Chapter 2161: Hearing and seeing (1)
Compared with the "Gothenburg" which is equivalent to the cruise ship, the battleship is huge and high above the ground, like the "Gothenburg" that looks like an adult to a child.
Although the blastholes on the ship had not been opened, it was chilling.
Eriksen observed with a binoculars and saw that the crew on the battleship were mostly 18 or 9-year-old boys. They were tall, full of energy, capable and agile, and of good level.
Compared with the young people of the white people, the young Chinese guys seem to be even better!
As a veteran crew member, Eriksson also noticed that the battleship was very well maintained, and he had obviously worked hard.
Seeing Erickson counting the shots, David Du looked more and lazily said: "This is Nanhua's'Southeast Asia-class' battleship, with 76 artillery pieces, it is a capital ship!"
Eriksen moved in his heart and asked: "Are there many battleships of this kind in the Mediterranean? How many are there?"
Du Dawei said: "Well, after the opening of the canal, there are a lot of battleships coming and going. The old ones have been replaced and replaced by new battleships. There are hundreds of them!"
"Tsk tusk tusk!" All the seamen exclaimed.
The speaker had no intention, the listener had the intention, and Eriksson silently wrote down the matter.
Hundreds of battleships in the heart are ready to launch a war of annihilation!
There were twelve battleships in this batch. After they passed, the "Gothenburg" was back on the road and finally passed the Suez Canal.
Then the fee is 500 silver dollars for each tugboat, and 2,000 silver dollars for 4 boats. According to David Du, the tugboat company can only get half of it, and the other half is given to the canal management yamen.
The cost of the tugboat is not high. It uses convicts, slaves and Asan. At most it is a meal plus a little subsidy.
The toll fee is 3,000 silver dollars, which is a medium-sized ship fee.
There are three levels of tolls: small ships, 1,000 silver dollars each; medium-sized ships, 3,000 silver dollars each; and large ships, 5,000 silver dollars each.
In this way, 5,000 silver dollars were spent on passing the canal once, and boxes of silver dollars were given away!
Everyone was amazed, I really love to give it or not, or you have to give it if you don't.
If an individual owns a toll booth, it is really a daily gain, and he can become a rich man without doing anything. This is true for individuals, and so is the country. Now the Suez Canal, the goose that can only lay golden eggs, belongs to the Southern China Empire. On both sides of the canal is the canal area. The ruler of the Egyptian region cannot be beaked.
As long as ships from Asia and Europe want to go to each other’s ports, the nearest one is to take the Suez Canal. Although it costs a little money, it is more cost-effective and safer than going around the sea for more than 10,000 kilometers. After all, the Cape of Good Hope is not something ordinary ships can pass, Suez. This money is earned by the canal.
David Du said that the canal was an important income of the South China Empire, and it would not be waived. Civilian or military ships must leave money to buy the road if they want to pass by. Even the warships of the country are no exception. It is said that this is Chen De, who is in charge of digging the canal. The Marshal made the decision, he said: "You have the power and I have the background, you are the military, and I am the public prosecutor. If you exempt the order, the country will suffer. It's unavoidable!"
The Red Sea end of the Suez Canal is the city of Suez. The canal is divided into two sections, an exit and an entrance, which is quite efficient.
The "Gothenburg" then left the exit and bid farewell to the Suez Canal.
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Towed by two tugboats, the "Gothenburg" slowly sailed into Port Sudan.
The Sudan region is the largest overseas province of the South China Empire in Africa, all owned by the Chinese, and the Port of Sudan is the largest seaport in the Sudan region.
In fact, the "Gothenburg" has sufficient supplies and not much use. The Port of Sudan is a port that can be stopped or not, but the captain Eriksson ordered to call at this port, and the crew naturally obeyed.
Everyone likes to lie in the harbor, after all, the space on the ship is small, and the shore is too comfortable.
Eriksson stood on the deck, his binoculars constantly scanning the situation in Port Sudan.
He found that the port is mainly divided into three areas, one is the passenger and cargo terminal area in the middle of the port, the area is not generally large, it is very large!
Divided into multiple warehouse areas, the built warehouses are densely packed and large in scale, even out of sight.
They are separated from each other, which is good for fire prevention.
There is a rail connection to the side of the wharf, which is convenient for loading and unloading materials.
The door was closed tightly, and I didn't know what was inside.
One place is easy to see, that is, huge coal mountains!
Coal is an important fuel. What do you want to use for so much coal?
There are so many goods, the Chinese will never do useless things.
Erickson noticed that a large area of the reservoir is a controlled area, and ordinary ships cannot approach it.
In addition to the passenger terminal and the warehouse area, the shipyard is on the right. You can see that three cruise ships are being built with oak, one of which is nearing completion.
There are several ship repair areas beside the shipyard, three of which are covered by wood, but the two giant ships exposed in two of them can’t be covered. They are battleships!
The experienced sailor Burcher saw through at a glance: the dry dock!
Eriksen was shocked. The dry dock is an important infrastructure facility used to maintain and repair ships. It is very useful for ships. For example, when a ship is sailing in the sea, barnacles and ship maggots are attached to the bottom of the ship. It is impossible for the ship to float on the sea. To deal with them, they can only be solved by towing them ashore or dragging them into a dry dock~www.wuxiaspot.com~ However, the construction of dry docks is expensive, and countries often drag the ship ashore.
Port Sudan is the harbour of an overseas province. There are three dry docks. It's no small thing!
To the left of Port Sudan is a large breeding area with many ponds and salt pans. There are pieces of wooden fences on the tidal flats. The white skins were puzzled, but the pilots sent by the port told them Said this is Oyota!
Seeing the magnificent oyster field like a military formation, the white skins were secretly surprised.
After docking at the port, the "Gothenburg" stayed for a day, the sailors went ashore in batches, while Eriksen went to patrol Port Sudan.
After spending half a day in the cargo exchange in Port City, he knew that the export volume of millet, corn and wheat from Sudan's provinces was very large, and the grain output from a large province could be compared with the grain output from major European countries!
It also exports peanuts and sesame seeds, which can be used to squeeze oil, and the oil cake is the best livestock feed.
Eriksen also heard a joke, that is, oil cakes can serve as San's food, which is better than San's own original food!
In addition, he saw a notice that about one million catties of Chen Liang were ready to be sold!
Outside the city, he saw a large area of farmland beyond sight. The growth of crops such as wheat, cotton, oil sunflower and sorghum was gratifying. In the fields, there were cement pipes built to send water and cattle to plow the fields. As far as Eriksson knows, Sudan has a small population and can't eat enough food, and the Chinese are still growing food...
He gets the information all by him to see, let him listen, he doesn't have to do anything, and he receives a lot of information!
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The "Gothenburg" docked at the Port of Aden for resupply. When leaving there, Eriksson discovered an important situation!
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