Xiao Qi naturally had his own considerations when he asked the Gu family to apply for the construction of a port in western Guangdong.

Just as Granger En thought, the ports in western Guangdong are closer to the mouth of the bag and are most suitable for collecting ships from Southeast Asian countries.

Moreover, the daily throughput of Guangdong's ports is too complicated. If the ports in western Guangdong can be built into a specialized port focusing on agricultural products, it will be very efficient.

Of course, this does not mean that it was transferred to western Guangdong because the ports in Guangdong Province could not accommodate it.

In fact, Guangdong’s port throughput is less than 50% of its total designed capacity.

As for why the potential of Guangdong ports is not further developed, instead the shipping capacity should be dispersed to Quanzhou, Lingbo and other eastern coastal ports...

Of course it has something to do with Hong Kong.

In order to ensure the full use of Hong Kong's ports, the country does not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of Guangdong Province to ensure them. Many goods have to be transferred to Hong Kong once before they are transferred to Guangdong Province's Nanwan via inland rivers for customs entry.

In fact, many cargo ships hope to use the ports in Guangdong directly to avoid so much trouble and the cost is much cheaper.

But Hong Kong's economy is already sluggish enough now. If their port transportation industry is robbed again, Hong Kong will really become a stagnant water with no vitality at all.

That’s why the country cannot fully develop Guangdong’s potential.

However, some people just don't know what's good. Obviously the country has made so many arrangements and it's not bad for them, but they just want to make a fuss and kneel down and lick the British father. They always feel that when the British took charge of the country in the past few decades,

Life is much easier.

Little do they know that this is just an illusion, an illusion that everyone can see through at a glance.

They lived well in those years, firstly because it was the only window of communication between China and foreign countries, and secondly because the mainland was very poor at that time.

Now that China has become more developed, mainlanders are getting richer and richer day by day, while Hong Kong, which is inherently deficient, will naturally become lonely. This is a very normal thing.

But many Hong Kong people never think about how they can work hard to develop other ways to make Hong Kong's future better. They just think about how they are not going well and why they are unhappy all day long... I really want Xiao Qi to say,

This is typical nonsense and asking for money.

Compared to Hong Kong, this treasure island is really different.

Although they have been hit many times, such as the financial crisis, shipping crisis, oil crisis, etc., Baodao's businessmen can face it positively and actively transform their businesses, so that Baodao's economy can always develop well.

, it will not collapse like Hong Kong.

So you can see that the happiness index of Baodao is actually quite high, and the ordinary people there are quite simple. This is a manifestation of happiness in life.

It's different here in Hong Kong. Many people complain like a whiny woman all day long, but never work hard to change the status quo. Mainlanders will really understand after watching it for one, two, three or five years.

Boring!

Xiao Qi has no way to deal with the dispute between Guangdong and Hong Kong, but the port in western Guangdong is a key project that the country will build in the past two years.

In fact, the Qingzhou Port in western Guangdong has always been in use, but the scale is not large enough, the supporting facilities are not sufficient enough, and the services are not perfect enough, so it has not been able to form a large scale.

If we really make good use of it, it would be easy to handle hundreds of billions of dollars in agricultural products a year.

In this way, China will have an additional import window for foreign agricultural products, and the pressure on China's land will be further reduced.

Japan's land area is only slightly larger than Shuchuan, its arable area is not as good as Shuchuan, and it must often be left fallow. But they have a population of 200 million. How do they meet the food they eat on weekdays?

You know, they don't like to import food from abroad. Japan's propaganda is that its own products are the best, and only the products produced in its own country are the best.

The solution is very simple. Japanese businessmen go abroad to rent land, and all the raw materials, fertilizers, management, etc. are done by the Japanese. Then after such agricultural products are shipped back to the country, they can be regarded as domestically produced in Japan.

Xiao Qi thought this method was very good. He rented land in Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries and was inspired by the Japanese.

Even in these agricultural bases, there are quite a few Japanese agricultural experts.

Xiao Qi felt that since the Japanese were serious about their work, it would be a good thing to use their advantages to serve the Chinese people.

Let your enemies work for you, that's what you can do.

And these crops, which are farther away, such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, can be returned to China by sea. The cost of shipping is very low, and the timeliness will not be reduced much.

Qingzhou Port in western Guangdong is the best distribution center.

There is another very important factor. Southeast Asia is actually a cloth bag. Basically, this is China’s traditional sphere of influence. Even if something happens in the future, transporting materials from here to China will be far more difficult than passing through the Strait of Malacca.

Much easier.

Ahem, of course, it is necessary to ensure this big pocket and more importantly, the strength to ensure it, so that is not something Xiao Qi should worry about.

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After returning, Xiao Qi called Niu Ruzheng and relayed the Gu family's request and his own thoughts.

Niu Ruzheng has no objection to the Gu family joining the oil transportation ranks. The Gu family has always maintained a good relationship with the central government and is one of the representatives of the Chinese people in Southeast Asia, so their legitimate requests will generally be allowed.

Moreover, China is not just a US$100 billion oil order, including the oil purchased from Iran and Syria in 2009, and after expanding production in the future, the best orders will be continuously exported to China.

Now the Chinese side understands that there is no benefit at all in following the pricing systems of the United States and the United Kingdom.

China is simply preparing to break this rule and directly trade oil with Iran, Syria and even Russia. This is in China's best interest.

This kind of transaction is the most ideal, but in fact it cannot be done so smoothly.

Because the United States cannot sit back and watch this group of countries that it does not control get together, so how to advance and retreat, and how to maximize interests within the rules, is what China needs to consider.

It is impossible for Xiao Qi to get involved in this, but he knows that the current financial situation in Europe and the United States is not very good, and they have a little too much to take care of themselves. Coupled with the threat of China and Russia joining forces, there is no problem if they give in for about a year.

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As for whether the future purchase of oil will be so smooth, that will be discussed later.

If that doesn't work, Xiao Qi will not hesitate to take advantage of the incident in Ukraine to trick the EU and Russia hard, leaving them busy to take care of themselves, thereby buying more time for China's development.

Niu Ruzheng didn't know that the future environment for China would be more affluent than it is now, but he also understood what it means to have military strength and speed.

No matter what happens in the future, the faster we can transport more oil back to China, it will be a victory.

Therefore, he didn't need to use any clichés, and asked Xiao Qi to tell Gu Gu En that he hoped that if his health allowed, Mr. Gu could come to the capital soon.

With this attitude, there will be no problem with oil transportation. With the Gu family having such a big business, the shipping business will once again reach a peak of development, bringing them enough benefits.

This is exactly what the center wants to see.

If you follow me and you have meat to eat, just tell me what to do!

As for the Qingzhou Port in western Guangdong, Niu Ruzheng was very interested and asked Xiao Qi to send him the information and ideas for a look.

Over the years, many ports in China have actually cooperated with merchants.

For example, Guangdong Port actually has the shares of Li Chaoren, Li Sishu, and Zheng Yoga. In Dongfang Port, Jinwei Port, Lingbo Port, etc., there are also shares of wealthy businessmen from Hong Kong or Nanyang.

It is precisely because of their large amounts of capital and technology that these ports can be quickly developed and put into commercial operation.

Of course, the country hopes to have a specialized agricultural and sideline products port like Qingzhou Port.

In western Guangdong, due to various geographical and environmental factors, Qingzhou Port has not yet developed on a large scale. It can only be said that there have been plans, but the funds and support have not kept up.

Preliminary estimates require tens of billions of funds.

Many resources in Nanyang are very elementary and do not have much added economic value. In terms of profit margins, investing tens of billions is not very cost-effective at all.

If it is high-value electronic products, etc., then basically go to Guangdong and Hong Kong, where transportation is more developed and industries are more intensive, unlike western Guangdong, which is more remote.

Therefore, even if we asked wealthy people from Hong Kong and Taiwan to investigate in the past few years, there was no result.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qi actually persuaded the Gu family this time.

The Gu family has a huge wealth of 18 billion U.S. dollars, and the wealth they can drive exceeds 50 billion U.S. dollars. As long as they take the lead, the Chinese rich in Southeast Asia will follow suit, and the funding problem will be solved.

Thinking of this, Niu Ruzheng was also a little moved.

If China can trade more agricultural and sideline products with Southeast Asia through Qingzhou Port, then the relationship between them will become closer, and it is not impossible to tie them to China's interests.

After all, from a practical point of view, these countries are founded on agriculture, and industry is not that important. Once the interests of farmers are taken care of, these farmers, who account for the vast majority of the population in Southeast Asia, will not be able to stay close to China.

At that time, China's room for maneuver will be much greater, so that the United States will not provoke confrontation in this region at the slightest sign of trouble, leaving China feeling somewhat constrained!
Chapter completed!