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The watchtower on the top of Victoria Peak had just been completed - there was no Governor's Mansion here on this plane, only a barren area. The Hong Kong-based project team of Lingao Construction Corporation, commanded by Shi Dafu, spent several months carving out a mountain path where two-wheeled wheelbarrows could be used to wind the wind, and then leveled a small piece of land on the top of the hill and built a three-story stone watchtower to monitor the island and the nearby sea.

The watchtower itself also doubles as a radio tower, with the advantages of good haode terrain and pure radio environment, it plays the role of a communication center that communicates north to Zhejiang and south to Lingao.

On the top platform of the watchtower, several senators were "looking at the mountains", dressed in various uniforms, surrounded by orderlies, secretaries, and NV servants.

A gray-haired, dark-skinned senator looked down at the ships of the Ocean Fleet at anchorage and said, "The navy is strong now!" What a pity! We're backward people who can't catch up......"

Li Di, who was wearing a staff ribbon, laughed: "Boss Lin! You are not the same as the navy, and when it comes to military rank, your rank of lieutenant colonel is also rare in the navy. ”

"How can that be compared?" Lin Chuanqing, who was wearing a navy uniform, shook his head again and again, "I am a fisherman -- the Fishery Corps." To put it bluntly, it is a fisherman in a military uniform -- and the production company in the army is not the same thing: three years in the army is farming and raising pigs. ”

"Fishing is also revolutionary work." Hong Huangnan said, "Your fishery corps is much more important than the production of vegetables and pigs -- you have solved the problem of eating ròu in the past few years." I'm counting on the fishing industry to give us more protein. He said, pointing to the shadowy Lantau Island in the distance, "The purified population up there is waiting to eat seafood porridge!" ”

Lin Chuanqing smiled: "Staff Officer Hong - no, Minister Hong, I will accept the high hat." I understand the meaning of this fishing, that is, when I see the young men going out to fight meat and fight, I am very envious! ”

He mō mō his own hair stubble: "Of course, dry fishing is the old business, but I often want to be able to set off a cannon to listen, right?" ”

Speaking of this, everyone laughed, and Li Di said: "Why don't you also make a fishery captain in the future?" First go to Japan and make a fishing dispute or something, and then you shell the port. ”

"What to do in the shelling of the port, it's too làng fee. It is a commercial port, and it is a big haodenǎi cow that occupies it. "Flood Yin Mu lù greedy sè. As the head of commercial operations in Hong Kong, he is not very satisfied with the current business in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's business activities have developed considerably. Hong Kong, as the outer harbor of Guangzhou, is far superior to Huangpu and Macao. In particular, after the signing of a trade agreement with the Dutch and the opening of Hong Kong as a trading port, the Dutch fleet regularly sailed to Hong Kong to trade here.

Trade with the Dutch, while lucrative, was too small. There are not many Dutch ships to China, only a few dozen sails a year. It's pitifully small for people in the 21st century.

Due to the blockade of the Pearl River estuary by the Ming court, the Portuguese were revoked from entering the Canton trade. Historically, the Portuguese in Australia had been unable to obtain permission to reopen the port through various means, and had fallen into a great crisis. However, in this time and space, the Macao Mén City Council has set its sights on Hong Kong in desperation -- Australians entering and leaving the Pearl River estuary are like no one, and the government does not dare to prohibit them. Moreover, Australians have semi-public consular business offices in Guangzhou, which is extremely convenient for shipping and selling goods. As a result, some Portuguese merchants switched to trading in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is now again acting as a "window" for trade – a window between the open sea and the mainland.

Hung Wan welcomed the Portuguese: they had the ability to pay, they had sales channels, and all their activities in Hong Kong brought in revenue: from rent, port usage fees to taxes.

The Portuguese also felt that Hong Kong was superior as a window: they did not have to deal with the insatiable Ming officials and Chinese merchants who often defaulted on their payments. The downside is that profits are not as lucrative as they used to be – Australians know everything about the market.

However, this alone did not satisfy the "big ambition" of Hung Yin, who often looked in the direction of the mainland, where the real gold mines were to be explored.

Unfortunately, the situation is not yet the time for gold mining. Flood Yin could only look at the ocean and sigh.

His gaze turned to the bottom of the hill, where rows of warehouses had been built in Causeway Bay and Central, and large steam cranes had been erected one by one – Hong Kong's appearance as a logistics centre was already beginning to emerge. Ships from Hainan and Guangzhou unload a large amount of cargo here every day, and all kinds of supplies are piled up.

Unfortunately, none of this cargo had anything to do with him - it was all supplies needed for the engine's operation. However, he was frightened for a while -- Hong Kong's defense was insufficient, except for a company of sailors, that is, the armed patrol boats of the Hong Kong Detachment of the Navy.

As for Luo Chen's militia, although it claims to be a combination of soldiers and civilians, in fact it does not even have a rifle, it is only armed with standard spears and machetes, and the entire agricultural reclamation wing is used for infrastructure construction sites except for clearing wasteland and farming, and has little time for training-Hong Shui Yin is really suspicious of their combat strength, and it may be difficult to ensure the safety of the massive materials stored here in the event of an attack. At that time, as one of the main persons in charge of Hong Kong, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

The days of such fears continued until the summer, when troops finally arrived in Hong Kong from Lingao -- in addition to the increase in naval strength, the northbound detachment and the newly formed security forces also gradually sailed to Hong Kong Island. At present, the troops on Hong Kong Island are strong and strong, and there are nearly 2,000 people in one northbound detachment alone, not including the security forces that have just arrived a few hundred meters away.

A cadre of people was pointing out the country, and Luo Chen's NV secretary came to report: The reception to celebrate the third anniversary of D-Day has been prepared, and the leaders are invited to go over and officially begin.

D-day is the day they came to this time and space, and it is very commemorative, which is in a sense equivalent to the national day of the Senate. Therefore, the Senate designated it as a "day of remembrance". In 1629 and 1630, due to internal and external troubles, there was no other activity than a simple dinner party for the senators and the improvement of the food.

But this year, despite the engine action, after all, their surrounding environment has been greatly improved, and the material conditions are not what they used to be, in order to strengthen the cohesion of the naturalized people and the centripetal force of the indigenous people. The Senate held some simple celebrations around Day D, and in addition to Lingao, all counties and trading posts under the control of the Senate held dinners and receptions. The former was the backbone of the naturalized people, while the latter entertained indigenous collaborators.

The reception will be held in the lobby outside the trading station and will take the form of a buffet. Roughly the New Year's reception is specific and small. Although Hong Kong is far away from Lingao, it is very close to Guangzhou, and a large number of fresh ingredients can be easily bought from Guangzhou, so it is not inferior to Lingao in terms of abundance.

In the hall of the trading station, long tables covered with snow-white tablecloths are already filled with dishes and cutlery. The cuisine here is "Australian" – through the spread of the Ziming Building, the modern dishes that the patriarchs liked have gradually spread in the Guangzhou area. The chefs at the Hong Kong base are from Lingao and have been trained in the co-operative restaurant.

Hung Yin saw several large plates of sushi and sashimi on the table, and the fresh raw fish glowed with the luster of yòu, which was definitely a rarity in this time and space. Although sashimi and sushi were not surprising among the elders of Lingao, this was the first time they had been made in Hong Kong - there was no cold storage in Hong Kong, there were no freezing facilities on fishing boats, the catch could not be kept in the cold chain, and raw food such as sashimi was never made for safety reasons. In addition, in the past, it was rare to catch fish suitable for sashimi.

"Lao Lin, it's all your credit." Flood Yin said with a smile.

The South China Sea is one of the main habitats for Pacific yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna, which were expensive in the old days and were the smallest of tuna, and although they are not as expensive as the famous bluefin and yellowfin, they are still a rarity in this time. Tuna are deep-sea fish, mainly living in the cold water layer of about 20-50 meters in the deep sea area, often diving below 100 meters, so the body contains a lot of fat and myoglobin, so it appears red, for the lack of red ròu of the elders, it is really irresistible.

However, the ordinary fishing boats of the Ming Dynasty did not enter the blue water seaworthiness, and only a few large nets tens of meters deep were brought with 8145 - all of which were used in the fishing grounds of the Beibu Gulf. This kind of nylon trawl senate group could not be made either. Therefore, the fishery detachment stationed in Hong Kong has always been able to fish with small nets, with very little catch and low economic value.

In order to solve this problem, Lin Chuanqing decided to switch to fishing. He converted a dragging sailboat, which had been eliminated by a naval combat unit into a fishing column, into a longline fishing vessel.

This boat tows several kilometers of cables, on which are hung a 50-meter-long hanging line, each with 20 hooks tied to each line, and the boat goes out to sea twice a month, and as long as the sea conditions are good, it can always bring back a very good catch. In addition to tuna, mackerel, and sea bass, there are also rare items such as swordfish, sailfish, and large sharks.

The results of the trial were satisfactory, and Lin Chuanqing immediately submitted a report on the conversion of several boats into longlines, and the Admiralty agreed to his request, on the one hand, increasing the supply of protein was everyone's wish, and on the other hand, the Navy considered the need to strengthen patrols in the direction of the South China Sea. The fishing operations of fishing boats are also a kind of patrol. ~-~