[Ding! Great Engineer Rebus has completed the construction of the small miracle building, the Great Lighthouse. The Greatness Points are 3. The current Greatness Points are 6]!

The completion of the miracle building Flower and Bird Island Lighthouse has greatly improved the navigation conditions of the entire strait waterway. This free public service provided by Hainan has caused various types of ships passing through the South China Sea to return to choose Haikou Port as a port of call.

[Ding! Great Engineer Li Shufu has completed the construction of the general hospital, his Great Person Points are 2, and his current Great Person Points are 8]!

If the Flower and Bird Island Lighthouse has brought a sufficient sense of security to the many ships passing by, then the completion and operation of the first general hospital in Haikou has begun to protect the health of all Hainan citizens.

Unified outpatient clinics, more scientific and standardized treatment plans, Haikou Hospital can actively treat everything from pregnant women delivering babies to incurable diseases of some elderly people, which has greatly increased the birth rate and longevity rate of Haikou City and even Hainan, thus further further

Increased population.

After this period of efforts, not only in the field of commerce and people's livelihood, but also in the field of national defense, Hu Lai has not been left behind. Wenchang Shipyard has successfully expanded into a medium-sized shipyard. Seven slipways and seven docks allow the shipyard to build and maintain the ship at the same time.

More ships.

In particular, Wenchang Shipyard has added a 5,000-ton slipway and dock and a 9,000-ton slipway and dock, which has brought Wenchang Shipyard's manufacturing and maintenance capabilities to a higher level. In Wenchang Shipyard, it can gradually be seen that

More massive ships.

With the completion of the expansion of the Wenchang Shipyard, the importance of Wenchang Port has become increasingly obvious. Because Hu Lai currently has only one shipyard, whether it is the civilian ships of the Nanhai Merchants Group or the warships of the South China Sea Fleet, they can only be maintained and repaired at Wenchang Port.

Perform maintenance and repairs.

At the same time, Wenchang Port, as the home port of the entire South China Sea Fleet, is also responsible for stationing various types of ships of the South China Sea Fleet, guarding the east exit of the Qiongzhou Strait waterway, and guarding Haikou City.

In this Guangdong Sea War, although the Wenchang Fort and the Haikou Fort went all out to engage in artillery battles with the Nanyang Fleet, analysis of the battle situation showed that the firepower of the forts was still lacking. Especially the Wenchang Fort. A 150mm gun and

The configuration of two 105mm guns can drive away pirates and may be able to deal with a single ship. However, it will be too weak against a fleet composed of multiple warships.

According to the post-war report, the artillery battle between the Wenchang Fort and the Nanyang Navy only lasted for more than half an hour. The Nanyang Navy effortlessly suppressed the Wenchang Fort. In another half hour, the fort's officers and soldiers and artillery were almost wiped out. After all,

The fundamental reason is that the fort has too few cannons, with small caliber and insufficient power.

Although the Haikou Fort lasted longer, it was not much better. In most of the artillery battles with the Nanyang Navy in the Guangdong Sea War, the Haikou Fort was at a disadvantage. The problem was the same as that of the Wenchang Fort. Moreover, Haikou, as a Hu

The population of the capital city under the jurisdiction of Rai has exceeded 200,000, and its economic status has become increasingly important.

It was assessed that the coastal defense capabilities of Wenchang and Haikou needed to be improved, so Hu Lai and Deng Shichang discussed and decided to expand the Wenchang Fort and Haikou Fort into large forts, and add larger-caliber artillery pieces to the two forts respectively.

Therefore, Hu Lai finally decided to expand Wenchang Fort and Haikou Fort into large forts. According to the standard style of large forts, the armament must have at least one 305mm heavy coast defense gun, two 210mm coast defense guns, and four 150mm coast defense guns.

Then it is supplemented by six 105mm coastal defense guns and large and small Gatling machine guns.

Building a large fort from scratch costs at least 500,000 gold coins. However, since the Wenchang Fort and Haikou Fort already have base foundations, they only need to level some land and purchase some additional large-caliber artillery. This is an expansion, not a new build. Therefore.

The cost can save a lot of money.

The total expansion of the two forts requires about 500,000 gold coins. They are presided over by Li Shufu and Rebus respectively. The construction period basically takes two months. After the completion of the miracle building Flower and Bird Island Lighthouse and a hospital, plus the revenue for the month, Hu Lai's account

There are still 1.3 million gold coins left. After confirming the expansion of two large forts to enhance defense and spending, the remaining balance is 800,000 gold coins.

Economy and industry are still the tasks that Hu Lai needs to focus on. Compared with countries like the Lion Country, which has tens of thousands of steam engines across the country, the steam engines Hu Lai has to promote industrialization are simply drizzle. After weighing some considerations,

, Hu Lai decided to add another 500,000 gold coins to carry out the second phase of the "Industrial Empowerment Plan" and promote 200 more reciprocating steam engines of various types to various industrial entities.

Li Yunlong and Deng Shichang continued to lead troops and train. Li Jiajia was left, and Hu Lai could have transferred him to an industrial entity to increase its output by 200%. After all, Li Jiajia had learned the enterprise efficiency skill to level 3, which was full.

Level.

Thinking that it had been a while since he and Li Jiajia had traveled across mountains and rivers to explore resources together, and the road around the island had been completely built, Hu Lai planned to make an appointment with Li Jiajia to take a horse-drawn carriage around the island.

On the one hand, Hu Lai wanted to personally check the construction quality of the highway around the island. On the other hand, taking Li Jiajia with him on the road also wanted to explore whether there were any unexplored resources on the main island of Hainan.

Smooth roads make travel more convenient and promote society to move towards civilization. With the flat cement road around the island, the horse-drawn carriage rides particularly smoothly and smoothly. Hu Lai and Li Jiajia no longer have to suffer from bumps in the cities around the island, let alone walk over the mountains.

Ridge, which saves a lot of inconvenience.

Hu Lai and Li Jiajia started from Haikou City and traveled westward counterclockwise, passing through Danzhou and Lucheng, asking about the lives of citizens, and also visited some local industrial entities to inspect their operating conditions. Until they arrived at Wanning City, Li Jiajia suddenly

The induction is obvious.

"Wait, please stop the car." The carriage was running happily along the road, but Li Jiajia suddenly stopped the carriage, frowned and closed his eyes to rest, as if he was sensing something.

Hu Lai knew that Li Jiajia was sensing resources. He stood up and looked around and said, "Xiao Li, this is not the first time you and I have come to Wanning City. We didn't find any resources here before."

"Sir, this is the weakest sense since I learned [Resource Survey Level 2], but I confirm that there are indeed Level 2 resources around here. Let's walk around Wanning City." Li Jiajia then suggested.

Before the change, it was Hu Lai who coaxed Li Jiajia to go on outings with him for surveying on foot. In the end, he was so tired that he was almost dead, so Li Jiajia was particularly disgusted with surveying on foot.

But this time Li Jiajia took the initiative to get out of the car and conduct a survey on foot, which was unusual. So Hu Lai followed Li Jiajia out of the carriage and walked towards the forest in the north of Wanning City.

The sun in Hainan was particularly scorching. After walking for more than an hour, the two of them were already sweating profusely, and their clothes were completely soaked with sweat.

"Hey, this is the place where the feeling is strongest, but we have been walking around this forest for a long time and still found nothing." Li Jiajia and Hu Lai said while leaning under the tree to enjoy the coolness and drink water.
Chapter completed!