Chapter 1215: Not accepting what he has seen

Of course, Tan Juren does not need to live in a temporary tent like the immigrants. The local management committee has already prepared hotel suites and sumptuous reception banquets for the travelers who come from afar, and has also arranged for several four-wheeled carriages to arrive.

Pick them up at the pier.

This black box-type carriage made in Sanya is not cheap. Not only the glass windows on the carriage are valuable, but the spring damping system and rubber wheels under the carriage are also unique to Haihan, making the ride more comfortable.

It is better than the traditional carriage, and of course the price is much higher. When the fleet settled in Da Nang, the technical content of the carriage sent by the local management committee to pick up Tan Juren and others for the banquet was far inferior to this new carriage.

As far as Tan Juren knows, the production capacity of this thing is currently extremely limited due to insufficient parts supply. Only a few high-ranking officials in Sanya have replaced their cars with this new model. Even many wealthy businessmen from other places come to Sanya to buy with money.

It took a long time to get in line. But eight cars were sent out at one go. The extent of their wealth was clearly revealed. It must have cost a lot just to transport the parts of these cars to Ambona Island for assembly.

time.

"Get in the car, get in the car, everyone, come back and visit slowly." Mu Xiabai enthusiastically greeted the stunned people to get in the car. He has become accustomed to such reactions. The Ministry of Commerce's idea is to build this place into the century

The largest offshore gold-selling cave in the Far East, the first impression after getting off the ship is very important, and this design effect has obviously been achieved. Most people who visit for the first time will be surprised by the level of construction here. Even these are similar to Mu

Xia Bai's friends from the same time and space are no exception.

Sitting on the carriage, Tan Juren suddenly thought of Qiu Xin in Vung Tau Port. For him, this place is a paradise. As a native emperor, he can get whatever he wants and do whatever he wants. But if we really want to talk about the standard of living, I am afraid that this island is still higher.

Apart from the inconvenient transportation, there is nothing wrong with this place. The resources per capita may even be better than those in Sanya. It is a good job to be assigned to be an official here.

One pile.

The quality of the Jie Feng Banquet really did not disappoint the visitors. In addition to some Haihan signature dishes that can be eaten in Sanya, there are also some unique Southeast Asian flavor dishes, and the drinks provided during the banquet are not common at domestic banquets.

"Sanya Special Brew", but there are other preparations.

"Pour a glass and try it. This is a good thing shipped from Europe!" Mu Xiabai greeted everyone enthusiastically: "I'm not bragging. You can't buy this thing in the market in Sanya. You can drink it if you want.

You have to come to Ambona Island to find it!”

Tan Juren raised the glass in his hand to look at it, and then smelled it. It seemed to be ordinary wine. After taking a sip, he felt that the taste was sweeter than ordinary wine.

Wine imported from Europe is actually nothing new. After Haihan established a connection with Portugal and the Netherlands, it would also import some goods from Europe through the merchant ships of these two countries, including many European wines that travelers longed for. However,

Since the route from Europe to the Far East was too long in this era, and the wine preservation technology was relatively primitive, after long-distance transportation by sea, the quality of these wines would deteriorate to some extent, and the taste would be far inferior to what the travelers drank in the previous time and space.

European wine. So after buying a few batches and trying them out, the travelers gradually lost interest and simply asked the Ministry of Agriculture to study how to breed grapes to make wine in Hainan Island.

"Is this really a wine imported from Europe? Why does it taste better than before?" Soon someone tasted some of the taste.

"It's really imported from Europe!" Mu Xiabai nodded and continued to add: "It was bought from Portugal."

"What's the name of this wine? Why is it different from what we drank before?" Tan Juren took another sip, and as expected, he had similar questions.

Mu Xiabai responded: "This wine does not have a fixed name yet, but if there are any of you who like to drink wine, you should have heard of the Port Bar? This is the most original Port wine."

"Port wine? So this is Port wine!" Although Tan Juren has never drank it before, he has heard of the name of the wine. Speaking of which, this wine is really one of Portugal's specialties.

Port wine is a kind of wine produced in the Douro River Basin in northern Portugal. However, it is not really famous at this time. Historically, it was originally discovered by British merchants at the end of the 17th century that it was brewed by local monasteries.

The wine was named and promoted. Its special taste comes from three reasons. One is the flavor of the grapes produced in the special local soil environment. The other is that the wine is distilled before the fermentation of the grape juice is completed during the brewing process.

, and thirdly, in order to maintain the quality of this wine after long-distance transportation, a certain amount of brandy is also added.

The people present did not have such in-depth research on European wine. After listening to Mucha Bai's explanation of the brewing process, they suddenly realized that this thing is not well-known in Portugal, and its production capacity must be limited. No wonder Mucha

Bai just boasted that it is no longer available in Haikou in Sanya. To say it is rare, it is indeed a rare thing.

Someone immediately became interested in this wine: "This brewing method is not too complicated. Can it be replicated in China?"

Mu Xiabai responded: "Of course the brewing method can be copied, but the climate and raw materials cannot be copied. Even if we invite people from Portugal to do it in China, the products will definitely be different. But in the future, if the Ministry of Agriculture

If you are interested, you can talk to the Portuguese and ask them to bring over some missionaries who know how to make wine from the local monastery to develop a new series of Sanya special wine."

Someone immediately retorted: "If we bring missionaries over, we have to build a monastery for them. I'm afraid the executive committee won't agree to this. The higher-ups take religion very seriously."

"Then there's nothing we can do." Mu Xiabai shook his head and said, "But I didn't buy this wine from the Portuguese just to sell it in China. With such a name, and the small supply, it's hard to sell it locally.

If you sell it at a high price, there will still be a lot of people willing to pay, and if you send it back and use it as a special internal wine, it will be nothing."

Someone joked: "Old Mu, you have been here for a long time, and your business habits have become a lot worse! Will you retire and change jobs in the future, and you will have to work as an errand in the Ministry of Commerce?"

Mu Xiabai said sternly: "To tell you the truth, I have really considered this approach, but I don't know whether Mr. Shi can think highly of rough guys like us. But if you really want me to play intrigues with those foreign businessmen, then what?

I also think this errand is a bit difficult."

Tan Juren smiled and answered: "Brother Mu, what you want is to be able to guard this Ambon Island all the time, right? The difference between leading troops or doing business should not be that important to you."

"Xiao Tan understands me!" Mu Xiabo praised: "To be honest, after driving the Dutch away from here, I thought this place was quite good. Now that it is built so well, it is certainly a good thing to stay here and live here.

. But of course we soldiers must follow orders and be stationed wherever they are arranged. If we continue to use force in the South China Sea in the future, maybe we will be transferred to other places after a telegram comes from Sanya.

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Living for a long time in an environment like an overseas paradise like Ambon Island will inevitably slowly wear away your willpower. Even a veteran like Mu Xiabai is no exception. However, he is not as good as Qiu Xin from Vung Tau Port.

He is content with the status quo and just joking, but when a war really comes, he will still be one of the military's leading generals in the South China Sea.

Mu Xiabai quickly turned the topic back to the itinerary: "I just took a look at the dock. It is estimated that it will take three to five days to complete the repair of the damaged ship. You are all on the island these days.

Stay here, I will arrange for you to visit around and see the construction results of this place in the past two years!"

Such an arrangement is naturally a dream for everyone. Most of them rarely had the opportunity to go abroad for vacation before the time travel. After the time travel, they basically spent the past few years on Hainan Island. They can take advantage of this time

It was a pretty good arrangement to take the opportunity to go south and spend a few days on Ampurna Island, which is known as the Golden Grotto in the South China Sea. Everyone suffered a lot at sea in the past few days, but now the clouds have finally cleared and the mood has improved greatly.

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"Old Mu, tell us first, what fun things are there on this island?" Someone immediately started to inquire.

Mu Xiabai responded with contentment: "As for fun things, we have them here, and they are of a higher quality. We also have things that are not available elsewhere! We are all our own people, eating, drinking and having fun on the island.

You don’t have to spend any money! But if you have a good time and want to give a reward, or want to gamble in the casino, then please pay out of your own pocket!”

The main industries on this island can be divided into three major areas. One is the re-export trade with the port as the main business, the other is the numerous tropical cash crop plantations, and the third is the characteristic tourism and entertainment industry that the Ministry of Commerce has invested heavily in.

Ambuna Port does not have the same unique geographical conditions as the colonial ports on the Annan coast, so the scale of port construction and the degree of development here are relatively limited. Fortunately, the shipbuilding technology of this era is still relatively primitive, so it is not necessary.

We are worried that it is difficult for a 10,000-ton ship to enter the port and berth. Like the fleet going south this time, although there are many ships, they can still all enter the berths of the dock. And the geographical location here is in the center of the South China Sea, and it is also the South China Sea.

The Trade Alliance holds its annual meeting here, so there are quite a lot of merchant ships from various countries traveling here. As for re-export trade and related transportation, warehousing, sales and financial services, the Ministry of Commerce will naturally not miss the opportunity.

Haihan has accumulated too much experience in the management of ports and islands. These development models have been proven to be valuable in practice and will not cause big problems when used on Ampona Island. And the island already has

Plantations have also been promoted by the gradual expansion of port trade, and the scale of plantations has been increasing year by year in the past two years.

"If you have a lot of spare money on hand and want to invest in some real estate to leave to future generations, then I suggest you build a few plantations on Amborna Island for long-term investment and make a sure profit!" Mu Xiabai talked about this issue.

, sparing no effort to promote the island's plantation project to the audience.

Ambona Island covers an area of ​​more than 2,000 square kilometers. In addition to setting aside hundreds of square kilometers of land in the south for biologist Zhang Yun to establish a wildlife area, there is also a large area on the island that is completely undeveloped and primitive.

Status. Products processed from cash crops such as rubber, spices, and oils can be regarded as hard currency that has no worries about marketability, and have stable profits for a long time, and business risks are relatively small. In the past few years, they have been imported from abroad.

One of the main projects for investment.

However, there are certain threshold requirements for investment in Ambona Island, and small business applications are generally not approved. Therefore, except for the Haihan official, most of the people building plantations here are such as

Business organizations such as Qiong Lianfa and the Guangdong Business Alliance came forward and directly chartered thousands of acres of land for development.

Smaller-scale plantations are basically invested by traversers, and then handed over directly to the Ministry of Agriculture for management in the form of collective farms, with profits distributed in proportion. Although the profits of this business model are not that impressive, it is better than stability.

Don’t worry, the plantation owners don’t have to go all the way to Amborna Island to run the business. They can make money just by lying down in Sanya. Rather than an investment, it is better to say that the executive committee distributes a certain amount of money to the travelers in disguise.

kind of welfare.

Of course, not everyone will want this kind of benefit. Some people feel that it is a bit unsafe to invest their money on an island thousands of miles away, or it may be an investment object that already has better returns. Like this time, follow the boat

Most of the travelers who came here in a team have not passed the official investment and operation projects in Ambon Island. But after this trip, maybe some of them will change their original ideas and spend some money.

The property has been invested in Ambon Island for the long term.

The sightseeing itinerary arranged for visitors naturally included a visit to local plantations. People who originally had no idea about this visit decided to add it to their itinerary after carefully listening to Mu Xiabai's recommendation.

On to this item. After all, Mu Xiabai generously claimed that he also has a plantation of two hundred acres on the island, and plans to increase investment this year to double the area of ​​the plantation. Such a vivid example is

It seems very convincing.

Of course, the expansion of the island's plantation operations will in turn promote the development of trade, shipping and even the island's population. This is also an unquestionable trend. According to Mu Xiabai's estimate, the island's plantation area will increase by 10% within the year.

Breaking through 100,000 acres, this is definitely a large amount in overseas colonies.
Chapter completed!