Mixed in the last days as a salted fish

Chapter 254 Great Army Expansion

At 06:30 in the evening, Zhang Hao accompanied Mayor Jiao to the appointment on time. The place was in the guest house under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Energy, and the other party directly asked for a large box.

Seeing the arrival of the guests, Minister Yin glanced at his watch before getting up to greet him:
"Old Jiao, this is Mr. Zhang, right? He really has known his name for a long time."

"Yes, it's him."

Jiao Huaxian nodded with a smile.

"Minister Yin, hello!" Zhang Hao greeted.

After the courtesy, Minister Yin immediately changed the subject: "You two are late, and you will have to punish yourself with three cups later."

"Minister Yin, I'm really sorry!" Jiao Huaxian apologized, and quickly explained: "To tell you the truth, we both left the house half an hour earlier, but we didn't expect the road to be so congested. The road took four to five 10 minutes."

"It's rush hour now, so there's no way."

Minister Yin replied.

Jiao Huaxian couldn't help expressing emotion: "Pearl City's development is too fast, the last time I came here for a meeting, it was still summer, and there were not so many people on the street.

It really deserves to be the capital. Compared with here, our Minde is simply standing still. "

"It's true that the development in the capital is a bit scary."

Zhang Hao followed closely and echoed.

Minister Yin shook his head while arranging for the waiters to serve the dishes, and explained: "The capital city is indeed developing very fast, but it's not as exaggerated as you said. There are many reasons for the increase of so many people.

First of all, all the agencies and units under the Federation have been relocated. In addition, there are company headquarters and representative offices in major cities. There are at least several 10 people scattered here and there;

Secondly, since the beginning of the year, due to the unstable overseas political situation, millions of immigrants have poured in one after another, and there should be many more in the future. Most of these people are wealthy people, and the new immigration policy cannot stop them at all;
Finally, many local people choose to move here, especially in the northern region. According to the latest statistics, the number of local immigrants is almost two or three times that of overseas immigrants. "

"There must be 300 million people here? It's more than the original population of Zhucheng, can it accommodate it?"

Zhang Hao couldn't help being surprised.

"Of course it can't be accommodated, one-third of the people here are scattered to several surrounding cities.

Zhucheng also took great pains. In order to cope with this wave of immigration, just last month, it just annexed the three towns in the southernmost part of Xiangshan, and planned to build a batch of low-income housing.

After the house is built, they will move back. "

Minister Yin gave a very detailed introduction.

Zhang Hao couldn't help being surprised and said: "Why do you have to stay in Zhucheng? Let's say that Huicheng, Xiangcheng and Shencheng are all super first-tier cities. Which one is better than Zhucheng?"

"Because the capital has the largest military region in the Federation."

"Uh, I haven't heard of it? Where is the military region?"

Zhang Hao scratched his hair.

This reason is indeed very strong. Rich people have no shortage of food and drink, but the most pressing issue is safety.

"It's on Hengqin Island. Hengqin Island is also the largest island in Pearl City, covering about 100 square kilometers. Not only is there an army base on the island, but it is also the location of the Navy headquarters. It is said that there will be [-] million troops stationed there."

"100 million? The entire federation doesn't seem to have so many troops, right?" Zhang Hao frowned.

Since the end of the Civil War, the Federation has laid off two-thirds of the army in one go, and carried out several rounds of large-scale disarmament in the next few decades, and finally controlled the total number of troops to less than one million.

In its place was the rise of the National Guard.

Minister Yin explained with a smile: "This army is nothing. The above has just passed a resolution to expand the army, and plans to expand the army to 500 million."

"What? Is it really going to war?"

Zhang Hao almost jumped up from the chair.

In the dream, although there was an expansion of the army, it only increased the size of the army to 200 million, which was less than half of the reality.

The butterfly effect is getting bigger and bigger.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. It's not necessary to fight a war. The main purpose is to be prepared."

Minister Yin didn't explain much.

Jiao Huaxian saw that the topic of the conversation was too serious, so he interrupted quickly:

"Minister Yin, what wine shall we drink tonight?"

Just when the three of them were talking, the waiter had already served all the dishes. It was a simple three dishes and one soup, with meat and vegetables, which was not bad.

"Stop drinking, I have to get up early for a meeting tomorrow morning!"

Minister Yin shook his head.

Jiao Huaxian put down the Moutai wine in his hand: "Then don't drink it, it hurts your health, let's eat more food."

Seeing this, Zhang Hao immediately picked up the teacup in front of him:

"Minister Yin, Mayor Jiao, I will replace wine with tea and offer you a toast."

"Dong Zhang is too polite!"

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Half an hour later, the three of them had almost eaten.

After all, there are only three dishes in total, plus a kelp pork rib soup, and you can't eat it any more.

Jiao Huaxian took the opportunity to ask, "Minister Yin, when will the refinery project we submitted be approved?"

"This... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult!"

"What's the reason? I don't understand. Isn't the more refineries the better? Does your Ministry of Energy think that the output is too high?" Jiao Huaxian looked puzzled.

"Old Jiao, if only things were this simple." Minister Yin couldn't help sighing.

Zhang Hao couldn't help interjecting: "How to say?"

"To tell you the truth, the prospects of several oil-producing areas in the Middle East are unclear, and the crude oil output is very unstable. Without crude oil, building more refineries is useless."

"Why? We can't reject our project just because of subjective guessing, right?"

Jiao Huaxian said dissatisfied.

Minister Yin shook his head: "This is called risk management and control. At present, supplies are tight, and limited resources should be used wisely instead of blindly expanding production capacity."

"Minister Yin, please don't speak bureaucratically with me. There is no one else here. Can you tell me the truth?"

Jiao Huaxian tentatively said softly.

Minister Yin took a sip of tea calmly, and after thinking for a while, he finally revealed the answer:
"Old Jiao, it's fine to tell you. Don't spread the word. The higher-ups plan to fully upgrade the Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Zone in Goose City. They plan to directly increase the existing 1200 million tons of oil refining capacity to 4500 million tons per year. You are also out of luck. It just hit the muzzle of the gun."

"Isn't this bullying? Our Minde is thousands of kilometers away from Huicheng, how can it affect us?"

Jiao Huaxian was completely outraged.

Yin Changyu said earnestly: "Lao Jiao, at this critical moment, we must obey the overall situation."

"Only state officials are allowed to set fires, but ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps?"

Jiao Huaxian didn't want to give up easily.

Since the higher authorities attach so much importance to the petrochemical industry, then he has to actively fight for it.

Zhang Hao followed up with persuasion: "Minister Yin, Mayor Jiao is also forced to. Recently, Minde has received a lot of investment, adding up to more than 2000 billion. The city really needs an oil refinery."

ps: On the last day, don't forget to vote for the monthly ticket!

(End of this chapter)