Although He Xi's statement is more subtle, what is called "artificially creating tension", Marik can still understand. It is nothing more than mobilizing these civilian forces to carry out some low-intensity attacks on the surrounding areas, creating an atmosphere of panic among the people, and forcing those timid people to flee in a big way.

In the past few years, Guangdong has been plagued by natural disasters, and the rogues in the province have even made trouble with the Ming army. Two years ago, several bandits gathered thousands of people to attack Lijiazhuang, and the garrison in Guangzhou did not dare to go to the local rescue area, and as a result, Shengsheng gave the Haihan militia a chance to become famous. At that time, there were tens of thousands of displaced people in Guangdong Province, and many of them had left all their scruples in order to survive, and a large pot of gruel could attract hundreds of people to sign up for immigration. However, due to transportation conditions and other objective reasons, the number of immigrants who were organized to send them to Hainan Island was not particularly large, but the situation of the gathering of displaced people near Guangzhou at that time was still deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people in the Guangzhou Office.

Now the Executive Committee has ordered that a large number of migrants should be collected quickly, and if the normal process is to be followed, then the Guangdong side will definitely not be able to complete the task in full. And artificially creating refugees is really a solution to the problem.

Due to the outbreak of bandits in Guangdong in the past two years, the people have more or less psychological shadows about this, and once there are bandits and bandits in the locality, it is easy for them to habitually flee their homes. Guangzhou Prefecture and its subordinate Panyu County, which are known as the safest in Guangdong, are undoubtedly the best places to take refuge.

The city of Guangzhou is well defended, and the bandits do not have the courage to attack, nor do they have enough ability to attack, and for the refugees, being able to enter the city of Guangzhou symbolizes entering a safe area. Panyu County, located forty miles south of the city of Guangzhou, is a completely different choice. There is the Haihan militia, which is known as the strongest militia in Guangdong, and it accepts refugees all year round, as long as you are willing to follow the Haihan people, you can immediately have food and shelter.

The only thing that worries people is that if they enter the Haihan shelter, they must follow the arrangement of the Haihan people and move to Qiongzhou Island overseas, which is an unacceptable condition for many people. Only those refugees who have lost a fortune in the disaster and are already in a state of destitude will have to choose this path in order to survive.

Mariko frowned and said, "This way...... Isn't it very secure? How many of the civilian armed forces you have contacted are obedient and can accept accusations?"

"Are you worried that you won't be able to hold it back after you play too much?" He Xi knew what he was worried about as soon as he heard Mariko's tone.

Mariko nodded without hesitation: "If it is our own people and horses, we can hold the command, but we can try." But the people out there...... With all due respect, the task of recruiting immigrants is still secondary, and if there is any big mess that is difficult to clean up, both of you and I, including the departments under you, will have to be unlucky!"

He Xiying said: "I know your opinion that this is too risky, so we might as well think about it and see what we can do to make the risk a little more controllable." ”

Marik shook his head and said: "There are too many links in between, and there are too many uncontrollable factors, unless you can simplify the plan to a point where we can directly control it, otherwise I still can't agree with this approach." I have other ideas, and instead of working hard in Guangzhou, I should think about starting somewhere else. ”

"For example?"

"For example, the closest place to Hainan Island. Marik stood up, walked to the map hanging behind him, and pointed to the north of the Qiongzhou Strait: "Leizhou Mansion, Lianzhou Mansion, Gaozhou Mansion, these are all good target areas." ”

Compared with the location of Guangzhou, the distance between the state capitals located in the Leizhou Peninsula and the surrounding areas and Hainan Island is indeed much closer, Leizhou to Qiongzhou is only more than ten nautical miles away, if it is Haihan's fast boat, it will take two or three hours to arrive, and the distance is dozens of times closer than Guangzhou. However, it is precisely because of the long distance that the influence of the Guangzhou Office in these regions in the first few years of external development was also very limited.

He Xi hesitated: "These places are closer to Hainan Island than from us, and it is more time-consuming and laborious for us to go there to recruit immigrants."

"Don't worry, it's not bright in the west, but it's bright in the east!" Marik raised his arm and pointed to the area east of the Pearl River Estuary: "Huizhou Mansion, Chaozhou Mansion, and further east of Fujian, these are all places where we can start!"

"Fujian is Xu Xinsu's territory!" He Xi did not forget to remind Mariko. Although the Xu Xinsu Group and Haihan have a relatively deep cooperative relationship, the cooperation is only limited to arms transactions and economic and trade fields, and as for the political aspects, especially those involving sensitive matters such as local jurisdiction, the two sides have maintained a very tacit understanding of non-interference.

Xu Xinsu has also sent a number of groups of officers to Sanya in the past two years to receive military training from Haihan, and he is still relatively familiar with the reality that the southern part of Qiongzhou Island has fallen under the actual control of Haihan, but Fujian has not become hostile to Haihan because of this practice of infringing on the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and the cooperation between the two sides is still proceeding at the same pace as before.

And the Haihan side also knows what kind of goods the so-called "sailors" under Xu Xinsu are, even if this group of pirates who have washed ashore is wearing the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty, most of the time they are still engaged in armed smuggling business. In Zhangzhou Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion and other places controlled by Xu Xinsu's forces, the strength and influence of the Daming government in the local area may have degenerated to the point that it is similar to the official government in Yacheng.

Both sides have consciously avoided this area in their cooperation and have not interfered with each other's local practices. Haihan had previously commissioned Xu Xinsu to hire a large number of craftsmen from all walks of life from Fujian, but he never really imported people from Fujian under the banner of soliciting immigrants. No ruler in his right mind would easily watch the population of the area under his rule lose a lot, and Xu Xinsu, as a merchant, would certainly not have a bad understanding of these issues, so Haihan had never made such a request to him.

Marik shook his head and said: "In the past, we wouldn't do this because the time was not yet ripe, but now that we have taken the base of Hainan Island, I think we can renegotiate the terms of cooperation with Xu Xinsu now!

"If you have a ten-point system, you can't have more than four points!" He Xi did not hesitate to express his judgment: "The only reason why he chose to return to the Ming Dynasty is to follow this backer to develop his own power, just like Zheng Zhilong did in the original history." But now for him, in addition to the backer of Daming, our backer is also indispensable. ”

In the original history, after Zheng Zhilong killed Xu Xinsu, he soon chose to accept the recruitment of Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan to return to the Ming Court, and the official became the chief soldier. And what he did after taking control of the sea route was to collect protection money from all the merchant ships that passed through the Fujian waters, and what he did was not much different from the bandits who occupied the mountains and were kings.

However, in this time and space, Xu Xinsu has successfully avoided the original tragic ending due to the military assistance from Haihan's side, and the battle against the "Eighteen Zhi" pirate gang in the past two years has been quite impressive. But if he really destroyed the "Eighteen Zhi", then the subsequent practice would probably follow the old path of Zheng Zhilong in the original history. Therefore, while Haihan is providing military aid to it, it has always been under control, so that its military strength will not expand too quickly, and Xu Xinsu will not be allowed to destroy the opponent of "Eighteen Zhi" too early.

Mariko continued: "I agree with you, Xu Xinsu's loyalty to Da Ming is limited, and what he is pursuing is to rely on Da Ming and our two backers to defeat the opponent of Eighteen Zhi in front of him. In the past, we needed to control the strength of Xu Xinsu's assistance, because our own maritime power was too weak, and when we could not affect the situation in the Fujian Strait, we could only hope that Xu Xinsu and Zheng Zhilong would maintain a balance between attack and defense. But now that we have Hainan Island, a base area, and a fleet, I think we can look a little further ahead, and the Fujian side can also start to prepare. ”

He Xi asked tentatively: "What do you mean is to increase military aid to Xu Xinsu and use this condition in exchange for immigrants from Fujian?"

"That's right. Marik nodded and said: "Xu Xinsu has an advantage in Fujian that we do not have in Guangdong, he organizes large-scale immigration in an official capacity, and no one can do anything to him." And his greatest need for us is to buy our military equipment. Provide the Fujian side with some more weapons, and by the way, let them speed up the defeat of Shibazhi, wear down his strength, and also clear the obstacles for us to go to the Fujian Strait in the future. ”

He Xi was silent for a while before he spoke: "Doing this is also a great risk!"

"But the percentage of the Executive Committee who support this plan will definitely be higher than the one you just mentioned. "At least we have two natural allies, the first is the military-industrial complex, and in addition to the Haihan Ordnance Industry, it is possible to add the Victory Port Shipyard. The second is the military, especially the navy. I have heard that the Navy's third 'Majesty-class' warship was stranded because of financial and usage issues, but if the Navy has the opportunity to go to Fujian, then the Executive Committee will definitely approve the subsequent shipbuilding plan." ”

"That's not enough, is it?" He Xi asked.

Marik continues: "The most important thing is that the risk of this solution is more controllable. The only one we need to deal with is Xu Xinsu's family, not many of the families in your previous plan, and the unexpected variables will be much less. Moreover, Xu Xinsu is very dependent on us in terms of weapons and equipment, and if he loses our ammunition support, his troops will be able to fight for a month or two at most, and he will not fail to understand this truth. ”

He Xi didn't say anything more, took a pen and paper and began to write and draw. Mariko didn't rush him, sat back in his seat, and waited quietly.

After a while, He Xi put down the pen in his hand, looked at Marik and said: "I listed the pros and cons of the two options, it is true that your feasibility will be relatively high, but the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the problem of cycle and cost." ”

"I know these two problems, but I can't solve them. Marik shrugged and said: "Fujian to Hainan Island is so far, the journey is long, of course the cycle is long, and the cost of transporting migrants will also rise." But as long as there is capacity, I think it is possible to get a lot of immigration in the short term. Now the Executive Committee wants the population, and I think cost is a secondary issue. We can propose a plan to the Executive Committee, and as for the cost performance, then leave it to the Executive Committee to measure. ”

He Xi thought that there was no other way to go for the time being, so he agreed with Mariko's opinion. At that moment, the two began to draft a report, and of course included the first plan proposed by He Xi, and then sent it back to Sanya in the form of a telegram together.

The Executive Committee apparently attached great importance to this matter, and the next day it replied to a telegram, asking the Guangdong side to draw on the previous successful experience of exchanging weapons for population in Annam, to make a detailed plan for the second plan, and to make contact with the Fujian side as much as possible to see if the practice of exchanging arms for population could be approved by the other side.

On November 10, Marico came to a manor in the north of Guangzhou, where he met Dong Yanyun, the representative of Fujian Xu Xinsu Group in Guangzhou.

After meeting and greeting, Marik informed the other party that Haihan hoped to reach a new cooperation method with the Fujian side, and Dong Yanyun's surprise was directly written on his face: "What does Director Ma mean that we exchange population for your restricted weapons?"

"That's right. Marik nodded, "We also know that you have been trying to buy weapons in large quantities, but our production capacity is too limited to supply the quantities you need. But starting next year, that situation will change. We will expand our iron mines and arsenals, and increase the production of weapons. Of course, this is only possible if we have access to a sufficient number of workers, and this is the main reason why we propose this new way of working with you. ”

Dong Yanyun frowned and said, "Then I don't know how to exchange this weapon for people, how are you going to calculate it?" This seems to be ...... It's suspicious of buying and selling human beings!"

"No, no, no, it's not human trafficking. Mariko corrected him solemnly: "This is just a quid pro quo, you provide us with labor, and we provide you with the fruits of labor." In this process, there will be no figures such as population prices, and we will not sell the people of the Ming Dynasty as commodities. ”

"The Haihan people's face is really not covered, this is really serious nonsense! Compared to the thickness of the face, it is indeed a loss!" Looking at the upright and arrogant Maliko, Dong Yanyun couldn't help but complain in his heart.