The prosperity of the area around the Guangzhou Office will naturally help to promote the Haihan values and way of life that the Executive Committee has always advocated, but the special situation under the current orders of the Executive Committee makes it very difficult for the Guangzhou Office.

If the Executive Committee really wants to tear its face on Hainan Island and start fighting, then the Guangzhou Office must be withdrawn first, otherwise once the news spreads to Guangzhou, the first unlucky ones will be the people in the Guangzhou Office. Although there is currently about a company of armed personnel stationed here, and there is a certain security protection ability, if the senior officials in Guangdong City want to eliminate the Guangzhou Office to make an example, then this manpower may not be able to stop the Ming army from taking action. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the military forces stationed in Guangzhou can protect the safety of the cadres, the executive committee will probably not be willing to risk the lives of the traversers.

The Executive Committee is well-intentioned, but it is extremely difficult for the GJO to implement this order. Not to mention the overall withdrawal from Guangzhou, even if there is a little wind and grass, it will immediately affect Guangzhou's business district. When Hong Kong Island was being developed last year, the Executive Committee issued an order to transfer Yau Yihan from the Guangzhou Office to Hong Kong, but after the news of this normal personnel transfer spread, some people interpreted it as "Haihan may give up the shipping business near Guangzhou". There is no other reason than because Yau Yihan is the freight supervisor of the Guangzhou Office, and he has always been in charge of all the cargo transportation business between Guangzhou and Sanya. And such gossip spread very quickly in the market, and it was not until two Ligong Guilds that worked for the Guangzhou Office came to inquire that the Guangzhou Office reacted and began to refute the rumors.

If the GTO had to evacuate Guangzhou before the start of the war, there would undoubtedly be a great impact on Haihan's reputation, and it would be more likely to affect the confidence of many people who depended on the GTO to make a living. This is indeed a difficult thing to accept for Mariko, who has just been promoted and is ready to do a big job in Guangdong with enthusiasm.

"Lao Ma, the order of the executive committee must be carried out in the end, and now there should be a period of preparation before the operation, I think it is better to hurry up and think about it, and think about what reasonable reasons to use to arrange for everyone to leave Guangzhou. After reading the message, Yu Yao comforted beside him.

"It's easy to leave, but it's hard to come back!" Mariko sighed: "It took us more than two years to run the Guangzhou Office to the point where it is now, if we leave, this place will be taken over by the Guangzhou government, and it will be difficult to come back when the time comes!"

Yu Yao said with a smile: "Old Ma, you are now the chief administrative officer of the Guangdong Region, and it is not okay to keep staring at this small stall in the Guangzhou Office." When we come back, do you think the GJO will still be confined to the 100 acres of land on the north bank of the Pearl River?"

"Having said that, but ...... Hey, forget it, I have to arrange a time to go to Panyu, which is probably more troublesome than the Guangzhou Office!"

The situation in Panyu, as Marik had predicted, was far more troublesome than that of the Guangzhou Office, which did not have too many personnel. The population of the Lijiazhuang migrant camp remains above 1,000 people all year round, and the population peaks at 3,000 to 4,000 during periods of tight shipping schedules or occasional natural disasters. The vast majority of them were immigrants waiting to take a boat to Qiongzhou Island, and the Haihan himself had only two or three hundred people.

However, if the evacuation is to be arranged, the transportation capacity will be a big problem, so many personnel and materials, at least 20 large ships must be arranged to be able to transport them all, which involves not the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of Commerce, civil affairs, the military and other departments have to mobilize to cooperate with the action.

In addition, there is another problem that is difficult to solve in Panyu, that is, the storage of Lijiazhuang. As the partner who has cooperated with Haihan for the longest time and has the closest relationship, the Li family is definitely the object that Haihan will never give up lightly. If Li Jifeng nodded, then it would not be a problem for Haihan to send all the people of the Li family to Qiongzhou Island to settle down. However, the business under the name of the Li family has been in operation for more than 200 years, and the "Fu Ruifeng" branch is all over Guangdong. What's more, there are many old people in their seventies and eighties in Lijiazhuang, who may not be willing to leave their hometown and take refuge at this age.

Sha Xi, the director of the Panyu migrant camp, is now holding the telegram from the base camp, and he doesn't know what to do. According to the secrecy level set by the Ministry of Security, the contents of this telegram can only be circulated among the traversers, and even the naturalized civilian cadres cannot be informed, and naturally they cannot be disclosed to the Li family in advance. But if the Li family is not allowed to know the inside story, how can they prepare for the evacuation operation in advance?

Sha Xi almost jumped after reading the message, if it weren't for the fact that there were many naturalized people inside and outside the office, he really wanted to scold the executive committee, and gave the order with a slap on his head, and he didn't consider whether the order was feasible to execute.

"Shaxi, what's wrong with calling me back in a hurry?" Xiao Liang walked in and asked. He went to the migrant camp early in the morning to deal with several civil disputes between immigrants, and hurried back after being notified by Shaxi.

"Look at this first, a message from the base camp. Sha Xi handed the message to Xiao Liang with a gloomy face.

"This ......" Xiao Liang was speechless for a while after reading the content of the message, he knew the local situation very well, and it was indeed very difficult for the base camp to carry out this order. The population of the immigration camp plus Lijiazhuang is at least two or three thousand, and such a large belongings can be moved in a short period of time.

"The leader opens his mouth, and he breaks his leg below!" Sha Xi sighed: "The order of the executive committee is simple, but no one thinks about how to carry it out!"

Xiao Liang also seemed very helpless about this: "But if you don't withdraw, it's not a way, if you really want to take Hainan Island, the government here in Guangdong will definitely have to jump to your feet! At that time, our industry in Guangdong will bear the brunt, but fortunately, the strength of the sailors in Guangdong is limited, as long as we go out of the mouth of the Pearl River, we will probably not be able to take it." ”

Complaining is complaining, but things have to be done. In fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that the Executive Committee must have made such a big decision after weighing the pros and cons before reaching a conclusion. Haihan's interests and network of connections in Guangdong will inevitably suffer a great blow as a result, but it is clear that the Executive Committee believes that the latter will bring greater benefits to the development of the Crossing Group than to acquire the entire Hainan Island as a territory for the future establishment of power. And when the relationship between Haihan and the Ming Dynasty changed from vassals to states, many things will no longer have to be so timid, but will become simpler.

As for whether the Ming Dynasty will close the trade channels of the Haihan Dynasty because of this, the Executive Committee believes that the Ming Dynasty should take relevant measures, but the effect must be very limited, because the current bilateral trade has involved the interests of the Ming elite, and the ban on trade is equivalent to banning a big financial road for these people, even if the imperial court issued such an order to Guangdong, it is difficult to implement and implement it locally.

Taking 10,000 steps back, if the Guangdong government really intends to do so, then Haihan can also use strong ships and sharp guns to force out a few treaty ports. The semi-feudal and semi-colonial social form may have appeared on this continent hundreds of years earlier, but the difference is that this time it will not be the Western powers that will adopt the method of military solution, but the Haihan regime, which has the same roots and the same ancestry, but has a more advanced social form.

Of course, if we want to strictly speaking, in fact, there are already examples of operations in the semi-feudal and semi-colonial form, that is, the ruling methods adopted by the Haihan in Annam. However, due to its great dependence on the Haihan in both the economic and military fields, the Annan Imperial Court did not take strong resistance to the colonialism of the Haihan, but cooperated a lot. Almost ninety percent of the foreign maritime trade of the entire Annam is now controlled by the Haihan, most of the young officers of the military come from the training camps of the Haihan, and almost all the families in power have in-depth trade cooperation with the Haihan, which provides more convenient conditions for the Haihan to strengthen the political, economic, and cultural penetration of Annam.

And the Executive Committee wants to gradually transfer this set of models that have been successful in Annan to the target of Daming. Of course, the situation of Annan and Daming is very different, and it is not easy to cut meat on the behemoth of Daming. The occupation of Hainan Island is the first step in the Executive Committee's development plan.

Although the current Haihan is not afraid to fight a few battles with the Ming Dynasty, if the losses can be minimized as much as possible, the executive committee will still try its best to fight for this. The early evacuation of the offices and personnel stationed in Guangdong before the start of the war was precisely aimed at achieving this purpose. Although it will not be easy to operate, it is actually relatively simple compared to the other thing that the Executive Committee is currently planning.

"Today is the third meeting on this matter, and I hope that you can come up with a little more feasible ways to discuss it. This year's campaign will start in October at the latest, so we have about four months to prepare at most, and I hope you will be aware of that. Tao Donglai looked around at the people present and said in a deep voice.

The topic discussed at the many meetings of the Executive Committee was how to find a reasonable excuse for going to war.

With the current combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia group, it will not be particularly difficult to conquer a few cities in the northern part of Hainan Island that still belong to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it is nothing more than spending some more military spending, and this part of the expenditure can be completely compensated for by various gains after the war.

But if he directly declared war on the Ming Dynasty for no reason, Haihan would be in a very disadvantageous position morally. After all, Hainan Island has always been the land of the Ming Dynasty, and Haihan is just an outsider, although in the end the big fist is the last word, but the reputation of the magpie's nest dove is not very good after all, and it is not conducive to Haihan to promote his lofty and righteous image in the future.

There is no doubt that Haihan's image in the minds of the local people is still quite good, and the entire southern region, especially around Sanya, is almost worshipped as gods by the people. In the north, where the political influence is not so strong, Haihan has always appeared in front of the world as a conscientious rich businessman who is kind and charitable. The Executive Committee did not want these positive images to collapse in an instant, and even if there was to be a war, at least it would have to be famous.

However, this reason is not so easy to find, and the development of Haihan on the island has not been interfered too much with by the Ming government. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule on Qiongzhou Island is not particularly solid, especially in the affairs of the Li and Miao areas, where the local government has little opportunity to intervene. As for the continuous expansion of the Haihan, the officials in various parts of the island rarely adopt a hostile attitude, and more often turn a blind eye after reaping the benefits - as long as you Haihan people do not raise flags and rebel, then I will collect money with peace of mind and pretend to be transparent.

This appeasement attitude of the local government made it difficult for Haihan to find an excuse to do so. According to the original plan, if it took five to eight years to gradually control the various cities on the island by various means of infiltration, and then annex these areas in a peaceful way, it would also be a feasible plan, but now that the wings are full in advance, the top and bottom are not willing to spend another few years of precious time to slowly engage in peaceful evolution.

He Xi and Wang Tom went around the island and finally came to the conclusion that several cities in the north were unlikely to be peacefully handed over, and they still needed to be seized by force. In view of the limited strength of the opponent, how to defeat this battle is not the biggest problem, but the reason for starting the battle has become a troublesome problem for the Executive Committee.

The first two meetings did not discuss a concrete result, and although the members of the Executive Committee expressed their opinions, to be honest, no feasible plan was proposed. The main reason is that the starting point of "occupying the righteousness" is too difficult, and this is not a question of occupying a Yacheng or the entire Yazhou, but to occupy the more than 30,000 square kilometers of land, and the small reasons for making a fuss such as the loss of a few people or the loss of a few goods are simply not enough to be put on the table as an excuse for war.

This meeting was actually similar to the previous two meetings, and after some chaotic discussions, no decent plan was discussed. Tao Donglai looked around at the people present, and saw that only the old man Yuan Ruoxiu, who was old, had not spoken, so he raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop first: "Old man Yuan, you haven't spoken today, if you have any opinions, you might as well point us out." ”

Yuan Ruoxiu said slowly: "Actually, I haven't come up with any specific solutions, but I have an idea. ”

"Old man, please speak!" Tao Donglai hurriedly replied.

"Let's talk about it, in fact, there is only one reason, that is, we can't tear our faces and do it with Da Ming!" Yuan Ruoxiu said slowly: "Since it is inconvenient for us to do it, then we might as well find another family to be this wicked person." ”