1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2416
Liu Shanxia is usually responsible for the management of some large-scale infrastructure projects. If it weren't for Yu Feng and Liang Liping, both of whom are time travelers, such private projects would usually be directly handed over to his subordinates to approach them.He was willing to take the time to discuss the details of the construction plan with the two, mainly because the shipping company building planned by Liang Liping was indeed a rare project.

Out of comprehensive considerations of safety and practicality, the private construction projects of the traversers are basically undertaken by the Ministry of Construction. From the early collective dormitories and factory buildings to the later shops, docks, private villas, etc., Liu Shanxia handled them all. The project is [-] if not [-], but the five-story office building proposed by Liang Liping is really a project case rarely encountered by the Ministry of Construction so far.

Liang Liping hopes that this five-story reinforced concrete building will become a landmark building in Sanya Port after completion, and Liu Shanxia, ​​as a practitioner in the construction industry, naturally hopes to participate in this kind of project that can demonstrate his professional ability.He can even foresee that after the completion of this shipping company building, other companies will come to follow suit to build this commercial landmark building, which will help improve the professional ability of his construction team and even the entire construction industry. level, will have a great promotion effect.

Therefore, Liu Shanxia's attitude towards this matter is happy to see the results, and even considered for Liang Liping how to save some unnecessary expenses and further shorten the construction period.If he can find time then, he should also come to the construction site to direct the construction in person.

However, Yu Feng saw that they were chatting vigorously, and felt that something was not good in his heart. If the chat continued with this momentum, the project might be finalized and started today.He quickly interjected: "Old Liu, based on your experience, this office building and supporting facilities should be regarded as one of the best private buildings in Sanya, right?"

Liu Shanxia nodded and said: "No need to count, this is the largest private building constructed in China so far. The quantity and cost of the project must be the first. Even if the official construction projects are included, this building should also be in the The top few. Look at the port buildings in Sanya Port and Shengli Port, but they only have three floors. After your building is completed, it will be the envy and emulation of others for a long time.”

Seeing that Liu Shanxia's attitude was almost on Liang Liping's side, Yu Feng quickly said, "Old Liu, the actual situation is like this. Our shipping company has invested a lot in the early stage, and the funds at hand are relatively limited. Too much investment may affect the company's capital flow. So I would like to ask, is it possible to construct this office building in stages without affecting the early use. "

"According to the current construction plan, it is impossible to do the construction in stages, but if you want to save money, you can leave the unused floor area vacant in the early stage, or use it as a warehouse, instead of disposing of the entire building as soon as it comes up. The interior decoration of the building is finished." Liu Shanxia was in a hurry and couldn't make major changes to the existing plan, so he could only suggest that they save money in other ways.

Yu Feng frowned slightly. This was obviously not the suggestion he needed. He hoped to revise the architectural plan, not just install it in stages.It was Liang Liping, who was more straightforward, who came up with the plan for him: "Old Liu, help us change this plan again, and make this building smaller, according to the size of the port building."

"Huh?" Liu Shanxia didn't expect to compare herself with the Port Building just now, so Liang Liping asked her to change the plan.This is equivalent to cutting off a small half of the project at once, and the rarity of the whole building is greatly reduced.

"If you change it according to your wishes, this building won't be called a landmark." Seeing that the couple didn't look like they were joking, Liu Shanxia couldn't help but feel a little pity: "Why do you need to make changes to such a good plan?" What? If you don’t have enough funds, you can think of another way, such as finding a bank loan..."

"We have already borrowed a sum of money from the bank." Yu Feng said frankly: "But if the entire project has to be operated through loans, we think the operating risk will be too great. Controlling the project scale of the office building is actually not easy. It is to control the business risk, so that our business in the early stage can be a little easier.”

Of course Liu Shanxia knew that the building was expensive, but he had always examined the value of this project from a professional perspective, but he had never thought about whether such a large project would be cost-effective for the owner. Only then did he roughly understand the other party's concerns.But Liu Shanxia was just an outsider. He didn't know the couple's financial situation and how they planned to run the shipping company. Naturally, it was inconvenient to comment on whether their approach was appropriate, let alone force them to adopt the construction plan they liked.

Liu Shanxia said: "Everyone is their own person, so I will also explain to you. Your original five-story building plan will have some difficulties in construction. In order to ensure the quality of construction, I will follow up personally, and when necessary On-site supervision and command. But if you insist on reducing the five floors to three, then my people can be in charge of such a project. And I will leave Sanya for a business trip in the near future. If you don’t need me to personally supervise the project, then I also have to adjust my work arrangements, and I hope you two will forgive me."

Liu Shanxia was afraid that they would think he was looking for an excuse to shirk, so he took out an official document from the table and handed it to the couple: "Here, look, this is a notice from the Executive Committee, asking me to submit a document before April [-]th. Set off to Miaoli, Taiwan, to organize and arrange local infrastructure projects. I originally planned to wait until you start construction here, but if this project is changed to a three-story building, then I will go to Taiwan for a business trip as originally planned."

Liang Liping heard the place name "Miaoli" and thought about the information he had obtained before, so he asked casually: "Is Lao Liu going to Miaoli to preside over the construction of a freight railway project?"

"The news is very well-informed!" Liu Shanxia frankly admitted Liang Liping's conjecture: "The freight railway is just an alternative plan. Whether it can be used or not can only be determined after field inspection. In addition to this, there are other infrastructure projects, such as planning and construction. Immigrating to villages and towns, building coastal freight terminals, and a bunch of tasks from the Ministry of Industry... In short, there are a lot of things, and I may go there for two or three months! I originally thought that this time is just waiting for you to go through various tasks The formalities, land acquisition, material preparation, entering the site to level the ground and lay the foundation, the preliminary work is almost done, and I just finished the work there and came back to supervise the work."

The business trip arrangement presented by Liu Shanxia confirmed the information that Liang Liping had received from Schneider before, that is, the Executive Committee planned to build a large-scale construction project in Miaoli, Taiwan, to build a land freight channel between the oil production area and the shipping terminal, so as to To improve the level of the local petrochemical industry.Since Liu Shanxia was required to personally go to the local area to preside over the overall situation, it can be seen that the executive committee has also made up its mind to start construction.

Liang Liping said: "Old Liu, you are going on a business trip to Miaoli, can I ask you to do something by the way?"

Liu Shanxia nodded and said, "Let's listen first."

Liang Liping said: "My shipping company plans to open a fixed route between Sanya and Miaoli after opening, but I am not sure about the local freight demand. Since there is a plan to build a shipping terminal there, can you By the way, help me understand the relevant information?"

When Liu Shanxia heard this, it was not a troublesome matter. Anyway, the construction of the wharf had to be communicated with the local government to understand Miaoli's freight demand.And this kind of information is not within the scope of confidentiality. Giving it to Liang Liping is actually tantamount to being a favor, so I immediately agreed.

As for the modification of the construction plan, since Yu Feng and his wife had made up their minds, Liu Shanxia stopped trying to persuade him, and immediately asked an experienced foreman under his command to meet with Liang Liping and let him be responsible for the follow-up of the project.Liu Shanxia also specially told his subordinates in front of the couple that he must ensure the quality of the construction, and at the same time control the cost, and communicate with Yu Feng and his wife more often if there are problems.

Since the building of Yu Feng and his wife's shipping company has shrunk, Liu Shanxia will no longer stay to supervise the work in person.It took him three days to hand over the work at hand, and then he took a group of his men and set off for Taiwan on the official ship of the Ministry of Shipping.

Compared with those cross-age black technologies mastered by Yu Feng, the skills mastered by Liu Shanxia can be regarded as simple and easy to learn, so his speed of training apprentices is also much faster than that of Yu Feng. There are hundreds of apprentices, and the total number of apprentices and grandchildren is probably in the four digits.

It's not that Liu Shanxia has any special talent in being a teacher and apprentices, but that he has already set certain screening conditions when accepting apprentices. Basically, they are all craftsmen with construction experience. The apprentices teach some more advanced engineering techniques.These apprentices already have more or less a certain professional foundation, and there are constantly various projects for them to learn while doing, so learning is naturally more effective.If Liang Liping's building plan remains unchanged, then this project will definitely be another practice site used by Liu Shanxia to train apprentices.

If you want to talk about technical details, then many craftsmen may have enough skills to be Liu Shanxia's master. After all, Liu Shanxia was just a construction project manager before crossing, and he didn't have the skills to draw dragons and carve phoenixes.But after all, Liu Shanxia has hundreds of years of experience, and the construction technology and overall planning ability he has mastered are indeed incomparable to ordinary construction craftsmen in this era.

And the masonry structure buildings that Haihan advocated, and even the construction method of reinforced concrete, are indeed simpler and more efficient than the wooden structure construction technology of this era, and the cost is relatively lower.Especially in the construction management of large-scale infrastructure projects, it has far exceeded the level of this era.Therefore, these professional skills taught by Liu Shanxia are actually a good supplement to craftsmen who already have a certain foundation.

However, Haihan built many large-scale projects such as railways, ports, and fortresses in just a few years. These are indeed miraculous skills for those carpenters, bricklayers, and plasterers who have only mastered a single skill.To be able to learn from a high-ranking official like Liu Shanxia, ​​for them, they have met a noble person in their lives. After finishing their studies, they will become a foreman, or even lead a construction team by themselves. It is basically only a matter of time before they become rich.

Liu Shanxia will also select some reliable and good-minded people from among the apprentices to stay with him and form his own engineering team to be responsible for large-scale official projects.The people brought to Taiwan this time are basically from his disciples, and each has their own strengths in craftsmanship, which can solve many problems for him when formulating construction plans.

After the official ship they took departed from Sanya, it only stopped in Hong Kong for one night to resupply on the way. It took ten days on the way to arrive in Miaoli County, more than 2000 miles away.

Although Haihan has occupied Miaoli for nearly five years, the development of this place has been in a semi-stagnant state. If it were not for an oil production area located on the edge of the inland mountainous area, no one would have thought that Haihan would have already been in Miaoli. This place has been in business for five years.

The estuary of Houlongxi forms a large impact plain near the coast, and the flow of this waterway also varies greatly with the seasons. During the dry season, it is a veritable creek, and only small boats with a displacement of less than [-] tons can pass. There are large sandbars in the middle of the waterway, and the navigation environment is not ideal.During the rainy season, when the flow is relatively large, the water depth is enough for a [-]-ton ship to pass. However, due to the turbulent water flow, it is still quite difficult to travel upstream from the mouth of the river.

Because of this, the transportation between the oil production area located in the upper reaches of Houlongxi and the outside world is quite inconvenient, which limits the scale and development momentum of the local industry to a certain extent.In the early years, Haihan had limited demand for fuel oil and other petrochemical products, so there was no rush to carry out large-scale development and construction of this area. However, with the development of industrialization in recent years, there have been more and more production and R&D projects. Petrochemical products need to be consumed, and the practical application of fuel engines has basically entered a countdown state.

The Executive Committee will certainly not turn a blind eye to this, but must deploy in advance to increase the scale of the industry to ensure that the demand for petrochemical products in various industrial sectors can be met.In such an environment, the development plan of Miaoli was formally included in the agenda of the Executive Committee, and was quickly passed and entered the implementation stage.

However, the local population is sparse and the industry is single, but it is not the result of the executive committee's laissez-faire.On the contrary, this is deliberately done by the relevant agencies.The petrochemical industry is very important to Haihan, who is determined to achieve industrialization, and the reason why Haihan is not eager to introduce large-scale immigrants to the local area, or attract investment for agricultural development, is to keep the oil production area in a state of secret operation until Haihan has Enough ability to control the production and application of the petrochemical industry will gradually open up this area for the next step of development and construction.The long-awaited moment has arrived.

(End of this chapter)