Chapter 974： Navigable

The opening of the Panama Canal greatly shortened the route between eastern and western North America and increased the frequency of trade.

The Panama Canal also amazed people from other countries.

"It's a miracle. How did such a wide canal be dug through? The congressional moths only know to collect taxes from us, but they refuse to allocate funds to dug the Erie Canal."

When arriving at the canal, Michael, a native of New York (New York), complained about the British Congress by the way.

Because the British merchants who lived in New York before felt that they needed to dig a canal connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean to facilitate immigration to Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.

Without this canal, Illinois farm products would have to be shipped to New York for sale, and the freight would be at least ten times that of the canal.

In places where there are no cars, land transportation costs are more than ten times more expensive than water transportation.

Expensive freight is an important factor restricting the British march to the west.

Some immigrants arrived in Illinois and planted a large amount of agricultural products, but there was no local market to sell them, so they could only be shipped to New York City.

After throwing away the freight, there is basically no profit.

Therefore, not many people are interested in reclaiming wasteland in the west.

Because of this situation, immigrants in North America hope that the British government can preside over the construction of a canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.

They didn't have much demand, they just wanted to build a twelve-meter wide canal.

However, this is already very difficult for Great Britain, and the scale is too large. To complete this project, a huge amount of capital and manpower investment is required.

The temporary focus of Great Britain is on industrialization, and there is not enough capital and manpower to build such a long-term benefit project that takes many years to pay back.

Such a large project can only be successful if the government has a strong lead.

Without the government's presence, no matter how strong the willingness of North American immigrants is, it is no use.

They all lack this organizational ability and the courage to invest independently, and they are even more worried that they will be expropriated by the British government after the canal is dug.

"Well, if it were Dahua, they would have built it a long time ago. I heard that their Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was more than 2,000 kilometers long and was built a thousand years ago. It's incredible.

Needless to say, the Panama Canal is more than 150 meters wide at its narrowest place, and it is said that it can carry freighters of six to seventy thousand tons. "

Companion Roberts said.

I am afraid of comparison in everything. With the reference of Dahua, people in other countries are easily depressed.

It's incomparable, the gap is too big.

Dahua digging a canal with an average width of more than two hundred meters is the same as playing, but they want to dig a canal with a width of twelve meters like a major event that determines the fate of the country, and they have been unable to make up their minds.

"Why, our boat is as big as theirs, why do we have to pay 4,000 yuan, and they only need to pay 2,000 yuan?"

When paying the fee to get the pass, Michael questioned Wenxiang, the toll collector at the toll office.

"Because they are Dahua, the place where the ship is registered is also Dahua, and you are from Great Britain. This is the canal dug by Dahua, and naturally it is a ship that serves our Dahua."

Wen Xiang explained.

"Excessive, this is ethnic discrimination, you can't do this."

Michael protested.

"Can't ethnic discrimination? Then why do you call Indians yellow-skinned monkeys? Shao special nonsense, get out without paying. The Strait of Magellan is free, and no one prevents you from passing there."

Wen Xiang snorted coldly.

Some people like to talk about the law of the jungle when facing weaker people, and like to talk about moral etiquette when facing stronger people.

Wen Xiang is not used to this kind of person.

Anyway, the value of the Panama Canal lies here, and businessmen with brains can disagree about the pros and cons, and don’t worry about not having business.

Sure enough, Michael just complained a few words, and then, while paying the money, he said something that Wenxiang couldn't understand in suburban English.

It probably means that he is a rational and wise man, and he doesn't have the general knowledge of losers like Wenxiang.

What he said was mainly for his companion, Lopez, trying to prove that he was not afraid of Wenxiang because he was not stubborn, but just holding his own identity and disdainful of arguing with Wenxiang.

Commonly known as the spiritual victory method.

Fortunately, Lopez was his friend, and he didn't break it, otherwise the atmosphere would be embarrassing.

In short, their cargo ship was allowed to enter the canal.

"If you receive four thousand Chinese yuan at a time, you will be able to pay back in less than ten years."

On the way, Michael's topic remained on the canal.

He roughly estimated the income of the Panama Canal and came up with such a figure.

"Ten years? No, I think five years is enough. First of all, with the increase in trade in the future, more and more ships will pass through the canal. Secondly, Dahua did not actually spend too much money to build this canal. Workers. Most of them are captives and local aborigines. They only need to take care of the food, but don't need to pay their wages."

Ropez said.

"Perhaps, we can also use blacks and Indians to build canals. In this way, we can go directly to Illinois to buy goods."

Michael imagined that kind of scenario, which would increase his profits by at least 50%.

"Perhaps we should unite to put pressure on Congress. If Congress disagrees, then we will ask the Chinese to help us fix it."

Ropez proposed a more naive idea.

"I heard that nearly 20,000 people died when building this canal."

Michael said.

"Almost, they are all captives and indigenous people. Who cares. I heard that these people were taken to build the road from Panama to Peru after the canal was built."

Ropez said.

"To Peru? From Colombia to Peru, it seems to be a Spanish territory, why did Dahua build this road?"

Michael curiously asked.

"What's hard to understand? This shows that Dahua is ready to fight Colombia and other places. Otherwise, you think Dahua will do good deeds for no reason."

Ropez said.

The Colombian area used to be the territory of the Portuguese. However, two years ago, Spain had annexed Portugal, and by the way the Portuguese overseas colonies were also occupied.

Today, most of the entire South America is occupied by the Spaniards.

"Well, what is Spain's reaction?"

Michael was shocked.

He could not imagine what the picture of Spain and Dahua would be, and what impact it would have on Europe.

He does not yet know the news that the European Union has been established, so he feels that Spain alone cannot be an opponent of Dahua.

"What else can I do? Don't even dare to stop Dahua from building the road."

Lopez sighed.

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