Pin Zhanjian looked at the boat but was embarrassed. [Full text reading] The five-masted ship was parked at the dock. "Fang Jing Duan Gang Dao" was besieged by pirates and was stranded. Many sails and masts were damaged when it was stranded, and the hull was also damaged. After being towed back to Lingao, it was only Simple repairs were made to make it float. Originally, the Navy planned to overhaul and renovate it and use it as an ocean-going ship. After the vest caused a dispute in the Maritime Court, the ownership of the ship was undecided, so it was left there without anyone taking care of it. In addition, During this period, another typhoon was encountered. The ship that appeared in front of Haiji was in a terrible state. Only three masts were left, most of the sail ropes were damaged, and the cabins on the deck were also damaged.
Even if such a ship is sailed back, it will have to be overhauled before it can be sold, otherwise it will be the price of firewood. Besides, it is not easy to drive back from the dangerous Qiongzhou Strait. Haiji couldn't make up his mind for a while. Hearing that the Australian official surnamed Ma said that the Australians on the ship were interested in buying it, he thought that this might be a solution, but he didn't know what the owner of the family thought. He couldn't make the decision himself, so he might as well go back first before talking.
However, Hai Shuzu insisted on bringing the ship back. Hai Ji pointed out in vain that to bring the ship back, it would have to pay a lot of repair costs, hire a team of sailors, and finally have to risk crossing the strait to ensure that it would not be encountered again. to a pirate attack. Even if they returned to Shenying Port safely, it would still take time to sell such a large ship. In this case, it would be more cost-effective to sell it to Australians locally.
But Hai Shuzu insisted on sailing the boat back. Haiji had no choice but to take the money back to Lingao to repair the ship. Although Haiji didn't know anything about boats or navigation, he could tell from the appearance of the boat how much it would cost to repair and how many days it would take to complete it. Finally, Hai Shuzu allowed him to "just repair it and drive it back"
Haiji's ship repair trip was warmly received by Li Di, the port director of Bopu, who expressed his willingness to contact the shipyard on his behalf and that he could repair the ship for free. The condition is that the five-masted ship will help transport a shipment of goods when it returns to Qiongshan. Haiji, who was overwhelmed by Li Di's enthusiasm, was flattered and agreed immediately.
The shipyard immediately went to work. The five-masted ship was towed into the dry dock. Subsequently, the hull was carefully repaired, and the damaged masts and sails were also repaired. The shipyard, taking advantage of the lack of masts, only repaired three relatively complete masts and the other two. The roots were completely removed. Some strange changes were made to the ship's interior cabins and decks. First, two large cargo hatches were opened on the deck, and second, iron boat davits were installed on both sides of the ship. at last. Booms for manual winches were installed on both the fore and aft decks.
In fact, Seven has also made some basic modifications internally to leave room for future modifications.
It is now very easy for shipyards to repair, repair and modify wooden ships, with dry docks. There are steam-driven cranes and a fully equipped ship shop with wood processing equipment. The ship materials needed can be processed and manufactured in a very short time. Shipbuilding hardware was standardized. Plus modern process flow management. The shipyard started work when the fortune fell, and it took seven days to repair and refit the ship.
Subsequently, under the command of Li Po, batches of goods were transported onto the big ship. There were so many goods that the waterline of the ship was pressed to the full load level. In the end, four flat-bottomed boats were "chugging" and bursting with white steam. The curtain steam crane was lifted up, and a group of workers carefully hung them on the boat frame.
Haiji couldn't help but feel strange when he saw his boat looking like this. But I thought that this ship would be sold when it reaches Qiongshan anyway. As long as it can be sailed back to Qiongshan, it will be fine, no matter how it is repaired. Anyway, the Australian man surnamed Li said that as long as he helped transport the goods and repair the ship for free, he didn't even need to spend money to hire sailors. He Haiji just had to return to Qiongshan with the ship. The big ship set sail under the escort of patrol boats. Three days later, Hai Shuzu's ship finally returned to Shenying Port. When the five-masted ship flying the Haijia flag entered the port, the entire Qiongzhou capital was shocked. No one expected that the ship that had been missing for more than two months after encountering pirates could actually come back. Many people were originally surprised that Hai Shuzu was suddenly able to pay back the money, but now they think that since his ship can come back, he must have made a lot of money later.
Not only did they come back, the ship was even filled with cargo. No one knew what was in those finely crafted and identical large wooden boxes reinforced with iron sheets. Only Lin Baiguang knew that it contained equipment and supplies for mining. Including the four flat-bottomed boats, they were also specially prepared for mining.
Because of the Haishuzu brand name and the proper management, the inspection of goods by the Qinglan Inspection Department was just a false story. After the ship docked, the cargo was not unloaded. Haiji went directly to Haishuzu to return his life.
"What a strange thing!" Hai Shuzu looked at the box of silver in front of him, and his mood was so good that it was unimaginable. "I didn't expect that the Australians really kept their word and gave all the goods to Brother Yu in exchange for silver!"
"Let's deduct one-fifth." Lin Qiaoguang smiled secretly.
"Hey! According to the people who came back, if they hadn't come to the rescue, Brother Yu would have lost all his boat and cargo. How could he have more than a thousand taels of silver and a boat!" Hai Shuzu didn't seem to have suffered a loss. , but his face was filled with joy as if he had made a fortune. Quan also wants to thank my dear brother! Haimozu said and bowed to him. Brother Biqing must come forward. This matter could never go so smoothly. "
"That's ridiculous. This little brother who originally followed Australian rules just sent someone to lead the way. It's nothing."
"Valuing credit and respecting benevolence and righteousness! Even though he is from overseas, he is no less a Chinese figure than me!" Hai Shuzu almost blew the Australians to the sky. As he spoke, he opened the judgment document that Haiji brought to him. The peculiar binding and crisp white paper first caught his attention. After opening it and reading a few pages, his expression gradually became serious.
Lin Zhiguang thought that there were not more than twenty people in the group who could understand this legal document. Can Haishuzu understand this article full of terminology and simplified Chinese characters?
After a long while, Hai Shuzu put down the document but said nothing. Lin Qiaoguang wondered how much he understood? Can't help but want to ask. Hai Shuzu himself spoke:
"Australians are really smart."
"oh?"
"Although Brother Yu doesn't understand the content of this document, he understands about seventy-eight points of its meaning." Hai Shu said to his ancestors, "Brother Yu has never heard of such careful thoughts and rigorous actions."
Hai Shuzu was still lamenting, but Hai Ji was worried. He was focused on being the master, because when he arrived, the man named Li said that if the ship wanted to be sold, he was willing to buy it. Now that the ship has arrived at Haikou, the situation is pretty good, so we should sell the ship as soon as possible. He opened his mouth and said:
"Sir, the Australians in Lingao are willing to buy big ships, do you think so?"
"Okay, just sell it to them." Hai Shuzu's impression of the Australians was now extremely good. The son of aristocratic family had a bad temper, so he answered simply, "Just sell it for five hundred taels of silver."
"Master, this, this, this" Haiji was anxious. This ship cost almost two thousand taels of silver when it was originally built. Although it is damaged and missing two masts, it has been repaired now. It must be sold for one thousand taels anyway.
Lin Yiguang smiled and said: "Five hundred taels is too cheap. Mr. Hai came all the way to get it back, so he wouldn't just sell it for such a low price."
Finally decided to sell it for one thousand taels. The person who came with the ship paid the money immediately. This ship is the property of the Crossing Group. The Ministry of Maritime Power plans to use this ship to transport coal between Qiongshan and Lingao. There is an unexpected benefit here: although the ship has changed owners, everyone still thinks that the ship belongs to the Hai family.
Hai Shuzu was very satisfied with the deal, but Haiji felt that the deal was really uneconomical. Since he wanted to sell the boat, he might as well just sell it in Lingao and bring the boat back. A lot of time and money were wasted, and I even ran back and forth twice. I secretly thought that this was probably what the master wanted to do to save face and suffer the consequences.
However, Haiji was still satisfied with his trip to Lingao, which opened his eyes to Lingao. Not only did we see the legendary big iron ship, but we also saw many new things. After I came back, I had endless conversation material to fill my time while chatting with my family members.
Preparations for the coal mine are in full swing. Lin Qiaoguang felt that she had become the director of the Butterfly Mine Preparatory Committee again. The newly renovated house is full of exploration and design personnel from Lingao. This is really wrong. The house that Gao Di bought is located in the business district of Qiongshan. People come and go everywhere. Such a group of strange people who even put on Ming Dynasty clothes gather here, and they have to go in and out every day. Even though If you are transported in a sedan chair, your secret will be exposed sooner or later. We still need to arrange for them to go to the mine as soon as possible. Remote exploration teams have identified several coal mining sites. Haikou's coal mine resources are mainly small-scale mines, and the economic value of mining is not high by modern standards. Among the mining sites discovered by the remote exploration team, the Planning Commission finally selected the Jiazi Mine located on the bank of the Nandu River.
This mine is not the best among the candidate mineral sites in terms of conditions, and its reserves are very small. But its biggest advantage is the convenient water transportation conditions. Ten kilometers east from the mining site is the Nandu River. From here, small flat-bottomed boats can go directly to the Nandu River estuary. It is convenient to transport the materials and equipment required for mining and the mined ore. This eliminates the difficult work of building roads in mountainous areas.
The mountain ridge where Jiazi Mine is located was purchased by Hai Shuzu. Lin Qiaoguang suggested buying other mining sites, but Ma Qianzhu believed that there was no need to consider these as state-owned assets in the future and just requisition them directly. No need to go to that trouble.
Lin Baiguang had already bought a piece of land in a desolate area of the harbor through Hai Shuzu and built a warehouse and a trestle. Has a dedicated pier. In the future, the flat-bottomed boats transporting coal will go directly to the Nandu River terminal and be loaded into the warehouse, waiting for transfer by large ships.
Note: There is no place like Jiazi Coal Mine in Haikou, let alone on the banks of the Nandu River. It's completely fabricated, don't go into it. The name was chosen after the administrative district where Haikou Changchang Coal Mine is located: Jiazi Town.
There are only two places in Hainan that produce lignite, the Changchang Coal Mine in Haikou and the Changpo Coal Mine in Yanan. Neither of these places are close to a river. ! ~!
