Antwerp is located in the north of the country on the lower reaches of the Scheldt River. It is about 90 kilometers away from the mouth of the sea in the west, and the flat tide water depth of the incoming channel is 14 meters, and the 100,000-ton sea vessels can enter and leave the port freely.

127 nautical miles to the port of Calais, 177 nautical miles to the port of Tilbury, 117 nautical miles to the port of Rotterdam and 383 nautical miles to Hamburg.

There are railways, highways, river transport to Brussels, Liège and other industrial and commercial cities, the port area is mainly distributed around the inland waters on the right bank of the river, with a water area of 1,315 hectares and more than 20 large and small harbor basins.

The main harbor basins are the Canal Harbor Basin and the Hanseatic Harbor Basin, which run parallel to the river, and the Delvat, Chercher and Leopold Harbor Basins, which extend eastward. The harbours are connected to each other and are connected to the Scheldt River by four locks, including Berendrecht and Bordway. There are nearly 300 ocean-going berths around the above port basin, including about 80 berths for containers, ro-ro ships and general cargo, mainly distributed in Delvat and Cherchier.

the north bank of the Leopold harbour basin and the banks of the South Scheldt at the Berentrecht locks; There are more than 20 tanker berths, mainly located on the west bank of the southern section of the Hanseatic port.

Chemical terminals on the northwest and southeast shores, ore, coal and phosphate terminals on the east bank of the Hanseatic Harbor Pond and the northwest shore of the Port of Delvat, and a grain terminal on the north shore of the 6th Harbor Pool. In addition to the ocean-going port area, there are more than 100 offshore and inland port basin areas, and the port area is currently developing inland on the left bank.

There are about 1,380 hectares of wharves and 3,125 hectares of factories in the port. ranked third in Europe; Antwerp is located on the southern flank of the Rhine Delta, with a well-developed inland river network connecting with the national and European river networks, as well as a well-developed land transport network, with more than 300 regular freight lines on the road and 100 daily rail trains to major European cities.

The port location and superior natural conditions in the center of Western Europe, and the perfect port facilities make it play an ideal role as a transit port in international trade, with an average of thousands of international cargo ships calling here every year, connecting more than 800 ports to the outside world.

Antwerp is the second largest economic center in Belgium. There are numerous commercial establishments, import and export trading companies, banks, insurance companies and transportation companies.

The world's largest diamond processing and trading centre, with the vast majority of processed diamonds exported, accounting for 6.5 per cent of Belgium's total exports.

The prosperous Antwerp made Huahuang feel even more that Western Europe is really every inch of land, and every country is very important to China.

If you don't come to Western Europe, you don't know what an industrial country is, what an industrial society is, and what a capitalist's paradise is.

It is not unreasonable to think that World War I and World War II broke out in small Europe, and it is indeed reasonable that the inconspicuous little Europe on the world map does have the explosive power of atomic eggs, and once Western Europe is caught in the whirlpool of war, it can easily turn into a global war.

During his few days in England, the Emperor was assassinated, and then the Chinese news agencies published obscure news through the Huacui Evening News and the European Bureau of Statistics, suggesting that the Emperor intended to abandon Central Asia.

These things have set off great storms in China, but on the European side, there are no storms, but they have greatly improved the international status of the emperor.

The team of the Kingdom of Belgium to welcome the Emperor of China was strong, except for the King of Belgium, the highest dignitaries were all present, led by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfrell Orbon.

Valterre Frere-Orbon was a Belgian politician, leader of the reformist wing of the Liberal Party, and two-time Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium.

In his early years, he practiced law in Liège, advocated free trade, and made outstanding contributions to the liberal movement. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1847. From 1848 to 1894 he was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons. As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1848 to 1852, he founded the National Bank, abolished the newspaper tax, lowered postage rates, and resolutely pursued a policy of free trade.

In order to facilitate the negotiation of a new trade treaty, his concessions to France caused great dissatisfaction and led to his resignation. In 1857, he was re-elected Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the local import tax and the national highway toll tax were abolished. After becoming prime minister in 1868, he thwarted a French attempt to take control of the Luxembourg railway. During his second tenure as chief minister, he was informed of the establishment of a secular primary education system (1879) and the severance of diplomatic relations with the Vatican. It has aroused strong opposition from the Catholic Party.

In the impression of the Chinese Emperor, the major European international parties seem to be engaged in the two parties, and the Chinese Emperor is not interested in European politics, and it is clear that many of the two parties are just twins who have changed the soup but not the medicine, but the capitalism of the one-party system in China can be regarded as a strange product of this era, and many countries are studying the system of the Chinese Emperor.

This situation is mainly due to the rapid development of China, and the fact that this era is an era in which countries are actively studying institutional innovation.

"Dear Your Majesty, welcome to Belgium. I would like to welcome you only on behalf of His Majesty the King and the people of Belgium. "The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfre, Olbon, extended his hand to the Emperor.

President Meng stretched out his hand with a smile and shook hands with this old man who was much older than his grandfather Xuan Zonglu, "From Brussels to Antwerp, walking so far, this etiquette is really too heavy, and your country is too polite." ”

"Yes, we have been in contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your country for a long time, China is a country of etiquette, and I hope that the relations between the two countries can develop in a better direction." The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfrell Orbon, was surprised to hear that the Emperor could speak fluent English.

President Meng smiled slightly, and walked side by side with the old man affectionately, passing through the vigorous national band of the Kingdom of Belgium.

In fact, Huahuang doesn't care much about whether others are enthusiastic or cold, of course, enthusiasm is always good, but enthusiasm or not has little to do with whether it can achieve practical results.

"This Belgian kingdom seems to be okay, huh?" Lee Tae-hee asked Princess Katrina Kaaf softly.

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled slightly and responded softly: "Where, this country is also a crazy colonial country, especially now that this king, who has been in power for more than ten years, has been shooting everywhere. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu knew that the emperor had a bad impression of the country that loved expansion, so she said this to Lee Tae-hee.

Lee Tae-hee sighed, "However, this country seems to be quite welcoming, it's better than those who aren't." ”

Valterfrell Orbon, the head of the Kingdom of Belgium, accompanied the Emperor to visit the streets of Antwerp on the right bank of the Scheldt River, which were formed in the 15th ~ 16th centuries, with narrow and curved streets and many medieval buildings.

In the center there is the largest Gothic church in the Kingdom of Belgium (built in 1518). There is a large square on the northwest side of the church, next to which is the 16th-century town hall. Crossing the wide boulevard to the east, the new town has been expanding since the 19th century, with wide and neat streets, squares, parks, modern shops, hotels, administrative buildings, central stations, high-end residential areas, etc.

The old and new towns form a slightly semicircular urban area running north-south, with the port area extending to the north, residential areas to the northeast, and the Antwerp and Brussels-Charleroi industrial zones to the south.

The Antwerp Market Square, which includes the city hall building, the cathedral, and the Chamber of Commerce building, is surrounded by an irregular square.

The city hall and the five beautiful chamber buildings are Renaissance buildings built around the end of the 16th century. The area is a labyrinth, full of squares, narrow streets, and pedestrian walkways. Statues of the Virgin are also everywhere, with a total of more than 300.

"Your Majesty, this city building was built in 1564, the façade of the building is 76 meters long, and the decoration style fully displays the Flemish and Italian Renaissance styles." The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfrell Orbon, introduced to the Emperor.

President Meng looked up at the Antwerp City Hall building and nodded, "It is indeed majestic, the key is this cultural atmosphere, which allows people to feel the vicissitudes of history and the step-by-step growth of the Kingdom of Belgium." ”

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfrell Orbon, saw that the Emperor not only spoke English fluently, but also answered appropriately and generously, and was even more curious.

One of the greatest buildings in Antwerp, Antwerp Cathedral is the largest church in Belgium with an area of about 2.5 acres. Construction began at the end of 1352 and was not completed until 1521, and although it took so long and was supervised by countless architects, the whole building style was quite consistent and harmonious.

The most striking part of the church is the 123-meter-high tower, which is impressively decorated with intricate decorations. The 47 bells on the tower were assembled to form a row of bells that took a century to complete, after three craftsmen worked by hand.

Then the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Valterfrell Orbon, personally sent the Emperor to the pavilion, and will accompany the Emperor to Brussels tomorrow.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if I can, I want to walk around your country freely, is it okay?" Seeing that the other party was so enthusiastic, this was the first time that the emperor of Europe had made such a request, even in Spain, the Kingdom of Spain had known the emperor before the queen, and the two sides had jointly operated trade cooperation on the American battlefield and the African battlefield, but the emperor did not make a similar request.

Mainly because the students sent by China at the beginning were mainly concentrated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, and there were also some students in the United States, but together, it was not worth one-tenth of these three countries, among which the students sent to Germany were the most, the Netherlands and Belgium were next to Germany, and many students would also go to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for work-study, and the Chinese Emperor was most concerned about the learning situation of these people.

From 1874 to 1879, Emperor China never stopped sending students to developed countries.