Chapter 3695
In these agreements that have been reached, there is no doubt that Hai Han will be the one who will give more, while the Xihu tribe seems to be just enjoying the fruits.
But there is nothing we can do about this. After all, Hai Han is an outsider with no foundation in the local area and must rely on the cooperation of the Xihu tribe to quickly advance the implementation of the subsequent plan. The Xihu tribe is equivalent to using land and manpower to invest in the development zone, and all other matters are left to Hai Han. There can only be a certain balance between the two, not an absolute fairness.
However, in the eyes of Qian Tiandun and others, this is still a very cost-effective transaction. Compared with the expenses and long-term impact of taking military action to occupy Haisaib, the cooperation agreement can save a lot of military expenditures for the early development of Haisaib.
But even if it was such a big deal, the fat chief Abudulla had no intention of leaving Shihu City and came to Haisab personally to supervise the start of the project. He only sent a close confidant to represent the Xihu tribe to finalize the implementation details of the matter with the person in charge of Haihan.
It is hard to say that Abudullah is too strong or has inexplicable trust in Hai Han. Qian Tiandun is actually a little worried about this.
Once there are some differences of opinion arising during the development process of Hesaib and the representatives of the Shihu tribe cannot make a decision, they will have to spend a lot of time asking for the decision of Abudulla, who is far away in Shihu City, which will greatly affect the development progress.
But since an agreement has been reached, Qian Tiandun doesn't want to waste time in these minor details and immediately starts deploying development matters.
At present, this visiting fleet is basically based on combat personnel. There are not many engineers and civil carpenters accompanying them. They cannot organize large-scale construction for the time being. They can only conduct preliminary surveys and planning first, and at the same time, land acquisition and demolition of the designated areas, so that local people can free up the place first.
Demolition is not a easy job anywhere, but it is relatively easy in Hesab. The reason is also very simple, because in the special environment here, most local people rely on the sea to eat, and almost no land is available, and the part involved in real estate during the evacuation process is relatively low.
Most of the residences of these Arab people are relatively simple earth-walled houses, and some even live in tents all year round. Only a few families with better conditions can build larger houses with mud bricks and stones.
In order to allow these people to move out collectively, in addition to giving them economic compensation, there is another effective way, which is to build settlements with better living conditions as soon as possible. But after the meeting and research, Qian Tiandun found that it was not easy to build a large-scale house here.
Although there is a large amount of clay in the Oasis of Haisab that can be used to make bricks and tiles, the proportion of bricks and tiles used in local buildings is quite low. The reason is also very simple, there is not much fuel available for fire bricks and tiles locally.
In the desert environment, there is not much vegetation, and the available wood is extremely limited, and almost all of them are consumed as fuel needed for daily life. There is no local coal production, so the large amount of bricks and tiles has become a problem.
The bricks and tiles and wood used by local wealthy households to build houses are mostly imported from other places, and the cost is not affordable for ordinary people.
Although Qian Tiandun knows that there is a lot of oil buried in nearby areas, the problem is that oil is pumped from the ground and is not suitable for use directly as efficient fuel.
What's more, the preliminary preparations for oil extraction are complicated, and the construction of the settlement is also one of the preparations. Even houses cannot be built, and subsequent industrial projects can only be put on hold. "The top priority is to solve the fuel problem first, otherwise all infrastructure projects will be affected!" Qian Tiandun found that this problem could not be avoided, so he decided to concentrate his efforts on the fuel problem first. But soon the local Arabs provided some useful information. In the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, adjacent to the Indian Ocean, there are said to be some small coal mines. In addition, coal is also for sale in the Persian Port of Abbas, opposite the Strait of Hormuz.
However, after these coals that require cross-sea transportation plus freight costs, the price will naturally not be too low. Although local people will also buy some, they are far from rich enough to use imported coal to burn bricks and tile kilns. "No matter how high the price is, you have to buy it! Arrange it as soon as possible and negotiate a long-term contract for bulk procurement with the coal supplier." Qian Tiandun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this news. These two places are not too far from Haisaib, and as for the procurement costs that will be incurred, it will definitely not be saved.
The only place where you can save money is probably only Hai Han takes over the coal transportation task by himself, so that he can at least save some of the freight in the cost.
But for special combat divisions who lack shipbuilding capabilities, the capacity that can be deployed to the Persian Gulf region is also very limited. How to deploy it still needs more detailed planning.
When demarcating the relocation scope for Haisaib, thanks to Abudulla's order, the local people cooperated and did not encounter much resistance for the time being. It can be seen that although the fat chief rarely appears in front of his people, he still has very high prestige.
But the plan to recruit local people as laborers did not go smoothly.
Perhaps because he is still wary of Hai Han, a group of outsiders. Arabs are obviously lacking in interest in working for foreign bosses. Even if Hai Han announced that he would provide generous rewards for workers and long-term jobs, there were still very few candidates.
These locals who have made a living by fishing for generations still use fishing as a means of making a living by going to sea, and it is hard to understand why these foreigners are building ports here with great fanfare. With their perspective, it is even more unimaginable how much changes the future development and construction of Hesaib will cause to their lifestyle.
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In desperation, Qian Tiandun could only let the few hired Arabs work first. Only when these people get paid and live a better life than ordinary fishermen can they play a demonstration role for the locals and make them realize the benefits of working for Haihan.
Coordinate the arrangement of various affairs, allowing the fleet to stay in Hesaib for about half a month.
During this period, all the personnel of the fleet were devoted to infrastructure projects as laborers, with the goal of leveling a piece of land about one mile square on the coastline as the construction area for the first phase of the port.
In late January, Qian Tiandun and representatives of the Xihu tribe attended the construction launch ceremony of the port area. As a commemoration, a stone tablet three feet wide and seven feet high was erected in the currently empty port area.
One side of the stele is engraved with inscriptions, which is about the agreement reached between the Haihan Kingdom and the Shihu tribe to develop the Haisaib, and records it in Chinese and Arabic languages.
On the other side of the stone tablet, there are three vigorous and powerful characters engraved, which are the place name written by Qian Tiandun for Haisaib New Port - Fubo Port.