It took the ship twenty-three days to slowly approach the port, which was more of a moorage than a port. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Actually, it exists as a mooring, but the castle built on the coast is a reminder that this is more than just a mooring.

"In the last two years, our merchant ships have been constantly looking for suitable anchorages, and on the South West African coast, anchorages are very easy to find, and we can now find suitable anchorages using British charts, such as Walvis Bay, where the British had briefly stopped before we arrived to establish anchorages, but now they have given up. But on the coast of North Africa......"

Pointing to the small seaside oasis, Wang Yiwen's tone looked a little helpless.

"A lot of the places where the ports were properly built were either controlled by the Spaniards or by the French, like the first berth we chose, although there was a bay there, which was well adapted to stop ships, but there was no fresh water, and the fresh water even had to be transported from Dhaka, which was controlled by the French, which was obviously not suitable as a port, but, at least, gave us a foothold on the coast of North West Africa, oh yes, that place was called Nouadhibou, less than a thousand kilometers south of Laayoune! It was not suitable for a port, but through these two anchorages we controlled the whole of Western Sahara! ”

Facing Guo Songtao, the head of the Foreign Affairs Department, Wang Yiwen, as the governor of Western Sahara, had a hint of invitation in his tone.

"And where is the next mooring place for us?"

For Guo Songtao, who is the director of the Foreign Affairs Department, in the past three years of traveling in Europe and the United States, he has been very aware of the rules of the game in the current world, and he also knows the importance of berthing for navigation, and naturally knows how they find a little place between other people's teeth.

"The next moorage is very far away, here in Liberty City, where the British set up a naval base 50 years ago, and here in the Ivory Coast, where the French are located. Well, there's Lagos, and in the past this was a trading post set up by the Portuguese, and they traded slaves there, but you know, decades ago, under the blow of the British, the slave trade ended, so this trading post is also a real existence, and the company is negotiating with the Portuguese, and we are going to buy this trading post for 50,000 yuan, so that Lagos will become a berth between Laayoune and the anchorage of the Congo estuary. ”

Guo Songtao was shown a map showing several trading posts that had been established.

"Further south, there is Walvis Bay, there is a Portuguese trading post between the Congo River and Walvis Bay, called Luanda, if you can, you can buy it in the future, only by buying this place, we can expand into the hinterland in the future, and establish a colony here......"

When the words fell, Wang Yiwen looked up at Guo Songtao and smiled.

"Director Guo, you see, now this city is full of staff, there are more than 100 people, if nothing else, the first batch of immigrants will come over in the next few days, no less than 100 people, in the future this will become a port city with at least a few thousand people, and not only here, on the entire African coast, there will be such port towns in the future, these towns will become a point, and eventually it will be like a pearl necklace, with this necklace to completely encircle the entire African coast, and when that time comes, except for us, No one wants to enter the heart of Africa! ”

"Immigration?"

With his eyes wide open, Guo Songtao asked curiously.

"There will be immigrants coming in these two days, where are they coming from?"

"It should be Guangdong or Henan, I don't know exactly where you came from......

"Well, try to accept immigrants from the north here, after all, the climate may be closer to the north."

Nodding slightly, Guo Songtao then pointed out the window, through which he could see a red flag fluttering in the wind.

"The Governor's Flag is also being raised here?"

The red flag is the flag of the governor's office, which is derived from both the "red scarf" and the saying "Zhu Weihong". For Guo Songtao, who has been visiting Europe and the United States for two years, he knows very well that this governor's flag is not equal to the national flag.

"Your Excellency, you know, we don't have any other flags to use! If we don't raise the flag, how can we show that this is our territory? ”

"Let's use the same five-element flag as on my ship! This flag is not very suitable, and the riots in various parts of Europe a few years ago are all such flags, which can easily cause misunderstanding in Western countries......"

The five-element flag in Guo Songtao's mouth is a compromise made after he arrived in Europe and discovered the special meaning of the red flag and the rejection of Europe, especially Central Europe.

Regarding Guo Songtao's suggestion, Wang Yiwen did not refuse, after all, this red flag is not a national flag, and then he asked.

"Then Lord Guo, are you waiting for the immigrants to come before leaving, or?"

"Make up the water and coal and go!"

Although he is full of curiosity about the imminent arrival, for Guo Songtao, who is like an arrow, he wants to return to China even more!

Return to your heart like an arrow!

Perhaps this is more appropriate to describe Guo Songtao, who has been abroad for more than three years, in the past three years, he has not only traveled to Europe, but also to the United States, and he has just finished his trip to the United States.

Now, he's eager to return home!

Back to China after a long absence!

China has changed a lot now compared to when he left.

In fact, there are more than 30 students who have returned to China with the ship, who were just a group of teenagers when they left China four years ago, and now they have become adults, and their identities have changed significantly, they are the first batch of students in China.

As the only girl among these international students, Liu Yuxin, who is wearing a Western-style dress, will attract the attention of others no matter where she walks, and the reason why people will notice her is more because of her beauty, but now, the people on the ship, especially those sailors, have great respect for her, the reason is very simple, just a few days ago, on the sea, she operated on a sailor and successfully saved the sailor's life.

Sometimes, a woman's talent will also attract the attention of others, but in the vast majority of the time, people will always notice her appearance, only a few times, people will notice her talent, of course, Liu Yuxin is very clear about this, but she does not feel annoyed, because she believes that people will eventually recognize her ability, whether it is in medical school, or hospital, she always proves her ability again and again, and is recognized by others.

"After the Cape of Good Hope, into the Indian Ocean, then into Malacca, and then almost home......"

Liu Yuxin, who was on the bow of the boat, repeatedly muttered about the voyage in her heart, in fact, two months ago, after she received a notice that she was going to return to China as an intern in the hospital, she had been calculating the route and how long it would take her to return to China.

However, the road back to China now seems to be longer than in the past - in addition to the passengers, there are hundreds of tons of agricultural machinery purchased from the United States and Great Britain, which are not intended to be shipped back to China, but to the colonies, which are needed for cultivation in many colonies along the way, and of course, those colonies are not "colonies", but only anchorages for shipping companies, but only names. Because of its distance from the mainland, most of the supplies needed by the colonies were imported from Europe.

"Sister Yuxin, a few years ago, when we came to the UK, the ships were all berthed in the ports of foreigners to replenish coal water, and now, we are in our own ports, I really didn't expect it, but in just a few years, the development of Han Gong overseas is so rapid, maybe, when we return to China, at that time, Han Gong has already unified the whole of China!"

Although there is still a little youthful childishness on his face, compared with the teenager a few years ago, Lin Liangzhu is now a graduate of the British Portsmouth Ship Master School, which is the best ship master school in the UK, and he studied shipbuilding there, and participated in the construction of the "Great Eastern" in Liverpool, if it were not for the need to return to China, he would prefer to wait until the completion of the "Great Eastern" before returning to China, but unfortunately this is not up to him, the only thing that makes him happy is that now the "Great Eastern" The ship was almost finished.

"Unification of China......

Liu Yuxin once again thought of the first time he saw him in that land temple five years ago, did he ever think about all this today? What would he look like now?

Does he remember the little girl he saved?

"Well, who knows? Maybe it's really possible! ”

Nodding, Liu Yuxin looked at the sea and changed the topic.

"Pillar, you should like it here!"

As if he was afraid that the pillar would not understand his thoughts, Liu Yuxin said.

"Ever since you got on board, have you been talking all day long about building a ship bigger than the Great Eastern? Since we have colonies in Africa, we naturally need big ships, and I think that maybe when you return home, your wish will come true. ”

"Now, definitely not!"

Shaking his head, Lin Liangzhu said affirmatively.

"Not to mention, now the domestic shipyards have the ability to build the "Great Eastern", even tens of thousands of tons of iron, which is not something that can be satisfied in China, and when they return to China, they can have the opportunity to build two or three thousand tons of iron-hulled ships, which is already very good, after all, ......"

After all, the domestic industrial level is too backward, and this is the reason why they came to study in the UK in the first place, precisely to learn the advanced technology of the UK and bring it to China!

"After all, everything is just beginning now, Sister Yuxin, I believe that one day, I will definitely build a giant ship that is even bigger than the "Great Eastern", do you believe it? ”

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