Chapter 2713

Tao Hongfang asked: "Wouldn't it be good to concentrate on developing the shipbuilding industry? Along the way, I saw that the shipbuilding industry in Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Zhoushan and other places are developing well. Sasebo Bay is a natural harbor and there are rich forest resources nearby.

, it should be possible to develop along this route.”

Amakusa Shiro shook his head and said: "Sasebo Shipyard mainly serves the stationed fleet, and its daily business is to maintain the fleet ships, which is equivalent to the supporting industry of the base. Although the shipbuilding business is also open to the private sector, the scale of local business is limited and there is not much demand for shipping.

, domestic businesses rarely look far away and place orders for shipbuilding with us. Most of the business they can receive locally is to build a few fishing boats. If the price is low, there will be no profit. If the price is high, fishermen cannot afford it. It can only be said to be better than nothing.

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Tao Hongfang knew a little about the situation of the shipbuilding industry. After listening to Shiro Amakusa's explanation, he realized that he had indeed misjudged the actual local situation. Most of the local demand for the shipbuilding industry came from the garrison.

In comparison, orders for building fishing boats are indeed only a small profit. The construction cost of commercial ships is closely related to the number of orders. If the Sasebo Shipyard can receive too few orders, it will be difficult to compete with domestic shipyards in terms of cost.

When it comes to shipping demand for the shipbuilding industry, the problem has to go back to the local population size. Given the current social situation of the Sasebo area with less than 10,000 permanent residents, the demand for business activities and supplies is relatively limited. Now the local area has basically

To be able to achieve self-sufficiency in food, the main things that need to be shipped from the country are some military equipment and living supplies that cannot be produced by oneself. The quantity is also relatively limited, and there is not much cargo to transport on the return trip. A considerable part of the cargo is even provided by the military.

Ship transportation and private transportation capacity have not reached saturation at all, and naturally they cannot bring much help to the local shipbuilding industry.

At present, many large domestic commercial institutions have set up offices in Sasebo, but the main purpose is to seize the land as early as possible to gain first-mover advantages. This is a business behavior that is first-mover, but the scale of trade is still relatively small.

low level.

For these wealthy commercial organizations, there is a long-term organization in Nagasaki not far away anyway. It does not cost much money to allocate some manpower from there to build a store in Sasebo or buy a store.

.If we can find a way to get some business from the garrison, we can earn back our initial investment immediately.

But in order to truly achieve stable profits, we can only wait patiently for the local population to grow, and only after demand reaches a certain scale can these commercial institutions drive the development of shipping and other industries. Therefore, the root of the problem still lies in population.

For Haihan's overseas colonies, population growth is one of the factors that tests the government's ability to govern. The Sasebo area used to be a sparsely populated place, otherwise it would not have been easily won by Haihan without any resistance. In the early stage, it mainly relied on domestic organizations

Immigrants settled here. After the local construction achieved initial results in recent years, it began to slowly attract more and more Japanese immigrants to take the initiative. The growth rate of several thousand people a year is naturally not fast in the eyes of everyone in the mission, but for

For the Sasebo authorities, this is already much better than the population growth level in the early years of previous years.

Amakusa Shiro frankly explained to everyone: "According to our estimates, in order to achieve a balanced local fiscal balance, the permanent population needs to be at least 50,000, and this does not include the military expenditure of the garrison. At present,

With the population growth rate, we may still need seven or eight years!"

"So long?" Tao Hongfang was slightly disappointed when he heard this answer. Previously, Yuan Wendong said that people from all over Japan have taken the initiative to move to Sasebo, and the scale may double next year. It seems that the population growth situation is very optimistic, but if it is calculated

If you look at the detailed accounts, it’s not that exciting.

This is not because the Sasebo authorities are incompetent, but mainly because of the limited objective environment here. Unless they use force to rob the population of the Japanese archipelago, there seems to be no way to increase the population here in the short term. Of course, considering that the current relative

Given the stable international situation, there is no need for Haihan to adopt such radical measures.

After having a general understanding of the local situation, the mission also took the initiative to explain to the local officials their experiences during their mission to North Korea. Regarding the two matters of delineating the exclusive economic zone in Busan and persuading Tsushima to give up its franchise rights, Amakusa Shiro

Highly praised, because such changes are undoubtedly beneficial to the development of Sasebo.

With an exclusive economic zone with its own port in Busan, ships from the Sasebo garrison can more easily enter and exit the Busan Port to transport supplies and personnel, which will also virtually increase the influence of Sasebo, an emerging colonial zone, in southern Korea.

After Tsushima Domain gives up its trade privileges, it will definitely take the initiative to increase trade with surrounding areas. As one of the large ports closest to Tsushima, Sasebo will inevitably become the target of Tsushima Domain. Tsushima Domain will enter by then.

Sasebo's merchant ships and various resources will contribute to local development.

After the short meeting, there was a routine reception banquet. Although Sasebo is not a prosperous place, the living standard of the upper class is definitely not low. At least judging from the level of the banquet, it is better than the previous one of the mission.

The places I’ve been to are no less impressive.

Not only did the dishes maintain the authentic Haihan flavor, but even the tableware and wine utensils used were all made in Haihan, and there were no local traces of Japan. This was also very popular with everyone in the delegation, because

This kind of detail shows Amakusa Shiro's identification with Kaihan's identity from the side.

The combined fleet that arrived here with the mission also had a tooth ceremony. Haihan's own troops were fine, after all, the conditions at home were better than here, but the North Korean naval force led by Ando Seok, for this

But I was very envious.

This is just a partial division of the Haihan Army stationed overseas, but it has such good natural conditions as a military port and base, and the living standard is not bad at all. For people who have been eating kimchi all year round, it is rare to see an oily meal.

For Korean soldiers, they really felt the difference.

During the stay in Sasebo, the main purpose was to complete the change of defense of the garrison, and the mission had no tasks to perform, so everyone had nothing to worry about. They just had a drink at the banquet that night. Except for Shiro Amakusa, everyone else at the banquet

Most of them are young and strong, and they are at the age where they like to drink and have fun, so the host and the guest take turns to drink until the sky is getting dark.
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