Chen Ding is not a scholar, he always understands "look no evil", and feels that it is very rude to stare at a girl like this. Quickly look away. But before long, he couldn't help but peek. It's hard to say how beautiful these girls are. The looks of his wife and his maid were not bad, but these Australian girls exuded a special charm that he couldn't help but want to look at.
Their words were vaguely carried by the wind, but Chen Ding couldn't quite understand them because they spoke "Newspeak". There seems to be a mention of something like "new perfume...department store". Suddenly he saw a girl turning her gaze. He thought he had been discovered and quickly glanced aside, but this time he saw an acquaintance.
His nephew Chen Lin was not far away from the side of the boat. Apparently, he was also peeking at the female students just now.
The eyes of the uncle and nephew met in the air, and they were both startled. In addition to being surprised, his face was full of embarrassment.
But at this time, a vague sentence floated in the air: "Humph, you old woman!" It was also mixed with laughter. At this time, both uncle and nephew's faces turned red.
Chen Ding never expected that his nephew would send someone to deliver a letter to Mr. Wu more than ten days ago, saying that he would stay in Nansha, but in the blink of an eye he would be on the boat to Lingao. Could it be that something happened in Nansha Village and the third brother came up with new tricks?
Originally reunited after a long separation, we have gone through many ups and downs. It is rare for uncles and nephews to have surprises and tears. However, they met again in such an embarrassing environment. The two of them looked away and pretended not to know each other.
Wu Yijun didn't know that his cousin was also on the boat, talking loudly with Huo Maixiong who was traveling with him. Originally, he was too lazy to pay attention to the leader of the declining paper industry. But he spent a lot of money at the auction, which aroused Wu Yijun's curiosity. Where did he find the money to make such a desperate investment? The paper mill's money is not a small amount of money. The transfer fee is just the beginning, and more money will be spent next.
The movement of funds in the market has always been Wu Yijun's biggest concern. Money will grow its own legs, this is what he often said. Wherever the money flows, there are new opportunities. Money will not flow into the hands of someone for no reason. It must be that this person has some special use.
Unexpectedly, Huo Maixiong was cunning and cunning. No matter how he tried to trick someone, he could always get around him. He kept silent about where he got the money.
Wu Yijun was feeling disappointed when he was suddenly stabbed in the waist. Turning around, it was Chen Ding. Before he could speak, Chen Ding said in a very low voice: "Lin'er is here too?"
"What did you say?" Wu Yijun was startled, thinking, are you not seasick and confused?
"He's on board."
"Why don't you call him over?"
"No, no, don't call him." Chen Ding was embarrassed to talk about the "accidental encounter" just now. "Anyway, we have to get off the boat when we get to Lingao. Just look for him after we get off the boat."
"What the hell?" Wu Yijun still didn't understand.
"Alas, anyway, don't greet him now. Just pretend not to know him."
The ship gradually approached the port. During the Second Five-Year Plan period, in order to solve the problems of poor water depth and low throughput of Bopu Port, two ports were re-planned and built in Lingao. One is located at Xinying Port in the west of the special city. It will be Lingao's main external passenger and cargo port in the future. At the same time, construction of the Xinying-urban urban rail line has begun. The other one is at Hung Pai Harbor in Ma Niao Wan. Although the hydrological conditions here are generally not as good as those in Xinying, the urban railway from Bopu to Ma Niao has been opened to traffic. When disembarking from Ma Niao, both passengers and cargo can be quickly transported to Bopu through this urban railway, and then transferred to the whole city.
The berthing port of the Baiyunshan is Hongpai Port.
Hongpai Port was originally built to support Ma Niao Steel. When the Baiyunshan entered Ma Niao Bay, the first thing it saw was Hongpai Island. A fortress was built on this small, bare stone island, specifically to guard the bay. On the prismatic fortress, the black muzzle of the heavy cast-iron artillery looked solemnly at the strait. The morning star flag flies from the central observation deck that also serves as a lighthouse. The loaded sentry, wearing a coat, stood on the sentry post like a stone statue, looking out at the bay.
There was a commotion among the people on the deck. For those who came to Gao for the first time, this scene was too "Australian and Song Dynasty" and it was too in line with people's imagination of Lingao under the Senate: solid stone buildings, giant cannons, Elite soldiers...
The whistle on the Baiyunshan blew, and then a cannon shot was heard from the fort. The group of giggling girls on the deck all stood at attention and bowed fifteen degrees; the uniformed Fubo Army soldiers and police officers saluted the flag on the fortress together. The naturalized civilian cadres stood at attention and paid attention. The sentry at the sentry post raised his gun and returned the salute.
Although Chen Ding, Wu Yijun and other natives on the deck didn't know what they were doing, the atmosphere on the deck instantly became solemn and solemn. They could feel it, and they couldn't help but stop talking and joking.
As the ship sailed past the fortress, Chen Ding sighed: "The Australians really deserve their reputation!"
Wu Yijun has been in Guangzhou for a long time and is used to Australians' behavior, but the scene just now still touched him greatly. It’s not surprising that soldiers, policemen or “cadres” behave like this, and so can a few little girls. The Australians are really perfect at controlling their subordinates. No wonder, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of chronic diseases that were difficult for officials to deal with were completely dealt with by the Australians! It all depends on these "naturalized people" who are like arms and hands!
"Awesome, awesome." He whispered to himself involuntarily,
His mood is quite complicated, and he is indeed a little happy to say that he can climb on the steel giant ship of the Australians, not only himself, but also future generations can enjoy it. However, it is not easy to get on the ship of the Australians. Think about it. It’s as difficult as climbing to heaven. Once you get there, you can only follow it wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly.
Chen Ding, however, did not have as many thoughts as he did. He only said with great interest: "I have heard for a long time that Australians use military law to govern the country. They are really powerful!"
As the ship sailed past the Hongpai Island Fortress, many towers, pipelines and chimneys appeared on the coastline, and thick black smoke and white water vapor erupted into the sky. The sea breeze also brings acrid temperatures and a rumbling roar. On the pier, there are tower-like cranes and giant dragon-lying loading and unloading conveyors; huge bulk cargo silos and slag and coal ash piled in the open air. Each one is like a small hill,
For the natives who had witnessed it for the first time, the shock of this beyond-cognition sight far exceeded that of the fortress just now. People stared nervously at the coastline. Someone said: "This is Ma Niao Iron and Steel Company, which specializes in iron making..."
"Is it just like the iron workshop in Foshan?"
"Yes, almost."
"Hey, how much iron do you need to smelt and how can you use it all?"
"Australians use iron to build ships and pave roads. You can calculate how much iron is needed."
"Then, wouldn't it mean that all the iron in the world will be dug up by them?"
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Chen Ding has been looking for the legendary "steel giant ship", but there are quite a few ships in Ma Niao Bay, including large ships no smaller than the Baiyun Mountain. However, the big iron ship has never been seen. He asked about the escort this time. Only then did Chen Xiaobing, a naturalized civilian cadre they headed for, find out that the boat was docked at Bopu.
"...This place was originally just a deserted bay. There were only kitchen households drying salt and fishing households on the coast. After the elders came, they first built windmills in the Majiao Salt Farm here; and then here Blast furnaces were built and Ma Niao Iron and Steel Company was built..."
"windmill?"
"It can't be seen from here, on the other side of the peninsula."
"Why do we use windmills to dry salt?"
"It's used to lift water. Can't we use seawater to dry salt?" Chen Xiaobing said with a smile, "It's different with the windmill. The salt farm that originally produced only 500 tons of salt a year has now become a large-scale production plant with an annual output of 10,000 tons of salt. saltworks."
"Ten thousand tons of salt?" Chen Ding found it unbelievable. He knew that the Australian "kilogram" commonly used in Guangzhou is one thousand for one ton of Australians. Each household uses only a few dozen kilograms of salt every year. "How can you eat so much salt?"
"Haha, this salt is not for eating." Chen Xiaobing couldn't help but laugh, which immediately made Chen Ding feel ignorant, "It is for making chemical raw materials."
"What are chemical raw materials?"
"This..." This somewhat stumped Chen Xiaobing. He actually knew very little about the chemical industry. Among the naturalized people, the chemical industry was the last place that everyone wanted to go. "It's about using salt, coal, and other things." Various things to make useful things. For example, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and, by the way, you want to open a cotton textile factory, so the dyes you will use for dyeing in the future will also be made in chemical factories."
Chen Ding thought to himself, this is probably what everyone often says, Australians have the power of ghosts and gods to seize the wonders of nature. What can you do with salt? He couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it. Salt becomes brine after absorbing water. When water is added, it becomes brine. When it is burned with fire and solidified, it is still a salt block. It's still salt no matter how you make it, how can it turn into something else? It's a pity that Mr. Wu runs a cotton spinning factory, not a "chemical factory", otherwise he could use this to figure it out.
The Baiyunshan gradually moved away from the steel plant wharf, and more and more ships were moored in the harbor. The largest number of them are ocean-going cargo ships carrying bulk cargoes such as coal, iron ore, and sea salt. Next is the steam barge that sails along the coast. There are rows of moorings in the bay.
"Look, the Australian warship!" someone shouted from the deck. Chen Ding followed the reputation of the people. Sure enough, there was a mighty warship moored on the coastline on the other side of the bay, and there were also three or four small speedboats surrounding it. Majiao is not the main base of the Fubo Army Navy, but due to the need to defend Lingao, a naval base is deployed here, stationed with a naval detachment, including two 901 gunboats that have withdrawn from front-line service and four two-masted ships. Speedboat.
