From the very beginning, the Executive Committee did not intend to rule Annam directly, but hoped to exert military, economic, political, and chemical influence over the Annam regime, and eventually position it as a vassal state of the Haihan regime. A large part of the various military assistance provided to the North Vietnamese court at this stage is also aimed at achieving this long-term goal.

The situation in Annam is that the ministers are in power, and this is the case in both the north and the south, but the military generals are in charge in the north, and the ministers are in charge in the south, and the Li emperors on the throne are just puppets. Hai Han chose to support North Vietnam, so he naturally took the North Vietnamese military system as a key target, and continued to train new troops and senior officers for North Vietnam, so as to gradually increase Hai Han's influence in the North Vietnamese army.

Such measures have indeed had a certain effect, for example, Zheng Ting, the first batch of North Vietnamese officers to receive training from Haihan, and others have now entered the top echelons of the main battle units on the front line in the North Vietnamese army. Although these North Vietnamese soldiers did not necessarily agree with some of the Haihan's practices, and even had a certain degree of vigilance, it is undeniable that almost all of these officers who had received Haihan-style training had already said how Haihan was, and used Haihan's model as the yardstick -- after all, the Haihan militia has been invincible since its appearance, and there is no second choice for such an impeccable model.

Judging from the results achieved in military aid at this stage, although Hai Han is not yet able to influence the military movements of North Vietnam for the time being, its influence in the North Vietnamese military has begun to take shape, especially in the arms trade, Hai Han has basically monopolized the arms market in North Vietnam. Now, in addition to muskets, artillery, and corresponding ammunition and spare parts, Haihan has also begun to export a large number of waist knives, spear tips, plate armor, barbed wire, and other weapons and equipment. The technical content of these things is not high, and the iron ore in the base camp of Haihan, coupled with the advanced production model, can control the cost at a low level, and the export price to North Vietnam is even nearly a quarter lower than the cost of its own production.

At a level where the price and quality are about the same, the top military leaders will naturally be more inclined to choose Haihan equipment, which symbolizes strong combat effectiveness, so that more than eighty percent of the newly purchased weapons and equipment in the North Vietnamese army are imported, ranging from belt buckles made of fine iron to artillery weighing more than 1,000 catties, all of which are branded as "made in Haihan." Since last year, the North Vietnamese Guard, which has spent a lot of money to set up, can now be regarded as the ace elite unit in the hands of the North Vietnamese, and its equipment is even more made by the Haihan, and even the military establishment has been changed from the original Ming style to the Haihan style, and even the platoon-level officers are all born in the Tu Son training camp, and all the officers above the battalion level have to go to Shengli Port in batches to receive advanced training, and obtaining the certificate of completion issued by the Shengli Port Military Academy has begun to become a necessary qualification for North Vietnamese officers to be promoted to senior military ranks.

If it weren't for the economic pressure, the North Vietnamese military would even want to purchase a few "exploratory-class" warships from the Victory Port shipyard from Hai Han. As early as the end of the first half of the operation to aid Vietnam, the North Vietnamese military had already inquired about the price of such advanced warships, but the offer of the Haihan side directly dispelled this unrealistic idea -- the "exploration-class" warships equipped with a complete Haihan sail and steering wheel system and all naval guns were quoted as high as 25,000 taels of silver each!

The asking price is so high, there is a good reason for Haihan's side, there are a total of twelve naval guns on the ship, five on the left and one on the front and one on the back, these twelve guns plus the special mechanical gun mount, the value is more than 15,000 taels, plus the unique sail mast and steering wheel of the Haihan warship, this offer is already very "conscience". In order to let the high-ranking personnel of the North Vietnamese military know the performance of this warship, Qian Tien Dun even specially transferred a warship from the base camp and invited the high-ranking personnel of the North Vietnamese military to go to sea on this ship and conduct military exercises to prove that the performance of this warship is worthy of its high price.

The North Vietnamese military does not know exactly how much water is in Haihan's offer, but one thing is clear, that is, the North Vietnamese military has no money in its pocket now. Although they were very greedy for the performance of the Haihan warships, the North Vietnamese military, which had long been stretched thin on military spending, could no longer afford to build its own fleet -- even if it bought one and used it as a flagship, it no longer had enough funds. Therefore, although Haihan used various means to sell, in the end it still failed to get an order from North Vietnam.

It is said that he has recently communicated with the Shengli Port Shipyard and the Haihan Bank to launch a special loan for arms trade to North Vietnam, and the Haihan Bank will provide a ship purchase loan with the permanent ownership of several concessions in the coastal areas of North Vietnam as collateral. It happened that Zheng Zheng came to negotiate this time, and Bai Kesi was also ready to fool him.

"When it comes to actual impact, I have something to say. Ning Qi saw that several people in the military attache system were discussing hotly, and of course he didn't want them to take up all the limelight.

"Although North Vietnam is a military government, we can't just bring in short-term students with military backgrounds, we should follow our current approach to the Ming Dynasty, and let the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of North Vietnam send their children here to receive our education. When the upper echelons of North Vietnamese society as a whole tend to be friendly to us, influence naturally arises. Ning Qi obviously had already prepared a draft for this, and said unhurriedly: "Now that there are already international students in educational institutions at all levels, it will not be very troublesome to add another enrollment object, it is nothing more than one more review and registration procedure for the civil affairs department, but the benefits of doing so are obvious." ”

"This can be there. Tao Donglai agreed very much with Ningqi's construction, and nodded again and again: "In the first half of the year, I was busy with the war, and the work of dissemination has been relaxed. In the future, we will definitely be able to control more than just the current one, and we can extend this mature experience to other countries and regions in the future. ”

At present, Haihan's external promotion work has achieved more obvious results in Daming. Under the operation of the relevant departments, the educational institutions in the Shengli Port area have accepted more than 100 international students, ranging in age from seven or eight to early twenties. Most of them are from various businesses that have business dealings with Haihan, and most of these people choose to study in Sanya for the purpose of being able to learn various unique production techniques of Haihan in the future, hoping to bring them back to Daming.

Of course, the executive committee is not worried that the leakage of these production technologies will bring competitors to their own business, in fact, the production projects that are included in vocational training are basically unlikely to rely on handicraft workshops for large-scale production, such as glassware, even if it can be imitated in the Ming Dynasty, its production cost can not be reduced to the current level of Haihan, and it is almost impossible to compete with Haihan for the first-line market.

The education department hopes that through this kind of vocational training, some students who are really interested in Hai Han will gradually cultivate some students who are really interested in Hai Hanization, and when these people return to the Ming Dynasty after completing their studies, they will become volunteer propagandists of Hai Han, so as to attract more people to come to the Haihan ruled area to engage in trade, study and even settle down.

"Your military and chemical circles have expressed their positions, so I will also say a few words on behalf of the industrial and commercial circles. After everyone discussed Ning Qi's opinions, Schneider also opened his mouth to cut into the topic: "Our trade with North Vietnam has been carried out for more than a year, and there is a saying that our trade surplus with North Vietnam is indeed a little too big, and sometimes even I feel that North Vietnam is about to be squeezed dry." At present, North Vietnam can export very little to us, only a limited number of kinds of grain, timber, medicinal herbs, furs, etc., and some low-tech processing projects, such as rough processing of timber and medicinal herbs, I think it can be carried out locally, which is nothing more than investing money to set up some handicraft workshops. In this way, we can save our limited capacity and support the local economy. ”

"There is nothing wrong with helping North Vietnam to develop a rough processing industry, but it will not solve the current unequal trade volume, unless more high-value merchants can be found in North Vietnam. Ningqi questioned Schneider's claims.

"It's not that there are no good things out there, it's just that we don't have the ability to mine them for the time being. Bai Ke has already done research on this issue, and when he heard this, he took over the conversation: "There are a large number of bauxite that can be mined in several places in central Vietnam, such as Da Lak, Thanong, Kon Tum, and Lam Dong, and according to the information we have, the total reserves of bauxite in these places I just mentioned have exceeded 4 billion tons, which is enough to be mined for hundreds of years with the current production capacity." In addition, there are quite a lot of titanium ores in the coastal areas of North Vietnam, including primary ores, weathered residual ores and coastal placer mines, from Mong Cai and Thanh Hoa in the north to Hue and Quy Nhon in the middle, and all the way to Vung Tau and Ha Tien at the southern tip of the Indochina Peninsula, and the rich ore level can reach more than 30%, which is very valuable for mining. As for the iron ore, it is needless to say that the reserves of Hejing Shixi Iron Mine are two-thirds more than the Shilu Iron Mine that we have been obsessed with, and the ore has a higher iron content, which can also be mined in the open pit. In addition, there are also a lot of lead, zinc, phosphorus and other minerals there, and they can be developed one by one if they have the conditions, and there is no need to worry about exporters. ”

"Don't be too anxious about opening a mine, there are still a lot of mines on Hainan Island that have not been opened!" Tao Donglai did not agree with Bai Kesi's eagerness. In the planning of the Executive Committee, the Shilu Iron Mine in the western part of Hainan Island has always been a key development project in the future, and as for the minerals of other overseas countries, the Executive Committee's attitude is to temporarily only develop places of strategic value, such as the coal mine in Heitu Port. As for those minerals that have development conditions on Hainan Island, Tao Donglai believes that there is no need to take a long detour to other countries to import them.

After resting, Zheng Zheng started formal negotiations with the Executive Committee the next day.

According to Zheng Zheng's proposal, the North Vietnamese court hoped that the Haihan side would send troops to help realize the complete reunification of Annam, and the corresponding military expenses and exchange conditions, and also hoped that the Haihan could come up with a more specific plan. After the previous day's internal meeting, the Executive Committee had a relatively unified understanding of this.

Tao Donglai said: "Regarding the matter of sending troops to assist your country in destroying the rebels and realizing reunification, we are happy to see it happen in principle. However, considering that the combat cycle will be relatively long, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, it is difficult to make an appropriate military budget now. ”

"First of all, let's talk about the issue of military spending, which is most concerned about your country, which is still calculated in accordance with the previous standard based on the length of the battle and the combat consumption, but in view of the economic difficulties that your country is currently facing, we can appropriately extend the period of repayment, from the previous one year to five years, and at the same time no longer require you to pay a large amount of deposit before the war. ”

Without waiting for a smile on Zheng Zheng's face, Tao Donglai continued: "In fact, this is because we have advanced the military expenses in advance, in essence, we have provided you with a considerable amount of war loans, and in order to avoid risks, we also require you to provide a certain amount of physical collateral. ”

Zheng Zheng frowned and said, "I don't know what the physical mortgage you asked for means?"

"As before, use the land as collateral. Tao Donglai explained to him: "However, the places we asked for before were all in the north, but this time we plan to ask for a few places in the south. ”

The places in the south are still in the hands of the Ruan family, and it is not distressing to send out other people's things, Zheng Zheng felt a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Mr. Tao said that it is okay." ”

Tao Donglai said: "Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Cam Ranh and Vung Tau south of Hue, these places should be leased to us as concessions for a period of 50 years, and the cost standard is calculated according to the concession of Black Tu Port. If your country is unable to repay our war arrears in full within five years from the end of the War of Unification, the ownership of these places will be secured by us as collateral for the loan. ”

Zheng Zheng didn't rush to respond this time, but began to recall the location of these places in his mind. Da Nang and Quy Nhon are easy to understand, after all, these two places have natural ports, which are very powerful for the Haihan people who are good at maritime trade. Cam Ranh and Vung Tau, however, were disputed areas belonging to the southern states of Champa and Annam, which were originally part of the Champa state but were later occupied by Annam. If North Vietnam handed over these two places to the Haihans, it would undoubtedly cause a backlash from the Champa state at that time.

Zheng Zheng hesitated for a while before asking: "Does Mr. Tao know that the ownership of Jinlan and Vung Tau is still disputed between our country and the Zhancheng State?"

Tao Donglai pretended to be stunned and said, "Is there a controversy? Then this matter is not easy to handle...... Why don't we talk about this here today, and the little prince will go back and have a good rest, and let us have a meeting here to study and study. ”

As soon as Zheng Zheng heard this "research and research", he felt that his head was big, and everything else in this Haihan people was good, but they were procrastinating, and a bunch of people had to meet and study big things. Although Tao Donglai seems to be the head of the Haihan people, he does not have the right to make decisions, and he does not know how these Haihan people govern. If it was another time, maybe Zheng Zheng would have pushed the boat down, but now every day of delay, the pressure on North Vietnam will be greater, Zheng Zheng, who knows his embarrassment, has no patience to wait for two more days, and hurriedly responded: "In fact, there is no need to hold a meeting, the so-called controversy is also the words of the Zhancheng family, and it should not be true." These two places, Jinlan and Vung Tau, are naturally the territory of my Great Li Dynasty. ”

Haihan had long been hooked up with the Champa state in the south, and had even sold them a lot of weapons so that the Champa army could add fire to the precarious Hue regime from the south. Regarding the ownership dispute between Jinlan and Vung Tau, Haihan's side naturally knew about it for a long time. However, it was precisely because of the controversy that the Executive Committee deliberately proposed it to Zheng Zheng as one of the quid pro quo.

If the war goes well, there is a good chance that Annan's reunification will be achieved next year, and the Executive Committee does not want to see Annan settle down - creating regional tensions has always been one of the means by which large countries exert influence over small countries. Although Haihan is not a big country now, and has not even established a formal political power, the thinking mode of the Executive Committee is to look at the situation in Indochina from a condescending perspective.

After losing South Vietnam as an adversary, the Executive Committee decided to support a new rival in Thang Long in order to maintain its military dependence on Haihan. And the Occupy state, which has a territorial dispute with Annam, is undoubtedly an ideal choice. Although Haihan now has trade contacts with Champ, this will not prevent the Executive Committee from thinking of pitting it, who made it so good, but it is next to Annan?

As to whether the arms trade between the Haihan and the Occupy countries at the present stage will cause an embarrassing situation because of Annan, an ally, the Executive Committee is not at all worried -- in the future, there will be more countries that use weapons produced in the same country to deal with each other, and we have never seen these countries turn against arms exporters. What's more, in order to implement this plan, the Executive Committee has even found the next agent, yes, yes, it is the Portuguese who can completely abandon their temperament and position in order to make money. After the military conflict between Annam and Champa, the Haihan side will probably suspend arms sales to Champa out of care for their allies. The Portuguese then took over the baton and did the rest in place of Haihan. As long as the goods were transferred from left hand to right hand, they could make a good profit, which was the easiest way to make money for the Portuguese, who were good at maritime trade, and they would be happy to take on this task from the Haihan. As for whether there will be a day in the future when Annam will become strong and the city will be destroyed, the Executive Committee is not worried, and even if there is that day, it will not be a big deal -- there is still the state of Siam to the west of Champong, and the Kingdom of Taungoo to the west of Siam, Burma, and they are not afraid of finding a new role.