Chapter 518 Smiled
Qin Luoshuang explained to Lin Wen in detail the situation in Changshan County during this period.
Overall, everything is going well.
The expansion of the new town is in full swing. The progress of this major project is extremely fast. On the 5,000 square kilometers of land, thousands of construction teams are working overtime, and the prototype of a city can already be seen.
Under the leadership of Zhao Minggong, the various contractors were brought together by unimaginable forces, and they built skyscrapers on the land flattened by robots with an efficiency that even they themselves could not imagine.
Streets, squares, parks and other urban components have sprung up.
Everyone who has experienced it is shocked by this miracle.
This was also the first time in human history that a city was built directly.
It is expected that the final phase of the entire new town project will be completed within a month.
At that time, the center of Changshan County will be moved from Huaizhen to Xinzhen.
The new town will serve as the heart of Changshan County, and through its well-connected transportation, it will continuously supply blood and nutrients to the entire Changshan County.
The nearly eight million refugees accommodated by Changshan County will also settle here and officially become residents of Changshan County.
This is also Lin Wen’s original intention to expand the new town.
However, Changshan County’s second largest project, the vital project of the east-west road, encountered trouble.
The difficulty of building roads in the mountains was far greater than expected.
If the original plan was followed to cut through the mountains and water, the cost would be unpredictable. Currently, the engineering team has skipped the key difficulties and is carrying out construction in a relatively peaceful area.
The Changshan County Army has completed a sweep of the mountainous area, destroyed more than 200 drug trafficking gangs, arrested more than 6,000 criminals and fugitives of all kinds, and completely cleaned up all the dirt hiding in the area.
However, if the road is blocked, it won't be long before these dark things will revive and grow wildly here.
In addition, the subway project connecting Huaizhen and Xinzhen also encountered difficulties. The geology of some land did not meet the standards, resulting in soaring construction costs.
Serious problems also arose in the construction of the Changshan Nuclear Power Plant.
Qin Luoshuang felt very dissatisfied whenever she thought about this matter.
She was strongly against it at the time.
“Isn’t it too unrealistic for us to build something that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world?”
Lin Wen’s response at the time was: “Then vote.”
Qin Luoshuang has been tricked many times, and Lin Wen always uses voting to shut her up. Obviously, everyone has doubts before each vote, but in the end, every vote is passed unanimously.
She thought about it for a long time and found that there seemed to be something wrong with the sleeve.
So, that day she deliberately wore a sleeveless long dress, exposing her entire arms, which attracted a lot of attention.
Many people praised: "Director Qin looks really beautiful today."
Xia Xiaoxiang was even more surprised: "Qin, have you come to your senses?"
Qin Luoshuang could only remain silent and ignore them, but after paying such a huge price, the result was even worse.
She was the only one who raised her hand and cast the only vote against it.
That feeling of loneliness is more depressing than a unanimous vote.
The outcome was as expected; the construction team had no experience in building this sci-fi power plant.
Although Lin Wen repeatedly said it was simple and provided a complete construction blueprint, they still encountered countless problems and the project is now in a semi-suspended state.
"I told you so long ago."
Qin Luoshuang complained.
"Don't build this thing. You haven't even developed nuclear weapons yet, and you want to use nuclear energy to generate electricity? Don't you always say that taking big steps will lead to failure? We've wasted so much manpower and resources..."
Lin Wen laughed and said, "You don't have any balls, what are you afraid of?"
Qin Luoshuang said angrily, "Can you be a little more normal? You have balls, but don't you take bigger steps than me every time? Why don't I see you worrying about your balls being pulled out?"
While recalling the principles of nuclear power plants, Lin Wen casually replied, "I have a strong ability to regenerate. Even if wildfires cannot burn me, I will be reborn in the spring breeze."
Crack!
Qin Luoshuang took out his pistol, pulled the bolt, and sneered, "I don't believe it. I want to try it."
Lin Wen scratched the back of his head, and his mind became clear.
Xin showed a wild and cool smile: "Woman, you are playing with fire!"
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Qin Luoshuang almost fired a shot, but fortunately Lin Wen calmed down in time and promised that he would solve the problem personally and would definitely build the world's first nuclear power plant in Changshan County and win this honor for Changshan County.
So the conversation got back on track.
Qin Luoshuang told Lin Wen seriously that Changshan County is now facing two very serious problems.
One was the medical issue I had discussed with him on the phone before.
The Council of Review has fallen, Changshan County dominates the market, and the people in the medical group are eager to increase the price of new drugs.
Their reasons were very legitimate; selling medicine at a loss was not conducive to the development of Changshan County.
However, Anmos still has not made any breakthroughs in new technologies and costs have not been reduced.
But the root of the problem is that Changshan County has developed to the point where groups have begun to form within it.
How to deal with this problem is a very difficult problem.
The second problem is that Changshan County’s economy has taken a sharp turn for the worse and is about to suffer very serious losses.
This was because the war between the Empire and the Papal States had ended, and the logistics headquarters of the Supreme Military Department no longer purchased artillery shells. The new factory, which produced more than 40 million artillery shells a month and accommodated nearly 5 million workers, had a serious overcapacity.
Yang Shaohu and Xiao Xiao, who are in charge of administrative and economic affairs, are doing their best to deal with this matter. They are looking for buyers inside and outside the empire, and trying their best to transfer production capacity.
However, apart from the highest military headquarters of the empire, no region or organization could consume so many artillery shells. Although Xiao Xiao did a good job and there were sellers coming in an endless stream, most of them were small orders of one thousand or two thousand shells.
Ten thousand pieces is considered a large order, and the new factory's daily output reaches 130,000 pieces.
This unprecedented super factory is so huge that it not only provides food and clothing for millions of canal workers, but also eight million refugees, which is 80% of the population of Changshan County, who rely on this industrial chain for their livelihood.
They did not dare to stop production rashly and could only try their best to transfer workers to other factories.
However, a factory or enterprise with 10,000 employees can already be considered a large factory or enterprise.
To accommodate these five million people, we need at least five hundred such large enterprises.
Changshan County was the poorest area in the empire more than a year ago. Where did all these large enterprises come from?
So now, no matter how hard they try, the results are minimal.
Changshan County is also burdened with a huge loan from the Imperial Bank, and the pressure of monthly repayments is even greater than the monthly payment pressure of an ordinary working-class person buying a first-class house in Tangcheng.
Changshan County’s existing funds can only sustain it for another month at most.
If the problem is not solved after a month, they will have no choice but to resort to violent means such as super layoffs and borrowing huge sums of money again.
This is obviously a method that will cause endless troubles. It will make all the previous achievements go to waste. It is a last resort.
Changshan County has reached a very critical moment.
But Lin Wen smiled.
(End of this chapter)
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