Chapter 114 Overseas Investigation (1)
After sailing out of Victory Port, the two ships were not in a hurry. Instead, they handed over the ships to a group of new sailors, and a few veterans were only responsible for directing their actions. This is also done to allow the new sailors to adapt to the life of long voyages more quickly. After all, the training a few days ago was just in front of home. They trained for a few hours every day before going ashore, but this trip may require them to stay on the ship. For several days, that feeling was completely different from training. Fortunately, the physical fitness of these team members selected by the executive committee is pretty good, and no one has been found to suffer from severe seasickness so far.
Because the water area from Victory Port to Yazhou has been traveled many times, the expedition team did not choose to sail all the way close to the coastline this time. Instead, they took the open sea route after bypassing Luhuitoujiao. It sails past the southern ends of the East and West Islands in Sanya Bay and plunges into Nanshanjiao.
The fleet made a short stop at the mouth of the Ningyuan River near Yazhou to complete another small task of their trip - bringing a small hot water boiler and a bundle of pipe parts processed by the Ministry of Industry to the Yazhou Office. The Cliff Office, which was notified in advance, asked Zhang Guang to hire an ox cart and wait here. However, since there was no lifting equipment on the "Speed", everyone could only unload the huge boiler to the dock by building a springboard. A man was busy carrying and moving for nearly half an hour before he moved this big guy, which weighed nearly 300 kilograms, onto the bullock cart.
After leaving the mouth of the Ningyuan River, we set off again. Since the route to the west became unfamiliar, the veteran crew took over the driving duties and chose a relatively stable offshore route. They recorded the coastal conditions against the map while on the route. At this time, Chuanzhong's black technology came in handy. Someone took photos of the coast directly, then arranged them in the order of travel along the route, and marked some of the more important geographical identification locations. In this way, when the next batch of crew members run this route, they will have a very clear reference instead of just a boring text route record.
About two hours later, the fleet arrived at Yinggezui, the southwest corner of Hainan Island. In later generations, the largest salt field in southern China, the Yinggehai Salt Field, was located here. The area facing the sea here is an alluvial plain of tens of square kilometers. In later generations, most of this plain was used to build salt works. In the 1980s, the annual output of sea salt here reached 27 Ten thousand tons was an astronomical figure in the 17th century.
The Yinggehai area has always been an important area in the development plan of the Executive Committee. The construction area of the salt field here is very large, at least ten times that of the Shengli Port Waihai Salt Field Commune. As long as this area is fully developed, the future of the Cross Group will be The raw materials for chemical production are basically fully guaranteed. However, the Executive Committee is currently suffering from a manpower bottleneck and has no time to carry out large-scale development here. At present, it can only do some preliminary survey and preparation work.
Based on the information at hand, the expedition team knew that there was a very large bay hidden behind the narrow inlet. Considering that the water depth in the coastal beach area here was very limited, the fleet docked on the coast and lowered the rubber kayak from the ship. , entered the bay area through the narrow inlet for inspection. Since this is an unfamiliar area that has never been visited before, for safety reasons, only four fully armed North American gang members were carried on the assault boat.
After the assault boat sailed into the bay, Wang Tom was in charge of driving the boat, Roger was in charge of guarding, Morgan used photography equipment to record the topography and landforms, and chemical expert Qiao Zhiya collected water samples at different locations and used simple detection methods to Determine the salt content of the seawater here. At this time, this area had not been developed as a salt farm for production, and there was no human habitation on the entire coastal beach. In fact, even in later generations, the residents of Yinggehai Town here only had more than 10,000 people, which was far less than the population density of other coastal areas.
The other members of the expedition team stationed on the coast were not idle either. Following the instructions of a few veterans, they took out several fishing rods and stood on the side of the boat and started fishing. In later generations, this was one of the famous fishing grounds in the South China Sea. It was rich in various fishery resources. But now, in this original ecological environment, the fish schools in the offshore are also very dense. It often only takes a minute or two for a fishing rod to be thrown into the sea. There is a reaction. By the time the team that went to the bay to inspect came back, everyone had already caught seventy or eighty marine fish of various sizes.
So the expedition team once again held a barbecue party on the beach in accordance with the tradition of old sailors. Some team members just joined the main force today. Now everyone is gathered together and introduced to each other again.
This time the inspection team was dominated by the Military and Police Department as always. Ten of the seventeen people in the team were affiliated with the Military and Police Department, including six from the North American Gang. Three of the remaining seven are members of the mining exploration team under the Ministry of Industry, and the preliminary exploration tasks at Hongji Coal Mine will be completed by them. In addition, there are two people from the Shipping Department accompanying the ship, who are mainly responsible for organizing and producing route maps and writing logbooks. They are also responsible for part of the hydrographic and sea state exploration tasks. One of the remaining two people was Qiao Zhiya's colleague from the Ministry of Chemical Industry, and the other was sent by the Ministry of Agriculture. His inspection was about the rice planting situation in Vietnam.
In view of the relatively high risk of this inspection mission, the executive committee did not arrange for any more female members to join this team. However, this group of guys who had a rare chance to have fun obviously didn't care much about it. Most of the team left Victory Port for the first time after crossing, and the purpose was to visit a very famous scenic spot in later generations. This is definitely a rare trip. A good job.
Tian Yeyou, a member of the mining exploration team, is short and has dark skin. If you just look at his appearance, it is almost difficult to distinguish him from the mountain people of the Li and Miao ethnic groups. Before crossing over, he had worked for the North China Geological Survey Bureau for several years. He had always been engaged in field mining survey work. He was considered a technical expert with a professional background among the crossing group. While chewing the grilled fish, Tian Yeyou muttered: "These guys in the executive committee finally have some humanity. Seeing that it's not easy for us to squat in the mountains for a month or two, they also know how to arrange for us to travel at public expense."
Tom Wang asked curiously: "Have you stayed for so long? Aren't there just one or two mineral spots in the interior?"
Tian Yeyou said angrily: "It is not so easy to find one or two mineral spots. We have been in the mountains since April. We only came out of Lidong after receiving the transfer order last week. We have been prospecting in Damao. Damao's phosphate ore and manganese ore are not as shallowly buried as Tiandu's iron ore. They can be dug out with just a few shovels. We also have to guide the Li miners to set up tunnels and teach them how to dig veins underground without damaging themselves. Buried alive. Feng Dian has been sleeping in the wild for thirty or forty days. Look at the skin color of us. We can just change our clothes and pretend to be Li people!" Qiao Zhiya smiled and comforted: "But this time we will go! Hongji Port shouldn’t be too tiring. According to the information, the mineral veins there are very shallow, and many places are even open-air. You just need to go directly to collect samples.”
Tian Yeyou shook his head and said: "General coal is easy to find, but anthracite and coking coal still require some effort. Especially coking coal only accounts for 10%-15% of coalfield reserves, so it might be hard to find again."
"It's better to prospect for minerals in a beautiful coastal area than to live in a deep mountain forest, right?" Wang Tom joked with a smile.
Tian Yeyou nodded and said: "Everyone says that Halong Bay has beautiful scenery. I wanted to take my girlfriend to see it before I crossed over, but unfortunately I never made it."
"Did your girlfriend participate in time travel with you?" Qiao Zhiya asked curiously.
Tian Yeyou's face darkened, he shook his head and said: "We're divided. The main reason is that I spend at least two-thirds of the year running around in the wild. How can I have a good relationship? Let alone get married. Once After seeing the news about Mr. Tao’s organization on the Internet, he simply resigned, left all his savings from working over the past few years to his parents, and then went to Guangzhou to join the gang.”
Qiao Zhiya sighed: "This is really a sad story."
"What's even more sad is that after time travel, there is no change at all from before time travel. It's the same wilderness, the same loneliness." Tian Yeyou didn't show sadness on his face, only deep helplessness: "I originally thought about time travel. Can I change my job later, be a landlord or something, bully the long-term workers, tease the maids, and experience the life of a playboy? I didn't expect that I would still be in the same job as before, and I would spend dozens of days in the mountains. , basically just dealing with rocks and mud.”
"Don't be so depressed. It will get better gradually. I think within two or three years at most, those of you who are engaged in technical work will be promoted. The future Haihan Republic will not only need politicians, but also a large number of technical officials." Only then can we sustain it." Wang Tom had a clearer view of the future situation and said calmly: "I guess your main mission will change when Hongji and Shilu are developed. When the time comes, we will definitely set up relevant technical schools and invite you technicians to be teachers, so that you won’t have to worry about everything.”
Tian Yeyou smiled and said: "I'm afraid that if we are used to running around outside, people like us will feel unbearable if they are asked to sit in the office. I have already figured it out, and I will take a look during my inspection this time. How is the living environment there? If the environment is good, just come back and apply to the executive committee for permanent residence. Anyway, there will definitely be a need for knowledgeable people to supervise the mining process. ”
"Standing overseas? You have to think carefully about this!" Wang Tom shook his head and said: "No matter how good the environment is in that place, life is definitely not as convenient as the base camp."
"That's not necessarily true. Besides, Vietnamese brides are so famous. I also want to see the benefits of Vietnamese girls." Speaking of women, Tian Yeyou couldn't help but open his mouth and laugh out loud, showing two rows of white teeth.
(End of chapter)