"How about this mine reserve resources?"

"The main thing is the salt lake brine lithium ore. The reserves have been proven to be about 800,000 tons. It was discovered about 20 years ago, but it has not been mined much. First, lithium batteries have not developed at that time, and second, the copper country has many more important mineral resources than this."

Bella made the case lightly, but Xiao Feng had to accept it. God is indeed treating these people too well.

Indeed, more than 20 years ago, lithium batteries were not mainstream batteries, but now they are in the era of global electrification, can you still sit there?

If such a mine was discovered in China, those mineral companies would have long since been scrambled to fight for development rights.

But the lithium ore with a reserve of more than 800,000 tons is not the most important thing here, and no one is even willing to mine it.

It’s because of grandma’s, there are too many copper ores in the Copper Country, and it’s so easy to make money from opening a copper ore.

Even if people don’t open copper mines, they can go back and go to various places and fish, which will probably be easier than mines.

But this is good. If it has not been developed, it will be left to me in the future. When I realize all the black technologies in the other world, this lithium mine will definitely be useful.

And even if you mortgage it, you don’t have to worry about it. Anyway, those banks will not use it for development.

After understanding these things, Xiao Feng no longer felt worried.

"By the way, what did you plan for the reconstruction plan of this city?"

"We think so. The first thing we need to do is to expand and improve the water plant, power station, and these facilities that maintain basic livelihood. Then, the first thing we develop is the commercial area in the city center. We plan to build two large shopping malls here. The foundation has been completed and it is estimated that it will be completed in another six months. I have to say that the construction speed of China's construction team is fast."

Bella took the telescope and pointed to Xiao Feng at the area in the city center. Xiao Feng looked there.

Sure enough, two new shopping malls have been built next to the original municipal square.

At the same time, he also laughed in his heart that the speed of the Chinese construction team was unquestionable, but the reason why this time was so fast was mainly because the requirements of their shopping mall were too simple.

Unlike the shopping malls in China, buildings that are often several-story high. Foreign shopping malls are generally a large flat floor, which covers a large area, but rarely have two floors.

This is mainly related to their small number of people. More than one million people are already a big city, so there is no need for so many storeys.

A large flat floor can already meet all the needs of shopping, shopping, watching movies, entertainment, etc., so why do you still build a tall building?

Moreover, the geological environment in Tongguo is not too stable, and earthquakes and tsunamis occur from time to time, so it is not safe to build too many high-rise buildings.

This can be seen from the residential community planned by Lao Liang for them, although it also adopts the building model of China.

However, this community covers a much larger area than in China, and the distance between buildings is much larger. The most important thing is the floor height.

Unlike the large tall buildings in China that often have thirty or forty floors, the highest design of residential buildings here is fifteen floors, generally mostly eight to ten floors.

"After the mall is completed, merchants will move in immediately and the market will flourish quickly. After all, there were no decent shopping malls in Ithaca area before, and everyone went to wholesale markets."

Xiao Feng agreed with Bella's statement.

When he came to Ithaca before, he really didn't see any decent shopping malls in the city.

Because the urban area was built early and there was no formal plan, the layout of the city seemed chaotic.

The core commercial area of ​​the city is a wholesale market and vegetable market formed by several residents spontaneously.

Looking from a distance, you will feel dirty and messy.

And this time they will build a new commercial center, so it will naturally be welcomed by the general public.

After all, the people in Ithaca area are not very poor at all.

"The building has not been built yet, but the shop rental work has basically been completed. Haha, many shops have snatched the money in order to gain a place in the mall. Just the deposit collected has covered all the construction costs."

Bella said to Xiao Feng happily, and Xiao Feng was also surprised when he heard this.

But when you think about it again, the e-commerce here is not very developed, so physical stores are very popular, so you can understand it.

"When the mall opens and lets the money circulate, the municipal government will receive taxes and repay the bank's loans on time. When the city is built and the environment is better, there will naturally be more foreign investors coming to invest..."

Xiao Feng agrees with Bella's statement that if the environment is good, it will naturally attract more investors.

Especially those Chinese capitals...

"By the way, where are the docks and airports?"

These two are the highlights of the future development of Ithaca region, especially at airports.

Once the Ithaca area is built, it will definitely be a popular destination for domestic tourism. It is an overseas Chinese territory, with both exotic and familiar Chinese environment.

Such a place is not only the first choice for Chinese travel, but also becomes a popular destination for Chinese immigrants.

Therefore, the airport is naturally the top priority in construction. In the past, there was only one small airport in the Isaka area.

But that is specifically for the established rich people. Usually, only their private jets take off and land there.

If an ordinary person wants to travel by plane, he or she has to take a plane to the capital San Diego.

But now there is no need. Bella and the others are building an airport with an annual throughput of two million people in the south of the old city.

Although it is incomparable to those large airports in China with throughput exceeding 10 million, it is enough for Ithaca region.

In addition, sufficient reserve space is also left on the periphery. If the airport is not enough in the future, it can be expanded at any time.

The pier is even more different. In the past, the pier in Ithaca area was completely dirty and messy.

It is not so much a pier, but rather a fishermen's settlement.

Whenever the fishing season comes, the fishermen will drive small boats and go out to sea to make two nets.

The harvest from going to sea is enough for a family to eat for several months. There is no way that the fishing grounds here are so rich.

But now it’s different. Because large-scale development is needed, the dock must be expanded.

At this time, the dock area was in full swing. Not only were they digging deep into the seabed nearby, but they also built many warehouses and factories next to them.

In the future, this place will be an industrial area for aquatic processing.

The fish caught in the fishing season every year will be processed in the Kalapag Islands and some will be processed here.

Some of the products are exported to China and some are sold in copper.

So here, for the future job of Ithaca people, Bella also attaches great importance to the construction of the port.

Xiao Fengkenla looked at the port area and said to Bella: "Grade an industrial area to the north of the port."

The current Ithaca area is the private territory of the Chen family and Xiao Feng. If he wants to draw an industrial area, it doesn’t cost any money.

Bella didn't take it seriously and asked casually: "How large do you want? By the way, what are you going to do in this industrial area?"

"I plan to build a chemical plant where to refine petroleum and supply it to use in Ithaca."

"Really? That's great. Do you know what the most expensive expenditures we have from building the old city are now? They are all kinds of diesel and gasoline! The cost of spending on these oils every day is as high as 500,000 US dollars. When we enter the peak period of engineering construction in the future, we expect the oil costs to double."

Bella was so happy when she heard that Xiao Feng could get oil.

Ithaca region does not produce oil, let alone Ithaca region, even the copper country does not produce oil.

The oil they usually use is mainly imported from the United States.

They are all oil produced by Chevron. When the oil prices are low, they use local oils produced in the United States. The gasoline produced in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields is of good quality.

When the oil price is high, we use Venezuelan oil. Anyway, it is also refined by Chevron, and the price is not expensive, but the oil quality is a little worse and it is not very hot.

Now Xiao Feng said that he could solve the oil problem, which made Bella overjoyed. If he could build an oil refining and chemical plant and provide them with affordable diesel, it might save them a lot of costs.

Xiao Feng nodded after hearing this: "The oil was made by someone I asked to get. The quality is not very good, so it may take some effort to refine and chemistry."

"It's okay. I know a lot of people in the United States. Their factories specialize in producing petroleum refining equipment. What equipment do you need? Tell me, I'll help you buy it back. In addition, I can also recruit any kind of chemical workers you need. In fact, there are a lot of chemical talents in San Diego."

The foundation of the founding of the Copper Kingdom is the mining industry and the resource industry.

Therefore, there is really no shortage of chemical talents in all aspects, even if they do not have oil fields in their own country.

But there are chemical engineering majors in the best national universities in Tongguo, and it is said that the quality of students is not bad.

"Well, I'll talk about this after a while. I'll find some experts to make a feasible plan. But there will be several ships coming soon and they will bring some oil over."

"That's great. Even if we can't refine it, we can still sell these oils to Chevron or Copper Petroleum Corporation to cooperate with them in exchange for some affordable diesel, which can also reduce our costs."

Xiao Feng didn't expect that he could do this, so he couldn't help but look up at Bella. This woman is a talent!

Seeing Xiao Feng's admiring eyes, Bella couldn't help but straighten her chest.

Xiao Feng is a big water hose with no bottom strength. Such a big boss must be seized. If he succeeds, it will not only be beneficial to her, but their Chen family will become more and more deeply rooted in Ithaca in the future.
Chapter completed!