England 1986

Chapter 233 Darwin City
After receiving the invitation and seeing that it was still early, Allen smiled and nodded.

The pretense is very similar, everyone likes to save important things until they are mentioned inadvertently.

Looking at the vehicles that had gone away, Old Carl looked at Allen who was staring into the distance and said: "Master, shall we wait a few days before going to the Northern Territory for inspection, or will we go there soon?"

After thinking about it for a while, I came out this time not only to hide from the limelight and spend a vacation, but also to take a look at the steel mills and other subsidiary industries in the Northern Territory. Well, why don't you go over there first.

Thinking of this, Alan nodded and said: "You can arrange it, let's go there in a few days, take a good look over there, and then fly directly to Sydney from there after we finish our work."

"Okay, I understand, master."

Old Carl smiled and bowed slightly, his chubby beer belly looked very interesting.

The curtains were not drawn, and one side of the bedroom was a panoramic floor-to-ceiling window, with the sea cliff and the sea outside. Alan hugged Nicole and was awakened by the sun.

This feeling of being woken up naturally by the sun shining through the glass window, and the temperature slowly rising, is very comfortable.

Rubbing his eyes and yawning, looking at the sea outside the window, the feeling of seeing the vast sea when you open your eyes is very magical. In the early morning, it gives people a feeling of wanting to fly, and they feel full of joy. strength.

Before the plane landed, Allen looked curiously at the distant port and could see it. There was a small area next to the port, and there were a bunch of colorful boats. The distance was a little far away. I couldn't see the specific ship types clearly. I just felt these The boat looks like a combination of broken pieces, very similar to the garbage boats made by refugees from broken bottles in those overseas videos I watched before.

This is the first time I came to Darwin, the "big city" in Northern Australia.

Speaking of this city, Allen, who is used to staying in Wales, can't say that he doesn't think highly of them.

The entire city has a population of only about [-], and more than half of them are immigrants. This is already the largest city in the Northern Territory and the largest city in northern Australia.

But in this kind of city, there is only one public university in total, and other infrastructure facilities are relatively backward.

As for any ancient buildings, there are none at all.

The entire city of Darwin was almost destroyed by bombs during World War II, and it was finally rebuilt. It was destroyed by a hurricane a few years ago. Now Darwin City, I don’t know how many times it has been rebuilt.

Just one that stands out, "Our city is very young and rebuilds frequently."

Originally, the economy was underdeveloped and the population was not large. Coupled with frequent storms, limited funds had to be used to rebuild the city. In addition, this place used to be one of the old places where prisoners were exiled, and there were many indigenous people living there. people, which has brought a lot of trouble to the local economy.

Anyway, to sum it up, say they are poor, it depends on who they compare with.

But compared to Wales, Darwin is really, really poor.

In order to reduce the losses caused by the raging storm, the entire city now keeps all the buildings low. No matter how tall they are, if a storm comes, there will be nothing left.

It's better to build low-rise buildings that can last longer.

And Allen's steel plant must not be built in such a dangerous city.

The old Karl chose a satellite city that is still some distance away from Darwin, which is relatively inland.

This small town seems to have been newly built in recent years. There are few people, few buildings, and the environment is average, but the safety is guaranteed, and it is relatively close to Darwin, and the roads can also be used normally. A factory is built here to produce products. It is more convenient to ship directly to the port of Darwin to all over the world, especially to Asia.

As for the safety issue, this is a bit special. Although Adelaide has the Torrens River that provides fun for the natives, it is not the case in Darwin.

There is no specific location, but it can be said to be anywhere.

As long as there is a need, some well-meaning indigenous people who can't stay idle can come forward at night to help immigrants from Southeast Asia who want green cards.

Fortunately, there is an air force base and a military port near Darwin, and the safety of the British nobles setting up factories here can still be guaranteed.

As soon as he got off the plane, Allen could clearly feel the difference between Darwin and Adelaide, not to mention the appearance of the city, the environment is too different!
When he was in Adelaide, he still needed to wear a coat. The temperature was around ten degrees, and it was only a little hot at noon. At noon, the temperature will be even hotter.

Old Karl, who always cared more about his image, took off his suit jacket, unbuttoned his neckline, and flickered his clothes.

"Master, hurry up and get in the car, shall we go to the office in the city first or go directly to the factory?"

"Not urgent."

Allen thought of the port he saw when the plane was about to land, and asked curiously: "Just now I saw those colorful and shabby boats parked in the port. What are they for?"

"what?"

The old Karl who asked this question was taken aback, looked around, and found the tour guide who came to receive him, that is, a middle-aged local native.

Old Carl gestured for him to come over with a hook, and asked the tour guide in a low voice with a frown and a fierce face.

Allen smiled and watched the native nodding and explaining to old Carl. After listening for a long time, old Carl waved his hand and motioned him to go to the side to help move things.

"Master, it is said that it is a beer can boat race. The people here like to drink beer, and they don't know how such a small number of people consume so much beer every year. Anyway, there are a lot of beer cans left, and then the boats are made of beer cans." , and then compete, it is said that the bet is huge, and some well-known beer brands will come to sponsor, it is one of the more famous local festivals here."

"Oh~"

No wonder the boat made of beer cans looks colorful and tattered from a distance. Isn’t it just tattered? Allen doesn’t understand the meaning of this kind of competition at all, as long as they are happy.

Old Carl saw Alan smiled and stopped talking. He thought he was curious and wanted to take a look. Just about to ask, Alan stepped towards the direction of the convoy first.

Sitting in the car, blowing on the air conditioner, the air was finally not so hot. Allen looked curiously at the few local aboriginal guides outside. This was the second time he met these aboriginal Australians.

I didn't feel much before. These days, I heard the story of walking by the river and asking for a green card told by Nicole. The more Alan looked at these natives, the more he felt that they were wretched.

Why is the green card called a green card?

It turns out that this green means that, and it's all because of my shallow knowledge in the past.

Think about how these natives colluded with the islanders who secretly landed on the island during World War II, and they did nothing good. No wonder they are slowly becoming like this now.

After going around in a circle, it turns out that this is all inherited, and the root is still in the island people.

It's really blue out of blue and better than blue.

It's fucking magical.

Coming out of the airport, the convoy headed southeast in a mighty way. On the way, it first passed the satellite city of Palmerston, passed through Palmerston, then walked to Humpty Doo, and then arrived here, which is far from the address of their factory. near.

Originally, Old Carl suggested that Allen go to Humpty Doo to have a look, but Allen just saw the iconic crocodile statue with boxing gloves from a distance.

This thing is ugly and cute, a bit like the crocodile Lailai, with a pair of red gloves.

This is a specialty of Humpty Doo - crocodile.

There are not many other things here, because there are wetlands, there are many crocodiles, and there are many delicacies about crocodiles.

Allen looked at Nicole and asked with a smile: "Didn't Darwin say that he ate that delicious big tortoise here? Why haven't I heard that he recorded crocodiles? Is it not delicious?"

Allen’s question really caught Nicole Kidman’s mind. How did he know if Darwin ate crocodiles back then? If there were more natives at that time, and it’s still so far away from Darwin, maybe Darwin didn’t go there. where to go?
Looking at Nicole who had been thinking about it for a long time, but didn't think about what to say, Allen motioned to go to the factory quickly. There is nothing to see in Humpty Doo, it looks like a large village processing place.

In some places, deep pits were dug and filled with stagnant water. In some places, factory buildings were still being built, but the machines were still standing there, and the factory buildings were almost unfinished.

Ten minutes west from Humpty Duo, I finally arrived at Allen's main factory building in the Northern Territory, the steel factory!

This iron and steel factory occupies a huge area. Although some factories have not yet been put into use, because the land is cheap, the factory area has been planned first. The entire steel factory is adjacent to the Elizabeth River, which can lead all the way to the sea in the north.

A small private port has been built here. All the commodities produced here can be transported by small-tonnage cargo ships all the way to the port in Darwin City. The transportation cost is extremely low, and water is convenient. Of course, it is also convenient to catch crocodiles.

As soon as the car entered the factory area, Allen found that under a row of sheds that looked like grape trellises, steel cables were arranged on the roof of the shed, and then crocodiles were passed through their throats, like salted fish, and hung on the roof. on the cable.

This is a crocodile that occasionally "invaded" the steel factory from the river. When it was caught, it was dealt with like this, and hung up to warn others.

After receiving the sun hat from Nicole, Allen walked around the crocodile curiously. The two or three-meter-long crocodile still looks very shocking when it is hung like this.

Touching the hard armor on the crocodile's back, Allen asked curiously, "Can't these things be made of leather?"

It's a pity to see the living high-grade leather hanging here like this.

"Yes, but we don't have any hands. Besides, the crocodile leather here is average. The natives sometimes sell souvenirs made of this kind of crocodile skin, but they can't sell at a high price. In addition, there are many crocodiles here, and the hunting risk is high. Later Nobody cares anymore."

Old Karl explained to Alan while wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

Putting down his hands, Allen got on the small transfer vehicle, and a group of people went to the small pier behind the factory.

There are only two berths in the entire terminal, one is for transporting materials and the other is for delivery, and there are two medium-sized cranes beside them.

These devices are already all the things in the entire terminal, and they look a little crude, but now the factory has just started debugging, which already meets the needs.

Some workers have not been well trained. According to Old Carl's explanation, these natives have cheap wages, but their education level is low, so the training time will be relatively long.

The population here is small. The entire Northern Territory is as big as the land area of ​​one or two provinces in China. How many people are there in total?

Over 20 million!
The further inland you go, the less populated people are. Regardless of whether the natives or the whites here, the wages are not cheap. The wages of the natives are relatively lower than that of the whites.

Here's the factory area, the current plan is like this.

With the iron and steel factory as the main body, the special steel coils needed by the tinplate factory are mainly produced here.

The finished products produced by the tinplate factory can also be used by the nearby cannery to produce cans.

There are three big factories in total, steel factory, tinplate factory and canning factory.

A little further away, there is also a slaughterhouse, which is used to purchase local beef and produce beef products.

Because Alan is coming to inspect today, the work of the entire factory area has been stopped, and the workers are on vacation. This is not for fear of what Alan will see, but for safety reasons. There are so many people here, and they are still in the factory, even if there is a little negligence , is a big deal.

I looked at the factory area again and took a sample of the special steel coil produced by the factory. This is the main product of this steel factory, tinplate raw materials.

To be precise, this thing should be called tin-plated iron, which is used to produce tinplate.

Tinplate is a translated Chinese name, which is mainly used to produce cans, tin buckets, food packaging boxes and so on.

This thing is not easy to rust, has good airtightness, and is non-toxic. It is the most suitable for the production of cans.

At present, there is a small canning factory built on the upper side of the steel plant, and the follow-up equipment is still being purchased one after another, mainly producing canned beef.

Since there are more natives grazing here, apart from tourism and mining in the whole Northern Territory, the most important thing left is animal husbandry, which is regarded as a beef production area, of course, the quality is average.

The beef bought by Allen is packaged and sold in good parts. The remaining bits and pieces of beef and parts that are not good in appearance are lost and wasted, and cans are produced. Currently, these cans are still stored in the warehouse, and there is no official start selling.

Lunch was eaten in the cannery cafeteria. The empty cafeteria had been taken over by the cook brought by Allen.

Today's meal is very special. In addition to the special crocodile that Allen ordered to eat, there are also instant noodles!
This is a high-end instant noodle that has not yet been launched in Huaguo. The cannery is currently in charge of making the special ingredient package in the instant noodle.

The golden barrel-shaped outer packaging has a cartoon image of a cook on it, with a thumbs up image.

Next to it is a line of text "Delicious Instant Noodle Deluxe Edition."

(End of this chapter)