At the end of January 1630, the first Haihan Youth League cadre training course quietly began a 90-day training course. A total of 73 young naturalized citizens from various regions under the rule of Haihan participated in the seminar, and they will be exposed to more than a dozen professional courses such as administrative management, sociology, human resource development, organizational behavior, economics, law, survey and statistics, and administrative document writing for the first time in the course of this training. Although most of what they can learn is superficial due to time constraints and personal literacy, in the naturalized civilian system, these young people are the first cadres to receive professional administrative training, and their qualifications after graduation are very different from those of ordinary naturalized cadres.

In fact, the content of these courses has been more or less exposed to and practiced by the young naturalized cadres in their previous jobs, but they have not been able to form theoretical concepts in their minds, let alone explore the laws in them, and summarize them into regular and institutionalized conclusions. The course of the refresher course is to help them improve their theoretical level according to the actual situation, so that they can adapt to the requirements of the new job.

The location of the refresher course was not located in Fort Shengli, or even in the area around Shengli Port, but next to the army barracks of the militia regiment on the Luhuitou Peninsula. Like the militias, the refresher classes have adopted a closed management model, and the canteens and bathrooms are shared with the militia camps, except that they do not have to go out every day to participate in military training, they are basically the same as the militias.

This is a very intimate arrangement for Fu Li, who is bent on entering the militia and serving as a soldier. During the break after class, Fu Li almost immediately ran to the playground of the militia to watch their daily drills.

In his spare time, Yu Xiaobao is busy communicating with other students, and it is difficult for him to have the opportunity to contact so many naturalized cadres of the same age in the system, and many of these students are from departments and positions that Xiaobao is not familiar with, which is also a good opportunity for him to understand the operation mechanism of the entire Haihan social system.

The departments under the leadership of the Guangzhou Office are mainly in the fields of commerce and trade, finance, intelligence, shipping, immigration affairs, and the military, while the civil affairs, construction, industrial and agricultural production and other industries are still relatively unfamiliar fields for Xiaobao.

As for the teachers of the advanced training class, it is probably the strongest class of naturalized civilian cadres in history, in addition to Ning Qi, Tao Donglai, Schneider, Yan Chujie and others have also personally come forward to teach. For the students who almost regard the Executive Committee as a god, the effect is equivalent to beating the blood.

At this time, the students may not all be aware of the historical position they will have in the Haihan system, and the "Central League Cadre School", which was later regarded as the www.biquge.info of the Officialdom Biqu Pavilion, has not yet been officially established, but in the subsequent annals, they are still habitually called the first League cadre school students. The vast majority of these cadets later grew up to become the first naturalized leaders in various departments, and many historians believe that the process of transferring power between the pure-blooded Haihan and the native people should also be counted from this time.

At the same time as the opening of the training course, at the southern tip of Hong Kong Island, nearly 400 nautical miles away from Sanya, the first phase of the new port project organized and implemented by the Ministry of Construction was finally completed smoothly - the Sham Wan Wharf in the middle of the bay between Ap Lei Chau and Hong Kong Island was completed and put into use.

Of course, this so-called completion is actually only the completion of the construction of the pier embankment and trestle bridge, as for the various facilities on the wharf, the dredging work in the port, etc., it will take time to slowly improve. In the later stage, there will be two adjacent harbor wharves in Tai Shue Wan and Aberdeen Bay, one south and one north, which need to be constructed, plus the military wharves on both sides of the northeast of Ap Lei Chau, which can be regarded as the basic completion of the development of the southwest tip of Hong Kong Island.

According to the conservative estimate of the Provisional Management Committee, it will take at least half a year to ten months to complete the planned port construction project. It is unlikely that the plan to occupy the entire island of Hong Kong Island will be implemented in the short term – after all, even if it is occupied now, there will not be enough manpower and material resources to develop and build it.

In the office of the Provisional Management Committee of Nangang on Hong Kong Island, Yau Yi-han was exchanging views with visiting Chen Lin on the current situation on Hong Kong Island.

"So you have no intention of expanding north in the near future, is it correct to understand it this way?" Chen Lin asked cautiously.

Although he was a little reluctant, Chen Lin, a timber merchant, was appointed as a liaison by the Ming army sailors in the north and the Haihan people in the south, responsible for delivering news to both sides in the middle. However, he soon realized the benefits of this status, not only did he not have to pay any fees to stop at the ports on both the north and south sides, but he also learned a lot of insider information that could easily be turned into real money if he wasn't a fool.

Chen Lin knew very well that the Ming army in the north was most worried about the idea that the Haihan people would continue to fight other places on the island after occupying the harbor in the south, especially the Shau Kei Wan typhoon shelter where the navy was located, which was almost the best natural harbor on the northern coastline of Hong Kong Island, and happened to guard the throat channel of Liyue Mun. Although the Haihan people took the initiative to put forward several rules for peaceful coexistence, the sailor did not directly agree to it for the sake of face, but just acquiesced. For them, the Haihan people's verbal promises did not have much effect, and they could not give them enough security, so Chen Lin had one more task on his shoulders, to inquire about the latest movements and intentions of the Haihan side from time to time.

And this time when he came to meet You Yihan, Chen Lin listened to the meaning of the other party's words, and it seemed that he didn't plan to set foot in the north of the island in the near future, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Boss Chen's statement is not right. You Yihan shook his head and corrected: "What is the northward expansion and not the northward expansion? Our Haihan is not a single country, and what we are stepping on under our feet is still the land of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, yes, it's a gaffe!" Chen Lin apologized repeatedly, raised his hand and wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead with his sleeve. Of course, he will not take what You Yihan said completely seriously, Haihan has indeed not established a country yet, but if this development momentum continues, in the next few years, maybe one day this group of people will really establish a country, as for the land they occupy, will they obediently return it when the Ming government sends a word?

"Boss Chen, it's not the first time we've dealt with each other, and after a few months, I believe you know more about us. You see, we are all peace-loving people, and in the few months we have been here, we have not done anything that violates the laws and discipline of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, there is really no need for those Ming troops in the north to speculate on us with this kind of malice. "After You Yihan has been an archon here for a few months, he is no longer as helpless as he was at the beginning, even in the field of diplomacy that he is not so good at, he can safely blow a little mysterious truth to a foreign businessman like Chen Lin.

"We are here to lead the people here and make this place a prosperous port where everyone can live a better life. You Yihan said unhurriedly: "We are just a group of businessmen who want to do something beneficial to the people, and there is no need for the imperial court to be so guarded against us. ”

"Yes, yes, Director You is right!" Chen Lin echoed, but he was a little unimpressed in his heart.

When Haihan first arrived here, he completed the land acquisition in a very short time, and Chen Lin absolutely did not believe it to say that the locals were willing to sell the land to Haihan. And Haihan's ability to complete the land acquisition so quickly must have something to do with the hundreds of militia soldiers they sent. And then for the few rules issued by the sailor in the north, it is no longer something that can be defined by "violating the law and discipline of the Ming Dynasty", it can be said that there is no law.

As for what kind of peace-loving, Chen Ping didn't believe it even more. On the wharf, you can see a whole group of Haihan militiamen with loaded guns and ammunition at any time, and the artillery battery on the small island on the other side of the strait is being built day and night.

But then again, when these news were fed back to the Ming army in the north, the sailor generals, who were still a little angry, were silent, and all adopted a tacit attitude towards the several rules announced by the Haihan people. If we insist that we are here for peace, then at least this purpose has been achieved.

The sailors of the Ming army have already chosen to be soft, and Chen Lin, as the middleman, will naturally not be unwittingly strong for the Ming army, as long as the Haihan people do not talk about starting a war, then this business can continue smoothly. Haihan's reputation in the business circles of Guangzhou, Guangzhou and Guangzhou is very good, and after Chen Lin traded with Haihan several times, he gradually realized where Haihan's good reputation came from.

First of all, the payment method of Haihan people is very convenient, and a thin bank ticket issued by Haihan Bank can complete the payment of goods. Chen Lin only needs to take the silver ticket to the Haihan Bank outside the east city to withdraw the cash when he returns to Guangzhou, and the small bearer silver ticket issued by the Haihan has an excellent payment reputation in the business district of Guangzhou, and the transaction between merchants and merchants adopts a large number of new payment methods, and the promotion of these financial means is also based on the good business reputation of the Haihan people. With such a convenient payment method, Chen Lin no longer has to go out with a whole box of cash without worry.

Secondly, Chen Lin also appreciates the efficient operation of Haihan in the process of commerce, and the time for the cargo ships under his name to dock and unload at the Haihan Wharf is basically not more than half a day, and the inventory of goods and the payment are also very fast, almost completed at the same time as unloading, which greatly improves the efficiency of the use of cargo ships under Chen Lin's name. In the past, it took him at least one night to unload the goods from his ship to the northern port, but now that the time required for this link has been greatly reduced, Chen Lin can run at least three or four more round-trips on the voyage from Guangzhou to Hong Kong every month, which means that his monthly income can be increased by 30% - which is a real benefit that can be seen and felt!

The huge demand for semi-finished wood by the Haihan people also surprised Chen Lin. Originally, the scale of his operation was relatively limited, because there were not many residents on Hong Kong Island, and the demand for semi-finished timber was not large. As soon as the Haihan people arrived, they started to build on a large scale, placing almost five times as many orders for him every month as in the past - this is also because there were already two other timber suppliers before him, and the share that could be allocated to him was very limited.

The Haihan people will not bargain with Chen Lin repeatedly on the price, but they are very strict with the quality and delivery time of the goods, and if they fail to meet their requirements, they will deduct the corresponding part from the payment. But even so, the orders thrown by Haihan have already made Chen Lin make a lot of money, and the profits in just two or three months after the arrival of Haihan people last year are basically equivalent to a year of hard work in the past.

From a purely business point of view, Chen Lin actually hopes that the Haihan people will not stop there, but continue to expand their territory to the north, so that there will be a steady stream of infrastructure projects to be carried out, and the Haihan people's demand for timber will continue. But if the Haihan people continue to expand northward, this will undoubtedly hurt the interests of the Ming Dynasty, the more territory the Haihan people occupy now, the more difficult the situation of the Ming Dynasty will be in the future, Chen Lin still understands this truth, but which is more important, Chen Lin is still uncertain for a while.

"I invite you to come over this time, and I have one more thing to tell you. You Yihan probably felt that the greetings were almost over, so he changed the topic and got down to business: "Our port is now beginning to take shape, and the next step is to start running a formal management system......

Chen Lin immediately sat up straight and pricked up his ears to listen carefully to You Yihan's words. Through this period of contact, he already knew that one of the characteristics of the Haihan people was that there were so many rules, so complicated that even when walking on the road, there were rules on whether to go left or right. Before, because the port project was not completed, there was no system to talk about, anyway, the ship would dock and unload the cargo when it arrived, and collect the money and leave after unloading. Now that You Yihan took the initiative to mention this matter, Chen Lin thought that there was probably something special in it.