The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 837 Investment exceeds billion (Subscription required)

Before we knew it, 1992 had turned the last page and time had entered 1993.

Inside the courtyard.

Everyone was whispering for Liu Tao's eldest daughter, Liu Yingqing.

There are 11 candles on the cake, and they are already lit.

The cheerful melody of "Happy Birthday" was playing and others sang along.

Liu Yingqing closed her eyes, clenched her hands, and made a wish.

Liu Tao was very happy and would celebrate his child’s birthday every year.

After all, life always needs some sense of ritual.

Including Zhu Lin’s birthday, he would also make preparations, send a bouquet of flowers, prepare a cake, and cook it himself.

Liu Yingqing's birthday happens to be on New Year's Day, so she has always celebrated her birthday in the Siheyuan since she was a child.

After making the wish, Liu Yingqing took a deep breath and blew out all the candles on the cake.

Everyone applauded and cheered.

Then Liu Yingqing cut the cake.

Since there are many people, the cake has to be big.

Make sure everyone can have a piece of the cake.

The shape of the cake may not be as exquisite as it is later, but it tastes very good.

Liu Tao never thought about how successful his children would be. His greatest hope was not for his children to become successful, but for them to grow up healthy and happy.

So as long as he has time, Liu Tao will try his best to accompany them.

Because there is not much time left to accompany them in their growth.

The youngest child is now 10 years old.

By the time they enter junior high school, children have their own ideas, the space they want, and their own little secrets, and they no longer need company.

Looking at Zhu Lin's belly again, she is already showing signs of pregnancy, and it is obvious that she is pregnant.

In a few months, they will welcome the birth of a new life.

Liu Tao is full of expectations for this little life that has caused huge controversy from the very beginning.

The fifth child, Zhu Lin, seemed more relaxed than before.

Women are like this. Pregnant with the first child is the most painful, and giving birth to the first child is also the most painful. But when it comes to the second child, everything seems easy.

When going to bed at night, lying on the bed, hugging Zhu Lin, Liu Tao put one hand on Zhu Lin's belly, feeling the fetal movement.

This fetal movement made Liu Tao feel the touch of life.

"Do you think it could be twins this time?" Liu Tao whispered, "I seem to feel two fetal movements."

Zhu Lin said with a smile, "How can such a good thing happen? It's rare to have a pair of twins."

Twins, boy-girl and girl, are both very rare.

In China, the probability of twins is only 0.5%, and the probability of twin boys and girls among twins is only 25%, which is 0.125%.

As you can imagine, it is very rare.

"Maybe this is fate. Only fate can bring you to our home." Liu Tao chuckled.

Zhu Lin touched her belly, feeling the life growing inside, and felt an aura of maternal love around her.

She loves children very much, and children bring her more joy and happiness.

Moreover, the traditional idea of ​​having many children and being blessed also influenced Zhu Lin.

She also considers having children as one of her responsibilities.

Revolution cannot be accomplished by one generation; it requires the efforts of generations. The revolutionary cause needs successors.

Fall asleep quietly.

In his dream, Liu Tao seemed to see two children holding up their hands and shouting "Dad" to him. He heard the children's joyful voices.
When he woke up, Liu Tao could no longer remember the faces of the children in his dream, nor whether they were girls or boys. He only remembered that there were two children.

When Liu Tao told Zhu Lin about this, Zhu Lin said with a smile: "This is called dreaming at night about what you think about during the day, which is not scientific."

Liu Tao smiled, said nothing more, and ate breakfast.

Not long after, Lin Zhenye came to the door.

"Director, we have now investigated all the courtyard houses in Beijing. There are 36973 of them in total," Lin Zhenye reported.

The floor plan in his hand was spread out, with the location of each courtyard marked on it.

Liu Tao did not expect that there are now nearly 3.7 courtyard houses in Beijing.

These 3.7 courtyard houses include imperial palaces, princely palaces, temples, etc., as well as slums and poorly preserved and dilapidated courtyard houses.

It can be said that this is a very large number.

Even if we exclude the imperial palaces, princely mansions and temples, the number of courtyard houses is still astonishing.

"All the courtyard houses that can be bought have been bought. Those who have received the money have moved out. Those who want to replace their houses will move out after the resettlement houses are built. All the contracts and agreements have been written." Lin Zhenye said: "There are still a few who don't want to sell and live in them themselves!"

Liu Tao nodded. This was normal. For example, he didn’t want to sell his courtyard house.

There is no forced buying or selling, and the principle of voluntariness is adopted.

"In terms of purchasing Siheyuan, a total of 262.5 billion yuan was spent, of which..."

Liu Tao was secretly surprised. He didn't expect to spend so much money on it.

This is just the purchasing aspect. The subsequent repairs and reconstruction will also cost a lot of money.

Lin Zhenye spread out a master plan drawing and a series of floor plans.

"We hired a specialized planning and design institute to carry out the planning and design. We also invited experts in ancient architecture. Now we have the preliminary planning and design drawings," Lin Zhenye introduced.

Areas with relatively high concentrations will be built into ancient streets, while areas with less concentrations will be built into residential courtyards or shops, restaurants, tea shops, etc.

Siheyuan houses basically have to undergo modern renovations before they can be lived in comfortably.

Otherwise, the electrical wires in many slums would be like spider webs, and there would be no toilets, only public toilets.

This is obviously not suitable for modern society.

"According to preliminary estimates, the subsequent development of the courtyard house is expected to cost 550 billion yuan." As he spoke, Lin Zhenye's voice became lower and lower, and his head lowered involuntarily.

You know, before this, the estimate was about 30 billion.

But now the two combined have exceeded 800 billion yuan.

Liu Tao sighed inwardly. He had already spent 262.5 billion RMB. Could he not continue investing?
We have to get this done no matter how hard we try.

To be honest, such a large total investment was beyond his expectations.

"Don't be afraid to spend money, but you must do things well. Remember, don't steal or you will be caught. If you can't control your inner greed, don't blame me for being ruthless after the truth is exposed!" Liu Tao warned.

Large amounts of capital investment can easily arouse greed in people's hearts.

Liu Tao was not afraid of such a huge investment, because it would not take many years to recover the money. What he was afraid of was that if he invested so much money and failed to do a good job, he would become a historical sinner.

Another thing is that Lin Zhenye and others could not stick to their original intentions and were blinded by interests. At that time, he would have to execute Ma Su with tears.

To be honest, Liu Tao didn't want this situation to happen.

But once it happens, no matter how heartbroken he is, he will deal with it mercilessly.

Over the past ten years, he has dealt with many people, including many old employees of the Panshan Machinery Factory.

(End of this chapter)