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697 Calapag Islands

When it comes to the islands of the Copper Kingdom, there are many world-famous ones, among which the most famous one is the Tierra del Fuego.

This part of the archipelago, located at the southernmost end of the South American continent, is across the sea from Antarctica, and is an important part of the Strait of Magellan.

This archipelago is stuck in traffic, so it is very famous, but it does not belong to the Copper Kingdom. It is half of the same as Argentina. Among them, the most famous of the Copper Kingdom is Chiloe Island.

Another more famous island is Easter Island. This island is far away from the Copper Kingdom and is located in the center of the South Pacific Ocean, and is in the middle of the South American continent leading to the island state continent.

Because of its special geographical location, many people even nicknamed the earth's navel, and because of the stone statues on the island, it has become very famous.

In addition to these two more famous islands, the Copper Kingdom actually has a very large number of island groups because of its narrow coastline.

The reason why these two islands are so famous is not only because of their important geographical location, but also because of the existence of these two islands, the huge sea territories of the Copper Kingdom were laid.

From Easter Island to Chiloe Island, coupled with the narrow land area of ​​the Copper Kingdom, the sea surface of millions of square kilometers in the middle is actually equivalent to the maritime territory of the Copper Kingdom.

The Kalapag Islands mentioned by Chen Yonglu are actually located between Easter Island and the Copper Kingdom, and the direction opposite the land is the Ithaca region. The reason why the descendants of the Taiping Army insisted on dividing this archipelago into their territory.

He also had the intention of leaving a way out, and the generals of the Copper Kingdom at that time probably thought the same way. If these Chinese were disobedient, they would drive them to those islands to fend for themselves.

Because of this kind of ulterior motive, this island group belongs to the Ithaca region.

This island group is not close to the Ithaca region. Xiao Feng estimated that it could be about hundreds of nautical miles. If the sea conditions are good, it would probably take half a day to drive a good boat.

If the sea conditions are not good, it may take one or even two days to reach the land.

The location of the entire island group is relatively southerly. According to geographical location, the latitude is similar to that of the Dongshan Peninsula of China. However, because they are all islands and have a completely marine climate, the climate environment is much better.

There is neither severe cold nor scorching heat. In terms of geological disasters, there is a typhoon season one month a year, and it often rains heavily, so nothing else is left.

It is a group of islands that are very suitable for human survival. However, although the environment here is very good, it is not very famous in the territory of the Copper Kingdom.

Even the Tong Kingdom government deliberately ignores the meaning of this place and does not promote it very much.

On the one hand, it is because it is far from mainland China, and on the other hand, it is because the main ethnic groups living here are all Chinese, and the Chinese ancestry here are relatively purity.

Because I live here all year round, I don’t have much exchanges with the Tong Kingdom, and I don’t even participate in the Tong Kingdom elections, and I have a low recognition of the Tong Kingdom. Moreover, this is the old nest and autonomous territory of the Chinese families in Ithaca, so the Tong Kingdom government does not promote it very much.

The most important thing is that there is really nothing worth promoting here. There is no mine, no money, and few people, so it is not worth paying attention to at all.

There are countless groups of large islands like this in the maritime territory of the Copper Kingdom's millions of square kilometers, and many of them are even not marked on the map, because they have no value at all.

After Xiao Feng and his yacht arrived at the Kalapag Islands, Chen Yonglu did not rush to take them to the island, but took them around the islands for a few rounds.

"Our archipelago consists of more than 100 small islands, of which there are more than a dozen islands with relatively large areas, four of which belong to several of our families, and the other islands are all public property of ethnic groups. The sea fish radiated by the islands is more than 30,000 square meters, located in the Peru Cold Rising Zone and belongs to the core area of ​​the Tongguo Fishery. Therefore, our fishery products are very rich here..."

Chen Yonglu led Xiao Feng and the others around the archipelago while introducing the situation to Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng was also paying attention to the situation of these islands. The islands in the Kalapag Islands are large and small, staggered, with the largest being dozens of square kilometers or even hundreds of square kilometers, and the small being only a few hundred square meters.

The islands are basically lush with tropical islands. Many islands have very beautiful beaches and many seabirds live in them.

"Yes, bird guano is another big resource for us, but after so many years of mining, many bird guano on the islands have been exhausted. Now no one does such a job. Now people mainly live on five large islands in the core area. Four of them are our four private islands, the largest plum blossom island in the middle, which is the core administrative area. There are the most people living here, with more than 50,000 people..."

"How many?"

Xiao Feng thought he had heard it wrong, so he couldn't help asking, and Chen Yonglu scratched his head awkwardly: "That's right, there are more than 50,000 people. On the other four islands, there are more than 10,000 people in total."

Xiao Feng sighed, No wonder the Tong Kingdom does not attach importance to this place. What can such a few people cause?

"More than a hundred years ago, our ancestors attached great importance to this place. After all, we were guests in the Copper Kingdom. At that time, our ancestors also considered that they might not be able to make ends meet on the road in the future, so they insisted on the archipelago here. But after more than a hundred years of integrated development, everyone was very adapted to life on the mainland, and more and more people here went to the mainland. After all, this place was too small, and there was no other business except going to sea to fish. There was not even a network, and electricity was only available in the 1960s..."

Chen Yonglu introduced the situation here a little embarrassedly, and Xiao Feng felt a little disappointed when he heard this.

No wonder this guy was so generous before, and he said he could sell it to his island as soon as he opened his mouth!

Love is a very desolate island! The cost of developing this deserted island is too high, especially for such an island that is hundreds of nautical miles away from the mainland.

Without the support of national power, such an island would be difficult to develop.

For example, the islands and reefs in the South China Sea are now abandoned there for decades. It was not until recent years that the country has become stronger and has gradually developed.

And now if you develop these islands by yourself, the amount of money you invest will definitely be huge.

In fact, it is nothing to develop these islands. The key is how to control these islands. If you really develop these islands, someone will come out to pick peaches...

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng looked at Chen Yonglu again. At this time, this guy was scratching his head. He obviously knew that his previous tricks were about to be exposed, so he was so embarrassed. From the perspective of the god stage, he was still a real person.

More than 100 islands can definitely not be transferred in a day, so Chen Yonglu only took Xiao Feng to transfer dozens of them in the core area of ​​the island group, and then drove the boat to the core plum blossom island.

To be honest, during the journey to Plum Blossom Island, Xiao Feng found that this island group was very interesting.

This island group is centered on the middle of Plum Blossom Island and is divided into a circular and scattered section. In the waters west of Plum Blossom Island, there are several large islands with an area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers, but they are deserted on those islands.

The private islands of the four families of Chen, Li, Weng and Mai are located in four directions: southeast, west and northwest of Meihua Island. The island of Chen family is located on the north of Meihua Island. It is a medium-sized island with an area of ​​about fifty square kilometers.

According to Chen Yonglu, there are about 2,000 Chen family members living on the island, but most of them are left-behind elderly people, and young people basically go to the mainland to seek living areas.

After all, compared with the flower world on Isa [Biquga.info]ka, the island life here is too boring.

Plum Blossom Island is a large island with a size of more than 100 square kilometers. The island is a very regular circle. There is an extinct volcano in the center of the island and several Hubos at the foot of the volcano, which just happens to provide fresh water to those living on the island.

The other parts of the island are basically plains, with very dense vegetation, but only a small part of them have been developed to plant some food and vegetables.

According to Chen Yonglu, the products here are so rich. Find a good place to catch several big fish a day with a fishing rod. If you have fish to eat every day, who can use rice and noodles as the staple food?

Therefore, there are not many people who farm, and there is no shortage of daily necessities for local people, but their spiritual and cultural heritage is relatively empty.

There are two piers to the west and north of the island, and there are not big fishing boats parked inside. From the pier, you can't walk far along the road. It is the administrative center of Plum Blossom Island.

The post office, pharmacy, hospital, school, government management unit, and even a small police station are crowded here, with several streets extending next to it, and the island's residential areas are on both sides.

Once on the island, Xiao Feng didn't feel friendly when he saw the faces of the residents here. Although he was all mixed-race, he could see that he was not very familiar with him, and the characteristics of Chinese people were still very obvious.

Moreover, the streets are full of Chinese signs and various Chinese billboards. Children laughing on the streets and leisurely elderly people speak Chinese.

The elderly speak Cantonese or Mandarin with a strong accent, while the young and children speak standard Mandarin, which makes Xiao Feng feel much more relieved.

After Chen Yonglu arrived in the island, he looked very happy. According to him, this is his hometown, and he grew up here when he was a child.

Because it was already afternoon, they had not eaten much since the morning, so Chen Yonglu took Xiao Feng and Jesse directly to the only shopping mall on the island to have dinner.

It is called a shopping mall, but in fact it is similar to the wholesale market in a small domestic fourth-tier city, just much cleaner and tidy.
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