Chapter 1023

In the next few days, Qin Shiou devoted himself to practicing the 15km long-distance swimming. When he practiced for the first time, he entered four hours, and when he was in the best condition later, he was able to swim for three and a half hours.

Butler took a 900 pound tuna to Japan. As soon as the fish appeared, it caused a sensation in Tokyo.

This year, the tuna market in Japan is in a downturn. More than 500 pounds are big fish, but more than 800 pounds are not seen. As soon as this 900 pound bluefin tuna appears, it almost determines its identity as the fish king.

What excites the seafood traders in Tokyo is not only the weight of the fish, but also its meat quality. The fat content of the fish has set a historical record, which is higher than the quality of the big fish brought by Qin Shiou last year, and the auction price is expected to be only high.

Qin Shiou didn't pay much attention to this problem. On March 10, he took his family, tigers, leopards, bears and wolves to Prince Edward Island to prepare for the competition.

The farewell number drove rapidly, breaking the wind and waves all the way, and arrived at Northumberland strait the day before the race.

When he arrived at the Strait, it happened to be early in the morning. Qin Shiou stood on the deck and looked around. First he saw the famous Canadian federal bridge.

The federal bridge is another great and brilliant feat of challenging and conquering nature after the Pacific Railway. It connects Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. It is a huge sea crossing bridge.

The bridge is long and magnificent in shape, but the lines are extremely beautiful and stretch. It is described by a common Chinese saying that it is like a giant dragon hovering on the sea.

When the sun rises at the beginning, the sun shines on the sea and on the bridge, adding charm.

Qin Shiou searched on his mobile phone. The bridge, with a total length of 12.9 kilometers, is the longest bridge across ice covered waters in the world. Its completion and opening to traffic has completely changed the isolation of Prince Edward Island for thousands of years. It is recognized as the greatest project in Canada in the 20th century.

For Prince Edward Island, the federal bridge has now become a bridge of life. Before the bridge was completed, the transportation between the island and the outside world completely depended on ferries and aircraft.

At that time, in order to overcome the traffic barrier between Prince Edward Island and Canada, the provincial government proposed to the federal government to build an undersea tunnel or a sea crossing bridge in the 1980s.

This incident almost led to civil strife on Prince Edward Island, because some island residents were worried that once the cross sea transportation facilities were completed, it would seriously damage the "original ecology" of the island and disrupt their quiet way of life.

Another part of the residents support the construction of subsea tunnels or sea crossing bridges to improve their "isolated" living conditions.

Two different views once dominated the violent conflict among its supporters. Later, after the provincial government suppressed it by force, it decided to solve the problem by referendum on the whole island, and held a referendum on January 18, 1988.

The final result was that 59.4% voted for the construction of the sea crossing bridge. The project started in 1993, invested 5000 people and US $1 billion, and was completed and opened to traffic on May 31, 1997, which achieved this magnificent building.

The choice of charity competition in Northumberland Strait also has a moral. The federal bridge is the spirit of the competition, symbolizing the unyielding belief of participants in fighting poverty, disease and despair.

Shack came out of the cab. When he saw Qin Shiou looking at the bridge with amazing eyes, he said, "boss, you'd better look at it more. It will be the guide for you to swim during the competition. If you find that you are getting farther across the bridge, you have to adjust the swimming route."

Qin Shiou nodded. When the yacht passed under the bridge, he looked up and saw that four big flags fluttered under the sea breeze. They were Canadian flag, Prince Edward Island Flag, New Brunswick flag and federal bridge flag.

Seeing that he had been gazing at the bridge, Winnie asked, "what are you looking at? Is it the first time to see such a magnificent bridge? "

Qin Shiou said, "no, I'm thinking about one thing, that is, whether we should imitate Prince Edward Island and build such a sea crossing bridge?"

Wini was stunned and then smiled: "are you kidding? Prince Edward Island has an area of 6000 square kilometers, ranking 104th in the world and 23rd in Canada. How about saying goodbye to the island? "

Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "the area of farewell island is also very large. It has to be four or five hundred square kilometers, isn't it?"

Winnie looked at his expression carefully, showed a creepy look and said, "are you serious?"

The federal bridge looks majestic. In fact, it is only more than ten kilometers long. How far is the farewell island from St. Johns? More than 80 kilometers! The ten kilometer federal bridge cost one billion in the last century. What about the 80 kilometer bridge?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she was. She was preparing how to persuade Qin Shiou to give up this unrealistic idea. As a result, Qin Shiou laughed and said, "are you serious? I'm mentally disabled. How can I want to build a bridge dozens of kilometers long? "

Distance is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem lies in value. The population density of Prince Edward Island is 25 people per square kilometer, which is the largest population density in Canadian provinces. What about the island? On average, there are four or five people per square kilometer

Qin Shiou came to Prince Edward Island in advance. He was not only familiar with the stadium, but also wanted to play here.

Prince Edward Island is famous for its beautiful scenery. When Canada introduced various provinces, it was introduced here that God put a part of the earth he created in the rough Atlantic Ocean, so a beautiful island was formed.

Among the native Indians, the name of Prince Edward Island is "abaguwaite", which means "cradle floating on the waves", so we can know how beautiful it is.

In addition to the beautiful scenery, Prince Edward Island is also proud of Canada, that is, the climate is mild.

The warm sea water in St. Lawrence Bay makes the climate on the island milder than that in mainland Canada, making up for the perennial humid climate here.

The summer here is warm and humid. The temperature is generally maintained at 20 degrees Celsius, and the maximum temperature will exceed 35 degrees Celsius. It is already a very hot place in Canada.

At this time, it is March, and the temperature is still relatively low, swinging around 45 degrees above zero. But for Canadians who are used to the cold, this temperature can already put on spring and autumn clothes.

The farewell ship docked at Shanghai port. When Qin Shiou got off the ship, he could see several fishermen in cotton clothes on the wharf. After entering the urban area, this kind of dress was very rare. Both girls and boys put on spring and autumn clothes. Even if the cold wind occasionally makes them shiver, they don't care.