Chapter 50 Investigation (1)
Fu Li sat sideways on the bow of the boat, with his legs stretched out from between the railings and resting on the side of the boat. The bow of the ship kept breaking through the waves, but Fu Li felt that the hull of the ship only had minimal undulations. Fu Li had followed the elders in the cave to the seaside before, but he had only gone out to sea once by boat because he was not used to the bumpy feeling of the sea - a small canoe in the Tiandu River was completely different from the sea. Two different things. Since then, Fu Li has had an inexplicable fear of going to sea by boat, but today's boat has completely eliminated Fu Li's previous negative impression of sailing at sea.
In Fu Li's impression, the Han Chinese sailing ships should be like the wooden sailing ships he saw at the Port of Victory. The hulls are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with thick and tall pine masts and heavy sails. However, These Han people who call themselves "Hai Han" have built a completely different sailing ship. The hull is wide and low, and the sails look light and thin. This sailing ship is made of unknown materials. Running on the sea is very fast. As soon as they sailed out of the Victory Harbor, they had already left behind the small Guangzhou ship that had set off first.
"Are you surprised? I had the same expression as you when I first boarded this ship."
When Fu Li heard the words, he looked sideways and saw that the speaker was Yu Xiaobao, so he smiled kindly and motioned for Yu Xiaobao to sit down next to him. Yu Xiaobao also attends classes at Ning Qi's temporary school every night, so he and Fu Li naturally recognize each other. Although the two were not of the same race, they were about the same age, one was fifteen and the other was sixteen, and there was no big barrier to language communication, so they quickly made friends.
"Have you been on this boat before?" Fu Li asked curiously.
"This boat is called 'Speed'. I have taken this boat out to sea several times. The Haihan people took me out to sea for fishing. Their fishing nets are very powerful. They can catch hundreds of kilograms of fish in one net. I have never caught such a big fish." The shark..." Yu Xiaobao said as he opened his hand and made an exaggerated size gesture, with a hint of showing off in his tone.
"The seafood rice they make is also delicious." Fu Li immediately thought of the fragrant seafood rice that only Haihan people are eligible to eat. He had been lucky enough to eat it twice. Of course, if it weren't for his identity, Ning Qi would usually take special care of him, and like Yu Xiaobao, he would only watch.
Yu Xiaobao swallowed his saliva when he heard this and said unconvinced: "Mr. Ning said yesterday that when I come back from this mission, he will reward me with seafood rice!"
As he spoke, the "Speed" had already rounded Luhuitoujiao, and at this time the small ship had not even left Yulinjiao. After the "Speed" rounded Luhuitoujiao, it headed north along the coast of Luhuitou Peninsula.
"If we want to go to Yazhou City, shouldn't we go west?" Although Fu Li hasn't been out to sea much, he still has the ability to tell the direction by looking at the sun. He noticed that the sailboat was going in the wrong direction and couldn't help but feel a little strange. .
"You didn't know this!" Yu Xiaobao immediately seized the opportunity to win back the victory: "Our ship is not going directly to Yazhou, but will stop along the way. Mr. Haihan said he wanted to take a look The... um... development value of these places! That’s right, it’s the development value.”
The two teenagers couldn't figure out what "development value" meant. They could only ask Mr. Ning for help after returning from Yazhou.
The purpose of the action team choosing this northward route was very clear. They wanted to use the waterway to penetrate into the urban area of Sanya in later times and collect data on the hydrogeographic conditions along the Sanya River and Linchun River. In the regional planning of the Executive Committee, the area along the river valley from Shengli Port to Tiandu Iron Mine will be developed as the main industrial base and military base of Chuanzhong in the future, even if the coal-iron composite industry may be developed in Shilu Iron Mine Mine and Hongji Coal Mine will be moved northward after development, but some "high-precision" industrial products and chemical products, especially the ordnance industry that will be strictly controlled, will still be concentrated in the inland areas of the upper reaches of the Tiandu River for production. . This is also done to prevent people from using the crooked idea of dividing borders and splitting the territory when the controlled areas are expanded in the future - without the support of modern industry, anyone who wants to set up his own business outside is seeking death.
The prosperous urban area of Sanya will be developed as a future business district, administrative district and residential area. In particular, the intersection of the Sanya River and the Linchun River estuary forms a terrain that is narrow on the outside and wide on the inside. It is simply the natural harbor that the Executive Committee has dreamed of. The last time the Ming army led by Luo Shengdong attacked, they landed in this harbor and marched overland to Yulin Fishing Village to lurk. After capturing the Haicang ship, the crew also conducted a preliminary hydrological survey here, and this time they came back to collect data for future comprehensive development.
When the "Speed" arrived near the mouth of the river, it began to lower its sails, slow down, and gradually adjust its course. The narrowest point of the waterway entering this good inland port from the sea is only more than 100 meters, which is much narrower than the gorge outside the Victory Harbor. Moreover, this gorge is one mile long. If you still want to enjoy high-speed sailing in this place , then there is a real danger of being stranded. Almost everyone gathered on the deck to look at the terrain. A crew member took a plumb bob and other tools and stood on the side of the ship to measure the water depth and velocity. According to the hydrological data of later generations, although the navigable channel of this harbor is very narrow, the water depth here is excellent, enough to accommodate the passage of 10,000-ton ships in later generations. At present, it seems that the hydrological conditions here are not much different from those hundreds of years later. difference. Looking at the desolate environment on the shore, and then considering that people like myself set out from this place more than 20 days ago, everyone on the ship felt as if they were in another world.
Yan Chujie pointed to the mountains on the south bank of the gorge and explained to the North American Gang: "This is the Nanbian Ridge. I went up there before when I came to Sanya for tourism. There is a small park on the top of the mountain. From there, you can have a bird's eye view of the entire urban area of Sanya. The scenery is very beautiful." Not bad.”
Yan Chujie said this, of course, not just to remember the days before time travel. Wang Tom had already understood the implication, nodded and continued: "The terrain here is indeed very good. In the future, we can build fortifications on the hillside. Look at the distance , we only need rifles to block this channel in and out of the port!”
Qiao Zhiya whistled and said: "I told you when I passed by here last time that this place is simply the Panama Canal in Sanya."
The North American gang had passed through this gorge last time when they escorted the captured Haicang ship back to Victory Port. It was just that we were in a hurry at that time, and there were several captive sailors on the ship, so no one had time to carefully examine the terrain as they did today.
After driving through the gorge, you will see the mouth of the Sanya River on the left, and across a long and narrow island in the middle of the river, you will see the mouth of the Linchun River. The intersection of the two rivers is the connection between the Luhuitou Peninsula and the mainland of Hainan Island, forming a huge arc-shaped harbor here. This harbor includes the estuaries of the two rivers, and all of them can be built into ports in the future, which can accommodate at least hundreds of ships at the same time.
The "Speed" circled along the harbor and then headed north into the Linchun River. At this time, the narrow river island sandwiched between the Sanya River and the Linchun River was not as large as that of later generations, and its widest point was only four to five hundred meters, but its length was similar to that of later generations, more than three thousand meters. The "Speed" made a big circle along the river island, entered the Sanya River at another intersection upstream, and then went downstream along the Sanya River.
In the upstream inland area, we can see sparse private houses along the banks of the two rivers, but the land reclamation area does not seem to be large. Yu Dashan explained that this is because even if they open up wasteland here, farmers still need to go to Yazhou to go through registration procedures, and of course they must pay fees and bear corresponding taxes. Because this place is far away from Yazhou, even the land that has been reclaimed has a very low market value. Large-scale land reclamation will require more money to be paid to the government, which is not cost-effective for farmers. Of course, there may be "smart people" who deliberately do not go through the registration procedures, but the consequence of this is that once the petty officials who go to the countryside to collect taxes find out, not only will all the fields be confiscated, but the owners will also be fined with hard labor, which is not worth the loss. practices.
In the area inspected by the action team, the fertile plains formed by the erosion of two large rivers for countless years will naturally not be ignored. The Ministry of Agriculture had already made plans to build several large farms in the inland plains of Sanya long before the crossing. development plan. Especially in the upper reaches of the Sanya River, the terrain is flat, there are many rivers, and irrigation is convenient. It is very suitable for grain cultivation. Despite the strong tourism and commercial atmosphere in Sanya in later generations, it still retains tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and is a key area for hybrid rice research. After traveling to this era, the Executive Committee also positioned this place as Sanya's food security area in the future.
(End of chapter)