Chapter 678 Investment Environment

"The people in the Security Department are not doing their job well!" After hearing Qiao Zhiya's gossip, Gu Kai couldn't help but scolded him: "It's been half a year since March, why haven't we arrested the fugitives in that case yet? Is it them?

Don’t you pay enough attention to things in Danzhou?”

Qiao Zhiya responded: "The Ministry of Security cannot be entirely blamed for this. They have deployed a lot of people in Danzhou. Originally, a man named Wang Baisuo was in charge of this area in Danzhou. Later, Hao Wanqing brought Lin Nan and Li Qingyang together for this case.

They were transferred to Danzhou, do you recognize these two people?"

Gu Kai nodded. He recognized these two people who had often been in and out of Fort Victory for some time. Lin Nan was Hao Wanqing's right-hand man, and Li Qingyang, a former Jinyi Guards officer, had also applied to become a naturalized Haihan citizen last year.

Both of them are relatively well-known figures in the Security Department.

Qiao Zhiya continued: "Besides them, Zhang Qianzhi, the disciple of Minister He, is also in Danzhou. It is said that Zhang Qianzhi made a great contribution to solving the case in March!"

Qiao Zhiya said that these people can be regarded as elite soldiers of the Security Department. Even if Gu Kai didn't deal with the Security Department very much, he still knew about the existence of these people. But this made him even more puzzled: "Now that Hao Wanqing has been transferred

There are so many good people in the past, why haven’t you dealt with the matter completely?”

"The main reason was that the main culprit was not caught at the time, and it was later said that he fled into the mountains. Qiongbei is not as good as Qiongnan, and many Li and Miao villages have little contact with the outside world. There are many practical difficulties for the security department in going into the mountains to search for him."

Qiao Zhiya sighed: "With the few manpower of the Ministry of Security, we can only conduct some control in the city. Searching the mountain without the cooperation of the military will definitely not be feasible."

Gu Kai did not say such layman's words as "then report to the military for cooperation". To carry out a large-scale mountain search in Qiongbei, it would require the deployment of at least thousands of troops. It is estimated that the entire Qiongbei stationed

All the militia groups must be involved. The military will definitely not agree to such reckless methods. The field staff of the Ministry of Security usually only has a dozen or twenty people in a state. This configuration in Danzhou is already beyond the standard.

But it is useless to send so many people into the mountains. On the contrary, it will increase the danger to oneself - there are not as many Li and Miao villages in Qiongbei that have taken refuge with Haihan as there are not as many as in Qiongnan, and the attitude of the mountain people towards the Han people may not be friendly.

Gu Kai could only shake his head helplessly and said: "I hope this matter will be resolved quickly. There are many projects in Danzhou during the Autumn Fair... I don't know if these foreign businessmen who visited Danzhou a few days ago will

affected."

The visiting groups organized by the Ministry of Commerce were divided into two groups. One group settled in Sanya, mainly to inspect some new industrial products launched by the Ministry of Commerce, and to discuss cooperation intentions in trade, finance, and infrastructure. The other group went to Qiongzhou Fucheng and

The Danzhou tour group took the locally planned large-scale collective farm project as its inspection object and took a look at the areas to be developed designated by the Haihan Management Committee.

Qiao Zhiya said with a smile: "You can rest assured about this. The Danzhou tour group arrived yesterday. I chatted with these people at the reception banquet, and they were very interested! Who wouldn't want to do a hugely profitable business?

Are you rushing to do it?"

After the Qiongbei area was purged by "Operation Prairie Fire" and followed by special management for more than half a year, many landlords and gentry who were unwilling to cooperate with Haihan were swept away from the local area in various ways, both overtly and covertly, thus clearing up a large area.

The cultivated land will be used to realize Haihan's collective farm development model. In addition to growing food crops, these lands will also have large-scale cash crop plantations in the future, and this is what foreign investors are interested in.

Spices crops, oil crops, hemp crops, as well as rubber trees that can produce rubber, and mulberry trees that are necessary for the development of the sericulture industry in Qiongzhou Island are all cash crops that will be planted on a large scale in Qiongbei and Qiongzhong. And these types of economic crops

The market conditions of crops have always been good, and the investment prospects are also very good. The plantation parks invested by "Qiong Lianfa" in the Qiongnan area in the early stage have basically entered the profit stage, which has also established a better reputation for subsequent investors.

Much confidence.

For Haihan, who has already taken control of Qiongzhou Island, what he can provide in this transaction is the venue and technology. Strictly speaking, there is no shortage of funds. The main reason why he still needs to introduce outside investors is to consider

to the shortage of labor and future sales channels.

In addition to financial investment, businessmen from Daming and other places often send a large number of laborers to these places. On the one hand, they can speed up the development progress, and on the other hand, they can also learn some of the Haihan people's planting techniques and management experience - of course

After living locally for a few years, it is not certain whether these people would still be willing to move back to the place where they came from.

After a period of time, these places begin to produce output, then the merchants who participated in the early investment and construction will be able to obtain corresponding priority sales rights, and can transport these in-demand commodities to Daming, Annan and other inland areas for sale, and obtain high returns.

There is no need for Haihan to spend energy to set up these channels one by one. Investors will naturally try to improve this link that is closely related to their interests.

Haihan people have advanced technology, clear ownership of land, stable external environment and reliable business reputation. Whether they are investors seeking high returns or long-term stable profits, almost all investors can be under the control of Haihan.

Find suitable business projects in the region. Although the merchants who went to Danzhou to visit the group also heard about the assassin's assassination of the magistrate, after they went to the local area to see it, they naturally knew that the local decision-maker was no longer the Ming government.

It is the Danzhou Management Committee under the Haihan Executive Committee.

Merchants don't care too much about national justice and the like, not to mention that Haihan did not openly raise a flag for rebellion at this time. Moreover, the reputation of the Haihan people has been spread through business activities in the past few years, and has never been used in transactions or transactions.

Regardless of the misdeeds in the cooperative operation, in terms of reliability, it is much better than the government. Therefore, although the recent situation in Danzhou does not seem to be very peaceful, it has not affected the investment enthusiasm of merchants.

The same goes for this group of merchants who came from Sanya. Although they had been on a sea journey for nearly three days, these people showed no signs of being tired from the journey. After getting off the ship, they clamored to visit what the Ministry of Commerce had previously claimed was "the longest on Qiongzhou Island."

"Freight Rail".

Gu Kai had to come out to smooth things over: "Everyone, everyone has been tired of traveling all the way. Today we will rest temporarily in Changhua County. Tomorrow we will organize everyone to take a train to Changhua County with another visiting group that arrived earlier.

Let’s visit the Shilu Mining Area, which is 40 miles to the east. Director Qiao of the Changhua Management Committee has prepared a sumptuous reception banquet for everyone. Please follow the instructions of the staff and take the carriage to the county seat in turn."

That night, Qiao Zhiya hosted a banquet for the visiting group in Changhua County. The local magistrate, general and other local officials also came forward to accompany him. Seeing that Haihan had managed the situation here so well, the businessmen were naturally very interested in the investment prospects here.

I feel relieved a lot.

The next morning, after having breakfast in the county town, the visiting group, led by the staff, arrived at the train station outside the county town to wait. After the two groups were merged, excluding the attendants, servants, etc., there were also

There were still more than forty people, so Qiao Zhiya arranged in advance a passenger carriage specially used to carry distinguished guests.

Many of these businessmen were riding the legendary "Haihan Train" that spewed out white smoke for the first time. They all found it so novel that they couldn't help but touch and look at it. But now the passenger carriages have already

It is no longer like the situation when the Shengli Port to Tiandugu was first opened to traffic. There are decent roof windows, and the windows are inlaid with palm-sized plate glass, which makes businessmen scream luxury - just this one

The glass windows installed in each carriage could be sold for at least one or two thousand taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty. The seats in the carriages are fixed on the floor and made of hardwood.

It was relatively comfortable. Several buckets of ice cubes made of saltpeter were also placed in the carriage to lower the temperature inside the carriage.

Of course, the other carriages pulled by the same locomotive as the visiting group were not in such good condition. Passengers could only sit on long stools without backrests in the carriage and sway all the way to Shilu.

Only the roof covered with bamboo mats can barely keep out the wind and rain, and the domestic servants and the like can only make do with this kind of wagon temporarily. In addition to carrying labor tools for the mining area, these wagons carry other daily necessities.

In addition, there are hundreds of miners who are going to work in Shilu. However, these miners are different from the coolies who dig stones in the mines. They are basically foremen and technicians responsible for mining technology at various mining sites, so they can take the train back and forth.

Between Yu Changhua and Shilu. The real hardworking miners basically live in Shilu for a long time, and it is difficult for them to get out of the mining area.

With the sound of two whistles, the steam locomotive began to accelerate slowly, pulling a train out of the platform and heading inland to the east. Someone in the visiting group soon noticed a large building south of the track: "

May I ask Mr. Gu, why are there so many chimneys here?"

Gu Kai explained: "This is the iron and steelmaking production base we built. It will be officially put into operation in two days. We will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at that time. We will invite all the bosses here to come and watch the ceremony. I hope everyone

You can all appreciate it!"

Those who are discerning have noticed the key words. Salt and iron have always been a national exclusive project. It is no secret that the Haihan people opened a salt farm in Qiongnan to make private salt. Some people have heard that there is a salt factory in Tiandu in the interior of Sanya.

The iron mines are in operation, but the Haihan people have established such a large-scale presence in Changhua and dared to disclose it to so many outsiders. It seems that they no longer take the Ming Dynasty seriously.

Some smart people have already asked: "The mines in Shilu should be iron ore?"

Gu Kai did not hide this, and nodded in response: "Not only iron ore, but also copper mine. The coal ships you saw at Changhua Port yesterday all came from Annan Black Earth Port, and the coal they transported

Coke will be made in Changhua and then used to make iron and steel. I can tell you a big story here. After the Changhua plant is put into operation, the output of steel will soon exceed that of the entire Guangdong and Guangxi regions!"

What do the Haihan people do with refining so much steel? Of course, merchants don’t naturally think that they only use it to make farm tools, kitchen knives, iron pots and the like. The steel is bound to be used to build rail-laid buildings.

Highways, huge iron ships docked in Victory Port, countless armors, and the famous Haihan rifles and artillery. Everyone can think of this, but no one will say it on this occasion.

"The speed of this train is comparable to that of a galloping horse, but it is far more stable than riding a horse. It is really good, but the track has to be laid for such a long time, so it must be expensive to build, right?" The person who asked the question was a businessman from Fujian, who was also in his life.

It was my first time to ride a train. I was so excited that I also tried to find out the value of this thing.

"You can ask Director Qiao to answer this question. When this railway was first built, Director Qiao was the person in charge." Gu Kai gave this question to Qiao Zhiya with great knowledge.

Qiao Zhiya nodded and responded: "The cost is indeed not low. You can imagine that the place where this track currently passes originally had no roads. We first need to open a road in the wilderness and lay gravel and sleepers on it.

To erect this iron track, the construction is much more difficult than ordinary road construction. In addition, this track is very heavy, weighing about twenty or thirty pounds per foot, and one section of track is dozens of feet long. When laying the track,

The manpower investment required is huge. If you have experience in engineering construction, you can definitely calculate the consumption roughly."

The person who asked the question couldn't help but sigh: "Just the fine iron used to build the rails costs tens of thousands of kilograms per mile, which is really scary... Only the financial resources of your country can afford this."

Such a huge project.”

Qiao Zhiya smiled and did not accept his compliment. In fact, Haihan also faced many difficulties when he built this railway. In addition to a large number of labor losses, the pig iron used in these dozens of miles of track was indeed a

A large amount. For this reason, the Executive Committee had to coordinate and postpone a large number of arms orders to free up pig iron production capacity to supply the needs for manufacturing rails. Haihan Military Industry's arms sales in the past two years included a large number of prohibited sales.

In fact, part of the reason for weapons is that weapons production capacity was indirectly affected by this project. Of course, with the opening of this railway and the commissioning of Shilu Iron Mine, this situation has completely gone forever. Now

If the same project needs to be carried out again, the pig iron production capacity of Shilu alone can meet the demand.

As the train moved forward, visitors kept asking questions one after another. Qiao Zhiya and Gu Kai almost didn't even bother to take a sip of water and were busy answering these questions.
Chapter completed!