of whom were dressed as Haihan with shaved heads and easy to wear, which was very different from the appearance of ordinary naturalized Ming people. However, Li Nai's dealings with the Haihan people were far from being comparable to ordinary people, and he knew at a glance that these people were not authentic Haihan people.

These naturalized cadres all looked very young, and most of them looked like they were in their early twenties, and although they didn't know Li Nai, they all gave him a hand. Li Nai listened to their discussion, and there was a clear difference between the northern accent of the Haihan people, who should be locals, but they were still trying to speak the "ordinary official language" that the Haihan people were currently promoting. Li Nai didn't ask, but it can be known that these young people should be "Haihan talents" cultivated by the Haihan education system.

Although the areas under the rule of Haihan did not prohibit scholars from participating in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, and even took various measures to take care of the students who went to the examinations, Haihan was also gradually building its own "imperial examination" system, building schools on its own, and all qualified students were arranged for employment. Talents who can excel in this system will enter various departments of Haihan, and the threshold for admission is much lower than that of the Daming Imperial Examination. Some of the naturalized teenagers who entered school in the early stage have been successively assigned to various official institutions of Haihan, such as Fu Li, Yu Xiaobao, Zhang Qianzhi, Huang Que and others, who have made good achievements in their respective positions.

Li Nai had also been in contact with some of them, and knew that these young people from poor backgrounds had a high degree of loyalty to the Haihan who changed the trajectory of their lives, and that most of them no longer saw themselves as ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, but as Haihan people in the true sense of the word—although the Ming officials did not yet admit that the Haihan had such a country.

These young naturalized cadres were not the most fanatical Haihan supporters, and Li Nai knew that the real fanatics were actually gathered in another place, that is, the Haihan Mintuan. Because of the work needs of the "Golden Shield Escort" and his personal hobbies, he has visited the training of the Haihan militia more than once, and has personally experienced the almost brainwashing propaganda methods in the militia. It is no exaggeration to say that most of them were determined to die on the battlefield for the Haihan, and were also very keen to achieve the external expansion of the Haihan through military means. Li Nai believed that if it were not for such an authoritative body as the Executive Committee, which would have maintained long-term peace between the Haihan and the Ming Dynasty out of overall considerations, the Haihan militia would have probably sent troops to occupy the Pearl River Delta region long ago.

Li Nai looked out the window, and the train was passing through the bay between the Guò Yulin Peninsula and the Luhuitou Peninsula, and he could see the huge docks lined up by the sea. The current Victory Port shipyard is said to employ more than 2,000 people, and shipbuilding orders keep the place in constant operation around the clock. Every month, new ships of all sizes are launched from here, and more than eighty percent of the combat ships in the Haihan fleet are also built in this place. Although the number of shipbuilders in this place may not be comparable to the total number of shipyards along the Pearl River in Guangdong, the tonnage of ships launched is no longer the same.

The perimeter of the dock where the warship was built was covered by tall bamboo sheds and bamboo fences, and the construction scene inside could not be seen from the train. However, because of his special identity, Li Nai has also visited the key departments of the shipyard more than once, and he is still relatively familiar with the situation inside. He could tell from the dǐng part of the mast that jutted high into the air that one of the docks was building a "majestic class" warship—only the main mast of such a giant warship could extend so high into the air.

Li Nai personally did not have much disgust with the actual control of the Haihan in the South China Sea, including the waters of the Pearl River Estuary, after all, the Haihan people did not harm the interests of the Ming maritime merchants by doing these things, but drove away the pirates who were originally ravaging the coast of Guangdong. For a maritime merchant like Fu Ruifeng, having a relatively authoritative force like Haihan to maintain order at sea is a good thing that cannot be desired. At present, the "Golden Shield Escort" has also begun to undertake the escort business at sea, and many of them need to cooperate with the militia navy, and the sea area that the navy can control, that is, the area where the "Golden Shield Escort" can be assured and bold and pass unimpeded. From the perspective of practitioners, Li Nai hopes that the Haihan Navy can control more areas.

After the Haihan Navy gradually took over the waters of the Pearl River Estuary, the Liangguang Naval Division also slowly withdrew from this area with "interest". At present, the station of the naval division has moved westward to the area of Huangmaohai, which is the mouth of the Xijiang River, and from the Xijiang River can go up to Zhaoqing Mansion, where the governor of Liangguang is located. The Haihan military also has a tacit understanding of such a division of spheres of influence, and never sends warships to the Xijiang River basin, including the estuary.

Li Nai sees these subtle changes, but as a businessman whose interests are so entangled with Haihan that he can't solve them, he will definitely not stand on the side of the government again. And this attitude is not unique to him, his family, the business partners he can contact, and even some officialdom are more willing to side with Haihan in the quietly changing situation in Liangguang. Li Nai once heard Schneider use the term "vested interests" to evaluate this behavior, which accurately reflected that the root of this position choice still lies in interests.

Although most people will still talk about Daming, Li Nai believes that these people's hearts are as open as himself, and these places occupied by Haihan will probably be the same as Hainan Island, and they will no longer be the world of the Zhu family. With the speed of development of the Haihan, if you want to annex more Ming land, there are no military obstacles, and it depends more on whether the Haihan people need it.

Thinking of this, Li Nai couldn't help but look out the window in the direction of the Luhuitou Peninsula, although because of the obstruction of the Luling hills, it was impossible to see the scene on the other side of the hill from the car, but Li Nai, who was familiar with the local situation, it was not difficult to imagine the hot training scene in the army station.

The army base of the Haihan militia is on the Luhuitou Peninsula, and although Li Nai does not know the size of the troops stationed, he believes that the local troops are enough to defend the two key points of Shengli Port and Sanya Port. The area adjacent to the army base, located at the southern tip of the Luhuitou Peninsula, is the quarantine area for Sanya to receive immigrants. From an immigrant to a soldier of the Haihan militia, it is just a distance separated by a wall. Today, it is certainly unlikely that the Ming Dynasty will be able to recover these areas by military means, and it is already thankful that it can keep the territory of the mainland from being encroached upon by the Haihan.

Of course, the Son of Heaven in the Forbidden City in Beijing probably did not know what was happening in the south, because the Governor of Liangguang and officials at all levels did not mention that the area had been renamed and belonged to someone else. In the past, the taxes that Qiongzhou could pay tribute to the imperial court were very limited, and no one in the court paid attention to this remote area, which was known as the end of the world. Nowadays, the Haihan people will pay the due taxes of the Qiongzhou government every year, completely replacing the functions of the local government, and naturally no one in the imperial court will notice this silent change. Even if there is relevant news to the Beijing Division, no high-ranking officials will believe these rumors - how can anyone make a man who does not erect a flag to kill officials, and still pays taxes to the imperial court on time and in accordance with the amount every year?

According to the news that Li Nai knew, there have been scholars from Qiongzhou, Danzhou, Yazhou and other prefectures and counties who have jointly submitted a letter to the Haihan Executive Committee, requesting that Hainan Island be separated from the Ming Dynasty and officially classified as the territory of Haihan. If one day such an initiative becomes a reality, Li Nai thinks that the Liangguang government will probably have to pinch its nose and admit it. As for whether Long Yan will be furious and order to send troops to fight after reporting to the imperial court, he doesn't think it is very likely, the armies of Fuguang and Guang know the strength of the Haihan militia, even if there is an order from the imperial court, they will not take the initiative to start a war with the Haihan people at all, most of them are just a form of bluffing, if the imperial court wants to punish the local officers because of the unfavorable war, then it will force something bigger - After all, it is not uncommon for a Ming military attache to jump to the Haihan People's League, and there are several generals at the level, and it is not impossible to force a job change in the Ming army.

As for the transfer of troops from the interior to attack Qiongzhou, it is even more unrealistic, not to mention that it is difficult to adapt to the climate alone. Moreover, most of the officialdom of the two Guangzhous, which have a lot of interests with Haihan, will not cooperate with the actions of foreign armies. Even if the imperial court could transfer 357,000 troops to Guangdong, it was estimated that there would not be much chance of driving to the island to fight against the Haihan people in formation—in the situation of absolute disadvantage of the armed forces at sea, the chances of the troops assembled on the mainland connecting to the Guò Qiongzhou Strait were very small.