1627 Rise of the South China Sea

It was somewhat embarrassing for the two parties to meet under such circumstances.The Su family's father and son couldn't pretend not to see them, so they could only greet the Portuguese angrily.

Thomas gloated and said, "Unexpectedly, you have been eating and living with the officials of the executive committee for several days, but you are still so lucky that they didn't bring you to the welcome banquet."

As an envoy, Su Keyi is not a person who will suffer from lip service. Dang even countered: "That's better than someone who chased all the way from Sanya and didn't even have a chance to meet."

Both sides are aware of the great significance of the executive committee's northern tour, so they will try their best to follow.But judging from the current response of the Executive Committee, it is clear that they do not intend to spend energy to deal with them.

However, what made them feel depressed was not over. When they left the port and came to the nearby towns, they found that all the places that could accommodate guests were full, and there was no room for them to stay overnight.

And their status as envoys is not easy to use in this place-they spend money to stay in the hotel, why should they give up the room to you foreign barbarians?

Even the Han nationality of the Su family father and son failed to win any benefits. If the room is gone, it will be gone. Even if they are willing to pay a high price, no one is willing to vacate the room for them. Bustling people, who is short of this rent?
In the end, they had to give up their plan to take a hot bath and sleep peacefully, dragged their tired bodies back to the port, and set up tents on the pier to deal with it for the night.

Although the conditions are a bit rough, it is much better than swinging around on a boat.

At the same time, in Li Yuan, which is only a few miles away from Causeway Bay, Maliko and Li Nai are hosting a banquet for the executive committee members who came from afar.

Li Nai has known the members of the Executive Committee for almost 30 years. In recent years, he has visited Sanya a lot more than Maiko, so no one would treat him as an outsider.

The only person who was not too familiar with Li Nai was probably Qiao Zhiya who had just joined the executive committee. He stayed in Changhua all year round, and Li Nai usually stayed in Sanya when he came to Hainan Island, so he rarely had the opportunity to meet Qiao Zhiya.

However, the industries under the name of Furuifeng spread all over Haihan, and Changhua is no exception, so there is no need to worry about finding a common topic.There are not only freight terminals invested and constructed by Freedom in the local area, coal ships traveling between Changhua and Heitu Port, but also some shipping companies under the jurisdiction of Freedom.

After drinking for three rounds, the topic naturally turned to the visit of the new executive committee.

Maliko said: "You are in a hurry to go to Hangzhou, so I won't keep you staying for a few more days, but when you come back from Hangzhou, you must go to Guangzhou for a few days, let me do something good."

Tao Donglai said with a smile: "Old Ma, you invited us to Guangzhou, not just for fun, right? Tell me, what's the purpose?"

Upon seeing this, Maliko stopped playing around in circles, and said frankly: "I heard that almost all the big projects in Hangzhou have passed the approval of the executive committee, and they need people to give and money to give. In fact, Guangzhou There are also many good projects that need the support of the executive committee, so I would like to invite you to go and have a look.”

After Maliko finished speaking, without waiting for Tao Dong to reply, he immediately began to count the items in hand.

The first is the iron and steel smelting plant project in Foshan. This is also an industrial project that has been planned by the Guangdong and Guangxi Districts for many years. It has been reported several times, but due to various reasons, it has not been approved by the Executive Committee.

Although there are no iron mines in Foshan, it is surrounded by iron ore areas such as Luoding, Dong'an, Nanxiong, Shaozhou, Lianzhou, Huaiji, and Yangjiang, and Foshan is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River system. These iron ore areas can Through the developed inland shipping, iron ore is transported to Foshan for processing, so for a long time, Foshan has been the smelting center of Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, Foshan's smelting industry is mostly traditional workshop-style operations. Not to mention the backward technology, it is difficult to maintain stable output and quality, and the cost cannot be compared with that of Changhua, which has already achieved primary industrialization. To make a living, he simply immigrated from Foshan to Changhua to settle down.

Maliko is naturally unwilling to let the few industries in the jurisdiction with the prototype of the industry fend for themselves, not to mention the tens of thousands of people in the Foshan area who work in this area. If the local smelting industry continues to decline, these people will lose their jobs. It will bring a lot of hidden dangers to the society.

For travelers like Maliko, the solution is actually very clear, that is to carry out industrial upgrading.

If we can introduce the advanced smelting technology and equipment mastered by Haihan to Foshan, close down, close down, merge, and transfer those outdated traditional smelting workshops, and make full use of the local smelters and blacksmiths, then a small Changhua can be replicated locally.

Iron mines, artisans, and a top-down industrial chain are all readily available locally. Now to promote the conditions required for industrial upgrading, Mariko proposed three points, one is capital, the other is technology, and the third is equipment.

"The two regions can solve the funding problem by themselves. If this project can be put into practice, many local people are willing to pay and participate, including Li Nai's family, of course."

Li Nai heard Maliko talking about himself, and quickly squeezed out a smile to express his support for Maliko.

Li Nai was indeed aware of the industrialization of smelting in Foshan, and the Li family was indeed interested in investing.However, this matter has been delayed for too long, but progress has been slow. The Li family has actually tacitly agreed that this project has been shelved.

However, the Li family did not invest much in the initial planning stage, and the losses were still within an acceptable range.In projects like this, the Li family has actually invested a lot in these years, and the overall profit is more than the loss, and the situation is not bad.

If Maliko can persuade the executive committee to restart this project, which has been on and off for several years, then Linai would be happy to see it.The crux of the problem is how much support the Executive Committee is willing to give.

"Advanced smelting technology and production equipment are what Foshan lacks. If the Ministry of Industry does not provide relevant conditions and relies entirely on local evolution and upgrading, it may take one or two hundred years before it can reach Changhua's current industrial level. "

"Everything is ready, we only owe Dongfeng. Now as long as the executive committee is willing to give support, we only need two or three years to build another steel base in Foshan."

Maliko spoke dryly, and finally stopped to drink water. Tao Donglai took this opportunity to take over the conversation and asked Qiao Zhiya: "You should know about the plan that the old horse said, right?"

Qiao Zhiya nodded and replied: "Regarding this project, the two districts have submitted proposals several times in the past few years, and Lao Bai and I have read them."

Tao Donglai said, "Then where is the problem?"

Qiao Zhiya hesitated for a moment before giving an explanation: "We believe that the production capacity after industrial upgrading is still far from the expected level, and the return on investing in this project is not very ideal."

Tao Donglai asked: "If calculated on a proportional basis, how much can it reach the production capacity of Changhua?"

Qiao Zhiya replied: "About... one tenth, maybe even lower."