To say that the longest river in the world is the Nile River in Africa, and to say that it has the largest drainage area, it is the Amazon River.

Qin Tao sat on the plane and looked at the lush rainforest area below.

This huge area of ​​rainforest plants is called the lungs of the earth and is the largest green plant area in the world. It helps the earth purify carbon dioxide. The winding river below is even more spectacular.

In addition to its large basin area, the Amazon River has a very strong flow, which is several times larger than the other three major rivers in the world, the Nile, the Yangtze, and the Mississippi. It is precisely because of this that the Amazon River's mouth is 160 kilometers away from the shore.

The sea water inside has become lighter.

Therefore, there are no bridges on this kind of river, and it is too difficult to build. Especially during the flood season, the river often changes its course.

More importantly, the river is very wide. At the mouth of the river, the width is as high as 240 kilometers! Near Manaus in the middle reaches, the width of the river also reaches 5 kilometers, and the width in the lower reaches reaches 20 kilometers. Therefore, driving on it

There is no problem for a 10,000-ton dragon. The depth of the river is basically more than 45 meters, so there is no need to worry about stranding.

However, building a passage here will undoubtedly be very difficult.

Qin Tao had already frowned.

"We have done some research in advance, and now it seems that it is very difficult to build a passage here." Zhang Wenlong, a geological expert on the plane, said: "According to the original idea, we planned to directly cut down the logs and then use

Logs are laid on the ground to open a road. However, the traffic conditions of this road are not good. It will be difficult for our heavy vehicles to transport iron ore to pass. It is difficult to transport more than 100 iron ore in a year.

Thousands of tons. Moreover, in the rainy season, once it starts to rain here, the rivers will swell and the water flow will probably wash away the logs, so there will be no roads."

Thanks to not being hot-headed and directly agreeing to the conditions of the football people, Qin Tao was a little scared. If he really agreed to the other party's conditions and started building an aircraft carrier, the roads here would be difficult to walk and not enough iron ore would be transported in the end.

Mingzhou Group is about to lose money!

"Mr. Irges, we cannot choose the mine here." Qin Tao said to Irges on the plane.

"Why?" Irges was very surprised.

Qin Tao did come back with the football people, but after coming back, Sagastres had other things to do, so he left all the next inspection of the mine to Irges, who was responsible for it.

Take Qin Tao around everywhere.

Now, flying on this dilapidated plane over the Amazon River Basin, Qin Tao has directly given the answer.

Why?

Qin Tao's face was very serious: "This is the lungs of the earth. If we open a passage here, we will have to cut down a large number of trees, which will destroy the natural environment. We cannot destroy nature just because of our own interests.

"

We want to protect the environment and we cannot destroy nature! This reason is absolutely noble.

Irges frowned: "The transportation here should be the most convenient. If you are not interested here, then we can only go to Piaui State. Although this state is also close to the sea, the coastline is only sixty meters

It's many kilometers away. Transportation is not convenient."

If the three states are not suitable, then their navy's plan to own a new aircraft carrier will come to nothing. With that meager military expenditure, it is estimated that they can only buy a second-hand aircraft carrier. Although the French aircraft carrier is useless,

Cheap.

With this thought in mind, the plane changed its course and headed for Piauí State.

Most areas of this state are plateaus, and the coastal areas are lowlands and sandy lands. Moreover, the northern Panayba River Delta has many islands, lakes, tributaries, beaches, etc., and its rich ecological resources are almost comparable to those of the Amazon River Basin.

"The mine we explored is just ahead." Irges pointed to a mountain below and said: "This mountain is called the Tracy Mountains. It was found during an aerial survey a few years ago, but due to transportation difficulties

, so no company has ever been willing to mine it.”

This kind of place where birds don't poop, usually no one comes to it unless they fly from the sky.

Transportation difficulties?

Qin Tao looked at the terrain below and said with some curiosity: "Near this mountain, there is a tributary of a river that leads directly to the Panaiba River. Why is transportation difficult?"

No matter how you look at it, this place is better than the first place.

"Mr. Qin, you don't know something. The rivers here are very shallow. Only inland river vessels with shallow draft can move in. If you use inland river vessels for transportation, there are no suitable ports along the way. You have to go to the sea directly. Inland river vessels

It cannot sail on the sea, and it is hundreds of nautical miles away from the nearest port. Therefore, transportation is not easy. Vale once came to inspect it, but gave up in the end."

Shallow draft?

Qin Tao had a smile on his face: "Don't be afraid of this. We have a way. If we dig a deep river channel, will your government agree?"

Digging deep channels?

Irges's face was still troubled: "Mr. Qin, this is not easy. The rivers below are different in width. In the wide areas, the rivers are slow, so only river sand is deposited. These are easy to clean, but there are also some narrow ones.

In the river, the water flow there is very fast, and there are washed pebbles underneath, which cannot be cleaned, so it is not easy to dig the river deep."

"It doesn't matter, it's easy for us, we'll book this mine!" Qin Tao was very satisfied: "Next, we need to go down and have a look, we have to do an on-site inspection."

Very easy?

Irges suddenly thought of something, and a look of realization appeared on his face: "Yes, I never thought that you can easily build islands, and of course you can also easily deepen the river. It seems that

, you don’t need our navy to help with transportation, you can complete the transportation mission in this river."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is difficult for others, but here at Mingzhou Group, there is no difficulty at all. They have special dredgers. It can be said that here

The mine is simply tailor-made for Mingzhou Group!

The next day, we switched to other modes of transportation and after several hours of bumpy terrain, we finally arrived at the Tracy Mountains at noon.

It's very poor here.

Piaui State is almost the poorest place in the entire football country. It can only make money by exporting agricultural products. The roads along the way are also quite primitive. Fortunately, it didn't rain. Otherwise, the roads would be even more difficult to travel.

There is a red rock under his feet. Just by looking at it, he can tell that it must contain iron. Zhang Wenlong knocked off a piece with a hammer and made a preliminary conclusion based on experience: "This is unweathered ferrite, and the iron content is 100%."

Above forty, the exact number still needs to be studied with instruments."

"Okay, then we want the mine here!" Qin Tao finally made up his mind: "Next, we need to leave an inspection team here to prepare a detailed report. After we evaluate it, we will formally sign the contract! Preliminary

Wish us happy cooperation."

At this moment, Irges's face became excited: "Mr. Qin, I believe that we will have a happy cooperation! We look forward to the transaction starting as soon as possible. When can you start building an aircraft carrier for us?"

"When the first shipment of iron ore is shipped from here." Qin Tao said, "At that time, we will hold a steel plate cutting ceremony for the aircraft carrier!"

Irges was overjoyed: "That's great!"

At this time, Irges would never know that it would take a long time to transport the first ship of iron ore. After all, it is not easy to open a waterway, and Mingzhou Group even wanted to transport this batch of iron ore.

, and also specially built a number of river-sea bulk carriers.

Ten million tons of iron ore is definitely not a small number. You must know that if you only count the sea time, shipping will take one month, and the round trip will take two months. It can make six trips a year, and taking into account loading, customs, etc.

Other factors, running four times a year is already pretty good.

In this way, even if each bulk carrier can transport 100,000 tons, twenty-five bulk carriers of the same type are needed.

Therefore, the first shipment of iron ore began to be transported almost half a year later, and the construction of the aircraft carrier for them also started at that time.

The time was just right, the blocking boat specially built for the green innovation company was launched just in time, and nothing was delayed.

This is a story later. When Qin Tao returned to China, he saw a large number of people greeting him at the airport, including Xu Lequan, the person in charge of Huating Steel Plant.

"Mr. Qin, you are so awesome. You bought a mine from abroad easily." Xu Lequan said excitedly to Qin Tao: "Now, our domestic steel companies can have a stable source of iron ore!"

Qin Tao frowned and looked at Xu Lequan: "Director Xu, Mr. Xu, when did I say I would supply you with iron ore?"

This was too rude, but Xu Lequan was not angry: "Mr. Qin, your Mingzhou Group Steel Plant's current iron ore import volume is one million tons per year, and the import volume you obtain from football countries is one million tons per year.

Ten million tons, even if your steel plant doubles in size, you will only need two million tons. What about the remaining eight million tons? We don’t want more, just give us four million tons."

Mingzhou Group Steel Plant has long started importing. In the past, it was from Kangaroo Country. Now that there is iron ore from Football Country, there is definitely no need to import from Kangaroo Country. Moreover, 10 million tons of iron ore,

Mingzhou Group has made it clear that it can’t bear it!

"We can store the rest. We can fill it between Dali Mountain and Xiaolie Mountain and use it when needed in the future." Qin Tao said, "We have no plans to sell it."

The smile on Xu Lequan's face froze: "You don't plan to sell?"

Ten million tons of iron ore are produced every year, accounting for half of the domestic iron ore imports!

(The data for 1996 was not found. The import volume in 1998 was 28 million tons, so it is assumed to be 20 million tons in 1996.)

With so much iron ore, Mingzhou Group would rather eat it in its own belly than sell it to a brother factory?

"Yes, we really don't plan to sell." Qin Tao said: "Although there is a lot of iron ore now, when it arrives, it will not be enough. We have a large demand for steel in the country. In ten years, we will

The amount of imported iron ore will reach more than 100 million tons. Our Mingzhou Group alone may need 10 million tons of iron ore every year. Therefore, we are not self-sufficient, and we really do not have the extra strength to support our brother units.

"

Needless to say, the scale is 100 million tons. By 2020, iron ore imports have exceeded 1 billion tons, accounting for 40% of the world's iron ore exports.

Xu Lequan was completely disappointed.

The output of Huating Steel Plant will increase every year, and the amount of iron ore required is increasing. If you purchase it from abroad, you will have to spend foreign exchange. If you get it from Mingzhou Group, it is a domestic transaction. You can just pay the domestic currency directly.

.

Therefore, after learning that Mingzhou Group had reached an agreement, he immediately came over. If he didn't take the lead, other domestic steel plants would also come to Qin Tao to purchase iron ore.

However, I didn’t expect that Mingzhou Group never thought about giving it to others. They wanted to use it for themselves!

Mingzhou Steel Plant is also constantly expanding its scale, but they are taking the high-quality route. They don't like ordinary construction steel, and the products they smelt are high-quality and very expensive.
To be continued...