Cheng Shengli is a down-to-earth person. He had never been involved in water conservancy facilities before. He only listened to the reports from the cadres below and had no experience.

Since Huang Han asked him to build water conservancy projects and do good things for his hometown through hard work, he immediately brought professional cadres and technicians from the Water Conservancy Bureau to investigate.

It was summer at that time, and it was the time of great flood in the Sanshui City area.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, you will be shocked when you look at it.

Too many water conservancy facilities built in the 1960s and 1970s have become useless due to lack of human management, and too many rivers in towns and villages have been cut off due to severe siltation.

In addition, the cadres and technicians of the Water Conservancy Bureau exaggerated the problem, so Cheng Shengli, who still had a military style, immediately rolled up his sleeves and got started.

The construction of water conservancy is a good thing for thousands of families to have Buddhas. The report sent by the Water Conservancy Bureau stated the problem so seriously. The city has money, how could the leaders not allocate funds?

Besides, Qin Kunlun, Qian Guodong and Cheng Shengli are die-hard members of their own family, how could they not help him?

The report was sent to the Yangzhou Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau and then to the provincial Water Conservancy Department, which also required some funds and materials.

There is money, people, plans, supplies, and large machinery.

Although the number of people involved in the river diversion project launched this time was not as high as during the Water Conservancy Conference War in the 1960s and 1970s, the work efficiency was more than ten times greater.

On the construction site, there is basically no need to carry it on your shoulders or push it with carts. Manpower is mainly used to repair slopes, culverts, and sluices. The level of hard work is much better than it was more than ten years ago.

Cheng Shengli said: “Not only our city leaders support the construction of water conservancy projects, but the higher-ups also support it.

Three thousand tons of cement and steel were approved in the plan, and water conservancy experts were sent for guidance. One water conservancy expert, Yin Gong, was the one who directed the excavation of the new Tongyang River project more than 20 years ago."

Mayor Ma said: "What a coincidence? Maybe I know him. I remember when I was a clerk in Hebao Township, I was one of the active members of the project to excavate the new Tongyang River, and I was awarded the regional advanced model."

"Yes! Yin Gong's group of people are all intellectuals who have commanded hundreds of thousands of water conservancy project battles and have rich experience.

They said that although only three to four thousand people from our city participated this time, the efficiency was higher than that of 100,000 people more than ten years ago.

Because there is no shortage of steel and cement, and with more construction technicians, the quality of the project will definitely be much better.

I am confident in doing a good job in water conservancy projects."

Mayor Ma said: "That's because I'm afraid more than half of the people at the Shangtiaohe construction site were illiterate in the past. Steel and cement are so expensive that their lives are worth more. It's hard to compare with the people and equipment in your current team."

Huang Han reminded: "Talk more with water conservancy experts, pay special attention to preventing waterlogging, and pay attention to factories and warehouses with relatively low terrain.

We must estimate how these factories and warehouses will be flooded after seven or eight days of continuous rain. Find ways to avoid it."

Huang Han had the impression that the East China region was flat and there were no flash floods, so the destructive power of floods could not reach an instant level of destruction.

It was when the water level was high and it continued to rain. Then the water was so big that it gradually covered the calves, waist level, and even the roof was submerged. In some places, only the roofs of the houses were flooded.

This type of flood is unique because it is not a flood coming down, but a slowly rising water, so people have time to escape.

Therefore, the loss of property is not small and the loss of life is minimal.

Anyway, my impression is that after the 1991 flood, Sanshui County reported property losses of more than 200 million, not a single person died in the flood, and one cadre died in the disaster relief work.

At that time, Sanshui was not a county-level city, but a county seat. If Huang Han's soul had not influenced the historical process, Sanshui would not have been removed from the county and established a city in 1994, seven years later than Xinghua.

It's completely different now. Sanshui was removed from the county and established a city a year earlier than Xinghua.

At that time, the loss of 200 million reported by Sanshui County was somewhat exaggerated, but it is true that many fertile fields in the Xiahe area failed to harvest, many factories were flooded, and the losses in Xinghua Market were even greater.

The machinery in some factories has been soaked in water for half a month. When the water recedes, the guys in the factory will have to sell scrap products.

Huang Han knew that the terrain of Sanshui Economic Development Zone was high, and he could predict that it would not turn into Zeguo.

Because the original track was not flooded, Sanshui City can take the initiative to prevent floods, increase the water storage capacity of rivers and lakes in advance, and repair water conservancy facilities, so it can be more ensured.

This is not bragging, Sanshui City has saved too many rivers and ponds thanks to Huang Han's soul penetration.

Cheng Shengli spent another three years dredging rivers, lakes, and digging shallow ponds to more than double the water storage capacity of the entire Sanshui City.

With more ponds, rivers, and lakes storing water, not only can we avoid waterlogging caused by sudden rains, but we can also deal with floods caused by continuous rainfall much more easily.

Cheng Shengli smiled and said truthfully: "There are not many large factories in the towns and villages below. In recent years, they have all been concentrated in economic development zones.

Water conservancy experts clearly told me that if the economic development zone is flooded, all of Sanshui City will be lost."

Uh! The unintentional insertion has had a good effect!

In Huang Han's memory, factories in several towns in Xiahe suffered a lot of losses from the floods. There was also an air-conditioning parts factory supporting Chunlan that was said to be quite large, with two to three thousand workers, and more than half of the machines in the factory were scrapped.

Now it seems that most of those factories have moved to the economic development zone, including several air-conditioning parts factories, but none of them currently have a scale of two to three thousand workers.

I guess it's still early. In another three years of development, it won't be unusual for those air-conditioning parts factories to have two to three thousand workers.

Factories willing to move to the economic development zone must have taken a fancy to the city's support and exemption policies for enterprises in the economic development zone, and also because the supporting facilities here are more convenient.

Another decisive factor is that most of the township cadres have settled in Sanshui City.

Qian Guodong used to be a township cadre. He left early in the morning and returned home late every day for more than 30 miles, riding a bicycle to and from get off work.

Township leaders have no objection to concentrating township enterprises into the Sanshui Economic Development Zone, and neither do the masses.

Because most of the grassroots farmers in the 1970s and 1980s envied the lives of urbanites, longed to work in the cities as workers, and hoped that their children would attend primary schools and middle schools in the cities.

In order to realize this wish, they are willing to rent a small house to stay and go home once a week.

This is really a good thing. The water network in Xiahe Township is dense, but all farmland is paddy field and fertile land. It is not cost-effective to occupy such land to develop industry.

Some towns even build bridges specifically for a factory. How much fertile land will be wasted by paving roads?

On the premise that the total amount of funds is not enough to cover all areas, it would be faster, easier, and more economical to run industries in a centralized manner.

This also has a big advantage: the population is concentrated in Sanshui City, the cost of running education is reduced, and the efficiency is greatly improved.

The expanded Sanshui Experimental Primary School has reached saturation this year, with nearly 5,000 teachers and students in six grades, and cannot have any more.

Expansion on site cannot be done because there is no land.

To the west of the Experimental Primary School is the popular Dongyue Temple, to the east is the beautiful Beiwan River Scenic Area, to the north is Sanshui Avenue, to the south is Miaoqian Street and the North Street Cultural District.

The city has approved land to build the west campus of the experimental primary school between the economic development zone and the city. It is only more than a mile away from the city government building that is being renovated.

The planned goal of the West Campus of the Experimental Primary School is to accommodate 5,000 teachers and students. In the future, with the development of the city, the East Campus and the South Campus will be built.

Huang Han supports such a decision and believes that not only should small primary schools with poor teaching quality not be supported, but also these primary schools that mislead students should be brought to an end.

Concentrating efforts on expanding high-quality schools will not only allow the strong to remain strong, but also strive to attract high-quality students from other places in the future.

Huang Han was really happy to hear Cheng Shengli say that grassroots township and village enterprises are also the first choice for economic development zones, and that they choose actively.

He stopped talking nonsense, held up the wine glass with both hands, and said seriously: "The construction of water conservancy is a century-old plan, you must try your best, on behalf of the folks in my hometown, I propose a toast to you!"

Of course Qian Guodong, Xu Muguang and other local cadres knew the importance of water conservancy construction, and they also stood up and offered a toast. Qian Guodong joked:

"Sheng Li, will you become the Li Bing of our Sanshui City who will be remembered forever?"

Cheng Shengli is in charge of the Water Conservancy Bureau. Of course he needs to read books on water conservancy. He must know about the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project.

He said: "Our Sanshui City is not seriously flooded, and the construction of water conservancy projects will definitely not last forever.

But I can definitely make sure that as long as I participate in the construction of culverts, sluice gates, embankments, aqueducts, etc., there won’t be any defective projects.”

"As long as the project meets the acceptance criteria, it is enough. Don't be merciful and severely punish the person in charge who cuts corners to set an example for others!"

"Don't worry, I tried my best to conduct on-site inspections when the foundation of the concealed project was laid. Today I am planning to go to Zhonggan River and Yuhewan Project to inspect the concealed project. If it is late, it will affect the filling and delay the construction period."

"Then go and get busy! Remember, all your efforts will not be in vain, and the people will be grateful!"

"Hahaha... I don't need anyone to be grateful. Just asking for peace of mind is enough!"

The city has jointly decided to raise funds to open the "Sanshui City Bank" and actively went through the relevant procedures.

This matter was done openly and without any requirement to keep it secret, so the news quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Sanshui City and became the hottest topic of discussion.

In the minds of ordinary people in Shengdou, opening a bank is a noble and noble thing.

This can be seen from the fact that when ordinary people educate their children and encourage them to study hard, they often say: "When you grow up, do you want to pick up shit, or do you want to open a bank?"

People from Sanshui funded their own bank, which was still in the form of a joint-stock system, at ten yuan per share. The plan was to raise six million shares, with the government and various departments providing the bulk, leaving about 2.9 million shares for the cadres, and about 2.9 million shares for the masses.

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Should we participate in the stock market? Too many people are beginning to ask themselves, their friends, and their leading cadres.

Participation in shares is not a distribution, and voluntary participation is the basic principle. This is the official answer.

Privately, people will ask their relatives or friends who are cadres: "Is it worthwhile to participate in Sanshui City Bank?"

"This is hard to say. Whoever invests will benefit. This is the principle of joint-stock companies, and joint-stock banks are no exception. If you are optimistic and have some spare money, you can try it."

"We don't understand this!"

"To be honest with you, I don't understand either."

"What should we do?"

"Someone understands! If Huang Han is willing to spend a large amount of money to invest in Sanshui City Bank, it means that he is optimistic about it, and I will dare to invest all my family's savings in it."

"A big sum? How much is a big sum?"

"The amount raised by Sanshui City Bank this time is three times that of Homeland Group. If Huang Han is optimistic, the amount of investment should also be tripled."

"You mean, if Huang Han invests less, the risk will be very high, but on the contrary, there will be no risk?"

"The city needs a lot of capital to carry out this big project. We need to prevent the city from using Huang Han's appeal for publicity. If Huang Han only offers tens of thousands of yuan, I will definitely not follow suit."
To be continued...