Chapter 1876 The Belonging of the Sea God (Finale)
In reality, Daxia's technology isn't as bad as people say online. The contributions Daxia's numerous researchers have made to the nation are beyond the reach of even keyboard warriors, who spend their entire lives typing away at home. These keyboard warriors are essentially filled with low self-esteem, using self-deprecating rhetoric to criticize national technology simply to demonstrate their superiority and uniqueness.
Daxia has a technology that has the world's envy. It's the "Sky Whale" self-propelled cutter suction dredger. While not the world's largest, ranking only third, its technology is world-class. This has led to the transformation of reefs in Daxia's territorial waters into islands. These islands, leveraging their geographical advantages, have unique conditions for developing industries like fisheries and energy.
Foreigners have always said that this is "playing rogue", but this is not "playing rogue" at all. All coastal countries that have the conditions are reclaiming land and building islands, but Daxia's efficiency is thousands of times higher than theirs, so they are jealous.
'The wonders of nature', can this be called hooliganism?
So no matter what the foreigners do, Daxia has never stopped reclaiming land and building islands.
Daxia had also accomplished something significant: with Lusha Reef as its center, they reclaimed land to create a massive island covering over 70 square kilometers and established a city on it. This island became Daxia's new tourist resort and a new tariff-free trade port, home to over 200,000 people.
The Luxa Reef is located right in the middle of the South China Sea. This move by Daxia has angered the surrounding countries and they have appealed to the International Court of Justice. However, the result has left them helpless: it turns out that all those European countries that said "I'll say a fair word" have chosen to shut up, and they could only watch "Daxia Sannan City" being nailed there.
Moreover, the influence and strategic significance of this island city are quite enormous: some small countries that originally occupied the islands there are trembling in fear.
However, life there is not as good as imagined, such as the heat and typhoons, but there are rich resources here. Relying on marine fisheries and marine energy exploitation, the per capita income level here even exceeds that of big cities in the mainland.
There is also an airport and a container port here, so it is also an excellent trading port that is developing very rapidly.
A luxury convoy drove out of Sannan City Airport, but it did not attract much attention here: there were too many luxury cars like this here.
The convoy drove all the way to the passenger terminal, where many yachts were moored for tourists to go out to sea.
It is raining now and not many people come here to play, but there is a man sitting in the rain with a fishing rod in his hand and fishing.
"Boss! Boss!" At this moment, a man came down from a nearby yacht and said, "Fabian just called and said two ships from the Salvage Alliance were fighting over a shipwreck."
The man fishing was none other than Xiao Peng. He looked up and said, "Hua Chong, I've told you this for the thousandth time: don't call me boss. Tell Fabian to kick both ships out of the salvage alliance. If it happens again, I'll stop supplying the salvage alliance with sunken ships for a year! Are those European bosses getting too comfortable and ready to be punished again?"
Hua Chong laughed after hearing this. "Okay, I'll let Fabian know right away. By the way, Boss, Pascal said he got word that the Russians want to come after you to reclaim the Amber Palace. You'd better be prepared."
"Give them a great uncle!" Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "What are you daydreaming about?"
"Okay, boss, I know what to do!" Hua Chong replied.
Xiao Peng frowned slightly: "You are the mayor here after all, but you don't act like a mayor at all!"
Hua Chong laughed and said, "What kind of mayor am I? The new guy transferred here is doing a great job. It's time for me to step down and enjoy life!"
Xiao Peng looked disdainful. "What newcomer? Isn't he just Brother Chen's son-in-law? Brother Chen has a problem with his vision. He can't even choose a son-in-law. Isn't that Zhao Shun the son of his old comrade and former boss? He's really too narrow-minded! A few days ago, when Zhao Shun went to Marseille for an inspection, he was greeted by Emile, and Emile never said a good word about them."
Hua Chong laughed and said, "Boss, time flies. Emile is now the mayor of Marseille! Think about how pitiful she was when you took her in. Who would have thought that he would become the mayor of Marseille in the future?"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me. It's the credit of Pascal and Walter's wife. They are the ones who educated Emile to be what he is today."
Hua Chong said, "Boss, let's not talk about this for now. When can we go out and play again?"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "Haven't you spent enough time at sea? Isn't it better to be on land?"
Hua Chong nodded and said, "We've been resting for so many years. The other day, Lao Yang contacted me and asked me if there was a chance for everyone to get together again. Everyone is looking forward to that day. If I don't go out to sea and have some fun, my old arms and legs will soon rust!"
"I didn't even mention rust, what the hell are you talking about?! At my age, I'm still working as a bodyguard for the boss—even though I'm sure the boss definitely doesn't need a bodyguard." At this time, someone interrupted Hua Chong and said, "Boss, look who's here!"
Neither of them knew who was shouting without tilting their heads. It was Kasim's voice. For so many years, this voice had been appearing around everyone like a devilish sound filling their ears.
"Kasim, you're looking for a beating, aren't you?" Hua Chong cursed.
"I'm from Daxia!" Kaxin said proudly, "My descendants will all be from Daxia! Hua Chong, your Mandarin isn't even as standard as mine! Look at that Daxia-smelling mouth of yours!"
Hua Chong's face was filled with gloom. He was about to retort when he saw Bruch pushing a wheelchair towards him. After seeing the person in the wheelchair, Hua Chong was stunned: "Mr. Zheng, why are you here? Why is he sitting in a wheelchair?"
It turned out that the luxury convoy was the one that was picking up Mr. Zheng. In addition to Kaxin and Hua Chong, there were some officials following behind, but now they were all standing in the distance.
After hearing what Hua Chong said, Mr. Zheng stood up from his wheelchair. He pushed away the people next to him who wanted to hold an umbrella for him. He strolled over to Xiao Peng and said with a smile, "I have to use a wheelchair! Do you think it's easy for me to pretend to be dying at any time when I'm so healthy? I'm almost 120 years old and still so energetic. Is this scientific? Forget it, let's not talk about it. I have good news for you. The Vietnamese couldn't hold on any longer and returned Nanzi Island to us. Now we have taken back both Nairo Reef and Beizi Island. We have completely taken back the Gemini Islands!"
Hua Chong laughed after hearing this. "Congratulations! The Nansha Islands are ours. Every island and reef must be ours! We've basically taken them all back now, right? Boss, why don't we also reclaim the Twin Islands? They're just across the sea from Sannan City, so we'll have a more stable position here."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng sighed, put away his fishing rod, and said, "Look how excited you are, right? Is this something happy? How can reclaiming land and building islands be that easy? The greening of Sannan City alone cost me over 10 billion! If I reclaim the Twin Islands as well, the country will owe me even more. What can I do with such a small amount of rent every year? And Mr. Zheng, you must have come here suddenly for something. Tell me, what is it that you want to see me about this time?"
Mr. Zheng explained: "Our people in the Arctic have discovered traces of a strategic nuclear submarine. According to our information, it may be the latest Columbia-class strategic nuclear submarine of the United States."
Xiao Peng frowned slightly. "Aren't their strategic nuclear submarines prohibited from leaving their country's territorial waters? Is this correct?"
"Aside from Russia's Typhoon-class, who else could possibly possess a strategic nuclear submarine with a displacement of over 20,000 tons?" Zheng said. "We have full control over the deployment of Russia's strategic nuclear submarines, and Europe can't produce such large strategic submarines, so they are the biggest suspects."
Xiao Peng stretched his body and said, "If you don't listen to me and mess around in the sea, you should be dealt with. These guys are still living in the dream of being a superpower in the past. Hua Chong, didn't you say you wanted to stretch your legs? Call back all the old guys on our ship, no matter where they are! Drive our nuclear-powered offshore engineering ship aboard and comb the entire seabed. They've become arrogant after so many years of lax supervision, right? Do you really think I can't lift a knife? Oh, right, call all my uncles and aunts and let them go out to sea with us. It's time to let them broaden their horizons. Hey, Mr. Zheng, have you found the whereabouts of my grandfather? Send my uncles and aunts back to me without any hesitation. I really can't bear it! I never thought I would have such a grandfather. He brought back all the black, white and yellow ones. Are you trying to turn my family into a 'global village'?"
Old Zheng shook his head and said, "Come on, your grandfather has been worried sick about you. Didn't you see that those children all have the surname Xiao? According to tradition, it's called 'adoption'. It's your fault that you don't have children of your own! This is to leave an offspring for your Xiao family. Even if these children can't be as powerful as you in the future, I believe they will become talents under your education. But don't worry about your grandfather. Our people are focusing on protecting his safety. In fact, we also hope that you will have more children around you. This kind of family feeling will keep you from losing your humanity, right?"
"I really regret saying so much to you back then. What kind of thing is my grandfather doing? Picking up girls under orders? And even having someone protecting him? Why didn't I get treated like that back then?" Xiao Peng sighed. "Even becoming a god comes at a price! Oh, what's going on here? What a mess the generations have become! Oh, why can't I have children? Does becoming a god mean I'm reproductively isolated?"
Kasin said with envy, "What kind of price is that, Boss? You don't know how much we envy you. Look at my kids, they make my head hurt every day! God, I really envy a man like you who sows seeds but never bears fruit!"
Xiao Peng smiled after hearing this: "Kaxin, how many times have I beaten you over the years?"
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine times!" Kasim answered with a smug look on his face: "I have a good memory! I'm the man you beat me up nine hundred and ninety-nine times and I didn't die!"
"Okay, then I'll make it a whole number for you today!"
(End of the book)
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