Antwerp is located in the lower reaches of the Scheld River in the north of the country. It is about 90 kilometers west of the estuary, and the flat tide water depth of the port is 14 meters. 100,000-ton ships enter and exit the port freely.

127 nautical miles to Port Calais, 177 nautical miles to Port Tilbury, 117 nautical miles to Port Rotterdam, and 383 nautical miles to Hamburg.

There are railways, highways, rivers and other industrial and commercial cities, including Brussels and Liege. The port area is mainly distributed around the inland waters on the right bank of the river. The water area is 1,315 hectares and there are more than 20 large and small port pools.

The main harbor pools include the canal harbor pool and the Hanseatic harbor pool that extends parallel to the river channel, as well as the delwatt harbor pool, the Churchill harbor pool and the Leopold harbor pool that extends eastward. The water bodies of each harbor pool are connected, and are connected to the Scheld River channel through four locks including Berentrecht and Podway. Nearly 300 ocean-going berths are built around the above harbor pools, including about 80 containers, ro-boat ships, and grocery berths, mainly distributed in Delwatt and Churchill.

The north bank of Leopold Port Pond and the south bank of the Schelt River in Berentrecht lock; there are more than 20 tanker berths, mainly distributed on the west bank of the southern section of Hanseatic Port.

Chemical terminals on the northwest and southeast banks, the east bank of Hanseatic Port, the ore, coal, phosphate fertilizer terminals on the northwest bank of Delvat Port, and the grain terminals on the north bank of the 6th Port. In addition to the ocean port area, there are more than 100 near-ocean and inland river port areas. Currently, the port area is developing towards the inland on the left bank.

The port has various terminals with an area of ​​about 1,380 hectares and a factory area of ​​3,125 hectares. It ranks third in Europe; Antwerp is located in the southern wing of the Rein River Delta, with a developed inland river network connected to the river networks of its own and Europe, and a developed land transportation network, with more than 300 highways regular freight lines and 100 railway trains departing every day, leading to major cities in Europe.

The port location and superior natural conditions and perfect port facilities in the center of Western Europe make it play an ideal role as a transit port in international trade. On average, thousands of international freighters come here to appoint them every year, connecting more than 800 ports to the outside world.

Antwerp is Belgium's second largest economic center. It has many commercial institutions, import and export trading companies, banks, insurance companies and transportation companies.

The world's largest diamond processing and trading center, the vast majority of the processed diamonds are for export, accounting for 6.5% of Belgium's total exports.

The prosperous Antwerp made Emperor Hua feel more that Western Europe is really worth every inch of land, and every country is very important to China.

If you don’t come to Western Europe, you don’t know what an industrial country is, an industrial society is, and a capitalist paradise.

It is indeed reasonable to think that World War I and World War II broke out in small Europe. The inconspicuous little Europe on the world map does have the explosive power like an atomic egg. Once Western Europe falls into the vortex of war, it will easily evolve into a global war.

A lot of things happened to Emperor Hua in the UK in a few days and was assassinated. Then, the Chinese news agency issued unclear news through the Huacui Evening News in China and the European Bureau of Statistics, implying that Emperor Hua was interested in giving up Central Asia.

These things have caused great storms in China. In Europe, there are no storms, but they have greatly improved the international status of Emperor Hua.

The Belgian Kingdom came to welcome the Emperor of China, and the lineup was strong. Except for the Belgian King, all the highest politicians were present. The leader was Valter Freer Aalpang, the Prime Minister of the Belgian Kingdom.

Valtair Freir-Orbon is a Belgian politician and leader of the Liberal Party’s reformist faction. He served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Belgium twice.

In his early years, he worked in Liege, advocated free trade, and made outstanding contributions to the liberal movement. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1847. He was the leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons from 1848 to 1894. When he was the Minister of Finance from 1848 to 1852, he founded the State Bank, abolished newspaper tax, reduced postage, and resolutely implemented the free trade policy.

In order to promote negotiations on a new trade treaty, his concessions with France caused great dissatisfaction and therefore resigned. In 1857, he was appointed Minister of Finance, abolishing local import tax and national highway toll tax. After becoming Prime Minister in 1868, he defeated France's attempt to control the Luxembourg Railway. During his second term as chief, he had aroused strong opposition from the Catholic Party for establishing a secular primary education system (1879) and severing diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

In the impression of Emperor Hua, the main internationals in Europe seemed to be both parties involved. Emperor Hua was not interested in European politics. It was obvious that many of the two parties were just twins who changed the soup and did not change the medicine. However, the capitalism of the one-party system of China was also a strange product of this era. Many countries were studying the system of Emperor Hua.

This situation occurs mainly because China is developing too fast, and this era is an era when countries actively study institutional innovation.

"Dear Your Majesty, welcome you to Belgium. I welcome you only on behalf of His Majesty the King and the people of Belgium." Valter Freer Aarbon, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, extended his hand to Emperor Hua.

The cute CEO stretched out his hand with a smile and shook hands with the old man who was much older than his grandfather Xuan Zonglu, "From Brussels to Antwerp, you have to go so far. This etiquette is really too heavy. Your country is too polite."

"It should be that we have been in contact with your country's foreign ministry for a long time. China is a country of etiquette. I hope that the relationship between the two countries can develop in a better direction." Valter Freer Aarbon, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, was surprised to hear that the Emperor of China could speak fluent English.

The cute CEO smiled slightly, walked side by side with the old man, passing through the blowing and vigorous national band of the Belgian Kingdom.

In fact, Emperor Hua didn’t care much about whether he was enthusiastic or cold to others. Of course, it was always good to be enthusiastic, but whether he was enthusiastic or not was not very relevant to whether he could achieve actual results.

"This Belgian Kingdom seems to be OK?" Lee Tae-hee asked Princess Katrina Kaf softly.

Princess Katrina Kaif smiled slightly and replied softly: "Where is this country, this country is also a crazy colonial country, especially now, the king has taken action everywhere after he has been on power for more than ten years."

Princess Katrina Kaif knew that Emperor Hua had a bad impression of a country that loved expansion, so she told Lee Tae-hee this way.

Lee Tae-hee said, "But, this country seems to be quite enthusiastic, and it's better than those who are not enthusiastic."

The head of the Belgian Kingdom, Valterfreer, accompanied the Emperor to visit the streets of Antwerp on the right bank of the Scheld River. These streets were formed in the 15th to 16th centuries, with narrow and curved streets and many medieval buildings.

In the center is the largest Gothic church in the Kingdom of Belgium (built in 1518). There is a large square on the northwest side of the church, next to the 16th-century city hall. Going east across the wide boulevard, it is a new town area that has been expanded since the 19th century. The streets are wide and neat, with squares, parks and modern shops, hotels, administrative buildings, central stations, high-end residential areas, etc.

The new and old urban areas form a slightly semicircular urban area to the north, extending to the north is a port area, extending to the north is a residential area, and to the south is an integral part of the industrial zone of Antwerp and Brussels-Caleroi.

Antwerp Market Square includes the city building, cathedral and chamber of commerce all around this irregular shaped square.

The city building and five beautiful chamber buildings are Renaissance-style buildings, built around the end of the 16th century. This area seems to be a maze, with squares, narrow streets, and sermons everywhere. Statues of the Virgin Mary are also everywhere, with a total of more than 300.

"Your Majesty, this city building was built in 1564. The front of the building is 76 meters long. The decoration style fully demonstrates the Flanders and Italian Renaissance style." Valter Freer Aarbon, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, introduced to Emperor Hua.

The cute president looked up at the Antwerp City Building and nodded, "It's indeed very majestic. The key is this cultural atmosphere, which makes people feel the vicissitudes of history and the step-by-step growth of the Kingdom of Belgium."

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Valterfrel Aorben saw that Emperor Hua not only spoke fluently in English, but also had a decent answer and generous manners. He was even more curious. He had originally visited the city building even if the reception ceremony was completed, he also accompanied Emperor Hua to visit the Antwerp Cathedral.

Antwerp Cathedral is one of the greatest buildings in Antwerp and is the largest church in Belgium, covering an area of ​​about 2.5 acres. Construction began at the end of 1352 and was not completed until 1521. Although it took so long and was supervised by countless architects, the overall architectural style was quite consistent and harmonious.

The most eye-catching part of the church is the tower, which is 123 meters high, and the delicate decoration on the tower is breathtaking. The row of clocks composed of 47 clocks on the tower has been completed by three craftsmen's hands and took a century to be completed.

Then the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Valter Freer Aorbang personally sent the Emperor to the inn and would accompany the Emperor to Brussels tomorrow.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if possible, I want to walk around your country freely. Is it okay?" Seeing that the other party was so enthusiastic, this was the first time that the Emperor Hua made such a request to European powers. Even in Spain, the Kingdom of Spain knew Emperor Hua before, and the two sides jointly carried out trade cooperation on the American battlefield and the African battlefield, but Emperor Hua did not make similar requests.

The main reason is that the international students sent by China were mainly concentrated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, and there were also some international students in the United States, but in total, they were not as good as one-tenth of these three countries. Among them, the most students were sent to Germany. The Netherlands and Belgium were both next to Germany, and many students would also go to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to work and study. The Emperor Hua was most concerned about the learning situation of these people.
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