The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 720 Advice and Support

The next day.

at dusk.

Zhu Lin and Liu Ziyu were busy, and quite a few dishes were already placed on the table.

Around seven o'clock, Zhao Guoping came over with his wife and children.

Zhao Guoping was holding tea in one hand and holding his daughter in the other, while Zhao Guoping's lover was holding a child in one hand.

Liu Tao has four children, and Zhao Guoping has three children.

"Comrade Guoping, you're already here, why are you bringing tea? This is a mistake!" Liu Tao said unhappily.

The two have known each other for more than ten years.

Zhao Guoping smiled and said, "It's just tea. I went to Wuyi Mountain last time and bought some tea. This time I came back and brought two kilograms for you to taste the new tea from Wuyi Mountain."

Both of them are tea lovers and usually drink a cup or two of tea during their breaks.

The tea from Wuyi Mountain is one of the famous teas in China.

There are ten famous teas in China, namely West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu Tea, Lu'an Guapian, Junshan Yinzhen, Xinyang Maojian, Wuyi Rock Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin and Keemun Black Tea.

What Zhao Guoping brought this time was Wuyi Rock Tea and Anxi Tieguanyin.

Zhao Guoping put the tea aside and then put her daughter down.

Liu Tao picked up Zhao Guoping's daughter and teased her.

Then they let the children play by themselves, and Liu Tao and Zhao Guoping sat down to make tea.

The water has boiled, and Liu Tao carefully took out a bag of tea. There is not much tea in the bag, but Liu Tao rarely takes it out unless it is for an extremely important guest.

He took out a few tea leaves, picked up the kettle and poured water into the teapot, then poured three cups.

"You must have good stuff here. I can't even get one or two ounces of this mother tree Dahongpao a year, and I usually can't bear to drink it." Zhao Guoping said with a smile.

The mother Dahongpao tree produces about two kilograms of tea a year. Because there are only three or six plants, each plant produces about three or four taels of tea a year.

Sometimes in bad years, the output of Dahongpao from a mother tree may be less than one kilogram.

It is conceivable how valuable the mother tree Dahongpao is, and it is not something you can get just because you want it.

Because this thing has always been a special supply.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I got this from my boss last time when I went to his office. I usually can't bear to drink it."

Chatting while drinking tea.

After drinking three cups of tea, Liu Tao asked about Zhao Guoping's work in Fujian Province.

Since Zhao Guoping left Panshan Group and went to Fujian Province, he only comes back to see his wife and children once a month, because his wife stays in the Panshan Group Art Troupe and his children study at the school here at the Panshan Group headquarters.

After all, the learning environment here is much better than that in Fujian Province, and Zhao Guoping has been busy with work and has little energy to care for his children.

Although Zhao Guoping would return to Panshan Group headquarters once a month, Liu Tao was not necessarily there, so the two of them only met a few times a year.

Zhao Guoping talked about his work in Fujian Province and the difficulties he encountered. Ludao is a place with only one island in the center and transportation is not convenient.

So after Zhao Guoping arrived in Ludao, one of his important tasks was to build bridges. He borrowed money from the Hong Kong Bank and built the Ludao Bridge, Haicang Bridge, Xinglin Bridge and Jimei Bridge at the same time to connect the three districts outside the island.

Prior to this, Ludao had only one Ludao seawall outside the island. The completion of the Ludao seawall made it the gateway corridor on land of Ludao. With the development of Ludao's economy, the traffic volume increased greatly. The original design daily traffic volume of the seawall was 2500 vehicles, but in 1988 it exceeded 12000 vehicles and was extremely crowded.

"If you want to get rich, you must build roads first. Your approach is right. After the bridge is completed, it will connect the three districts outside the island and improve the land transportation conditions of Ludao. Only when the transportation conditions are improved can the economy develop!" Liu Tao nodded and gave affirmation.

In addition to building four bridges, Zhao Guoping also constructed the Ludao North Railway Station and rebuilt the Ludao Railway Station through the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway.

The former Ludao Railway Station was built in 1956 and officially put into use in 1957. It is undoubtedly quite old and cannot keep up with current needs and development.

"Your idea of ​​renovating the Yundang Lake is correct, but there is one thing you have to pay attention to, which is sewage prevention. Rainwater and sewage must be separated. Rainwater can flow into the Yundang Lake, but sewage should be collected in a sewage treatment plant for treatment to avoid sewage polluting the Yundang Lake." Liu Tao reminded.

Zhao Guoping smiled bitterly and said, "I've noticed this, and it gives me a headache too."

In the early 70s, in order to reclaim farmland from the sea, Ludao built a 1700-meter-long seawall. Since then, the Yuandang Bay has become a closed inland lake, namely Yuandang Lake.

With the development of economy, the population and factories around the lake increased greatly. Especially before 1980, the municipal infrastructure of Ludao was weak, and sewage was completely discharged into natural water bodies along open ditches according to the natural terrain without any treatment facilities, resulting in the domestic sewage of hundreds of thousands of residents in the 37 square kilometers around the lake and the industrial wastewater of more than factories being directly discharged into the lake without treatment.

By the time Zhao Guoping went to Ludao, the pollution of Xihu Lake was becoming increasingly serious, with piles of garbage, overgrown weeds, black and smelly water, and a breeding ground for mosquitoes and flies.

The pollution problem of Xihu Lake attracted Zhao Guoping's high attention, so he promoted a comprehensive management plan.

However, the problem has not yet been fundamentally solved.

Liu Tao listened to Zhao Guoping's introduction, paused for a moment, and expressed his own opinion: "With the current level of development of Ludao, there should be regional division of labor. The island can develop finance, commerce, tourism, services, software, etc., and polluting enterprises should be moved off the island."

"As for funds, it just so happens that we have made a lot of profit this time. When you go back, you can negotiate with Hong Kong Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Construction Bank, Hong Kong Commercial Bank, Hong Kong Development Bank, and Hong Kong Everbright Bank. We can give you a low-interest loan." Liu Tao said with a faint smile.

Funds must be spent.

Otherwise, if you keep it in the account, it will depreciate at any time.

Giving Ludao a low-interest loan is also another way to support Zhao Guoping.

Zhao Guoping's eyes lit up. Liu Tao's suggestion on regional division of labor in Ludao was something he had not thought of before. It reminded him of Hong Kong, where there was also a regional division of labor, with different places shouldering different responsibilities.

The main island of Ludao can be dominated by finance, commerce, services, etc. just like Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, while the area outside the island can be dominated by industry, which will serve as internal and external driving engines to drive the development of the entire Ludao.

In this way, the problem of industrial wastewater will no longer exist.

The rest is mainly domestic sewage and catering.

Liu Tao's ideas on garbage classification and setting up trash cans also gave him more ideas.

Of course, the most important thing is low-interest loans, which is real support.

Things can only be done more easily if you have money; without money you have to save here and there.

As for whether Ludao can repay the loan, Zhao Guoping is not worried about this. As a special economic zone, Ludao has many more tax benefits than other prefecture-level cities, and more money can be left in Ludao for construction every year.

As China Automobile Group begins to build its production base in Ludao, the boost to Ludao's economy will be obvious, not to mention the huge role that Ludao Port will play.

(End of this chapter)