Outside Lae is the vast Solomon Sea.The shape of the Solomon Sea is "peculiar", of course, because of the boundaries set by the Solomon Sea.From the map, the Solomon Sea, which is surrounded by the Solomon Islands to the east, New Britain Island to the north, and the Solomon Islands to the west and south, appears to be a diamond.The islands that surround the Solomon Sea were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate, because the Solomon Sea, sandwiched in the middle, is also a very complex sea area.In the southwest of this beautiful sea, the depth of the water is limited, so you can see endless coral reefs, many of which are exposed to the water, forming a cluster of reefs similar to the Great Barrier Reef in the south; Similarly, in the northern half of the sea, there is a New Britain Basin with an average sea depth of 4,000 meters, especially in the northernmost edge of this basin, that is, near the New Britain Island, there is a trench with a depth of 6,000 meters in the world, this trench is called the Planite Trench, the deepest of which is 9,140 meters, ranking ninth in the depth of all trenches in the world.Now, the "Australian Style" that Yang Jing and the others are riding is riding the wind and waves on this trench.Since Bougainville Island could not be reached, the route of their trip was to travel west along the northern edge of the Solomon Sea, all the way through New Britain Island and New Ireland Island, then through the Foe Waterway into the Bismarck Sea, along New Ireland Island and into the Pacific Ocean, around Bougainville Island into the Solomon Islands, and from the Solomon Islands for a circle, and finally along the southern edge of the Solomon Sea back to Lae.With the average cruising speed of 29 knots of the "Australian Style", it will take at least 17 or 8 days to go down this trip, and if you need to focus on what places to focus on in the middle, if you delay a little, I am afraid that you will not be able to return for 20 days.It is precisely because of this that Yang Jing and his team focused their investigation on the islands on the northern edge of the Solomon Sea, after all, whether it is near New Britain Island or New Ireland Island, there are already mines that are already being developed.Not to mention the Panguna copper-gold mine on Bougainville, there can be a gold mine on the island of Lihir on the east side of New Ireland that is even richer than the Porguela gold mine.Generally speaking, no matter what mineral resources are, they like to "pile up".This is confirmed by numerous mineral deposits that have been discovered around the world.Just like the iron ore in the northwest of Western Australia, the iron ore in Brazil's "Iron Quadrangle", and the gold and diamond mines in the north of South Africa, there are also rich precious metal deposits in the chain of Irian Island - the Solomon Islands, otherwise there are three world-class gold mines being mined in this section of the island chain that is only 1,600 kilometers long, counting the precious metal ore body discovered by Yang Jing a few days ago and the Panguna copper-gold mine that has not yet started, that is five world-class precious metal mines.This level of density is rare even in the world.However, after arriving on New Britain Island from Lae, Yang Jing took the helicopter on board the yacht to take to the air to observe, and as a result, he had seen almost all of New Britain Island in the past two days, and found no mineral deposits worth mining.This is not to say that there are no mineral deposits on the island of New Britain, on the contrary, this large island in the world's 37th largest island has very rich mineral resources, but these mineral resources are relatively scattered.If these veins are to be developed by PNG locals or Australian mining companies, there may be a lot of profits, but if Rongbao Mining comes all the way from China to mine such small reserves of veins, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.Since Rongbao Mining has obtained the first batch of places to enter PNG, it must seize this good opportunity, or not mining, once it is decided to mine, it must be a world-class mine.After two days of investigation by helicopter, except for the Gazel Peninsula in the northeast corner of New Britain Island, there was no other gain, which made Yang Jing a little disappointed, and he simply did not go out that afternoon, but rested on the boat with the sea breeze, and teased Guo Xiaoxiang by the way.It's not that Yang Jing doesn't like superyachts, who doesn't like this kind of super luxurious big toy?
Yang Jing thinks that he is a layman, and naturally he is not immune to vulgarity.Who doesn't want to drive their own superyacht around the four oceans every year, go to the North Pole to see the polar bear this year, maybe you can find Dabai; Next year, we'll go to Antarctica to see whales and glaciers.Anyway, it's your own boat, you can toss as much as you want, what a cool thing!
Of course, if it is according to what the fat man said, he has nothing to do with driving a superyacht to a scenic spot to seduce his sister, this Yang Jing really didn't think about it.Having a Gege by his side is enough for Yang Jing, he doesn't want to do anything to come out, he is not only sorry for Gege, but also sorry for himself and his family.But as Yang Jing said, it's not yet time to be chic.Although Yang Jing is determined to become a dashing tycoon, now is really not the time, when his private museum is built, and after he completely takes over the Evil Dragon Fund, it will be the time for him to be chic.As for now, let's bear with it."
I said Lao Yang, why don't you go down and swim twice?
The quality of the sea water here is fantastic, compared to Sanya, Guam, the water quality is garbage.I heard from Captain Howard that the sea in this area, you can see things at a depth of 50 meters, and it is quite clear. ”Yang Jing shook his head and said, "I also know that the water quality in this sea area is very good, but I really don't have the heart to go down."
Dude hasn't lived enough, although the water here is very good, there are also a lot of sharks here.If you don't want to die, it's best not to go swimming.We are a yacht, there are no shark nets around, why go swimming?
Snack on sharks?
”"Damn!
Are you in menopause?
Why do you talk so impulsively?
I'm just talking, are you worthy of being on the line?
”"Huh?
You're unreasonable, aren't you?
You provoked this, since you asked me, if I don't explain it to you, you kid should say that my brother is arrogant, it's all your reason. ”After a pause, Yang Jing pushed his sunglasses to his forehead, squinted at Guo Xiaoxiang and said, "You kid, don't just talk about it, don't just talk about it."
You love the water so much, so why don't you go down and swim twice?
Don't you dare?
”Guo Xiaoxianghuo sat up suddenly, "Who doesn't dare to go down and swim twice?"
Don't forget that when my buddy was at Royal Holloway, he was also a bronze medalist in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the academy. ”As he spoke, Guo Xiaoxiang stood up, moved twice, and was about to take a dive from the back deck.The rear deck of this superyacht is not very high above the water, just over two meters, and diving is absolutely no problem here.Seeing that Guo Xiaoxiang wanted to jump down as he moved, Yang Jing said compassionately: "Fatty, don't blame my brother for not reminding you, the sea area we are in now, below is an abyss with a depth of more than 9,100 meters, ranked ninth in the world, who knows what it looks like below?"
If you jump down, in case you encounter some unknown creature swimming up from the abyss, bite you with this bite, and then drag you into the abyss of more than 9,000 meters, then it will really be alive and dead, and there will be no corpses" These words almost made Guo Xiaoxiang, who was about to dive, flash."
Holy!
Lao Yang, you are not authentic!
It's not so scary to scare people, is it?
You're sincere in not letting me go into the water, aren't you?
”"Huh?
You're weird, aren't you?
When did I stop you from going into the water?
I'm just talking about the situation in this area myself, and if you're scared, don't go into the water.Am I in your way?
”"Damn, then why are you so idle and talking about those things?
It's his sister's more than 9,000-meter abyss again, and it's an unknown creature, and the buddies are about to be scared to pee, okay?
”"Hehe, it doesn't matter if you're scared, there's no one else here anyway.No one else can see it when it urinates, and at most it's just a little pollution here. ”"!
You're too bad, buddy doesn't talk to you anymore, you know how to bully me. ”While the brothers were laughing, Chris walked over from the front."
Boss, Captain Howard said, we're almost at the Foe Waterway, and I'm sure we'll be able to get to Kokopo or Rabaul tonight, and he asked me to ask you, where are we going to dock tonight?"
Is it Kokopo or Rabaul?
”Guo Xiaoxiang looked at Yang Jing and motioned for him to take an idea.In fact, both cities are very good, Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain 20 years ago, and Cokopo is the current capital of the province.Of course, if you want to talk about history, it must be that Rabaul is much older, and Kokopo is just a new city.It's just that Rabaul is surrounded by volcanoes, which is a bit unsafe, and the last eruption of Mount Tauru in the south of the city is only 24 years ago, which is really scary.Tauru Volcano is an active volcano located less than six kilometers from Rabaul.In May 1937, the eruption of Mount Tauru killed 571 people and destroyed much of the city.The Australian government even moved the capital of New Guinea from here to the safer city of Lae, and back after World War II.In July 1971, it was damaged by a powerful earthquake.In 1994, another eruption of Mount Tauru destroyed 80 of the city's buildings, mainly due to ash crushing roofs.Since then, the capital of the Eastern New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea has been moved to another city, Kokopo, 20 kilometres away.But now that you're here, you can't really say anything if you don't go around Rabaul.So Yang Jing said to Chris, "You tell Captain Howard that we will dock at Rabaul Port tonight." ”ps: Bow and thank you for the 500 reward of "Xiaolou Listening to the Rain at Night".