Originally, the Fishery Corps owned many ships, but they were generally small, miscellaneous, old, with low tonnage, and in poor condition. They basically operated offshore, and the furthest reaches the Beibu Gulf. Now they have to undertake maritime cruises in the Xisha and Dongsha areas, which is obviously beyond their capabilities.
In the next autumn, a number of ships with a standard displacement of less than 100 tons were eliminated from the spy boat squadron and given to the Fishery Corps. The only requirement was to maintain a certain level of armament in order to carry out armament in the sea area between Dongsha and Xisha.
patrol..
At first, the Senate hoped that Lin Chuanqing could rebuild a few whaling ships. Whales are full of treasures - especially oil, which was the main source of oil in early industry. It played an indispensable role in the Senate's industrial system, which was seriously lacking in oil.
As for whale baleen and bone fragments, their high elasticity also plays a considerable role in industry. However, the Great Library clearly poured cold water on the whaling parties - the South China Sea is not a habitat for whales at all, but some occasionally pass by.
Before taking Hokkaido or Hawaii, commercial whaling was out of the question.
As a result, all the newly transferred fishing boats have been transformed into longline fishing boats. The transformation is not complicated, just adding a large human-powered winch and two work boats. Because there is no power winch, the manual retracting and retracting of the longline is very slow.
After being put down, as long as there are no special circumstances, the work boat will check the buoy, fishing line, harvest, and replace the bait. In addition, the bottom tank is converted into a "cold storage", and the fish caught are simply processed and stuffed in to keep fresh.
There is no refrigeration power on the sailboat, and of course there is no gas-fired cold storage. Refrigeration can only be ice cubes wrapped in insulation materials.
Lin Chuanqing invited veterans with a background in thermal engineering to carefully design the marine cold storage. The insulation layer of the marine cold storage adopts multi-layer thermal insulation treatment. In terms of insulation materials, there are many things to choose from: in addition to kapok, sawdust and
In addition to diatomaceous earth, a large amount of cattail leaves and cattail velvet are also used in large quantities. The heat preservation effect of cattail cattail is very good, and it is not afraid of water. The cattail grass has evolved this fiber to help its seeds float with the water.
The leaves act as moisture barriers.
Cattail is actually the most famous plant of ancient Egyptian civilization - the oriental subspecies of papyrus. The ancient Egyptians used the long fibers of the leaves to make papyrus. In China, in addition to making the leaves into cushions, mattresses, kneeling
In addition to being used for mats or making paper, cattail is also an important cold-proof material.
Because cattail grows well in depressions and wetlands with high salinity, the water supply and drainage department plants a large number of them to treat sewage and transform coastal saline-alkali land. Compared with collecting and purchasing small amounts of wild kapok, sawdust and diatoms that have other uses
Soil, kapok leaves and cattail have become the cheapest and most effective insulation materials that the Cross-Travel Group can produce on a large scale. A large amount of them are mixed with cotton batting to make bedding needed for engine operations. The elders and maids enjoy the tenderness.
Most rural pillows are also filled with cattail down.
Although the output of pudding is large, it is necessary to ensure the supply of materials for the north. Therefore, Lin Chuanqing only refitted a total of ten cold and fresh ships. Three were used in the Beibu Gulf area, six were used in Sanya, and the other two were deployed to Hong Kong - the entry point of the big river.
Haikou is also a place rich in fishing.
The sushi and sashimi served at the reception were the benefits of the cold food ship. Initially, Hong Hongyin thought that the local people might not be willing to accept such food, but unexpectedly it was still very popular. Plate after plate was served in a steady stream, and it didn't take long.
was wiped out.
"This is Guangdong - we have always had the habit of eating raw fish. We can eat freshwater fish, and even more saltwater fish." Shi Jiantao, the person in charge of the shipyard, said drunkenly while holding a wine glass, "Shunde is not far from here.
, the local yusheng is famous...”
Shi Jiantao is in a good mood: the construction project of the h800 Harmony Wheel he presided over has finally achieved considerable results after a period of stumbling operation. Training workers for local shipbuilding workshops and providing standardized measuring tools and tools have all played a role, especially from
Decisive support from the Planning Institute: Approval to establish a local wood processing plant in Hong Kong to process wood shipped from Guangdong and Fujian nearby, and at the same time mass-produce standardized ship materials, including masts, shell plates, deck strips, etc.
These measures have greatly accelerated the construction progress of the h800 Harmony Wheel. Shi Jiantao discovered that in fact, the learning ability of the indigenous people is not bad, and they are full of wisdom. It is just that they have been blinded by years of being conservative. When someone opens a window, it shows
When they found a new path and taught them how to walk it in a down-to-earth manner, they quickly followed suit and even learned from one example. The local shipbuilding workshops adapted to the Australian production model under the stimulation of economic interests.
, the efficiency has increased exponentially. In the first few Harmony ships, it took several months to produce qualified outsourced components during the material preparation stage. However, when everything was running in, it only took an average of 50 days to build an h800 Harmony ship. Shi Jiantao in Hong Kong
This large transport ship is built on a simple beach slipway at a rate of 4 ships per batch.
In fact, the Hong Kong shipyard is performing the task of assembling. Shipbuilding requires iron frames. The iron ribs are processed from Bopu and then transported to Hong Kong by large whales. Simple wooden structural parts are produced by various indigenous shipbuilding workshops and carpenters in the Pearl River Estuary.
The workshop subcontracts the processing and transports it to Hong Kong Island. The more complex wooden structural components are manufactured by the wood processing factory. Finally, the assembly is completed on the beach slipway.
In the end, the Hong Kong shipyard completed the task of 28 ships before the D-Day anniversary - not only successfully completed the tasks assigned by Operation Engine, but also exceeded the quota by 4 ships. These 4 ships were converted into fleet coal ships.
When Shi Jiantao found out that his shipbuilding work could be completed as scheduled, he was so happy that he got drunk - his position in the Senate was fully guaranteed, but wealth still has to be gained through danger.
Today, seeing that the transport ship convoy that he personally presided over and built was about to leave port to perform engine operations, he was in an extremely good mood. He drank soda water, fruit juice and rum to his heart's content.
"Your contractor is here too?" Hong Hongyin asked. He invited local businessmen who had business dealings with them today.
"Here we come. There are also those Tiandihui clients from Luochen."
At the reception, a group of indigenous "high-class people" wearing silk and satin gathered, and there were also a number of scribes and scholars in lanthanum shirts. As the local business person in charge, Hong Hongyin also served as the external liaison, holding a wine glass in the crowd
He was chatting and laughing happily, and he was good at dancing and socializing with local aboriginal collaborators.
Most of the local indigenous collaborators are small and medium-sized commercial landowners from the Kowloon Peninsula opposite Saint Lady's Bay and Dongguan and Xiangshan counties further north. Affected by the tide of commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty, they began to engage in various economic activities in farming very early.
Sexual crops, especially indigo and sericulture. Indigo, raw silk, and satin are all bulk export materials of the Senate. Therefore, they have always been the target of Hong Yin's active wooing.
Attracting them to provide export products to foreign trade companies and promote the services of "Tiandihui" is currently one of Hong Kong Yin's main tasks.
The initial cooperation between these small and medium-sized landowners with the Hong Kong Station was somewhat "voluntary" because of the Fubo Army's "mighty power" at the Pearl River Estuary, plus the bayonets and gunboats hanging nearby, no one dared to refuse Hong Kong
"Trade Briefing" at the station.
However, once such a trade relationship was formally established, they soon discovered that it was much better to cooperate with the Australians at the Hong Kong station than with the large and small profiteers in the city. As a result, the relationship between the two quickly became warm.
, and Tiandihui also took the opportunity to start developing customers in the local area - Hong Kong Island has poor agricultural development conditions, and Tiandihui has little room for use.
Of course, there are also those who take the initiative to cooperate with the Australians - Liu Deshan is one of them. After he met Qiu Wufu of Fubo Army in Sanliang Town, he quickly started thinking of doing business with the Australians.
Liu Deshan's business was selling local products between Shandong and Guangdong. He had long heard that the Australians were doing a lot of business. Australian goods were extremely popular. Now that the Australians were so close, the opportunity was certainly not to be missed. So the Pearl River Basin Crusade was
As soon as it was over, he ran to Hong Kong, found Hong Hongyin, and asked to sell Shandong goods.
Hong Hongyin was very interested in his proposal. Although Liu Deshan was a small businessman and did not have strong capital, he was very familiar with the business. As a Shandong native and having been doing business in the Pearl River Delta for a long time, he was familiar with the situation in both places. He was a very suitable candidate.
Trade agent - and his power is not big, so it is not easy for him to become too big to lose.
With the support of Hong Yin, Liu Deshan quickly acted as the agent of "Wanyou" and began to deal in Australian goods. He was very familiar with the conditions of villages and towns in the Pearl River Delta and was able to carry out commercial activities in villages and towns that were difficult to penetrate in the past for Guangzhou Station.
A township commercial network has been initially established in Dongguan County.
This township commercial network uses the model of mobile vendors and local agents to sell daily necessities such as matches, new iron farm tools, cheap Chinese patent medicines, etc. produced in the highlands to the townships. It also purchases various local specialties from the villages and towns. Although the business is trivial and not very big,
The profits have at least penetrated Lingao's products into rural areas. With the penetration of products, concepts will also change.
Liu Deshan himself also made a small fortune. Although he did not make too much money, his shrewd mind already knew that Australians would have greater business opportunities in the future. As long as he could endure it, he would make a fortune.
Just behind.
At this moment, he was standing in the hall, holding a glass of kvass like the Australians, watching every move of Hong Hongyin. He was eager for the "chief" to reveal some more news to him. He had already passed the previous stage.
There are some smells in the big purchases in Hong Kong Station - greater opportunities will soon come to Hong Kong Island.