Chapter 901 Port! Port!

“Before I go into details, I want to ask, how much do you know about maritime transport?”

The deacons present, all of whom are not elites, all spoke eloquently.

What does shipping account for more than 90% of the world's cross-continental logistics, and what accounts for the vast majority of world trade volume...

However, this is all their understanding, and it is not particularly in-depth.

"Everyone knows that the scale of maritime transport is very large, but how big is it? I have a set of data here. The total value of global trade is 16.5 trillion U.S. dollars, 85% of which is transported by sea. Of course, the value of seaborne goods is usually relatively low, even if If the value is only 50%, then the total amount will reach 8 trillion dollars..."

What is the concept of 8 trillion dollars?

"In other words, the scale of shipping is almost catching up with the state's economic aggregate?" The servants were also surprised.

This is a state, it should be considered the second largest economy in the world!

And this is the total economic volume! The scale of shipping is truly incredible.

"Even if only one-tenth of the maritime supplies pass through our ports, the annual trade volume is 800 billion U.S. dollars!"

If there are 800 billion U.S. dollars in logistics flowing through a place continuously for 365 days a year, it will be difficult for this place not to be rich!

Some people may ask, the ocean is huge, and you can run wherever you like, why do you have to pass through a certain port?

Wouldn't it be better to go straight to the point?

The problem is that the distribution of the earth's land is uneven. Most human beings and developed areas are distributed in the northern hemisphere.

Therefore, most shipping occurs between several large states in the northern hemisphere.

Within this range, there are several checkpoints that cannot be bypassed from the nearest waterway.

The Majia Line Strait, the Suez Canal, and the Banana Canal are the hurdles that almost no one can get around!

So just look at the density of port cities near these places.

So, with a steady flow of goods flowing through a certain place, how can this place make money?

Charge berth fees? loading fee? Service fee? Towing fee? Service fee?

This is really just a small amount of money. This is what a port company cares about.

But a city's vision is much broader than this.

The laws of the world determine that logistics is the center of economic activities in the world.

The center of logistics must be the center of capital flow, because when a steady stream of logistics arrives, you have to unload, exchange, buy and sell, and transship, which involves money transactions. Money transactions definitely require a large amount of capital flow, and then banks come;

The center of capital flow must be the center of finance. When a large amount of capital flows in, what should we do when there is no transaction? What to do if the ship is at sea? Is the money lost somewhere waiting to hold a child? Nothing to count and play? Of course we have to get it running and play with finance! The financier is here!

Financial centers have produced a large number of wealthy people, and a steady stream of ships has brought a large number of sailors, which will naturally create business centers, life centers, and service centers.

In the center of logistics, there are a large number of cheap raw materials and low transportation costs. Of course, industrial centers will be born.

After that, education centers, high-tech R&D centers, everything just fell into place, not to mention how simple it was!

This is probably the fastest express lane for urban development on earth. It is like being on a rocket, soaring into the sky without any twists and turns.

But the problem is...

"Master, there are so many shipping routes in the world, but none of the important shipping routes pass through Green Island Port. Why should people come to us?"

Zhuang Buyuan turned around and pointed to a world map behind him.

However, this world map is a little different from others. In the blank space of the map, there is an area where a map of a manor is drawn with different scales.

A large area of ​​​​sea surrounds a round island.

"This is Green Island Port." Zhuang Buyuan first drew a circle at the southern end of Green Island.

"Greendao Port is located in the northern part of the Western Ocean, close to the Arctic Ocean, not far from the Nut State, Maple Leaf State, Midi State, and other continents along the coast of Xizhou Continent. This is one of the poles of the world's economy."

Not far away from Zhuang, he drew a circle on the opposite side, to the north of Pingyang.

"This is Ping Da Yang, very close to the state, Fusang, Korea, and the western part of Nut State. It is another pole of the world economy."

"What is the shortest route between these two poles? For example, from the state to the Midi State, is it the route of the Pingyang, the Majia Line Strait, the Feihai, the Suershi Canal, and the Earth's Inner Sea?"

Everyone looked at the map for a long time, and it seemed like it was right.

There are no other channels to travel through.

"Wrong!" Zhuang Buyuan waved his hand: "The shortest way is here!"

Zhuang Buyuan brushed his hand and pulled out a scarlet straight line, directly connecting from Green Island Port to the manor, and then from the manor to Pingyang!

"The shortest way is to enter the manor from Green Island Port, and then from the manor to the Pingyang Ocean! There is no need to cross two oceans, several straits, a canal, and dozens of days of journey. It only takes an instant to travel from the west The ocean reaches the ocean! In an instant!"

At that moment, all the servants were shocked!

Then one of the servants raised his hand timidly:

"Manor owner, do you want the ships from outside to enter the manor?"

"Yes, that's what I said, an open port!"

Open the manor to the whole world!

After such a long period of development, the manor is no longer afraid of opening up, and no longer needs to shrink back to protect itself!

"We just need to find a random place in the north of Pingyang, plant a hollow grass, and then..." Zhuang Buyuan waved his hand and said domineeringly: "We are the best port in the world, bar none! "

Of course not one!

Other people's boats have to run and transport, but your boat is simply traveling through time!

"Master, you cheated!" Everyone wanted to curse, it was too much! The dealer bullied everyone so hard that they couldn't even sail the boat!

Wait, why am I scolding you? I'm from the village owner's side! I want to help the owner of the village call someone else’s motherfucker!

"Wait, owner, there is a loophole here...how do you explain that your ship went from here to there in an instant?"

"No, no, no, this direct crossing is of course our own ship... If it is someone else's ship passing our port, of course it has to go...here!"

Zhuang not far away drew another long line, and with a brush, it crossed the entire North Pole.

"Arctic Passage!"

Although the Arctic looks quite big on the map, in fact that's because the map is expanded. According to this ratio, the Mao Xiong State almost occupies half of the continent.

The earth is a ball, and the Arctic Passage is only 3,000 nautical miles in total. Compared with the Majia Line Passage, it can save more than ten days of voyage. It is a dream waterway in human legend!

The problem is that this channel is frozen all year round, and even a short period of thawing is extremely dangerous, and even insurance companies are unwilling to insure it.

“You want to open up the Arctic sea route?”

"Of course not. I've done some research. The entire Arctic waterway is full of icebergs, and there are only 17 coast radio stations. We put hundreds of icebergs in the inland sea, make some thick fog, interfere with their GPS, fake coast radio stations, and let them Go around and around in it, and then let it out after enough time, duang, we have reached Pingyang..."

What the servants could say was to sincerely praise: "Master, you are so shameless!"

Praising and praising, the servants ran outside.

"Hey, what are you running for?"

"Let's go buy some boats first!"

So excited! So excited!

Get rich! Get rich!