Chapter 76 Changes (Part 3)
There have been obvious changes in the areas controlled by the Homo sapiens companies such as Limanan and Dart Port.
The changes in other parts of Luzon are actually quite big.
For example, Negros Island, which is across the sea from Panay Island, is the territory of the Xu-A Family Alliance, but it does not mean that the entire island belongs to them.
You have to know that the land area of Negros Island is tens of thousands of square kilometers. These big families can only control some cities and towns, and the rest of the place is controlled by many medium and small families.
For example, the town of Basai in Negros Island.
The Basel family is the local tyrant here.
As an island area, one obvious feature is that towns are usually located in coastal areas, and Bassac Town is no exception.
Master Basser, holding a fan, personally received Captain Nord of Emerald Energy at the port.
"Brother Nord, long time no see. Let's go to the restaurant and eat and chat."
Nord did not refuse: "Okay! But wait for me to give instructions to the crew."
"No problem." Master Basai didn't dare to be arrogant.
Soon under Nord's arrangement, the gas pipeline on the ship was quickly connected to the gas valve at the port. This 5,000-ton bulk carrier converted into a methane transport ship transported 4,000 tons of methane, about 2 million cubic meters.
The Basel family contracted the sales of methane gas in Basel town and surrounding areas, and the two parties cooperated to monopolize the gas industry in Basel town.
In addition, the Basel family also opened a food wholesale market in the local area, and its partners are Haitian Agriculture and House of Abundance.
However, this cooperation is not unconditional, and the Basel family must listen to the Lopez family.
In fact, the various families in Luzon can be understood as princes. After the Basel family was trained to become compradors, it lost its diplomatic rights and had to maintain the same position as the Lopez family.
Don’t think that the Basel family is not aware of the problem, but they understand one thing, that is, there is gain and loss.
After contracting the local gas, food and building materials, their family's income from plantations and land rent became insignificant.
However, not all families are willing to cooperate, and some families are very resistant and vigilant.
But they cannot stop the trend of the times.
Once the surrounding areas join the system of Homo Sapiens Company, those areas that have not joined will feel a clear sense of gap.
Maybe it is not noticeable in the early stage, but as time goes by, the gap will become bigger and bigger.
Moreover, the security department of the Homo Sapiens Company and its external intelligence force are not all good guys and girls. For those who are hostile to the Homo Sapiens Company, they will take various measures to hunt them down until the other party disappears or withdraws.
In this way, 42% of the entire Negros Island has been controlled by the Lopez family. Even if the Xu-A family alliance has reacted, it still cannot withstand the attack of the Lopez family.
When it comes to interests, even brothers can be sold out, not to mention a loose alliance that is not from the same family.
Many small families that had previously been affiliated with the Xu-A family alliance wisely changed their flags.
The Basset family is one of them.
This is also one of the reasons why Master Base is very kind to Nord. After all, Emerald Energy represents the Lopez family and is also the way for his family to make money.
Methane gas quickly passes through pipelines and is pressed into gas tanks at gas stations controlled by the Basel family.
Seeing that Nord had given instructions to the crew, Master Basser quickly asked in a low voice:
"Brother Nord, the 100,000 cubic meters this month are selling out a little too fast. Can we ask Base Town above to provide another 10 cubic meter gas tank?"
"This..." Nord looked as if he was in a difficult situation.
Master Basai quickly stuffed an envelope in his pocket: "This is a collective request letter from all the residents of the town."
Nord felt the thickness of the envelope and suddenly a bright smile appeared on his face: "Haha, since this is a request from the residents of the entire town, then I will definitely explain the situation to the company and make arrangements for Base Town as soon as possible."
"Thank you so much, brother Nord. We won't go home until we are drunk today." Master Basser smiled happily.
But Nord shook his head: "No, I have to go to Bayawan in the afternoon to deliver the remaining gas, so I can't drink."
“That’s a shame.”
" Next time, for sure."
The two of them exchanged pleasantries and came to the biomass compression plant in Basel Town, which is also one of the industries of the Basel family and specializes in the production of biomass powder blocks.
In fact, it is dried dead branches and leaves, which are crushed and compressed into one cubic meter cubes. These biomass cubes will be transported back to the methane plant on Panay Island.
The reason for doing this is not because there is no wood and hay on Panay Island, but to save fuel.
Even if Jade Energy works with other subsidiaries to modify some transport ships so that they can burn methane to reduce dependence on external fuel.
However, since the large gas turbine technology of the Zhiren Company has not been mastered, only a small number of ships below 1,000 tons are now equipped with self-produced gas turbines. Ships above 1,000 tons can only use gas-assisted combustion, and cannot completely replace heavy oil.
Therefore, economic benefits must be considered during ship operation.
For example, a ship transporting methane, after transporting the gas to the destination, if it is empty during the return voyage, then its fuel consumption is definitely not economical, but the ship must return.
Therefore, how to make use of this ineffective shipping has become an important issue.
After a series of technical and program verifications, we finally decided to add the task of transporting raw materials to the invalid return voyage.
For example, after the Nord ship has unloaded the methane it transports, it will load biomass cubes at the port along the way back to reduce the time it takes to return empty.
In this situation where different cargoes need to be loaded and unloaded, the adaptability of the vessel must be considered.
The gas tanks of Nord's transport ship are set in the middle and bottom of the ship, and the decks on both sides are reserved for loading and unloading areas for small containers.
In this way, the transportation costs of subsidiaries that need sea transportation are greatly reduced.
In addition to biomass cubes, Bassac also supplies wood, rice and tobacco.
Transportation has always been an embarrassing problem for the archipelago.
Especially for those islands that are neither too big nor too small, building cross-sea bridges and airports will face big problems in terms of cost and passenger flow, and usually they can only rely on ship transportation.
The influence of Homo sapiens companies, which have formed a close-knit system, is rapidly covering these small islands along with shipping logistics, gas, food, and raw material procurement.
Large families can only retreat and defend themselves on large islands.
But they don't have much time left, as the invisible giant net is tightening little by little until it strangles them completely.
When Nord left Base Town.
One of the capitals of Negros Island, in Bacolod City.
The Xu family is also holding internal meetings to discuss the recent infiltration of the Lopez family in Negros Island.
As a family alliance, the relationship between the Xu family and the Aquino family is not solid. Although they rely on family marriage, marriage does not mean they are truly a family .
Now the Xu family has felt that the situation is not good when facing the aggressive Lopez family, but the Aquino family in Manila has also been suppressed recently.
This made some people in the family start to think about whether to continue the alliance.
Some members who advocated cooperation with the Fernando family and the Lopez family were also becoming increasingly powerful.
