Tang Shaoyi smiled and said in response; "Huh...... Don't be impatient, I will come one by one without asking. ”

"Thank you, Secretary Tang, for your doubts."

"You're welcome, Brother Lu and I hit it off at first sight, and we had a good conversation, and if we are too polite, it will be angry." Tang Shaoyi knew that these people were all people who had entered the eyes of Lord Earl, so he had the intention to show goodwill, and said after a little silence;

"The development of northern Queensland focuses on these three towns, from the map, from north to south are Darwin, Cairns and Qingdao Town, each of which is 800 to more than 1,000 kilometers apart, and is a coastal port town.

First of all, Darwin Town, located at the top of north-west Queensland, has become a crossroads between the north and the south after we have acquired Shangri-La and parts of Borneo.

Darwin Town is 1,818 kilometers away from Port Moresby, the capital of Shangri-La Island, 1,170 kilometers away from Tianshu Town, a leading town in the development of the Qingshui River Basin, only 656 kilometers away from Dili (East Timor) in Borneo under the British Channel Governor's Office, 669 kilometers away from Jayapura, 174 kilometers away from Sulawesi, 1,462 kilometers away from Samarinda, 2,550 kilometers away from Brisbane, and 3,621 kilometers away from Melbourne. It is 2735 km from Batavia (Jakarta), the seat of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Such a geographical location makes Darwin very suitable for existence as an important logistics transit base, and its military significance far outweighs its economic benefits.

With it built, the Earl's several domains will be closely linked, so it is imperative to build Darwin, but to what extent is worth considering?

Darwin's advantages are very obvious, its surrounding harbor is deep, the conditions are excellent, the geographical location is extremely important, and the discovery of gold mines in 1880 has the basic conditions for relying on gold mines to build a trade transit city.

But the disadvantage is also obvious: the annual generation of strong tropical cyclones in the South Pacific has a significant impact on the climate of the Darwin region, and a strong hurricane in 1860 devastated the city, causing hundreds of casualties.

This disadvantage of the natural environment has affected the development ceiling of Darwin, and this problem cannot be solved in the foreseeable short term.

Let's talk about Cairns, which is located on the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, 1,700 kilometers and 2,420 kilometers away from Brisbane and Sydney by land, and 810 kilometers away from Qingdao Town.

It is also a city where gold has been discovered, and the surrounding area is vast and pastures, because it is a tropical rainforest climate, with abundant rainfall every year, and some river-dense areas are suitable for farming.

In addition to the slightly hot climate, all other conditions are excellent, with a broad space for development, is a strong competitor of Qingdao Town.

Finally, let's talk about Qingdao Town, where are its advantages and disadvantages?

From the map

Located in the middle of Brisbane and Cairns, 810 kilometers from Cairns and 892 kilometers from Brisbane, Qingdao Town has a superior climate and environment, a vast inland development hinterland, a large area of gentle hills, a dense water network nearby, and two seasonal rivers that can be navigated.

Once developed

The northeast coast of Queensland forms four core cities with a uniform layout from Darwin, Cairns, Qingdao Town and Brisbane, separated by about 800~1000 kilometers from each other, each with a broad space for development.

Although the bay of Qingdao Town is not large, the water depth conditions are excellent, with an average water depth of more than 17 meters, and ships of more than 100,000 tons can come and go freely.

With excellent port conditions, several nearby towns can rely on the town of Qingdao, the nearby town of Townsville has the world's richest coal reserves, and Linyi town has a staggering amount of zinc and phosphate mines.

Qingdao Town is located at the mouth of the Ross River, near Cleveland Bay, the hinterland includes the western mining area and private pasture area, the northern beef cattle ranch area, in the future can develop the sugar industry according to local conditions, large-scale meat processing plants, large-scale copper and zinc smelting enterprises, large-scale woolen mills, the development of sugar, shipbuilding, iron and steel products and other industries, has the potential to develop into a leading town in the development of the north, and then create a "new Songjiang Town".

Therefore, I want to congratulate you, the luck of the brothers is really good, it is really difficult to get rich if you pick up such a piece of feng shui treasure land for nothing! ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled and arched his hand to celebrate, but found that the kitchen knife group of 4 people was confused, and only understood that there would be a "new Songjiang Town" in the back, as for other resources, deep-water port conditions, geographical location, and development space, they didn't understand, and the whole thing was a big eye.

Is there a shortage of coal in Australia?

The answer is that there is no shortage at all, there is no shortage in New South Wales and Victoria, and there is no shortage in Queensland, and they are all high-quality open-pit large coal mines, so you can burn as much as you can?

Underneath the private ranch of Zhao Qishan and others, below the surface floating soil is high-quality coal mine, which has no other purpose than to burn furnaces.

The coal used by the small steamer in Qingdao Port is all pulled by their own hired people in horse-drawn carriages, and the coal is free, so they can pull as much as they want, so they work hard to use it, and they only dig a pit dozens of meters long, so much coal has to be used until the year of the monkey?

As for zinc ore and phosphate mine, Zhao Qishan and they had also heard about it in the town, but everyone didn't care.

That thing can easily cost tens of thousands of tons, the key is that you can't send it out when you dig it out, and it's not worth much money to send it out, it's equivalent to nonsense!

Affected by the limitations of the times

Most of the immigrants and local white cowboys are illiterate, and the few who can read a few words are also very limited.

Whether it is a white person in Queensland or a Chinese immigrant, everyone knows that they should be loyal to the lord Lord Earl of Queensland, but they don't know who the southern states are? Don't know who London is? I don't know where Her Majesty is sacred?

That's too far from their lives, according to the custom of the descendants of Europeans, the lord's lord, not my lord.

In other words, all I have to do is be loyal to my lord.

According to the perception of Chinese immigrants, Lord Earl of Queensland is the co-owner of all Chinese immigrants, and it is a matter of course to be loyal to the lord for all immigrants to support a piece of heaven in this distant thousands of miles.

There are factors such as newspapers and magazines that are subtly guided by public opinion media, as well as customs that have been ingrained for thousands of years.

The kitchen knife group of 4 is a well-informed handful of people, but that's all, they can't have an overall strategic vision, Tang Shaoyi's words can be regarded as playing the piano to the cow and showing the blind man.

A little bit of a thought

Tang Shaoyi realized his mistake, he himself was the first batch of young children to study in the United States, studied in the United States when he was a teenager and a young man, and then came to Australia after returning to the mainland of China.

When I was by the Earl's side, I saw, heard and came into contact with all international affairs, considered problems from the overall perspective of the Australian territory, considered the development and future of Queensland as a whole, and constantly tempered my capabilities, regardless of the gains and losses of one place and one department.

Over the years, I mistakenly thought that everyone else was the same as myself, which was really a small mistake, a thousand miles away, and made the mistake of empiricism.

He smiled self-deprecatingly and took a drink from his teacup to hide his embarrassment.

"Don't hide it from Secretary Tang, the reason why our brothers spent all their family wealth to buy a private ranch in Qingdao Town is all thanks to the blessing of Old Mike, Qishan and Guangtian brothers are both old Mike's sons-in-law, Ma Weimin and I are subordinates of Mayor Old Mike, and they both used to live in Pine Town." Lu Qiang broke the awkward atmosphere and explained.

"Old Mayor Mike, what are you talking about?"

"Old Mac is the former mayor of Pinewood, and he was one of the first white cowboys to follow Lord Earl in the early days of Red River Valley Ranch."

"Oh...... I know, it's He Nan Huaiyu, Liu Shan's group of old people, it turns out that this is the case, then it makes sense. Tang Shaoyi suddenly realized, smiled and patted his thigh and said; People often say that there is an old man, if there is a treasure, no wonder the brothers are all in Qingdao Town to invest in business, it turns out that there is an old Mike factor, I guess the old Mike can not have such a good vision, before the development of Qingdao Town, I am sure that this place is extraordinary, presumably the Earl is a point or two, the Earl is really kind-hearted, treat the old guy extraordinary care! ”

Zhao Qishan and the others were stunned, they had never thought about this problem, and said after a little recuperation; "I don't know what this is going on, I think it should be so, isn't this peck a drink, should we repay this kindness?"

"If you say it, if you listen to it, don't take it seriously, it should be your blessing."

"Thank you Secretary Tang for your doubts, it sounds really exciting, we just don't know how to act if Qingdao Town can develop greatly? If you can get Secretary Tang's face-to-face teaching, you should be grateful. In the face of the good things that fell from the sky, Zhao Qishan was completely bottomless in his heart.

"Well...... Tang Shaoyi thought about it carefully and said; Qingdao because of the port and prosperous, is the surrounding towns important resources to go to sea the only way, the port warehouse is naturally the top priority, if the capital is sufficient, investment wharf is the best way, steady profit without loss. ”

Investing in a terminal?

Zhao Qishan and others looked at each other, they knew that this is a harbor wharf is not an inland wharf, even if it is a collection of 6 people, it is impossible to build a seaport wharf, and the concrete berm and concrete permanent wharf along the coast are a big investment, starting at least 100,000 pounds.

The six families have tried their best to sell some cattle and sheep for 10,000 pounds, but it is impossible to do more, unless they sell their private ranches, according to the current hot market, it is very possible to make up 50,000 or 60,000 pounds.

"Secretary Tang, the investment in the wharf is too big, and we small households can't afford to play such a big business."

"Of course, hehehe...... If you can come up with so much money, I am surprised, Qingdao Port Wharf will be able to earn the same wealth as gold and silver in the future, even if you only occupy a small stake in it, it is enough to eat and drink. Tang Shaoyi knew that they had misunderstood, and explained with a faint smile; The investment in this large seaport project is not less than 300,000 pounds, and if you add the permanent wharf warehouse, it will exceed 420,000 pounds, which is not a private person who can cover it, I mean that several of you have entered the eyes of the earl, if you want to make a fortune, you will invest in it, and your children and grandchildren will eat and drink without worry, and enjoy wealth and prosperity for generations to come. ”

After saying this, the dry Zhao Qishan blushed like a monkey's buttocks.

They knew that the investment in the harbor terminal was large, but they didn't expect the investment to be so large, and it was ridiculous that their own people were still worried about not having enough money, where is the problem of not having enough money...... It's a hundred and eight thousand miles away.

If it weren't for the brothers who made some contributions, they wouldn't even be qualified to buy shares, which is what the secretary said;

A little leakage of the earl's fingers is enough for the original intention of the kitchen knife group of 4 to eat and wear for a lifetime, and this time it is a loss for adults!