"Before I go into details, I want to ask, how much do you know about shipping?"

Among the deacons present, none of them are elites, and they all talk about the Tao.

What maritime transport accounts for more than 90% of the world's transcontinental logistics, and what accounts for the vast majority of world trade......

However, that's all they know, and it's not particularly in-depth.

"Everybody knows that the scale of sea freight is very large, but how big is it? I have a set of data here, the total value of global trade is $16.5 trillion, 85% of which is transported by sea. Of course, the value of goods transported by sea is usually relatively low, even if it is only 50% of the value, then the total amount reaches 8 trillion dollars......"

8 trillion dollars, what is that concept?

"In other words, the scale of shipping is about to catch up with the total economic volume of the state?" The servants were also surprised.

This is the second largest economy in the world!

And this is still the aggregate economy! The scale of sea freight is really incredible.

"Even if only one-tenth of the seaborne materials pass through our ports, it is still a trade volume of 800 billion dollars per year!"

If there is 800 billion dollars of logistics, 365 days a year flowing through a certain place, it is difficult for this place not to be rich!

Some people may ask, why do you have to pass through a certain port when the ocean is big and you can run wherever you like?

Isn't it good to go straight to point?

The problem is that the Earth's land mass is unevenly distributed, and most of the human and developed regions are distributed in the northern hemisphere.

So most of the shipping happens between the big states in the northern hemisphere.

And within this range, the nearest fairway has several levels that can't be bypassed.

The Majia Line Strait, the Su Ershi Canal, and the Bananiu Canal are a few hurdles that human beings can hardly get around!

So just look at the density of port cities near these places.

So, how do you make money from a place where a steady stream of goods is flowing?

Charging berth fees? Loading and unloading fees? Service charge? Towing fee? Service charge?

It's really just too small a little money, and that's what a port company cares about.

But a city has a much bigger vision than that.

The law of the world determines that logistics is the center of this world's economic activities.

The center of logistics must be the center of capital flow, because a steady stream of logistics arrives, you have to unload, exchange, buy and sell, transshipment, which involves money transactions, money transactions must require a large amount of capital flow, and then the bank comes;

The center of capital flow must be the center of finance, a large amount of capital inflow, what to do when there is no transaction? What to do with the ship at sea? Where is the money lost waiting to hold the child? Nothing to count and play? Of course, you have to get it up and running, and play finance! Here comes the financier!

The financial center raised a large number of wealthy people, and a steady stream of steamships brought a large number of seafarers, which naturally produced commercial centers, life centers, and service centers.

And the center of logistics, there are a large number of cheap raw materials, and low transportation costs, of course, there will be the birth of industrial centers.

After that, what education center, high-tech R&D center, everything is simply a matter of course, not to mention how simple!

This is probably the fastest fast lane for the development of cities on the planet, just like riding a rocket, soaring into the sky, without any twists and turns in the middle.

But here's the problem......

"Owner, there are so many routes in the world, and none of the important routes pass through Green Island Port, why do people come to us."

Zhuang turned around and pointed to a world map behind him.

However, this world map is a little different from the others, in the blank space of the map, there is an area dedicated to drawing a map of a manor with different rulers.

A large area of the sea, surrounded by a roundabout.

"This is Green Island Harbor." Zhuang Buyuan first drew a circle at the southern end of Green Island.

"Green Island Port is located in the northern part of the Western Ocean, close to the Arctic Ocean, not far from the nut state, Maple Leaf state, Midi state, and the coastal continents of the West Continent, which is a pole of the world economy."

Zhuang is not far away and on the opposite side, drawing a circle in the northern part of the flat ocean.

"This is the Pingdayang, which is very close to the state, Fuso, Goryeo, and the western part of Nut State, and is the other pole of the world economy."

"What is the shortest route between these two poles? For example, from the state to Midi Prefecture, is it the route of the Ping Dayang, the Majia Line Strait, the Scarlet Sea, the Su Ershi Canal, and the Dixin Sea? ”

Everyone looked at the map for a long time, and it seemed that this was the case.

There's no other way to go.

"Wrong!" Zhuang waved his hand: "The shortest journey is here!" ”

Zhuang didn't swipe far away, pulled out a scarlet straight line, and connected directly from Green Island Port to the manor, and then from the manor, to the flat ocean!

"The shortest way is to enter the manor from Green Island Port, and then from the manor to the flat ocean! You don't need to cross two oceans, several straits, a canal, or dozens of days' journey, it only takes a moment to go from the western ocean to the flat ocean! Moment! ”

At that moment, all the servants were shocked!

Then one of the servants timidly raised his hand:

"Owner, do you want to let the outside ship enter the manor?"

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about, open ports!"

Open the estate to the world!

After so much development, the manor is no longer afraid of opening up, and no longer needs to shrink up to protect itself!

"We just need to find a random place in the north of the Ping Ocean, plant a hollow grass, and then ......" Zhuang waved his hand and said domineeringly: "We are the best port in the world, there is no one!" ”

Of course there is no one!

Other people's boats have to run and transport, and your ship is simply crossing!

"Owner, you cheat!" Everyone is going to scold their mother, it's too good, it's too good! The dealer bullied everyone so much that they couldn't drive the boat!

Wait, why am I scolding my mother? I'm from the owner's side! I'm going to help the owner scold someone else's mother!

"Wait, owner, there's a loophole here...... How do you explain that your ship went from here and there in an instant? ”

"No, no, no, this direct crossing, of course, is our own ship...... If it's someone else's ship, passing through our port, of course, it's going to go...... Here it is! ”

Zhuang drew a long line not far away, brushed it, and crossed the entire North Pole.

"Arctic Passage!"

Although the North Pole looks quite large on the map, in fact it is because the map is expanded, and according to this scale, the Maoxiong state almost occupies half of the continent.

The earth is a ball, and the Arctic shipping route is only 3,000 nautical miles, which can save more than ten days of sailing compared to the vest line channel, and it is a dream waterway in human legends!

The problem is that the waterway is frozen all year round, and even a short thaw period is so dangerous that even insurance companies are reluctant to insure.

"You want to open the Arctic shipping lanes?"

"Of course not, I've investigated, the entire Arctic shipping route is full of icebergs, there are only 17 coast stations, we put hundreds of icebergs in the inland sea, make some dense fog, interfere with their GPS, fake coast stations, let them go around and around and around and release them when they have enough time, duang, to the flat ocean......"

What can the servants say, they can only praise sincerely: "Master, you are so shameless!" ”

Praise and praise, and the servants ran out.

"Hey, what are you running?"

"Let's go buy a few boats first!"

So excited, so excited!

I'm going to get rich, I'm going to be rich!