For the fast-growing Haihan country, there has always been a huge shortage of professionals in the field of propaganda, so much so that the Haihan Propaganda Department has to recruit people like storytellers from the people. The quality of Mr. Storyteller is uneven, and occasionally there are a few newcomers like Liu Shang, whose professional quality is slightly better, and they are often left to work in Sanya by the high-level, after all, the local area, as the political center of the Haihan Kingdom, must have a special tilt and care in terms of resources.

Although Zhang Xin has also tried to let the local academy open a professional training of propagandists, the problem is that the practitioners of this industry have been trained in Sanya, and those with outstanding qualifications will inevitably be intercepted. Propaganda personnel who can really be trained locally and can eventually stay in the local area to work are often poor in terms of qualifications and numbers. In this way, a preacher like Liu Shang who has a clear mind, speaks clearly, and does not have stage fright is very rare in Zhang Xin's eyes.

And Yu Xiaobao has been rolling in the Haihan officialdom for several years, of course, he also understands what Zhang Xin means, but he doesn't want to get involved in this matter, so he goes around the words very smoothly. This kind of immortal fight, Yu Xiaobao understands that it is best not to act as a messenger in the middle, otherwise it will easily become a situation that is not pleasing to both sides.

Of course, Yu Xiaobao also admitted that this Liu Shang is indeed a talent, and he has brought a few preachers who were transferred from Mr. Storyteller before, either they are not professional enough and cannot be on the stage, or they are full of Jianghu flavor, and they are not suitable for political propaganda. And this Liu Shang's gestures are still some literati, and he has an excellent memory, this manuscript full of numbers can be written down and unscripted speeches, even among the existing personnel of the Propaganda Department, it is rare, plus Liu Shang's typhoon is steady, even on occasions of hundreds of people, there is no nervous and panicked performance, it can be said that Yu Xiaobao really can't find anything to find fault with.

Yu Xiaobao's original candidate was actually from the Ministry of Commerce, and he was more familiar with the content of the manuscript, but his preaching level was much worse than Liu Shangke's. Although Liu Shang did not understand economics and trade, he was able to tell the manuscript to the audience at a more reasonable pace, and Yu Xiaobao thought that the effect of his operation should be even better than that of the original personnel, and it could be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

Yu Xiaobao is actually selfish about such talents, and the Youth League he is in charge of already has a lot of propaganda work, and it happens to be very lacking in professionals in this area. If possible, he would very much like to hope that after returning to Sanya, he would bring this Liu Shang to work under him. Based on such an idea, he naturally would not agree to help Zhang Xin come forward to ask for someone.

Liu Shangke didn't know about the secret tricks of the two Haihan officials in the audience, and he didn't dare to be distracted on stage to think about other things. Although this preaching activity was based on the script, there was not much room for him to play on his own, but he did not dare to be careless, if he said anything wrong, then the goodwill that he had accumulated so hard in the past few days might be in vain. Liu Shang didn't even understand the many data in what he said, but when he heard the exclamations and whispers from the audience, he naturally understood that these data were very touching to businessmen from all over the world, and they must have a lot of vital interests.

Liu Shang only hated himself for having too little knowledge, and now even if the Haihan people clearly informed themselves of these economic information, they could only understand two or three out of ten, which was really a waste of such a great opportunity for intelligence gathering. If you change to someone who really knows how to do it, maybe the value of the information you can gather will be multiplied several times.

Liu Shang secretly made a decision in his heart, if he went back safely this time and could continue to lurk in Sanya, then he would have to try to apply for a few more advanced courses in the future and learn some skills that he could use. Otherwise, this errand of gathering intelligence really can't be done for a long time. Listening to what Yu Xiaobao and others said, Haihan does not set a high threshold for the training qualifications of state agency staff, basically as long as they voluntarily sign up and have enough disposable time, then as long as a formal application is made, it will be approved in principle.

It is certainly necessary to learn about economics and trade, weapons manufacturing and military affairs, and it is also necessary to study this knowledge of navigation in order to be able to clarify the various trade routes between Hainan Island and the countries of the South China Sea. There is also the principle of the steam engine that Liu Shang is most interested in, which is also a course that must be learned in a way. If you think about it so casually, there are a lot of things that need to be learned, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results in a year and a half.

When he visited the academy in the local area before, Liu Shang also listened to several mountain chiefs introduce the disciplines of their respective colleges, and many of the more professional subjects often do not take three or five months to be trained, and some subjects even take several years to train qualified practitioners, which is obviously unacceptable to Liu Shang. Even if he had so much time to learn, his boss wouldn't have the patience to wait for him to finish all the preparations.

"It's really not easy to be a spy!" When Liu Shang stepped back from the stage after speaking, the thoughts that flashed in his heart had nothing to do with the preaching at this time. Although the audience applauded his presentation, he did not react much. Liu Shang understood that these applause were not a wonderful speech for himself, but only for the many new policies and preferential measures given to the business community in this manuscript, as well as his so-called official status as a "propaganda officer". Even if someone else came up and stumbled to read the manuscript, these businessmen in the audience also gave warm applause in response.

Returning to his seat, Liu Shang saw that Yu Xiaobao also nodded at him in affirmation, and quickly bowed down in response. Seeing this, Zhang Xin said to Xiaobao: "Your subordinates don't seem to be too accustomed to the rules on our side?"

Yu Xiaobao nodded and said, "It's only been two months since I came to Haihan, and many habits can't be changed so quickly." But it's not a big deal, many people are not to blame, and it can be seen from these details that he is a well-behaved person. ”

The preaching activity lasted until lunchtime, and according to Haihan's usual arrangement for this kind of activity, there was naturally a grand banquet waiting for the guests to participate. And Liu Shang, as one of the members of the inspection team, is naturally indispensable to attend, but Yu Xiaobao has not forgotten that Liu Shang is "sick", and specially asked about his physical condition, if not, he will go back to the guest house to rest first.

Liu Shang was not sick in the first place, but he didn't rest well last night, which caused him to be mentally sleepy today. However, this kind of social occasion can often collect a lot of information that will not be displayed on the table, and he naturally can't miss it, not to mention that he can enjoy food and wine, there is really no reason to refuse.

Yu Xiaobao asked him again to confirm, Liu Shang did not doubt him, nodded and said that he was fine, and he didn't need to go back to rest in advance.

Nanhai Restaurant is the most high-end dining place in Danzhou City, and this place has a special significance for Danzhou officials, four years ago in March, Haihan set up a bureau in this place to arrest Huang Zixing, the mastermind of the plot to assassinate officials, and others. It was also after the Huang Zixing case that some bad local tendencies in Danzhou were quickly purged, and a large number of local gentry who resisted the Haihan were suppressed, and those who were arrested and relocated were relocated, and since then Danzhou has truly been included in the rule of the Haihan.

Zhang Xin thought that this place was his blessed land, so he later held some large banquets that were not easy to be hosted by guest houses. There are more than 300 guests attending the lecture today, and the banquet after that will naturally be arranged here, and the entire restaurant will be wrapped up to avoid loopholes in security.

Liu Shang has seen all kinds of banquets held by the Haihan people along the way, and he is not surprised at the moment, so he can only sigh silently in his heart, "It's good to be rich". As everyone knows, this kind of banquet is actually not much funded by the government, and local chambers of commerce, college associations and other organizations will contribute some funds, and the restaurant will also give a quotation close to the cost price very familiarly.

The ground floor of the Nanhai Restaurant is arranged with the entourage of all parties, the second floor is the world of the merchants, and the limited tables on the third floor are basically all official figures. The identity of Liu Shang's inspection team is there, and naturally he is also sitting on the third floor.

In addition to Haihan's own officials, civil and military officials from Annam, Champa and other countries also dined on the third floor. After Liu Shang read it, he realized that the person who commanded the so-called Guangxi Navy Division during the military exercise was actually a Navy General of the Daming Lianzhou Prefecture. However, the old man sitting in the seat has short hair and is dressed as a Haihan naval officer, where does this look like a military attache of the Ming Dynasty?

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhang Qianzhi had not appeared for the time being, Liu Shang asked Yu Xiaobao this question. Yu Xiaobao explained: "We sent people out of the boat, Daming made a compilation, and then everyone worked together to maintain the brand of sailor, and the matter is as simple as that." ”

Liu Shang was stunned and said: "If this matter is known to the commander of the Liangguang Metropolitan or the Governor's Yamen, wouldn't the civil and military officials of the Lianzhou Mansion be unlucky?"

Yu Xiaobao said with a smile: "Can you do this secretly? Naturally, the formalities are complete and the official approval is complete, so that the establishment of this water division can be retained." Let me tell you the truth, the commanders and the governor's yamen are all in the know, and all the formalities for the establishment of this sailor are also legal. This naval division is indeed a naval division subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, but they only obey the orders of the Haihan Ministry of Defense. ”

When Liu Shang heard this, he naturally understood the trick of the Haihan people, and replaced the establishment of the Daming Navy with his own navy, so that the Haihan warships could appear in the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty in a grand manner, and control the coastline of these areas.

This is just an army on the sea, I don't know if Haihan also implemented similar means against the Ming army on land, if even the Ming troops stationed in various states and provinces were replaced by Haihan with their own troops, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to emptying all the official offices in these places.

Liu Shang wanted to ask this question in depth, but he was very worried that he was too enthusiastic about this kind of thing, which would arouse Yu Xiaobao's suspicions. After contact these days, he also knows that his young boss is quite sophisticated, not as immature as his baby face, not to mention that there is a ghost-like Zhang Qianzhi who appears from time to time.

Unexpectedly, Yu Xiaobao himself took the initiative to talk about it: "Regarding the use of the establishment of the Ming army to support our army, in fact, it is beneficial to both countries, you think about it, the Ming Dynasty only needs to pay a small amount of military expenses to raise an army with higher combat effectiveness, and when necessary, we will also let the army help the Ming Dynasty deal with local chaos." And we can use the garrison and military expenses of the Ming army, and we can also save a considerable amount of money in terms of expenditure, and can effectively ensure the stability of the area near Hainan Island, which can be regarded as killing multiple birds with one stone. ”

Liu Shangxin said in his heart: Your sophistry may sound reasonable at first glance, but how can there be such a reason for using other countries' territory and military funds to support their own troops? It is no wonder that the coastal prefectures of Liangguang and Guangxi have pretended not to see all kinds of measures taken by the Haihan, and if this army is replaced, who will dare to stand up against the Haihan?

In fact, this practice began to be implemented at the beginning of Haihan's landing in Sanya, and the earliest target was the sailor of Yacheng. At that time, Luo Shengdong's sailors all changed careers and became smuggler salt dealers, and the establishment of Yacheng Water Village was naturally replaced by the Haihan Army, and later the Ming army stationed in Yacheng was also replaced, and Yacheng was included in Sanya in disguise. Now it is only that this practice has been extended to the Daming Continent, and the means are becoming more and more mature, from the past to the semi-public now.

Even if someone was as aware of the dangers of doing so as Liu Shang, it would be difficult to find any way to stop the continuous erosion of the local garrison of the Ming Dynasty by the Haihan. What's more, the local government does not blindly play the role of oppression, and in the process of this kind of interest transaction, some of the military funds issued by the Ming Military Department have flowed into the pockets of the local officials. Although the benefit is that Haihan takes the lion's share, for local officials, maintaining the status quo can not only ensure peace, but also private can get considerable benefits, so why not?

As for what the imperial court thinks, does that matter? Who cares about the thoughts of the emperor in the Forbidden City thousands of miles away, even if the emperor wants to rectify the chaos in these distant frontiers, the people sent down from the capital will not be able to fight the local snake with Haihan behind him. After Liu Shang figured out the key to this, he felt powerless and hopeless about the situation in Liangguang.