~.< Shuhai Pavilion >-~

The watchtower on the top of Taiping Mountain has just been completed - there is no Hong Kong Governor's Office here, only a deserted area. The project team of the Lingao Construction Corporation, commanded by Shi Dafu, spent several months to open a mountain road with a storm that could pass through the wind. Then, a small piece of land was flattened on the top of the mountain and built a three-story watchtower with stone structure to monitor the entire island and nearby sea surfaces.

The watchtower itself also serves as a radio transmitter. With its good terrain advantages and a pure radio environment, it plays a role in communication centers that communicate from north to Zhejiang and south to Linggao.

On the top platform of the watchtower, several veterans were "seeing the mountains at a glance". They were wearing various uniforms, surrounded by orderly soldiers, secretary and maids.

A gray-haired and dark-skinned veteran said while looking down at the ship of the Ocean Fleet at the anchorage: "The Navy is very strong now! What a pity! We are the backward figures who can't catch up..."

Li Di, who was wearing a staff ribbon, smiled: "Boss Lin! You are different from the navy. When it comes to military rank, you are a rare rank in the navy."

"How can I compare?" Lin Chuanqing, wearing a naval uniform, shook his head repeatedly, "I am a fisherman in a fishing company. To put it bluntly, he is a fisherman in a military uniform - and the production company in the army is the same as the production company in the army: he has been in the army for three years and farming pigs."

"Fishing is also a revolutionary work," said Hong Huangnan. "Your Fisheries Corps is much more important than the production of growing vegetables and pigs. You have solved the problem of meat eating in recent years. I also expect the fishery to give us more protein." He said, pointing to the shadowy Lantau Island in the distance, "The purified population on it is waiting to eat seafood porridge!"

Lin Chuanqing laughed: "Staff General Hong - No, Minister Hong, I will accept the high hat. I understand the meaning of fishing. I am very envious when I see the young men going out to go out for meat and fight!"

He touched his sloppy hair: "Of course, fishing is an old business, but I often want to fire a cannon, right?"

Everyone laughed at this point, and Li Di said: "Why do you also set up a fishing fleet admiral in the future? Let's go to Japan to have a fishery dispute or something, and then you can bombard Sakai Port."

"What is the waste of cannon-killing Sakai Port? It's a waste. There is a commercial port, and it's a great cow." Hong Shui Yin's eyes were greedy. As the business manager stationed in Hong Kong, he was not very satisfied with his current Hong Kong business business.

Hong Kong's business activities have already developed greatly. As a foreign port in Guangzhou, Hong Kong's transportation superiority is far better than that in Huangpu, Macau and other places. In particular, after signing a trade agreement with the Dutch and opening Hong Kong as a trade port, the Dutch fleet regularly sailed to Hong Kong to conduct trade here.

Although the trade with the Dutch is profitable, it is too small after all. There are not many ships from the Netherlands to China, and only a few dozen voyages a year. It is really pitifully small for people in the 21st century.

Because the Ming court blocked the Pearl River Estuary, the Portuguese's right to trade in Guangzhou was abolished. In the original history, the Portuguese in Macau had not obtained the permission to reopen the port through various means, and was in a great crisis. However, in this time and space, the Macau Municipal Council turned its attention to Hong Kong in desperation. The Australians entered and exited the Pearl River Estuary and entered the estuary, and the government did not dare to ban it. Moreover, Australians had semi-public consular business institutions in Guangzhou, and it was extremely convenient to transport and sell goods. So some Portuguese merchants changed to conduct trade activities in Hong Kong. Hong Shuiyin found that Hong Kong is now acting as a "window" of trade - a window that can communicate with the sea and the mainland.

Hong Shuiyin welcomes the Portuguese: they have the ability to pay and have sales channels, and all their business activities in Hong Kong will bring income to Hong Kong: from rent, port usage fees to taxes.

The Portuguese also felt that Hong Kong was quite superior as a window: they had no need to face the insatiable Ming officials and Chinese merchants who often defaulted on payments for goods. The disadvantage is that the profits were not as good as in the past - Australians knew the market conditions of various commodities well.

However, these alone cannot satisfy Hong Shuiyin's "big ambitions". He often looks at the direction of the mainland - where is the real gold mine to be developed.

Unfortunately, the current situation is not yet time to collect gold. Hong Shuiyin can only sigh.

His eyes turned to the foot of the mountain, Causeway Bay and Central, and rows of warehouses were built, and large steam cranes had already stood up one by one - Hong Kong's appearance as a logistics center has been initially revealed. Ships from Hainan and Guangzhou unload a large amount of cargo here every day, and various materials are piled up like mountains.

Unfortunately, these goods had nothing to do with him - they were all supplies needed for engine operations. However, he was frightened and scared for a while - Hong Kong's defensive power was not enough, except for a company of naval soldiers, the armed patrol boats of the Navy's Hong Kong Squadron.

As for Luo Chen's militia, although it is claimed to be a military and civilian unit, it actually does not have a rifle, but is only armed with standard spears and machetes. Moreover, the entire agricultural reclaim team is used on infrastructure construction sites in addition to land and farming, and there is not much time to train. Hong Shuiyin really doubts their combat power, if attacked, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of the massive amount of materials stored here. At that time, as one of the main responsible persons in Hong Kong, he will definitely not be able to afford it.

Such a worrying life was until before the summer, when troops finally came to Hong Kong from Linggao. In addition to the strengthening of the naval strength, the Northbound Detachment and the newly-organized Public Security Army also gradually sailed to Hong Kong Island. Now the troops on Hong Kong Island are strong, with nearly 2,000 people in just one Northbound Detachment, not including the public security army that has just been transported to several hundred meters.

A group of people were giving guidance to the country, and Luo Chen's female secretary came to report: The reception to celebrate the third anniversary of the D-D day has been prepared, so the leaders will go over and start officially.

D-day was the day when they came to this time and space, which was very commemorative, and in a sense it was equal to the National Day of the Senate. Therefore, the Senate designated it as an "Anniversary". Due to internal and external troubles, due to internal and external troubles, there was no other activity except for simply holding a dinner party for the veterans and improving the meal.

However, this year, despite the engine operation, their surrounding environment has been greatly improved and the material conditions are not as good as before. In order to strengthen the cohesion of the naturalized people and the centripetal force of the indigenous people, the Senate held some simple celebrations around the D-D. In addition to Linggao, all counties and commercial stations under the control of the Senate will hold dinner parties and receptions. The former is to reward the backbone of the naturalized people, while the latter is to entertain indigenous collaborators.

The reception is located in the lobby outside the shopping mall, and it takes the form of a buffet. It is roughly specific and slightly different from the New Year reception. Although Hong Kong is very far away from Lingao, it is very close to Guangzhou. You can easily buy a large amount of fresh ingredients from Guangzhou, so it is not inferior to Lingao in terms of richness.

In the lobby of the shopping mall, a long table with snow-white tablecloths was filled with dishes and tableware. The dishes here are "Australian" - through the spread of Ziming Building, various modern dishes that the veterans liked have gradually spread in the Guangzhou area. The chefs from the Hong Kong base came from Linggao and were trained in the cooperative restaurant.

Hong Shuiyin saw several large plates of sushi and sashimi on the table. The fresh raw fish was shining with an attractive luster, which was definitely a rare thing in this time and space. Although it was not surprising that sashimi and sushi were made in Hong Kong for the first time - there were no cold storages in the local area, and there were no freezing facilities on the fishing boats. The caught fish could not be preserved in cold chains. For safety reasons, raw foods such as sashimi were never made. Moreover, in the past, fish suitable for sashimi were rarely caught locally.

"Lao Lin, this is all your credit." Hong Shuiyin said with a smile.

The South China Sea is one of the main habitats of yellowfin tuna and bonito in the Pacific. Yellowfin tuna is expensive in the old time and space. Bonito is the smallest tuna. Although the price is not as good as the famous bluefin and yellowfin, it is still rare in this time and space. Tuna is both deep-sea fish, mainly living in the cold water layer of about 20-50 meters in the deep sea area. It often dives below a hundred meters, so the body contains a lot of fat and myoglobin, which is red. It is really charming for the veterans who lack red meat.

Ordinary fishing boats in the Ming Dynasty did not have the seaworthiness of entering the blue water. The large nets that were dozens of meters deep were only a few of them brought with them. All of them were used in the Beibu Gulf fishing grounds. This kind of nylon trawl senatorial group could not be built. Therefore, the fishing detachment stationed in Hong Kong had been able to fish with small nets, with very few catches and low economic value.

In order to solve this problem, Lin Chuanqing decided to use the fishing method. He changed a sailboat that had been eliminated by the naval combat force to a longline fishing boat.

This kind of boat drags a few kilometers of cables, and there is a string of floats hanging on the cables. Each float hangs a 50-meter-long hanging line, and 20 hooks are tied to each hanging line. This boat goes to sea twice a month. As long as the sea conditions are good, it can always bring back a very powerful fishing catch. In addition to tuna, mackerel, sea bass, swordfish, big sharks and other rare things.

The trial results were satisfactory. Lin Chuanqing immediately submitted a report on the modification of several ships for longline fishing ships. The Navy agreed to his request. On the one hand, it was everyone's wish to increase the supply of protein. On the other hand, the Navy considered the need to strengthen patrols in the South China Sea. The fishing operation of fishing boats is also a kind of patrol. ~.< Shuhai Pavilion >-~

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