Chapter 2795
Chapter 2795
Chapter 2795
20 years is just a drop in the ocean in the long river of history, but for the area where Zhifu Port in Fushan County, Terengganu Prefecture is located, it has been the most changed period in history.
Before the Haihan forces entered here, Zhifu Island was just a small island that no one paid attention to on the north coast of the Jiaodong Peninsula. The sandbar connected to the coast would be submerged under the sea from time to time. There are no permanent residents.Throughout the dynasties, no one would think that this place has any development value.
And the neighboring Fushan County is just a traditional agricultural production area, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, and its economic level can only be ranked in the middle and bottom of the seven counties and one state under the jurisdiction of Terengganu Prefecture.
It wasn't until 1634 that Wang Tom and others led an armed fleet arrived here and chose Zhifu Island as Haihan's foothold in Shandong, and the situation here began to change.
The Haihan army not only wiped out the bandit forces near Fushan County, but also opened a window for foreign trade in this area.As the only port controlled by Haihan in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea area at that time, Zhifu Port was incorporated into the huge shipping system at the beginning of its construction, and enjoyed the huge dividends brought by Haihan's expansion of its sphere of influence to the north.
Even though Haihan later occupied the Jinzhou area on the Liaodong Peninsula across the sea and owned Lushun Port, a port with relatively better conditions, Zhifu Port was still defined as the rear of the Liaodong battlefield for a long period of time. The base, various resources from the South and the Central Plains will still be destined for Zhifu Port, and then transferred from here to Liaodong.
At the same time, Haihan began to mine the Fushan Copper Mine in this area. This important strategic resource is also one of the reasons why Haihan chose to settle here.The mining of the Fushan Copper Mine not only brought considerable financial revenue to the northern region, but also provided a large number of employment opportunities for the local people.
After the Qing army invaded Shandong in 1639, tens of thousands of refugees flooded into the Denglai area, which once again provided Haihan with a large amount of cheap labor.
Since then, the Management Committee of the Northern Region and the Haihan Armed Forces began to openly take over the local military and political affairs. Facing internal and external troubles, the Ming court, who had no time to look around, gradually lost control of the Dengzhou area.
When Bai Kesi came to Zhifu Port last time, it was basically a military base environment, but the port infrastructure at that time was very simple, and it was even inferior to Qingdao Port, which opened only last year.
But the ports I saw at this time are no different from those big ports in the south. Whether it is the trestle bridge for docking ships or the rows of warehouses with uniform styles on the coast, they are all built according to the standard Haihan system. With hardening treatment, there are even more cargo hangers up to several feet than Qingdao Port.
The ten-foot-high white lighthouse at the east corner of Zhifu Island can be regarded as the best local landmark. Such a tall lighthouse is rare even in Dagang in the south.
The port has also laid several tracks dedicated to the transportation of dry bulk cargo, and the freight wagons driven by small steam locomotives go back and forth between the cargo yard and the port non-stop.
Bai Letong noticed that the bulk cargo unloaded from the cargo ship docked at the pier was almost all coal, so he subconsciously asked, "Where did these coals come from?"
Bai Kesi said: "In the past few years, the coal mines were mainly transported from the Datong River Valley in North Korea, but in recent years, a large coal mine has also been discovered in Longkou Town, west of Dengzhou, and it only takes one day to ship it by sea to Zhifu. Hong Kong, so some of the coal here should come from local production.”
Since the Fushan Copper Mine smelts ore locally, the charcoal produced locally in Fushan County is of course far from meeting the fuel demand and can only rely on external input.
There are a lot of coal resources in Shandong, but most of them are distributed in Zibo, Feicheng, Xinwen, Yanzhou, Zaozhuang and other places in the inland area. It is inconvenient to transport to the sea. Only the Longkou Coal Mine is located by the sea, and the mining and transportation are relatively convenient. Therefore, it has become one of Haihan's key mining deposits in Shandong.
In addition to supplying Fushan County, the output of Longkou Coal Mine will also be transported to Zhaoyuan County nearby. The local gold mines are also large fuel consumers.
"Gold, copper, and coal are the main industries of the northern region in the Jiaodong Peninsula. As long as these industries are supported, the financial situation of the northern region will not be bad. This is why the northern region can organize the development of Qingdao by itself. Hong Kong, to expand the North Sea Fleet without relying on funds allocated by the Executive Committee.”
Beks spoke highly of the mining operations of the Northern Region. There is no doubt that Chen Yixin has chosen a correct development route that suits the local actual conditions, so that the Northern Region can still have Stable and rich financial income.
When Bai Kesi's boat docked, he could see thousands of people waiting on the pier. Obviously, the local government also attached great importance to the arrival of Bai Kesi and his party, and organized relevant people to come to the pier to welcome them in advance.
There is a marching tent on the pier, outside the tent there are a number of soldiers on duty with guns, separating it from the people on the pier.At this time, a thin middle-aged man walked out of the tent surrounded by a large group of people. Judging by the momentum, he should be Chen Yixin, the head of the northern region.
After the gangway was set up, Bai Kesi led a group of people to wait to disembark. Chen Yixin stepped up to meet him and greeted him, "Old Bai, long time no see! You have worked hard all the way!"
The two held out their hands and exchanged a few simple greetings.Bai Kesi then called Bai Letong and Ning Zijing to him and asked them to say hello to Chen Yixin.
"Letong and Zijing have grown up so much! When I went back to Sanya last time, you were only this tall!" Chen Yixin laughed and raised his hand to draw a height on his chest.
The last time he returned to Sanya to report on his work was almost ten years ago. At that time, Bai Letong and Ning Zijing were both young, and they had grown into handsome young men in a blink of an eye.When Chen Yixin saw them, it was as if he had seen himself when he first arrived in Shandong, and he couldn't help but sigh in his tone.
The memory of Chen Yixin is not that deep for the two young people. Except for the naturalized officials, there are dozens of high-ranking traveler officials who return to Sanya every year to report on their work and visit relatives. Foreigners like Chen Yixin who only return to Sanya once in ten years Sending officials, it is difficult to impress them.
Moreover, Chen Yixin started his official career by joining the army, so the high-ranking officials of Haihan and Chen Yixin had good relations with almost all the generals in the army.Bai Kesi and Ning Zijing's father, Ning Qi, had a mediocre personal relationship with Chen Yixin. During Chen Yixin's return to Sanya to report on his work, apart from working contact, he did not visit them specially. There is no intersection at all.
(End of this chapter)
20 years is just a drop in the ocean in the long river of history, but for the area where Zhifu Port in Fushan County, Terengganu Prefecture is located, it has been the most changed period in history.
Before the Haihan forces entered here, Zhifu Island was just a small island that no one paid attention to on the north coast of the Jiaodong Peninsula. The sandbar connected to the coast would be submerged under the sea from time to time. There are no permanent residents.Throughout the dynasties, no one would think that this place has any development value.
And the neighboring Fushan County is just a traditional agricultural production area, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, and its economic level can only be ranked in the middle and bottom of the seven counties and one state under the jurisdiction of Terengganu Prefecture.
It wasn't until 1634 that Wang Tom and others led an armed fleet arrived here and chose Zhifu Island as Haihan's foothold in Shandong, and the situation here began to change.
The Haihan army not only wiped out the bandit forces near Fushan County, but also opened a window for foreign trade in this area.As the only port controlled by Haihan in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea area at that time, Zhifu Port was incorporated into the huge shipping system at the beginning of its construction, and enjoyed the huge dividends brought by Haihan's expansion of its sphere of influence to the north.
Even though Haihan later occupied the Jinzhou area on the Liaodong Peninsula across the sea and owned Lushun Port, a port with relatively better conditions, Zhifu Port was still defined as the rear of the Liaodong battlefield for a long period of time. The base, various resources from the South and the Central Plains will still be destined for Zhifu Port, and then transferred from here to Liaodong.
At the same time, Haihan began to mine the Fushan Copper Mine in this area. This important strategic resource is also one of the reasons why Haihan chose to settle here.The mining of the Fushan Copper Mine not only brought considerable financial revenue to the northern region, but also provided a large number of employment opportunities for the local people.
After the Qing army invaded Shandong in 1639, tens of thousands of refugees flooded into the Denglai area, which once again provided Haihan with a large amount of cheap labor.
Since then, the Management Committee of the Northern Region and the Haihan Armed Forces began to openly take over the local military and political affairs. Facing internal and external troubles, the Ming court, who had no time to look around, gradually lost control of the Dengzhou area.
When Bai Kesi came to Zhifu Port last time, it was basically a military base environment, but the port infrastructure at that time was very simple, and it was even inferior to Qingdao Port, which opened only last year.
But the ports I saw at this time are no different from those big ports in the south. Whether it is the trestle bridge for docking ships or the rows of warehouses with uniform styles on the coast, they are all built according to the standard Haihan system. With hardening treatment, there are even more cargo hangers up to several feet than Qingdao Port.
The ten-foot-high white lighthouse at the east corner of Zhifu Island can be regarded as the best local landmark. Such a tall lighthouse is rare even in Dagang in the south.
The port has also laid several tracks dedicated to the transportation of dry bulk cargo, and the freight wagons driven by small steam locomotives go back and forth between the cargo yard and the port non-stop.
Bai Letong noticed that the bulk cargo unloaded from the cargo ship docked at the pier was almost all coal, so he subconsciously asked, "Where did these coals come from?"
Bai Kesi said: "In the past few years, the coal mines were mainly transported from the Datong River Valley in North Korea, but in recent years, a large coal mine has also been discovered in Longkou Town, west of Dengzhou, and it only takes one day to ship it by sea to Zhifu. Hong Kong, so some of the coal here should come from local production.”
Since the Fushan Copper Mine smelts ore locally, the charcoal produced locally in Fushan County is of course far from meeting the fuel demand and can only rely on external input.
There are a lot of coal resources in Shandong, but most of them are distributed in Zibo, Feicheng, Xinwen, Yanzhou, Zaozhuang and other places in the inland area. It is inconvenient to transport to the sea. Only the Longkou Coal Mine is located by the sea, and the mining and transportation are relatively convenient. Therefore, it has become one of Haihan's key mining deposits in Shandong.
In addition to supplying Fushan County, the output of Longkou Coal Mine will also be transported to Zhaoyuan County nearby. The local gold mines are also large fuel consumers.
"Gold, copper, and coal are the main industries of the northern region in the Jiaodong Peninsula. As long as these industries are supported, the financial situation of the northern region will not be bad. This is why the northern region can organize the development of Qingdao by itself. Hong Kong, to expand the North Sea Fleet without relying on funds allocated by the Executive Committee.”
Beks spoke highly of the mining operations of the Northern Region. There is no doubt that Chen Yixin has chosen a correct development route that suits the local actual conditions, so that the Northern Region can still have Stable and rich financial income.
When Bai Kesi's boat docked, he could see thousands of people waiting on the pier. Obviously, the local government also attached great importance to the arrival of Bai Kesi and his party, and organized relevant people to come to the pier to welcome them in advance.
There is a marching tent on the pier, outside the tent there are a number of soldiers on duty with guns, separating it from the people on the pier.At this time, a thin middle-aged man walked out of the tent surrounded by a large group of people. Judging by the momentum, he should be Chen Yixin, the head of the northern region.
After the gangway was set up, Bai Kesi led a group of people to wait to disembark. Chen Yixin stepped up to meet him and greeted him, "Old Bai, long time no see! You have worked hard all the way!"
The two held out their hands and exchanged a few simple greetings.Bai Kesi then called Bai Letong and Ning Zijing to him and asked them to say hello to Chen Yixin.
"Letong and Zijing have grown up so much! When I went back to Sanya last time, you were only this tall!" Chen Yixin laughed and raised his hand to draw a height on his chest.
The last time he returned to Sanya to report on his work was almost ten years ago. At that time, Bai Letong and Ning Zijing were both young, and they had grown into handsome young men in a blink of an eye.When Chen Yixin saw them, it was as if he had seen himself when he first arrived in Shandong, and he couldn't help but sigh in his tone.
The memory of Chen Yixin is not that deep for the two young people. Except for the naturalized officials, there are dozens of high-ranking traveler officials who return to Sanya every year to report on their work and visit relatives. Foreigners like Chen Yixin who only return to Sanya once in ten years Sending officials, it is difficult to impress them.
Moreover, Chen Yixin started his official career by joining the army, so the high-ranking officials of Haihan and Chen Yixin had good relations with almost all the generals in the army.Bai Kesi and Ning Zijing's father, Ning Qi, had a mediocre personal relationship with Chen Yixin. During Chen Yixin's return to Sanya to report on his work, apart from working contact, he did not visit them specially. There is no intersection at all.
(End of this chapter)