Chapter 777 Huge advantage

Strong infrastructure capabilities are undoubtedly one of the biggest magic weapons for Haihan to quickly expand its territory. Compared with its counterparts in this era, it took 20 to 30 years, or even longer, to establish a mature colonial area overseas.

level, Haihan's colonial speed was enough to dwarf its competitors of the same era.

Starting from the early cross-sea colonization of Heitu Port and the Pearl River Estuary, Haihan's colonial planning has been rapidly improved and strengthened in practice. How to choose and plan the foothold, how to build colonial settlements from scratch, and how to make it possible

How to achieve basic self-sufficiency in a short period of time and produce profitable output in the future, and how to effectively integrate it into Haihan's administrative management system, these are difficult issues for competitors from other countries. Haihan relies on

Nearly four hundred years of accumulated experience have allowed us to overcome them one by one.

How to quickly identify a suitable colonial site in an unfamiliar overseas environment is undoubtedly Haihan's strength. Other competitors need to spend years and months of hard work on this, even at the cost of countless properties and many lives, before they can establish a suitable colony in an unfamiliar overseas environment.

To find a foothold with a suitable environment in the vast unknown world, Haihan executives only need to look at the satellite map in the computer database, call out the famous port cities of later generations one by one, compare them, and weigh their own needs and actual operations.

difficulty, and then choose the most suitable location.

Finding a foothold is only the first step in colonial construction. Due to limitations in natural conditions and transportation means, the population size of the early colonists who arrive at the foothold is often very limited, and even building a living place takes a long time.

Time. During this period, subsequent material supplies are likely to be intermittent due to the long sea journey, which will greatly slow down the construction process of the entire colony. Some colonies will even be moved to the local area because they are too far away from the base camp.

The immigrants are more like exiled prisoners. For a long time, they can only rely on the most primitive farming, animal husbandry and fishery to make a living. There is no additional output at all, let alone making profits through trade to expand the colony.

scale.

Haihan's ability to plan and implement the colonization process can simply beat his contemporary competitors. Before opening a new colonial site, the relevant departments have already made corresponding plans, such as preliminary resettlement.

The number of immigrants, the design and construction of infrastructure projects, subsequent supply and supply, as well as security, regional function settings, etc.

Since Haihan has relatively detailed geographical information in his hands, every new settlement is developed with a strong purpose. The local area has rich exploitable resources, such as Heitu Port, Shilu and other places.

Either it is a relatively important waterway hub, such as Wanshan Port, which was occupied at the Pearl River Estuary in the early days, and Hong Kong Island, which was later taken over by Haihan. Another is that the local port has very superior port conditions. It would be a shame not to occupy it first.

themselves, such as Cam Ranh Port in Annan and the soon-to-be-developed Kaohsiung Port in Tainan.

This kind of colonial development process with a strong purpose is much smarter than the competitor's method of spreading the net everywhere, which is mostly for the purpose of occupying land. The concentrated use of resources compresses the early construction process of the Haihan colony.

In a short period of time, immigrants will not need to worry about future livelihood issues after arriving there. The relevant departments have already made planning arrangements for them. Since it is like the Ambrosia Islands, it is isolated in the South China Sea, and there are not many

For islands where natural resources can be developed, the Ministry of Agriculture has also prepared a wide variety of tropical cash crop planting projects. The benefits brought by this output in the future are still worth looking forward to.

Another point in colonial development is the management problem caused by distance, which is almost unsolvable for Haihan's competitors. The problem caused by the long sea voyage is not only the slow transmission of information, but also the

It is easy for misunderstandings and conflicts between the colonies and the mother country, and between the colonies, due to poor communication. Over time, some irreconcilable problems may easily arise. Haihan also has unique advantages in this regard.

The radio station is an artifact that allows Haihan to maintain a smooth information exchange system among the colonies. This method can be used in various fields such as politics, economy, and military to keep the colonies' sense of belonging and obedience to Haihan.

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Based on the technological advantages and geographical data accumulation that surpassed the times, it is not difficult to understand the impressive achievements Haihan has made in colonial development and construction. Although Li Nai has limited understanding of the various black technologies Haihan has mastered, he has these few achievements.

I have witnessed Haihan’s continuous expansion little by little every year and have personal feelings about it.

Not to mention Annan, which is far away, Wanshan Port at the Pearl River Estuary and Zhennan Port were two ports developed by Haihan. The Li family was involved in them. Li Nai visited these two places more than ten times.

Eight times this time, he was already very familiar with how the Haihan people developed and built port-based colonies. Schneider said he was just pretending to be a newbie, but he was not wronged.

Li Nai had no choice but to ask directly: "It's easy to invest money and people in it, but you just exaggerated the scale of port development so much. Can you give a rough scope first, and how much you need to invest in the early stage to qualify for the table?"

Playing? It’s better to start doing things that need to be prepared early.”

"The ones who are qualified to be on the table this time...there won't be more than five companies in one province!" Schneider casually mentioned a number that shocked Li Nai, but he immediately continued: "But it doesn't mean that those who are not strong enough cannot participate.

Come in and invest in a group!"

"Establish an investment company?" Li Nai has been following the Haihan people for several years, and naturally knows the operating methods that Schneider and others like to use the most.

"That's right." Schneider nodded and said: "This port on Taiwan Island is different from other places. Since the executive committee has decided to open a port and build a port there, it is safe to do something about it.

Precisely because the local port is large in scale, future management convenience must be considered from the planning stage. It will be much easier for us to gather small and medium-sized businessmen together and manage them under one sign."

Organizing Ming merchants in the form of joint-stock companies to invest in new areas and new projects under Haihan rule is nothing new. When Victory Port was first developed, Ming merchants participated in the large-scale investor "Qiong Lianfa"

, invested money and people to participate in the development of Shengli Port. As for the investment effect, we can only say who uses it and who knows it. Just look at the current situation of the more than ten shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa". Later, Haihan was in Danzhou

, Haikou City, Annan, Hong Kong Island and other places organized similar investments, the ones who spent the most money were the "Qiong Lianfa" investors who were the first to taste the benefits.

However, this model will still expose some institutional flaws over time. For example, when new investment projects appear, they are often taken over by wealthy merchants like "Qiong Lianfa", while new investment projects that were originally interested in them will be completely covered by them.

It is difficult for investors to squeeze out a position, and in the end they have to give up such in-depth cooperation with Haihan. So in some recent investment projects, Haihan has to clarify the language restrictions like "Qiong Lianfa"

These business giants will hold shares in the company, and at the same time, small and medium-sized businesses will be organized to form a new investment company, in order to allow more businesses to participate in Haihan's projects.

Commercial organizations like "Qiong Lianfa" mainly invest in large plantations with stable income and long payback periods. Infrastructure facilities such as exclusive docks are basically invested by each businessman. The reason for this is also very simple.

, some merchants do not have their own shipping companies, and their business is not mainly based on shipping, so the benefits from investing in terminal infrastructure are relatively small. However, businesses like the Li family have involved large merchants in all aspects, and can

Having its own exclusive terminal in each port will undoubtedly bring great convenience to the transportation and trade of its own business.

However, the cost of building a wharf is extremely high. Especially to reach the level required by Haihan Port Management, it is necessary to use a large amount of cement produced by Haihan and to assemble various large-scale cargo-lifting equipment produced by Haihan.

, as well as laying rapid transfer rails, etc., not every business can afford the cost of the entire infrastructure project. If the businesses are measured individually, Schneider’s statement is indeed not an exaggeration. Businesses that can independently bear the cost of building the terminal

Not too much.

How the Haihan people change the rules of the game is secondary. Li Nai only needs to make sure that he can continue to play well. His purpose of coming to Sanya from Guangzhou this time is to make sure that his family will not be left out in the next round of Haihan's game.

One side cannot participate. I can get a definite answer from Schneider. In fact, the specific investment measures and implementation steps are secondary. For the Li family, the question can be simplified to the amount of investment, the level of return and the length of the payback period, while the Hai family

The Han people had never treated the Li family badly in these aspects, and Li Nai was very relieved about this.

Before Li Nai left, Schneider wrote him a note and asked him to take the note to the Ministry of Communications to send a telegram back to Guangzhou. Li Nai took the note to the Ministry of Communications, and then drafted a long telegram to send out, which took a long time.

The general idea of ​​his more than one hundred yuan in circulation coupons is to let his family in Guangzhou quickly find the location needed for the newspaper office, and then start preparing manpower to participate in Haihan's upcoming new colonial project. Of course, due to the need for confidentiality,

Li Nai did not mention a single word in the cable where Haihan's new colonial project would be located.

After the Guangzhou side received the telegram notification from Li Nai, Li Jifeng probably took over the matter personally. Only three days later, they received a call back, saying that the required newspaper venue was ready, just outside the east gate of Guangzhou on the bank of the Pearl River.

side, only a hundred meters away from the compound of the Haihan Office in Guangdong and Guangdong. The Li family moved so fast that Ning Qi even wondered if they had quietly bought all the land and properties around the Office in Guangdong. Li

After receiving a reply from Guangzhou, Nai left Sanya with confidence and took a boat back north.

On December 11, a small fleet of 11 ships left Sanya Port and headed north. Except for the red and blue zigzag Haihan flag hanging on the mast, this fleet looked the same as the merchant fleet plying the sea.

, but this fleet carried about 700 immigrants who were about to go to Taiwan Island, and they would become the first batch of Haihan naturalized citizens to permanently settle there. In addition to carrying this group of immigrants, the ballast cargo on the ship was all

Various supplies were provided to enable this group of immigrants to survive the difficult period at the beginning of their landing.

Three days after this fleet set off, another fleet also sailed from the Causeway Bay Pier on Hong Kong Island, also destined for Tainan. Some of the passengers in this fleet were a group of new immigrants recently recruited by Guangzhou, about 300

The other part is a construction team secretly organized by the Li family, with a total of more than 80 people. Their task is to assist in the construction of private houses, docks, and other infrastructure facilities in the local area.

On December 16, a fleet consisting of five combat ships and two comprehensive supply ships sailed out of Magong Port in Penghu and headed southeast in the name of maritime training. The goal of this fleet was the same as the previous two fleets.

Both are located in Kaohsiung Port in Tainan. Its mission is to provide armed escorts for the immigrant camps in the early stages of immigrants' arrival there, and is also responsible for maintaining local security.

On the 17th and 18th, two fleets from Hainan and Guangdong also successively arrived at the predetermined sea area. Under the guidance of the warships that arrived earlier, they slowly sailed into the harbor of Kaohsiung Port. The last time the Haihan militia came

During this survey, the main landing site had been selected, which was the coast near the mouth of the Love River in what was later Kaohsiung. The militia troops who arrived here in advance had already landed, and multiple groups of patrols were deployed within a radius of about one kilometer.

To ensure that they will not suffer sudden attacks from the outside world. Although we have negotiated terms with the local indigenous residents when we came here last time, no one can guarantee that these indigenous people will abide by the previous agreement and the necessary military strength.

Deployment is also to prevent problems before they occur.

In the first few days after landing, the immigrants lived in large marching tents that could accommodate twenty people. Their tasks at this stage were to level the base, dig drainage ditches, water tanks, and build toilets and other infrastructure. Until the

Only four days later, under the command of craftsmen, the immigrants transported the prefabricated wooden boards and other components unloaded from the ship to the predetermined location and began to assemble and build houses. This kind of prefabricated house mainly follows the previous ideas and is based on the ship shape of the Li people.

The house is used as a reference for appearance, but more structural improvements have been made, using a large number of prefabricated parts to simplify the process of building a house. Skilled craftsmen command seven or eight laborers, and it only takes one or two days to build a house.

A new type of boat-shaped house that can accommodate eight to ten people.
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