Although the two of them have a clear division of labor and are each responsible for one field, in the final analysis, the scope of Marik's control is only Guangdong, and He Xi's authority can set foot in all the areas that the Haihan forces can reach - even in the distant Batavia, the Nanyang Intelligence Station is in the initial stage, and its administrative subordination is also under the Ministry of Security led by He Xi.

Coupled with the special nature of the intelligence department's pervasiveness and omnipotence, Mariko, the number one leader of the Guangzhou Office, can no longer hold He Xi as firmly as he did during the Cliff Office. Fortunately, He Xi is not a person who likes to compete for power and profit, in fact, he has a clear view of his political position, due to the special nature of the security intelligence department, this position of supervisor is very likely to be the culmination of his political career in the future - after all, the situation of being able to transform from the head of the intelligence department to the leader of the country like Putin the Great in another time and space cannot be replicated, unless he is willing to give up his own post in the future to follow the path of a professional politician.

However, He Xike didn't want to lose what he was doing, and a large part of the reason why he chose to join the crossing operation was that he hoped to get a stage where he could play freely and build the intelligence empire in his mind. And at that time, several members of the preparatory committee who presided over the operation did give He Xi very large authority after coming to this time and space, so that he could have the opportunity to build Haihan's exclusive intelligence agency from scratch. For He Xi, the work of security intelligence is far more attractive than simply engaging in politics, not to mention that the top-level structure of Haihan's bureaucratic system has become stable, and the lineup of this executive committee will be relatively stable for at least the next few years, and it is unlikely that major changes will occur.

Therefore, at present, there is no conflict of interests between Marico and He Xi, but because of the importance and particularity of the Guangzhou Office, they are tied together, and the relationship between the two is much more harmonious than that of the Yacheng period. Marik was very interested in leaving most of the foreign affairs dealing with the Guangdong government to He Xi, and he only focused on commerce and immigration, but the matter of arms trade with the Ming Dynasty was indeed very important, even if Marik did not personally participate in the negotiation process, the success or failure of this matter would still be counted as his share. Therefore, for the negotiation process last night, Marico also expressed a rare concern.

"But it's not all bad news, although this Liu Qian hasn't let go yet, he hasn't made it clear that he can't do it, there should still be a chance. He Xi was not completely disappointed with the progress of his work yesterday.

"Even if he can't do this, he may deliberately drag you in order to take advantage of you. Marico reminded.

"There is such a possibility. He Xi nodded and admitted Mariko's statement: "But I think if he just intends to cheat some money from us, he should weigh the consequences of doing so in advance, after all, people who offend us often don't turn out to be too good." ”

The rumors that the Haihan people are good at predicting the changes of heaven and machine have been spread among the people since they first arrived in Guangdong the year before last, and then the change of the Ming throne, the sudden fall of the eunuch party in its heyday, and the replacement of the governor of Liangguang and other major events, all of which verified the mysterious ability of the Haihan people. Although there are very few people who really get first-hand information from Haihan, it is precisely because of this that the effect of these rumors after spreading among the people is even more miraculous. In particular, among the upper classes of Cantonese society, there were quite a few people who believed that the Haihan people did have some special ability to predict the future - and this was naturally the reason why the Li family vigorously touted it.

Rumors like this spread ten, ten and hundred, and after a long time, it slowly became a certain conventional opinion among the people, that is, this ability of the Haihan people is enough to make them turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble, and anyone who wants to be against them will inevitably be inexplicably unlucky. Moreover, this statement has also been linked to various major events that have occurred in Guangdong in the past two years to prove its reliability.

For example, Wei Zhongxian, who suddenly fell after the change of the throne, is said to have been because the eunuchs paid tribute to Wei Gelding in order to get a limited number of Haihan specialties for sale, and demanded cards from the Haihan people in Guangzhou, greedily asking for benefits, and finally angered them, and everyone knows what the result was. Wei Zhongxian, who was once known as "nine thousand years old", also hanged himself on the way back to Beijing because he was charged with ten major crimes. And he did not receive the emperor's forgiveness after his death, Chongzhen issued an edict to dismember Wei Zhongxian, hang his head in Hejian Mansion for public display, and his henchmen were also investigated and punished. At that time, the people who were pulled down from the officialdom of Liangguang because of their involvement in the eunuch party also planted twenty or thirty people one after another.

As for Li Fengjie, the governor of Liangguang who was dismissed by the imperial court for some reason, wasn't it because his eldest son had a conflict with the third prince of Li Sangong, who had close personal relations with the Haihan people, in a restaurant? In the eyes of the people, Master Li's sudden resignation was actually a typical case of a bear child cheating on his father, provoking people who should not be provoked. At that time, when the "Fu Ruifeng" Li family publicly stated that they would not bow to the Governor's Palace, there were still many people who thought that Li Jifeng was killing himself by challenging the Governor of Liangguang, but the development of things took a turn for the worse, and it didn't take long for Li Fengjie to be removed and replaced, and the newly sent governor of the imperial court, Lord Wang, was said to have a good relationship with Li Jifeng's family. To say that the Haihan people have not interfered in this matter, no one will believe it at all, not to mention that Li Jifeng himself has said on different occasions that the thriving business of "Furuifeng" in the past two years is the guidance of the masters, and the high-ranking people who are most closely related to "Furuifeng" are not the Haihan people who are known as the most good at trading in the entire Liangguang and Qiongzhou Island?

In addition, there are some things that Haihan has not predicted at all, and a consensus has also been reached among the people, believing that Haihan did it intentionally. For example, the year before, Lijiazhuang was besieged by many rogues, which was originally an emergency, but because the Haihan militia was in place in time to provide military support, and finally fought a one-sided terrible result, many people among the people thought that the Haihan people had long expected that something would happen to Lijiazhuang, so they set up traps in the local area in advance, dug a pit and waited for the rogues to attack, so that they would have won such a big victory that even the official had nothing to say.

In short, in the past two or three years, anyone who provokes Haihan has no good end in the end, and once this kind of thing forms a law, it still has a strong deterrent effect on people's hearts. Therefore, He Xi dared to pack a ticket for Mariko, thinking that the other party did not have enough courage to play tricks with him.

"But Master Liu can afford to delay, we can't afford to delay, although the executive committee does not urge on the surface, but do you pay attention to the official document sent this time? It reads, 'In order to formulate next year's military budget as soon as possible', according to last year's rules, the budget should be released in October and November, so we will actually only have two or three months to implement this matter, and it is a bit tight to say!" said Marik anxiously.

"That's why I asked Gong Qiqi to hurry back from Qingyuan. He Xi didn't seem to be in a hurry: "When necessary, we can still use some unconventional means, such as finding a way to dig up the black history of this Master Liu." ”

"He's an outsider, I'm afraid this black history isn't easy to dig up!" Marik questioned He Xi's statement.

"It's okay, I can't dig it up, we can help him make a little black history. He Xi seemed to have a long time in his chest: "If he doesn't cooperate, he will find a way to stink him and make him unable to stay in Guangzhou." ”

When Marik heard this, he didn't ask any further. Since He Xi said that there is a way, then it will definitely be able to be done, and as for the specific method, Marik does not want to inquire about it - He Xi said that it is an unconventional method, so there must be something that violates ordinary principles. Marik is not a mental hygienist, but he doesn't want to know the shady things about the intelligence service.

After the two reached a basic agreement on this topic, they moved on to the next official business. Yu Yao walked in with an official letter and handed it to Mariko: "This is the official letter of the Executive Committee from the ship that just arrived this morning, and the content is about the expropriation of the militia. ”

"Isn't the conscription supposed to wait until we send the immigrants to Port Victory?" said Marik as he opened the document and began to examine its contents.

The main content of this official document was issued after the previous executive meeting of the Executive Committee approved the plan for the expansion of the armed forces, and the main content of the document was to inform all units stationed abroad that there were certain arrangements and adjustments for the current expansion plan. The one that has the closest relationship with the Guangzhou Office is that the Executive Committee intends to gradually liberalize the conscription authority of the Guangzhou Office and allow the military team of the Guangzhou Office to recruit militia members on the spot in Guangdong.

Of course, in view of the fact that Guangdong does not currently have a relatively mature large-scale military training institution, and it is a politically sensitive area, this kind of conscription will not be carried out in a big way. The most likely way to adopt is to select young people from the immigrants and form local patrol teams to play the side game. Moreover, after conducting simple basic training, these soldiers recruited from the mainland will still be transferred to the Shengli Port Military Base in batches on schedule to receive relatively specialized training -- more importantly, let them see the great strength of the Haihan group, and carry out a relatively thorough transformation of the consciousness of these soldiers in the prosperous state of the Sanya area.

Marik finished reading the official document at a very fast speed, and then handed it to He Xi next to him, and he himself asked Yu Yao: "Conscription is a resolution of the Executive Committee, I don't have any opinion on this, but there is a question, what is the channel for the cost of conscription?"

"The Ministry of Finance will soon allocate special supplementary military spending, and the relevant expenses will go to the account of the Military Commission, Director Ma can rest assured that it will not affect the economic situation of the Guangzhou Office. Yu Yao responded with a smile.

"Your military commission has already planned it!" said Mariko, "With so many units, I think your military is the most efficient." ”

"That's still the score. Yu Yao shook his head and disagreed with Mariko's statement: "We started to report at the beginning of the year, requesting that the control area of the Pearl River Estuary be expanded to the east, and now it has entered the second half of the year, and this matter has not been heard back." Every time I call a report and go back to urge it, I am blocked by the Military Commission and the General Staff with reasons such as 'the time is not ripe', so tell me how efficient this is?"

Mariko said with a smile: "You are only expanding eastward, you are directly planning to occupy Hong Kong Island! There is still the garrison of the Daming Naval Division over there, how can the Military Commission approve your crazy plan." ”

Yu Yao disagreed: "Hong Kong Island, it is better to occupy Hong Kong Island late, the sooner we can occupy Hong Kong Island, the sooner we can achieve actual control of the important shipping lanes between Fuzhou and Guangzhou." ”

When Xiao Liang and Yu Yao first arrived in Guangzhou, they were bent on establishing a military base at the mouth of the Pearl River and controlling the choke point in and out of the Pearl River. However, for this reason, they waited for more than half a year before finally ushering in the development of Dawanshan Island by the Executive Committee.

After the establishment of Wanshan Port, they have set their sights on Hong Kong Island, which has better conditions and a larger area. Compared with the small size of Dawanshan Island, Hong Kong Island, which covers an area of nearly 80 square kilometers, clearly has more potential for development. Hong Kong Island has excellent natural harbors on both sides of the north and south, and the strait between its north and the mainland is the only way for ships from Fujian to enter and exit the Pearl River, and its strategic position is far from being comparable to that of the small Dawanshan Island. If Dawanshan Island is only suitable for use as a maritime outpost in the waters of the Pearl River Estuary, then Hong Kong Island can be regarded as a place where the military really wants to take over and build a large military base.

Of course, if Hong Kong Island is indeed taken one day, the local use will certainly be no less than just a military base, and the role of commerce and trade should be no less than a military deterrent. If done right, it will not be difficult to turn it into the largest trading center on the southeast coast in a few years - provided that it is taken.

As the military top brass feared, Hong Kong Island is still under the direct control of the Ming Dynasty, and there are garrisons and water villages of the Guangdong Navy Division on the island. Under such circumstances, it is unlikely that the Haihan militia would have occupied the island in a completely peaceful manner. And the outbreak of armed conflict with Daming, not only the Executive Committee does not want to see it, but even the belligerent military top brass also does not want to tear up with Daming at this stage. Before finding a reasonable way to take Hong Kong Island, the Military Commission will definitely hold on to the plan submitted by the military team of the Guangzhou Office, which Yu Yao himself knows very well, and the reason why he will complain is actually because he is unwilling to accept this status quo.