On May 1, 1698, Whale Bay Harbor on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

In the headquarters of Ximen Fisheries Company, the boss Ximen Xiao was having a headache with a bunch of bills. There are many materials procurement fees, ship maintenance fees, business taxes, etc., and recently there is an additional local tax city construction fee, and the amount is still quite large, up to 1,500 yuan a year, and it is levied on the ship. There are 18 fishing boats under the name of Ximen Fisheries Company, with a total of more than 20,000 yuan a year, which is indeed a huge expense. What's more, this money is not used in the local area of ​​Whale Bay Port, but in the inland areas, which is really a big deal.

In the Namib Desert area, there were only two port cities of Hailan. The former prospered due to diamond exports, while the latter prospered due to fishing. The population was not large. Hailan now has a population of more than 3,000 and more than 4,000 people in Jielan. The reason why the urban population is not large is mainly due to water shortage, especially Hailan Port, which has very little precipitation and is far from supporting agricultural planting activities. Local grains and fruits are mainly imported from the Hezhong area, and meat is taken from the local area. Due to the climate, thick fog will appear at night and the humidity will become very large, which is very suitable for grass growth. Therefore, the animal husbandry industry is quite good and has raised a lot of cattle and sheep.

Since the development of the East Coast Republic, various technologies have made rapid progress, but they still cannot effectively solve the problem of drought and water shortage in these two areas. People in the East Coast have studied seawater desalination technology, but the cost is too high and it is not economically feasible. In the end, they can only send staff from the Ministry of Geology to help find groundwater, and then break the walls and drill wells in an accurate place to solve the city's water supply problem. Therefore, in the Nanibu Desert area, freshwater is priced and the price is not low. This arduous living condition may be the main reason why it cannot grow and grow.

However, the resources along the coast of Nanobub are really rich. I won’t talk about diamonds, after all, they are far away from ordinary people’s lives, but the rich fishery and sea beast resources really make many people jealous. The largest fishing volume in the fishery is cod. The East Coast Republic now has half of the cod production in the coastal area of ​​the Namib Desert, which is from Cape Town to the estuary of the Kunene River. Sea beast resources are also very rich. As long as you have a license to hunt sea beasts, you can come here to make a fortune. The domestic demand for seal oil and leather is very huge, and the price is very high. I don’t know how many legends of getting rich have created.

So, it is a pity to go along the coast of the Namib Desert. The resources are very rich, but it is too drought. Only animal husbandry can only be developed. If there is no thick fog at night, it is afraid that the animal husbandry will be difficult to build the planting industry. If the planting industry cannot be built, how can the population grow? Now people who stay in these two cities live basically serve the related industries, or those who are left behind in the Navy Coal Gas Station, meteorological observers, etc., and there are very few idle people.

Of course, the East Coast government did not give up this area. In fact, in recent decades, they have also built several settlements in inland areas by exile, namely: Wulei Township (located near the small town of Kitmanshupu in later generations), Zhongbao Township (located near the small town of Marintal in later generations), Shiku Township (located near the city of Rehobos in later generations), Taishan Township (located near the city of Wendheke in later generations), and Beigu Township (located near the small town of Okahanja in later generations). A total of five settlements were established in the past twenty years, and each of them was two or three thousand people (including the families of settled prisoners). Because the indigenous people here are weak and low-level red people, it is not difficult for them to gain a foothold in the local area, and the security threat is very low, so it has developed to this day.

These settlements basically have rivers or reservoirs nearby (manually built), so a number of rivers have been developed into oasis agriculture. The scale of grain and fruit planting is quite large, which is enough to feed the local people. This provides a solid foundation for the future expansion of the East Coast people to the inland hinterland. The land on the East Coast people will never be too small, and even in arid and semi-arid areas will not be ignored! Not to mention, this land is very "clean", and the number of red people is very rare. During the conquest of the East Coast people, they will basically be unable to see people. The value of such a "clean" land is much better than the lands covered by black villages in the Congo River in the north, at least to some extent.

The above five settlements, plus the coastal Jingwan and Hailan Port, will not be included in the jurisdiction of the Hezhong Regional Administration, but will be governed by the newly dispatched Jingtai Regional Administration. The urban construction fee that Ximen Xiao’s company needs to pay is also collected by the Jingtai Regional Administration. The regional administration has the legislative power in the East Coast, which is rare in the East Coast. It is mainly for the expansion of reservoirs and a batch of civilian housing in Taishan Township in the inland areas. These infrastructure projects are the key to maintaining attractiveness in the inland semi-arid areas and are all projects with high priority. Considering that the income of the township governments in these areas is very low, in addition to relying on the fixed allocation of the State Development Administration, taxation can only be solved in Jingwan and Hailan, two places with money-flowing, where taxes are solved. The matter is that simple.

"This is also taxed, and that is also taxed. The Jingwan Township Government is not going to do it anymore, right?" After making a cup of coffee for himself, Ximen Xiao sat in a comfortable rattan chair again, and was still complaining: "Are you not afraid that we will all run away when we collect taxes so excessively? What a bunch of bastards!"

However, Ximen Xiao also knew that he could only complain. Now Ximen Fisheries Company's income from sea beast hunting has exceeded the fishing income. He also has a sea beast product processing factory in Jingwan Port, hiring 50 workers to process sea beast fur, refining oil and pickling meat. In addition, he also jointly established a seafood processing factory with Chengxin Fisheries Company, which specializes in processing cod and makes it into canned food of various flavors. The main customers are the Navy and Army stationed in South Africa, followed by Angola and New Courland colonists. Therefore, his belongings are basically here, and it is actually difficult to move away. As long as the Jingtai Regional Administrative Office collects money, he can basically hold his nose and continue working here.

In addition, with the wars in the continent and famine spreading, a considerable number of people left the dangerous continent and went south to New Courland and Portuguese Angola to make a living, with a total of more than 10,000 people each year. This was basically what the people in the East Coast asked. The Portuguese and Courland governments were responsible for formulating plans, and merchants paid for them. The immigration targets were mainly to fight against the fierce Southern Netherlands and the Rhine River Basin, followed by the French Huguenots who were still fleeing. The new immigration greatly promoted the promotion of newcomers.

After entering the development of the local economy and enriching the local population, it naturally increased the demand for east coast goods in the local market. In the past ten years, the canned food from Jacob Port has been increasing year by year through Whale Bay Port, which has made him very profitable. Moreover, now that the continental region has the possibility of another war, there will inevitably be more immigrants in the war. This business has the potential to continue to grow, so he is even more reluctant to leave.

"I don't want these troubles anymore, damn it." After putting down the coffee cup in my hand, Ximen Xiao stood up and went to the window, looking at Sun Chunyang's South Carolina store with gas lights on the opposite side of the street, the most famous interlocking department store on the east bank.

Only in cities where such abnormal developments and almost no daily necessities are produced can department stores obtain sufficient turnover. Ximen Xiao once held a lot of shares of Sun Chunyang South Carolina store, but later sold them to develop new business on the Indian Ocean side. Now it seems that this transaction cannot be said to be a loss or a profit. Sun Chunyang South Carolina store's stock has been rising slowly in the past decade, with an average annual average of more than 10%, which is twice the yield of most bonds, let alone its

There are still six years left to pay dividends. However, the canning factory opened by Ximen Xiao in Yuejin Port is also good business, and he made a lot of money. Overall, it is correct to sell it. But it has to be said that the development momentum of Sun Chunyang's South Goods Store is really too strong. Interlocking stores are not only spread across the country, but have also opened more than 30 branches overseas. In terms of turnover, it should be the world's largest interlocking department store. The department stores on the East Coast are far inferior to those on this aspect.

Like the Taiwan Bank, Sun Chunyang South Carolina Store is the only two cases in the East Coast where companies counterattacked from overseas colonies and developed into large national enterprises. Ximen Xiao still admired this very much. I believe that as the influence of the East Coast Republic continues to increase and its influence overseas is becoming increasingly powerful, if the management of Sun Chunyang South Carolina Store does not use any bad moves or fails, there will be a period of rapid development, which is a good thing for all shareholders.

Ximen Fisheries Company is also going to hurry up! Now the state-owned Nanhai Fisheries Company has gone to the Cape Verde Islands to open a seafood processing plant to use local fishery resources and abundant salt to develop the canned food industry. Whether Ximen Fisheries Company follows up can be discussed carefully. Ximen Xiao himself is still inclined to do this. The national army goes out to expand territory, so the enterprises naturally have to keep up and make money. Otherwise, where will the taxes come from to support the increasingly large army?

However, the Indian Ocean cannot fall behind. With the stability of the situation in New China Island, the rapid development of the Yicheng area, and the in-depth implementation of the marching plan for suffering, the market demand for seafood has been on an upward trend. Considering that there are no large fishing companies with strong strength in the local area, they may consider mortgage loans from banks, then ordering five new fishing boats, and developing new businesses there. As the saying goes, upstream and downstream are all taken. If successful, Ximen Fisheries Company will usher in a leap, and the integrity fishery company that surpasses old friend Zhu Chengdong is just around the corner.
Chapter completed!