Reborn as the richest man in India.

Chapter 6 The New Port of Navi Mumbai
"I got into a fight with someone, it's okay, just a small injury." Gal Gupta smiled, "Master Jogo, I heard that your house will be taken away by the bank, if you have no place to live, come here Here, in this area, my words are very useful."

He is tall, more than 1.9 meters tall, and Jajam Gupta next to him is short, only 1.6 meters tall, and can only reach Gal's chest.

When Cal was talking, he poked Cal on the waist lightly at first, and seeing that Cal continued to speak without realizing it, he raised his foot and kicked him hard, causing Cal to stagger and almost fell down.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jajam stared at Gal, "Master Jogo, he has a problem here, don't mind."

He pointed to his head as he spoke.

Gal stood up straight and wanted to ask Jajam why he kicked him, but at this moment he also realized that what he said just now was very inappropriate, so he smiled awkwardly aside.

"How could Master Qiao Ge come here?" Ketu was a little displeased when he heard Gal's words just now, "Those matters will be resolved immediately, and Master Qiao Ge will pay off the debt soon."

"That's right, that's right." Luke echoed from the side, "Master Jogo came here today to see the workshop and understand the situation. Master Gupta is unable to move now, and the young master will be in charge for the time being."

This reassured the people around them a lot. They were really afraid that Qiao Ge's family would go bankrupt, and they would be greatly affected.

Ketu and Luke respected Jhogo not only because of Aunt Seth's servant in his house, but also because of their caste.

Although the Qiaogo family is the third-class Vaishya, Ketu and Luke are the fourth-class Sudra, and caste is suppressed.

India has abolished the caste system at the legal level, but the influence of this system is ubiquitous in real life.

It's better in the big cities, and the caste system in those backward rural areas has hardly changed and is deeply rooted.

Ketu's family has darker complexion but not completely dark. For example, his sister Sarah is actually quite good-looking.

Generally speaking, marriages between different castes will not be recognized, so almost all marriages of the same class.

A high caste can marry a low caste woman, but the woman must pay a high dowry.

It is basically impossible for a high-caste woman to marry a low-caste woman.

In the previous life news, I occasionally heard that a high-caste woman eloped with a low-caste man, and was punished by beheading her brother in the end, while the man’s sister was sentenced to be raped by the village, that is, men in the village can go to bed together, very cruel.

Of course, in the previous life, this situation has changed a lot.

Like many low-caste classes in Bollywood, even some male stars of the Dalit class have married Brahmin wives. After all, it still depends on whether you have money.

For example, Mukesh Ambani, who has been the richest man in India for more than ten years, is from the Vaishya class, but his wife is from a middle-class Brahmin family.

Whether a high-caste woman can marry or not depends on whether the man is wealthy enough.

After all, not all Brahmins are rich, and many are poor.

Money can solve a lot of things.

If you really want to distinguish a person's class, you generally have to look at the industry he is engaged in and the living conditions of his family.

In Hinduism, caste hierarchy is represented according to the wearing of the brahman, which is a cord worn around the wrist.

Only Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas are eligible to wear the Brahman thread. According to caste, it is subdivided into different colors and styles. Sudras and untouchables are strictly prohibited from crossing the border.

The red and white threads are exclusive to Brahmins, yellow is used by Kshatri, and black is generally used by Vaishya.

Even if Modi became the prime minister in the previous life, he still only wore black braided thread on his wrist, which shows the strict hierarchy.

"A few days ago, someone came to the workshop to make trouble, saying that the boss owed them money and interest, and that they wanted to use the machines in the workshop to pay off the debt." Someone said.

This remark surprised Qiao Ge, and it must be Gu Dali.

This guy really wants to destroy his family.

Not to mention removing all kinds of things in the house, but also wanting to destroy the foundation of his father. Is this to prevent his family from making a comeback?
No way out.

Last night, he talked about Gu Dali with old Gupta, because he was curious about what happened that made Gu Dali hate his family so much.

Old Gupta couldn't stop sighing, saying that sometimes he relied too much on his elders, which made Gu Dali lose face.

In fact, in front of outsiders, old Gupta often couldn't help but say, look, Gu Dali was brought out by me back then, if it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have achieved what he is today.

In fact, these words of old Gupta are not malicious. From a certain point of view, this is a kind of bragging, wanting people to know that he has a good eye and sees the right people.

But it was not the same thing to Gudali, he felt that old Gupta was humiliating him.

In his opinion, old Gupta only lent him a few hundred rupees at the beginning, and he was able to achieve what he is today because of his own ability.

It has to be said that Gu Dali himself was narrow-minded, so he held a grudge against these things, and when the old Gupta was in trouble, he came up and stomped hard.

"Those guys were vulnerable, they were cleaned up by us, and they fled. The workshop is fine." Gal shouted.

"Your injury is..." Jogo immediately reacted.

"It's just a blow, it's okay." Gal said with a smile.

"Thank you." Jogo said after a moment of silence.

Gu Dali probably invited the gang forces in the slums to make trouble, and then Gal and Jajam also had a group of brothers, and they helped protect the workshop.

Under the leadership of everyone, Qiao Ge went to the five workshops for a while. The conditions are really simple. The cotton cloth produced here is basically the worst and the lowest price.

The ability to meet export standards is about half of the output, almost just meeting the minimum export standards, and the price cannot be sold.

The other half that do not meet the export standards can only be sold locally, often in places like slums, not to mention the price.

Even so, old Gupta has still made money all these years.

Soon it was noon, and Luke invited Jhogo to his house, along with Gal and Jajam.

Jogo didn't refuse, just eat a little casually, and he doesn't care so much now.

Uncle Seth was also there, but they hadn't stayed at Qiao Ge's house for the past few days, probably because the things in the house had been emptied, and the people ordered by Gu Dali didn't come to the door anymore.

"Wow, today is so sumptuous." Ketu exclaimed repeatedly as he watched the meal served by Sara.

"Don't make a fuss, the young master is here, otherwise how would you get it?" Sara gave her brother a blank look.

Hand pilaf, add curry vegetable soup, and then eat it with your right hand.

Of course, Jogo's previous meals were much better than these, but he knew that Sarah cooked the meals specially for him, otherwise the usual meals would be poor.

The taste was mediocre, but Jogo was still very moved.

"Uncle Seth, the strike at the dock is getting bigger and bigger. When will it stop?" Jogo asked about the strike, which has been reported in local newspapers and radio these days.

"Anyway, they're going to make trouble, and we don't want to join in." Uncle Seth said, "I know there are some people with ulterior motives, who want to use this to gain benefits for themselves."

Jogo smiled, but Uncle Seth could see clearly.

The organizers of these strikes and marches are often related to some local political parties. For the benefit of their own party, inciting the people to make trouble is a very important and effective means, which is usually the practice of the opposition.

"Who knows what kind of canal is blocked, otherwise there would be no strike." Ketu said.

"What do you know?" Uncle Seth glanced at him and said, "The port is very crowded, maybe one day the port will be blocked, and there will always be people taking advantage of it to make trouble."

"The port is crowded?" Jogo was a little puzzled.

"Master, the ships are getting bigger and more numerous, and the port is still so big, so..."

Uncle Seth didn't continue talking, and Jogo naturally understood.

But his heart was shocked, and a thought appeared in his mind.

"Bombay Newport?"

In the previous life, the port of Mumbai was divided into the old port and the new port.

Mumbai is a peninsula, and the old port is the current port. It is in the southeastern coastal area of ​​Mumbai and is the downtown area of ​​Mumbai.

Qiao Ge remembered that because the old port was becoming more and more crowded, and the water depth of the old port was less than ten meters, as the tonnage of ships increased, it was not conducive to the long-term development of the port.

Therefore, the Indian government has built a new port with a water depth of 12-14 meters in the suburbs of more than ten kilometers across the port, also known as the Nava Sheva Port, which is almost the same as the Apollo Port in the past 12 kilometers from the India Gate. (I put a map on the top of the comment area, you can take a look, so that everyone may have a better understanding of the location.)
There are two India Gates, one in Delhi and one in Mumbai.

In the previous life, the new port was only used for container ships, and it was the largest container port in India, while the old port in the central area of ​​Mumbai was used for bulk cargo ships.

"It seems that the construction started in 1989." Jogo's heart was pounding.

There are still three years to go. At this time, the government may have a plan, and the specific location may not be selected yet.

Because in Jogo's memory, he hadn't heard any news about the new port, so it's likely that the plan wasn't even on the agenda.

Isn't this my chance?
The construction of a new port requires a large amount of land, starting with an area of ​​tens of hectares, and one hectare equals 1 square meters.

Before the plan is implemented, if he can enclose a piece of land there, he can get a large amount of compensation for being expropriated.

The area where Nava Sheva Port will be located in the future is actually more than ten kilometers south of Navi Mumbai.

Navi Mumbai is a satellite city of Mumbai that Maharashtra started construction in 1972.

Due to the increasing population of Mumbai, various housing and traffic congestion, a satellite city was established in the suburbs to ease the population.

Navi Mumbai is somewhat similar to Pudong in Shanghai.

The land in India is privately owned, so land acquisition is very difficult. There are many reports about this in previous lives. Because of the difficulty in land acquisition, some large-scale infrastructure such as high-speed and high-speed railways cannot be deployed. After several years and more than ten years, there are many cases of nothing. .

Land acquisition is difficult, in fact, a large part of it is caused by the low land acquisition fee paid by the government.

In India, in order to avoid taxation, the "market price" transaction amount registered for land transactions is far less than the actual transaction amount, and most of them are cash transactions without leaving any traces.

In fact, not only land transactions, but many large-scale transactions are directly in the form of cash, which can evade taxes. Therefore, the government compensates according to the "market price" shown in the registration. Will the land owners agree?

It may be relatively easy to deal with farmers who own small pieces of land. Some local governments will use middlemen (social people) to use both soft and hard methods, tricks and abductions, and violent means to purchase land in a centralized manner, and then sell it to the government for unified development.

And those big landlords who own large tracts of land are not so easy to deal with.

India's judiciary is independent, and landowners can sue the government.

Rich landlords can sue in court all the time, up to the Supreme Court.

The higher the level of the court that finally appealed, the higher the damages awarded.

Some compensation amounts can be hundreds of times higher than the 'market price' set by the government.

As long as he can afford the attorney's fees, he will definitely not stop suing the Supreme Court.

India's administrative efficiency is very slow, and the court's trial speed is no exception. It goes up level by level, plus various resistance movements, opposition parties and various non-governmental organizations. Year.

Landlords are definitely not in a hurry, and the government or investors certainly cannot afford it. In the end, it is very likely that the project will be aborted, or the asking price of the landlord will be satisfied. In short, it is absolutely impossible to follow the 'market price'.

Generally speaking, these big landowners are generally powerful people, and they are inextricably linked with the local government. The compensation they get will definitely not lose money, and they will not be punished like those poor and low-caste small landowners. People threatened to take the land.

Qiao Ge knew the exact location of the new port, so if he went to buy land at this time, no matter how difficult it was, he could always buy a few yuan and wait for the value to rise.

Due to the importance of Nava Sheva Port, the project is destined to be impossible to abort, so the cost of land acquisition will definitely not be low.

The current location of the new port is a rural area, in the wilderness, and the land cannot be sold at a high price.

Starting now, Qiao Ge couldn't believe how many times the land price would increase by then.

Excited to think about.

But he calmed down quickly.

What about money?

I still owe the bank millions of rupees. Even if I use the 30 in my hand to buy land, it will take a few years for the value to increase, and it will not quench my thirst.

And 30 rupees doesn't seem to buy much land.

After all, you have to pay off the bank loan first, and then find a way to make money before you can buy the land.

A penny stumps the hero.

The opportunity is there, but you have to have the capital to do it.

"Mom, I want to eat." Suddenly, a timid voice came.

Jogo heard the sound and saw that it was a thin little girl of four or five years old, with a pair of big eyes staring closely at the food on his side.

"Leni, wait for mom to make it for you, you go play first." Sara dragged her out.

Jogo couldn't eat anymore.

In my own eyes, it was a mediocre or even poor meal, but in the eyes of Leni and the others, it was a rare meal that I usually eat for a while.

Leni is the child of Sara and Luke, but Jogo has heard Aunt Seth mention it, and this is the first time he has seen it.

The little girl looked obviously malnourished.

Leni's eyes touched Jogo's heart very much. When he was in the orphanage in his previous life, because the food was really not good, a lollipop could attract the eyes of countless little sisters. Leni's eyes were the same as theirs desire.

At that time, Jogo was already a teenager, and he was somewhat immune to sugar.

"Didn't Leni go to kindergarten?" Jogo asked Luke.

There are kindergartens in India. For children aged 3-5, there are public schools with low fees.

Luke froze for a moment, and finally fell silent.

Qiao Ge knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. Even if the cost was not high, most families like Luke and his family usually saved as much as they could. Let alone kindergartens, there are many people who have not graduated from primary school and dropped out of school, so the illiteracy rate in India is very high. high.

(End of this chapter)