Chapter 451： The terrible cost of land reclamation!

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The land is limited, and the investment in infrastructure must also be limited. Not all buildings are made of gold and diamonds.

Moreover, because of the construction of New Tuvalu, many disadvantages of urban development have been integrated. When planning, make the best use of everything possible to make the layout of various facilities more rational. Unlike some cities, the new infrastructure has not been built for a long time, and it will be pushed to rebuild again.

Li Daniu smiled and asked, "Castro, do you think the current land in our New Tuvalu is enough?"

"Of course it's not enough." Castro replied subconsciously, then reacted immediately, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, do you want it?"

Li Daniu nodded approvingly, and said: "That's right! Because our planning layout is more reasonable, it also causes a lot of waste of construction land. At present, our domestic population is not saturated, so we can't notice it. But soon, we will We are going to start accepting immigrants in large numbers, where will those people live at that time?"

Chess masters can see more than five moves behind after one move, just to prevent situations that are too late to deal with.

And now that Li Daniu is a high-ranking person, it is naturally impossible to only consider the present and the future when considering issues.

Castro can understand Li Daniu's concerns very well. If a country wants to develop, population is indispensable. However, the increase in population will inevitably require more land for construction and public facilities.

If these problems cannot be resolved, New Tuvalu will never be sufficiently populated.

"But, Your Majesty, the current environment in the international community doesn't advocate doing that much?"

Li Daniu sneered and said, "Since other countries have already done it and are still doing it, why can't I do it?"

After hesitating for a moment, Castro asked, "Do you want to confirm the plan now? Shall I call Prime Minister Burns over?"

Li Daniu didn't plan to join this project so soon before, but after hearing Castro's financial report just now, knowing that the money he will earn in the future is likely to lie in the bank account, he has already made up his mind.

"Call him over."

After Castro went out to order the staff next to him, Burns came to Li Daniu's office again in a short while.

"Build 6 by filling the sea?"

Burns couldn't help but exclaimed, and then said: "Your Majesty, although our current financial revenue is many times that of before, we still can't handle such a large investment."

Li Daniu glanced at Burns and said, "Did I tell you to let your government pay for it?"

After hearing these words, Burns did not feel relieved, but said more nervously: "But you don't have that much money."

As the Prime Minister of New Tuvalu, Burns may be the person in the world who, apart from Castro, knows the current assets of His Majesty the King best. Even, he knows better than His Majesty the King himself.

Li Daniu asked with interest: "How to say?"

Burns replied: "Your Majesty, before we came to New Tuvalu, you proposed the plan to build 6 by reclamation of the sea. Later, after our government staff increased, I also arranged for people to make it. With a simple budget, the result is that we simply cannot afford to build artificial lands of the level you mentioned."

"go on!"

After swallowing his saliva, Burns said: "Normally speaking, reclamation construction involves transporting domestic sand, gravel or construction waste materials to coastal areas for filling, and then reinforcing them later. When we were in Walu, the reason why we didn’t choose to fill the sea was because we didn’t have enough land and hills in our country, nor did our neighbor Fiji!”

"As for our current New Tuvalu, although the average altitude is relatively high, you previously asked not to destroy those natural resources, so there are not many materials that can be used for reclamation."

Li Daniu frowned and said, "We don't have them, but New Zealand has them, and Australia has them too. We can definitely buy them from them!"

Burns smiled wryly, and said, "Your Majesty, the cost of transporting a cubic meter of reclamation materials from New Zealand to our new Tuvalu is about 10 US dollars. If it is shipped from Australia, the cost will increase to 16 US dollars a year." Cubic meters. This is still calculated according to the normal market price. If the New Zealand government or the Australian government imposes taxes on us, the cost of this item will increase by about 40%. In addition, there are It requires labor, machinery, and later reinforcement, and the cost of this item is also very high."

"When we made a budget before, we chose the shallowest area near the coastline of New Tuvalu, and calculated the cost of filling 6 lands of about 50 square kilometers. As a result, we need to invest at least 23 billion US dollars to complete the 6 lands. construction."

The land of 50 square kilometers needs 23 billion US dollars, which made Castro's heart tense in an instant. Because he had heard from Li Daniu before that if New Tuvalu is reclaimed to build land, then at least a land the size of New Tuvalu must be created, which is 600 square kilometers.

Even if the sea area in other places has the same water depth as the place where Burns made a budget, it will need at least 276 billion US dollars. If, in addition to such a large place, what about the investment in the above construction?

Moreover, the water depth of the sea area must be getting deeper and deeper, so wouldn't the cost in the later period double as if to rise?

Castro exclaimed in his heart: My God!

Li Daniu was also a little surprised, not because he didn't have so much money now, but because the cost was much more expensive than he imagined. Then, he began to think about how to earn another large sum of money.

After Burns and Castro saw that His Majesty the King was silent, they winked at each other.

Castro asked: "Mr. Burns, are you sure you have not made a mistake in your calculations? How do I remember that the cost of land reclamation in other countries is not so high."

After Burns praised Castro in his heart, he immediately replied: "It is true, but the geographical environment of our new Tuvalu is not as good as theirs. Not only because of the lack of materials, but also because of our The coastline is too short and there isn't that much shallow area to reclaim."

"For example, Japan, from 1945 to 1975, they reclaimed an area of ​​more than 1200 square kilometers, which is twice the total area of ​​our country. In addition, China from the 1950s and 1960s to the end of the last century, The area of ​​land reclamation is more than 12,000 square kilometers, which is about 20 times the total land area of ​​our country.”

"However, these two countries not only have sufficient materials in the country, but also have a large population, so the labor cost is relatively low. Moreover, the coastlines of these two countries are very long, and there are many shoal areas to choose from, so there is no need to invest too much Much material cost. So their cost is very low.”

"The most obvious comparison is that Huaxia is building 6 land reclamation projects in the South China Sea of ​​their country. It is estimated that the land reclamation will cover 6104 square kilometers, with a total cost of 8 billion Huaxia coins, which is equivalent to 13 billion U.S. dollars. However, Huaxia's South China Sea area has many islands and reefs. They chose to fill in the sea to build 6. The depth of the shallowest part is only about 2 meters, and the average depth is less than 10 meters. And what about us? The average depth exceeds 20 meters, and this is only the 50 square kilometers we selected area."

Castro made a look of sudden realization, and said: "It turns out that we are an island country without islands and reefs, so the materials we need to invest will be several times that of others. In addition, we need to import a huge amount of materials from abroad. Some materials, shipping costs, and taxes have to be increased. After calculating the cost, we might as well buy another island!"

Speaking, Castro and Burns secretly glanced at Li Daniu In their view, such a large investment cannot be moved now, not that it cannot be moved now. Because neither Li Daniu nor New Tuvalu has so much money.

What Castro and Burns were most worried about was that Li Daniu had a sudden convulsion and sold his property or technology again.

"Okay!" Li Daniu scolded, and said: "Stop singing oboe in front of me, I know it well. You two go discuss it, and finalize the plan of reclamation and construction, and plan it according to the area of ​​500 square kilometers. It can be divided into multiple phases. As for the money issue, you don’t need to worry about it.”

Castro and Burns jumped in their hearts, and then looked at each other, as if they had guessed what the other was thinking.

Noticing Burns' wink, Castro said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the properties you own now are all profit-making industries, and you cannot easily seek financing."

"Financing?"

Li Daniu understood what Castro meant, smiled, and said, "I don't know how to raise money, and I won't in the future. But, who said I only have those industries? Castro, help me prepare a product launch event." .”