Although the South Vietnamese court and the local Portuguese had a certain willingness to reject Haihan goods, hoping to use trade sanctions to crack down on and restrict Haihan's commercial activities, they underestimated the role of economic laws, and simply wanted to completely ban the entry of Haihan goods through legal means, which already involved the interests of too many people, and it was difficult to achieve it for a while. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng)-Uncle haha-

Therefore, when Qian Tiandun and others strolled through the street market in Hoi An, it was not difficult to find that the Haihan goods that can be seen everywhere here, and their sense of existence is even comparable to that of Guangzhou. In addition, you can see Chinese people dressed in Ming costumes everywhere, and almost all you hear are accents from the Fuguang area, and the buildings on the street are mostly Chinese-style buildings. Qian Tiandun didn't go long before he saw the 'Chaozhou' Hall, the Fujian Hall, the Guangzhao Hall, the Qiongfu Hall and other places where Chinese lived, as well as the Mazu Temple, Guandi Temple and other Chinese-style religious buildings, which looked quite good.

Judging from the scene on the street alone, it is indistinguishable from the towns along the coast of Guangdong, and it is hard to imagine that this is another country thousands of miles away from Guangzhou. However, in this way, there are no language and cultural barriers, which saves Qian Tiandun's reconnaissance mission a lot of trouble.

Based on the information collected and sorted out in advance by the relevant departments and the information provided by Zhan Gui, Qian Tiandun set the targets into two categories when formulating the reconnaissance plan. The first is the local military objectives, including the situation of the local garrisons, the location of military installations, the main means of defense, the state of military deployment, and the nearby large-scale garrisons, and so on; the second is the local economic targets, in other words, the targets to be attacked and plundered in the sabotage warfare.

Hoi An Fortress is located on the north bank of the Thu Bon River, and the area near the mouth of the sea is an alluvial plain formed by the Thu Bon River over thousands of years, forming many river forks, so the South Vietnamese side did not have enough strength to defend on the water. As the largest maritime trade port in South Vietnam, although there is also a small naval division here, in Qian Tiandun's view, the main purpose of its existence is to maintain the security and order of port shipping, and the military can play an extremely limited role. A fleet of small ships with a displacement of less than 50 tons like this would hardly pose a substantial 'sexual' threat to the large warships of the Haihan Dynasty armed to the teeth.

And the so-called Hoi An City, its city defense facilities are even inferior to a county town in Daming in Qian Tiandun's opinion. For example, the cliff city adjacent to Shengli Port, although it is suspected of being in disrepair, is still much more reliable than the low brick and earth 'mixed' city walls of Hoi An Castle. As for the strength of the army in South Vietnam, Qian Tiandun has seen it on the battlefield before, that is, it is at the level of half a catty and eight taels with North Vietnam.

Perhaps it was because they had been in this trading port for a long time and were accustomed to the bustling scene of people coming and going, and the South Vietnamese garrison here was rather wary of the outside world - of course, they probably never thought that anyone would have the intention of attacking this place. Qian Tiandun and his entourage encountered almost no obstacles in their reconnaissance activities, and they collected a large amount of military intelligence information on the first day.

When the 'color' was darkened that day, Qian Tiandun and the others returned to the Chinese hall where they had settled and found Zhan Guizheng pacing back and forth at the 'door' with an anxious face. When Zhan Gui saw them coming back, the expression on his face was also relaxed, and he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Qian, why did you only come back at this time?

"Shun lì, much more than expected. Let's go, go in and say!" Qian Tiandun knew that Zhan Gui was too nervous and didn't want him to 'show' his flaws in a public place, so he hurriedly pulled him into the hall.

Zhan Gui has been handling the transaction on the dock today, half of the goods loaded in this ship have been sold, and the silver has also earned thousands of taels, but Zhan Gui is not happy at all now. After Qian Tiandun left, Zhan Gui also left, every time he saw a patrolling South Vietnamese soldier coming from the dock, Zhan Gui would worry about whether he was here to arrest him. Although Qian Tiandun had promised him a long time ago that nothing would happen on this trip to Hoi An, it was still difficult for Zhan Gui to completely put his mind at ease.

Qian Tiandun called Zhan Gui to his room, dismissed unrelated people, and then asked Takahashi Nan to take out a few pieces of equipment from his backpack. Zhan Gui saw that these things were square and flat, some were like a small box, and some were cylindrical, and he couldn't understand them for a while.

Qian Tiandun picked up a thin booklet and opened the cover, flicked his fingers on it a few times, and handed it to Zhan Gui: "There are a few places, and I have to ask Boss Zhan to help identify them." ”

Zhan Gui took a look and saw what kind of pamphlet this was, but a flat and neat piece of Haihan glass, with black frames on all sides, and a clear picture in the middle, which was a building in the city. This painting is extremely detailed, far from being able to be depicted by human beings, just like the real scene in front of him, Zhan Gui was stunned, and he was speechless for a while. Although he had long known that the Haihan people had all kinds of magical tools, he was still shocked when he saw this thing in front of him - is this a demon method or an immortal art?

Of course, this is not magic or fairy magic, but a tablet brought from the 21st century. The black technology that surpasses the times in its hands has given the military great convenience when carrying out reconnaissance missions, and all kinds of photographing, videography, and audio recording equipment are available. In the process of reconnaissance, Qian Tiandun took pictures of some buildings with unknown functions in the city, transmitted them to the computer, and waited until he returned to his residence in the evening to show them to Zhan Gui, who was familiar with the local situation, to identify them one by one.

"Boss Zhan, do you recognize this place?" Qian Tiandun saw that he had not made a sound, so he urged and asked again.

Zhan Gui forcibly suppressed his mind and carefully looked at the picture again before responding: "This is the residence of Nguyen Son, a big merchant in the city, and it is said that Nguyen Son is related to the Nguyen clan, who ruled Hue Province. ”

Qian Tiandun nodded, flicked his finger on the screen, and replaced it with another picture: "Then look at the next ......"

After looking at the picture for more than an hour, Zhan Gui's errand was finally finished. Qian Tiandun got up and sent him out of the 'door' of the room, and when Zhan Gui walked to the 'door', he suddenly turned around and said, "Brother Qian, you took out this treasure just now, is it possible to sell it?"

Qian Tiandun was stunned and said, "Do you want to buy it?"

Zhan Gui plucked up the courage and said, "I am willing to give a thousand taels of silver." ”

Qian Tiandun shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell it." ”

"Then add another thousand taels below!" Zhan Gui felt that Qian Tiandun's tone was not very tight, so he decided to test it again.

"It's not about the money, you don't understand. Qian Tiandun shook his head and said, "With the existing conditions of Shengli Port, we can't make this thing." What we can't make ourselves, we won't sell it. Boss Zhan still died of this heart. ”

Zhan Gui did not seem to understand it, but Qian Tiandun's words also proved the treasure of this thing from the side. Zhan Guiyi reluctantly glanced back at the "baby" on the table, and then stepped out of the room.

In the next few days, Qian Tiandun continued to lead his men to conduct reconnaissance activities in and around Hoi An City. And Zhan Gui talked about business during the day, and helped Qian Tiandun sort out intelligence pictures at night. Perhaps because of the "baby's" stinging 'excitement', Zhan Gui's enthusiasm for participating in intelligence work is obviously much stronger than before he came to Hoi An, and he doesn't show the slightest tiredness when he looks at photos for an hour or two every night.

Five days later, the reconnaissance team completed its work and boarded the ship to evacuate Hoi An. When Zhan Gui left, he also took his local concubine 'servant' with him, and disposed of his own local property, because he knew that within this month, the army of Haihan would come to the city and attack this port city. The South Vietnamese military in Hoi An was certainly unable to resist the offensive of the Hai Han militia, and the fall of the city was only a matter of time. After the attack on this place, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover within two or three years, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for South Vietnam's maritime trade business to reach its current prosperity in the future.

After sailing from Hoi An, the merchant ships did not rush to return north, but stayed on Cham Island, less than ten nautical miles from Hoi An, for a day. The island is actually an archipelago of seven small neighbouring islands, the largest of which is about 13 square kilometres in size and has a small natural haven. The base camp had already taken into account the geographical location of this place when formulating the combat plan, and was ready to use this as a near-shore base for launching an offensive when carrying out operations. According to the results of the reconnaissance team's investigation, there is only a small fishing village on the island, with about 20 households, and the Haihan militia can easily take over the harbor on the island at that time.

After completing the last reconnaissance mission, the merchant ships first returned to Vinh Yen Harbor in the north according to the original route, and after dropping off a group of people belonging to the Black Soil Port Military Region, they loaded a batch of North Vietnamese specialties and dozens of selected immigrants in the local area before returning to Victory Port eastward. It is worth mentioning that although Qian Tiandun can use all kinds of black technology in reconnaissance activities, these materials can still only be sent back to Shengli Port by the most primitive methods. Therefore, it was not until mid-July that the Central Military Commission finally got the first-hand information sent back by the reconnaissance team.

With this information, the military can plan its operations in a more detailed manner. Especially after the city is breached, the targets that need to be attacked and plundered are basically based on the information sent back by the reconnaissance team. At that time, each company can use the photo as a reference, and it will be much more convenient to find targets in the city.

However, just as the military was in full swing to make final preparations, an uninvited guest arrived in Port Victory, João Enrique Bardock Thomas, a Portuguese envoy from Macao.

"Dear Mr. Tao, it's an honor to be able to meet you again!" this guy was still dressed in flashy European-style clothes, and he was '' a Cantonese official dialect that did not match his strict appearance, and Tao Donglai, who had always greeted him, greeted him loudly.

"Mr. Enrique, we meet again. Tao Donglai has not forgotten that the last time this guy took the initiative to win over the relationship, he once asked himself to call him "Enrique".

"This is really a great port city! Mr. Tao, as a businessman who has traveled to many countries, I really find it hard to believe that you have accomplished such a miracle in just over a year!" Enrique unabashedly praised the prosperity of Port Victory. From his professional point of view, the design and efficiency of the wharf here have far surpassed the traditional trading ports of Macao and Guangzhou, while the Haihan people have only settled here for a little more than a year.

"If you're willing to stay here for a while, I think you'll see more miracles. Tao Donglai was not very modest in his appreciation of the other party, after all, the facts are in front of him, and it is indeed difficult to find a second force in East Asia in this era that can build a port city with such an efficiency as the Crossing Group.

"I would love to stay longer in this beautiful place, the sun and the sand look so good!" Enrique admires, "and it looks like it's very safe!"

Like other first-time outsiders to Victory Port, Enrique was also attracted by the port's fortifications. He was the first time he had seen a fort of this density in East Asia. Although the Ming Dynasty also had several forts along the Pearl River estuary, their density was far less than that of Shengli Port. And the Haihan fort was obviously not built to be scary, when Enrique's ship sailed into the harbor, it was only a few dozen meters from the shore, and Enrique could clearly see the "door" and "door" of the cannon on the gun emplacement. From his knowledge of the weapon, it was easy to tell from the muzzle diameter that it was about 24 pounds—almost the largest caliber gun that the Portuguese could have equipped on an armed merchant ship in East Asia.

Of course, the guns installed on the ship cannot be compared with this kind of shore defense guns in terms of 'firing' range and 'sex' ability, which Enrique also knew very well. The barrels of the guns on ships are generally short, so as to facilitate placement and loading, and the 'firing' range is mostly controlled within 500 meters, while the shore defense guns can cast thick and long barrels because they have no space limitations, even if the 'firing' range exceeds 2,000 meters. The fortifications on the left and right sides of the port approach to Victory Port are arranged with at least more than 30 'guns', this kind of fire density is simply desperate, Enrique does not need to make too complicated calculations, he knows that his armed merchant ships basically do not have the possibility of forcing into Victory Port with their fire superiority.

And when he saw the rumored steel giants in the depths of the harbor, he completely destroyed the idea of fighting with the Haihan people at sea. Enrique has been to many countries in Europe and has seen countless sea ships, but he has never seen a country that can build such a large sea ship, and this ship is still made of steel throughout! Enrique is not an uninformed man, he knows very well how advanced the shipbuilding technology needs to be to build such a large ship, not to mention the heavy steel. The fact that the Haihan people were able to drive such a large ship across the sea to reach Qiongzhou Island at least shows that their shipbuilding technology is far superior to that of Western countries.

Prior to this, the Haihan people were good at shipbuilding, and the rumors that they could build iron ships with millions of catties of "fine" iron also reached the ears of the Portuguese in Australia, of course, this kind of rumor with very low credibility was not taken seriously by too many people - they thought that the Portuguese were at least the top three in the world when it came to seafaring and shipbuilding, and even the Portuguese had never heard of shipbuilding, and it was impossible to exist in this world. But after Enrique confirmed this fact with his eyes, he began to secretly curse in his heart that the pedantic officials of the Portuguese Council of Australia "Gate" should really let those arrogant guys come to Victory Port to see for themselves, so that they could dispel the idea of trying to suppress the Haihan people by sea power as soon as possible.

After several months of long quarrels, the Portuguese Council of the Macao 'Gate' finally got the news that the Haihan militia had taken action in Panyu County - although the official gazette described the situation that the Lijiazhuang militia had defeated the thousands of rogue soldiers besieging the area, it had already been rumored among the people that it was Li Jifeng, the local wealthy man. It took a lot of money to invite the Haihan people from Qiongzhou Island to train the militia, and it was only after the final victory was achieved, and the siege of the local rogue bandits was far more than the 1,000 people officially said, some said 35,000, some said 6,700,000, and some people claimed that there were tens of thousands of heroes from all walks of life who attacked Lijiazhuang at that time. But no matter which way you say it, it is a recognized fact that these bandits and green forest heroes suffered heavy casualties in the battle.

The Portuguese Council confirmed at least a few things: first, the Haihan people on Qiongzhou Island did have the ability to fight across the sea, whether the battlefield was in Annam or Canton, they could attack across this distance if necessary. Secondly, the level of equipment of the Haihan was very high, and weapons such as muskets and artillery were readily available, although this was also mentioned in the information from Annam earlier, but at that time, the Portuguese in Australia generally believed that this was just an excuse for the defeat of the army on the Annam side, and now it seems that this is not an excuse devised by the vanquished, but a terrible fact. Thirdly, with the strength of the Portuguese stationed in Macao, at most they could temporarily organize an armed force of no more than 500 men, and this strength seemed to be quite far behind the Haihans, which was enough to make the Council feel a little uneasy. A few days after the Panyu incident, the Australian 'gate' received new news that the Haihan people had united with a number of wealthy merchants to build a stronghold on an uninhabited island at the mouth of the Pearl River, and it seemed that armed men were stationed there. At this point, the council could not sit still, because the Pearl River Estuary waterway was the only way for its own merchant ships to go south, and it was almost tantamount to being choked by someone by a foreign armed force in such a position. If it had been a year ago, when such a troublesome matter had been encountered, the Council might have taken advantage of the fact that the other party was still young and decisively resorted to military means to solve it. But at present, the risk of using force against the Haihan people is too great, not to mention that it also involves a large "Qiong Lianfa" commercial firm that has recently gained a reputation in Guangdong Province. This super trading house, which was formed by a dozen wealthy merchants from the two provinces of Fuguang and Guangzhou, can be said to be rich and powerful, and no one dares to openly offend them, whether in private or in the official position, and the Portuguese are no exception -- if you offend these powerful merchants, it may become difficult to even buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty in the future.