This is not an expulsion, and it is not an expulsion... The Portuguese were brain-broken by this. In the end, they had no choice but to report the relevant situation to the country and at the same time actively prepare for war.

Gao Yingfan didn't pay much attention to the Portuguese's reaction... Anyway, if the Portuguese dared to come, he would dare to let the Portuguese know why the flowers were so red.

If the other party does not attack, then I will be too lazy to do anything else and build Pemba Port peacefully to gain a real foothold for the empire in East Africa and provide an advance base for the subsequent strategy on the east coast of Africa.

Therefore, after Commodore Ko Young-fan finished dealing with the Portuguese, he continued to focus on building the port. At the same time, he dispatched a supply ship directly across the Indian Ocean and returned to India to report the news, and at the same time requested all kinds of follow-up support.

Whether it is troops, weapons and ammunition, or food, it also requires a large amount of reinforced concrete and other building materials as well as shore defense artillery.

Although his exploration fleet carries a lot of supplies, most of them are coal and ammunition, but there are no ordinary supplies. It also lacks shore defense firepower.

After all, it is just an exploration fleet, not a real colonial fleet, so it still needs strong support from the rear.

More than a month later, after receiving the relevant news, the Indian Governor's Office in Colombo on the Island of Ceylon and the Indian Ocean Fleet Headquarters organized a number of warships to escort more than ten transport ships to Pemba, transporting a large amount of various materials, as well as ten

Two large-caliber coastal defense guns and more than a thousand army soldiers.

The Dachu Empire is preparing to establish a firm foothold in Pemba.

And when the Chu people opened the Pemba Port in Africa, in the Da Chu Empire, the Da Chu Di newspaper also reported the news of the opening of the Changsha to Hengyang section of the railway, and the opening of this section also meant that from the eastern coast to

The Southern Railway, one of the two railway lines from Ningbo to Hengyang, has been opened to traffic.

The railway line starts from Ningbo and passes through Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Yingtian Jinling, Dangtu, Chizhou, Jiujiang, Daye, Hantian Wuchang, Yueyang, Changsha, and Hengyang.

It crosses five provinces and two municipalities directly under the Central Government, with a total length of more than 1,700 kilometers.

This is the longest trunk railway built and opened to traffic in the Chu Empire.

At the same time, this railway will also be connected to many railways such as the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway and the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway.

For example, the Beijing-Hangzhou line from Hangzhou to Jinling City has actually been opened to traffic. After all, this place is an economically developed area, and the terrain is flat, so railway construction is relatively rapid.

The Guangdong-Ganxi Railway is an important trunk railway. Currently, the railway has completed the construction of the section from Hukou to Nanchang and then to Ganzhou. The Guangdong side has also completed the construction of the section from Guangzhou to Heyuan, and is currently concentrating manpower and material resources.

, to carry out construction on the mountainous railway between Heyuan and Ganzhou, which has the most complex terrain, the highest technical challenges, and the longest time among the Guangdong-Ganxi railway.

This section of the railway is only two to three hundred kilometers in straight line, but it is extremely difficult to construct because it has to pass through the Nanling Mountains. In addition, in order to bypass those impassable mountains, the railway line had to be built in twists and turns.

The siege technology of these days is far inferior to that of later generations. It is impossible to build tunnels and high bridges all the way. The technology is too difficult and the cost is absolutely unacceptable.

This section of the railway line has been under construction for several years, but it is expected to take another two years, that is, it will not be opened to traffic until the 29th year of Chengshun.

Construction is extremely difficult, costly and time-consuming. This is the reality faced by those building railways in mountainous areas these days.

If it were not for the existence of Guangdong in the south, or to be precise, the support of the economically developed Pearl River Delta, the empire's top brass would have gone to the mountains to repair hundreds of kilometers of railways these days.

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This is also the reason why the Chu Empire did not build such trunk railways in other mountainous areas except the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway.

But Guangdong has a Pearl River Delta Economic Belt... Guangdong not only wants to build the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway, but also wants to build the Guangdong-Chu Railway.

That is to say, build a railway to connect Guangzhou and Hengyang, so that the industry and commerce in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong can pass through this railway to radiate Chunan, and even Hantianfu and Chubei.

The Railway Corporation is very hesitant about this... The reason for hesitation is naturally that the investment is too large and there are many difficulties... But, you can't stand up to the fact that Guangdong is rich!

People have said that as long as your railway company comes to build the railway, I will provide you with subsidies, tax exemptions, interest-free loans and various financial support.

To put it simply, the Guangdong Governor’s Office is planning to pay for this railway. Will your railway company do it?

The Railway Corporation calculated that if there were financial support and subsidies from Guangdong, although the cost of building the Guangdong-Chuzhou Railway would still be a little higher, it would not be unacceptable.

Therefore, the two sides are talking about this matter recently, but if nothing unexpected happens, the Guangdong-Chuzhou Railway is expected to be completely started next year... After all, route surveying and construction cost calculations have already begun.

The railway network of the Da Chu Empire continues to be constructed and improved, which has brought great assistance to the industrial and commercial economic development of the Da Chu Empire.

This can be seen from the central fiscal revenue budget of the Great Chu Empire in the 27th year of Chengshun.

This year's fiscal revenue budget will reach 600 million, an increase of 16% from last year's 520 million.

Since the large-scale application of high-pressure steam engines, and with the vigorous promotion of the two major industries of railways and ships, the economic growth rate of the Da Chu Empire has maintained an ultra-high level. The ultra-high level of development will eventually be fed back to the central government's fiscal revenue, which will also make the Da Chu Empire

The Chu Empire's treasury has sufficient central fiscal revenue.
Chapter completed!