Obviously, the hardware conditions of Dili City are much better than that of Xin'an City, after all, this is a city with a history of 100 years, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 citizens with a certain consumption capacity and almost the same number of floating population---- and more than 100,000 people in Dili City and its suburbs, which has brought vitality to Dili City.

Especially recently, the property prices and land in Dili City have risen significantly, which has undoubtedly brought huge wealth to the citizens.

As it turns out, if nearby Sin'an City is a gold absorber, then Dili City is a gold sucker, because there are more shops, as well as many beautiful bars and brothels of low to high grades, which can fully meet the various consumption needs of people when they have money.

With the passage of time, the economic and trade ties between Xin'an and Dili are also getting deeper and deeper, these two cities are like a pair of interacting twin stars in the universe, complementing each other, mutually beneficial interaction, and finally connecting into an organic whole, the two cities danced in the tide of economic prosperity, and finally melted, creating a prosperous Xin'an - Dili Economic Belt in Nanyang.

Although this is a few years later, the trend is now very clearly visible.

Normally, during the days when the Nicole arrives and docks at the Blue Pier, the floating population from Dili City and nearby suburbs explodes to tens of thousands, which is obviously not a business opportunity and a job opportunity brought by the Nicole one ship.

Because the "Australian Iron Ship" does not come alone every time, usually behind and on both sides of the Nicole, there will be three or four, or even as many as seven or eight sailing ships to follow the Nicole to Xin'an Port at the same time.

The reason for this is simple: these merchant ships will meet the Nicole on the sea, and they will all be sheltered.

Because of the existence of the Nicole, these merchant ships can reach their destination safely.

As long as the Nicole is nearby, the giant pirate ships that shuttle between the islands will not dare to approach, and if there are a few people who do not have a long eye to go up and rob the merchant ships near her, the Nicole will immediately stop the ship, and then use the ship's naval guns and machine guns to beat these pirates to the point of losing their armor and losing their souls.

In particular, those merchant ships transporting coal, iron and timber near Moro Bay on the eastern coast of Timor Island, if the time is right, these merchant ships would rather delay for some time than wait outside the bay for the appearance of the Nicole, when the Nicole appears in the sea and sky, these ships will leave the port one after another, and follow the Nicole to the Blue Pier to unload their cargo---- under normal circumstances, the appearance of the Nicole is surprisingly punctual, of course, by the standards of this era.

The captains all knew that it was a fixed place for Captain Gu to drive the Nicole, but what they didn't know was that in the old world, Captain Gu was very familiar with the shipping lanes there, after all, Moro Bay in the east of Timor Island was an important landmark on the international route of the South Seas.

Of course, there is another tacit reason for sailing with Nicole: as long as you sail with Nicole, neither the Portuguese Navy patrolling nearby nor the Dutch Navy passing by will go up to intercept these merchant ships for "routine inspections", because the captains have heard that the Australians have signed an agreement with these two countries that will protect all ships sailing in a convoy with the ships of the Australian Commonwealth.

In addition, there is a rumor among the captains of many merchant ships that has been continuously confirmed: as long as they sail with Nicole, these merchant ships will not only not be harassed by the navy and pirates, but will also be able to avoid all kinds of ocean storms in advance.

Yes, on several occasions, the merchant ships following the Nicole would find that the Nicole had suddenly turned without warning, and for the sailors of the merchant ships, they were puzzled and even a little puzzled by the movements of the Nicole.

So some merchant ships did not continue to follow, but broke away from the fleet and continued to sail in the predetermined direction alone, but it is true that there are many captains of merchant ships who honestly follow the Nicole and steer the ship into some unknown bay like Nicole, and then anchor and wait for something.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for an ocean storm to suddenly sweep the nearby sea, looking at the raging waves and stormy open sea, these merchant sailors suddenly felt very happy, they sighed in their hearts, fortunately their ship followed the Australian iron ship into the bay in advance to take refuge, otherwise, the consequences would really be unimaginable.

Because of this, if there were new sailors on a merchant ship, they would be amazed at this---- and they would say how the great iron ships of the Australians had foreseen the danger of the storm ahead. Is it really magic? At that moment, many people even remembered the terrible rumor that Australians were able to drive away ghosts.

Of course, the captain and the veteran sailors will calmly say to these newcomers that it is actually the majestic captain on the Nicole who has unpredictable talents, but some people say that Captain Gu is actually a magician, he has a crystal ball named Radar, can predict the future, and can even psychic......

That's right, the crystal ball in the mouth of the old sailors is actually the sea weather radar installed on the Nicole.

Of course, what the superstitious sailors didn't know was that the Nicole turned to the bay to take shelter from the storm at every turn, not because the Nicole couldn't withstand the storm, but because of Captain Gu's natural cautious sailing habits that he didn't want to take a little risk at sea......

Obviously, for the same reason, whenever the Nicole leaves the Blue Pier in Sinanseong, a large number of sailboats will follow......

It is precisely because of this that the sailing date and route of the Australian big iron ship have become the information that captains everywhere attach great importance to, and some interested people will do everything possible to inquire about the whereabouts of Nicole, when Nicole arrives at the port, when it leaves, and which intermediate port it usually docks at, etc., these are the topics that the captains are concerned about.

Obviously, if the outside world is informed about Nicole's flight in time, so that more merchant ships can follow Nicole to and from Siang Ang Port safely---- it will be a good thing for the economy of Si An City.

And Nicole is not afraid of public shipping schedules at all, and no force in this world dares to challenge Nicole at sea.

Therefore, Captain Gu once suggested that Hou Xianglin and Xiao Pingguo should know and announce the shipping schedule of the Nicole through telegraph communication, the purpose of which is of course to attract more merchant ships to do business in Xin'ancheng.

Xiao Pingguo was competent as the governor, and soon after he took office, he established such a public announcement system, and after he learned about the voyage of the Nicole in time through telegraph communication, he would announce the sailing schedule of the Nicole on the public notice board outside the gate of the Governor's Palace, so that the captains of Xin'an Port could understand the situation and adjust their shipping schedules and business in time.

This service was not only very popular with the captains, but also attracted the attention of the merchants, and even the ordinary citizens would go to the public notice board of the Governor's Palace to learn about the schedule of the Nicole, so that they could seize all kinds of business and work opportunities in time.

It didn't take long for Governor Xiao to be further inspired, he asked the Red Chamber to provide him with ink and stereotypes, and then he personally grabbed the knife and made a four-page paper written briefing, called "Nanyang Xingdao Business Daily", which was usually issued once a week, in addition to the shipping schedule of the Nicole, there were various advertisements for goods paid by local merchants, of course, including various materials and procurement plan information that Australians currently need, and from time to time there were various local news.

Obviously, this newsletter is not available for free, but Xiao Pingguo's newsletter is sold very cheaply, so it sells very well.

The briefing was so successful that it was later sent to Batavia and further afield to Macau, and even the headquarters of the Portuguese East India Company in Goa, India, adapted its business to the briefing.

Therefore, Xiao Pingguo, who had not had much interest in being an official, finally resigned from the post of governor of Xin'an, and he quickly obtained investment from the "Beishang Fund" and founded a joint-stock company called "Nanyang Sing Tao Media Group---- which later became the leader of the world's journalism industry, with world-renowned credibility and influence, well, that's another story.