After returning to the township and before leaving get off work, Sun Zongyu found the village head Wang and briefly reported on the situation at the Urban Construction School. Village head Wang took him to the office of Secretary Li Jianguo, and village head Zhao also came. Sun Zongyu briefly reported on the work situation in recent days and talked about the situation of going to the city urban construction school to see the teacher for review. Finally, he suggested that the road line could be laid out tomorrow, and the project volume could be divided into seven villages in the Honghua work area according to population. The four bridges and culverts would be uniformly assigned to the construction by the township.
"Zongyuan, how much is the budget for four bridges and culverts?" asked Village Chief Zhao.
"From east to west, I named the four bridges and culverts Bridge No. 1, Bridge No. 2, etc. The budgets are 3,200 yuan, 4,100 yuan, 3,800 yuan, and 2,900 yuan respectively. This is all calculated according to the engineering quota. In fact, we can even reduce the price by 10% to hire someone to do it."
In 1985, the national price level was very low. An egg cost 0.1 cent and pork was only 0.86 yuan per pound. Sun Zongyu's monthly salary was only 34 yuan. In comparison, the cost of bridges and culverts was still relatively high.
"Old Zhao, I think we should let Village Chief Wang take the lead and move forward. Provide the population of each village to Zong Yuan so that he can calculate it overnight and distribute the tasks." Secretary Li took a sip of water and continued.
"Village Chief Wang has prepared the materials for the line laying today. Tomorrow I'll invite the County Transportation Bureau and the Municipal Urban Construction School to review them. No problem. How about we hold a mobilization meeting the day after tomorrow to get started?"
"I think it's okay. The bridge and culvert funds are 30,000 yuan. I will write a report to the county magistrate to ask for more funds." said Zhao, the village head.
"That's it. It's a relatively slack season for farming recently. If we don't delay any further, it will affect the autumn harvest. After we start work, if it doesn't rain, we will strive to complete the road construction in seven days, and the bridge and culvert will be completed in half a month." Secretary Li finally made the decision.
On Saturday, the review meeting ended successfully. Several experts reviewed the planning, design, budget and other aspects and confirmed that there were no problems. Secretary Li Jianguo was also very happy. After all, if Li Jianguo was transferred here to build the road and there were many loopholes in the preliminary preparation work, it would not look good for him.
The deputy director of the Transportation Bureau was very interested in Honghua Township's practice of training its own technicians without waiting or relying on others. The county was short of transportation technical talents and had too many tasks to handle, so it was impossible to take care of them all. Therefore, he expressed his willingness to provide 1,000 tons of cement on the spot, which made Mayor Zhao very happy.
Lunch was a sumptuous meal. The canteen, following Secretary Li's instructions, had slaughtered a sheep and stewed it in a large pot until tender. Several dishes were made with the sheep's offal. The mutton soup, served in large black bowls and topped with wild onions, was fragrant. When the wine was poured, everyone said they didn't want to drink anymore and would rather eat more mutton.
After the meal, everyone from the Transportation Bureau left with ten kilograms of millet, and Township Chief Zhao also took the report to the county governor to ask for money.
Sun Zongyuan brought three teachers from the Urban Construction School, including Yuan Cuncai, to the mountain, found some stones as specimens, and took a bath in a branch of the river. They felt refreshed. On the way back, they found that the mountain was made entirely of shale, stacked like layers of books. They all said that these were treasures. In the future, Honghua Township could make cement and shale bricks, and it had great potential for development.
A special car took the teacher back to the city, with four portions of millet and four baskets of peaches in the car. Sun Zongyuan also said that he would notify him if the test results of the stone sample showed that it was suitable for making cement.
In his previous life, Sun Zongyuan knew that Honghua Township was the city's building materials base, home to the province's second-largest cement plant, the city's largest shale brick factory, and the city's largest fruit processing base. Currently, it was hidden in the mountains, neglected, but once developed, Honghua Township would see tremendous growth.
After get off work, Sun Zongyuan reviewed and checked the division of tasks for tomorrow again. Yang Zhiwu's face flushed and he wanted to say something to him.
"Brother Zhiwu, what can I do for you?"
"Technician Sun, I have a favor to ask of you. Do you think you can do it?"
"We are just two people, don't be polite, just tell me if you have anything to say." Sun Zongyuan only recently learned that Yang Zhiwu was wounded and meritorious in the self-defense counterattack and was demobilized and resettled. He has many brothers and sisters at home and the burden is heavy.
"My father is a stonemason. He often builds houses, repairs bridges and roads for people in the village. My elder brother is thirty years old, and my third younger brother is about the same age as you. They are both very good stonemasons. Our family is poor, and we still haven't found a wife. Since my brother is not married, it is difficult for me to get married."
"Do you mean you want to take over the construction of a bridge?" Sun Zongyuan asked.
"Yeah, I don't know anything else. Can you see if you can do it? I understand if you can't. If you can, I'll thank you on behalf of my whole family!"
"Okay, I'll report it to my boss and give it a try."
Before he could finish his words, the civil servant informed him to go to the secretary's office. Sun Zongyuan hurriedly followed him to the secretary's office, where the secretary, the township head and Deputy Township Head Wang were all there.
"Hello, leaders," Sun Zongyuan greeted the leaders and found a chair near the door and sat down halfway.
"Zongyuan, I called you here to discuss the issue of the four bridges and culverts. Township Chief Zhao just reported that the county magistrate approved 25,000 yuan, which is more than enough. 1,000 yuan will be used to buy explosives, and the rest will basically be enough to pay the compound's salaries this month."
"The leadership is really good. One report solved several problems." Village Chief Wang was flattering.
"Secretary Li, I will resolutely follow your opinions!" At this time, who would dare to argue with the leader for interests?
"Just now, when the county magistrate approved the note, he mentioned a relative who could do bridge and culvert construction. I think the biggest one should be given to his relative. The director of the Transportation Bureau called and said he also has a relative who gave 100 tons of cement. We should also be good people, right? Yesterday, Zhang Qingcai brought the secretary of the Honghua Village Party Committee and said that a bricklayer in his village was interested in doing a job. He was occupying his village land for nothing, so I think we could compensate him with one."
"There is also the youngest Qiao Han. Zongyuan, do you have any acquaintances who can do this?"
When Sun Zongyuan heard that the fruits were to be shared and that he also had one, he knew that it was a reward from the leader for his hard work.
"I don't have any personal ideas, but I do have another idea. Yang Zhiwu from the water conservancy station is a local bricklayer by profession, and his whole family are skilled workers. Why not let him take the lead in one? If it works out well, our township can also set up a construction team with him as the leader. I will guide him technically, and in the future, the township will no longer have to look for outsiders to do projects. After all, outsiders are unfamiliar with the situation and don't have a grasp of the technical situation, so it will be difficult to solve problems!"
"Zongyuan's idea is very good. It's better to have something yourself than to have it from your parents. There are construction teams in several towns and villages in the county. Let's take this opportunity to inspect Yang Zhiwu. If he does a good job, we will set up an engineering team. What do you think, Mayor Zhao?" Secretary Li asked Mayor Zhao for his opinion.
"I agree with you. Originally, we meant for Zongyuan to find someone to do the job and earn a few cents, but it turned out that Zongyuan didn't do it for himself but for the whole village. He's a good person!" Village Chief Zhao praised.
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