The cement plant, located 8 kilometers in the eastern suburbs of Taipei County, has just been leveled, and there is no shadow of equipment and plants.

So far, almost all the houses have been built with the old method of mixing lime, clay and rice milk, the floor slabs are cut down wood nearby, and if you want cement, you have to wait at least until the end of the year, and you don't even think about steel bars, and in five years, there will be no steel mills in the whole of Yingzhou, except for the foundry and parts processing workshops of gun factories and shipyards.

After inspecting the two camps and a large fortress, the sun had risen in the middle of the sky, and Zhu Daolin was just about to propose to eat in the barracks, when Wang Zhaohuan took the lead in sending out an invitation:

"It's time for lunch, let's go to the newly opened Wanghai Restaurant at the entrance of the Seafarers' Club...... Don't worry, you won't use public funds, I'll treat you privately, haha! ”

Everyone applauded and thanked Jiang Zhaohuan one after another.

Zhu Daolin smiled slightly when he heard this, and he was not pretentious, and left the barracks with everyone briskly, passing through the flat and wide Sanhe dirt road behind the South Fort, passing through the heavily guarded side gate under the tall wall between the naval barracks and the civilian wharf, and entering the wide and flat No. 4 Pier.

Located 100 meters above Pier 4, the large complex is the first seafarers' club for seafarers and merchants from all over the world.

The entrance to the Seamen's Club is also a grand gatehouse.

The three-storey arcade on the right side of the gate near the tall wall of the military district is where the newly established port patrol police station is located, and the pillar outside the gate has been hung with a large plaque with eye-catching black characters on a white background, which reads "Daming Yingzhou Prefecture Tamsui Port Patrol Police Station", two young patrol officers wearing black training uniforms, standing straight on both sides of the gate, the drape on their bodies is exactly the same as that of the new officers and soldiers, and each shoulders carry a flintlock pistol with a bayonet.

In front of the three-story arcade on the left side of the archway. There are many horse-drawn carriages parked, and there is a constant stream of customers dressed in various costumes, including a few Japanese with extremely strange hairstyles.

Outside the balcony of the high-rise restaurant, two long bamboo poles stretch out, and the front end of the bamboo pole falls down two flags with red edges on a white background, and the book "Wanghai Restaurant" and a big "wine" word are written.

The scene in front of him surprised Zhu Daolin very much. Looking at the front wharf again, he found that there were dozens of large and small cargo ships on the berth of the second pier, although he did not see any goods unloaded, Zhu Daolin was still moved by the sensitive sense of smell of the merchant door, and had greater confidence in the future of Tamsui Port.

In the quiet courtyard at the back of the Seamen's Club office building, after lunch, Saïd and his entourage motioned to the three young waiters standing beside him to clean up their tables and enter the bathroom at the corner of the staircase to wash up, carefully closing the brass faucet above the porcelain basin. I couldn't help but sigh slightly.

When he raised his head, he saw the square mirror embedded in the wall, and he couldn't help but sigh again, staring at his face in the mirror for a long time, before he reluctantly threw down the towel, silently walked out of the wide and bright bathroom, returned to the living room, and sat down to drink tea.

Although the Tamsui port is not far from Quanzhou. But it was the first time that Saïd and his entourage had arrived in this fabled miasma-infested land infested with snakes and scorpions, but what they saw and heard afterwards completely turned their imaginations on its head. The sheer size, state-of-the-art facilities and innovative layout of the Tamsui Port struck a blow to Saïd and his entourage.

The solid and flat concrete floor of the Shiji Wharf, dozens of huge cast iron piles, the steel crane towers that are taller and more complex than those cranes in Shangyuan Port, the wide and thick warehouse complex, the unexpected large trading market, the majestic forts built on both sides of the wharf against the mountains and the large defensive fortresses standing majestically, all show a convincing and surging momentum.

Even the running water, washroom, and two-story building in this delicate and peaceful courtyard made the rich Sayid sigh and stir in his heart.

Saeed was still unclear at this point. What kind of magic did Zhu Daolin use to create the miracle of Tamsui Port in just one year?

"Master, General Zhu is here!" Hassan stepped into the living room in a huff.

The contemplative Sayid Huo Ran stood up and said in a loud voice: "Good, good! Quickly instruct your subordinates to prepare tea. ”

Sa Yide strode out of the living room and saw Zhu Daolin and Feng Shengtai standing at the gate of the courtyard. Facing the two transplanted camphor trees in the yard, they were talking in a low voice, and immediately laughed and hugged their fists to meet them: "Just now I was wondering when the general would arrive, but I didn't expect it to arrive in a blink of an eye, haha!" ”

Zhu Daolin and Feng Shengtai stepped forward to salute, and entered the living room in the warm company of Sa Yide, Zhu Daolin slightly looked at the furnishings of the living room, the smooth terrazzo floor and the elegant calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and said quite unexpectedly:

"The yard and the building were a little rougher, but the interior furnishings were good, and there was no nouveau riche smell at all, and it was better than I expected...... You don't know, I was worried that the craftsmen would make the style of the landlord and the old rich man in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

The crowd listened interestingly and couldn't help but grin.

After laughing, Sayide deliberately blamed: "Everything here is very good, but the rules are a little too much, I want to go out in the morning to take a look, but when I go to the three entrances and exits on the north and south sides and the east side, they are all blocked by the officers and soldiers on duty there, saying that they will not let us go out of the port area, and in the end we can only return disappointed." ”

Zhu Daolin said thank you to Hassan, who brought fragrant tea, and patiently explained with the teacup: "According to the port management regulations jointly formulated by the military and civil affairs departments, except for the two-square-kilometer area of the port, outsiders are not allowed to enter other areas, which is also the reason for the construction of the seafarers' club and the large trading market. ”

"In this way, I will ask Mr. Wang to give you two long-term valid passes, with passcards, you will have no problem even if you go upstream of the Tamsui River."

"How strict is it?"

Saïd was shocked to hear this, and he had thought that this was a temporary measure, and that it would be opened when the town behind the port was built.

Zhu Daolin did not hide from him: "On the south bank of the Tamsui River, three kilometers from the mouth of the river, is a newly built shipyard, and the large factory buildings under construction behind the port area are large textile factories that can accommodate 6,000 weavers and 300 craftsmen. ”

"Five kilometers along the shipyard is the location of the army gun factory and ammunition factory under construction, do you think I can let outsiders go in and see it?"

Sa Yide was stunned for a while, and finally nodded convincingly: "It seems that you really want to build Yingzhou into a world-famous manufacturing workshop!" ”

"It just so happens that the general is here today, please give me the right word, can you give me some shares in the textile factory?"

Zhu Daolin and Feng Shengtai looked at each other, and found that they had forgotten to take this trustworthy big financier into account. According to the "Five-Year Development Program of Yingzhou Prefecture", which was revised at the beginning of the year, foreign investment is allowed in all industries except military factories and mines, and Sayid is no exception. (To be continued.) )