The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

The next day.

In the evening.

Zhu Lin and Liu Ziyu were busy, and many dishes were already on the table.

When it was close to seven o'clock, Zhao Guoping came with his wife and children.

Zhao Guoping was holding tea leaves in one hand and holding his daughter in the other, while Zhao Guoping's wife was holding a child in the other hand.

Liu Tao had four children, and Zhao Guoping had three children.

"Comrade Guoping, you are already here, why bring tea leaves? Isn't this a mistake!" Liu Tao said unhappily.

The two have known each other for more than ten years.

Zhao Guoping smiled and said, "It's just tea leaves. I went to Wuyi Mountain last time and bought some tea leaves. This time I came back and brought two kilograms for you to taste the new tea from Wuyi Mountain."

Both of them are tea lovers, and they usually drink one or two cups of tea during their rest time.

Wuyi Mountain tea is one of the famous teas in China.

There are ten famous teas in China, namely West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu Tea, Lu'an Guapian, Junshan Yinzhen, Xinyang Maojian, Wuyi Rock Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin, and Qimen Black Tea.

This time, Zhao Guoping brought Wuyi Rock Tea and Anxi Tieguanyin.

Zhao Guoping put the tea leaves aside and put her daughter down.

Liu Tao picked up Zhao Guoping's daughter and teased her.

Then let the children play by themselves, and Liu Tao and Zhao Guoping sat down to make tea.

The water has boiled, and Liu Tao carefully took out a bag of tea leaves. There is not much tea in this bag, but Liu Tao rarely takes it out unless it is an extremely important guest.

He took out a few pieces of tea leaves, then picked up the kettle and poured water into the teapot, and then poured three cups.

"You still have good things here. I can't get one or two taels of this mother tree Dahongpao in a year, and I usually don't want to drink it." Zhao Guoping smiled.

The mother tree Dahongpao produces about two kilograms of tea leaves a year, because there are only three trees and six plants, and each plant produces about three or four taels of tea leaves a year.

Sometimes in bad years, the mother tree Dahongpao may produce less than one kilogram of tea leaves.

It is conceivable how valuable the mother tree Dahongpao is, and it is not available just because you want it.

Because this thing has always been a special supply.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "This is also what I got from the leader when I went to the leader's office last time. I usually don't want to drink it."

Chatting while drinking tea.

After drinking three cups of tea, Liu Tao asked about Zhao Guoping's work in Fujian Province.

Since Zhao Guoping left Panshan Group and went to Fujian Province, he would come back to see his wife and children about once a month, because his wife stayed in the Panshan Group Art Troupe and his children also stayed in the school at the Panshan Group headquarters.

After all, the learning environment here is much better than that in Fujian Province, and Zhao Guoping has been busy with work and has little energy to care about his children.

Although Zhao Guoping would go back to Panshan Group headquarters once a month, Liu Tao was not necessarily at Panshan Group headquarters, so the two of them only met a few times a year.

Zhao Guoping talked about his work in Fujian Province and the difficulties he encountered.

Ludao is a place with only one island in the center, and transportation is not convenient.

So after Zhao Guoping arrived at Ludao, one of his important tasks was to build bridges. He borrowed money from Xiangjiang Bank and built Ludao Bridge, Haicang Bridge, Xinglin Bridge, and Jimei Bridge to connect the three districts outside the island.

Before this, Ludao had only one Ludao seawall outside the island. The construction of Ludao seawall became the gateway corridor on land of Ludao. With the development of Ludao's economy, the traffic volume increased greatly. The seawall was originally designed for a daily traffic volume of 2,500 vehicles, but in 1988 it exceeded 12,000 vehicles, which was overcrowded.

"If you want to get rich, you must build roads first. Your approach is right. After the bridge is built, it will connect the three districts outside the island and improve the land transportation conditions of Ludao. Only after the transportation conditions are improved can the economy develop!" Liu Tao nodded and affirmed.

Not only did Zhao Guoping build four bridges, he also built Ludao North Railway Station and rebuilt Ludao Railway Station through the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-speed Railway.

The previous Ludao Railway Station was built in 1956 and officially put into use in 1957. It is undoubtedly old and cannot keep up with the current needs and development.

"Your idea of ​​​​renovating the Yundang Lake is correct, but there is one thing you have to pay attention to, that is, sewage prevention and control. Rainwater and sewage must be separated. Rainwater can flow into the Yundang Lake, but sewage should be collected and treated in the sewage plant to avoid sewage pollution of the Yundang Lake." Liu Tao reminded.

Zhao Guoping smiled bitterly and said, "I've noticed this, and I'm also troubled by this."

In the early 1970s, in order to reclaim land from the sea, Ludao built a 1,700-meter-long seawall, and since then, the Yuandang Bay has become a closed inner lake, that is, Yuandang Lake.

With the development of the economy, the population and factories around the lake have increased significantly. Especially before 1980, the municipal facilities of Ludao were weak, and sewage was completely discharged into natural water bodies along open ditches according to the natural terrain without any treatment facilities, resulting in the domestic sewage of hundreds of thousands of residents within 37 square kilometers around the lake and the industrial wastewater of more than 300 factories being directly discharged into the lake without treatment.

When Zhao Guoping went to Ludao, the pollution of Yuandang Lake was becoming increasingly serious, with piles of garbage, weeds, black and smelly water, and mosquitoes and flies breeding.

The pollution problem of Yuandang Lake attracted Zhao Guoping's great attention, so he promoted a comprehensive governance plan.

However, the problem has not been solved from the basic level.

Liu Tao listened to Zhao Guoping's introduction, paused for a moment, and expressed his own opinion: "Ludao has developed to its current level, and it should actually carry out regional division of labor. The island can develop finance, commerce, tourism, service industry, software industry, etc., and polluting enterprises should be moved outside the island."

"As for funds, it just so happens that we have made a lot of profit this time. When you go back, you can talk to Hong Kong Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Construction Bank, Hong Kong Commercial Bank, Hong Kong Development Bank, and Hong Kong Yonghong Bank. We can give you a low-interest loan." Liu Tao smiled faintly.

Funds must be used.

Otherwise, if they are kept in the account, they will depreciate at any time.

Giving Ludao a low-interest loan is also another way to support Zhao Guoping.

Zhao Guoping's eyes lit up. Liu Tao's suggestion on regional division of labor in Ludao was something he had not thought of before. This reminded him of Hong Kong. Didn't Hong Kong also carry out regional division of labor, and different places had different divisions of labor.

The main island of Ludao can be like Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, focusing on finance, commerce, services, etc., while the outside of the island can be dominated by industry, which serves as an internal and external driving engine to drive the development of the entire Ludao.

In this way, the problem of industrial wastewater will not exist.

The latter is mainly domestic sewage and catering.

Liu Tao's arrangement of garbage classification and garbage bins also gave him more ideas.

Of course, the most important thing is low-interest loans, which are real support.

Only with money can things be done well, and without money, you have to save this and that.

As for whether Ludao can repay the loan, Zhao Guoping is not worried about this. As a special economic zone, Ludao has many more tax benefits than other prefecture-level cities, and more money can be left in Ludao for construction every year.

As China Automobile Group's production base in Ludao begins to exert its strength, the economic boost to Ludao will be obvious, not to mention the huge role that Ludao Port will play.