The dock was divided into two areas, with many steamships berthed in each of them. Du Yan was wandering around the freight terminal at this time, with steam cranes roaring and loading and unloading goods. He was very adaptable to this noisy scene and his conversation with others was not affected at all.

Du Yan is familiar with the officials of Weikou Port because of official business reasons, so he asked questions and others were willing to answer them, but Du Yan would not ask questions that should not be asked, and no matter how much he asked, no one would say anything.

The steamship has only been a few years since its launch, but it has deeply affected everyone's daily life. As far as officials are concerned, everyone set out from Chang'an to work in other places and took office, and basically they have taken the steamship.

For example, from Chang'an to Hedong, Bingshuo, I used to cross the river from Tongzhou-Pujin River section, and took land. Now I take a boat at Weikou or Pujin, taking water, traveling day and night, saving time and effort.

Although the problem of steamships is noisy, the passenger ship is designed to avoid the cabin being close to the cabin and water wheels as much as possible, so unless you are particularly picky, you can generally tolerate it.

The entourage, family, and everyone's daily life are on the boat, and they can reach their destination in two or three days, which is much better than riding a horse and rushing on the road.

The navigation of Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal has given a greater use of steamships. Hebei, Henan, Lianghuai, Jiangnan, and all the officials and civilians who traveled more and more dependent on steamships, let alone cargo transportation.

The canal and steamships made it more convenient for Guandong materials to be imported into Guanzhong, but there was a natural danger that caused the shipping of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

That natural danger is Dizhu Mountain, known as the mainstay.

The water flows in the mountains and rivers of Dizhu, making it very dangerous to sail. Even with a steamer, it is not so easy to pass through the danger of Dizhu. Therefore, personnel and material exchanges between Guanzhong and Guandong must be transported via water and land.

Water and land transport is ultimately troublesome. If there is no Dizhu Mountain, which is like a thorn in the throat, a steamer full of materials can reach the Yellow River from Yongji Canal and Tongji Canal into the Yellow River, you can directly reach Weikou, or go to Hedong or even Hetao area, and vice versa.

Therefore, how to pull this fish bone has caused a lot of discussion.

The imperial court had fierce explosives, and the mountains were cut and split stones were extremely sharp. Now it stretched across the east and west of Taihang Mountain, connecting Jinyang and Jingxing in Yecheng, connecting Shu road to Guanzhong, and connecting Jingxiang in Shannan and Wuguan road to Guanzhong. They were all broadened by fierce explosives.

There is also the Sanja Road that crosses Funiu Mountain and connects Jingxiang and Luoyang, which also relies on fierce explosives to widen and cut straight.

Since the explosives are so "strong", everyone wants to blow up Dizhu Mountain and pull out the thorn inserted into the Yellow River channel.

Du Yan didn't know much about dredging rivers, but he also felt that Dizhu Mountain should be solved, but he was a little confused: "This is a good idea... Is there any difficulty?"

"That's right, Brother Du thought he had seen Dizhu Mountain. This mountain stood in the river for thousands of years, and it can be seen that its texture is hard."

The official and Du Yan were very familiar with each other, so they called each other brothers: "This texture is hard, not that the explosives cannot be blown up. The problem is that after the explosion is broken, the whole mountain collapses into the river, and it may be like a rolling dam blocking the river."

"When the water level rises, and the coastal areas will be affected. I want to blow it up in the future, but the mountains are all poured into the river, so how can they be blown up?"

"Uh... Then let's break the mountains on the water first and transport the gravel away. Isn't it much safer to do this?"

"Yes, the question is how to transport the gravel away? Once the explosives are blown up, the gravel will fly everywhere and roll to the foot of the mountain and then go straight into the river. No one can say how many large pieces of gravel will accumulate in the river, so they have been thinking about solutions."

Du Yan nodded silently when he heard this. He was in Nanzhong and was in charge of the large-scale mining of Dongchuan copper mine. Naturally, he had to use fierce explosives to open the mountains and build roads so that personnel and materials could enter and exit. The exploded gravel rolled to the foot of the mountain and could be handled calmly, but when it fell into the river, he could only pray that the gravel would be washed away by the river water instead of being piled up.

The danger of the pillar is like a thorn in the throat. A person who can solve it will definitely have a bright future, but this credit is not so easy to get.

He was thinking, and the official continued, "Also, don't think that the danger of the Pizhu is just the peak that protrudes the water. In fact, there are reefs around Dizhu Mountain and below the river surface. Together with Dizhu Mountain, the river water forms three torrents, which are like three gates, forming the danger of the Pizhu."

"Not only that, the downstream of Dizhu, more than a hundred miles of river sections, are constantly thundering and dangerous shoals. The boats are still surrounded by dangers. Now only steamers can sail calmly. If Dizhu Mountain is blown up, the gravel will wash away the river water and accumulate in the downstream dangerous shoals. It is still unclear whether it will affect the shipping of the river."

Several members of the crew who were talking about the danger of the pillars, leaning against the dock not far away, ran to the deck for breathability.

The warrior wearing work clothes was covered in coal ash, and the same was true on his face. He sat directly on the deck and rested with the boat. He was still a student in the technical school and was now an intern, and he was very busy with the boats between Jinyang, Bingzhou and Weikou, Guanzhong.

The cabin was very noisy. Whether it was a boiler or a technician, they had to shout at the top of their voices when talking. Over time, they became loud. Because the working environment was very noisy, the hearing of Samurai and his colleagues was somewhat affected.

There is no way, this is the case in this industry. The power equipment of a steamship is very complicated and most people cannot learn it, so it is very good to be a technician.

For money, it doesn't matter if you hear it.

It is midsummer now, with the scorching sun in the sky, but compared to the high-temperature cabin, the deck is cooler. Samurai felt the "cool breeze blowing on his face" and watched the steam crane on the dock load the cargo container into the cargo compartment in the ship.

The cargo ship he worked for set off from Jinyang and was loaded with cumin when he set off. He went to Guanzhong Weikou to unload the goods. Clove is a very fragrant seasoning, so the ship was filled with a faint fragrance.

Now, the cargo boxes that the crane hangs from the shore also have a faint fragrance, but this fragrance is different from the scent of cumin, which the samurai can smell.

Samurai learned to start a steamship in order to do shipping in the future and be the owner of the ship himself, rather than driving the ship for the rest of his life. Therefore, during the internship, he always paid attention to various inside information about the shipping of a steamship.

Which kind of goods are easier to sell, which kind of goods are more cost-effective to transport, and how the purchase price and selling price of goods from all over the world are all the contents of Samurai inquiry.

His behavior is actually very common among crew members, but the China Merchants Administration of Steel and Shipping does not prohibit crew members from inquiring about the market, because the industry has broad development prospects and a great demand for transportation capacity. The China Merchants Administration of China Merchants Administration of China is eager for more people to invest in this industry.

The "bodyguard" who was carrying the goods on the ship had a good relationship with the crew. When he saw Wu Sanro, who was diligent and interested in asking about these loading and unloading goods, he did not avoid anything and told him frankly: "This is fennel, the fennel from Lingnan."

The warrior asked Yan suddenly realized: "Ah...... Anise?"

"Yes, also known as fennel or star anise, the reason why it is called fennel is naturally the corresponding fennel."

In theory, the person who is escorting goods should not mention what the goods are to others, so as not to attract covetousness and encounter robbery halfway. However, the anise from Lingbiao is now a hot-selling cargo. The steamships from Weikou to Bingzhou or Hetao are basically loaded with anise.

Although both seasoned spices, the flavors of cumin and anise are different, and the wealthy people in the past are used to eating meat with cumin and seasoning. Occasionally change the flavors and seasoning with southern anise is also a good choice.

Similarly, the southerners who are used to seasoning fennel, occasionally use cumin to season the meat, which has a unique flavor.

These days, ordinary people do not afford meat, so they do not have a great demand for big and cumin, but there are still many wealthy families in the world, so the transaction of seasoning and fragrant medicines is becoming more and more prosperous.

Samurai has never seen anise before, so he is not sure where its nickname "star anise" comes from, so he has many questions.

The bodyguard was bored and saw that there were many problems with the warriors, so he just passed the time: "One anise, of course, because the shape of the anise is octagonal... I tell you, it is said that the smoky land of Lingnan is amazing now."

"I won't say much about sugar. I want as much as I want. Nowadays, the anise that was originally imported from Nanyang is also available in Lingnan, especially Guiguan, Rongguan and Yongguan. There are still quite a lot of them."
Chapter completed!