Chapter 906 Vana Develops the Land, We Develop the Ocean

Generally speaking, the capital of a country should be set up in the center of the country, which is the safest way. Of course, some countries will also be set up in coastal areas for the convenience of transportation. However, the east of Mozambique’s land is all adjacent to the sea, but It is very interesting to set the capital at the southernmost point.

Speaking of this, we have to mention history. When the Portuguese occupied Mozambique, they just wanted to open up new shipping routes. The Mozambique Strait is at the southernmost point of Mozambique, and Maputo is located at the southernmost point of the Mozambique Strait. Its geographical location is superior. So the Portuguese established a colonial stronghold in Maputo, and later built a railway to the Rainbow Country. In this way, the Port of Maputo developed rapidly, and later became the largest city in Mozambique, and also the capital.

Maputo is at the end of the strait, and it is divided into two parts by the strait: Maputo city on the north coast and Catembe area in the south.

Among them, the north shore of Maputo City has developed rapidly, and now it has become a central urban area with a population of over one million. Transship other countries, especially the transit materials of the rainbow country, etc.

With the continuous development of the North Shore, the city's space is becoming less and less, so they want to develop to the Katembe area in the south, but because of the backward transportation here, it has been unable to develop, and the total economic volume only occupies the entire capital. It can be said that it is extremely underdeveloped.

The people of Mozambique very much hope to build a bridge across the two banks, so as to shorten the cross-strait travel time, facilitate travel, and drive economic development in the south.

However, relying on their own strength, it is impossible to build such a bridge. Therefore, they can only turn to Dongfang for help. After all, Dongfang has become an infrastructure madman with strong construction strength. Take the recent example , Dig a canal within half a year and have the ability to navigate, and only the East can do it, and other countries simply don't have this ability.

When Mr. Qin came to the Rainbow Country, they were moved. Mr. Qin came to help them negotiate with a group of bandits. Always invited to the capital.

When Qin Tao came to Maputo, a guard team came up to meet him. They consisted of 16 motorcycles. These motorcycles were all Jialing 125. The riders on them were dressed in standard motorcycle uniforms, majestic and majestic. At the same time, there was an extended red flag car. Qin Tao and others got out of the pickup truck and got into this extended car, feeling like a shotgun change.

"President Qin, welcome to Maputo." Enriquez, the person in charge of Maputo, was sitting in the car: "You are tired from the journey, we will take you to Polana Serena Hotel to rest first."

Polana Serena Hotel is a famous five-star hotel in Maputo and a century-old hotel. The main body is a four-story room with the architectural style of the colonial period. The white exterior wall is clean and flying There are several flags, and the bright red flag is also fluttering in the wind, it should be the latest one to be hung.

The car stopped directly at the entrance of the hotel in the long corridor. After getting out of the car, Enriquez took Qin Tao and others to the guest room.

"President Qin, I know you like to be quiet, so I arranged for you a presidential suite here, where you can enjoy an independent beach and sea view." Enriquez took Qin Tao away while introducing the itinerary .

Xu Zhengyang, who was following Qin Tao, frowned. When he arrived at the suite, he first went in to take a look, and then denied it.

"Mr. Qin, this place is too open, and it is prone to accidents, so it is not suitable for your residence. We need to change to an inconspicuous room." Xu Zhengyang made a suggestion.

Qin Tao glanced at Zhao Ling beside him. At this time, he had to listen to his wife.

Zhao Ling nodded: "Let's change it to another one. We often look at the sun and the beach, and we don't feel much about these anymore."

It was Enriquez's turn to frown. He had originally planned to explain how prosperous this place is and how backward the opposite bank is after Qin Tao moved in. He hoped to build a bridge, but what happened? Boss Qin's bodyguard actually disliked the open space here?

However, President Qin's safety is important, and he can only listen to President Qin. Xu Zhengyang checked it out, and then chose the villa area next to the hotel. All the villas in the front, back, left, and right are rented, with people living in the middle and security guards in the rest. Dozens of security guards from Glory Years Security Company are distributed in every corner, enclosing the place airtightly.

As for the beach? Can't see it at all.

After rearranging the accommodation, Enriquez was a little helpless, how should I introduce him now?

"President Qin, you rest here first, and many people will come to visit you tomorrow." Enriquez can only pin his hope on the next day.

"Oh, you can have a banquet here tonight." Qin Tao looked at the spacious lobby on the first floor of the villa and said, "I also like to meet friends from the Mo country."

"good."

That night, a large group of people came here, including government officials, celebrities, and of course, all of them were dark-skinned.

Among them, Dias has the highest position. After exchanging pleasantries, he held up his wine glass: "Everyone, let's raise our glasses together to cleanse the wind and dust for Mr. Qin who came from afar. Mr. Qin originally came to Rainbow Country. I heard that we have If you are in trouble, come here immediately, Qin is always our good friend! Cheers to our good friend!"

After drinking a glass of wine, Enriquez couldn't bear it anymore: "Mr. Qin, your infrastructure company is very famous. In a short period of time, a canal was built. If a bridge across the river is built, isn't it very good?" quick?"

"That was back then, just like the river on the side of your capital, if you build a bridge, half a year is enough. Do you want to hire our infrastructure company?"

Half a year is enough! These people were very excited, but they frowned again when they heard Qin Tao say that they were hired.

"President Qin, how much will it cost to build this bridge?"

"It depends on what standards you need. If it is a two-way four-lane urban arterial road, the cost of that one kilometer is about 200 million U.S. dollars. I have calculated that, including the approach bridge, the bridge will need about five kilometers. That's a billion dollars."

billion dollars! Everyone present clicked their tongues. You must know that the gross domestic product of Mozambique last year was only 4 billion US dollars. It is impossible for them to spend a quarter of a year's chicken farts to build bridges. , After all, there are many places where they spend their money.

"President Qin, if we use a large number of our local workers, will the cost be lowered?" Enriquez asked.

"If you use your workers, you should be able to reduce the investment by 200 million US dollars, but the time will be extended rapidly. From half a year to five years, we can only guarantee that the traffic will be opened within five years."

Using local workers is inevitable for the project. After all, Qin Tao is very clear about the working attitude of the local workers.

Those local people have no choice but to come to work on the construction site. As long as they get the money, they will disappear without a trace. It is absolutely impossible for them to come back until the money is spent.

Forget about these ordinary construction workers, those in key positions also have this kind of idle attitude. The most unbelievable thing is the train driver, who doesn’t care about the overall situation. At the door of your own house, then stop the train and go straight home! Fortunately, the train behind found it in time and did not hit it, but the railway was blocked for several days before it was cleared! It caused huge economic losses. As for the train driver who went home to visit, he still didn't take it seriously, and he was very confident: I have already arrived at the door, why don't I go home to see my wife?

Although the work attitude makes people speechless, the cost of local workers is definitely quite low, and the handling of accidents is also very simple. If the workers are injured in China, it will cost a lot of money. It's a headache, but here, if a worker is injured, just swear a few words and swear the worker away.

Of course, Mingzhou Group will not be so ruthless, and will still bandage and treat it, but there will definitely be no follow-up compensation.

"Okay, just five years, you can save 200 million yuan." Enriquez nodded immediately, but then frowned again: "It's just, where will the remaining 800 million yuan come from?"

For them, this is definitely an astronomical figure.

Dias said: "Boss Qin, can you help us find a way?"

"Okay, since our friends have this need, then we must help." Qin Tao said: "Have you heard of our package policy of a weak country and a strong army?"

Everyone nodded.

"I've heard of it, but the plan is to exchange warships with minerals and so on. We don't have that plan yet," Enriquez said.

"Well, you don't need to change warships, you can use minerals to exchange bridges. Our financial department of Mingzhou Group can give you a loan to complete the construction of the bridge. Then, we will mine mineral resources on your land. What is the plan for repaying debts?"

"However, the mineral resources on our land have been explored repeatedly, and no more valuable minerals have been found." Dias frowned.

"That's right, the Vana Group is also exploring on our land, and I don't know if we can find it." Felipe sent Qin Tao back, and he also attended the banquet together. He also expressed his concerns. If the guy can't be found, shouldn't he continue to make trouble?

"Then we will separate. The Vana Group is looking for minerals on your land, and we are looking for resources in your territorial waters." Qin Tao said: "Maybe we are lucky and can find some good things, but if we find If so, at least a 30-year exploitation right must be signed."

"Of course, Mr. Qin, you can do whatever you want with the permanent mining rights." Dias nodded immediately: "You are our friend, we trust you."

"Okay, let's make a toast to our future cooperation!" Qin Tao raised his glass, his eyes were bright, he had already seen the future of Mingzhou Group.

I have never paid attention to the African business before, and now, I am finally going to move to Africa in a big way. There are a lot of minerals here, which are urgently needed by the motherland. Moreover, the relationship here is very friendly with the East. It is undoubtedly possible to cultivate here. get the most out of it.

Among other things, just in Mozambique, Qin Tao knows that there are a lot of natural gas reserves here, especially the northern Rovuma Basin, which is the most important oil and gas basin in Mozambique. After its discovery in 2013, it has been proven It has more than 100 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas reserves, ranking 13th in the world. Relying on these resources, Mozambique has become the country with the second largest natural gas reserves in Africa, and is even known as the next Qatar.

However, it is not easy to develop natural gas in Mozambique. After all, 51% of the area of ​​the Rovuma Basin is offshore, and the main oil and gas fields are in the deep water layer, at a depth of 2,000 meters underwater. It is not easy to mine out.

In later generations, it was Dongfang who provided special mining equipment to successfully complete the task of mining and first ship transportation. Qin Tao also participated in the design and development of this kind of ship, so now, as long as the relevant agreement is signed with Mozambique , and then go back to build natural gas ships. After returning, they can be exploited on a large scale.

At this time, these people in Mozambique didn't think it was a big deal. After all, they had never seen other energy sources except a small amount of oil, and they didn't know that there were a lot of natural gas resources in their sea.

As countries around the world have increasingly strict environmental protection requirements, the demand for natural gas will increase. Mingzhou Group can occupy a large number of natural gas fields, and of course it will have a greater say in the future.

"Thank you for your support. Then we will sign the agreement as soon as possible. When the agreement is signed, we will explore the coastal resources while building a bridge for you." Qin Tao said, looking at Zhao Ling: "Help me The contract was drawn up, and while all these people were here, we signed the contract on the spot.”

People in these countries procrastinate. Even if they promise to be good now, they may not be able to find anyone until tomorrow. It will be difficult to sign the contract within ten days and a half. After hearing Qin Tao's arrangement, Zhao Ling immediately put down her wine glass, went to the desk on the other side, opened her notebook, and began to draft the contract.

It still used the original package project plan for a weak country and a strong army, except that the warship was replaced by a bridge. It took Zhao Ling more than ten minutes to change the entire contract.

The eyes of all the people from Mozambique were full of surprise, watching the printers print out contracts one by one, isn't this too fast? We are here for the dinner today, and we don't want to sign any contract. Even if the Mingzhou Group wants to help repair the bridge, there is no need to worry. After all, hundreds of years have passed without a bridge, and we don't care about it for a year or so. .

However, President Qin is so enthusiastic, and they can't refute President Qin's face, and they proposed to build the bridge. If they don't sign the agreement now, then President Qin will leave, and maybe there will be no such opportunity in the future.

Just when everyone was frowning, Qin Tao smiled: "Of course, if you think this is too hasty, you can take our contract back first and study it carefully. After all, this is the first time we have cooperated. Your side It is normal to not trust us."

The first half of the sentence was okay, but when he heard the second half, Enriquez felt his eyelids start to twitch violently. Mr. Qin's meaning is very simple, if you don't sign now, you don't believe them!

"Of course we trust Mr. Qin. On behalf of Maputo City, I will sign this document! As for the terms and conditions, I don't even read them. Anyway, Mr. Qin will never treat us badly."

It's Dias' turn to be helpless, Enriquez is in charge of Maputo, of course he can sign, and he doesn't need to worry about sea mining and the like, but Dias has to consider these things! He has to think about this kind of thing, after all, he is not the only one who has the final say.

"By the way, I almost forgot. When I came here from China this time, I brought some new gadgets. I will treat them as gifts. I will give one to each of you." Qin Tao said, winking at Xu Zhengyang .

So, Xu Zhengyang brought a box in, opened it, and took out the boxes one by one.

The box is rectangular, about the size of a piece of bread, and beautifully packaged.

Dias was the first to get the box, and just about to open it, Qin Tao reminded: "Everyone, be careful, the things inside are very precious, and you are afraid of falling."

Precious, afraid of falling? Could it be a gem?

Dias put the box on the table, opened it carefully, and then saw a black tablet-like thing inside, which looked like a small manuscript, but it was definitely not paper, and it looked like it had a metallic texture. It's like the texture of glass.

"What's this?" Dias asked.

"Mobile phone." Qin Tao said: "This is the first mobile phone made by the Kirin chip developed by our domestic Loongson company. The biggest feature of this mobile phone is the use of a comprehensive touch screen. Now, you can pick it up and press Press the button on the right to power on."

If they are customers from other countries, of course they can send gems and gold, but there is no shortage in Mozambique. They produce diamonds and gold in their country. These people must have these things in their homes. Therefore, it is better to give them high technology.

The cost of these things is not high, but the price is very expensive. Moreover, they are still in a state of being unavailable, and they are given to these people as meeting gifts to ensure that these country bumpkins will be beautiful.

Dias carefully took out the mobile phone, which was heavy and very good. He groped a bit, and finally found the button Qin Tao mentioned. Pressed it, but there was no response.

"Long press the power button and release it after a few seconds."

Dias pressed it with his big hand, and a few seconds later, something that surprised him happened: the glass on the surface actually lit up! A graph appears above.

What graphic is this?

He didn't know him, so he could only look at Qin Tao for help. Qin Tao took a look: "Rice, this is our domestic high-end mobile phone brand, Rice Phone."

"Rice phone? Not bad, really good!"

The pattern of rice disappeared, and the phone finally started successfully. Some icons appeared on the screen, and there were texts below, but Dias couldn't understand it.

"After you get your hands, you can click on the third icon below. The symbol of this gear is settings, and then select the language switch in it, switch to Portuguese, and you can understand it. Of course, if you understand our Chinese, then directly It is also possible to use Chinese."

"I understand Chinese, I already understand it!" An official said, "This phone is really good, and it can take pictures. I'll give it a try."

Click, click!

Looking at the pictures inside, the official was very excited.

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and the voice of thirty-two chords was playing popular songs from the country of Mo. When they heard the voice inside, someone started dancing.

This phone can also be used as a tape recorder?

"What's in it? Why are there blocks? Hey, these blocks can be opened, and there are numbers inside. Wait, why are they all out? What is the black one? A bomb?"

"Everyone, this phone has many functions. It can not only make and receive calls, send short messages, but also use the above ICQ software to chat, play games, play music, take photos, etc. I hope you like it."

"Yeah, there are too many functions, such a mobile phone must be very expensive, right?"

"We won't talk about the price, but for now, everyone just needs to know that this is the first batch of 3G mobile phones on the African continent." Qin Tao said: "You are the first batch of users."

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Qin!"

"This is high technology!"

"Mr. Qin, we are good friends. We have nothing to believe in your agreement. Let's sign it now!" Dias finally stopped hesitating, and after taking the gift from Mingzhou Group, he can still do it again. refuse? Besides, this project was what they needed urgently.

"Why can't this phone make calls?" After a person heard about it, he immediately tried to make a call.

"Oh, this is because you don't have an advanced 3G base station, so you can't use the 3G mobile phone card on it for the time being. You can use the existing 2G mobile phone card, but because the network speed is too slow, it does not support video functions, photos Transfers will be slow as well."

"3G base station?"

"Yes, it is the network that supports this kind of mobile phone. If you need it, I can contact you with our domestic communication operator."

"With such a good mobile phone, how can we not support it? We want to build this more advanced network!" Enriquez immediately decided: "Mr. Qin, please invite us your communication operator !By the way, will it cost money to build this network?"

"Of course it will cost money." Qin Tao said: "However, we are friends, and there may be other solutions. For example, you can exempt this operator from taxes for 30 years, and you can also designate it as the only operator. If you don’t, they should build your network at their own expense.”

"Okay, that's it!" Enriquez nodded: "Please come here, we can use this kind of mobile phone in the future!"

Many operators build base stations for free, which can be earned back through future customer package fees. This is like a spider, as long as it spins a web, it can lie on it and wait to make money.

Qin Tao's gift of a mobile phone kills two birds with one stone, and brings the domestic operator here, and it is still an exclusive operation, which will definitely make a lot of money in the future.