Chapter 3696
The local Arabs do not know Chinese and do not understand what the name Fubogang means. But when Qian Tiandun named this place, he did have some ideas.
The so-called "Fubo" means subduing the Persian Gulf, and naming the new port of Hesab, which also entrusted Qian Tiandun's high hopes for this port.
"The road ahead will have many twists and turns, but the future is bright. The future of Fubo Port depends on your joint efforts!"
Before leading the troops to set off, Qian Tiandun cheered the builders who stayed in Fubo Port, hoping that they could achieve the established construction goals.
Due to objective conditions, Qian Tiandun cannot deploy too many personnel here at present. He only left one engineer company as the main construction force here, and also left two ships as means of transportation, which can facilitate the purchase of required materials to the Port of Abbas and Port of Hormuz.
Qian Tiandun actually understands that a company of engineers and workers employed locally can only take a drop in the labor required for such large-scale port infrastructure projects, and it is difficult for construction to progress quickly.
He has compiled the harvest from this visit to the Persian Gulf and sent it back to Hangzhou via telegram, requesting the Executive Committee to allocate more resources as soon as possible to build Haihan's first foothold in the Persian Gulf.
Qian Tiandun believes that there is no need to say much about the strategic significance of this place. The Executive Committee can fully realize that Haihan's long-term development will definitely not be avoided by the Middle East, which is rich in energy.
But now there are too many directions for Haihan to expand externally, and the Middle East is just one of them, and the current impact of this region on the domestic market is probably far less than that of other directions. The Executive Committee has limited resources after all, and the specific allocation of special combat units may not meet Qian Tiandun's expectations.
What made Qian Tiandun a little relieved was that Li Yuande and Dong Shangyi were very optimistic about the prospects of Fubo Port, and both said that after returning this time, they would definitely try to organize immigration from their hometown and participate in the construction of Fubo Port.
The news that the Haihan fleet left the Persian Gulf had spread to Hormuz Island the next day. Rui was greatly relieved when he learned about this. Finally, he sent away the uninvited guests, and did not allow Hai Han and Persia to reach a possible cooperation that might be unfavorable to Portugal.
But I heard that Hai Han left a group of people to station in Haisab, which made Rui's heart that had just been relieved hang up again. It is obvious that the Hai Han people did not intend to give up the remote place of Haisaib, and they were really going to prepare to develop the local area.
Ruy is not unfamiliar with Heiseb's situation. Portugal gave up on its development in the local area because the difficulty of development in that place was too high.
But the Hai Han people have created countless miracles over the years, and their speed of expansion to the outside world has made a number of old European colonial countries ashamed. It is hard to say whether the place of Haisaib will have different development prospects when handed over to Hai Han.
If Heiseb really becomes a trading port in a few years, it will inevitably squeeze out the trade share that originally belonged to Hormuz, which is not a good thing for Portugal.
Ruy was not sure what conditions did Haihan convince the Shihu people or directly used force to drive away the local indigenous people. If it were the latter, then Haihan's development in the local area would definitely not be smooth.
But if the Xihu tribe is really cooperating with Hai Han, then you have to think of some other ways to delay or stop Hai Han's development progress in the local area.
Ruy would never consider doing it himself. This kind of thing is too risky, and even a small local consul cannot bear the consequences. The most appropriate way is of course to find someone else to take action on your behalf.
However, although there are many forces in the Persian Gulf, there are not many who have the strength to provoke Hai Han, and they can count them with one hand. So the choices left for Rui are really limited.
After Rui had some thoughts, he immediately prepared paper and pen, wrote several secret letters, and ordered people to send them to several places in the Persian Gulf.
He was not sure whether the local forces here could challenge Hai Han, so he had to take multiple measures to increase his confidence in success.
Qian Tiandun, who has left the Strait of Hormuz, does not know the Portuguese's little abacus. What he is now focusing on is the fleet's next itinerary.
It took more than two months to travel from Hamban Port, and the time spent on the road has actually exceeded expectations. But for the entire exploration itinerary he planned, it has only reached half a journey so far.
Next, the fleet will first go eastward around the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, then turn southwest to continue along the peninsula coastline, heading to the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the peninsula.
After leaving the Strait of Hormuz, the fleet first visited a place in the Gulf of Oman, which was adjacent to it.
This small place, called Suhar by the locals, does not even have a decent pier, and it is even more impossible to receive the huge Haihan fleet. The reason why Qian Tiandun temporarily arranged this station was not to obtain supplies, but because there was coal in the mountains near Suhar.
Nearby people will transport the excavated coal to the shops by the sea. There are two or three merchants who specialize in purchasing coal, and then several boats will transport the coal to several ports in the Strait of Hormuz for sale every month.
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Coal mining is a profitable business, but because the demand for coal is not too high here and the coal mine capacity is limited, this business has always been calm in Suhar, which is just one of the means to make a living for locals.
But the arrival of the Hai Han people immediately changed the coal market here. Several coal-acquired merchants could not resist the price offered by Qian Tiandun, so they quickly signed a contract to supply all the coal produced in Suhar to the newly opened port of Fubo Port, and promised to organize more workers to enter the mines within the year to increase output.
Although Qian Tiandun felt a little painful for his big money, he had to spend money to quickly advance the construction of Fubo Port.
Only after providing a stable coal supply to Fubo Port and providing energy guarantees in the local area, can subsequent engineering construction and resettlement be carried out steadily.
Li Yuande and Dong Shangyi saw boxes of silver unloading the ship and carried it into the door of local coal merchants, and they couldn't help but admire Qian Tiandun's decisiveness. The port of Fubo Port is still full of eight characters, and these big real money and silver have already been spread out first.
Qian Tiandun took this indifferently and comforted the two of them: "Compared with the money that can be made from this area in the future, these expenses are nothing. You must remember that no matter how much money we spend here, we will have a huge profit in the future. The sooner we build the port, the sooner we can enter the profit period."