Chapter 2521
Chapter 2521
Chapter 2521
Since he wanted to make friends with these young people with extraordinary identities, Pete naturally tried his best to deliberately find some topics related to Sanya, so as to continuously narrow the distance with Tao Hongfang and others.As for the business status of the store, he also deliberately selected some content closely related to Haihan to introduce.
"I think your country's idea of building a trading port in Zhoushan is a brilliant idea. Not only can it establish close ties with the nearby rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, but it can also radiate to Japan and North Korea across the sea, in all directions from southeast to northwest. This is the perfect location for all of our cross-border trade!"
Pete is not stingy in his praise of Zhoushan Dinghai Port, and these praises are indeed from the heart.He has achieved success in his career here and gained a lot of personal wealth through trade. It is not an exaggeration to call Zhoushan his blessed land.
Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "But after our country moves its capital to Hangzhou, it may affect the operation of Dinghai Port to some extent. Doesn't Shopkeeper Pi have any concerns about this?"
Pete shook his head without hesitation and replied: "No, no, I don't think that after Hangzhou becomes the capital of your country, it will affect the operation of Dinghai Port. I have been to Hangzhou. Although it is very prosperous there, it does not have the conditions to build a large seaport. Natural conditions are unlikely to replace the role of Dinghai Port in maritime trade. On the contrary, I think that after the establishment of Hangzhou as the capital, it will bring more trade opportunities to this area, and Dinghai Port will also benefit from it. In the future, the trade volume will only increase, and Dinghai Port’s trade position in the East China Sea will become more stable.”
On this issue, Pete, who has been to Hangzhou, obviously has more say than Tao Hongfang and others who have never been to Hangzhou.However, Tao Hongfang and others' understanding of Hangzhou only stays on paper information, so it is naturally difficult to refute Pete's views.
Pete’s opinion also pointed out a shortcoming of Hangzhou from an objective point of view. From the display, Hangzhou is located on the banks of the Qiantang River, and it is also the starting point of the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is adjacent to Hangzhou Bay to the east. The shipping industry seems to be very developed. In terms of conditions, the local area does not have the conditions to build a large seaport.There is no other reason, it is the situation caused by the Qiantang River.
Although the Qiantang River is wide, its runoff is small and it carries a large amount of sediment, forming a large area of coastal tidal flats in the coastal area of Hangzhou.These shoals are too shallow to support large-tonnage ships in the future.
In addition, the tidal water pouring into the Qiantang River from the Hangzhou Bay will also bring considerable difficulties to the shipping in Hangzhou.When the tide floods in, the waves are surging, and ships in the river can only dock ahead of time to avoid it. When the tide ebbs, a large mudflat will form on the river bank, and it is easy to ground the ships on the shore.
It is precisely because of these objective reasons that Emperor Sui Yang specially built the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to open up the shipping channel from Zhejiang to the north.But if you want to measure Hangzhou's conditions by the construction standards of large seaports, it is indeed inferior to Zhoushan Dinghai Port, or even the docks along the Yongjiang River in Ningbo Prefecture.
From this point of view, Pete's vision is indeed very accurate, and he fully understands the shortcomings of the Hangzhou area. Even if Haihan has many plans for Hangzhou, due to the local conditions, it is difficult to copy the seaport of Sanya to the local area. Assign this part of the functions to Ningbo and Zhoushan.
Now that the topic of planning was mentioned, Tao Hongfang simply continued to ask: "The shopkeeper thinks, how should we make up for Hangzhou's shortcomings in shipping in the future, so that Hangzhou can also enjoy the convenience of shipping?"
Pete thought for a moment before responding: "For your country, which is good at engineering construction, there are actually many solutions. The simplest is to open a convenient land passage from Ningbo to Hangzhou. To realize the rapid transfer of materials and personnel."
"Oh? Can you talk about it, shopkeeper Pi?" Upon hearing this, Tao Hongfang knew that Pete did not come out of nowhere, but that he should have done his homework on this, so he naturally wanted to hear his opinion.
Pete wanted to make friends with the other party, so he also wanted to use this to show his ability, and he didn't shirk it at the moment, so he stated some of his ideas.
"The distance from Ningbo to Hangzhou is about 300 miles. Taking the official road built during the Ming Dynasty as the path, even the whole journey would take about three days by car and horse. It must be slower on foot or bulk freight. But if it can be built An official road with better road conditions, similar to the one on Hainan Island, may shorten the travel time. Of course, the best way is to build a railway, together with these two places, so that the distance can be completed in one day .Although the transportation capacity is not as good as shipping, it is better in speed.”
As expected of Pete, who has lived in Sanya for a long time, he actually came up with a plan to connect Hangzhou and Ningbo by railway.Tao Hongfang was secretly surprised when he heard this, because he had already seen such a plan in Sanya. The Ministry of Communications had been planning the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway project since last year, and it was an important part of the capital relocation project. Action synchronization is implemented.In this way, after the relocation of the capital is completed, the Hangzhou area will have a channel for integrated land and sea transportation, which will resolve the shortcomings originally restricted by geographical conditions.
Of course, the construction site is far away from Hainan Island. The difficulty of the project can be imagined. Even if the executive committee finally decides to build this land passage, the construction period may be as long as possible. Years.If calculated based on the several railways that have been built on Hainan Island, it is conservatively estimated that the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway will take at least five years to complete.
However, compared with the ten-year project of the capital relocation plan, the time is not too long. If the construction can be started as soon as possible, it can even be put into use before the end of the capital relocation plan.
"The shopkeeper Pi really knows about our country's railway transportation!" After listening to Pete's speech, Tao Hongfang couldn't help being a little bit emotional. This man knows so much about Haihan. If he didn't have a Western face, I'm afraid they will really treat him as a native.
Pete said modestly: "Mr. Tao is too proud of the award, I was just thinking wildly, I made everyone laugh!"
Ning Zijing suddenly said: "Shopkeeper Pi can think of this section. Could it be that there are some signs recently that inspired Shopkeeper Pi?"
Tao Hongfang was puzzled, "Why did Zijing say that?"
Ning Zijing said: "For such a large project, there must be many signs before it starts. The Ministry of Communications will send a large number of technicians to survey the terrain and plan the route, and then the local government will prohibit the sale of land along the route, and the government will fund the purchase of these Land. Interested people can naturally deduce the government’s plan from these signs. It’s just that shopkeeper Pi is so familiar with the situation in our country, so it’s not surprising that he thinks of the railway project.”
(End of this chapter)
Since he wanted to make friends with these young people with extraordinary identities, Pete naturally tried his best to deliberately find some topics related to Sanya, so as to continuously narrow the distance with Tao Hongfang and others.As for the business status of the store, he also deliberately selected some content closely related to Haihan to introduce.
"I think your country's idea of building a trading port in Zhoushan is a brilliant idea. Not only can it establish close ties with the nearby rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, but it can also radiate to Japan and North Korea across the sea, in all directions from southeast to northwest. This is the perfect location for all of our cross-border trade!"
Pete is not stingy in his praise of Zhoushan Dinghai Port, and these praises are indeed from the heart.He has achieved success in his career here and gained a lot of personal wealth through trade. It is not an exaggeration to call Zhoushan his blessed land.
Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "But after our country moves its capital to Hangzhou, it may affect the operation of Dinghai Port to some extent. Doesn't Shopkeeper Pi have any concerns about this?"
Pete shook his head without hesitation and replied: "No, no, I don't think that after Hangzhou becomes the capital of your country, it will affect the operation of Dinghai Port. I have been to Hangzhou. Although it is very prosperous there, it does not have the conditions to build a large seaport. Natural conditions are unlikely to replace the role of Dinghai Port in maritime trade. On the contrary, I think that after the establishment of Hangzhou as the capital, it will bring more trade opportunities to this area, and Dinghai Port will also benefit from it. In the future, the trade volume will only increase, and Dinghai Port’s trade position in the East China Sea will become more stable.”
On this issue, Pete, who has been to Hangzhou, obviously has more say than Tao Hongfang and others who have never been to Hangzhou.However, Tao Hongfang and others' understanding of Hangzhou only stays on paper information, so it is naturally difficult to refute Pete's views.
Pete’s opinion also pointed out a shortcoming of Hangzhou from an objective point of view. From the display, Hangzhou is located on the banks of the Qiantang River, and it is also the starting point of the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is adjacent to Hangzhou Bay to the east. The shipping industry seems to be very developed. In terms of conditions, the local area does not have the conditions to build a large seaport.There is no other reason, it is the situation caused by the Qiantang River.
Although the Qiantang River is wide, its runoff is small and it carries a large amount of sediment, forming a large area of coastal tidal flats in the coastal area of Hangzhou.These shoals are too shallow to support large-tonnage ships in the future.
In addition, the tidal water pouring into the Qiantang River from the Hangzhou Bay will also bring considerable difficulties to the shipping in Hangzhou.When the tide floods in, the waves are surging, and ships in the river can only dock ahead of time to avoid it. When the tide ebbs, a large mudflat will form on the river bank, and it is easy to ground the ships on the shore.
It is precisely because of these objective reasons that Emperor Sui Yang specially built the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to open up the shipping channel from Zhejiang to the north.But if you want to measure Hangzhou's conditions by the construction standards of large seaports, it is indeed inferior to Zhoushan Dinghai Port, or even the docks along the Yongjiang River in Ningbo Prefecture.
From this point of view, Pete's vision is indeed very accurate, and he fully understands the shortcomings of the Hangzhou area. Even if Haihan has many plans for Hangzhou, due to the local conditions, it is difficult to copy the seaport of Sanya to the local area. Assign this part of the functions to Ningbo and Zhoushan.
Now that the topic of planning was mentioned, Tao Hongfang simply continued to ask: "The shopkeeper thinks, how should we make up for Hangzhou's shortcomings in shipping in the future, so that Hangzhou can also enjoy the convenience of shipping?"
Pete thought for a moment before responding: "For your country, which is good at engineering construction, there are actually many solutions. The simplest is to open a convenient land passage from Ningbo to Hangzhou. To realize the rapid transfer of materials and personnel."
"Oh? Can you talk about it, shopkeeper Pi?" Upon hearing this, Tao Hongfang knew that Pete did not come out of nowhere, but that he should have done his homework on this, so he naturally wanted to hear his opinion.
Pete wanted to make friends with the other party, so he also wanted to use this to show his ability, and he didn't shirk it at the moment, so he stated some of his ideas.
"The distance from Ningbo to Hangzhou is about 300 miles. Taking the official road built during the Ming Dynasty as the path, even the whole journey would take about three days by car and horse. It must be slower on foot or bulk freight. But if it can be built An official road with better road conditions, similar to the one on Hainan Island, may shorten the travel time. Of course, the best way is to build a railway, together with these two places, so that the distance can be completed in one day .Although the transportation capacity is not as good as shipping, it is better in speed.”
As expected of Pete, who has lived in Sanya for a long time, he actually came up with a plan to connect Hangzhou and Ningbo by railway.Tao Hongfang was secretly surprised when he heard this, because he had already seen such a plan in Sanya. The Ministry of Communications had been planning the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway project since last year, and it was an important part of the capital relocation project. Action synchronization is implemented.In this way, after the relocation of the capital is completed, the Hangzhou area will have a channel for integrated land and sea transportation, which will resolve the shortcomings originally restricted by geographical conditions.
Of course, the construction site is far away from Hainan Island. The difficulty of the project can be imagined. Even if the executive committee finally decides to build this land passage, the construction period may be as long as possible. Years.If calculated based on the several railways that have been built on Hainan Island, it is conservatively estimated that the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway will take at least five years to complete.
However, compared with the ten-year project of the capital relocation plan, the time is not too long. If the construction can be started as soon as possible, it can even be put into use before the end of the capital relocation plan.
"The shopkeeper Pi really knows about our country's railway transportation!" After listening to Pete's speech, Tao Hongfang couldn't help being a little bit emotional. This man knows so much about Haihan. If he didn't have a Western face, I'm afraid they will really treat him as a native.
Pete said modestly: "Mr. Tao is too proud of the award, I was just thinking wildly, I made everyone laugh!"
Ning Zijing suddenly said: "Shopkeeper Pi can think of this section. Could it be that there are some signs recently that inspired Shopkeeper Pi?"
Tao Hongfang was puzzled, "Why did Zijing say that?"
Ning Zijing said: "For such a large project, there must be many signs before it starts. The Ministry of Communications will send a large number of technicians to survey the terrain and plan the route, and then the local government will prohibit the sale of land along the route, and the government will fund the purchase of these Land. Interested people can naturally deduce the government’s plan from these signs. It’s just that shopkeeper Pi is so familiar with the situation in our country, so it’s not surprising that he thinks of the railway project.”
(End of this chapter)