The most arrogant in history

Chapter 947: This, since ancient times?

Ye Kun nodded and smiled, "What Concubine Bao said is very right. Tianzhu Jiaozhi and the Mediterranean region will develop rapidly in the future because of convenient transportation and low oil costs. China's nine provinces are a little worse in this regard.

However, China's Nine Provinces has a good foundation, and within a hundred years, it will still be ahead of all the major overseas fiefdoms."

When it comes to energy, oil is not the only option.

And coal and electricity.

Hundreds of hydroelectric power plants of all sizes and dozens of large thermal power plants have been built in the nine provinces of China.

Both technology and infrastructure are far superior to those of major overseas fiefdoms.

Over the years, the Chinese have plundered too much gold, silver, copper and rare metals overseas, which are the prerequisites for the great development of electricity.

Overseas fiefdoms do not have such a foundation.

Jiang Yourong had not considered this at first, but after being reminded by Xie Baochan, she could not help but worry: "After this, if China Jiuzhou runs out of gasoline and diesel, won't it be in a state of decline?"

"So, I developed oil many years ago and set my sights on the Oil Peninsula." Ye Kun said with a smile:

"So I transferred your grandson to the Oil Peninsula in order to control the oil and natural gas energy here. It is very expensive to send oil to China now because the transportation cost is too high. With the advancement of technology in the future, the price will be brought down."

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "No matter how advanced the technology is, we still have to use a big ship to bring back the oil, right?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Have you seen the natural gas pipeline in Yizhou? In fact, pipelines can also be used to transport oil."

Jiang Yourong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Should we build a very long pipeline that goes directly to China? Then, pour the diesel in here, and let it flow out from China?"

“Almost, but not that easy.”

Ye Kun smiled: "The refinery here already has an oil pipeline. The crude oil extracted from the oil field goes directly into the refinery through the pipeline. In this way, the transportation process is omitted."

It seems that there is no such technology in later generations to connect the Oil Peninsula and China with pipelines.

Bao Sheng smiled and said, "The Emperor Emeritus has come to the Oil Peninsula, so he should stay for a while, right? The Red Sea Canal is still being expanded. Does the Emperor Emeritus want to go and take a look?"

The Red Sea Canal that was dug at that time, now known as the Suez Canal, was a little smaller.

Shallow and narrow.

Although it is navigable, it requires constant maintenance and expansion.

Ye Kun nodded and said, "This place is only separated from Fengjiao City by a river. I am not in a hurry to get here. I will send two thousand soldiers to send the immigrants who follow me to Fengjiao City first.

I will stay in the Oil Peninsula and inspect it before going to Cape Feng."

The Oil Peninsula and Cape Town on the African continent are separated by the Gulf of Aden.

If you go through the narrowest part of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, there is only 30 kilometers of water, which is very convenient.

Ye Kun's arrival at the Oil Peninsula is equivalent to his arrival at the African continent.

A few years ago, when Ye Kun had nothing to do, he crossed the Red Sea Strait and set foot on the African continent. However, the focus at that time was on developing the oil peninsula, and the large-scale development of Africa was not on the agenda.

Lu Qiangguo led his team to escort the immigrants ahead.

Ye Kun and others stayed in the Oil Peninsula.

Jiang Yourong said to Dai Xi, "I have also been in this Oil Peninsula for more than five years, which is longer than the time I spent in Chengdu. It can be regarded as my third hometown. Come, I will take you around."

Dai Xi smiled and said, "Then sister, please take good care of me and don't lose me."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The peninsula is not big, only about three or four times the size of Yizhou, and the other half is desert. As long as you don't run around, you won't get lost."

Due to geographical reasons, the governance of the Oil Peninsula is relatively easy.

The island was surrounded by the sea on all sides, with natural boundaries and barriers. The desert occupied half of the island, and the remaining area was almost the same as the Xihua Island where Xiao Ruliu was.

Now, the total population of Chinese immigrants and second-generation immigrants in the Oil Peninsula has exceeded one million.

There are only more than 300,000 indigenous people on the island.

But there are still hundreds of thousands of laborers from Rome, India, and Persia working on the construction here and growing crops on the farms.

The descendants of Yan and Huang became the main body, occupied all the resources, mastered absolute high technology, and used both kindness and force to command the entire island.

This place has become a real little China, a little Shenzhou!

The new recruits who came here for the first time felt almost no sense of unfamiliarity.

A soldier asked his accomplice in a low voice, looking stupid: "This oil peninsula has belonged to us Chinese since ancient times, right? We are all Chinese, and we don't see any foreigners!"

Ye Kun happened to hear it and said with a smile: "You are right, from now on, our descendants can say that this place has been our Chinese territory since ancient times!"

It's no wonder that the recruits think so.

Because many years ago, the first group of warriors and immigrants who came to the Oil Peninsula erected countless stone tablets here, on which were engraved the words "Chinese Territory" in Chinese characters.

Most of the buildings on the island have been changed to Chinese style.

In terms of culture, there is not even a trace of local culture.

Ye Kun arranged Jiang Yourong and others, and he inspected the port first.

Two ports have been added here, one is an oil port and the other is another trade port.

The original port was used as a transit station.

The port is busy and prosperous.

Huge ships are constantly coming and going.

There were two merchant ships coming from Xihua Island where Xiao Ruliu was.

Ye Kun called the boat owner and asked, "You are from Xihua Island. How long does it take to come here one way?"

The ship owner replied, "Reporting to the Emperor, it will take us about eight or nine days to come here one way. The specific situation depends on the monsoon and ocean currents. We are sailing along the east coast of the Yan Emperor Continent, which ensures safety. If we encounter strong winds and waves, we can dock at any time."

Ye Kun nodded and asked again: "How many people are there on your merchant ship?"

"Such ships have about 300 people on each ship."

"How many ships like this are there on Xihua Island?"

"About ten ships."

"That is, there are about three to four thousand people who travel on the sea all year round to do business."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Not bad, it has a bright future."

Once this was confirmed, Ye Kun knew that Xiao Ruliu and Xiao Dequan were lying.

There are more than 3,000 of them engaged in cross-sea trade, which shows that the current economic development of Xihua Island should be good.

Ye Kun asked again: "What goods did you bring from Xihua Island?"

The ship owner replied: "It means taking vanilla, gems, coffee beans, and some animal skins, penguin skins, etc. Vanilla and coffee are the most abundant and sell the best. Of course, gems are also easy to sell."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "So, what are you going to take back from here?"

"We mainly bring steel products, rubber products, diesel and gasoline... We bring things that are not available on the Western Island."

"Diesel and gasoline, will it be useful if you bring them over?"

Ye Kun remembered that he only gave Xiao Ruliu ten diesel-powered cars, ten gasoline-powered cars, and hundreds of diesel water pump sets.

Theoretically, the consumption of diesel and gasoline on West Island is not that much.