Chapter 1312 Incomprehensible information

On Hainan Island, the population density is relatively low in the eastern coastal areas. Counties such as Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, and Lingshui here basically have an agricultural population, and the residents are relatively scattered and far away from each other.

The population density is less than that of the west coast. Because the executive committee arranged another inspection team to visit various places on the east coast, they had completed all the tasks of the inspection when they left Haikou, and there was no need to stay on the way. Yu Xiaobao solicited

After everyone's opinions, they ordered to go directly south along the east coast and return to Sanya.

The voyage from Haikou to Sanya is more than 200 nautical miles. Even if it does not dock halfway, it will not be completed in a short time. Although Liu Shang was impatient and wanted to return to Sanya early to deal with Liao Yuan's affairs, there was no such thing on the ship.

Without Haihan's most advanced steam propulsion device, how fast he could run could only rely on God's favor and the captain's command. No matter how anxious he was, he could only hold it in for now.

Regarding navigation technology, Liu Shang can only be regarded as a layman. At most, he can roughly distinguish the direction according to the sun, and he is not qualified to participate in the route planning and command of this ship. The only one who can help

The reason is probably to silently pray that there won’t be any drastic weather changes along the way, and to allow a few more days for this long trip around the island.

The other people on the boat were not as eager as Liu Shang. Although this errand had taken them away from Sanya for more than half a month, almost every place along the way was served delicious food and drinks. It can be said that it was better than in Sanya.

The courtesy enjoyed in Sanya is much higher. This so-called imperial envoy treatment made every member of the inspection team gain a lot of weight during this period. Although the mission has been completed, many of them will probably

Use this as a source of conversation for a long time.

Of course, although the errands of visiting various places are over, the work of the inspection team does not end there. They must also summarize the areas they are responsible for and hand over corresponding written reports. Liu Shang plays a significant role in this aspect.

It was a small advantage because he was temporarily detained as a young man and was only responsible for the propaganda work. He was not required to sort out the economic and trade status of various places. He was the only one who was the most leisurely during the return trip.

The busiest person on the entire ship is probably Yu Xiaobao, who is leading the team. Not only does he have to sort out the economic and trade data on Liu Shang's behalf, but the reports written by everyone must be submitted to him for review in the end.

He will then report the results of the inspection and the problems discovered to the executive committee. The inspection team visited many cities and counties along the way, and there is a lot of content that needs to be recorded. Even if Yu Xiaobao is extremely energetic, he can finish it in a short time and a half.

He couldn't finish reading so many documents, so Yu Xiaobao almost didn't show up on the ship during the return trip, and stayed in the cabin to seize the time to check for omissions and fill in the gaps written by his group of people.

Everyone was busy with their own affairs, and Liu Shang couldn't act idle. He happened to have a large amount of written information submitted by the local government at hand. These information were basically statistical data on people's livelihood, and they were not classified as confidential, so even if

Liu Shang is a temporary member of the inspection team, and you can also read the contents. Of course, he has been in the inspection team for more than ten days, and he is relatively familiar with these colleagues, and he is quite appreciated by Xiaobao.

No one treated him as an outsider anymore. He wanted to read the information, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it.

Of course, what Liu Shang was most interested in was the content related to steam engines and military affairs. After weighing it, he decided to get information about steam engines first - even if the military intelligence could be understood clearly, it would not be of much help to the Ming Dynasty.

If the Han Dynasty is really ready to declare war on the Ming Dynasty, then all the officials in the southeastern coastal areas can wash their necks and wait now.

Regarding the use report of steam engines, every place visited by the inspection team submitted a written information. After they summarized this information, it was fed back to the Haihan Industry Department. Relevant personnel will review the existing steam engines based on actual usage.

The equipment and related manufacturing technology will be further improved. At the same time, the executive committee will also need to use these reports to decide the promotion intensity and application scope of steam engines in the next few years.

Liu Shang is mainly interested in the operating principles and manufacturing processes of steam engines, as well as the industry fields that are currently in use in Haihan. However, the manufacturing of steam engines is all concentrated in Tiandu Industrial Zone in Sanya, so there are not many in these reports.

Mentioned the aspects that he was interested in. However, regarding the application of steam engines in actual production, the content recorded in these materials was much more detailed than the information he learned on site.

Liu Shang took a rough look at the reports submitted by various cities and counties, and summarized the use of steam engines into several aspects such as usage environment, actual power, water and coal consumption, maintenance cycles, and usage problems. After comparing it,

However, it is easy to compare the differences in performance and material consumption of steam engines used in various places.

High-power steam engines are almost all concentrated in the industrial zone from Changhua to Shilu, whether it is the steam locomotives running between the two places, or the various steam pulverizers and conveyor belts used in the mines, the steam rolling mills in the Changhua factory and

Steam hammers are the big ones among steam engines. The steam excavator that Liu Shang is particularly concerned about is also mentioned in the report submitted by Shilu Mine. The mine's technical staff put forward many design details that need to be improved.

They mainly focus on mechanical transmission. Although detailed drawings are also attached to the text, these drawings are detailed drawings of one of the parts. Even if Liu Shang looked over them over and over, he still did not understand how this part was used on the machine.

Where exactly is the location?

When encountering such a situation, Liu Shang could only blame himself for not knowing enough. Even if the drawings were handed to him, he still couldn't understand the contents of the book. However, he also noticed that the work of the steam engine was mentioned in the article.

The efficiency is "as good as a hundred miners". In this way, although its manufacturing and use costs are not low, it is still quite cost-effective for Haihan. After all, according to the report, only two people are needed to operate this steam engine, and another

Just add two people to shovel coal and add water.

Four people can complete the workload of hundreds of laborers. This kind of work efficiency is far beyond the reach of other power sources such as wind power, water power, animal power, etc. And as mentioned in the article, this kind of steam excavator still has great technological improvements.

Space, in the future through technological improvements and an increase in the number of launches, it will surely be possible to further reduce operating costs and increase production capacity.

Moreover, the article also mentioned that it is recommended to put such equipment into mines outside Hainan Island such as Heitugang Coal Mine, Nanhai Tin Mine, Shandong Fushan Copper Mine, etc., so that we can accumulate experience in using it in various geographical and climatic environments.

As a reference for future modification and upgrade of steam excavators.

Liu Shang didn't know it, but he was shocked when he saw it. It turned out that Haihan had quietly occupied many mines in various places, and he also mentioned a gold mine somewhere in the northern part of Taiwan Island. But Liu Shang

I am not familiar with the place names of Taiwan Island, and I don’t know the specific location of this gold mine. With Haihan’s mining capabilities, this gold mine must have contributed a lot of wealth to it. These construction achievements witnessed on Hainan Island,

There should be more or less the contribution of this gold mine.

Liu Shangxindao's method of collecting intelligence is quite good. Just look at the relevant reports on steam engines to understand the information about the mines currently being mined in Haihan. There is no need to spend a lot of time to investigate and implement them in various places. But on second thought, maybe he

There was only one chance to see this kind of information, so I quickly read the mine-related content several times and memorized it all in my mind.

Liu Shang actually didn't know how useful this information could be to the Ming Dynasty, but since there was a mine in the Ming Dynasty, he felt that it was necessary for the court to have the information, so as not to be passive for a long time and keep the Haihan people silent.

There was a hole in the ground.

But Liu Shang didn’t know that the Fushan Copper Mine in Dengzhou, Shandong Province had been put into operation in the second half of last year, and the local smelting facilities had been officially put into use this year. At present, more than 100 local employees working for Haihan at the Fushan Copper Mine alone

There are thousands of people, and about three to five tons of copper ingots are transported to the south by sea every month. Although the current annual output is less than 100 tons, it is already one of the few self-produced copper under Haihan's control.

resources.

There are also copper mines buried in Shilu Mine, but the current output is not much better than that of Fushan Copper Mine. Therefore, Fushan is still a very important resource producing area for Haihan. For this reason, the Shandong Expeditionary Army has also deployed a certain size of troops there.

, the mine was operated like a military fortress. Last year, the garrison in Dengzhou, Shandong Province wanted to move this place, but they also suffered a lot of losses at the hands of the Haihan Army. If Ming Dynasty is really at ease, it will take back this place from the Haihan Army.

We are afraid that the Dengzhou garrison alone will not be able to accomplish this.

However, these things are too far away for Liu Shang. The situation he can consider now can only be limited to the environment he is exposed to at the moment. Things thousands of miles away cannot be considered so comprehensively. He cannot even judge what he is doing.

After the obtained information is submitted, will it bring initiative or trouble to Daming?

Although Liu Shang has an excellent memory, these reports full of numbers soon made him dizzy. It was not easy to understand and write down these boring numbers. By the time he finished reading,

When he was about to rest for a while after collecting this pile of information, he suddenly realized that it was getting dark outside. He didn't even remember whether he had eaten anything at noon, but he wasn't too hungry.

After a hasty dinner, Liu Shang, like the others, continued to burn lights for night fighting. The lights used on this ship had glass lampshades and anti-turnover designs, so candlelight was generally not allowed at night.

In the evening of the next day, Liu Shang finally saw the Yulinjiao Lighthouse on the deck in the distance, which was a sign guiding ships to enter the port at night. The ship set out from the military port on the Luhuitou Peninsula, but when it returned it was

To dock at Victory Port, there is a large amount of information and supplies on the ship that need to be sent to Victory Fort for storage as soon as possible.

Liu Shang looked at the coastline that was getting closer and closer, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. The questions he was worried about along the way would soon be answered. If Liao Yuan had made any mistakes because he could not keep in touch while he was away, then

By this time, there were probably people from the Security Department or the Police Department waiting on the dock to arrest him and bring him to justice.

Of course, this possibility is actually not high. Liu Shang also knows that there is a device on this ship that can transmit sounds thousands of miles away. If Liao Yuan's identity is exposed in Sanya and he is implicated, then the Haihan people can notify them through the radio

Yu Xiaobao controlled himself first. However, Yu Xiaobao's attitude towards himself did not change much along the way, which may have shown that his worries were unnecessary.

The sailboat docked at the pier of Victory Port before nightfall. The port management center had deployed dozens of workers in advance to wait for unloading at the pier. Liu Shang stood on the side of the ship and looked around, and saw that there were only two or three police officers on the shore to maintain order.

Smoking in the distance, it didn't look like I was here to arrest anyone, and I felt very at ease.

After everyone disembarked, Yu Xiaobao announced the disbandment and everyone went back on their own. In the end, only Liu Shang was left. He didn’t know whether he should go back to the training center on the Luhuitou Peninsula or go back to the training center in Sanya.

Houses for rent in Hong Kong.

After Yu Xiaobao asked him what was going on, he asked him to find a hotel to stay in Victory Port for one night, and then come to Victory Fort tomorrow to sign and pay the errand, and collect the labor expenses for this errand by the way. Of course, today

The cost of staying in the hotel for the night can also be reimbursed. As for the training courses of the Publicity Department, Yu Xiaobao said that he would go out to say hello to the people in the Publicity Department and help him make arrangements.

Liu Shang sent Yu Xiaobao away with great gratitude, but he was not in a hurry to find a hotel near the port area. Instead, he called a rickshaw and rushed to the Sanya port area. He had already figured it out just now, no matter what, he had to

First contact Liao Yuan to confirm the other party's movements.

Liu Shang did not go back to the place he rented in Sanya Port before, and went directly to the store where Liao Yuan applied. However, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not dare to go directly to the door to find Liao Yuan by name.

I got off the car near the store and walked there, trying to see if I had any luck meeting Liao Yuan or his men outside.

Liu Shang was really able to keep his composure. After waiting on the street for about half an hour, he finally saw a familiar face. He was the man who worked as a martial artist in this store with Liao Yuan. He was also the one before.

He lived in the same courtyard as him. He hurriedly walked out of the darkness, greeted him pretending to meet him by chance, and then asked about Liao Yuan's current situation.

Although the man was Liao Yuan's subordinate, he didn't know Liu Shang's true identity. He thought he was just a storyteller who happened to live in the same courtyard. He had no precautions against him, so he casually responded: "Brother Liao picked up.

I left for Guangzhou a few days ago for an errand ordered by my boss, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until next month."
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