Chapter 11: All-in-one (two)

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In the Zhaozhen Center, the relevant material channels are mainly divided into two parts: part leads to the Yimeng base in Shandong; part leads to the second base in the north.

In addition to the hidden passageway that transits through the blockade line through Dazhushan and the underground passageway under construction, the material passageway leading to the Yimeng base will be opened in Boshan under the name of Sihai Industry and Huamei Company, so as to open a material transportation channel using the Jiaoji Line to the open surface of Boshan after the opening of the chunk next year, so as to carry out relevant materials and equipment to the Yimeng base.

In addition, in order to accelerate the transportation of materials from Qingdao's special wharf to the Dazhushan base, Zhao Zhenzhong also planned to use the original rural road to build a 15-kilometer highway from the special wharf to Dawan Village, and at the same time expand the existing fishing port in Dawan Village so that it can dock with more than 100 tons of freighters. In this way, the materials transported from overseas on the special wharf can be easily transported to the dock of Sihai Industrial's Dazhushan Quarry through the Dawan Village Fishing Port, and then transported to the Yiméng base base.

The material passage in the north uses Tianjin's special wharf, Pingjin Line, Pingsui Line, Yellow River Waterway and the Tongpu Railway to be built to transport all kinds of materials to the Baode base in the name of starting industries, and then transported from Baode to other places where needed.

However, since Tianjin Port cannot dock the 10,000-ton ship, the soon-to-be-finished special dock can only be used by cargo ships with a load capacity of 5,000 tons. The materials transported overseas can only be transported to Qingdao first, and then transferred from Qingdao to Tianjin. The Tongpu Line will not be completed and used in the next year. Zhao Zhenzhong can only transport materials to Baode through the Pingsui Line and the Yellow River Waterway. However, the Yellow River Waterway from Baotou to Baode is a bit far away, and it takes two or three days to travel back and forth. In order to speed up the transfer of materials, Zhao Zhenzhong plans to build two inland docks in the mouth of the river in Tokto County and Baode, so that it can dock sailboats with a load capacity of 20 tons, and at the same time shorten the river transportation distance to more than 150 kilometers. If it goes well, it can travel back and forth twice on the same day.

In this era, there were no hydropower stations and many irrigation projects for Yellow River. In addition, the Yellow River has abundant water, so it is still fine to pass about 20 tons of ships on the more than 150 kilometers of waterway between Baode and the estuary. In later generations, due to the emergence of hydropower stations and irrigation projects, the water level of the Yellow River has dropped, and it would be nice to be able to dock about 10 tons of ships near Baode.

As for railway capacity, Zhao Zhenzhong was not very worried. Now Huamei Company transports goods through Pingjin and Pingsui Railways in the name of transporting disaster relief materials, and pays them in full in terms of freight. It would be no problem to have Zhu Qinglan come forward to clear Zhang Xueliang and the generals of the Northeast Army. Besides, he and Yu Xuezhong, the current commander of Pingjin garrison, are not very good, and the safety of the Pingjin Line is in charge of Xuezhong. I think that even if Yu Xuezhong comes forward, he can also ensure the supply of car bags.

Of course, the northern material channel in Zhao Zhen’s center is not just this, but other planning and construction requires the construction of a second base and the northwestern Shanxi and other places to be included in the bag before it can be developed. Now is far from the time to think about it.

As for the Northeast, Liu Chenglin has started to carry out relevant construction in Shenyang. Next is the time to build a car transport team in Shenyang. In addition to transporting the materials required for relevant construction, you can also familiarize yourself with the road conditions in advance, especially the road conditions from Shenyang to Huludao Port, so as to prepare for the incident next autumn.

However, although things are all intricate, for Zhao Zhenzhong, the most important thing now is to build a safe and secure material storage place in Baode to store all kinds of disaster relief materials, construction materials, etc. that are coming one after another.

After staying in Dongsheng County for two days, Li Yuntian gave Wu Mingshan all the affairs and took a car transporting disaster relief supplies to Fugu with Zhao Zhenzhong.

The load-loaded cars of this era do not have the kind of car air conditioners like later generations, but they use the heat emitted by the car engine to heat the cab, which makes Zhao Zhenzhong, Li Yuntian and the driver suffer a lot less.

There was no car road between Dongsheng and Fugu, but this area was close to the edge of the Máo Suwu Desert. The terrain was flat and the surface was hard after the earth was frozen, making it convenient for cars to drive. After nearly 5, Zhao Zhenzhong and his group arrived at Fugu, and then entered Baode through the Yellow River floating bridge between Fugu and Baode.

In the past, Zhao Zhenzhong had passed by Baode several times, including those who went to Wannian Bingdong, Ningwu County during holidays with his classmates, and those who passed by when he went to Taiyuan Satellite Development Base with his tutor during his PhD. However, every time he came and went in Baode, he only had some impressions left in Zhao Zhenzhong's mind about this area. In his memory, in addition to a large amount of coal, Baode and northwest Shanxi also had rich bauxite, limestone, sulfur and iron ore and other resources, which was really a good place for construction and development. However, Zhao Zhenzhong was not very clear about the specific location of these resources except for a few mining areas that he had passed by. It is winter now, and it is not the season for exploration and development, so he can only choose a good place for base construction first.

But the Baode and northwest Shanxi in this era are obviously not comparable to the northwest Shanxi that Zhao Zhenzhong had previously remembered. Although the terrain of this era is not much different from that of later generations, the cultural landscape is completely different from that of later generations. Without the spacious roads in later generations, there are no tall buildings in later generations. What Zhao Zhenzhong saw along the way is narrow, broken, dirty villages and towns, as well as the shivering figures and numb eyes of the people in the cold winter wind. The only thing that makes Zhao Zhenzhong feel a little excited is that the northwest Shanxi in this era is high in mountains and dense forests, and the thick ice layer in the river.

After arriving at the county town, Zhao Zhenzhong asked the driver to send the disaster relief supplies to the personnel responsible for the North China Charity Federation, while he and Li Yuntian walked around the county town at will.

In front of a best-built house in the county town, Zhao Zhenzhong stopped and asked Li Yuntian, who had been here with Zhu Qinglan: "Is this the county office?"

"No, it's a school." Li Yuntian said, "When I first came, I thought it was the county office, and later I found out that it was the county high school. Moreover, in addition to Mandarin and arithmetic, the courses of this high school also include citizens, nature, geography, history, sports, art, music and English. After learning about the situation, I was surprised. I didn't expect that Chief Yan was so dedicated to education and the curriculum settings were so diverse. Although the construction area of ​​the county office was not xiǎo, they were all old houses left over from the past, which was much dilapidated than this."

"Since the Republic of China, Chief Yan has dealt with various forces. Although it is for his own benefit, he has also done many things that are beneficial to the elders of Shanxi." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed, "Like this year's war, the people of Shanxi were urged to pay so much money and grain. After the war, the Jin banknotes depreciated severely. If it were replaced by Shandong, the people would have risen long ago, but the people in Shanxi endured it. It can be seen that Yan Xishan was controlling the people in Shanxi and still had a way of winning over the hearts of the people."

What Zhao Zhenzhong thought of was that when Taiyuan was liberated in history, although Yan Xishan had fled, his subordinates could still resist with the absence of his commander, and even committed suicide after defeat. In the end, in the face of the Kuomintang's situation in mainland China, the siege side used 250,000 troops and more than 1,300 mén artillery, and paid the price of 45,000 casualties. It took half a year to conquer Taiyuan, which was defended by more than 100,000 people. The Battle of Taiyuan also became the longest, most fierce, and most expensive city battle in the Liberation War.

After seeing the renovated Gaoxiǎo, Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Yuntian continued to wander around the county town.

Baode County is located in the northwest of the county, which is Chengnei Village, Dongguan Town, Baode in later generations. This county was first built in the Song Dynasty and later rebuilt during the Qianlong period. By the Republic of China, the construction of the county had begun to take shape and was the political, economic and cultural center of the entire county.

The county town is actually not big, with only 600 households and more than 30 shops in the city. Rather than being a county town, it is more like a larger market town. There is a street that leads from south to north in the middle of the county town. The county office is located at the north end of the street, and is a county government that has been passed down since ancient times.

On the east side of the county office is the City God Temple, with four entrances and nine halls; on the west side there is the Confucius Temple, and in front of the Mén is the Jiulong Screen Wall. On the east side of the North and South Street, the Guandi Temple, the Zushi Temple, the South Temple, the Fire God Temple, and the Plague God Temple; on the west side there are the large temple and the Niangniang Temple.

Although the county town was not big, Zhao Zhenzhong saw many ancient sites here that were not available elsewhere, and he was in a good mood. Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Yuntian went to the county government to visit the county magistrate Ma Fanshu.

Ma Fanshu did not look like a county magistrate, but a bit like an old pedan. After the greetings, Ma Fanshu was extremely happy to learn about the purpose of Zhao Zhenzhong and others.

"We Baode has been a poor place since ancient times. 'Hequ Baodezhou, and it will not be collected for nine out of ten years. Men walk outside the mouth, and nv people dig out sarcastic vegetables', which is what we are talking about." Ma Fanshu did not avoid Baode's predicament and said directly, "A few days ago, the chairman of the provincial government and business sent a public letter to the county, saying that a company was going to Baode and northwest Shanxi to explore, develop minerals, establish industries, and build a bus road from Baode to Shuozhou. We asked our county to cooperate vigorously at that time. I was still a little skeptical at that time. But then I saw someone building a pontoon bridge in the Yellow River. After asking, I learned that there were disaster relief materials and construction materials to be transported over. I believed that the public letter was the real thing. Now when I saw Mr. Zhao and Mr. Li, the matter was sure. This is a great news for our county."

"County Ma, we are here this time to discuss with you. First set aside a place and we will build a place that can accommodate all kinds of materials, and we will start to build a construction matter later." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "There are a lot of materials behind, and if there is no need to talk about the entry and exit of cars, the existing places will definitely not be stored."

"Where are you going to choose between those two gentlemen?" said Ma Fanshu. "As long as our county office can help, we will definitely help the two gentlemen solve the problem."

"Since we are here to explore and develop minerals, we will definitely fight with the mountains. In addition, since we are here to provide disaster relief, we cannot infringe on the people's places. Therefore, we want to find a place in the mountains within the county so as to facilitate future work." Zhao Zhenzhong asked Li Yuntian to take out a map of Shanxi from the bag he carried with him and open it, pointing to the place on the map and said, "We want to choose a place in Guancen Mountain in Baode, Wuzhai, and Guilan Mountain in the border areas of Baode, Wuzhai, and Guilan Mountain."

"There are basically barren mountains over there, so there is definitely no problem choosing there." Ma Fanshu hesitated, "However, there is a sparse population there, so it may be inconvenient in all aspects?"

"There is no inconvenience. We will recruit victims to work, build roads, and mines in the future, and the situation there will be improved." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "Of course, the materials will be stored in the county town for the time being, so we have to worry about County Ma."

After being kind enough, Zhao Zhenzhong and Li Yuntian said goodbye and left.

"Uncle Master, we have to start from scratch again in the mountains there." Li Yuntian smiled and said, "But Uncle Master, are you sure there is no problem there?"

"The scope of my drawing on the map is large enough that I can definitely find the coal and limestone we need to open a cement factory. Besides, it is better to build our material storage base in the mountains. Don't worry, there must be a place suitable for us there." Zhao Zhenzhong is very confident that since later generations can build a Taiyuan satellite development base there, it is just a piece of cake to build a material storage base there.
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