Chapter 784 New Colonial Port

When Dong Yanyun saw this place, he had some impressions in his mind. In his early years, he often traveled between Zhangzhou and Damuan Port and other places. He had also passed by this place by boat and knew that there was a large harbor in the narrow mouth of the bay.

However, he has never had the experience of landing in this place, because it is said that the natives here are very ferocious. Not only do they like to eat human flesh, but its taste is very strong. They must wait for the corpse to decay and become infested with insects before eating it. Of course, this is actually just

According to rumors, although Taoist Maka is indeed a bit strong in taste, it has not reached the point of cannibalism. Regardless of the purpose of the person who spreads such rumors, the sensational rumors are enough to stop people like Dong Yanyun who do not know the truth.

Dong Yanyun was still somewhat interested in this place at the time, and planned to ask Xu Xinsu to send more manpower to him later, and then explore whether this place had the value of immigration development. However, the relationship between Xu Xinsu and Zheng Zhilong took a turn for the worse later, and Xu Xinsu had to spend money to buy an official position in exchange for

A protective umbrella, then the Shibazhi occupied Penghu and took over the waterway between the mainland and Damuan Port. Xu Xinsu also interrupted the trade relations with the Dutch, and thus lost the opportunity to occupy this place.

Shibazhi has a large-scale immigration and colonization area in Bengang, north of Taiyuan Port. With their strength, it will be difficult to open another colonial area in a short period of time. Moreover, most of Shibazhi's ships are docked in this area.

Magong Port in Penghu does not have high requirements for the port conditions on Taiwan Island. The Dutch, who are very close at hand, can't even build their own nests. It took almost eight years to build the city of Relanja and only about half of it was completed.

Naturally, there was no time to come here again to open the mine. As a result, after a lot of twists and turns, this place took advantage of the Haihan people who finally arrived, and they sent people to occupy the place without saying a word.

Throughout the history of Haihan's fortune, he has never spit out the territory he has taken into his mouth, and this place will certainly be no exception. In the end, it is just to see whether it will be as devoted as Haihan advertises.

A large amount of resources will be used to build it into a large seaport city in the region.

Dong Yanyun also admired the decisiveness of the Haihan people in opening up colonies. As long as they saw the target correctly, they could start very quickly, and the scale of resources mobilized in a short period of time was simply incomparable to the Ming Dynasty's government. Every move was like thunder, and it was impossible to do anything.

Prevent. Similar to the development of Kaohsiung Port this time, the Haihan people used military strength to suppress the neighboring Dutch, and at the same time deliberately concealed their early preparations from the Fujian government, eliminating all possible obstacles. Obviously, they had already planned a comprehensive plan.

planning. Whether it is the Dutch or the Fujian government, it is probably difficult for them to influence Haihan's development plan.

As the sailing ship slowly sailed into the strait, Dong Yanyun also noticed that there were many fire pot cursors set up on the coasts on both sides. The purpose was to prevent ships entering the port in the dark from being stranded on the shore due to unclear directions. Although it was already dark, it was difficult to see

There were no figures on the shore, but Dong Yanyun could imagine that there must be more than one pair of eyes on the shore watching the boat he was riding in the darkness.

After the sailboat sailed through the narrow channel mouth, the water in front suddenly opened up, and you could already see the lights on the pier in the distance. Dong Yanyun suddenly had a strange idea in his mind, since the lighthouses built by the Haihan people at the mouth of the harbor were all

It is still a temporary facility, so there must not have been time to build a fort here. If we launch an offensive here, we might be able to seize this place from the Haihan people.

However, this idea only existed in his mind for a short while and then disappeared, because he had already seen a row of Haihan warships parked on the coast. Not only were there "exploration ships" of the same level as the sailing ship he was on

-class" warships, and even a larger "exploration-class" warship. Regardless of whether the Haihan people have time to build coastal defenses on the coast, the deployment of the militia navy alone is enough to guard this harbor.

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"Haihan people have always been shrewd, how could they leave obvious loopholes for others to take advantage of?" Dong Yanyun not only felt that his previous idea was a bit ridiculous, but Haihan had always been the only one to plot against others, but he had never heard of anyone plotting against Haihan.

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The sailboat slowly docked, and after setting up the gangplank, Yang Yun came to ask Dong Yanyun to come ashore. Dong Yanyun went down to the pier and immediately saw Anxi. He knew that after he set off from Penghu, Qian Tiandun must have telegraphed

After contacting this place, he quickly took the initiative to greet him and said: "How dare you have Mr. Labor and Safety!"

Sure enough, Anxi smiled and bowed in return: "Mr. Dong has worked hard. In order to come to this remote place, he took a whole day's boat ride from Penghu. It must not be easy."

The two stood and exchanged a few words, and Anxi invited Dong Yanyun to have a meal in the canteen of the port center. Dong Yanyun had not had dinner on the ship, and he was indeed a little hungry at this time, so he readily accepted the invitation.

The base of Kaohsiung Port has just been established and is not even open to the outside world. Of course, there are no restaurants or other places to entertain guests. Only the port center has a canteen specifically for naturalized civilian cadres and Chief Haihan. The environment is natural

It is not as good as other ports that have become climatic under the Han rule in Shanghai. It is just a bamboo shed with ventilation on all sides. However, the dishes are the same. Almost everything that can be eaten at Sanya Victory Fort is also available here, which means that the dining conditions are slightly better.

A little shabby.

Dong Yanyun didn't mind such details. The purpose of his coming to Kaohsiung Port was to see the development progress here, and to get close to the local supervisor Haihan. The conditions of food and accommodation were not his focus. But when he arrived at the cafeteria

Afterwards, he was very happy to meet another acquaintance, Chen Yixin, a young officer of the Haihan Militia.

The three of them didn't talk too much about the development status of Kaohsiung Port at the dinner table. Dong Yanyun did try to bring the topic to the development progress several times, but Anxi changed the topic tactfully and only said that he would meet in person tomorrow.

Take him around. Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Since the Haihan people did not intend to discuss this matter at the wine table, Dong Yanyun stopped asking further.

Early the next morning, a staff member brought breakfast to Dong Yanyun and his two entourages. Not long after breakfast, An Xi took the initiative to visit and invited Dong Yanyun to visit the local development status.

The first stop of the inspection was the immigration camp not far from the shore, which is also next to where Dong Yanyun lives. It was too dark last night, and the immigration camp was still under curfew, so Dong Yanyun did not see this camp.

How big is the scale? When it was daytime, Dong Yanyun secretly took a breath of air-conditioning. Just looking at the rows of large tents and the simple prefabricated houses being built in the distance, he could roughly deduce what Haihan had sent.

I'm afraid there are already over a thousand immigrants here.

Judging from the time alone, Haihan began to implement the immigration plan after the Penghu garrison landed on Taiwan Island for the second time. It has only been about ten days since then, and so many immigrants have already been resettled here. Based on Haihan's past

When it comes to developing colonies, what we have seen is probably just the first batch of advance teams arriving here to engage in infrastructure construction, and there must be many more batches to follow.

The Dutch have been operating in Taiyuan Port for eight years. Now, including their servants and natives, the local population is only two to three thousand. The Eighteenth Zhi has been operating in Bengang for about the same time as the Dutch. Within the control area

The population is slightly larger than that of the Netherlands, but because the local area does not have good port conditions and is only connected to the outside world by an inland port, the degree of commercial development is extremely low. The vast majority of the local population relies on farming and fishing to make a living.

, the ability to create wealth is also extremely limited.

The Haihan people's routine in this regard is obviously much smarter and stronger than that of their competitors. From the very beginning, they chose the location based on the operational needs of the trading port, introduced a large number of immigrants in the early stage, and provided powerful armed guards.

I can’t say anything else about the immigrants who came here, but at least they should feel at ease in terms of safety. If the place where the Haihan Militia is stationed is not safe, then there will be no safe place in the entire southeastern sea area.

Anxi took Dong Yanyun into the camp and walked around. Just like the Haihan colonies that Dong Yanyun had visited before, the camp here also has all kinds of public facilities. Every simple board house and temporary tent

There are shallow drainage ditches outside, and each camp has its own public toilets, bathhouses and garbage stations. There is even an artesian well in one corner of the camp, and a small two-foot-square reservoir built next to it.

After the previous theft case in the camp, the management agency also increased the corresponding security maintenance. There will be police and militia squads patrolling the camp from time to time. If there are still people who dare to commit crimes, they probably really want to be in hard labor.

He stayed in the camp until he died.

"Excuse me, Mr. An, what is the current local population? Are there any plans to introduce immigrants in the future? Can you tell me something?" Dong Yanyun asked about this at the dinner table last night, but Anxi did not give a positive answer at that time. Today I saw

With the situation here, he couldn't help but ask the questions in his heart again.

This time Anxi was very happy and did not avoid the easy matter: "The current immigrant population is about 1,677 people. Counting the militia troops and some craftsmen temporarily stationed here, there should be 2,000 people. As for the follow-up... about every year

Another 1,800 people will be sent here every month, and when the local permanent residents reach 5,000, things may slow down a bit."

Dong Yanyun Xindaohai When the Han people first landed in Victory Port, it was said that the number was only five hundred, but now they can easily settle five thousand people in the new colony. In addition to the port infrastructure, the local area will probably not be able to build it in a short time.

What industry requires so much labor force? It is conceivable that the statement that Haihan wants to build a large port here is not bragging.

"If Mr. Dong is interested, we can go and take a look at the planned port area." An Xi took the initiative to invite.

Dong Yanyun naturally would not refuse such an invitation, and immediately nodded in agreement: "Then there is Mr. Labor and An!"

An Xi immediately ordered: "Come here, bring two horses!"

Dong Yanyun wondered: "The port is only a hundred feet away from here. It can be reached in a short walk. Why do we need to ride a horse to get there?"

Anxi smiled and said: "What Mr. Dong saw when he came last night was only a small section of the port area we planned. I want to take you to see how big the scope of the first phase of the Kaohsiung Port project we are planning is."

Then someone brought in two pack horses. Although their appearance was not majestic, there was nothing special about riding them in this wilderness. Dong Yanyun got on the horse with doubts, held the reins and marched parallel to An Xi.

It was too dark when he entered the harbor last night, and Dong Yanyun could not see clearly the situation in the harbor. When he went to the coast today, he found that the harbor was much larger than he had imagined before.

At present, the temporary dock where Haihan docks ships is just a small harbor surrounded by a U-shaped coastline in a large harbor. However, just at the end of this small harbor, the coastline is about ten miles long. According to Anxi, this harbor

The area of ​​​​the small harbor in the entire Kaohsiung Port is only about one-fifth. This section of the coast alone is enough to build dozens of piers. When Dong Yanyun heard this, he was convinced that Qian Tiandun was there before

The statement I heard is not a boast. The seaport here can indeed accommodate the coexistence of maritime merchants from Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and it is more than enough.

"Mr. An, is that the construction site of Furifeng in Guangzhou Prefecture over there?" Dong Yanyun suddenly saw a familiar face among the people working on the shore, and immediately asked An Xi.

Anxi nodded and said: "This place has indeed been allocated to Furifeng. It seems that you know their foreman!"

Dong Yanyun responded: "It's not that we know each other. I met him several times when I was in Guangzhou before, and I know he is from the Li family. Can Mr. An reveal how much land the Li family has allocated here?"

"A 150-foot coastline has been allocated to them on the dock side, and an adjacent 60 acres of land has been allocated for them to build warehouses and commercial stores." Anxi didn't mean to help the Li family hide it, and kept it straight.

As the top local chief executive, in addition to managing administrative affairs, investment promotion is also part of his job. Judging from the competition among maritime merchants in Fujian and Guangzhou, even in the land enclosure and infrastructure construction stage, Fujian has

Bian probably won't let his counterparts in Guangdong gain the upper hand.

Sure enough, Dong Yanyun immediately responded: "Then please allow Mr. Xu to apply for a dock land here. If the rules allow, the land will be twice the size of the land allocated by Furifeng. As for the cost, Mr. An does not need to worry about it.

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Anxi smiled and said: "I'm not worried about whether you can get the money, but with such a large piece of land, how many people do you plan to transport to do the construction?"

Dong Yanyun responded without hesitation: "It doesn't matter, at least it's much closer than coming from Guangdong."

Now that it has become a foregone conclusion that Cantonese people will settle here, Dong Yanyun decided to change his approach, at least to suppress his competitors in terms of business scale.
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