However, You Yihan did not intend to talk to him in detail, but took out a thick thread-bound book from the drawer and handed it over. Chen Lin took it over with a puzzled heart, and saw that the cover read "Detailed Rules for Entry and Exit Procedures of Haihan Port", and then looked at the thickness, which was roughly forty or fifty pages.

"This information, Boss Chen can take back and slowly understand, and in the future, when I go to other ports and terminals managed by us, I will also act according to the above rules. You Yihan explained to Chen Lin unhurriedly.

Chen Lin quickly looked through the content, mainly the declaration process for ships entering and leaving the port, including the goods carried, personnel, docking time and other items, which were formulated in great detail.

"This regulation is not to restrict the entry and exit of merchants in and out of the port, but to improve the efficiency of the operation of the port and better serve the merchants," Yau explained. ”

"Yes, yes, or the leaders are thoughtful!" Chen Lin echoed. He doesn't care about the complexity of these procedures, as long as there are no additional costs for the port of call.

For Daming maritime merchants, Haihan Port is not only very convenient for loading and unloading goods, but also does not collect commercial taxes and charge additional docking fees like ports in Daming. Chen Lin also attaches great importance to this, since he changed the port of call from the north to the south, the monthly savings are enough for him to raise a concubine outside.

Of course, the negative effect of Haihan's practice on the Ming Dynasty is also quite significant, and from now on, the taxes collected by the Guangdong government from the sea trade will always show a downward trend, which will bring a series of problems to the government's financial expenditure. However, this issue has not yet attracted the attention of the Guangdong government, so merchants can also choose their own ports of call.

With the completion of the port project on Hong Kong Island, the Executive Committee was finally able to free up manpower and resources to start the port development project on the southern coast of Annam.

February 7, 1630, later in the Da Nang area.

Five ships loaded with construction crews and tools are docked at the temporary wharf in the area, and this group of construction workers sent by the Ministry of Construction will stay in Annam for at least half a year.

Ruan Jinggui stood on the shore and silently watched the team that was landing in Yuguan. He had already come to Da Nang early last year to negotiate labor issues with the Annam government on behalf of Haihan. Due to the shortage of skilled workers from the Ministry of Construction last year, Da Nang has not started to implement the formal project, although the recruitment of workers has been completed early. The 3,000 laborers provided by Annam could not be left idle, so Hai Han's local management body, the Provisional Management Committee under the responsibility of Nguyen Ching Gui, organized these laborers to cultivate land and build villages in the area around Da Nang.

This self-sufficiency was approved by the Executive Committee, and Nguyen Ching Gui was given the opportunity to further demonstrate his ability to continue as head of the Interim Management Committee in the new year.

However, for Ruan Jinggui, while enjoying power, he also has a great responsibility, in addition to the thousands of local Annan laborers, he also has to be responsible for managing the more than 600 naturalized migrant laborers sent by the Sanya base camp. Compared with the previous maritime trade business, the pressure brought by the current position is much greater.

"Director Ruan, the various tools that have been transported this time have been counted clearly, please sign it. The subordinate brought a document and handed it to Ruan Jinggui.

Ruan Jinggui probably checked the numbers to be correct, and then signed and handed them back to his subordinates for archiving. Signing all kinds of documents has almost become the content of his daily work, and it seems that people in the family are officials in the past, but after it is his turn to enter the officialdom, Ruan Jinggui feels that this job is far less easy than being a businessman.

The deadline given by the Executive Committee to Da Nang is to complete the first phase of the project within three months and complete the main construction of the Da Nang Port within this year, which is not an easy task for the Interim Management Committee. Nguyen Ching Gui was only in charge of civil administration, and the specific work on the construction of the project still had to be handed over to the commissioner sent by the base camp.

After waiting on the dock for more than half an hour, Ruan Jinggui finally saw the officials of the Ministry of Construction get off the boat, and hurriedly took three steps and two steps over to make a gesture: "Minister Liu has worked hard all the way, and the officials have prepared a place to live, please get into the sedan chair!"

Liu Shanxia waved his hand and said: "I won't sit in the sedan chair, I will take a boat all the way and scatter my brains...... It's not far from where we live? It's not far away, and we just have to walk there. ”

Liu Shanxia said politely, Ruan Jinggui didn't dare to take it seriously, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to find an ox cart and send Liu Shanxia to the station to rest. When it was time for dinner, Ruan Jinggui came to visit again and invited Liu Shanxia to the banquet.

"Director Ruan did a good job, I took a look after getting off the ship today, this place is much better than the original operation of the Black Soil Port!" Liu Shanxia began to chat after three glasses of wine: "When the development of the Black Soil Port was developed, most of the first few months were spent on pacifying the immigrants, and at that time, Haihan's reputation was not as loud as it is now, and many immigrants had doubts about our ability. Like now, as long as you put up a sign to attract immigrants, a large number of people will automatically sign up. At that time, fortunately, the guy Qian Tiandun was here, and he could control the scene, otherwise there might be some chaos in Heitu Port. ”

"Minister Liu has won the award, and the lower officials are just doing their part. "Regarding the matter of Heitu Port, Liu Shanxia can say it casually, but Ruan Jinggui does not dare to comment at will. Because of the civil war in Annam, the Qian Tiandun Qian Ye in Heitu Port is quite well-known in Annam, and it is said that the imperial court also intends to grant him an honorary official position, Ruan Jinggui does not dare to talk about such a big man behind his back.

When the banquet was about to end, Liu Shanxia suddenly said, "Director Ruan, you should still have a lot of old acquaintances in the local area, right?"

Ruan Jinggui was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "After the lower officials return to Shun Haihan, they will have no second thoughts, please ask Minister Liu to investigate!"

"Don't be so nervous, I'm not trying to find out what you're doing. Liu Shanxia waved his hand and said: "I want to say that if you have a local relationship, you might as well set aside a piece of land here, build a business inn, restaurant, etc., and have more stable income in the future." ”

Ruan Jinggui is also an extremely meticulous person, and immediately heard something from Liu Shanxia's words: "What does Minister Liu mean, the lower officials will not serve here for a long time?"

Liu Shanxia nodded and said: "At most, it will only be a year or two, and after these ports in the south are completed, they will definitely leave you in Annan." I won't go into the details of the reason, I believe you understand it yourself. ”

"Clearly, Minister Xie Liu mentioned!" Ruan Jinggui replied repeatedly.

Ruan Jinggui really understood the intention of this arrangement of the Executive Committee. Although the Nguyen clan was already a loser in the civil war, as a nobleman who ruled the south of Annam for decades, he still had a lot of resources to use here, and the executive committee sent him here to be in charge of the construction of the new port, most of which was also intended to allow him to make the best use of his talents. However, an identity like his must be a taboo in the Annan court, and Annan has a good cooperative relationship with Haihan, and the executive committee probably does not want to affect bilateral relations because of his sensitive status.

"Alright, that's all for today, I'll talk about work tomorrow. Liu Shanxia yawned, signaling that he could disperse on this occasion today.

"Come on, send Minister Liu back to rest. Ruan Jinggui gave an order, but two sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls came in when he pushed the door, standing timidly at the door.

"Director Ruan, what are you ......" Liu Shanxia stretched out his finger and pointed at Ruan Jinggui and said: "Don't arrange these things in the future, don't take it as an example!"

"Yes, yes, don't take it as an example!" Ruan Jinggui hung his head in response, and after Liu Shanxia went out with a little girl in one hand, he slowly straightened up.

has dealt with the Haihan people a lot, and Ruan Jinggui also knows that these people are not immortals who do not eat fireworks in the world, and they also have seven emotions and six desires. These methods of currying favor were used in dealing with people in the officialdom in the past, and they are also effective now. It's just that Haihan's officialdom not only emphasizes personal relationships, but also attaches more importance to personal ability, and it is not easy to make a fool of yourself in the position, and the higher you go, the higher the threshold for personal quality. Ruan Jinggui had heard that naturalized civilian cadres would attend special study classes before they were promoted, but he had never entered the so-called "cadre training course" except for a period of initial training at the Ministry of Commerce, which also made him a little unclear about the future prospects.

However, Liu Shanxia's words to him today made Ruan Jinggui see a glimmer of hope again. It seems that the Executive Committee does not intend to leave him on Annan's side to fend for himself, but has a long-term plan for him.

Since the workers in Da Nang had already arrived several months in advance and all aspects of preparation had been fully done, Liu Shanxia arrived with little delay and soon began construction.

It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese, who were anxious to find a port of call in the south of Annam, could not wait for the Haihan side to develop several candidate areas further south, and they recruited more than 300 laborers from Daming and Annam through various means, and sent them to Da Nang to build the trade inns and warehouses they needed in the future. As for the port construction project, the Portuguese wanted to intervene, but the vigilance on the Haihan side was extremely high, and they did not allow the Portuguese to enter the construction area at all, which made the Portuguese representative so angry that he couldn't do it -- he begged you to repair the port quickly, but you let us come first, but now that we are here, you don't take us to play.

Of course, this is not that Haihan intends to make things difficult for them, but the latest notice issued by the Ministry of Security has come into effect: important infrastructure projects in all regions, especially ports, mines, and rail transit, are not allowed to allow outsiders to participate in the construction process. This is not only a question of erecting technical barriers, but also involves military security in important areas. Da Nang, which has just started construction, is just in time for this wave of new policies.

However, this small contradiction did not cause follow-up problems in the context of port construction, after all, the Portuguese also knew that the Haihan people still had the final say in this place, and the port they needed to dock must also rely on the Haihan people to be realized.

Liu Shanxia did not stay in Da Nang for too long, and after only half a month, he hurriedly left Da Nang and returned to Hainan Island, because there were more important projects waiting for him to return to preside.

The construction of the railway line from Changhua to Shilu has been under construction for more than eight months, and since this is an important project appointed by the Executive Committee, the guarantee in all aspects is very sufficient, so the progress of the project is also very smooth. At present, the construction of the roadbed has penetrated more than 60 miles inland, and the laying of the railroad track has been completed for more than 20 miles, and the engineering volume of the entire track line has been completed by about half.

But just ahead of the road, there is another difficult section of the road waiting for the builders: to build a railway bridge across the Changhua River, so that the track line can reach the mining point of Shilu.

The surface of the Shilu section of the upper reaches of the Changhua River is not wide, the narrowest point is less than 100 meters, to erect a bridge on such a river, in the time and space before the crossing, it is only an ordinary project, but in the here and now, due to the limitations of construction technology, this can be regarded as a relatively large infrastructure project -- in fact, in the nearly three years after the crossing, the Ministry of Construction has not built a bridge with such a large span, let alone a train that needs to pass through the mine.

The relevant design and construction plan has been completed a long time ago, but when it comes to the specific construction, it is still necessary to have the top technical personnel in the crossing group to command on site. For this matter, the executive committee not only recalled Liu Shanxia, but also mobilized almost all personnel related to engineering technology, even hydropower engineering experts like Xiang Zhinan, and people with civil engineering backgrounds like Anxi, all of whom were summoned and sent to the engineering headquarters in Changhua.

During this period, a large number of steel structural parts were sent from Tiandu Industrial Zone, transported to Changhua by sea, and then from Changhua to the construction site by the Changhua River after passing through the relay of rail transportation and animal transportation.

Due to the current steel production of Tiandu, especially the steel production, is still very limited, in order to produce this batch of bridge structural parts, even the Haihan military industry has to reduce the production of artillery in limited quantities to ensure that the production unit has sufficient raw materials available.

On February 28, a steam-powered pile driver laid the first pier pile on the bank of the Changhua River, announcing the start of the Changhua River Bridge project. Regardless of the amount of work, the technical level of the bridge far exceeds that of several port projects under construction in recent years. The Ministry of Construction also hopes to use this as a platform to accumulate practical construction experience and make technical reserves for the future construction of bridges on more open waterways such as Linchun River and Sanya River.

If a qiē shun lì, then the rail transit line from Changhua to Shilu is expected to be completed by the end of this year, and the official mining of Shilu iron ore is just around the corner.