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“Your country has abundant water resources. For example, on the Konkurey River, 140 kilometers away from your capital, there are three tiered waterfalls. These are all valuable energy sources!”

Qin Chuan continued his deception: "Not to mention anything else, just look at this Kaileta Waterfall. If a dam were built next to it to store water and generate electricity, the power output would be at least three times that of the Jinkang Waterfall!"

"If all three waterfalls were utilized, there would be at least 200,000 kilowatts of installed capacity! With such abundant electricity, how could your country not develop?"

Qin Chuan knew the personalities of the haters, of course; it was really too difficult to get them to make up their minds to do something.

We must promise them big, substantial rewards!

"With electricity available at the mines and along the route, the newly built deep-water port will also develop into a city, allowing for the export of iron ore and the construction of steel mills on-site!"

"With steel, we can build ships and cars, and Guinea can develop into an industrial powerhouse, just like South Africa!"

South Africa is the only developed country in Africa. However, South Africa relied on white people in power and the apartheid system, where white people commanded black people to do the work. When the system changed and black people came to power, South Africa became the only country in the world to degenerate from a developed country to a developing country.

Now, Qin Chuan's claim that Guinea can develop into a country like South Africa is pure deception.

These haters are just wasting their lives, their favorite thing to do every day is dancing, how could they possibly develop anything?

But the pie in the picture was drawn very beautifully.

A military government that seizes power through a coup must achieve something to gain the people's trust!

If Guinea can develop into a developed country under their leadership, that would be the thing they are most proud of.

“Engineer Qin, you’re absolutely right. Of course we know that modern industry is only possible with a power supply, but we simply don’t have the capacity to build power plants!” Diubat said, frowning. “Building the kind of power plant you’re talking about would easily require an investment of over a hundred million US dollars. Where would we get that much money?”

"Don't you have mines?" Qin Chuan said. "We're here to mine, and we'll exchange our mineral resources for a hydroelectric power station. Isn't that fair and reasonable?"

“But without electricity, we can’t mine iron ore, let alone transport it out, so we can’t use the iron ore to exchange for hydroelectric power stations. It seems like a vicious cycle…” Diubat continued, following the script.

According to the trolls' logic, this is certainly not a problem. Just let the Easterners pay in advance, to pay for the railway construction, and then to pay for the hydroelectric power station construction. Just add this clause!

As for whether the Easterners will agree... let's bring it up first and see.

However, Diubat's words implied a subconscious desire to simultaneously carry out the iron ore exchange and hydroelectric power station project.

He responded quickly, and the others were caught off guard, subconsciously thinking that it really wasn't a problem.

"That's easy. We'll use some fuel-powered machinery to conduct simple mining first, then load the ore onto ships and transport it away. While we're transporting the iron ore, we'll also build a hydroelectric power station for you. The two projects will proceed simultaneously!"

Regarding the transportation of iron ore, various companies are considering using railways; the only issue is route selection.

In fact, they all overlooked one aspect: Guinea has abundant water resources, with rivers all over the country, making it perfectly suitable for waterway transportation!

By water?

While the critics may not understand that mining requires electricity, they do understand the rivers of their own country.

The Niger River is the largest river in their country. It originates from their Futa Djallon Plateau, almost bordering Sierra Leone, and is only 250 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean. However, this river flows eastward!

It surges northeastward across the Guinean plateau, then turns southeast towards Mali, passing through Niger, Benin, Nigeria, and other countries, making a large loop before finally flowing into the Gulf of Guinea.

As a result, what should have been a mere 200 kilometers to reach the sea ended up taking over 4,000 kilometers! The entire drainage basin covers a staggering 212 million square kilometers.

In fact, if it hadn't made a 90-degree turn within Mali, it could have flowed directly into the Sahara Desert!

If that happens, I wonder if the Sahara Desert will turn into the Sahara Forest, or if the Niger River will become an inland river.

When Qin Chuan suggested taking the waterway, this river was the first thing that came to mind. After all, it wasn't far from the Ximangdu iron ore mine and could be flowed downstream all the way to the sea.

If we ignore the waterfall...

Within Guinea, the steep mountains naturally create rapids, shallows, and waterfalls.

The famous Gurara Falls is the most famous sight on the Niger River. Especially during the rainy season, the huge flow of water rushes down, creating a spectacular sight.

In the middle and lower reaches, the river is gentle, and there is not much of a problem in traveling by water all the way to the estuary. But in the upper reaches... no matter what, it is not suitable!

"Engineer Qin, what are your plans for the waterway route?"

"Near Mount Simangdu is the Jani River, from which one can travel downstream to the Miluo River. After the Miluo River flows westward, it joins the Yanjisuo River. Going upstream from the Yanjisuo River, a canal of about three kilometers can be dug in Lower Jilai, which will connect it to the Bafen River..."

Qin Chuan is very familiar with the terrain of Guinea!

The route he pointed out, which uses various rivers and avoids waterfalls, goes downstream in some places and upstream in others. It can be dug in three places on land for about ten kilometers to connect the entire waterway!

This means that iron ore can be transported directly from the Simandou Mountains to the sea by water!

Of all the means of transportation, waterways are the cheapest!

"With this arrangement, we expect that bulk carriers of about 2,000 tons can pass through, and then be transferred to larger ocean-going vessels after arriving at the port."

The haters present all widened their eyes.

They had always hoped to build a railway that would run through the whole country, so as to develop the economy. As for rivers? They hadn't really paid much attention to them. Now, Qin Chuan had opened a new door for them!

"Engineer Qin, I'm afraid it won't be easy to excavate ten kilometers of the canal, will it?" Diubatet asked.

This wasn't in the script; it came from his heart. If it were easy to excavate, other mining companies would have thought of it long ago, and it wouldn't have been Pacific Group's turn to come and mine it!

“Yes, it’s definitely not easy, but it’s much simpler than building a railway,” Qin Chuan said. “We will use modern engineering machinery to excavate the canal as soon as possible and use this method to transport iron ore first. Once the hydroelectric power station is completed and the power supply is sufficient, we will build the railway.”

“Good!” Diubat looked at Kamara with great satisfaction: “Kamara, what do you think?”

Kamara couldn't find any fault with it! He could only nod with a complicated expression: "Your plan is very good! We need to report it to His Excellency Condé."

“Okay, we await your reply.” Wang Hui finally had a chance to speak.