"Xiao Yang, you are going to build two new sewage treatment plants that can process 100,000 tons per day. Isn't that a bit too much?" Chen Zesheng asked in confusion. "The water consumption of urban residents in our north is less than that of urban residents in the south. I remember that many sewage treatment plant design manuals usually set the average daily water consumption of urban residents in the north at about 220L, and that of urban residents in the south at 300L. That is to say, a sewage treatment plant that can process 100,000 tons per day in the north can be enough to treat the sewage generated by nearly 500,000 people. You are going to build two at once, and if you add the sewage treatment plant that Tianqu City has, that's the standard for 1.5 million people. We don't have so many people in Tianqu City now. Isn't it a waste of money if you build so many?"

Yang Jing smiled and shook his head and said, "Mayor Chen, the current population of Tianqu City is 600,000, but what if our urban population reaches one million or even exceeds five years later?"

"How is this possible?" Chen Zesheng almost slammed the table and stood up to refute, "In the early 1980s, the urban population of Tianqu was already over 400,000. After nearly 40 years of development, the urban population of Tianqu has only increased by less than 200,000. How is it possible to double the population in just five or ten years? Xiao Yang, this is impossible." Chen Zesheng said firmly.

Yang Jing looked at Chen Zesheng and said without giving in: "Mayor Chen, when Pengcheng was first developed, it was just a small fishing village. But after forty years of development, the population of Pengcheng has exceeded 13 million. If you add the floating population, I'm afraid the population is already 20 million, right?"

"Xiao Yang, this cannot be compared. Pengcheng is the country's business card. It is a special city developed by integrating the resources of the entire country. How can our Tianqu reach the level of development of Pengcheng?" Although Chen Zesheng also wanted the city under his jurisdiction to develop into a first-tier city, Chen Zesheng was, after all, a senior official at the department level who held real power. He was long past the age of daydreaming about unrealistic things all day long, so he knew very well that Tianqu could hardly replicate Pengcheng's development process.

"Haha, Mayor Chen, I don't like what you said. Who says that Tianqu can't reach the level of development of Pengcheng? What's wrong with Pengcheng? Pengcheng is nothing more than a more developed industry, commerce, and tertiary industry, and the preferential policies have attracted people from all over the country to go there. If Tianqu develops its own development characteristics, I don't believe that Tianqu will not become the second Pengcheng."

Chen Zesheng shook his head slightly and stopped arguing with Yang Jing. This kind of thing can't be achieved by talking about it, nor can it be achieved by investing money. The various aspects involved are too complicated, so there is only one Pengcheng in the whole of China.

Yang Zhengyu tapped the coffee table with his fingers. "What are you two arguing about at this time? How Tianqu will develop in the future and to what extent it can develop is not up to us. It depends on what conditions Tianqu has now and to what extent it can develop under these conditions. What's the point of arguing about this now?"

Yang Zhengyu spoke, Yang Jing and Chen Zesheng looked at each other, smiled slightly, and then continued the discussion.

But the more they discussed, the more frightened Chen Zesheng felt. If all that Yang Jing planned could really be realized, then Tianqu would have the foundation for extraordinary development.

"Mayor Chen, I think four elevated roads are not enough to solve the traffic congestion in Tianqu. I think we need to add at least two or even four more elevated roads. I also plan to build three more subways and a light rail."

As soon as these words came out, both Chen Zesheng and Yang Zhengyu took a breath of cold air.

Yang Zhengyu couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Jing, given the traffic conditions in Tianqu City, I don't think it's necessary to build a subway or light rail for the time being. According to what you said just now, if we build elevated roads on the main traffic arteries in Tianqu, even if the population of our urban area doubles, it will be enough to cope with it. But the subway and light rail are too expensive."

Yang Jing smiled slightly, "Uncle Yang, I said that funding is not a problem. Our Tianqu is not Yanjing, nor is it Quancheng. The geological conditions of our Tianqu are much better than Quancheng, and the area of ​​our Tianqu is much smaller than Yanjing, so even if we build three subways and a light rail, the total kilometers are estimated to be around 120 to 150 kilometers. If the construction cost of the subway can be controlled at 500 million national currency per kilometer, the construction of these subways and light rails will only cost less than 100 billion. This funding is not a pressure for me at all."

Hearing this, Yang Zhengyu and Chen Zesheng fell silent.

"Uncle Yang, Mayor Chen, according to my plan, I am going to build four to six more high schools in our city. The current situation in Tianqu is that there are many junior high schools but few high schools. It is no exaggeration to say that it is more difficult for children to get into high school than to get into college. Nowadays, almost anyone with money can go to college, but what about high school? Because of the limited number of high schools in Tianqu, the proportion of children who cannot go to high school every year among the graduating junior high school students is not low. This is not acceptable. Education is the foundation. As a Tianqu person, I will never allow this to happen again. I want our Tianqu children to enjoy twelve years of compulsory education in advance!"

Chen Zesheng and Yang Zhengyu both felt embarrassed when they heard this. As officials in charge of the city, they had no plan to solve the problem of junior high school to high school that had plagued Tianqu City for years. This was actually a dereliction of duty.

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