Chapter 215 Changshan County Investigation
The second destroyer also sank in the intense flames.
Remaining soul: 45%.
The frigate behind was not of high tonnage, so Lin Wen did not use magic to attack the ammunition depot, but just smashed the middle of the bridge.
The frigates' armor wasn't as thick as the destroyers', and they would surely sink if hit by two or three naval guns. They themselves had already been badly damaged in previous battles.
Soon, all the frigates sank as well.
Indiscriminate killing, bad karma +188.
Lin Wen ignored it, took a leap of faith and jumped into the sea, swimming towards the shore.
He did not cast a spell back directly, because the soul is very precious and cannot be abused.
Lin Wen swam back more than 500 nautical miles in less than 5 hours. With the combined strength of [Nine Oxen and Two Tigers], [The Speed of a Clever Cat], and [Harmony between Fish and Water], his speed was astonishing, unmatched by any other fish.
After getting ashore, Lin Wen called Qin Luoshuang and told her that the matter had been resolved and asked her to tell Xiao Xiao to sell the gold and return as soon as possible.
Afterwards, Lin Wen found a small town nearby, boarded a long-distance bus passing through Changshan County, and embarked on the long return journey.
Lin Wen didn't mind the slow speed of the long-distance bus. He was either sleeping or meditating, which was a good opportunity to restore his spirit and save a little money at the same time.
When he occasionally woke up, Lin Wen would look out the window and see a peaceful scene, as if the fierce battles, terrible oppression, intense injustice and worse things had not affected him here.
Sometimes the bus would pass through a bustling city. The people living there were much busier, and there were more worried people, but there were also many smiling faces. People sometimes talked about the war in the empire, and without exception they were full of confidence in it, but they were more concerned about their own lives.
I am concerned about the rising prices of food, oil, salt, electricity and rent, my career prospects, salary increases and personnel changes, the housing prices in Yaojing, whether the mandatory minimum weekly wage in Dongqinzhou will be extended, and I ask people around me whether it is better to go to Dongqinzhou or Yaojing.
There are also some rumors saying that Changshan County is also very good, but most people think that is not true. The coolies are paid 800 yuan with food and accommodation included. Even Yaojing, which was the first to implement flexible wages, is not so good.
The job market in any city is the hottest, and people often line up in the early morning, even bringing bedding and water bottles.
But what surprised Lin Wen a little was that there were very few homeless people and beggars in any city, no matter whether it was a big city or a small city.
According to common sense, with such a high unemployment rate in the empire and no security, there should be a lot of homeless people and beggars.
Is the Imperial Urban Management too efficient?
When passing by a large factory, Lin Wen saw a group of workers in gray work clothes kneeling at the factory gate. A man in a leather jacket and leather shoes with a lapel was pacing among them and shouting loudly.
"I gave you this job! I feed you!"
"What's wrong with working more overtime and doing more work? Don't you know how to be grateful? I only care about salary increases every day. I'm bankrupt and have to bear the debt. What about you?"
A voice suddenly shouted, "This is squeezing!"
He was furious.
"Who's saying I'm exploiting you? Do you have to pay back the debt I owe you?"
He suddenly rushed to a worker.
"It's you, it's you who said it, right?"
The workers' voices were much quieter than the boss's, and Lin Wen couldn't hear clearly. He only saw the boss slap him first, and then started beating him. When he began to resist, dozens of guards rushed out of the factory. The boss pulled out the batons from the guards and quickly beat him until his head was bleeding and he fell to the ground.
Just as he was about to attack the worker lying on the ground, Lin Wen sighed, "Isn't it good to be alive?"
He activated [All His Strength], picked up a small stone from the window, flicked his finger, and a stream of blood flew out of the boss's head, and he fell to the ground.
Kill the evil beast, good karma +9.
not bad.
Lin Wen thought about it and called the recruitment point far away in Yaojing, asking them to add a new point here with the same conditions.
Everyone in the car was fast asleep, and no one paid any attention to the noisy commotion outside the window.
The large color TV in the car was playing a speech by the imperial spokesman, who severely condemned the war crimes committed by the Adriano Papal States and accused the Papal States of attacking the imperial fleet as a serious insult to the empire, for which they would pay a heavy price.
Lin Wen returned to meditation and hard training, no longer worrying about anything.
After returning to Changshan County, Lin Wen resumed his daily work. Not long after, Xiao Xiao also came back with great good news.
He proudly declared that he had accurately judged the severity of the economic crisis in the Western Continent countries, cleverly exploited their fear of excessive currency issuance, and sold 3.1 tons of gold at a high price of 1.5 billion.
He famously said from the podium at the time: "When soft money becomes softer, hard money will become harder."
It even made it to the Western Federation’s Economic Weekly.
The price of gold also rose wildly, and there was even a gold fever. People rushed to buy gold products to preserve their value and bought up all the gold they could.
The top people who had completed the last piece of the puzzle had already celebrated their success at the banquet.
A few days later, Lin Wen finally finished all the work on the land, and Fang Weiwei's "Changshan County Investigation" was finally completed.
Fang Weiwei asked many people for help. Zhao Minggong, Yang Shaohu, Xia Xiaoxiang and Qin Luoshuang also provided a lot of help. With the joint efforts of everyone, they finally completed this 71,000-word report.
The report is divided into five parts:
They are the administration, transportation, commerce, life and construction of Changshan County.
Among them, Huaizhen, Shangxi Town, Xinzhen and Qingze Township where workers live occupy the vast majority of the space.
The western part of Changshan County has many mountainous areas and rugged roads, so Fang Weiwei mainly relies on collecting intelligence information.
Lin Wen spent a whole day reading it.
The official registered population of Changshan County is 1.31 million, but in reality it is more than 1.5 million.
Changshan County is 581 kilometers long from east to west, 200 kilometers wide at its widest point from north to south, and 30 kilometers narrowest. The area is bordered by the Taixu Mountains to the south and the Yunxiao Mountains to the north. The Tianjiang River flows through Changshan County along the Yunxiao Mountains, so only one side of the Tianjiang River is a dam and the other side is a mountain.
The terrain in the east is relatively flat, about 190 kilometers long, while the mountainous area in the west is more than 390 kilometers long. The total area of Changshan County reaches more than 50,000 square kilometers.
There are currently more than 800,000 people living in the east, plus nearly 500,000 workers, a total of more than 1.3 million people living here.
There are about 700,000 people in the west, scattered in nearly 300 villages and towns.
The average monthly income is around 400 yuan. Before County Governor Lin arrived, the figure was only 70 yuan.
The mountainous area in the west is very backward, with no water, electricity, signal or transportation. It is almost like living in a primitive tribe. There are also a large number of criminal gangs, bandits, fugitives and illegal organizations hiding there. The famous Devil's Triangle is located upstream in the west of Changshan County. You can reach it by just going downstream.
The eastern region is not very developed. Apart from the highway under construction and the highway out of the county from Huaizhen, there is no road above level three.
There is no mobile signal, telephone penetration is only 5%, and the Internet is non-existent except in a few county offices.
Except for three towns and one township (Huaizhen, Shangxi Town, Xinzhen and Qingze Township), all villages and towns have no water and electricity.
Changshan County's business is almost entirely composed of individual businesses, and more than 90% of them are concentrated in Huaizhen.
The largest commodities are salt, rice and oil.
The second largest items are beans, vegetables and cloth.
Then there are various groceries.
Almost all the shops in Huai Town are grocery stores, barbecues, restaurants and pubs. All the high-end places have been closed down by the strange forbidden spell wizard group of Changshan County. Casinos have disappeared, and only fireworks venues still survive in the dark alleys.
The gangs and smuggling business have disappeared.
Changshan County has no export business, it’s all imports.
Worth mentioning:
Most of the shops in Huai Town are centered around the County Government Hall. Workers from Qingze Township occasionally come here to eat barbecue or drink after work, about once a week.
They generally believe that although the food we provide is of good quality, there are too few varieties and it becomes greasy after eating it for too long.
In addition, the hygiene conditions of snack stalls are worrying. A few unscrupulous owners have sold inferior products as good ones, resulting in several food poisoning incidents.
As a newly built town, Xinzhen has a very harmonious living atmosphere. The residents have struggled through hardships together and often help each other.
Recently they have been working hard to perfect their new home. Their only complaint at the moment is that County Chief Lin’s promise to spend a day in each family has not been fulfilled.
However, the new town also has hidden dangers. The 300,000 residents currently have no fixed income, and this situation cannot last too long. Moreover, Deputy County Mayor Zhao also said that the conditions in the new town are very good and new industries can be developed.
Shangxi Town is a town managed by the Kuomintang. There are 64,000 residents in the town, all of whom are farmers and hunters who have fled from Zhongzhou, Shizhou and Lingzhou.
The town has reclaimed 100,000 hectares of farmland and established good water conservancy and irrigation measures. The first batch of autumn crops they planted, such as radishes, cabbages, and coriander, are about to be harvested.
Mayor Chen Xingtai renovated all roads and public facilities in Shangxi Town, transformed more than 10,000 locations, repaired more than 2,000 houses, and built more than 1,000 new houses, with remarkable construction achievements.
He established a logging camp and hunting lodge at the foot of the Taixu Mountains, producing more than 500 tons of logs and more than 10 tons of wildlife each week. Most of these goods also flowed to Huaizhen.
Qingze Township is a gathering place for workers. There are more than 25,000 container-type temporary residences and more than 10,000 canteens, bathrooms and toilets. They are very satisfied with their lives, but just find them a little boring.
[Output value of Changshan County]
This part is basically copied from the General Administration of Supervision.
【Construction of Jangsan County】
Currently, there are more than 10,000 projects under construction in Huai Town, more than 100,000 public facilities have been renovated or added, 63 buildings, 130,000 residences and houses, and more than 2,000 roads in the town are under construction.
More than 400,000 workers are working on these projects.
The main road connecting Huai Town and Donghe Town has been connected. Deputy County Mayor Zhao officially abolished the administrative division of Donghe Town and incorporated it into Huai Town. The administrative area of Huai Town has more than doubled, and the population has reached 460,000.
The three-town highway is nearing completion with the strong support of the Java engineering team. Deputy County Mayor Zhao said this is a landmark change. The next step is to further connect roads and water and electricity to all villages and towns in the east.
The restoration of Changshan Iron and Steel Plant has greatly improved construction efficiency and saved a lot of money. The restoration of its own industries has been of great help to the development of Changshan County.
Life in Jangsan County
The establishment of the Women's Mutual Aid Association brought joy to 5,000 young girls.
They were immersed in the atmosphere of gaining happiness from helping others. Bai Xiu Yu was very good at this. It could be said that she brought new life to these abducted and sold children.
But be careful, there are some scumbags who deliberately deceive and hurt their feelings, taking advantage of their innocence and ignorance to cause them secondary harm.
This malicious behavior should be stopped.
Since the implementation of the Changshan County Labor Law, the situation of public officials in Changshan County has improved to a certain extent. However, the workers were not very welcome to this law at first. They were more worried that Changshan County would go bankrupt and they would lose their jobs.
However, after Deputy County Magistrate Zhao announced that Changshan County was supported by the empire and allowed construction workers to work overtime (with overtime pay), the workers became enthusiastic and their income generally increased by 200-300 yuan, which is considered a considerable income in other areas.
【Natural Resources of Jangsan County】
The land in Changshan County is relatively poor, with few arable areas, but it has rich water resources.
Changshan County is relatively short of mineral resources, with only iron ore and a small amount of copper ore, but is relatively rich in rare earth resources.
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After reading it, Lin Wen’s first thought was: such surveys should be conducted regularly.
Sure enough, without investigation, there is no right to speak.
Before you thoroughly understand the truth of the matter, the solutions you come up with are most likely unreliable.
Now, regarding the issue of Changshan County’s first pillar industry, Lin Wen finally had a mature idea.
(End of this chapter)
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