Chapter 864: Shocking Humen Port
Everyone understands that the rebel is frightened, in fact, the queen's visit to China is quite a risky act, after all, as long as China has a little crooked mind, the queen is the worst result of being imprisoned, even if the whole country of Britain is angry? Is it possible to send a fleet from thousands of miles away to come to China again?
At that time, there was no set of effective rules in the world, even if Wang Feng did not dare to visit abroad easily, and occasionally traveled, he must bring enough armed forces with him.
Everyone could understand the gaffe of the rebel Mustun, and the man also touched his head aggrievedly, muttering: "Yes, sir, but how can there be oil flowers in the water?" Don't you think it's weird? ”
This looks like an oil leak from a warship, but how can a warship use oil, everyone can't figure it out.
Indeed, they didn't guess wrong, Li Mu and Meng Tian are leaking oil, but what is leaking is not fuel, if there is a fuel leak, it will be over, it is the engine oil that leaks, after all, modern cars and ships sometimes have organic oil leakage, so the Democratic Alliance Navy has just applied engine oil to gas turbines?
In the midst of incomprehension, the six Chinese warships got closer and closer, and turned their heads in circles to the left and right, two piloted, and the other four guarded the outermost, making a perfect escort formation.
The fleet bypassed Hong Kong and sailed all the way into the Pearl River, and the British ships did not enter Canton, but only received fresh water and food supplies in the Humen port area, and rested for a day, of course, the supplies were not given away for free, but bought by the British at their expense.
After several years of construction, Humen Port has developed into a shipping hub in South China and an industrial belt dominated by petroleum processing, machinery manufacturing and clothing fabrics, and has spontaneously formed a small-scale city on the land of modern Dongguan.
Today, China already has Shengli Oilfield, Dagang Oilfield and Daqing Oilfield, and is developing Karamay Oilfield and Liaohe Oilfield, as for those small and medium-sized oilfields with an annual output of only a few hundred thousand tons and at most one million tons. Wang Feng has no intention of exploiting, and his demand for oil is more obtained from overseas, just like the oil companies in South China, all of which come from Southeast Asia.
After all, the high transportation cost of transporting oil from Chinese mainland will be much higher than the price of oil, but it is cheaper to import from abroad. The largest oil tanker in use has reached 8,000 tons, and the shipyard is also building 15,000-ton supertankers and container ships, all-steel structures, and the research and development of giant ships of more than 20,000 tons has also made key breakthroughs.
After China's seizure of Burma, the abundant teak resources greatly contributed to the vigorous development of China's shipbuilding and railway industries.
It is unbelievable that oil processing enterprises and factories of all kinds are lined up along the shore, and the ports that stretch for more than 20 kilometers are moored large and small, many of which are larger than the largest warships in Europe. A large number of gantry cranes are used in Chinese ports, there are large and small, small ones can lift dozens of tons of objects, and the big ones look at the shape, at least two or three hundred tons or more, and the port has a special area, stacked with neat containers, and trucks are busy shuttling.
The British guests were completely stunned. Even Wenham, a China expert, didn't expect that it would only take a few years. The two sides of the Pearl River that he was familiar with had undergone earth-shaking changes.
"My God, is this China? Are you kidding me? "The Chinese are so extravagant that they build such large civilian ships." "Oh, damn it, this should have been our British, the Chinese seized Burma and Southeast Asia. We lost the resources and went to find a material comparable to teak. “
Queen Victoria was in a terrible mood, and the more prosperous and powerful China became, the more uncomfortable she became. You must know that since she ascended the throne, Britain has entered an unprecedented prosperous era, although this prosperous era is cast by the blood and tears of tens of millions of British workers, but in the eyes of the rulers, this is a prosperous era.
Britain's navy, the world's first, Britain comprehensively defeated France, from India to Southeast Asia, from Africa to Australia, Britain established the third empire in human history, the glory far exceeds Portugal and Spain, Britain's industrial production accounts for more than half of the world, he is the world's leader in everything, especially the World Exposition held in 1851, an endless stream of industrial machinery, crystal clear crystal palace, attracted more than one-fifth of the British and millions of Europeans to visit, It fully demonstrates the strength of Britain as the world's largest power, and also makes industrial civilization a universal value.
She once thought that Napoleon could represent the eighteenth century, and she could represent the nineteenth century, but to everyone's surprise, Britain suffered its first defeat in the war against China in the third year of its historic peak, and in the fifth year, it suffered another defeat at the cost of catching up with the East India Company, and in the seventh year, it failed again, lost Hong Kong, and then defeated again and again, and was completely defeated in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Burma, and India, and Britain's glossy coat was also torn apart.
And today's Humen port area has sprinkled the last handful of salt on the bloody wound of Britain.
Does the UK have a modern port like Humen Port?
No!
Does the UK have a thriving port like Humen?
Nor did it!
Does the UK have a port of the size of Humen Port?
Or not!
She suddenly realized that it was not herself who could represent the nineteenth century, but the Chinese emperor who created miracles one by one, although in his own hands, Britain also had glory, but people started from scratch, not inheritance, whether in terms of difficulty or achievement, it is far more than Britain!
The bad mood and dirty body made her tired, and after the ship docked, she took a hard shower, and her mood was slightly better.
The next day, the fleet left Humen and sailed north out of the mouth of the Pearl River, but it could not go too fast, and had to arrive at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing on the morning of 5 April, so it was necessary to control the speed.
In this way, the fleet stopped and walked, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Ningbo, all left the queen's footprints, when from the port of Ningbo, it was already April 1, the Sino-Indian Cultural Festival officially opened, Jingren Palace colorful flags fluttered, all kinds of Indian gods performed their tricks to the Chinese audience, such as lively singing and dancing, thrilling snake juggling, exciting elephant taming, and endless folk juggling, and so on, strong exotic customs, to the Chinese people brought great freshness, but also brought a lot of fun.
It has to be said that although Indians have a hard life, they have an optimistic and cheerful spirit, and under the influence of Hinduism, it is easy to meet the status quo, and at the same time pass this happy mood to the Chinese.
Of course, since it is a cultural festival, it is natural to have a cultural stage, economic singing, and the princes of the princely states have brought many local products, including blankets, silks, handicrafts with Hindu or white characteristics, gold ornaments, precious stones, clothing, peacocks, easy-to-store Indian food, and even small vendors making Indian cakes on the spot.
All of this has been well received and has also attracted a wave of rush purchases.
(To be continued.) )
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