Yu Tiezhu's wife gave birth to a big fat boy of seven pounds and six taels for him, and everyone immediately congratulated him after hearing the good news. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Ning Qi didn't have anything to give at the moment, so he took out a fifty yuan circulation coupon as a gift, but where did Tiezhu dare to accept it, so that after some concessions, he finally received ten yuan symbolically, so as not to let Ning Qi be rejected from coming to the stage.

"Tiezhu, do you plan to settle your home here in Haikou in the future, or will your son be sent back to Sanya to study when he is older?" During the banquet, Ning Qi took the initiative to ask Yu Tiezhu, after he visited the military primary school before, he still had some nostalgia for this matter in his heart, and he wanted to talk to the military people when he took the opportunity, Yu Tiezhu had a teacher-student friendship with him, and some words should be casual.

Yu Tiezhu put down his wine glass and responded: "Chief, we who are soldiers, where we will settle down in the future, it doesn't matter if you say it yourself! As soon as the order came, it was necessary to take up arms and set off, where to make a long-term plan...... Last year, I followed Chief Wang to Miyako Island to fight Eighteen Zhi, and I thought that I would soon be transferred to Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province to garrison, but who knew that after a turn, I would be transferred back to Hainan Island. ”

Qiu Yuan next to him interjected: "I heard Tom Wang mention this, and this arrangement is also taking into account that your wife had a child in her belly at that time, and you were transferred back so that you can take care of your family." ”

Yu Tiezhu hurriedly responded: "The chief's kindness, the humble position is naturally understood, and it is too late to be grateful, how dare you complain." ”

The Battle of Miyakojima was a battle of annihilation led by Tom Wang in early September last year to attack the last lair of Shibachi, and it was also the last combat operation carried out by the Han military in 1633. Yu Tiezhu was still the company commander of the fourth company of the first battalion at that time, and he was promoted and rewarded after the war by virtue of his meritorious service in this battle, and was promoted to the current position of battalion commander. It was an extremely important step forward in his career, at least when he was a company commander, he would not have had the privilege of sitting at the same table as the head of the executive committee.

After Yu Tiezhu explained, he continued what he had just said: "In the future, when the child is older, then I still have to find a way to send him back to Sanya to study, if I can learn more skills, and when I grow up, I can be a sitting official, wouldn't it be much stronger than me, the old man who carries a gun?"

"That's right! This is the right way to get ahead!" Yu Tiezhu's statement made Ning Qi very satisfied, and the unhappiness of visiting the primary school before was also dispelled a little: "To be a soldier and fight, as long as the body is in good condition, everyone can do it, but if you want to be an official and govern the country, then only people with real talent and learning can do it." If you want to get a good background for future generations, you still have to follow the right path of studying. ”

Yu Tiezhu heard it again and again, and Ning Qi continued: "In this outside school, the teachers will definitely not be able to compare with Sanya, and when the time comes, the child will be sent back, and I will arrange for you to study in Shenglibao Primary School." ”

Yu Tiezhu hurriedly got up again and thanked him, and the head of the executive committee personally arranged for his children to go to school, which was a big face, and others could not dream of it. Most of the students in the Shenglibao Primary School are the children of the chiefs, and the descendants of naturalized cadres can be regarded as the lucky ones who win at the starting line. Ning Qi felt a little proud in his heart, no matter what your military does at the grassroots level, I only need to arrange for the children of naturalized officers to study in schools directly under the Ministry of Education as much as possible to receive orthodox education, and when the next generation takes power, there will be no situation in which soldiers are in power.

Civil-military disputes in the bureaucracy are inevitable, even if the political system is as advanced as the Haihan. This kind of competition is not only reflected in the annual military budget deliberation session and the discussion meeting before each large-scale military operation abroad, but also in the control of the direction of public opinion, the flow of talent, and even some long-term layout measures that may affect the future years from now, are also in the calculations of both sides.

Since the passage of the Haihan, it has been in a period of rapid expansion, and its dependence on military force is very large, which has also caused the military to be in a relatively strong position in the Haihan political system. Even if the civilian officials will set up some obstacles intentionally or unintentionally in every military-related discussion, in most cases, they can only compromise on the military's proposal in the end -- after all, this kind of thing must be handed over to the army, and the neck of the Kahaihan army is equivalent to Kahaihan's own neck, which is not beneficial to itself, but only to show a sense of existence through this means to avoid the military being dominant.

Of course, civilian officials will not look down on themselves because of this, after all, it depends on the military to fight the world, and it still depends on the civilian talent to govern the world. Haihan attaches equal importance to expansion and governance, and civil officials naturally have their own stage to play a role. In the long run, the main force ruling the country in the future will still be civilian officials, and in order to prevent Haihan from gradually evolving into a military government in a strong situation at this stage, some necessary means of containment and prevention must be used as soon as possible.

Regarding the work of the military, Yu Tiezhu was not obliged to report to Ning Qi, but Ning Qi's inspection around the island was in the nature of a minister, representing the executive committee rather than the science, education, culture, and health system he was in charge of, and it was understandable to listen to the report of the garrison commander on an informal occasion such as a dinner. After talking about personal matters, Yu Tiezhu reported to Ning Qi about the situation of the Haikou garrison by the way.

At present, the troops stationed in Haikou include most of the strength of the first battalion of the Haihan People's Regiment, including three combat companies and one engineer company, and another artillery company has already returned to Sanya ahead of schedule to receive intensive training because it is going to participate in a celebratory military parade early next month. In addition, the army also has an independent cavalry company stationed here, and it was the men and horses of this cavalry company who escorted Ning Qi and his party on the dock.

Originally, the navy had a complete fleet stationed in Haikou, but in the past year, the Haihan militia group has been moving south and north, and there have been constant foreign wars and naval military operations, and the entire fleet has been transferred to other places, and the navy currently stationed here has only eight exploratory-class warships, two supply ships, and two reconnaissance boats, all of which are small ships with a displacement of less than 400 tons. Of course, now Xuwen County, Leizhou, on the other side of the strait, has basically been thoroughly infiltrated by the Haihan, and there will be no major problems in the security and defense of the Qiongzhou Strait, and these warships are enough to maintain the maritime security order near Haikou Port.

In addition to the regular troops of the army and navy, there is also a reserve militia organized as a battalion. The main function of this unit is to temporarily take over the defense of the area near Haikou City, including the seaport, during the period when the main force is transferred to other places to carry out tasks. Compared with the regular army, the reserve militia unit will be slightly inferior in terms of weaponry and combat experience, but all the officers above the platoon level in this unit are veterans of the militia regiment, and they all have a certain amount of practical combat experience, and the strength of the command system is still very solid. As long as there is no large-scale war, this militia force will be enough to maintain local stability.

According to the military's arrangement, an ace unit like the 1st Battalion of the Army will basically participate in a large-scale military operation at least once a year, and after returning to Haikou after the battle of Miyako Island off the coast of Taiwan last year, it is mainly for rest and adjustment.

Although the Central Military Commission has not yet made a clear arrangement for the whereabouts of the first battalion this year, the amount of combat materials that have been transported to Haikou and hoarded since the end of the year has exceeded the daily needs, and this is obviously a preparation for directly opening the front line at a certain time in the future.

Although Yu Tiezhu is not clear about the Central Military Commission's operational mission arrangements this year, Ning Qi, as a member of the Executive Committee, knows a little about it. During the deliberation of the military budget at the end of last year, the main military plans for 1634 were explicitly mentioned in the information provided by the Military Commission. In addition to establishing a comprehensive base at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca, there is also a plan to go north to continue to expand the control area along the Daming coastline. And similar to this task of opening up a new map, the Military Commission has always been entrusted to the ace troops under its command, and the first in the army is probably the first battalion where Yu Tiezhu is located and the special operations battalion currently stationed in Zhejiang.

The competition between the 1st Army Battalion and the Special Operations Battalion can be regarded as a long history, and there have been faint signs of this since Haihan intervened in the civil war in Annam, but fortunately, it is a healthy competition within the army, and it will not hurt the peace. However, objectively speaking, the special operations battalion that Qian Tiandun has personally trained for many years does have a slight upper hand in terms of overall strength, and the Haihan military industry has given a lot of cooperation in the field of ordnance, and many advanced equipment of an experimental nature are often the first to be provided to the special operations battalion for trial.

In addition to cooperating with large units in attacking fortified positions in cities, the Central Military Commission often gives priority to special operations battalions to complete combat tasks that can be carried out independently by small units, especially in mountainous and field environments, and this has also made the special operations battalions always ahead of the 1st Army Battalion in terms of accumulating military merits. When Takahashi Nan was promoted to the commander of the special operations battalion, Yu Tiezhu was still the company commander, and the lag in the speed of promotion was somewhat due to the different units to which he belonged.

However, in the past two years, the Military Commission has also realized that it is unstable to put all its eggs in one basket, so it has also begun to give other units more opportunities to perform. If the 1st Lu Battalion can go north to carry out the mission within the year, it may be a rare opportunity to compete with the special operations battalion in recent years, and Yu Tiezhu also had a little irrepressible excitement in his tone when he talked about this section.

Ning Qi was not very interested in these military operations, but he was more concerned about the areas he was in charge of, such as science, education, culture, and health work in the army. Originally, Yu Tiezhu also planned to arrange for them to visit the drill of the Lu Yi Battalion the next day, but Ning Qi thought about it and refused, not because he didn't give the military face, but because he felt that with Fan Dimen, a drag oil bottle, it was best not to expose his military strength too much. As for the upcoming military parade in Sanya in a few days, it can only be seen in the end, and the military information that can be obtained from it is actually very limited.

On the second day of the inspection, Ning Qi, under the leadership of Qiu Yuan, visited the local official institutions and some foreign merchants. Merchants from Leizhou, Gaozhou, and Lianzhou, who are across the sea, now trade with Haihan are mainly located in Haikou Port and Danzhou Port in northern Qiongbei, and there is no need to go around half of Hainan Island to Sanya. The establishment of these trade relations has also led to the rapid development of Haikou Port in the past two years, and the resident population has increased slightly compared to the time when Haihan occupied the area.

Van Dimen, however, was a little less interested in such a trip, and the area where the East India Company had the smallest gap with Haihan was probably in trade. When it comes to the ability to do business, the Dutch, known as the coachman of the sea, can be said to be not inferior to any competitor of this era, so Van Dimen is not very interested in how Haihan deals with the relationship with the Ming merchants, and the policy adopted by Haihan in trade is actually similar to that of the East India Company, and the reason why there will be a relatively large gap in the performance of the two sides, Van Dimen believes that the main reason is that Haihan has innate advantages in geography and race.

The East India Company still hoped to bridge this gap, and after several years of operation in Taiwan, they had actually achieved certain results, and every year a large number of Ming merchants from Fujian and even Jiangsu and Zhejiang would go to trade and sell raw silk, porcelain, tea, and other goods to the East India Company.

However, the presence of the Haihan ruthlessly extinguished the hopes of the Dutch, who first drove away the eighteen zhi, who acted as thugs and middlemen for the East India Company, and then opened ports to trade in the occupied Penghu Islands, and even blocked the shipping route from Fujian to Dayuan Port for a time, thereby stealing a lot of business. In the end, he simply landed on the island of Taiwan and built the Kaohsiung Port in the Dagou area south of Dayuan Port, almost stealing the East India Company's business.

After losing the regional advantage of Dayuan Port, the Han people hired by the East India Company in the local area did not play a big role, after all, the sea overlord on the southeast coast opened a wharf next door to Dayuan Port, and the Ming maritime merchants could not ignore its existence, and also came to Dayuan Port to do business. At present, the coping strategy of the senior commander Hans can only be to let his subordinates go to the nearby port of Kaohsiung to purchase the goods needed from Haihan, and then transfer them back to Batavia.

Although Fan Dimen had the intention of seeking a breakthrough in commerce and trade during his visit to Hainan Island, he also knew that it was unrealistic to dig into the wall under the nose of a high-ranking official like Ningqi, so he simply made a appearance of disinterest, lest the Haihan people have always maintained a very high level of vigilance. (To be continued.) )