1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2424
Considering that the Miaoli region is still in the dry season and the water level of Houlongxi is much lower than that in the rainy season, the height of the bridge must also take into account the shipping demand in the rainy season.Liu Shanxia only had the hydrological data of Houlongxi in recent years, so he took the highest water level plus two meters as the height of the bridge deck, which was a bit higher than the wooden bridge on the original site. The steam traffic boat with a chimney can still pass under the bridge smoothly.

Of course, it is safer to build the bridge higher, but in that case, in order to ensure the straightness of the bridge deck, the approach bridges on both sides will have to be lengthened, and the entire project will also increase a lot. In Liu Shanxia's opinion, it is not not necessary.If the water level in the rainy season exceeds the record high and steam boats cannot pass under this bridge, then at least there is still a land road that can connect the upper and lower reaches of Houlongxi, and the bearing capacity of this new bridge is far greater than that of the old bridge, so there is no need to worry about traffic Capacity limited.

The design and construction plan of this bridge are not too complicated, and Liu Shanxia estimates that it can be completed in about a week. What really worries him is the issue of building materials.Local products are limited, and both steel bars and cement have to be shipped from other places by sea. The increase in cost is minor, but the entire construction period may be forced to be delayed.Liu Shanxia decided to get in touch with the nearby Penghu, Jilong, Kaohsiung and other places by telegram as soon as possible after returning to the station today to see if there is any reinforced concrete in stock in these places. Then slowly replenish from Hainan Island.

While conducting survey work, Liu Shanxia was also constantly communicating with his subordinates.Participating in this kind of bridge project is a rare practical opportunity for these future construction engineers. Liu Shanxia also hopes that they can learn more skills in this process, so that there will be similar projects in the future, and he will not have to go to the site to preside over the work in person. up.And Liu Shanxia will also pay attention to observe in this process to see who is worthy of reuse in the future.

Liu Shanxia's field work continued until dinner time. Seeing that dusk was approaching, he ordered the team to return to camp.Their transportation here mainly relied on two large carriages. The subordinates put away all kinds of survey tools and loaded them into the vehicle, and then drove back to the station in the upper reaches of Houlongxi.If you wait until dark and then go back, the road will be dark and the road conditions will not be good. Even if Gao Cong brings a few soldiers to guard the road, it will still be unsafe after all.

Liu Shanxia returned to the station, only to know that Wang Hui went to the beach to pick up two distinguished guests today.The reception banquet has already been arranged in the backyard, and they are waiting for him to arrive.Liu Shanxia hurried back to the house to tidy up, and then went to the backyard to meet with Wang Hui and others.

"Old Liu, come, come, I'm missing you!" Tao Donglai saw Liu Shanxia, ​​and got up to greet him, "I heard that you are busy outside today, you have worked hard!"

"Boss, why didn't you tell me in advance that you are coming to Miaoli? If I want to know, I will leave a few days later and come by your boat!" Liu Shanxia was Tao Donglai's subordinate before crossing, and the two have a very good personal relationship, so they talked It's also unrestricted.

Tao Donglai smiled and said, "When you left, I hadn't made a schedule yet, so I didn't intend to hide it from you."

The official ship that Tao Donglai traveled on was his own exclusive ship, and the living conditions on the ship were much better than the official ships under the name of the Ministry of Shipping. If Liu Shanxia knew Tao Donglai's itinerary in advance, it would be really possible I will postpone my departure time and take Tao Donglai's boat to Miaoli instead.

After Liu Shanxia was seated, Wang Hui saw that everyone had arrived, so he ordered his servants to start serving food and wine.

Now Haihan has more than a dozen sites outside Hainan Island, but there are usually only one or two traversers stationed in these areas. It is very rare for four traversers to gather together overseas like now, let alone It is still in this relatively remote inland mountainous area of ​​Miaoli.

Tao Donglai took the lead in toasting: "It is not easy for us to meet here today. This glass of wine is to wish the next development and construction of Miaoli will go smoothly. Everyone's hard work today will be recorded in history in the future. , to be admired by future generations! Cheers!"

The three of them then toasted and drank the wine in their glasses.However, Wang Hui still feels a little disappointed. He is an official who is about to leave office. It will be at least a few years before his next turn as a magistrate here. Most of the credit for the great development of Miaoli will not include him. up.But after thinking about it again, large-scale development here means that the work will become very heavy. It is impossible to be as relaxed and happy as I was during my tenure. It is difficult to have the best of both worlds, as long as you choose the path that suits you.

After drinking for three rounds, Tao Donglai immediately asked Liu Shanxia about the local infrastructure planning. He was also most concerned about two key projects-immigrant resettlement and land and water transportation.Of the four present, only Tao Donglai is a member of the executive committee, so he is the only one who knows the future plan of Miaoli best.As long as these two projects can be steadily advanced, the follow-up work in fields such as agriculture, commerce, transportation, etc. will have the conditions to follow up smoothly.

"The main problem at present is still the building materials." Liu Shanxia put down his wine glass and said frankly: "The current temporary resettlement sites are all shacks built with freshly cut trees. Live, the rainy season is coming in a blink of an eye, and there is a typhoon season from June to September every year. When the wind and heavy rain come, the shed will not be able to bear it. Therefore, we need a lot of bricks and treated wood for the real sense of construction. Although there are currently deployments in this regard, the production capacity is far from meeting the demand. In addition, considering the future development needs of the oil production area, a new bridge with stronger traffic capacity must be built on Houlongxi, which requires a lot of Reinforced concrete, these materials can only be transported from other places.”

Regarding the problems existing in the resettlement site, Tao Donglai also saw it during today's field visit, and immediately started a discussion with Liu Shanxia on how to quickly and efficiently organize related production activities locally.However, Lu Zhanpeng and Wang Hui only listened for a while, and felt that they could not get in. They started to discuss the topic of the petrochemical industry by themselves. They still have a lot of work to hand over, so there are still many professional issues that need to be addressed. The two discussed it together.

Regarding the future development prospects of Miaoli, what Lu Zhanpeng and Wang Hui value is the technological upgrading of the petrochemical industry, while Tao Donglai pays more attention to things, or he has a higher perspective than others, and must take into account For the future development direction of this place, a lot of preparatory work has to be deployed from now on.

The development and construction of Miaoli should not have been so hasty, but just as there was a great turmoil in the east of Daming, there were tens of thousands of people who were at their fingertips in front of Haihan, and the various ruling areas north of Hainan Island could easily divide them. After receiving a piece of the pie, the executive committee wanted to take this opportunity to also move immigrants to the Miaoli area to complete the comprehensive development of this area.And just during this period, some major progress has been made in the research and development of fuel engines, and it is imperative to upgrade the petrochemical industry.The timing of these two aspects appeared at the same time, which contributed to the determination of the Executive Committee to quickly promote the development of Miaoli.

Although the planning for Miaoli has been arranged long ago, many related preparations have not been implemented in advance.For example, the infrastructure projects that Liu Shanxia is currently presiding over basically start preparations after the executive committee makes a decision. It is inevitable that many links will expose many problems because they are too hasty.As a result, after Liu Shanxia arrived in Miaoli, he had to spend more time reorganizing the work that should have been completed before his arrival.

Of course, with the manpower, material and financial resources that Haihan can currently mobilize, there will be no fundamental difficulties in perfecting these links, it just takes more time.Therefore, Tao Donglai believes that solving these problems still requires more patience. After all, the current conditions are much better than when they first crossed. At that time, thousands of refugees brought back from Annan could be accepted and resettled. The current situation will never be the same. more difficult than ten years ago.

Although the conditions in Miaoli are a bit poor, there are three relatively mature areas nearby, Jilong, Penghu, and Kaohsiung, which can provide some help for Miaoli.Tao Donglai also promised Liu Shanxia that he would come forward in person to coordinate all kinds of materials needed for the Miaoli area, and arrange the transport capacity to send them to Miaoli as soon as possible, striving to complete the infrastructure projects here as soon as possible.

The upgrading of technology and production capacity of the local petrochemical industry is relatively complicated. Although the Chusongkeng oil well has been exploited for several years, due to various reasons, it has maintained a relatively small production scale. Compared with the resettlement activities in the past few years, it is not an exaggeration to say that the petrochemical industry is still in the groping stage.Although Lu Zhanpeng, who is in charge of related work, has arrived in Miaoli, most of the many equipment needed for the upgrade are still in the production stage, and some are even still on the blueprint.

Just transporting these equipments from Sanya to Miaoli in the future is not a small project.The subsequent installation and debugging may also take a long time.If calculated based on Lu Zhanpeng's next one-year tenure, it is basically impossible to complete the relevant upgrade work before he leaves office.The focus of their current discussion is how to optimize the upgrade process under the current conditions in Miaoli.

This involves knowledge in a lot of professional fields. When Tao Donglai and Liu Shanxia stopped to listen to the two people's discussions, they also quickly found that they could not integrate into these topics, because Wang Hui and Liu Zhanpeng used a lot of professional knowledge in the conversation. Terminology, has gone beyond the scope of their understanding.

"Let's continue talking about bridge repairs!" Tao Donglai smiled helplessly, and returned to the previous topic with Liu Shanxia.

The two who arrived today naturally also live in Wang Hui's official residence, after all, this is the only mansion in the oil production area.Fortunately, the house is big enough to accommodate them all.After Tao Donglai heard about the origin of this house, he couldn't help but praise Tian Yeyou for his long-sightedness back then, for actually building such a good place for later magistrates to use as their official residence.

The next day, Liu Shanxia went out with his men and horses early in the morning to confirm the preparations for the road construction.Tao Donglai and Lu Zhanpeng, who just arrived yesterday, followed Wang Hui to visit the local petrochemical industry.

Compared with Liu Shanxia's almost fleeting visit when he came here, Wang Hui's tour guide work this time is much more detailed.This was not only because of the presence of Tao Donglai, but the main reason was that there was a work handover procedure between him and Lu Zhanpeng, so I took this opportunity to explain it on the spot, so that if Lu Zhanpeng found any problems, it would be easy to solve them on the spot.

Tao Donglai doesn't understand too professional terminology, but he also has some points of his own concern, such as what level the approximate production scale of various petrochemical products can reach after the production capacity is upgraded, and whether it can provide qualified fuel for internal combustion engines , What kind of conditions does the state need to provide for this.Of course, these issues have been elaborated in the previous planning report of the Ministry of Industry, but Tao Donglai still prefers to listen to the introduction of the competent officials on the spot.

Tao Donglai has been involved in national governance for more than ten years. Of course, he also understands that sometimes what is written in the report may not be completely credible. In order to compete for the budget, various departments often use some exaggerated descriptions in the development plan. thing.The upgrading of Miaoli's petrochemical industry is considered to be a relatively important industrial project in the next few years, otherwise Tao Donglai would not have specially arranged a trip to Miaoli for such a circle.Now that he was here, he had to figure out some issues, and he had to obtain as much real information as possible.

Tao Donglai knew that Wang Hui was an honest man, so he came when he was sent here, and he didn't shirk his tasks. A person like Hui should know everything and explain the current situation of the petrochemical industry to himself endlessly.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Wang Hui understands that Tao Donglai came to Miaoli to inspect the work on behalf of the Executive Committee. He believes that the local petrochemical industry has no information that needs to be concealed from the Executive Committee. His strong point is now, so he basically answered the questions raised by Tao Donglai based on facts.

While listening to Wang Hui's explanation, Tao Donglai compared what he said with the information provided by the Ministry of Industry in his mind, and unsurprisingly found some small discrepancies.

Some data mentioned in the report of the Ministry of Industry are obviously higher than Wang Hui’s opinion. For example, the Ministry of Industry believes that most of the upgrading operations can be completed within ten to fifteen months, while Wang Hui believes that the most optimistic estimate It will also take more than a year and a half, and the risk of temporary shutdown of the oil field due to some technical problems cannot be ruled out.

(End of this chapter)