Wild North America 1846

Chapter 670 The Human Society
Manhattan is the most prosperous, richest and most populous district among the five administrative districts of New York City, and it is also a place where rich people gather. The largest Chinatown, this is the safest area in New York.

The property rights of the entire Manhattan Island belong to the Tang royal family. This is a royal property purchased with huge sums of money after the defeat of the United States in 1862. The scope includes Manhattan Island, Roosevelt Island, and is surrounded by the East River, Hudson River and Harlem River. separate area.

On the main roads and bridges leading to Manhattan, there are heavy troops from the Tang Empire stationed there, and irrelevant personnel and homeless people are prohibited from entering at will, and the control is quite strict.

The investment made by the Datang royal family can bring a huge amount of income every year, and it is one of the examples of large-scale investment in the world today.

The acquisition of the entire property rights of the New York Port Authority is another proud move of the Datang royal family.

For a long time
More than half of the field mobile forces of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire belonged to the General Command in North America.More than half of the garrison forces of the North American Command are concentrated in the two states of New York and New Jersey.

The Port Authority of New York is the collective name of the Port Authority of New York and the Port Authority of New Jersey. Its jurisdiction is extremely wide, including seaports, tram terminals, land bridges and tunnels. The core assets are the second largest port in North America ~ New York Harbor and the seventh largest port. Port of New Jersey.

Among them, the abandoned shipyard next to the New York Port Authority has been rebuilt, and more than 3.8 imperial officers and soldiers have been stationed there for a long time. It is the largest overseas military base of the Datang Empire, and it is called the "shipyard base."

The North American Command is located in the captain's base, and the New York Port Authority has a total of 13 large and small military bases, of which 5 belong to the Royal Navy base, including the Atlantic Fleet logistics warehouse, the Naval Station, and the tram terminal. There are more than 206 Royal Navy personnel stationed in the Naval Family Hospital, the 8700th Regiment of the Second Expeditionary Division of the Royal Navy on Eighth Avenue, etc.

Because of the special pass on the car, Sir Liu Shunli's white "Chicago" car passed through the bustling and bustling passenger terminal, passed through several imperial soldier cordons all the way, and came to the depths of the New York Port Authority office area.

Most of the people who come and go here have oriental faces, and only a few blond-haired and blue-eyed white people can be seen occasionally, which makes people mistakenly think that they have come to a government agency in the mainland of the empire.

The Chicago car was parked in front of a three-story building. There were two signs hanging on this office building, one was "Royal Atlantic United Shipping Company New York Branch" and the other was "Datang Empire Guangliang Trading Company North America Branch" , The background is scary.

Guangliang Trading Firm is one of the top ten commercial firms in the Tang Empire. Its business tentacles involve grain, oil and meat trade, coal and chemical derivatives (note; excluding kerosene, diesel, gasoline, heavy oil and lubricating oil) and other bulk products. A large trading house with a military background, the company's shareholders include dozens of generals and thousands of school officials, and Sir Liu Shunli is one of the minority shareholders.

Without the convenience of his position, he would not be able to concurrently serve as a director of the company and have a considerable right to speak.

Just from one point, we can see how powerful the Guangliang Trading Company is?
Guangliang Trading Co., Ltd. is one of the main overseas distributors of the Appalachian coalfield in the United States. It transports a large amount of high-quality coal to European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Norway, Henan, Denmark and Italy by ocean-going ships. The annual trade volume is as high as More than 220 million tons.

In terms of coal international trade, Guangliang Trading Co., Ltd. can rank among the fifth largest traders. It has close cooperation with many ocean-going shipping companies in the empire, and operates more than a dozen regular lines from Chicago, Detroit, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia to Europe. The strength of sea freight flights is extraordinary.

Sir Liu Shunli came to the lobby on the third floor, handed over the top hat on his head and the precious ivory cane in his hand to the staff, adjusted his clothes a little, and walked in with a smile on his face.

in the hall

At this moment, there were already more than a dozen well-dressed upper-class gentlemen, holding champagne glasses in their hands, gathered to talk in twos and threes, and they seemed to be some very prestigious people.

"Hey, Sir Liu is here. Here... let me introduce you, Sir Smith from London, England." The speaker was Sir Fei, the director of Guangliang Trading Co. one.

A decent smile appeared on Liu Shunli's face, and he walked up to greet him...

under the small building
There are several bungalows for hospitality, just next to the guard's duty room.

The big shots talk about things on it, and their entourage, drivers and guards usually rest and wait here, smoke a few cigarettes, drink a cup of tea, and chat to pass the time, often they can also gain something.

Uncle Zhong and a few acquaintances were standing at the door of the bungalow, smoking and chatting casually, when they saw a BMW truck full of fresh cod coming in.

This is a diesel truck made in Detroit, with a load capacity of 2.5 tons. It is very popular with farmers because of its durable leather, but the price is not cheap.

"squeak" sound

The truck stopped not far from the bungalow, and a bearded man came down from the passenger seat in the front cab, greeted them with a smile, and said;

"Hey, Uncle Zhong, Brother Hu and Dashan, why did you guys get everything together today? This is very rare, especially since Brother Hu hasn't seen him for a while."

"Captain Gao, you only care about getting rich, how can you expect our old brother?" Brother Hu replied with a smile, took the initiative to hand out a cigarette, and helped light the fire.

These people are all old acquaintances in the army and acquaintances of the Veterans Club, and they are no strangers to each other.

Although after retiring, everyone went their separate ways, but every once in a while we would meet at the Veterans Club and have a few drinks to catch up.

Captain Gao smelled fishy all over his body. After retiring from the military, he did not use a sum of money spent by the army and his own savings to buy shops, houses, and shares in companies with regular dividends like Guangliang Trading Co., but bought a 420-ton ocean-going longline fishing vessel.

Although the 420-ton ocean-going longline fishing boat seems to have a small displacement, it is actually extremely expensive. The bare boat is worth 1.1 Tang yuan when it leaves the factory. It has all kinds of longline fishing tackle, diesel engine, generator and refrigeration equipment. It is worth more than 1.6 Tang Yuan, which is not at all cheaper than a coastal armored patrol ship of the same rank.

For such a large ocean-going fishing boat, the number of workers on board is 60, and it is not enough to be so busy.

End of 19 century

The world-famous Newfoundland fishing ground is located at the confluence of the warm Gulf Stream of Mexico and the cold Labrador Current. The disturbance of seawater causes nutrients to flood, providing rich bait for fish, and fish reproduce here in large numbers.It is known as "you can walk ashore by stepping on the back of cod in the water".

It is precisely because of the unique fishery resources here that many retired officers and soldiers who dared to venture into the sea either bought fishing boats in partnership or alone, and started working in a hurry, becoming the main force of the American marine fishing industry.

Captain Gao is such an adventurous person, and he took a few of his comrades in the army to work together. Don't look at him with a fishy smell, he is an out-and-out rich man among the crowd.

As long as you go out to sea once, you can catch fifty or sixty tons of cod every time and return with a full load.

The so-called longline fishing is to release a fishing line more than 10 kilometers long, and hang a hook every two or three meters. On the hook, palm-sized squid are hung as bait, and they are lowered one by one from the sea surface.

After seven or eight hours, the longline is fished up through the float ball, and the winch is driven by an electric motor to pull up the fishing line one by one. The fishing line is full of cod weighing [-] to [-] kilograms or even larger, and the largest one can have hundreds of fish. Kilogram.

In the Newfoundland fishing grounds with rich fishery resources, it is almost impossible to put down a fishing line of more than ten kilometers long empty-handed, and ninety-nine out of ten can be loaded. Cod weighing more than [-] kilograms.

The fishermen on the fishing boat have been busy day and night since loading the goods, chopping off the fish heads, emptying the internal organs, packing the preliminarily processed cod, and then sending them to the freezer and burying them with crushed ice until the entire cargo hold is filled Even the deck did not return to port.

As long as the fishing line is started, all the workers on the fishing boat will work 24 hours a day without sleep.

Because more than a dozen big fish come out of the water every minute, they must be slaughtered immediately, processed into semi-finished products and sent to the refrigerated cabin, buried with thick crushed ice, and so on.

Therefore, every time the fishing boat goes out to sea, the fishing boat will be fully loaded with more than 30 tons of ice cubes. These ice cubes are purchased at the shore ice factory to preserve fresh fish.

When the fishermen were exhausted, they leaned against the bulkhead and slept for a while. After sleeping for an hour or two, they got up and continued working.

Only the captain's cabin has a bed on the entire fishing boat, and other fishermen who go out to sea find an empty place to lie down, and they don't even have time to sleep when they are busy.

On the return journey, the decks and cabins of the fishing boat are full of cod, and they will be busy until they reach the port.

These cod will be quickly slaughtered and stored with salt, and the price is much lower than that of fresh cod.

"Come, come... Everyone has a share. Everyone will take two back to eat. It's a gift from my boss. No one is allowed to be polite to me." Captain Gao waved his hand boldly and came with him The strong young man who was driving climbed into the carriage and threw the big fish off one by one from above.

Good guys, all of them are fresh big guys weighing more than [-] to [-] kilograms, and there are vaguely large and small ice balls. The fish looks fresh and smooth, this is really a good thing!

in a while
Twenty or thirty big fish were lifted from the carriage, and everyone quickly shouted, "Enough, enough..." The young man on the carriage smiled honestly and stopped.

People in this era are really simple, which also shows that Captain Gao is really good at being a man. At least these friends present will not take his things for nothing.

Sure enough, Uncle Zhong couldn't help but said, "Old Gao, you are too honest, brother can't take your things for nothing. How about this, you send me a cart of fish, and I will give you the address later."

Brother Hu over there was not to be outdone, and shouted loudly, "Uncle Zhong, don't take it to heart, there are so many people in my place, one cart is definitely not enough, send me three carts."

"That can't compare with you, half a car is enough for us."

The big guys shouted "twittering" for a while, and actually ordered five or six cars of cod. If a car is two and a half tons, it is [-] to [-] tons of fish sold, and the price must be slightly higher than the wholesale price by the harbor.

China's society is such a society of human relations. It is impossible for white ship owners to drive their cars to the yard of the Port Authority, but Captain Gao's car will do, which shows that they have old connections with the Port Authority, which is also their ability.

Such a capable and winking Chinese boss does not make a fortune, so what kind of person can make a fortune?

(End of this chapter)