Chapter 2971

After reviewing the armed fleet, King Suji held a grand welcome banquet for Qian Tiandun and his party at the palace.

It has to be said that Kelantan seems to be more Haihan-oriented than Pattani. A large number of glassware produced by Haihan were used in the palace banquets, and most of the dishes also used Chinese cooking techniques and seasonings, which is obviously different from this region.

More common eating styles.

The service staff at the banquet actually all spoke Chinese, and they had obviously undergone special training and selection.

King Suji proudly stated that more and more Kelantanese are currently studying in Haihan and bringing advanced cultural knowledge back to the country for dissemination. He is also considering fully introducing the cultural and educational system of Haihan so that

From now on, talents from Kelantan can seamlessly connect to higher education institutions in Haihan.

"I hope that one day, Kota Bharu can become as prosperous as Sanya!"

This was the second time in just a few days that Qian Tiandun heard the head of a country express his longing and yearning for Sanya face to face.

King Suji also visited Sanya, which shows how much the prosperity of the "Celestial Kingdom" had a great impact on him. In the minds of these monarchs of small overseas countries, Haihan's development model is obviously a successful model, and it seems that he

As long as you follow Haihan's guidance, you can replicate this successful model.

Even if it cannot become as powerful as Haihan, it will at least have the opportunity to become a regional power and raise its national power to unprecedented heights.

Kelantan has obviously tasted enough sweetness from its long-term cooperation with Haihan. This also prompted King Sujit to decide to increase cooperation in military, cultural and other fields and continue to promote the Haihanization process of the entire country.

At the end of the banquet, King Suji presented Qian Tiandun with a precious gift - an exploration-class warship model carved from ivory. This thing cannot be bought on the market even with money, and its workmanship

It is meticulous, has a very high degree of restoration and is of great collection value.

Although Qian Tiandun has traveled extensively for many years, this was the first time he received such a special gift, and he couldn't put it down at the moment.

The next day, at the warm invitation of King Suji, Qian Tiandun went to visit an iron mine invested and developed by Haihan in Kelantan.

Compared with the Liaodong Iron Mine, which is being fully developed in the Northern Region, Kelantan's iron ore is still far behind in terms of production technology and production scale. There are almost no mechanized tools in the mining field, and it basically relies on manpower.

The entire mining and transportation process.

Fortunately, the veins here can be mined in open pits. As long as more manpower is invested, the low mining efficiency can be slightly compensated.

Qian Tiandun noticed that there were many women in the mine. Their task was to transport the crushed ore from the mine pit to the nearby dressing area, and their tools were rattan baskets.

Looking at the size of the baskets on their backs, a full basket of ore could weigh about seventy or eighty kilograms. These women hunched over as they carried out baskets of ore.

The number of livestock owned by the mine is obviously very limited. After the ore is screened and crushed, a few horse-drawn carriages can be used to transport it to the smelting workshop for further processing.

Although the production efficiency is extremely low, for this small coastal country that has just stepped onto the industrial threshold, this is one of the most economically valuable industries in the country.

"It seems that your country needs to raise more livestock to improve the production efficiency of the mine."

Qian Tiandun is no stranger to such a scene. He personally experienced the development process of local coal mines in Heitu Port more than 20 years ago. In the early days, mining was also carried out by manual labor.

Given the situation in Kelantan, it is obvious that we cannot expect to introduce advanced steam machinery to assist mining in the short term, so animal power is the most realistic option.

King Suji agreed with his suggestion: "To the east of Kota Bharu City, there is a large ranch under construction. After it is completed, it is expected to be able to supply about a thousand pack horses every year. By that time, various farms in our country will

The mines will also benefit.”

Such a large-scale ranch has certain requirements for animal husbandry technology. Kelantan's own strength alone may be difficult to operate. Qian Tiandun estimates that it is probably an industry that cooperates with Haihan.

Sure enough, Tan Tianlei next to him added: "This ranch project was built with assistance from the Sing Tao Region. When completed, it will be the largest ranch in the entire Malay Peninsula. In addition to supplying draft horses to the country, it will also supply pack horses to the Sing Tao Region in the future.

Export packhorse."

Qian Tiandun nodded slightly. It seemed that Xingdao was not just developing Kelantan as a mine, but also had a more comprehensive long-term plan.

On the way back to the station, Tan Tianlei frankly announced Sing Tao's plans to Qian Tiandun: "We will assist Kelantan in developing various resources within the territory, but all development will be based on our country's needs, not Kelantan's."

Request. Kelantan will become a vassal of our country in the future, but it will not have an industrial system."

Qian Tiandun reminded: "But they have mines, smelting plants, and professional workers. This is already the prototype of the industrial system."

Tan Tianlei said: "This is also the upper limit of Kelantan. We do not provide refining and processing technology to Kelantan, so for industries like iron ore, they can only master the technology of smelting pig iron and will not have the ability to produce large-scale steel."

ability."

Chien Tin Tun said: "What if someone goes to our country to learn related technologies and then brings them back to Kelantan?"

Tan Tianlei smiled and said: "It's useless just to learn it. Without our permission, there will never be a steel-making blast furnace in Kelantan."

This is equivalent to locking up the possibility of Kelantan's technological upgrading in the industrial field. Without a large amount of steel production capacity, it is impossible for Kelantan to enter the industrial era independently.

Qian Tiandun nodded, expressing his approval of this strategy.

When leaving Kelantan, King Suji specially sent three warships to follow the Haihan fleet south. The reason he gave was also very good. These three warships will go to Star Island to receive military training.

This is a rare opportunity to get familiar with the maritime navigation arrangements of the Haihan Fleet.

Adjacent to Kelantan in the south is Terengganu, which is also a small city-state. However, compared to its two neighbors to the north, the situation of this small country is a bit lackluster.

According to the situation introduced by Li Yuande and Tan Tianlei, Terengganu currently lacks high-value and easy-to-exploit natural resources, and does not have a bay like Pattani to develop maritime trade, so it can only follow the development route of a purely agricultural country.

However, because of its location bordering Johor, most citizens feel closer to Johor. Johor and Sing Tao have a long-standing feud, so Sing Tao is not that interested in developing Terengganu.

In fact, part of the reason why Sing Tao retains Terengganu is to leave a buffer zone between Johor and Kelantan. After all, the combined territories of these small countries are not as big as Johor. If Johor were to overwhelm Sing Tao,

The initial investment in Kelantan may have been wasted.
Chapter completed!