Chapter 401: Looking for the Feeling of the Old Days

Ye Chao walked through Chinatown, through the red light district, and came to the river......

At first, he didn't know why he came here, but now, he vaguely understood that he was looking for his previous feelings, walking the previous path, just trying to find his former self......

Yes, it's the desire to find your former self......

It is not so much that Amsterdam is the beginning of Ye Chao's change, but rather that the excessive persecution of the Tang family is the beginning of Ye Chao's change and having to choose this path.

This was the first stop for the Tang family to bring Ye Chao from Tengcheng to Europe, and it was also a turning point in Ye Chao's life.

Ye Chao found the manor where the Tang family had kept him before, and the people there had already received an order before Ye Chao came, and retreated silently......

In fact, Ye Chao already knew where they were going, but he didn't go to them for trouble, the real mastermind had already been controlled by Ye Chao, what did he want?

He came, just to find some memories.

So much for.

It was in this manor that Ye Chao was fed poison, and it was here that he was subjected to an inhuman torture......

Walk through, pass by, and don't miss ......

Ye Chao felt that he should go to someone and let her taste the pain too...... That person is Tang Yan.

At the beginning, she was directly responsible for feeding him poison, Tang Ru was the mastermind behind the scenes, and Tang was the mastermind behind the scenes......

Now he has an easy time finding someone.

Tang Yan is not in Amsterdam now, but in another city in the Netherlands - Rotterdam.

Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands, with a population of 1.02 million, including the suburbs. Located in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, on the banks of the Nieue Maas River.

The Tang family, in this city, has a lot of industries with other people's names, which is the domineering place of the big family, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep......

Now, let's talk about the city of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam gets its name from the small river that flows into the Nieue Maas River in the city center, the Rotter River, and the Dutch word Dam (dam). Rotterdam has long been the largest seaport in Europe, and was the world's largest port in terms of container traffic in the 80s of the 19th century, and the 10th in the world in 2010.

It is the second largest city in the Netherlands, the largest port in Europe, the western bridgehead of the Eurasian Land Bridge (the eastern bridgehead is Lianyungang City, China), and is located at the confluence of the Rhine and Maas rivers in Europe.

Rotterdam is located in the Dutch province of South Holland, on the banks of the Nieue Maas River. It is the largest seaport in Europe and until recent years was even the largest seaport in the world.

The entire city is spread out on both sides of the Maas River, about 25 kilometers from the North Sea, and is connected to the North Sea by a new waterway. The waters of the port area are deep and wide, and inland vessels can pass unimpeded, and the deep-water wharf of the outer port can berth giant cargo ships and supertankers.

Rotterdam gets its name from the small river that flows into the Nieue Maas River in the city center, the Rotter River, and the Dutch word Dam (dam). Rotterdam is an important port connecting Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and Australia, and is known as the "gateway to Europe".

The urban area of the city is more than 200 square kilometers, and the port area is more than 100 square kilometers. The urban area has a population of 570,000, including 1,024,000 satellite towns. Rotterdam is a flat terrain in the low Netherlands, about 7 meters below sea level.

To the northeast, the satellite city of Alexandriad is 6.7 metres below sea level, the lowest point in the Netherlands, and is home to 175,000 inhabitants. Rotterdam has a mild winter and cool summers, with January being the coldest with an average temperature of 1°C and July being the hottest with an average temperature of 17°C and an annual precipitation of 700 mm.

Located at the mouth of the Rhine and Nova Maas rivers in the southwest of the Netherlands, 28 kilometers across the North Sea, Rotterdam is the world's largest port and the second largest city in the Netherlands. With the exception of the larger old town hall, Rotterdam is known for its modern architecture and is therefore known as the "most modern city in Europe".

Climb the 185-meter-high tower, known as the "Euromast Mast", for a bird's-eye view of the city.

After more than half a century of development, the Netherlands has become an economically developed country, it is one of the earliest member states of the European Community, and its per capita GDP ranks among the highest in Europe. It has a complete range of industries, with the largest oil refinery in Europe, a well-developed shipbuilding industry, petrochemical industry, household appliances, electronic instruments, dairy processing, and margarine enjoy a good reputation in the world.

In addition, there are manufacturing sectors such as automobile assembly, construction machinery, railway equipment, and light industry (paper, clothing, coffee, tea, cocoa, cigarettes, beer).

Stepping into Rotterdam is like being in a big new city. Its urban construction planning is implemented in accordance with the new layout after the Second World War, and the buildings are basically newly built after the war, with a novel and unique appearance, mostly in Western European style, with unique shapes and colorful shapes.

The city is home to large banks, insurance companies and international trade center institutions. In the old town, many of the streets are paved with stone, preserving the appearance of hundreds of years ago. Rotterdam is a city located along the Maas River, and there are many rivers in the city, and all kinds of boats are moored along the river.

Near the buildings, on the riverside, and by the bridge, the unique windmills of the Netherlands can be seen everywhere, forming a picturesque landscape.

The city is easily accessible by buses, trams, subways and boats. Cars often have to cross bridges, cross rivers, and shuttle through the river network. The streets of the city are neat and clean, and the most important feature is that the windows of the residents are raised with colorful flowers on the floors, and it is a veritable European port garden city.

In the suburbs there are many vegetable gardens and flower beds where a variety of vegetables and flowers are grown. The shops are full of goods and the market is extremely well supplied, and most of the goods sold are products from the European Community. The streets are lined with Italian, German and Japanese cars.

In addition to Philips products in the Netherlands, there are also products from Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi and Siemens in Germany. Communications, posts and telecommunications are well developed, and public telephone booths can be seen everywhere on the streets, making it quite convenient to communicate with the outside world. There are many restaurants, restaurants, and fast food restaurants from all over the world, as well as overseas Chinese restaurants serving authentic Chinese food.

Rotterdam is also a well-known tourist city, which receives many tourists from all over the world every day. There are many museums, galleries, parks, libraries, cinemas and concert halls in the city. People's life not only has a strong cultural atmosphere, but also can make full use of leisure time to seek the joy of life.

Most of the Netherlands is relatively poor in natural resources, and Rotterdam is no exception, and its raw materials such as oil, ore and coal are mainly imported.

However, Rotterdam is a world tourist destination with a lot of cultural resources, and its old city centre, Delfosschawan and the new city centre, is world-famous for its ultra-modern and futuristic architecture, and the 185-metre-high "Voromast" observation tower near the harbor is a major sight.

In addition, such as the old windmills in the town of Tongdi and the early buildings in the town of Gotha, etc., are famous attractions in Rotterdam, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

There is no doubt that policy strategy plays a key role in the city's economic development, and Rotterdam, with a population of nearly 1.1 million, can become the world's largest port, and policy plays an important role.

75% of the re-export of Rotterdam's supply of goods, the port area set up a "bonded warehouse", dedicated to the sale and re-export of goods for the whole ship storage, only storage fees, exempt from customs duties, customs to the owner of the goods is very convenient, in the procedures as far as possible to adapt to the transit, re-export and distribution requirements of merchants from various countries, in addition to drugs and arms, almost all commodities can be freely in and out, not limited by type and quantity, the preferential policies of the port have greatly promoted the development of transit trade, attracted a large number of foreign ships and goods to transit, and obtained a large number of freight.

In addition, the establishment of the Western European Common Market reduced the international barrier, so that most of the goods of Western European countries sailed to Rotterdam through inland waterways, and then transshipped to the rest of the world, which promoted the construction and rapid development of Rotterdam.

China learned from the experience of Rotterdam and it is necessary to set up a free trade zone in Lianyungang.

The Port of Rotterdam is located at the mouth of the Rhine and Maas rivers, with the North Sea in the west, the Rhine and Danube rivers in the east, and can lead to the Caspian Sea. The port covers an area of about 100 square kilometers, with a total length of 42 kilometers and a draft of 22 meters, which can berth 545,000 tons of extra-large oil tankers. The infrastructure of the port area is owned by the Rotterdam City Government, and the Rotterdam Port Authority is responsible for the day-to-day management of the port area, and various companies lease the infrastructure development business of the port area.

After the Second World War, with the revival of the European economy and the establishment of the Common Market, the Port of Rotterdam developed rapidly thanks to its strategic location: in 1961, it surpassed the Port of New York (180 million tons) for the first time to become the largest port in the world.

Since then, it has maintained its position as the world's largest port. In 2000, the throughput reached 320 million tons, the highest on record. More than 30,000 steamers enter Rotterdam every year, and more than 120,000 inland waterway ships sail to European countries. The Port of Rotterdam is home to the world's most advanced ECT container terminal, with an annual capacity of 6.4 million TEUs, ranking fourth in the world.

The Port of Rotterdam employs more than 70,000 people, accounting for 1.4% of the country's employed population, accounting for 78% of the country's freight volume, with a total output value of 12 billion rudder, accounting for about 2.5% of the Dutch GDP.

The most important feature of the service of the Port of Rotterdam is the one-stop storage, transportation and sales.

Storage, transportation and reprocessing through a number of bonded warehouses and cargo distribution centers to increase the added value of the goods, and then the goods are delivered to destinations in the Netherlands and Europe by various transport routes such as road, rail, river, air and sea.

The port area of Rotterdam is the main body of the city, covering an area of more than 100 square kilometers, with a port area of 277.1 square kilometers and a water depth of 6.7~21 meters.

The total length of the sea vessel terminal is 56 kilometers, and the total length of the river boat terminal is 33.6 kilometers, which implements specialized loading and unloading of general cargo, petroleum, coal, ore, grain, chemical, bulk and containers, and can accommodate more than 600 thousand-ton ships and more than 300,000 inland river vessels, with an annual throughput of about 300 million tons of goods.

The main routes for the transportation of goods in the port, the Rhine, the highways, and the port railways are connected to the domestic and foreign transportation networks. In addition to transshipment of inbound crude oil through the Laijiao River, pipelines have also been laid to transport oil directly to Amsterdam, Germany and Belgium. Bulk transit freight accounts for 85% of the total freight volume, of which crude oil and petroleum products account for 70%, and the rest are ores, coal, grain, fertilizers, etc.

The main import and export target countries are Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and other EU countries. Since the 60s, Rotterdam has maintained its position as the world's largest port, but it is still constantly strengthening the construction of berths, updating equipment, and has many special services to offer.

The Port of Rotterdam is one of the major container ports in the world. As early as 1967, a number of terminal handling companies were keenly aware of the potential of containers in the world and made huge investments. The Port of Rotterdam has become the largest container terminal in Europe, and its loading and unloading process is completely computer-controlled, and the various containers on the terminal are stacked together in an orderly manner.

In 1982, it handled 2.16 million TEUs, surpassing the 1.9 million TEUs in New York Harbor. Rotterdam has handled more than 3.2 million containers.

A dense network of roads crisscrossing and extending in all directions, connecting Rotterdam with all the big cities in Europe, from Rotterdam, it only takes 8~10 hours to reach Paris, Frankfurt and Hamburg, and even less time to reach the Ruhr Belt, the main industrial region of Germany and most of Belgium, even more distant areas like Northern Europe can be reached in 24 hours.

The Netherlands has a strong road transport strength, and 30% of the EU's international road transport is borne by the Netherlands.

The food culture in Rotterdam, the parliamentary center of Rotterdam, is so varied that Dutch cuisine is often billed as "mommy". Elden soup made from green beans is like a lyrical poem. Rotterdam people usually have dinner with meat and vegetables and potatoes. Van Gogh's famous painting "The Potato Eater" also depicts this, which shows that the eating habits of ordinary Dutch families have not changed much from those days.

When he came here, Ye Chao of course went to find special delicacies that could fill his stomach first.

The broth here is good......

Like what...... Elden broth.

Elden broth is a traditional Dutch dish made with green peas and sausages as the main ingredients, and it is said that this stew is only authentic when it is simmered until the spoon can stand in it.

There is a type of Indonesian cuisine in Rotterdam, but it is not quite the same as the local Indonesian cuisine.

Many young people often call for Indonesian cuisine called Rijstafel in restaurants, and they serve more than 20 kinds of side dishes with casual combinations, which are said to be created by thrifty Rotterdam people from leftovers from the previous day.

Banakgan: Banakgan is the cheap and delicious Rotterdam pancakes you can find at any restaurant in Rotterdam. There are many pancake shops in Rotterdam that offer a wide variety of pancakes that are delicious with syrup or other condiments.

This is the ideal lunch for self-catering tourists.

There is also cheese and cheese...... Do you know how much cheese a Dutchman eats in a year? The answer is 8 kilograms. I don't know if it's a combination of diet and cycling habits? The average height of the Dutch is the highest in Europe, with the average height of men being about 184 cm and women being about 174 cm.

In fact, cheese is quite nutritious, with a higher protein content than the same weight of meat, and is rich in nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium, vitamins A and B, but also high in cholesterol.

The Netherlands is a world-renowned cheese producer, exporting more than 400,000 tons of cheese annually, ranking first in the world.

In addition to being a daily staple in the Netherlands, yogurt is also a tourist resource. And the Dutch always say "SayCheese!" when they take pictures of people. Visitors can visit a traditional cheese market in the Netherlands during the summer months, see the traditional market deals, and take home some fresh cheese.