Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1246 The City of Gods
The first stop is to the capital.

This was Jiang Sirui's decision because Jiang Yan was from Zhongyuan Province. In his previous life, Jiang Yan was a native of Luocheng, the capital of gods. So when Jiang Sirui asked Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan also regarded the capital of gods as his hometown.

The city in ancient my country that was called the Capital of Gods was Luoyang. Luoyang is one of the important ancient capitals in Chinese history and has been named the Capital of Gods many times. Luoyang is located in central China, with a superior geographical location and convenient transportation. In ancient times, Luoyang was the center of politics, culture, and economy, attracting many scholars, artists, businessmen, and politicians. The city has numerous palaces, temples, gardens, and cultural sites, such as the White Horse Temple, the Longmen Grottoes, and the Luoyang International Bridge, which have witnessed the prosperity and splendor of ancient China. The title of Luoyang, "Capital of Gods", reflects its important status and unique charm in ancient times.

Luocheng Airport is located on the Mangshan Mountain in the northern suburbs of Luocheng City, HEN Province, covering an area of ​​1.8 square kilometers, with a flight area grade of 4D. Construction of Luocheng Airport started in 1986 and it was completed and opened to traffic in September 1987. On August 9, 1992, after the State Council approved the opening of Luocheng Air Port to the outside world, its supporting facilities were expanded. It is currently the main airport in HEN Province except Xinzheng Airport in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital.

At this time, there were already flights from Sijiu City to Luo City, and Jiang Yan and his friends took the plane to Luo City.

When Jiang Yan and his friends landed, Feng Yang, the director of the Chundu Ham Sausage Factory, came to pick them up in person.

When talking about ham sausage in later generations, the first thing that comes to mind is Shuanghui produced in Luohe. People who eat more ham sausage may also know that there is Jinluo Ham in Shandong and Yurun Ham in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Basically, there are only a few brands that are well-known. But do you know? The king of ham sausage was not Shuanghui, nor Jinluo Yurun. It was Chundu Ham Sausage from Luocheng, an important industrial city and tourist city in Henan.

At that time, Chundu ham sausage not only occupied 70% of the domestic market share, but also attracted the attention of many foreign countries. Many foreign countries and companies came to Chundu to visit and learn. Chundu began to expand wildly. Some wood, leather and other companies that had nothing to do with pork processing were registered under the name of Chundu and became subsidiaries of Chundu. After several years of crazy expansion, the assets of Chundu Group increased by an average of six times per year. From 1987 million yuan in 3950, it increased to nearly 30 billion yuan. However, the expansion did not bring much profit to Chundu, and Chundu still carried a heavy burden. Because the battle line was too long, more than half of the 17 companies merged and acquired by Chundu Group were loss-making. And most of the investments in more than 20 companies in which it participated and controlled could not be recovered.

However, the good times did not last long. In 1993, due to improper management, a fire broke out in Chundu, causing a loss of about 4000 million yuan. In addition, the rise of Shuanghui, which was invested by Jiang Yan and He Yuzhu, posed a great competitive threat to Chundu, so that it lost in the competition.

However, by chance, people from the Luocheng government got to know Jiang Yan, and they also knew that Luocheng was Jiang Yan's hometown, so they stepped forward and Jiang Yan directly invested in Chundu Ham Sausage, and held 60% of the shares. The rest were all in the hands of the government. After Jiang Yan injected the capital, he sent Feng Yang to take over. After making drastic changes, he only left meat products such as ham sausage to focus on.

Moreover, with the appearance of Jiang Yan, the competition between Chundu and Shuanghui calmed down, and they turned to healthy competition of product upgrade and taste upgrade. Now the two companies invested by Jiang Yan have almost occupied most of the market space of ham sausage. It also brought two large profitable enterprises to Zhongyuan Province and became a major taxpayer.

"Boss, boss lady." Feng Yang greeted them with a smile when he saw Jiang Yan and the others coming out of the airport.

"Thank you for your help, Xiao Feng." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"It's no trouble. It's our honor to have the boss and his wife come in person."

"Boss, do you want to visit our factory this time? People from the government want to see you after they know you are coming. How do you think we should arrange it?" Feng Yang asked in the car.

"Please make the arrangements with the government and inform me when the time comes. As for the factory, I'll find time to go and take a look. But I'm a retired person and I'm ready to enjoy life." Jiang Yan said.

"Los Angeles has changed a lot in the past few years!" Jiang Yan said as he looked at the scenery outside.

"In recent years, the government has allocated a new district on the south bank of Los Angeles and is preparing to vigorously develop it. Now the road has been widened and there are more cars." Feng Yang continued. Hearing this, Jiang Yan understood that the government probably wanted to find him because of the new district, but it was good to meet him. Jiang Yan originally planned to come back this time to invest and give back to his hometown in his previous life.

The place they were arranged to stay was a small courtyard in the old town of Los Angeles, because everyone in the company knew that Jiang Yan didn't like living in a building.

"Boss, this is the old city. We have everything we need to eat and drink. The small courtyard has been renovated and someone will clean it up every day. You can stay here without any worries."

In the evening, Feng Yang took Jiang Yan and the others to eat an authentic water feast. Jiang Yan hadn't tasted this flavor for many years, so he enjoyed the meal very much.

The next day, Feng Yang took Jiang Yan and Jiang Sirui to the factory, listened to their reports, and then met with government officials in the evening and negotiated several projects. In the following time, Jiang Yan took Jiang Sirui to wander around Luocheng.

"Old man, isn't Luocheng the thousand-year-old imperial capital? Why can't I see any city walls?" Jiang Sirui asked while looking at the modern replica of the city wall in the old city.

Hearing Jiang Sirui's question, Jiang Yan looked at the modern restored Lijing Gate, sighed, and then spoke.

"The city wall of Luocheng was a rammed earth wall. In the sixth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, General Lu Ling, the envoy of Henan Province, covered the rammed earth with a layer of blue bricks and transformed the earth wall into a blue brick city wall. Since then, Luocheng has had a blue brick city wall. This city wall was still intact until the Republic of China period."

"When the Anti-Japanese War began, the country was lost. By 1939, Luocheng had become the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone and the seat of the Central Plains Provincial Government. The then commander-in-chief of the First War Zone, Wei Lihuang, ordered the city walls to be leveled to facilitate transportation and defense. In the Luocheng County Chronicles, there is a related record: "In December of the th year of the Republic of China, the Anti-Japanese War lasted for a long time, and the enemy was pressing in. For the sake of national defense and evacuation, the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone issued an order to all counties to level the foundations of the city walls." The removed blue bricks were used to build fortifications. However, the city walls of Luocheng had not completely disappeared at this time, but a small part of the rammed earth wall was left, interspersed with blue bricks."

"In May 1944, the Japanese army surrounded Los Angeles on three sides. Prior to this, the Japanese had been bombing Los Angeles intermittently for seven years."

"Faced with a powerful enemy, the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang did not surrender. When the outer fortifications were breached, they defended the outskirts of the city. When the outskirts of the city were breached, they fought street battles. The people of Luoyang dug trenches on all the main roads in the city, reducing the width of the streets by half. However, in the end, the defense of Luoyang failed and the city fell. The above-ground part of the Luoyang city wall also disappeared in this tragic battle."

"It can be said that the city wall of Luo City was destroyed tragically, heroically, and gloriously." Jiang Yan spoke with pride and loneliness as he looked at the retro city wall.

After hearing Jiang Yan's story, Jiang Sirui fell silent, and at the same time he developed respect for this city.

Jiang Yan spent a week here. On the first day, she went to the Longmen Grottoes, where she saw a grotto known as one of the three largest grottoes in the country. Then she went to the White Horse Temple, the first ancient Buddhist temple, where she burned incense and prayed. Then Jiang Yan drove her to visit famous places. The two of them had fun here without any restrictions and freely.

Half a month later, the two went to Shenzhen.

(End of this chapter)