Chapter 971 Suez Canal

After the Chinese army captured Delhi, they began to divide into several groups to occupy the entire South Asian subcontinent and establish effective rule.

At the same time, the Navy had recently occupied Port Said and Suez.

Of the more than 200,000 captives in India, nearly 100,000 of them were transported to Suez to prepare for the digging of the Suez Canal.

At present, most of the maritime trade between Dahua and Western Europe needs to pass through the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and make a big bend.

And if the Suez Canal can be dug through to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, the distance from Dahua to Western Europe can be shortened by about 10,000 kilometers.

A ship can save 10,000 kilometers for one trade, saving a lot of time and fuel.

There are tens of thousands of ships active on this trade line.

Moreover, once the canal is built, it can be used for hundreds of thousands of years.

From a long-term perspective, this is a profitable project.

The difficulty of building the Suez Canal is very large, and the scale is very large. At least people in other countries dare not even think about it.

But this is nothing to Dahua, it's just that the scale of the project is slightly larger.

One hundred thousand prisoners were delivered, and at the same time, thirty excavators and one hundred heavy trucks from Dahua were also transported and made their appearance in Suez.

When the excavator shoveled down and picked up a bucket of soil, the eyes of the prisoners on the construction site were all stared.

What kind of monster is this?

With their limited knowledge, they can't understand this kind of thing at all.

"It's Julius."

An Indian soldier knelt down and prayed devoutly.

To be able to dig up thousands of catties of soil at once, this kind of strength is really too great, it must be divine power.

People need faith even more when they are at a loss. The current captives are quite confused about the future.

It just so happened that the excavator appeared in front of them, showing unparalleled power, conquering their fragile hearts at once.

Some of them began to fabricate beliefs to deceive themselves.

Let your heart begin to believe that you are doing a great thing with the giant God, instead of being enslaved to do coolies here.

Change your mind and feel better inside.

The excavator became the god of great strength, and the master of the excavator became the envoy of God.

This kind of thing almost didn't make the Dahua people laugh to death.

At the beginning, some Dahua people would laugh at these captives to find a sense of superiority.

Later, the officers who guarded these captives found that those captives who believed that the excavator was the giant god would be more obedient and work harder when they worked.

Since there is such an effect, there is no need for Hua Jun to give up.

So, they began to take the initiative to promote among the captives that these excavators are giant gods, arranged by heaven to benefit the world......

When they deliberately promoted this superstition, the saying of Julius was able to spread quickly.

Soon, most of the nearly 100,000 captives believed this statement.

People who don't believe it pretend to believe it. Because once he shows a gesture of disbelief, he will be beaten up immediately, which is why Julishen can spread quickly.

These people who pretend to believe will naturally not have faith bonuses when they work, and will not work harder.

But it doesn't matter, as long as everyone on the surface believes in the giant god, then there will be some stupid people among them who will truly believe in the giant god.

The number of these people is quite large, because people in India are superstitious, and there are hundreds of gods of all kinds. It is also reasonable to have one more giant Hercules now.

These people have faith bonuses, work harder, and manage better.

Because of this reason, Huajun can properly reduce the number of supervisors and save a lot of costs.

The construction of the Suez Canal started, and Western Europeans and West Asians who heard the news visited the site one after another.

"What is that big guy?"

In a Western European family who came to visit, the teenager saw the picture of the excavator working, and suddenly couldn't walk.

"That is Dahua's excavators and trucks. The working efficiency of one excavator is equivalent to 50 workers."

There was a sense of helplessness in his father James' tone.

Dahua's excavators are really terrible. This kind of work efficiency makes other countries only sigh in awe when it comes to infrastructure.

"Cool, I want to drive an excavator and be an excavator driver in the future."

said the boy.

In his opinion, controlling such a big guy and digging wantonly is really a super cool thing.

"No, you're going to learn to build excavators, and that's the coolest thing."

James educated, but the boy didn't listen.

Learning is so boring, where is the fun of driving an excavator?

"Is this Dahua's machine? It's so delicate, so delicate. The machines in our country's factories are like iron lumps."

James' wife, Phylliwen, sighed with emotion.

She had visited some factories in London and seen the so-called machines.

In contrast, Dahua's machines are so exquisite and flexible that they are like works of art.

"Well, the gap between our country and Dahua is at least 20 years. In another 20 years, we may not be able to build this kind of excavator."

James sighed.

"The machines sent overseas are so delicate and magical. Maybe there are more magical things in Dahua. I really want to visit Dahua."

James is worried about the motherland, but his son is concerned about where to learn how to drive an excavator, and his wife is thinking about traveling to Dahua.

In Western Europe, not everyone can understand how the power gap between Dahua and their countries will affect them.

"Dahua used 100,000 captives, 20,000 local aborigines, and a large number of excavators and trucks. The scale of this project is unprecedented."

"Unprecedented may be counted, but unprecedented is certainly impossible. With Dahua's development speed, there will definitely be larger-scale projects in the future."

"Looking at this situation, the Suez Canal may not be dug through for a long time."

"It's a good thing."

"Really? I don't think so."

A group of sightseers are discussing with each other.

For the construction of the Suez Canal, different people have different ideas.

The merchant group is naturally the happiest. After the completion of the canal, the distance from Western Europe to Dahua has been greatly shortened, the transportation time has been shortened, and the cost has been reduced. These are all conducive to the prosperity of trade.

But the ruling class, or some people of insight, saw the construction of the canal, and thought that it would be more convenient for Dahua to transport troops and ammunition to Western Europe.

From this perspective, the Suez Canal is very bad for Western Europe.

However, no matter what they think, it will not affect the progress of the project.

They don't have the guts yet to wreak havoc on the construction site.