Chapter 1322: Difficult port construction

In the single room of the staff canteen, Xiao Peng and the others ate a Chinese meal happily.
Although the cooking is very ordinary, but Xiao Peng and others eat with relish-this is much better than eating at sea!
Li Xing is also very talkative. After talking to Xiao Peng and others about this port, Xiao Peng knew that what Li Xing said, "If China had not become stronger, I really couldn't take this port."
After all, the location of the Guadal Port is really good, it is near the throat of the Persian Gulf, and it is here from the Strait of Hormuz. Only four hundred kilometers away. The Strait of Hormuz is the only way for Middle East oil exports, or else Iran is strong? As long as they seal the Strait of Hormuz, the entire Middle East cannot get out of oil!
In fact, the Pakistan Railway wanted to build this place into a port since 1964, but it was not until 2001 that China agreed to participate in the construction and development of this port. Prior to this, it was a frequent occurrence of various accidents.
The former Soviet Union was the first to be optimistic about this place. When they attacked Afghanistan, they wanted to occupy Gwadar by the way.
But where is Afghanistan? The famous "Empire Tomb"! Don't look at people poor, it's the famous hard bones! In ancient times, the Persian Empire, the Arab Empire, the Tsar Empire, the Mongol Empire, and the Datang Empire all contended for, controlled, occupied and invaded this place, but no one was able to include it in their own territory. Going in, it is said that the three British invasions of Afghanistan in the nineteenth century have all failed. Although the Star-Stripe Nation is still there, there is no hope of victory at all; and the worst is the former Soviet Union, which lasted more than ten years. Haven't won here yet.
And the most amazing place, no matter which country attacks here, as long as it retreats, the national fortune will definitely go downhill. Just like the Soviet Union, the country is gone within a few years after its withdrawal. . . . . .
After the Soviets left, the Star-Stripe Nation came again, and they were optimistic about this place. With the close relationship with the Star-Stripe Nation at that time, Forbes and Pakistan would cooperate to develop the Gwadar Port. Finally, the investment agreement is signed. According to that agreement, Forbes' operations in Gwadel Port not only have all kinds of infrastructure, but also obtained all the rights that a sovereign country can have. If in accordance with the agreement, Gwadel Port will become a Pakistani railway's. China's, just like the Stars and Stripes at the Panama Canal back then, it is their own decision, and there is no problem with stationing troops.
As a result, the plan was leaked and caused an uproar. The Pakistan Railway launched a grand campaign called "Who betrayed the Pakistan Railway". Needless to say, the plan was blown up.
In the end, there was no alternative. The Pakistan Railway found Huaxia, and the two sides cooperated to develop this project. It took six years to complete the port in 2007.
After the port was built, it was not given to China, but to the Lijiapo Port Authority for operation. Lease it to them for forty years. But three years later, the Pakistan Railway was depressed: Li Jiapo can't do it! We have built such a large port but there are no ships to stop, and the cargo volume is too low. This port is idle for most of the year! No money at all.
So they found Huaxia again, and finally transferred the port to Huaxia for management at the end of 2015. . . . . .
Be rich!
It turned out that this port was almost an idle vacant land, but now it's better. The entire Gwadel Port trade zone has been built directly following the Shenzhen model. I'm too busy. A thriving scenery.
Li Xing made a summary: "In general, this is a'win-win' cooperation. Huaxia operates a port here, which can bypass the Malacca waters. Now 70% of China’s crude oil imports must pass through the Malacca waters. With this port, After the completion of the railway between China and Pakistan, this will give China an additional transportation option. Trade with Europe will also save a lot of sea transportation, and it will come here from the Suez Canal, which reduces a lot of costs. In terms of making money, there is still a port far away from Indo Three. This is what they need!"
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "Brother Li, our country has such a good relationship with Pakistani railways. Seeing that you are so mixed here, do you no longer want to go home?"
It's no secret that China has a good relationship with Pakistan Railway. There is a proverb here,
The friendship between the two countries is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea
, and even on the Internet, there is a law called
crime of destroying the friendship between China and Pakistan
, which is the only country in the world against the friendship between the two countries. The law of relationship determination.
This is not true, but people still believe it.
This is also due to historical reasons. During the Second Indo-Pakistani War, the Stars and Stripes abandoned what they called the
Best Friend in Asia
Pakistan Railroad in order to win over Indo Three, which was closely related to the former Soviet Union. The weapons and equipment given to Pakistan Railway were also seized but not delivered to help India III. This made the Pakistani Railroad in the third India-Pakistan War struggled internally and externally and faced national subjugation. Just when the Pakistani Railroad was desperate, it was China that gave them a lot of military assistance and sent military advisers to help, and finally stabilized the war.
In this way, Pakistan Railway was also dismembered by India and Dongba became Bangladesh today.
Li Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I go home twice a year, so why not have a home! And to be honest, I really have enough here, saying that the relationship between our two countries is good, but the Pakistani people are also physical. Every child is full of emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy. We often have conflicts here. Even this Gwadel Port is also the result of the lives of several Chinese workers!"
Looking at the puzzled expressions of Xiao Peng and others, Li Xing took a sip and said, "This Gwadel Port is now quite high in the domestic status of the Pakistan Railway. Even their banknotes have Gwadar Port, but Think about it, why did you want to build this place since 1964, but didn't it start construction until 2001?"
Xiao Peng stopped the question, thought for a moment and replied suspiciously, "Poor?"
Li Xing smiled and shook his head: "Thousands of years ago, it was not even poorer. At that time, docks could be built. Now which country in the world can't build a dock by itself?"
Xiao Peng asked Li Xing to stop, right! Isn’t it too easy for a country to build a wharf? Don't talk about a country, Xiao Peng now has no difficulty in building a wharf, just spend money. A project like Gwadel Port can be built with an investment of no more than US$500 million including the various facilities inside. Batie can't even get 500 million US dollars? Even if Xiao Peng was killed!
Li Xing gave the answer: "It is said that China has a good relationship with Pakistan Railway, but this is definitely not included here. Do you remember the language I just said is called Baluchi? This Guadal belongs to Balochistan of Pakistan Railway. Province, where most people live in Baloch, it is the largest and poorest province in Pakistan, and it has a very strong tendency to independence. The Pakistani Taliban are all active here, with more than thirteen Extremist organizations are stationed here, and they add up to more than 30,000 troops! The past two years have been better. In the past few years, Chinese people were attacked and killed almost every year."
"Is it so scary?" Yang Meng asked when he heard this doubt.
Li Xingdao:
This Balochistan province is a remote area and government control is limited. Therefore, terrorist attacks often occur. When we were building here, we encountered several terrorist attacks. For example, on May 3, 2004, I was hit by a car bomb, and the last three were killed and nine injured. I was one of the wounded. We have encountered such attacks several times."
Xiao Peng and others took a cold breath after hearing this, and Li Xing laughed and said, "Is this weird? There are so many things like this! At that time, various troubles were constantly going on during construction. For example, some materials were needed for construction. Constantly coming in, the temporary import tariffs, the payment of funds plan and the selection of the project supervisory engineers, the Pakistan Railway has people here to create difficulties for us, and even the construction period has been affected. And these are not the most difficult, the most difficult is Dealing with people here. That's called a difficulty."
Xiao Peng handed Li Xing a cigarette and motioned him to continue.
Li Xing smiled bitterly after lighting up the cigarette: "It turned out to be a fishing village. I can't tell you, using one word to describe Gwadel is'poor'! You think it's much better now, right? But I don't blow, you leave This port doesn’t have to be far, it only takes five kilometers! Five kilometers away is the Middle Ages! Donkey carts run all over the street! When we built the port here, the local Baluchi misunderstood us deeply and said that we were destroying them. The traditional life of the people! Said that the construction of Gwadar Port is a land robbery, and that our project is an extreme case of Baloch hating the Punpujas and splitting their country. Therefore, including terrorist attacks, including local employees, gave us A lot of trouble."
"Let me give you a simple example. When we were building here, a local employee and I had a quarrel over the construction plan. The more troubles got and the more and more people were watching. The guy directly confronted the bystanders. Say, the quarrel was because I threw the Quran to the ground. You don’t understand this, and you don’t know what this behavior means here. If it weren’t for my prestige, the consequences would be disastrous!

Li Xing still had a lingering fear when he talked about it. He saw that it had a deep impact on him. After speaking, he took a sip from his glass.
Xiao Peng continued to ask, "What about now?"
"Now?" Li Xing shrugged: "It's a lot better now. Many Baloch people find that they can make money and improve their lives here, so they have a much better attitude towards us, but I also said, leave here five times. Kilometers away is the Middle Ages. It’s impossible for you to expect everyone’s attitude towards us to change all at once. When we Chinese travel here, the police will send people to take AK-47 protection. On the one hand, we value our safety. On the one hand, isn’t there too many terrorist attacks here?"
Xiao Peng and the others were dumbfounded when they heard that, there was no heaven.