Section 259

reception

Originally, the Fishery Corps had a lot of vessels, but they were generally small, miscellaneous, old, small in tonnage, and in poor condition, so they basically operated in the offshore waters, and the farthest was not as far as the Beibu Gulf area. Now it is necessary to undertake sea patrols in the Xisha and Dongsha areas, and it is obviously beyond its strength. In the autumn of next year, a number of ships with a standard displacement of less than 100 tons will be eliminated from the squadron of special service boats to the Fishery Corps. The only requirement for Lin Chuanqing to renovate is to maintain a certain level of armament in order to carry out armed patrols in the sea area between Dongsha and Xisha.

At first, the Senate hoped that Lin Chuanqing could rebuild a few whaling ships, and the whales were full of treasures - especially oil, which was the main source of oil in early industry, and played an indispensable role in the industrial system of the Senate, which was severely short of oil. As for whale baleen and bone fragments, they also play a considerable role in industry with their high elasticity. However, the Great Library clearly poured cold water on the whaling party - the South China Sea is not a whale habitat at all, only occasionally passing by, and commercial whaling is not even a thought before taking Hokkaido or Hawaii.

As a result, all the newly transferred fishing vessels have been converted into longline vessels. The retrofit was not complicated, just the addition of a large human-powered winch and two utility boats. Because there is no power winch, the manpower is very slow. After the longline is lowered, as long as there are no special circumstances, the work boat will check the buoy, fishing line, harvest, and change the bait. In addition, the bilge was changed into a "cold storage", and the fish caught were simply processed and stuffed into it to keep fresh. There is no refrigeration power on a sailboat, and of course there is no gas cold storage. Refrigeration can only be ice cubes wrapped in insulating material.

Lin Chuanqing invited Jīngxin, a veteran of thermal engineering, to design a marine cold storage. The insulation layer of marine cold storage adopts multi-layer thermal insulation treatment, and there are many things to choose from in terms of insulation materials: in addition to the kapok, sawdust and diatomaceous earth that are widely used in Lingao, a large number of pampas leaves and puff velvet are also used. The heat preservation effect is very good, and it is not very afraid of water, and the grass has evolved this fiber to help its seeds drift with the water, and the hollow leaves play a role in insulating moisture.

The ancient Egyptians used the long fibers of the leaves to make papyrus, and in China, in addition to making cushions, chuáng cushions, kneeling cushions, or used to make paper, the leaves are also an important cold-proof material.

Since it grows well in high-salinity depressions and wetlands, it is planted in large quantities by the Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage to treat sewage and transform coastal saline land. Compared with the small quantities of wild kapok and sawdust and diatomaceous earth that can be used for other purposes, the kapok leaves and pompas have become the cheapest and most effective thermal insulation materials that the group can mass-produce at present, and a large number of bedding is mixed in cotton wool to make the bedding needed for engine action, and most of the pillows for the elders and NV servants to enjoy the gentleness of the country are also filled with cattail velvet.

Although the output of Purong was large, it was necessary to ensure the supply of materials to the north, so Lin Chuanqing's refrigerated fresh boats were only modified in total, three were used in the Beibu Gulf area, six were used in Sanya, and the other two were deployed to Hong Kong, the estuary of the great river, which is also a place rich in fish.

The sushi and sashimi at the reception were the benefits of the chilled boat, and Hung Yin originally thought that the local people might not be willing to accept such food, but he didn't expect it to be very popular. Plate after plate was served endlessly, and it was quickly wiped out.

"This is Guangdong, which has always had the habit of eating sashimi, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish." Shi Jiantao, the person in charge of the shipyard, said drunkenly with a wine glass, "Shunde is not far from here, and the local yusheng is famous......

Shi Jiantao is in a good mood: the construction project of the H800 harmony wheel he presided over has finally achieved considerable results after a period of stumbling operation. The training of workers for local shipbuilding workshops and the provision of standardized gauges and tools have all helped, especially in the support of the Planning Institute's decision to approve the establishment of a timber processing plant in Hong Kong to process timber from Guangdong and Fujian nearby, as well as to manufacture standardized ship materials in batches. Including masts, shell plates, deck slats, and more.

These measures have greatly accelerated the construction progress of the H800 and Harmony wheels. Shi Jiantao found that in fact, the aborigines' learning ability is not bad, and it can be called full of wisdom, but many years of conformism have been blinded by méng, when someone opens a window, shows a new path, and teaches him how to go in a down-to-earth manner, they will quickly follow up and even draw inferences. The local shipbuilding workshop adapted to the Australian production model under the thorn of economic interests, and the efficiency increased exponentially, and the first few Harmony ships consumed several months to produce qualified outsourced parts in the preparation stage alone, but when everything was done, it took an average of only 50 days to build an H800 Harmony wheel. Shi Jiantao builds these large transport vessels at a rate of four per batch on Hong Kong's improvised beach slipway.

In fact, the Hong Kong shipyard is carrying out the task of assembly. The iron bones and ribs needed for shipbuilding were transported to Hong Kong by Big Whale after being processed from Bopu, and the simple wooden structural parts were subcontracted and processed by various indigenous shipbuilding workshops and carpentry workshops in the Pearl River Estuary and transported to Hong Kong Island. The more complex timber components are manufactured in woodworking plants. Finally, it is assembled on the beach slipway.

In the end, the Hong Kong shipyard completed 28 ships by the D-Day anniversary - not only successfully completing the assignment of Operation Engine, but also exceeding the quota by four. These four were converted into fleet coal carriers.

When Shi Jiantao found out that his shipbuilding work could be completed on schedule, he was drunk with joy -- his position in the Senate was fully guaranteed, and wealth still had to be sought in danger.

Today, seeing that the transport ship group he personally presided over was about to leave the port to carry out the engine operation, he was in a very good mood, and drank soda, fruit juice and rum.

"Your contractor is here too?" Hung Yin asked, he had invited a local merchant with whom he had trade today.

"It's coming. There are also Luochen's customers of the Tiandihui. ”

At the reception, a group of indigenous "noblemen" dressed in silk and satin gathered, and there were also a number of Confucian scholars in lanthanum shirts. As the head of local business, Hong Shui Yin also serves as an external contact, chatting and laughing in the crowd with a wine glass, and socializing with local indigenous collaborators with long sleeves and good dancing.

Most of the local indigenous collaborators are small and medium-sized landowners from the Kowloon Peninsula across St. NV Bay and the counties of Dongguan and Xiangshan further north. Influenced by the Ming Dynasty's commodity economy, it began to operate and grow various economic crops very early, especially indigo and sericulture. Indigo, as well as raw silk and satin, were the bulk exports of the Senate. Therefore, it has always been the target of Hong Yin's active wooing.

Attracting them to provide export products for foreign trade companies and promote the services of the "Heaven and Earth Society" is one of the main tasks of Hong Shui Yin at present.

The initial cooperation between these small and medium-sized landlords and the Hong Kong Station was somewhat "voluntary", because the "mighty force" of the Fu Bō army at the mouth of the Pearl River, coupled with bayonets and gunboats, was not far away, and no one dared to refuse the "trade briefing" of the Hong Kong Station.

However, once such a trade relationship was formalized, they soon found that it was much better to work with the Australians in Hong Kong than with the large and small Jiān merchants in the city. As a result, the relationship between the two soon warmed up, and Tiandihui also took the opportunity to start developing customers in the local area - the development of agriculture on Hong Kong Island was not good, and Tiandihui had little use.

Of course, there are also those who take the initiative to cooperate with Australians - Liu Deshan is one of them. After seeing the Aki of the Fu Bō army in the town of Sanliang, he soon began to think of trading with the Australians.

Liu Deshan's business is to sell local products between Shandong and Guangdong, I have long heard that the Australian trade is very large, Australian goods are extremely popular, and now the Australian is close at hand, of course, the opportunity should not be missed. So as soon as the campaign in the Pearl River Valley was over, he ran to Hong Kong, found Hung Yin, and asked to sell goods from Shandong.

Hung Yin was very interested in his proposal, although Liu Deshan was a small businessman, not rich in capital, but he was very familiar with the business, as a native of Shandong and had been doing business in the Pearl River Delta region for a long time, he was very familiar with the situation in both places, and he was a very suitable trade agent - and his shili was not large, and it was not easy to cause a big tail.

With the support of Hong Shui Yin, Liu Deshan soon acted as the agent of "Wanyou" and began to deal in Australian goods. He is very familiar with the situation of towns and villages in the Pearl River Delta, and can go deep into the villages and towns that were difficult to penetrate in the past Guangzhou Station to carry out business activities, and has initially established a township business network in Dongguan County.

In the form of itinerant vendors and local agents, this township commercial network sells a large number of daily necessities produced by Lingao, such as matches, new iron farm tools, and cheap Zhongcheng yào, to the townships and towns, and at the same time buys various local products from villages and towns. Although the business was trivial and there was no great profit, at least the goods of Lingao penetrated into the countryside. With the penetration of goods, the concept will also change.

Liu Deshan himself made a small fortune. Although he didn't make much money, he already knew in his mind that Australians had bigger business opportunities in the future. As long as you can endure it, the day of making a fortune is ahead.

At this moment, he was standing in the hall, holding a glass of kvass in the same way as an Australian, watching Flood Yin's every move. Ba hoped that the "chief" would be able to tell him some more news. He had already sniffed something out of the previous big purchase in Hong Kong - and a bigger opportunity would soon come to Hong Kong Island.