Liu Shang continued to fall asleep after lunch, and when he woke up, it was already in the afternoon, he got up and walked to the porthole and looked out, and could vaguely see the shadow of the land, according to the route traveled today, it should be the west coastline of Hainan Island. However, at this time, the ship is still a few miles away from the coastline, and it seems that it will not dock for a while and a half.

Liu Shang did not have a lot of sailing experience, but he could not judge his position at sea by natural references such as the sun and the direction of ocean currents, so he immediately asked others, only to learn that there was still about half an hour to go before his destination.

Liu Shang said casually: "I hope that today will not be like the day before yesterday, blocked outside the port and unable to enter." ”

Someone next to him responded: "That's not easy to say, this Changhua Port is also notoriously congested, and there are many small boats in the port, so maybe it will be blocked outside." You see a place where black smoke rises from the shore in the distance, and that is Changhua County. ”

Sure enough, when the ship they were on arrived at Changhua Port, they found that the situation here was exactly the same as when they entered Yinggehai Port the day before yesterday, and a large number of cargo ships were parked outside the port waiting for passage. However, these ships were not loaded with white salt, but black coal. The black smoke rising from the sky not far away also highlights the difference of this place.

A few years ago, Changhua was only a small county with a small population on the west coast of Qiongzhou Island in Daming, and it had no reputation even if it was only within the scope of this island, but now it is known as the city of steel in Haihan, and the changes in just a few years are enough to make people jaw-dropping. However, Liu Shang did not know the past history of Changhua, he only knew that the Haihan people found an iron ore somewhere inland here, and then established a large smelting workshop in Changhua nearby, which is now the main steel producing area of Haihan. The cargo on these cargo ships, waiting to be brought in by the sea, is the fuel brought from the black soil port of Annam for the local smelter.

Changhua Port was originally just a small fishing village port at the mouth of the Changjiang River, and its location was just within the estuary, and the width of the channel in and out of the port was almost the same as that of Yingge Sea. Although several cargo terminals have been expanded on the banks of the Changjiang River in the past two years, due to the serious sediment accumulation at the mouth of the Changjiang River, ships with deep drafts still need to be careful when entering and leaving Changhua Port, so the navigation capacity of the local port is still far less than that of large ports with deep water and wide ports, such as Shengli Port, Sanya Port and Danzhou Port.

With Haihan's current engineering capacity, it is still not enough to complete the project of dredging the river estuary, so although the construction scale and supporting facilities of Changhua Port have been somewhat unable to keep up with the actual use of the demand, at this stage, it can only be temporarily used. However, the Ministry of Construction has put the expansion of Changhua Port on the agenda, but the specific implementation time and construction scale have yet to be discussed by the Executive Committee before a clear decision can be made.

Liu Shang looked at the cargo ships full of coal on the shore, and secretly admired Haihan's great handwriting, and even established a transnational shipping route for this purpose to provide coal for the smelting industry here. Thinking that Annanguo on the other side of the sea is also bearable, he was forcibly occupied by Haihan to occupy a large coal mine, and he can still pretend that nothing has happened for so many years, and continue to be friendly with Haihan.

However, Liu Shang thought about it, how could this not be the case with these local governments in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and this Qiongzhou Island had been divided by the Haihan armed forces for several years, so how could the Liangguang government have ever tried to regain sovereignty here? In the final analysis, it depends on who has the biggest fist, and the armed forces that are working against the Haihan have basically suffered to a greater or lesser extent, and after seeing the terrible military strength of the Haihan, it is indeed difficult for people to regain the heart of resistance.

What Liu Shang didn't know was that Haihan had already opened mines overseas far more than this black soil port, such as the Miaoli Chupeng, Jilonggang, Jinguashi Gold Mine, the Fushan Copper Mine in Dengzhou, Shandong, and the Tin Mine on Bangka-Belitung Island in the South China Sea. Most of the coal brought back to Changhua from the port will also be made locally into coke for smelting.

Although this mode of overseas mining is relatively inefficient and highly dependent on maritime capacity, it is the only way for Haihan to develop. Hainan Island has certain geographical advantages in the early stage of crossing, but there is an obvious disadvantage that the types of mineral resources are relatively limited, and local production alone cannot meet the needs of the Executive Committee for the development of industrialization, and this way of seizing overseas minerals for development is a more practical means for Haihan.

As for the resulting capacity demand, the Executive Committee believes that it is a double-edged sword, these mineral routes occupy a lot of maritime capacity, in fact, they also play a huge role in stimulating Haihan's shipbuilding and shipping industry. Almost half of the 200-ton cargo ships launched at shipyards last year were allocated to these mineral routes as transport vehicles. An energy export port such as the Black Earth Port, which supplies most of the coal to the entire Haihan Kingdom, is equipped with a fleet of four heavy-duty cargo ships that continue to transport back and forth between the Black Earth Port and Hainan Island, and the coal cargo ship that Liu Shang sees now is one of them.

And this time the congestion seems to be more serious than the day before yesterday in Yingge Sea, and when twilight fell, there was still no sign of the fleet in front of it. Although Yu Xiaobao has a special status, it is not easy to use the privilege directly, so he asked Zhang Qianzhi to come forward and launch a dinghy, and several sailors rowed the dinghy into the port to see if there was any accommodating way.

It wasn't until the lanterns had been lit on the boat that Zhang Qianzhi finally returned, followed by several other dinghys. After Zhang Qianzhi returned to the ship, he told everyone that the coal ship that had docked in front of the port had not finished unloading, and there was no empty berth in the port for the time being, so he could only park the big ship on the coast and then take a small boat to enter the port and land. If you want to wait for the big ships to enter the port, you will have to wait at least until after dawn tomorrow morning.

When everyone heard this, they could only do so, and immediately returned to the cabin to get their belongings, and then went down from the gangway to the dinghy, and slowly marched in the direction of the sea.

When they arrived in the harbor, it was almost dark, and the dinghy they were in docked to a corner of the dock under the guidance of the lights of the shore staff. After Liu Shang went ashore, he found that there was a soft ground under his feet, which did not seem to be a stone, and when he looked at the light of the lantern next to him, he found that the ground was full of coal.

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Liu Shang continued to fall asleep after lunch, and when he woke up, it was already in the afternoon, he got up and walked to the porthole and looked out, and could vaguely see the shadow of the land, according to the route traveled today, it should be the west coastline of Hainan Island. However, at this time, the ship is still a few miles away from the coastline, and it seems that it will not dock for a while and a half.

Liu Shang did not have a lot of sailing experience, but he could not judge his position at sea by natural references such as the sun and the direction of ocean currents, so he immediately asked others, only to learn that there was still about half an hour to go before his destination.

Liu Shang said casually: "I hope that today will not be like the day before yesterday, blocked outside the port and unable to enter." ”

Someone next to him responded: "That's not easy to say, this Changhua Port is also notoriously congested, and there are many small boats in the port, so maybe it will be blocked outside." You see a place where black smoke rises from the shore in the distance, and that is Changhua County. ”

Sure enough, when the ship they were on arrived at Changhua Port, they found that the situation here was exactly the same as when they entered Yinggehai Port the day before yesterday, and a large number of cargo ships were parked outside the port waiting for passage. However, these ships were not loaded with white salt, but black coal. The black smoke rising from the sky not far away also highlights the difference of this place.

A few years ago, Changhua was only a small county with a small population on the west coast of Qiongzhou Island in Daming, and it had no reputation even if it was only within the scope of this island, but now it is known as the city of steel in Haihan, and the changes in just a few years are enough to make people jaw-dropping. However, Liu Shang did not know the past history of Changhua, he only knew that the Haihan people found an iron ore somewhere inland here, and then established a large smelting workshop in Changhua nearby, which is now the main steel producing area of Haihan. The cargo on these cargo ships, waiting to be brought in by the sea, is the fuel brought from the black soil port of Annam for the local smelter.

Changhua Port was originally just a small fishing village port at the mouth of the Changjiang River, and its location was just within the estuary, and the width of the channel in and out of the port was almost the same as that of Yingge Sea. Although several cargo terminals have been expanded on the banks of the Changjiang River in the past two years, due to the serious sediment accumulation at the mouth of the Changjiang River, ships with deep drafts still need to be careful when entering and leaving Changhua Port, so the navigation capacity of the local port is still far less than that of large ports with deep water and wide ports, such as Shengli Port, Sanya Port and Danzhou Port.

With Haihan's current engineering capacity, it is still not enough to complete the project of dredging the river estuary, so although the construction scale and supporting facilities of Changhua Port have been somewhat unable to keep up with the actual use of the demand, at this stage, it can only be temporarily used. However, the Ministry of Construction has put the expansion of Changhua Port on the agenda, but the specific implementation time and construction scale have yet to be discussed by the Executive Committee before a clear decision can be made.

Liu Shang looked at the cargo ships full of coal on the shore, and secretly admired Haihan's great handwriting, and even established a transnational shipping route for this purpose to provide coal for the smelting industry here. Thinking that Annanguo on the other side of the sea is also bearable, he was forcibly occupied by Haihan to occupy a large coal mine, and he can still pretend that nothing has happened for so many years, and continue to be friendly with Haihan.

However, Liu Shang thought about it, how could this not be the case with these local governments in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and this Qiongzhou Island had been divided by the Haihan armed forces for several years, so how could the Liangguang government have ever tried to regain sovereignty here? In the final analysis, it depends on who has the biggest fist, and the armed forces that are working against the Haihan have basically suffered to a greater or lesser extent, and after seeing the terrible military strength of the Haihan, it is indeed difficult for people to regain the heart of resistance.

What Liu Shang didn't know was that Haihan had already opened mines overseas far more than this black soil port, such as the Miaoli Chupeng, Jilonggang, Jinguashi Gold Mine, the Fushan Copper Mine in Dengzhou, Shandong, and the Tin Mine on Bangka-Belitung Island in the South China Sea. Most of the coal brought back to Changhua from the port will also be made locally into coke for smelting.

Although this mode of overseas mining is relatively inefficient and highly dependent on maritime capacity, it is the only way for Haihan to develop. Hainan Island has certain geographical advantages in the early stage of crossing, but there is an obvious disadvantage that the types of mineral resources are relatively limited, and local production alone cannot meet the needs of the Executive Committee for the development of industrialization, and this way of seizing overseas minerals for development is a more practical means for Haihan.

As for the resulting capacity demand, the Executive Committee believes that it is a double-edged sword, these mineral routes occupy a lot of maritime capacity, in fact, they also play a huge role in stimulating Haihan's shipbuilding and shipping industry. Almost half of the 200-ton cargo ships launched at shipyards last year were allocated to these mineral routes as transport vehicles. An energy export port such as the Black Earth Port, which supplies most of the coal to the entire Haihan Kingdom, is equipped with a fleet of four heavy-duty cargo ships that continue to transport back and forth between the Black Earth Port and Hainan Island, and the coal cargo ship that Liu Shang sees now is one of them.

And this time the congestion seems to be more serious than the day before yesterday in Yingge Sea, and when twilight fell, there was still no sign of the fleet in front of it. Although Yu Xiaobao has a special status, it is not easy to use the privilege directly, so he asked Zhang Qianzhi to come forward and launch a dinghy, and several sailors rowed the dinghy into the port to see if there was any accommodating way.

It wasn't until the lanterns had been lit on the boat that Zhang Qianzhi finally returned, followed by several other dinghys. After Zhang Qianzhi returned to the ship, he told everyone that the coal ship that had docked in front of the port had not finished unloading, and there was no empty berth in the port for the time being, so he could only park the big ship on the coast and then take a small boat to enter the port and land. If you want to wait for the big ships to enter the port, you will have to wait at least until after dawn tomorrow morning.

When everyone heard this, they could only do so, and immediately returned to the cabin to get their belongings, and then went down from the gangway to the dinghy, and slowly marched in the direction of the sea.

When they arrived in the harbor, it was almost dark, and the dinghy they were in docked to a corner of the dock under the guidance of the lights of the shore staff. After Liu Shang went ashore, he found that there was a soft ground under his feet, which did not seem to be a stone, and when he looked at the light of the lantern next to him, he found that the ground was full of coal.

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