Boss Wang naturally has the right to speak on the issue of the navigation of the Red River, he is a veteran who often goes to sea and sails, and now he is talking about the lower reaches of the Red River that he has walked many times, of course, he is full of certainty. Although he is a "boss", and Gao Ming is no more than a family member, he really dare not slack off in front of Gao Jue, and reaffirmed it.

Then seeing that Gao Jue just nodded, Boss Wang continued to ask: "Then again, Gao Tuanzuo, is it the first time you have come to Annan?" ”

"Exactly."

"Are you still used to it?"

"Fortunately, I stayed in Qinzhou for a while, and now after all, it is on the edge of the New Year, and it is not as hot as I imagined."

"It's the best season in Annam!" Boss Wang laughed and said with great interest: "Gao Tuanzuo, you may not know very well, in this place of Annam, the four seasons are not obvious, the locals usually divide the year into two seasons: drought and rain, and now it is the dry season, whether it is to do things or fight, it is still convenient." If it's during the rainy season......"

He smiled, smiled and shook his head, and said with certainty: "That's really not a good time to come to Annam." ”

"Because it's hot?"

"Heat is only one aspect, the key is that it is extremely inconvenient to travel." Boss Wang sighed and said: "Annan is very poor, there are many places where there are no decent roads at all, and in some places, there are still roads in the dry season, but in the rainy season, those so-called 'roads' are all gone." ”

Gao Jue once met with the Japanese in Jiangnan, although Jiangnan is rich, but wealth is concentrated, and some places are also poor, so Gao Jue knows what Boss Wang said. He nodded and said, "It seems that if we want to make a fortune here in Annam, we still have a lot to do, especially in terms of infrastructure." ”

Valuing infrastructure construction is the thinking that Gao Pragmatic brought from his previous life, and even these cronies under him are now very affected.

"Yes, yes, Annan actually has a lot of advantages, but this foundation is too poor. And the locals are lazy, they would rather go to the army and be half-starved than honestly farm, and as for business, these people are very stupid......"

Boss Wang said, pursed his lips, seemed too lazy to talk about the locals, and turned the topic back: "In fact, even if it is a dry season, it must be divided into a cool season and a hot season, and it is still in the cool season, but generally in two months, it will enter the hot season." Gao Tuanzuo, this hot season in the dry season of Annam, that is hot, compared to the rainy season, is not much better! ”

At this time, Boss Li, another ship owner next to Boss Hu, interjected and said, "What Lao Hu said is right, but the destination of our trip, Thang Long City, is slightly better than what he said. Annam is divided into north and south by Haiyunling, and the northern region is relatively speaking, the four seasons are more distinct, unlike the south, which is almost only divided into two seasons in a year: dry season and rainy season. ”

Gao Jue nodded and said, "Then the rivers in Annan are also very distinct in terms of flood season and dry season?" ”

"Yes, Gao Tuanza." Boss Li said: "However, even in the dry season, the water volume of the Annam River is still abundant, but in the flood season, the water volume is too abundant, and many sections of the river are not suitable for navigation." ”

Gao Jue nodded and said with a smile: "I understand this, the flood, I have seen a lot in Jiangnan." ”

"Yes, yes, Gao Tuanzuo has traveled south and north, and he has seen a lot of things." Boss Li smiled and said: "In Annam, almost every large river has to flood every year, but the size and scale will be a little different. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Boss Wang and said, "So, in the future, we can also organize a thorough survey of the hydrology of the Red River during the flood season." ”

Hey, you have already counted Annan as the territory of the Ming Dynasty in advance? Oh, but theoretically, Annan is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty now......

Boss Wang smiled and said: "If Jinghua wants to do this in the future, of course I personally fully support it - in fact, Boss Li, as long as Jinghua can take down Shenglong smoothly this time, it is logical to do how many times the Red River will be probed in the future." ”

Huh? Wait, why are you more direct than Boss Li, and just regard Annan as Jinghua's private property?

Boss Hu himself was not conscious at all, and looked at Gao Jue as he spoke, "Gao Tuanzuo, when the time comes, Jinghua's business can be fully promoted to Annan, and those of us can also take advantage of Jinghua's east wind to expand and expand in Annan." ”

Gao Jue didn't care much about business, but he still understood the truth of this, so he smiled and nodded.

"And the river!" Boss Li saw that Gao Jue was not even modest, but when Jinghua had a plan for Annan, he couldn't help but immediately come to his senses, and said busily: "I think that now we should also figure out the shipping value of the Ganghe River - can a big ship like Jinghua's armed transport ship be traced back to Thang Long along the Ganghe River?" ”

"Ganghe?" Gao Jue was stunned for a moment, what kind of river is this?

"yes!" Boss Li said: "The Gang River enters the sea in Guang'an, at the confluence of Thang Long and the Red River, if the big ship can be traced along the Gang River to Thang Long, then the shipping of the Red River Delta, whether it is sea or river transport, can be connected and extend in all directions!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a map and pointed it out to Gao Jue. Originally, Guang'an was about 130 miles north of the Red River estuary.

"Speaking of Guang'an." Boss Wang suddenly became upset and said: "Guang'an is on the north side of the mouth of the Ganghe River, I think it is better to find a new site on the south side of the mouth of the Ganghe River and build a new port from scratch!" ”

Boss Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh, "Not bad!" Lao Hu, it's really the same as what heroes see! ”

Boss Wang said with a smile: "Although the coastline of Annan in the north is very long, there is only one port in Guang'an, but the location of Guang'an is not particularly convenient for doing business. ”

Gao Jue was slightly dissatisfied with the fact that these two bosses began to deviate from the military theme, but he knew the reason why these two people had to say these things in front of him - this was not for him Gao Jue, but actually for the old man Gao Shen. It's just that because of their identities, the two of them really can't talk to Gao Pragmatic, so what they said to Gao Jue was actually to ask him to convey it to Gao Pragmatic.

For the sake of these two of them, they are ***...... Well, they are all pro-Jinghua maritime merchants, Gao Ming still plans to listen to them, anyway, now floating on the sea, he will not be able to get to the place for a while and a half, and he has time to listen. In addition, it is also good to know more about the topography of North Annan.

Boss Wang said: "The geography of the mouth of the Ganghe River is completely different from the geography of the mouth of the Red River. The former is not only much more open than the latter, but also much deeper, otherwise it would not have been used as a harbor. ”

He paused slightly, and then said: "However, although the mouth of the Gang River is open, it is divided into two by Cat Ba Island, and the affiliated islands of Cat Ba Island are on the north side of the main island, while Guang'an is located in the north of the sea, so that the passage in and out of the sea is not only cramped a lot, but also bends and turns, which is quite inconvenient. ”

"That's right!" Boss Li interjected, "Not only that, but the location of Guang'an is relatively too inland, and the distance from the port to the open sea is too far, which is also one of the inconveniences." If there is no Cat Ba Island, it is not a big problem, but since there is Cat Ba Island, you can't help but go around it first, and then you can go south. ”

Boss Wang raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly, imagining the coastal geography of that area, and after a while, he couldn't help nodding again and again: "Lao Li, it's really what you said - if there is a port on the south side of the mouth of the Luhe River, it will be much better." The water depth is not inferior to that of the north side, but the channel is much wider than the north side! ”

"yes!" Boss Li said: "And Guang'an also has a fatal shortcoming - the affiliated islands of Cat Ba Island are dotted, which is already very, very many, but north of Cat Ba Island, the geography is even more special, and there are more and more small islands of this kind - the large and small islands in the entire bay, I am afraid that there will be hundreds, even thousands, thousands!" In comparison, Na Cat Ba Island is already the largest! ”

He sighed slightly and said, "These islands, since ancient times, have been the abysses of pirates!" The pirates have robbed and killed people in the open sea, and there is no way to pursue them in the bay dotted with many islands—just imagine, where can you find people on hundreds or thousands of islands? The officers and soldiers chased in, and they can't get out by themselves, I'm afraid it's all a problem! ”

"I see what you mean." Gao Jue nodded this time and said, "That is to say, the channel in and out of the open sea in Guang'an is too close to the pirate's lair and is easy to be harassed. ”

"Yes!" Boss Li hurriedly agreed.

"The mouth is open!" Gao Jue smiled and said: "I will convey these words to my family at that time." "Having said that, Gao Ming's thoughts in his heart are: If you guys expect me to take the fleet to suppress pirates, then extinguish this thought as soon as possible, I am here to get Shenglong, and the master didn't let me hide from the pirates.

However, another question suddenly came to his mind and asked, "Huh...... Wait, I'm a little curious - since the geography of Guang'an is not ideal, and it is too close to the pirate's lair, how can it be the only decent harbor on the Mohs scale? ”

Boss Li smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's because of the pirates!" You think, even though the pirates are called pirates, they can't always stay on the island, they also have to go ashore - not only to sell the stolen goods, but also to buy all kinds of necessary supplies. Also, many of the pirates are actually people from the neighborhood, and their homes are actually on the shore. ”

Oh, I see. Gao Jue understood that this Guang'an was actually prospered by pirates, just like a few years ago when the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, the first port to open the sea, Zhangzhou Yue Port, was originally a port that was prosperous because of pirates, and the geographical environment of that place was actually not very good, so now the development after the opening of the sea was soon surpassed by the real advantageous port.