Courtyard light

Chapter 881: Start (7000 words)
Although our economy is strong and industrialized at a high level now, we still have vast land and a large population.

There are always areas that cannot be covered.

Not to mention that we cannot cover all places in our country now, even if the economy of the Bald Eagle is so good in 2020, there are still many places in their country that look very backward.

Just like the Bald Eagle, some places in the Midwest don’t even have infrastructure. Of course, this is caused by their system, because capitalists will not lose money to build infrastructure for you.

Most of the wildfires in Bald Eagle County were caused by electrical circuits. It was impossible to put out the fire by cutting off power. Once a power outage occurred, it would cause huge losses to the capitalists.

In China, the road infrastructure between cities is relatively good, but the infrastructure in remote rural areas is not that good.

After all, infrastructure is a bottomless pit.

"I can only cover the veterans, and I can't do anything else."

"Besides, it's better to have something than nothing. If you simply give a sum of money, it will be used up soon." Sun Aiguo also knew that this was not something he could change.

"Everyone has a motorcycle, so whoever works harder will earn more. Some people in some places are poor, and it's their own fault."

"Some people's homes are poor, but they keep them clean and tidy, and they look different. Some people's homes are completely different."

Liu Hai nodded when talking about this. This is all the old factory director can do. As for other things, they are at the national level.

As for the people the old factory manager mentioned being poor, some of them are simply lazy.

Of course, maybe these lazy people have tried hard, but found that the result is still the same, so they just give up.

"Then let's do as you think, old factory manager. I will only provide financial support. If it doesn't work, we can make changes while we're at it." Liu Hai didn't know what to do, so he just said this.

"This is the only way we can do now. What is the photovoltaic lighting equipment you mentioned? " Sun Aiguo didn't know whether he was doing a good job or not, so he decided to wait and see after working on it for a while, and then asked again.

Liu Hai then talked about the photovoltaic lighting equipment he designed.

"Are lithium batteries less safe? Are lithium batteries more expensive?" Sun Aiguo was a little confused after hearing what Liu Hai said.

"Safety is not a big problem." Liu Hai was talking about the device which is made up of dry batteries, similar to a large power bank.

Because this device is only for lighting, its voltage is very low, only 5 volts, and the standard configuration is just three 5 volt low-voltage lighting LEDs.

As for cooking, don't even think about anything else.

Because such equipment can be used in remote environments and there are no other electrical appliances.

"Lithium batteries can be charged and discharged more times, and they are also lighter."

“Lead-acid batteries are very safe, but they are too bulky.”

"In addition, the lighting equipment is equipped with two rechargeable flashlights, which also use long-life LED lamp beads." The lifespan of LED lamp beads is very high, reaching tens of thousands of hours. However, in 2020, many businesses will deliberately make the lifespan lower, because if you really need to use it tens of thousands of hours, the manufacturer would have gone bankrupt long ago.

"That's good." Sun Aiguo believed what Liu Hai said.

"I have asked the laboratory to design this, and the finished product should be available soon."

"I'm sorry to bother you again. I don't know what to say. You supported me when I was the factory director. Now that I'm retired and doing other things, you still support me." Sun Aiguo felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
"I am also lucky to have met you, the old factory director, which has enabled me to achieve what I have today. If I had met someone who was not in line with the standards, I might have been arrested and paraded through the streets!" Liu Hai said with a laugh.

When Liu Hai was making motorcycles, if there was a new factory manager, he might have scolded Liu Hai in person, criticized him in a notice, and then treated Liu Hai as a negative person. This kind of thing has happened before.

Big or small things can be decided by the factory director. Misappropriating materials from the factory to privately build some equipment can be considered innovation, experimentation, or a waste of national materials. It all depends on what the factory director says.

"Haha, Xiao Liu, you have been too modest in your life. The higher authorities have already taken action. It's mainly because the people on the second brother's side are a little anxious."

"The second brother is going to destroy all the mushrooms in the house, as well as all the bombers and other weapons, in exchange for support from Europe!"

"On the surface, it looks like they are staying neutral and laying down all their weapons, but in reality, these people just want to put money in their pockets and then go to the West to live a good life."

"A lot of the money we used to buy land from them was divided up by them and then transferred to Europe, and some of it was even transferred to Bald Eagle."

“So when we buy land there, Europe and the bald eagles have no problem with it because they are the ones who benefit in the end.”

"I won't go into all the details. I've just told you the simplest version. The black soil there is very fertile. We have picked a large farm. We estimated the value ourselves and asked some Western valuation agencies to estimate the value to be more than 100 million pounds."

"As a result, our actual expenditure was only 8000 million pounds, of which 6000 million pounds was the actual contract price, and the remaining 2000 million pounds went into the account of a consulting company because we asked this consulting company to help with the acquisition!"

"Lao Er and his gang are now thinking about cashing in, which is why the news reported a few days ago that Lao Er and Fat Goose were in a head-on confrontation."

"The only buyer now is Fat Goose, but he has no money."

"So the second brother is a little anxious now. The higher authorities feel that this matter has basically reached the right stage."

"Because the credit value of the U.S. dollar has dropped, turmoil has broken out in Bald Eagle, so the aid promised by Bald Eagle has disappeared."

"Because these two countries are in urgent need of foreign aid."

"Our only obstacle now is the fat goose."

"I don't know why they split up the family business in such a hurry. They didn't divide anything. Now the fat goose needs to pay if it wants to get the swan back!"

"And there is another piece of news that is even more terrifying. Almost all of the elite pilots in the second brother's family are gone. Even 80% of the White Swan pilots have left the army!"

"Some of them went to Europe, but most of them came here to become civil aviation pilots!"

"But this doesn't matter to Lao Er, because Lao Er was not prepared to equip these weapons. These pilots will face the fate of being transferred or laid off sooner or later. It may be better if they leave early."

Liu Hai nodded when he heard this. Historically, the second family persisted for a while.

However, Fat Bear's financial resources in this time and space were much thinner than in history. In addition, Fat Bear had plans to build several aircraft carrier fleets, which cost a lot of money.

So the days after the separation are much more difficult than in history.

Of course this is only one aspect. The more important thing is that these people just want to sell everything, so it has nothing to do with whether the economy is good or bad.

"The economic war between Europe and the Bald Eagle is very intense right now, and the pressure on us to do this is minimal right now."

"Now it's mainly the fat goose side."

"The relevant departments are prepared to give a sum of money directly. Now things that can be solved with money are not difficult. We can also pretend to sign a subsequent maintenance agreement with Fat Goose, that is, an agreement to purchase White Swan's engines, because now the only one who can continue to produce White Swan engines is Fat Goose!"

When Liu Hai heard Sun Aiguo say so much, he of course knew that the news was conveyed by the higher authorities.

"The higher authorities have done a good job in this regard, and now is indeed a good time." Liu Hai also feels that there is no need to refer to history. Once the economic war between Europe and the Bald Eagle comes to an end, it may be more difficult for us to get the White Swan.

Europe might come out to stop it, but even if it doesn't, it will still demand some benefits.

"As for Fat Goose, they are so short of money now, so it would be easier to just give them some money!" Liu Hai also agreed with Sun Aiguo's point of view that any problem that can be solved with money at this stage is not a problem.

"In fact, if we are given enough time, we can also manufacture an aircraft similar to the White Swan. However, there are also advantages to buying one from others now. On the one hand, we can use it right after we buy it. The second is that it can reassure our neighbors to the north. After all, they know the performance of the White Swan." Sun Aiguo said again.

Liu Hai thought about the internal driving schedule of Fei Goose next year. After Fei Goose suffered a loss here, it would need more funds. If he took action at this time, the amount of money he would pay might be lower.

Suddenly Liu Hai thought of something, that is, the weapons and equipment in this time and space have undergone great changes, so what will be the outcome of Che Cheng’s incident this time?
Will it cause greater losses to Fat Goose?
In fact, Fat Goose was not ruthless enough at the beginning of this matter. Once the ruthless person came to power, he was directly crushed.

Moreover, Liu Hai agreed with what the ruthless man said, that is, to deal with terrorists, if they are caught in the toilet, they should be drowned in the toilet immediately without any trial.

Not to mention that the ruthless man's words immediately dampened the arrogance of the terrorists. You have to know that the terrorists have caused several major attacks in Fat Goose's home.

Of course, Liu Hai would definitely not talk about the driving journey first. After all, buying White Swan is not something that can be done in a short time like buying vegetables. The relationships involved must be sorted out first.

Originally, Liu Hai’s proposal of having the cowherd sell the cows was also feasible, but it would of course be better if they could get them back openly now.

The current international situation is most favorable to us, although the depreciation of the US dollar also has an impact on our exports, especially our foreign exchange reserves.

But in general, we are the least affected. Some camels in the Middle East who have large amounts of US dollar foreign exchange suffered a big loss this time.

Seeing the money in their hands becoming less and less valuable, these camels must have lost their minds.

There are also other guys who followed the bald eagle and waved flags and cheered, and they also suffered heavy losses after this dollar credit crisis.

As for what the higher authorities should do after buying the White Swan back, Liu Hai feels that he does not need to worry about it, because Liu Hai believes in our ability to make modifications.

In fact, there are always two views on strategic bombers in 2020. One is that they are useless. Of course, this is from our perspective. For those small countries, strategic bombers and stealth bombers are like the seal of heaven. They are magical weapons.

But for a superpower, a stealth bomber does not mean it cannot be detected.

Stealth bombers are not completely stealth, but they have a low radar reflection area. Take the B2 for example, its radar reflection area is similar to that of the F18.

The full name of the Bald Eagle's B2 bomber project was originally called the Low Detectable Bomber Project, which was mainly designed to deal with the increasing number of air defense radars and air defense missiles.

From another perspective, historically we did not have strategic bombers, but we also did not have battleships!

This is due to the times. When we started to mass-produce warships, battleships no longer had their place.

Similarly, in 2020, the main role of strategic bombers is to carry missiles, that is, to launch missiles with a range of thousands of kilometers outside the defense zone.

As for why the Bald Eagle still wants to develop the B2020 in 21, just look at the Bald Eagle's opponents and you will understand. Those opponents are completely powerless against the B21.

In fact, the Bald Eagle's strategy in history was correct. He maintained his dominant position by targeting these small countries and influencing their energy and finance.

Looking at the impact of future US interest rate hikes and cuts on the global economy can indirectly reflect the international status of the US dollar.

As for whether we have strategic bomber or stealth bomber projects, Liu Hai is not clear.

Because even if such a project is successful, it may not be announced.

In fact, the satellites in the sky in 2020 are not omnipotent, because each satellite has its own trajectory. As long as various tests are conducted when the satellite trajectory is not overhead, it will be difficult to be discovered.

Liu Hai once heard a piece of news that it seemed that Fat Bear's Tupolev Design Bureau seemed to have a plan for the White Swan stealth design, but for various reasons, this plan was abolished.

This plan is called T160 modification.

As for designing and manufacturing strategic bomber bangs by ourselves, I believe that it is because our engine technology is still very advanced.

On the one hand, we acquired GM's engine technology when we purchased DC, and on the other hand, we acquired Rolls-Royce's engine technology, as well as the Black Shark fighter engine technology that Liu Hai brought out. Historically, we have been short in these areas.

Not to mention the same period in history. Coupled with the current high national economic volume, the investment in this area must have been considerable. It’s just that Liu Hai didn’t know about the existence of these projects.

"I am also looking forward to the day when the white swan returns. I must go for a visit then." Liu Hai nodded.

"We will definitely make some changes after we come back, especially the old control system. We will definitely change it to fly-by-wire control!" Sun Aiguo also knows a lot about aircraft.

"It will definitely be indispensable when the time comes. Let Xiao Liu take action."

"I'm old!" Liu Hai laughed.

"You are now in the prime of your life, why are you talking about being old?"

"Rest when it's time to rest, retreat when it's time to retreat!" Liu Hai laughed.

I was wondering in my heart whether the Bald Eagle stealth bomber would be delayed. Historically, it began to serve in 1999, and then made its first appearance in 2002, and it hit our embassy abroad, to be precise.

After all, the bald eagle is not as well developed as it was in history, it is much lower.

Even if the research of this bomber is successful, it is certain that more than 21 will not be built. Historically, the cost of building one such bomber has reached more than 20 US dollars.

What Liu Hai didn't know was that in 2024, Bald Eagle had given up repairing the damaged B2. It was not known whether it was impossible to repair it or a new one had come out.

Sun Aiguo also talked about some specific situations he saw, which are hard to describe in a few words (I can’t write too deeply, otherwise the editor will send messages every day to make changes. Now I am most afraid of the unread messages sent by the editor every day.).

Liu Hai has already seen these things in the Internet age. The dark side of society always exists and it is impossible for it not to exist.

After coming out from Sun Aiguo's place, Liu Hai looked at the busy streets of Kyoto and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

However, Liu Hai quickly adjusted himself: "The general direction is still good. After all, a country is big and there are all kinds of people. All I can do is to support the old factory director with money!"

Liu Hai can't do these things personally (can't write!), on the one hand, he has a lot of things on his hands, and on the other hand, these things actually involve some fundamental issues.

Sun Aiguo's identity, his original status and influence allow him to make some straightforward suggestions, while Liu Hai, although he also has a huge influence, is not as high in status as Sun Aiguo. (It's the author's fault, I can't write him too high.)
As for whether outsiders will think that Sun Aiguo was instigated by Liu Hai, it doesn’t matter.

Liu Hai directly transferred the money to the account of the Veterans Association managed by Sun Aiguo, and then left it alone.

Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, Liu Hai is also very busy.

Fenghuo Technology Company has become popular again in the domestic scientific research circle.

Because this year, at FiberHome Technology Company, there are more than 10 researchers with incomes exceeding 5000 million, more than 40 with incomes exceeding 1000 million, and more than 300 with incomes exceeding million, not to mention those with incomes exceeding million.

Of course, this may seem like a lot in China, but in fact, compared with some similar high-tech companies abroad, it is nothing.

If we talk about which industry has the highest salary right now, it is of course Internet companies in Europe.

There are several CEOs of European Internet companies whose annual salary exceeds 100 million pounds.

As for those who participate in dividends and own company shares, there are even more of them with a net worth of over 100 million pounds.

Of course, these are just personal assets, and there is not much cash, because the company's shares cannot be sold easily.

Before New Year's Eve, Liu Hai took his family back to his hometown.

Then on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the family went on a trip. This year, the family’s travel route was the Three Gorges Reservoir area.

After the Three Gorges Dam was built, many of the scenic views disappeared.

"There are so many mountains!" The junior sister sat in the car and looked at the endless mountains.

The Three Gorges Reservoir area is all mountainous. The straight-line distance between a mountain on this side and a mountain on the other side may be 500 meters, but if you want to get there, it may take a day to walk, and it may take another day to drive.

Fortunately, the roads here have been repaired, and the funds for road construction were also provided by Liu Hai. Of course, compared with the roads in Kyoto, the roads here are much smaller. They are basically two-way two-lane roads, and most of them are asphalt roads.

Asphalt roads are easy to repair, you just need to patch up where the damage occurs. If a cement road is damaged, you have to knock the entire piece of ground open and then patch up the entire piece.

Sitting in the car, you can see the Yangtze River and the engraved lines on the cliff on the opposite bank, which mark water levels at different heights. This means that the water level will reach this place in the future.

"Really great!" The group first came to a settlement, and the first thing Liu Hai saw was a series of terraced fields.

Liu Hai personally inspected the stone walls of these terraces. Cement mortar was filled between the stones, and holes were left between the stones to facilitate drainage.

“We are all local people doing this.”

“Although manual labor is slower, people will do a better job if they work for themselves, and it will also provide income for local people.”

“We also used an excavator to do part of the work at the beginning, but after a rain, many places had problems!”

“The excavator is fast, but it can’t be fine-tuned.”

"When it's done manually, if there's any bulging between two stones, we'll patch it up and make it fit more closely."

“Everyone knows that this is their land in the future, so they are doing very well.”

"We had a heavy rainstorm here last year. The entire terraced land was basically filled with water, but there were very few collapses," the project leader explained to Liu Hai.

"That's how we should do things in a down-to-earth manner!" Liu Hai nodded.

In Liu Hai's previous life, there was land reclamation going on in his hometown. An outside boss simply destroyed the terraced fields that had been built by generations of farmers. Then he used an excavator to mess around with the land, took the money and left.

After a heavy rain, these terraces turned into large landslide sites.

Not to mention that the terraces are not flat at all. After the water was released, some of them are more than ten centimeters above the water surface, while some are still more than ten centimeters below the water.

The farmers were leveling the land while cursing. The ridges were newly built and had cracks all over them under the sun, making it impossible to retain water.

There are also all kinds of grass roots, tree branches and stones that are just scattered around in the fields. When farmers use machines to plough the fields, they don't know what they will hit.

Of course, some places did a very good job. For example, the people in the county next to Liu Hai’s hometown did a very good job. But even so, after the project passed the acceptance, the boss still took the money.

Liu Hai remembered that there was a time in his previous life when his father called him to complain about these things, and that the newly dug crops did not grow at all.

Later, Liu Hai found out that this involved land indicators, that is, the original rural lands needed to be modified and remeasured, some area needed to be increased, and then these indicators would be moved to the city to build houses.

The quota for one acre of land costs a lot of money, but this money has nothing to do with the owner of the land. The owner of the land just finds that the area of ​​his land has increased in the book.

"We must do a solid job. During the warranty period of the project, repairs must be provided free of charge!" Liu Hai looked at a stone tablet on which was listed the person in charge of the terraced land project, technical personnel, and specific construction workers. There was also a notice board next to it that announced the funds, including the wages of local workers who came to work and other expenses.

Fruit trees are planted in these terraces. This large area is planted entirely with plum trees, and the plum tree saplings are not very big.

However, Liu Hai could tell that the owner of the land took good care of the land because the fruit trees had been pruned.

The orchard is planted with pasture grass, which is ryegrass.

On the one hand, planting ryegrass can prevent weeds. On the other hand, ryegrass grows in winter and early spring, which perfectly staggers the growth period of fruit trees.

Another thing is fertilizing with ryegrass, which will indirectly provide fertilizer to fruit trees. In addition, ryegrass will also prevent land erosion and stabilize soil and water.

This place is on a hillside, and the relatively flat area in the middle of the hillside is the resettlement site for immigrants of a village.

"Biogas!" Liu Hai saw that every household had biogas.

The owner of the house took out the sewage pump and introduced it to Liu Hai: "Now we can fertilize the fruit trees without having to carry it on our shoulders like before."

“Use sewage pumps to directly extract the slurry from the biogas.”

Liu Hai saw that this sewage pump was often used, and there was a bamboo backrest next to it. The owner of the house explained that this was put down to filter the residue in the biogas pool to prevent clogging of the sewage pump.

The house here seems to have more than one shape, and Liu Hai certainly knows this.

The houses in the resettlement sites are divided into several parts. The first one is built with government funds. There are several sizes and styles to choose from. That is, the opinions of the future owners of the house will be obtained before construction.

The second is that if you think the government houses are not good, you have to repair them yourself.

You have repaired the house yourself, and when the government comes to inspect it, the money that was originally owed to you for repairing the house will be directly transferred to you.

The reason why we come to inspect after the repairs are done is because we are afraid that some people will take the money and not repair the houses, and then they will come to make trouble when they have no houses to live in.

When dealing with farmers, it is not a bad thing to be more careful, because there is still a small group of people in the countryside, who are called troublemakers by everyone. There are also some who are lazy and like to gamble. They spend the money they get to play, and then the family members and children who have no place to live come and make trouble.

"We also have new water conservancy facilities here that can pump water up from the river below."

"When the water level rises higher, it will be more convenient for us to pump water here."

Liu Hai followed the person in charge for another walk and found that there were many reservoirs built, each surrounded by railings.

These water tanks are equipped with water inlet pipes and water outlet pipes.

There are two sources of water, one is the water pumped from the foot of the mountain, and the other is the rainwater from the mountain.

There is mountain spring water even on such a high mountain. Liu Hai looked at the spring water seeping out from the cracks in the rocks and nodded.

The same village is also an agricultural cooperative and has signed a contract with Wanjiafu Supermarket.

The sideline business of this village is raising rabbits. In this place in the southwest, not even a single rabbit can leave.

People in the southwest like to eat rabbits, so this kind of rabbit is made into finished products or sold fresh in Wanjiafu Supermarket in the southwest, and the sales are very good.

Liu Hai also saw the management and pruning methods of plums at the settlement, as well as the contact information of the technical staff.

It also lists some prohibited items, such as which pesticides or fertilizers are prohibited, because this is an organic industry.

"After the water level rises, this place can be turned into a farm house!" At noon, Liu Hai and his group had lunch at a villager's home. Liu Hai sat in the courtyard and watched the farm dishes being served one by one.

(End of this chapter)