For example, in the 21st century, large iron and steel groups have shifted from near the mine to the area with developed transportation, the most distinctive is that the port has not only been a distribution center for transportation and transshipment, but also began to become the basis of industrialization, with the help of convenient transportation conditions in the port, with steel, petrochemical, and other industries, large-scale development.

Australia began to replace the vast majority of the world's minerals and became the largest exporter of iron ore.

Similarly, similar enterprises, for example, automobile factories, shipyards, etc., some export-oriented, for raw material demand, and sales, are very high enterprises, they will not use the public terminal of the port, but use the exclusive terminal, materials and products, are operated through this exclusive terminal, which can improve efficiency and reduce costs.

For the 21st century, exclusive docks can greatly increase efficiency, but is this in the Northern Song Dynasty? The important thing is that in the future, this canal will almost concentrate on the entire shipbuilding industry of the Dinghai Navy and make such adjustments rashly, is this necessary for the entire Dinghai Navy, and will it affect the future?

It's easy, through continuous investment, under the care of Zhao Xin throughout the whole process, the Dinghai Navy has completed the upgrading of the sailing ship system, and built a huge sailing shipyard in the Dinghai Navy, and now there are at least hundreds of docks of different sizes, all of which are in the process of excavation.

However, even steel mills and cement factories are involved, and they don't want every company to have their own wharf, for example, steel mills and cement plants, and others, can share one, as long as it is reasonably divided.

This is not an unreasonable requirement, the shipyard's requirements for materials are not as large as steel mills and cement plants, and the occupation of rivers is not so high.

Zhao Xin made the decision and accepted their opinions, but the specific construction of several ports needs to be negotiated and decided according to the specific situation.

Even Zhao Xin came forward in person, and agreed to let go of a mouth, these people have no reason to make trouble anymore, and they can do the position of the person in charge of the enterprise, especially the steel mill and cement factory, they are all human beings, if they see the opportunity, they will definitely grasp it, but after grasping it, they will not be entangled, and they will withdraw when they get the benefits.

When the steel mill and cement factory were withdrawn, some other small factories could not be supported, they had no one in front of them, and they all retreated one after another, a storm caused by the canal subsided, and the headache fell on Zhao Xin, he had to give at least a few ports.

Zhao Xin thought that during this time, because of the relationship between chemical industry and thermal weapons, he really didn't go to the canal, so he simply arranged an inspection of the canal.

In fact, there is no difficulty in the canal, and the Navy has a complete construction team and abundant manpower, as long as it follows the construction plan.

The carriage passes through the wide highway, Zhao Xin from the beginning, it is quite a high specification, the road is at least 8 carriages can pass relatively well, such a width, so that the speed of the carriage can be increased very quickly.

In fact, the canal is located in the core area of the Dinghai Navy, and after entering the factory area, you will see a huge construction site.

This is the first time Zhao Xin looked at the canal after it was demarcated, and of course there is no water in the canal now, because it is blocked at the mouth of the sea.

The whole project has basically entered the end, and the depth and width of the excavation have been put in place.

For this era, and even for the current Dingjun, this canal was very advanced, and could even enter the battleships of the First World War standard, and in the era of sail battleships, he could accommodate 4 sail battleships traveling side by side.

No wonder the heads of those enterprises will not be able to sit still, such a huge canal, carefully designed, can become a golden waterway, even near the mouth of the sea, it is not a suitable deep-water port, but deep into the interior, thousands of tons, or even larger ships, can directly enter the river inside, which is more outstanding than the natural deep-water port.

Because the number of natural harbors is limited, there are only so many natural harbors in the whole world, because of the proximity to the ocean, even in later generations, it is difficult to carry out construction, and it is almost impossible to build a deep-water harbor out of thin air, and it can only be transformed on the original foundation.

The canal represents a port that is suitable for entry excavated out of thin air, and even such a port, because it is deep into the interior of the island, is a natural haven, unless it is an extremely bad typhoon weather, the rest, even if the wind is a little stronger, there is no problem.

Typhoons are all within the equator, or even within 20 degrees of the latitude line, and in northern China, in this position of the Dinghai Navy, there will be no typhoons, at most some windy weather.

This canal has been able to solve most of the problems of the port, as long as it is slightly expanded, this can build a dozen, or even more ports, which can increase the volume ratio of the entire port.

Such a treasure of feng shui, but used for shipbuilding, this has to be a very radical idea, some large factories and mines, such as steel plants, cement plants, they are deeply troubled by the pressure of transportation, if on both sides of the river, set up a port, such a wide river and depth, not to mention the current ships, even in the 21st century, modern tens of thousands of tons of giant ships, is enough to accommodate and bear.

Anyone can calculate how much this has improved the efficiency of the factory.

In itself, the maritime trade of the Northern Song Dynasty was mainly centered on Quanzhou and Hangzhou, and there were also in Guangzhou, but it was not the main one.

In this era, the Northern Song Dynasty had a large number of coastal patrol battalions, but did not focus on regional maritime transportation, and the huge sea and shipping routes were wasted.

Zhao Xin chose the Dinghai Navy as the foothold, so the development of marine transportation has become the most basic thing, and after purchase and development, a complete route has been formed.

Those who go to the core area of the north must turn around through Haizhou, because the rivers in the north are relatively small, and the larger sea ships cannot enter at all, even if it is 800 to 1000 materials, but also because the mouth of the Yellow River is controlled in the hands of the Liao State, unless a canal connected to the sea can be dug in Hongze Lake, just like the Dinghai River, so that the Dinghai Navy can be connected with the Northern Song Canal.

From the very beginning, Zhao Xin has increased investment in Haizhou and Hongze Lake, and built relatively convenient transportation, the canal cannot be dug up, and the railway is not suitable now, but the Dinghai Navy has invested a certain amount of money and directly invested 2 million yuan in Haizhou and Huainan East Road, specifically for repairing the official road from Haizhou to Hongze Lake.

The official road is a matter for the government, although in the eyes of the officials, the construction of this official road is not of much use, but some people pay for it, and they don't even have to take care of it, just point out the original official road and let the navy repair it.

The Dinghai Navy not only expanded the official road, and established a perfect auxiliary equipment, which was very helpful for the transportation of the Dinghai Navy in the early stage, under the premise that there was no waterway to reach the canal system of the Northern Song Dynasty, with the help of this official road, two years, more than one million tons, or even more materials, through here, sent to Hongze Lake, and then distributed to all parts of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Due to the restriction of a canal in the north, there is no way to directly enter the busy canal system of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the south can.

Because of the existence of the Yangtze River in the south, it is a natural golden waterway, and after being familiar with some conditions in China, maritime merchants used to dock in Guangzhou and Hangzhou, and now, they can even reach Jiangning Mansion directly.

For these maritime merchants, this greatly saved some costs, after all, they were not familiar with the situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, and at most they could only act as wholesalers in Quanzhou, and sell the goods they brought through merchants.

Quanzhou has gradually developed because of the seaport, but it itself is not very rich, China's Fujian, has always been mountainous and has few fields, and the local people cannot support the goods of the maritime merchants who have digested it, and more are second-class dealers, who collect things and sell them to other places.

When you can directly arrive at Jiangning Mansion, it is different, Jiangning Mansion is a big city in history, the development time is very long, and at the same time, with the Yangtze River Basin as the core, the entire product of the Yangtze River Basin can be coordinated through Jiangning, including the favorite silk tea porcelain of maritime merchants.

Jiangning replaced the original location of Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and became the place where maritime merchants were most concentrated.

In the Yangtze River basin in the south, a large number of maritime merchant fleets appeared, and the sea ships directly loaded from the Dinghai Navy could at least be transported to Jiangning Prefecture, and through the Yangtze River waterway and the dense water network in the south of the Yangtze River, they could pass to any place in the south of the Yangtze River, and even through the canal network.

In this sense, once the canal is completed, a few more ports will be set up, which will have a phased promotion effect on transportation, but this is not the focus of naval development.

In Zhao Xin's view, Dingjun is already enough to make money, and if it is accelerated, perhaps, the sales bottleneck of the entire Northern Song Dynasty will be reached.

This is not a joke, why Zhao Xin cultivated the market for the Ding Navy, the reason is that although the Northern Song Dynasty had a huge population, the funds that could be controlled per capita were not very sufficient.

Ordinary people, can't make money, don't know how to make money, this is a key problem, although Zhao Xin has the heart to improve, but because of various relationships, can not act rashly, for fear of attracting the attention of the Northern Song Dynasty, the current Dinghai, has developed well, with initial strength, but in Zhao Xin's view, this time should be extended a little more.

In terms of basic production, as well as wealth and strength, the Dinghai Navy is already quite good, and even unceremoniously said that with the current military strength, even if the Northern Song Dynasty discovers it, the impact on the Dinghai Navy is minimal, but what cannot be controlled is the people's hearts.

In the past two years, Zhao Xin has been cultivating the Dinghai Navy and cultivating these people's sense of belonging to the Dinghai Navy.

It's a pity that the time is still too short, if he really tears his face with the Northern Song Dynasty, and the two sides are in a state of fighting, how many people under his command can stand on his side.

The human heart is the most difficult to grasp, many times, it is expressed, and it is done, these are two concepts, the real people are all gone, and there is a whole factory, what is the use.

Zhao Xin is not a superman, he cannot rely on his own strength to fight against the Northern Song Dynasty alone.

In Zhao Xin's view, it is better for the workers and the people, so that they can earn more money, spend more money in Dinghai, and buy all kinds of things, which can strengthen their sense of belonging.

If the war really comes, for those who just rent a house in Dinghai and buy some daily necessities, will they stand with Dingjun, definitely not, but those who have bought a house, bought a lot of products, and spent a lot of money, it is possible to stay.

In fact, these are all difficult to say, when faced with a choice, it is more just possible, only when the young people grow up, these grow up according to the education of the Dinghai Navy, among them, some of the teaching materials, there are even private goods added by Zhao Xin, these will change these young people imperceptibly.

When young people grow up and adults spend a lot of money in the navy all year round, and have formed a certain sense of belonging, this is the right time.

In this case, it is a suitable choice to put a certain pressure on the navy's industry, and turn the products sold abroad into upgrading and transformation into a market for internal sales.

Before, Zhao Xin had a certain idea, and now, observing the situation of the canal on the spot, he has firmly established his idea, in the future, on this canal, it is still mainly based on shipyards, a large number of ships are built, and then the main force promotes the development of the Dinghai Navy to the sea, and on the premise of not being discovered by the Northern Song Dynasty, it will increase new income and direction.

Then the number of ports must be controlled, even if this canal, while accommodating shipyards, can accommodate more ports, Zhao Xin is not ready to build ports on a large scale, and only two ports will be built in the future.

One is of course a port with a steel plant as the main body, and the other is a port with a cement plant as the main body, not only only two ports, but also a certain limit on the throughput of the port.

It is conservatively estimated that at least 70% of the goods and commodities will also be transshipped through ports and railways, and the rest will be transported directly through this river port.