Lao Wang said in the telegram: From this year onwards, our sugarcane cultivation on Mornington Island will become two years and three seasons, because the climate in the northern and southern hemispheres is just opposite, and two of the seasons are just the blank period for sugarcane production in the northern hemisphere, during which the price of white sugar must be very high.

For example, according to the climatic and soil conditions of each region, the sugarcane harvest season on Wanshan Island should be in August every year, while the plantations of Duchess Margaret on Zixia Island and Timor Island can be harvested in May and June every year, and the water and soil conditions on Mornington Island are harvested from October to November and after the end of the rainy season of the following year, which is three crops in two years.

In this way, our sugar business can be done on a large scale at least four times a year, so that these three places can basically support our business throughout the year.

And this can also avoid the concentrated listing period of white sugar, although our white sugar has a quality advantage, but must not be enlarged, if we are also listed in the peak season, not to mention the reduction of profits caused by market competition, just because of the jealousy of peers may cause trouble for themselves.

According to the information from Dai Xiaoshan and Zhu Beiguo, there are two wealthy merchants in Guangzhou, the Qin family and the Cai family, who are fighting against the Ao Qiao family in the sugar business.

I heard that these two Jin merchants who "entered the customs from the dragon" in the early years with the Manchu family and the Lu family in Macao were wealthy businessmen with the background of the Beijing Internal Affairs Office and the Eight Banners, and they also let out that the Australian white sugar white is white, but the white is terrifying, obviously not made of natural power, people eat it to get sick, and even plan to encourage the guild to tell the Guangzhou government, and ask the government to ban it!

Fortunately, the Lu family went through the road of Pingnan Wangfu, and this matter was over, which shows that this business is not simple, to be honest, our sugar does block other people's financial paths.

It stands to reason that we are not afraid, but if our white sugar is not listed in the peak season, not only will the price be good, but we can also avoid these villains, for those merchants and nobles who are against us, now is not the time to openly challenge, now we should first taoguang and make a fortune, and wait until we have a certain strength to make a calculation.

Lao Wang went on to say that we should not only plant sugarcane in the southern hemisphere, but also grow sugar beet, and we should plant it on a large scale, which is extremely beneficial for us to control the price of the entire sugar market.

Because according to Lao Wang's opinion, in fact, the water and soil resources on Mornington Island are more suitable for growing sugar beets, so we should not only plant on Mornington Island, but also develop the islands in the south, especially the big island not far from the south.

Sun Lao's opinion is basically the same as that of several other bigwigs, he believes that the only sugarcane planting area in the southern hemisphere is Mornington Island, so the sugarcane planting area on the island should not only not be reduced, but also expanded, and in the future, if there are conditions, it should be expanded to the South Island and the Australian mainland with good hydrothermal conditions.

And in general, white sugar is still a scarce commodity in the world, not to mention the current reputation of Australian white sugar is very loud, the world calls Australian white sugar "Australian white", and there are also called "iron ship white", which is taken from the iron ship and the business lasts for a long time.

At present, everyone in the Nanyang market invariably regards "Australian white sugar" as a standard for the quality of white sugar---- such as white frost sugar from the traditional sugarcane production area in the upper reaches of the Xijiang River in Guangdong, which was the best quality white sugar on the market in the past, but now it is called "brown sugar" by the market, because as long as you compare Australian white sugar, you can see the yellow.

Therefore, the price of Australian white sugar in the market is very high now, and it is still priceless in the off-season - it is not available at all.

Xiao Pingguo of Xin'an City also said in his regular report to the Red Mansion that due to climate differences, the sugarcane planting period on Timor Island is two months earlier than that of the northern mainland, and because the peak season is staggered, the price of white sugar on our side is 20% higher than that in Macao.

Huang Lei of Wanshan Island said in a telegram to the Red Mansion that the sales prospects of our white sugar on Wanshan Island are unlimited, especially for the mainland market, and the Lu family in Macao has become the royal procurement businessman of Pingnan Wangfu because of the Australian stained glass palace lamp and Australian white sugar to the Pingnan Palace, and the current Australian sugar market has risen by two percent in the inland compared with last year, which is still the market in Guangdong last year's sugarcane producing areas and the large increase in the output of yellow and white sugar in Guangdong. The market of Australian white sugar may rise even higher.

After learning of this situation, Sun Lao told his family in a telegram that whether it is in Wanshan Island or Timor Island, the sugarcane planting area must be expanded, and the family must also expand the planting area, otherwise it will not be uncomfortable to see that the silver cannot be earned.

It was only in terms of labor that Sun Lao made a compromise suggestion: only the women in the naturalization camp and the laborers who had already married and had children should be transferred to Mornington Island---- because such people were easier to control.

However, this suggestion made Xiao Pingguo very unhappy in private---- "Easy to control, that's of course, the problem is that we also need people who are easy to control here!" ”

Therefore, the matter is still inconclusive.

Lao Ba rode forward while thinking about these things in his heart, and unconsciously arrived at the big bend at the northeast end of Highway No. 9, where is the upstream of the Xiliu River, there are several small rivers converging to flow into the sea to the west, not far away is the place called the second flood dam of the Xiliu River, now, where there is already a small stream turbine power station running, the hydrometallurgical plant area of Anhengtong is on the south bank of the flood dam.

From a distance, along the south bank of the Xiliu River, there are various factories and blast furnaces lined up in turn, and the gray-white smoke and water vapor evapotranspire envelop the sky floating in the entire industrial area, and everywhere is foggy.

After riding for another half an hour, Lao Ba felt the smell of oil smoke getting heavier, and now he was close to the northern end of the Xiliuhe Industrial Zone, because of the higher terrain, he could even see the whole picture of the distant industrial zone.

When you look out at the sea and sky, the blue water is set in the distance like a jewel, the sun shines tenaciously through the mist, and the dazzling steel is reflected in the furnace towers, which looks spectacular.

Not far away, several dark furnace towers are part of the "Iron and Steel Smelting and Rolling Complex" presided over by Holley and Quan Zhenhai, which are part of the Iron and Steel Smelter.

Farther away is another larger and taller blast furnace and a row of double-mountain "Hou's" greenhouses, one of the decisive achievements of ferrous metallurgy that Quan Zhenhai spent two years making: the ductile iron smelting workshop.

Farther away is a row and a half of chimneys – where the Aohua Thermal Power Plant, a major project of Aohua Energy Co., Ltd., presided over by Wang Zhanwu, is now under construction.

This is the Xiliuhe Industrial Zone that the traversers spent three years to initially establish - here is the most core competitiveness of the Australian Federation to dominate the world in the future, although the technology and strength shown here are only the external manifestations of its core competitiveness, but it is very spectacular in front of Lao Ba's eyes.