Atlantic City's fishing industry is closely related to immigration policies.

Here, as long as you are a Chinese, you can apply for a fishing license. Of course, the premise is that there is a fishing boat. The colonial people are subject to many restrictions. For example, under the National Security Law, people are not allowed to hold steam-powered ships. This restriction includes any steam-powered equipment, from sailing ships with marine steam engines, and even if there is only a small steam engine to make a crane.

The Anza people were not allowed to serve as key positions such as captains, chief mates, and engineers equipped with steam-powered ships. If the Anza people want to participate in cod fishing, they not only need to prove their assets, but also pay deposits in the Governor's Office. Unlike the people of the Empire who enjoy various subsidies and preferential policies, the Anza people not only cannot enjoy these, but also pay various taxes.

Due to these policies, the current Atlantic City fishing industry is basically controlled by imperial immigration, and the Ans are basically able to participate in downstream industries, while the insufficient labor force is supplemented by local Indians.

In fact, there are few Chinese fishing boats, and transport ships hire people. There is an advantage of hiring Indians, that is, Indians from different tribes speak differently. In order to become industrial workers, they have to learn Mandarin. Even if they communicate with each other in Mandarin, and the Ansa people have a unified English, which makes it easy for them to form small circles on the ship.

"So, your Travel and Shipping Club is also the leading company in Atlantic City?" Duan Yi asked with a smile while gnawing on the ribs.

"The bigger than us are two companies from South African provinces and Cape Town. But the profits have been good in recent years, and we have more local policies. In two years, we can't say it. For example, this time, my job is to go to Newfoundland Island and build a procurement center there." Luo Fei was also a little helpless. After all, the two companies have been operating for decades and have very strong capital.

However, the strength of the Luyang Shipbuilding Society is still quite good. It has fourteen ships under its name, five of which are sailing cargo ships with tonnage of more than 1,500 tons, traveling between Atlantic City and European port cities. The remaining nine ships are fishing ships with relatively small tonnage.

These fishing boats fished cod and marinated on site. On Cape Cod, the Shangluyang Ship Company has its own procurement department. Together with the purchased pickled cod, they are loaded on a sea boat and sold to Europe. Amsterdam is the main destination, followed by port cities in Lisbon, Ceuta, and the Caribbean.

During the round trip, we also did some other business. Now there are more and more sail fishing boats, Cape Cod is already a little crowded, and more and more large-tonnage fishing boats are heading to Newfoundland Island, which is one of the reasons why the Luyang Ship Club is going there to open a procurement center.

The development of Atlantic City fishery is inseparable from a large market like Europe. In the past few years of Atlantic City's rapid development, it was the time when the European war ended. The market gradually recovered and the demand for consumer goods such as cod increased greatly. The expansion of the empire's sphere of influence in Europe was also a major reason.

For example, Luyang Shipbuilding Club will have two 3,000-ton cargo ships entering the ranks this year. The two cargo ships will run the Baltic route, with destinations from Prussia and Sweden. This is a newly developed market last year. Luyang Shipbuilding Club sent representatives to Nordic Europe to sign several agreements in succession. In addition to some local seafood wholesalers, those who order pickled cod are large local enterprises and large companies. For example, two iron ore companies in Sweden ordered a large amount of cod as a food subsidy for miners.

In Prussia, industry has gradually developed in recent years, adding many urban populations and industrial workers, and these people also have a great demand for seafood such as cod.

Sweden and Prussia produce steel and handmade products needed for Atlantic City, and the industries on both sides are just complementary.

Of course, the self-promotion of the market is only one aspect, and the development of Atlantic City is inseparable from the support of the Imperial Government and Prince Yu’s Mansion.

In Atlantic City, there are subsidies for fishing and shipping, mainly coal subsidies. In the early days of Atlantic City construction, coal from Britain was the mainstream, especially Welsh anthracite, which is still the Imperial Navy's warship coal, not only the Atlantic Fleet, but also the Black Sea Fleet. After all, it is the best thermal coal that can be found at present.

Since the 33rd year of the empire, coal produced in Xijin gradually arrived in Atlantic City. Although the price was slightly lower than that of British coal, it was not liked by merchants. However, the coal subsidies provided by Prince Yu's Mansion reduced the price of Xijin coal to 85% of Welsh coal. Because of the large amount of mechanical mining, coal washing, and selection, the quality control of coal produced in Xijin is more stable.

There is also a salt supply in the fishing industry. The salt channels in North American colonies monopolized by the Prince Yu’s mansion have always been lower than the market price because they are centralized and large-scale procurement. In order to protect the pillar industry of cod fishing, the Prince Yu’s mansion has also introduced a policy of minimum purchase price for cod fishing, so that even when market demand decreases, cod fishing can still guarantee capital.

The development of Atlantic City encountered a good time, and various policy support was provided, allowing a large number of empires to settle here. However, the Anza people were restricted locally and were popular in the Caribbean and other places, because a large number of Anza people left the local area, returned to the UK, or went south to the Caribbean, which caused the composition of the local residents to be rapidly changed.

In just seven years, the main ethnic group of Atlantic City has changed from a British Protestant to an imperial nation. The latest statistics this year show that the British could not even maintain their second place because a large number of Indians left their tribes and joined the order of Atlantic City.

Obviously, it was only one and a half hours that could not be told about Atlantic City, but Duan Yi had time. His task was to walk around casually and help Li Junwei verify whether the report was true or not. So it was natural to go on a trip to Newfoundland with Luo Fei.

After dinner, the group boarded a grocery ship to Newfoundland. The ship belongs to the voyage company, traveling between Cape Cod, between Newfoundland and Atlantic City, and occasionally goes to Quebec, the colonial capital of France. This more than 300 tons of sailboat was filled with cargo, mainly the salt and some fishing equipment needed for the pickling fish in Newfoundland.

The goods of Luk Fu Restaurant are also on board. This restaurant has a branch in Newfoundland. In addition to opening a restaurant, it also provides everything you need for life.

In the past, Newfoundland was shared by France and Britain, but later the Empire expelled the British. In addition, there were only more than 200 French people, which almost exclusively occupied the island. Even the French's life was linked to the Imperial Immigration.

There are seven main gathering sites on the island, which serve cod fishing entirely. The main port is Beixing Port in the northeast corner, a small town with more than 1,700 people.

Luo Fei bought a building here on behalf of the Luyang Commercial Club as a procurement center, which was originally a church built by the British. Duan Yi and his two subordinates also helped them a lot. After working for half a month, Luo Fei realized that Duan Yi was sent by King Yu this time and also took care of his personal relationships. He took a fancy to the unlimited business opportunities here and prepared to invest well.

"Canned food...you want to make canned food locally, this...this is really good. But the problem is that Atlantic City can't match it." Luo Fei said.

He came from his servants and was not unfamiliar with canned food. More than thirty years ago, the Imperial Army and Navy began to try canned food. Now, canned food is quite popular. However, in the North American colonies where Atlantic City are located, canned food is foreign products, mostly from South Africa.

The reason is that containers are very important to make canned food. The early canned food was glass, but now it is tinplate. But the problem is that, as a colonial city, Atlantic City has neither a supporting glass industry nor a corresponding tinplate industry. The advantage here is that the food prices are very low.

"During Atlantic City and North Newport during this period, I found that the fish fished by fishers were not just cod, but also plaid, salmon, tuna, salmon, etc., but other fish were not liked except cod," Duan Yi said.

Luo Fei nodded. This is a fact. The reason is that the preservation technology of fish is mainly to pickle and air-dried. Cod is full of protein and has less fat. It is naturally suitable for pickling or air-dried. Although the rest of the fish can also do this, there is one thing that requires a lot of salt. Although Atlantic City has salt subsidies, its share is limited. Using the same amount of salt, processing cod is more economical than other fish.

"This is true, but I want to ask, where are you going to get the canned tin iron? You won't start from scratch. But if you start from scratch, Atlantic City will definitely support it. However, Brother Duan, do you have the financial resources?" Luo Fei asked. He knew Duan Yi quite well. The Duan family is not a wealthy family, and there are still many brothers in the family.

Duan Yi said: "If I want to do it, I will make canned glass instead of tin iron. Many European countries have the ability to produce glassware, especially in the Netherlands and Italy. Glass can be imported from these areas, using the advantages of local low-cost seafood and livestock products, processed into cans, and then sold to Europe.

You are a shipping person, and you should know that the cabins of ships coming from Europe are very vacant."

Luo Fei would not deny this. The industrial products needed by Atlantic City can be produced in the Empire, especially in the near South Africa and Xijin area. The goods produced by the Empire will not be taxed in Atlantic City. On the contrary, similar products imported from Europe will be taxed, which is mainly to maintain the competitiveness of the Empire's goods in Atlantic City.

"But I still remain suspicious whether it can generate enough profits. Of course, if you want to do it, I will definitely support it, but Brother Duan, I hope you invest carefully and don't invest all your wealth." Luo Fei said to Duan Yi.

The reason why he supports it is not only for the friendship between the two, but also for cooperation. After all, the Travel and Shipping Club always needs partners.

Duan Yi said: "Now, the profit is definitely not high. For the same seafood, canned fish cannot compete with dried cod, but the problem is that the canned industry will be quite competitive in the near future. Erfei, you have to know that a war is about to break out in Europe, and canned food can be used as military supplies."

"But the glass canned bottles with wide mouth bottles cannot be used as military cans." Luo Fei thought for a while and reminded.

Early canned food was a glass wide-mouth bottle, which was somewhat similar to a vase. The upper part was narrower and mostly darker in color. At that time, you only needed to cook the food for half an hour to an hour, add salt and spices, stuff it into the glass bottle, and plug it with a cork.

However, this kind of can has two weaknesses. One is that the glass is prone to shattering, causing the can to rupture and damage. The second weakness is that even if the glass bottle is made black or brown, the sunlight will still shoot in, causing the temperature to rise, and sometimes it will cause the can to rupture. Even if it is not, the increase in temperature will make the food easily deteriorated.

Later, the Imperial merchants invented the can of tin plated iron sheets, which means that the iron sheet is placed in the tin liquid and is hot-dipped to prevent the iron sheet from rusting and is not toxic.

The advancement of canning technology was achieved after a large-scale war, so it was not popularized in the army, but fortunately it was so. During the 25th year of the empire, the American provinces dispatched expedition teams to explore the Arctic were almost destroyed because canning was almost completely destroyed. Because the sealing process of tin-plated iron cans at that time was lead sealing, which led to lead poisoning by a large number of eaters.

Now, the invention of double crimping technology not only makes canned food safer, but also produces faster.

Duan Yi said: "Naval military cans are glass cans."

The cans used by the Imperial Navy are glass cans. Because the cans of naval do not move frequently, they will not be damaged. They are located in the cargo hold and will not deteriorate due to the sunlight, which perfectly avoids the two major weaknesses of glass cans.

Luo Fei thought about it and found that there was something wrong with it. The canned food of the Atlantic Fleet was transported from South Africa, usually for war preparations. When Europe fought, although the Atlantic Fleet would not participate in the war, it would definitely be dispatched, and the merchant ships coming and going also needed canned food.

"It can be done, I think it can be done." After thinking about it, Luo Fei also became interested.

Duan Yi smiled and said, "How is Erfei, do you want to participate in a group?"

After thinking about it, Luo Fei said, "It depends on how old Brother Duan is to be. If he just builds a workshop, it will be meaningless. But if he gets bigger, he must introduce machinery from China and still make tin-plated cans, so the funds needed will be in the sea."
Chapter completed!