Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 279 When are you going to wear more clothes?
On March 3, the Kunlun dreadnought, with a displacement of more than 19 tons, a length of more than 160 meters, a steam turbine main resistance power system, and equipped with 10 305MM main guns, gradually approached the seaports of Kalimantan and Sebu, Sarawak.

Still far away, the bustling and noisy port ahead came into view of a group of people.

Cao Yun, who was wearing a cheongsam, stared at it intently, holding Wang Shouliang's left arm and shaking it, "In one and a half years, this place has been transformed."

“It feels like it’s catching up with Shanghai, no, it’s a bit beyond Shanghai’s harbor terminal.”

As early as September 1906, when Wang Shouliang's Sihai Escort Agency had just taken over from Yalun Gui Lao, the port and wharf here had already been expanded and renovated by Gui Lao.

It has been a year and a half since we took over. At this stage, when we look at the majestic coastal defense artillery batteries and the large pier where hundreds of large and small ships are moored, the masts are really like a dense forest.

On the dock, there are various one- and two-story warehouses, which are basically reinforced cement concrete buildings, various crawler tractors, steam or fuel cranes, trailers, including a small number of Pearl River T-type cars and light trucks.

It has brought the terminal port into a complete kerosene-powered era.

Of course, rickshaws, trams, and some two-horse or four-horse passenger cars also exist.

There is also a ship heading east along the estuary of the Rajang River. After all, Sibu is a city on the river plain, and the real Sibu New Town is still dozens of kilometers away from the seaport terminal.

Speaking of which, it is only now that the Sibu land reclamation has entered the middle stage. In the early stage, it was to build a metropolis that could provide living, food, drink, and toiletries for millions of people. The source of power and money for this metropolis was the Sibu Nylon Stockings Factory.

He, Wang Shouliang, was the Governor of Siwu, a person with the nature of the Governor of Sarawak.

The construction of the Harbor City is in a good shape and is no less than that of Yau Tsim Mong. The construction of Siwu New Town is actually almost complete. Starting from this spring, hundreds of thousands of Chinese young and hardworking parents, wives, children and other family members have also begun to take the boat. Departing from Shanghai and Hong Kong Island.

That's a naval base.

His guard team also transferred to Zhujiang cars and trucks, and a convoy of more than 20 vehicles set off with lights on, passing along spacious and clean cement roads.

Basically, it can be transferred from a week, which is fast, to half a month, which is slow.

It is basically equivalent to the Governor's Palace and office residence on Hong Kong Island.

The attributes of Chinese infrastructure enthusiasts have lit up many labels in Sibu New Town.

When Wang Shouliang's motorcade arrived, there was a team of water conservancy engineers headed by Zhang Jizhi and others, as well as the director of an action processing department in the escort agency and several deputy directors, including Luo Sanpao, deputy director of the Navy, and police officers such as Ma Rulong and Hong Tianci. team system.

Built in Siwu City, the river-view manor is surrounded by the spacious Rajang River on three sides, including the nearby five-story escort agency office compound.

In front of the entire palace, high-ranking officials and dignitaries gathered, including decision-makers.

When the Kunlun dreadnought docked at the port and changed boats to go ashore, it was already dark. Tungsten filament incandescent street lamps illuminated the harbor city, decorating it like a city that never sleeps. Wang Shouliang took Cao Yun and Bai Xiuzhu aboard. A Pearl River T.

The Sebu Harbor Area alone has a permanent population of more than 100,000 people. Next door to the city is the naval base of the Nanhai and Karimata Strait squadrons headed by Luo Sanpao.

Two hours later, when the convoy entered Siwu City and arrived at the most central city lord's palace, or the headquarters of the escort agency... Well, according to Yulun or European and American practice, the land reclamation treaty signed by Wang Shouliang invested a large amount of gold and silver. This remote rural area has become an international metropolis.

In 1908, the total population of Siwu New Town exceeded one million, which was achievable.

This was planned long ago during the construction of the new city. It is a spacious two-way six-lane road. Various landscape trees are planted on the roadside, making the blocks neat and beautiful.

However, in this Harbor City, you can already see a large number of five-story building clusters, including three-story shops, corporate office buildings, etc.

There are also some of Bai Xiongqi's former colleagues and colleagues who were recommended by him to work in Sihai Group to manage some official affairs...

Commercial areas, residential areas, administrative buildings, hospitals, schools, etc. are all available.

After a year and a half of construction, with the efforts of hundreds of thousands of young Chinese people and the help of a large number of engineering equipment, ships loaded with oil and coal were transported here from the Strait of Malacca.

Next door to the Navy station is an escort operations processing office with a full staff of 1.3 people. It is divided into two stations. A deputy office with 4200 people is stationed in Harbor City. The other 8800 people are stationed in Siwu New City dozens of kilometers away. Together with Ma Rulong and The police force trained by Zhuo Yifei and Hong Tianci worked together to manage the security of the city.

Other power plants, water plants, electric lights, coal, etc. are only for self-use and self-supply.

After these initial steps are taken care of, hundreds of thousands of young and strong families will come together to develop the surrounding tropical rainforest along the new Sibu City.

Turn pieces of virgin rainforest into farmland, rubber plantations, oil palm plantations, pepper plantations, including mining mines. As for the rich oil fields and natural gas resources on the Sarawak coastline?
We’ll leave that for later.

This is only the starting point for the big development in Sibu and Sarawak. The big development in Sabah, which he has already signed a contract and can progress at any time, still has to wait.

A large group of dignitaries, most of whom came from the Four Seas Escort Bureau, officially welcomed Wang Shouliang and the others, and the atmosphere of the dinner quickly became intense and heated.

Wang Shouliang himself mainly brought drinks and food to thank Zhang Jizhi and dozens of water conservancy engineers for their contribution to Siwu New City.

While joking and eating, Zhang Jizhi once again sighed, "Big shopkeeper, I never dreamed that we could explode with such terrifying creativity."

"Siwu is still a bit underpopular at this stage. Many five-story family homes are still under construction and have not been completed. But when the city is completely built, we will really have to catch up with the prosperity of Shanghai."

"For more than a year, in the Sibu seaport area alone, a large number of European and American white captains and sailors have stayed, stayed, and vacationed there, and they have contributed a lot of wealth."

Wang Shouliang laughed, "Thank you very much for Mr. Ji Zhi's help. This city, which is shrouded in rainy season for four or five months a year, does not have strong underground drainage capacity, so it will only be soaked in water every year."

"By the way, how is the production of plastic raincoats and umbrellas at Dasheng Factory going?"

When he visited Zhang Jizhi for the first time in January last year, he said that Siwu New Town was in urgent need of a large number of raincoats and umbrellas, which also provided Zhang Jizhi with business opportunities.

As for oil, you can buy it with money. The polyethylene plastic industry separated from oil can achieve a win-win situation with the support of plastic factories all over the world.

He still respected Zhang Jizhi.

Zhang Jizhi sighed repeatedly, "Thanks to the help of the shopkeeper, my raincoat and umbrella factory can now produce mechanized assembly lines. It feels more energetic than the entire Dasheng Cotton Factory."

Not only does Siwu need this, but how many areas in the entire Jiangnan have plum rainy seasons every year? Who doesn’t need plastic umbrellas and raincoats?

After thanking him politely, Zhang Jizhi suddenly said, "By the way, Chief Shopkeeper, there is something else I want to tell you. The Qing government wants me to serve as the Minister of Water Resources..."

"But I feel that with the constant uprisings in recent years... it's a bit precarious."

The uprisings in the past few years have become more violent and larger each time. The population in the late Qing Dynasty was really too large, even though the group led by Wang Shouliang had been providing disaster relief, buying grain, and building grain production bases.

Still unable to withstand the impact of natural and man-made disasters.

The development of Sarawak, which can easily attract millions or more people, is just to benefit the people, so what? The population of the late Qing Dynasty was 40 million. Progressive young people such as Wan Tianqing and Chen Zhen, who have experienced battlefields such as Northeast China and Xiaoliuqiu, are not elites in all battles...

Wang Shouliang and Zhang Jizhi had a drink and said with a smile, "It's only been a few years, but we just have to do our own thing well."

Zhang Jizhi looked at the north in confusion, "Big shopkeeper?"

Not to mention Zhang Jizhi, there are too many people in this world who know and are curious, when does it get cold and you wear more clothes? !

The whole world has beaten the Japanese into grandsons.

In order to dump silk stockings, last year there was a confrontation in Hawaii between the full fleets. You dared to take the initiative to open fire, scaring North America into submission and allowing you to dump silk stockings.

Why don't you wear more clothes? !
Wang Shouliang was speechless, "..."

At this moment, Luo Sanpao, a very discerning man, came from more than ten meters away. He smiled and toasted a few glasses of wine before asking for instructions, "Big shopkeeper, last year there were waves of Dutch ghosts who were always looking for opportunities. I would like to ask if you are interested in Xijia.”

"Sekka also has a land area of ​​nearly 150,000 square kilometers. If you are interested, they can also entrust you with land reclamation and development. The main reason is that Sekka itself is adjacent to our state of Sarawak."

With a total area of ​​more than 74 square kilometers, Kalimantan, Sarawak and Sabah account for just over 26% of the territory, and more than 70% of it is inked!

The ink pad at this stage is Dutch.

Even if the Netherlands is a younger brother, since the oil fields in Sumatra and Java were gradually developed, the Netherlands can't even drink soup. It can't afford it, and it has been slapped in the face by the gangs of the top powers such as Yan Lun, France, and Hans Cat. Drive away.

Theoretically and nominally, based on the current world rules, more than 70% of Kalimantan Island still belongs to the Netherlands.

The more than 70% is divided into West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan are the largest, each with about 15 square kilometers. .

Xijia is also the hometown of the earliest Lanfang Republic!
There may be a small number of Lan Fang descendants in Sibu, Sarawak, and the largest number are in Western Canada, where there are tens of thousands of Chinese compatriots.

Wang Shouliang laughed and raised his glass, "Of course I am very interested in Western Canada. Not to mention how big 15 square kilometers is, the territorial waters involved are not small."

He will not interfere with the rhythm of the uprising in the mainland, but opening up the border again and again is definitely not a bad thing.

As far as Kalimantan is concerned, it covers more than 34 square kilometers of land. It is not a small place when it comes to coastal islands and territorial waters.

There are 65 islands in Western Canada alone, and Sarawak also has many affiliated islands. The total land area is equal to that of the entire island country.

The next moment Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "Approximately how many people are there in Xijia?"

Luo Sanpao thought for a while and said uncertainly, "A hundred thousand? Or a few hundred thousand? According to Dutch statistics, we Chinese also account for more than 20% of the population."

Wang Shouliang, "..."

Even Zhang Jizhi, who was also listening, was speechless. It is close to 15 square kilometers, 1.4 times the size of Jiangsu Province. Is it okay with a total population of or ?

No matter how it is divided according to the existing international rules and order, when the Sihai Escort Bureau legally obtained the land reclamation treaty from Yan Lun and the Netherlands, it was still very fair. During this period, more than 30 square kilometers of land were transported to tens of millions of Chinese. …

Do we still need to discuss ownership decades later? !
Zhang Jizhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and pointed out that shopkeeper Wang was so powerful in opening up new territories that even in the feudal era he was at least a king with a different surname.

Lugasu covers only over 26 square kilometers.

After a grand and grand opening banquet, Wang Shouliang returned to the bedroom without feeling drunk. Just when he wanted to get acquainted with Cao Yun, who was wearing a cheongsam and black silk stockings, in the new mansion, he speechlessly discovered that Cao Yun seemed to be pregnant...

After an uncertain pulse diagnosis, Wang Shouliang reluctantly went to sleep in the study.

I have only been addicted to Cao Yun for more than a year and a half, and here we are, well, he is already the father of four children in Genesis, and the joy of being a father again here is not that bad.

After half an hour.

There was a knock on the door of the study room, and Bai Xiuzhu walked in with a bowl of hangover soup. She looked like she was enjoying herself and wanted to be beaten, "No way, no way. Big shopkeeper, on the day of the opening banquet, you can sleep in Study? Are you trying to make me laugh to death?"

Wang Shouliang complained speechlessly, "Xiuzhu, I'm very angry now."

Bai Xiuzhu stuck out her tongue and said cutely, "It's okay, I'll help you massage yourself to wake up."

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A few days later, in Lin'an, Cao Guan, Cao Tong's former leader and Cao Tong's leader, and Cao Tong, a deserter from the Qing Dynasty, woke up in an old house of a squire and landlord who had entered the area. While eating lunch, he saw a deserter running away quickly. He came in and said with a face of surprise, "Lord Commander, congratulations, what a great joy."

"The news from Shanghai is that Miss Yun is happy and has begun to recuperate at the Siwu Governor's Mansion."

Commander Cao, a deserter, was stunned for dozens of seconds and was ecstatic, "I'm going to have a grandson? Haha, I'm going to have a grandson..."

The men of the squire and landlord's family who were lying down and having dinner with Commander-in-Chief Cao were all excited.

A middle-aged man knelt down excitedly, "Master Cao, congratulations, what a great news. Sir, if there is such good news, please let my whole family go. Eight generations of our ancestors have been in Lin'an. I really can't stand the storm of Nanyang." It’s bitter.”

Other squire men also knelt down to congratulate and beg for mercy.

Commander Cao laughed and stepped forward, kicking several people over one by one. "Fuck you, my precious daughter can live in Nanyang and Siwu. Why can't she endure the hardships of wind and waves?"

"I have to go to Nanyang. Leave it to me to train the monkeys."

Shopkeeper Wang is going to Nanyang to open up frontiers without hesitation, how can we, the grandfathers and young men like you, not be able to bear this hardship?

The people who were kicked down did not dare to plead for mercy. A certain middle-aged man rolled over in a circle and said with a smile on his face, "Master Cao, Master Cao, now that Miss Yun is happy, she needs a good person to serve others. My son My wife is definitely a good servant."

"My daughter can do it too..."

This old Cao is not easy to serve. What if, what if, my daughter and daughter-in-law have the opportunity to serve Cao Yun, and by the way, they are attracted by shopkeeper Wang Da who is not easy to express his anger? That's another kind of rapid rise, even if the whole family goes to Nanyang...

That is also the father-in-law and uncle-in-law of the country.

Isn’t Commander Cao in front of us the best example and explanation? !

(End of this chapter)