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Compared with many lively and crowded train stations, Lianyungang Central Railway Station may be the largest in the country. It is still a construction site until now. The huge station seems to have not been completed yet. Shan Na looks like it is undergoing exterior decoration.

The train station building, anyone can feel the scale of this train station.

But perhaps it is precisely because of its size that it looks like a deserted train station. Although the trains arrive on time every half an hour, the place still looks empty and quiet. Perhaps it is because the Longhai Railway has not yet been repaired.

As for Zheng County, perhaps because Lianyungang is not too prosperous, anyway, there are only a few passengers going up and down, at least not as busy as the train station in Shanghai.

Of course, the most important reason is probably that the scale of the station is far larger than other railway stations in the country.

After leaving the Central Railway Station, which was still a construction site, through the underground passage, Fan Yihui reached out and hailed a taxi. This is the difference between Lianyungang and other places. There are nearly two hundred taxis on the streets of Lianyungang. There are convenient taxis here.

There are buses and taxis, but there are no human-pulled rickshaws.

Well, it is said that someone once opened a similar company, but in the end it was difficult to maintain operations because no one wanted to pull a rickshaw. The rickshaw driver could find other jobs, which had about the same income as the rickshaw driver, but was more leisurely. At least, no need

It's as tiring as pulling a rickshaw, and it won't be exposed to wind or sun.

Because this was his first time in Lianyungang and he was not very familiar with the place, Fan Yihui decided to be extravagant and take a taxi. After getting in the car, he gave instructions to the driver.

"Please drive slower"

The driver looked at the guest in the rearview mirror. When the guest gave orders, he, as a driver, naturally had to obey them. The reason why he asked the driver to drive slower was just because Fan Yihui wanted to take this opportunity to get ahead of himself.

Let’s take a look at Lianyungang, which has become famous in China since the first year of the Republic of China.

"This is not only a station, but also a city. More than 100,000 people live and work in this "city" centered on the station. Most of them work in nearly a hundred companies affiliated to Liuhe Company, and thousands more

Workers who plan to work take company trains to work in mining areas several kilometers or even dozens of kilometers away. What kind of place do they live in? Maybe you think they are shantytowns in Zhabei, Shanghai, but in fact?

Workers in Lianyungang live in neat brick houses on both sides of the smooth streets, with carefully manicured lawns, clean running water in the house, and gas, a by-product of coking from the coking plant. Dense gas pipelines lead to

Thousands of households in Lianyungang have completely eliminated briquettes or firewood, and only have clean fuels such as gas. And these pipe networks are all connected to every building in Lianyung through the sewer system of Lianyungang.

And at the same time, the respected Mr. Li Zhiyuan also regarded Lianyungang as a model of efficiency and conservation. In order to avoid waste, sewage was naturally treated in man-made marshes outside the city and used as fertilizer for nearby farmland.

The grain and vegetables were transported back to the city and sold to residents. The discarded wood and sawdust were used as boiler fuel, and the wastewater was poured into several artificial lakes outside the city again.

Please imagine a town with a population of 100,000 and complete facilities built with beauty, harmony, and completeness in mind; a town surrounded by bright flowers and green velvet lawns, with beautiful parks and small ponds.

The town is dotted with exquisite gardens.

A town filled with brightly colored, wholesome houses, with fresh air and abundant light; in a word, a town that has eliminated all ugliness, disputes, and vices, and generously provided for everything that can give people self-respect and frugality.

, a clean and ethical modern Chinese city..."

This is a report that Fan Yihui has read. In the report, the reporter praised Liuhe Company and Lianyungang with great praise. It was a report that he saw when he was studying at MIT, and it was precisely because of that newspaper

, before returning to China, he sent his resume to Liuhe Company without hesitation. While waiting for a reply, he also paid attention to this city. Compared with the factories here, Fan Yihui saw more in the United States.

In the introduction to this city, it seems that in the eyes of Americans, the industry here is not worth mentioning.

No matter how you look at it, Lianyungang may be the youngest city in the world. Perhaps it is precisely because of its youth and precisely because it is built on a wasteland that the urban construction is very high. The city was planned and designed by the Germans, imitating Europe and the United States.

A city built in the capital of other countries, the per capita green space here is 2,400 square meters, more than twice that of Washington, making it the world's largest city. Moreover, Lianyungang has many firsts in Asia and even the world: the world's first radio station, as well as radio stations all over the country.

The city's radio network, the first city in Asia to have universal access to flush toilets, the first city in the world to have universal piped gas. The first city in Asia to plan a subway, the first city in the world to implement wires into the ground, main streets

Lighting and telecommunications lines are run underground...

But Fan Yihui doesn't pay much attention to these firsts. He pays more attention to the industry that this city relies on for survival. In fact, apart from the good living environment, the most fundamental reason for choosing this place is

Or because of the factories here, only here can he give full play to what he has learned in the United States and be able to connect "the future of the individual and the future of the country". When the car is driving on the street, he sees the beauty of the road.

There is a steel placard hanging in the air.

"A good life is created by hard work"

On both sides of the road are trees more than ten meters high, with dense leaves that cover the sky. The green asphalt road reflects the shade of trees stretching in front of the car. Just looking at these trees, it is difficult to imagine that this is a new city.

Although it was his first time to come to Lianyun, Fan Yihui still knew that most of these trees were transplanted from other places.

Looking towards the roadside, Linyuan-style schools and libraries flashed behind the car. At this moment, stepping into this city, Fan Yihui suddenly had the illusion of being in the United States. Looking towards the roadside

, he only saw that the center of the street was a flower bed with blooming flowers, the sidewalks were lined with tall, dark green trees, and the neat and clean red-brick residential areas surrounded by green spaces.

The driver saw the man's admiring look in the rearview mirror and said proudly.

"Sir, what do you think of this place?"

"very beautiful"

Fan Yihui answered truthfully, on the train, what he saw were the cities and villages along the line, all of which were messy, dilapidated and low mud houses, and the people with dull expressions on the streets.

But after the railway was transferred to the Longhai Line, everything changed. It seemed like entering two worlds. The gap between the worlds was no less than the gap between Zhabei and the Concession, the gap between heaven and earth.

His answer made the driver's face show some pride.

"That's right, we... are the best in the country."

When the driver proudly said the best, the car turned onto a wider asphalt road, about twenty meters wide. The clear sunshine shone through the not-so-tall French paulownia tree. Behind the tree was a spacious

There are bicycle lanes, and then there are sidewalks. On both sides of the sidewalks, there are buildings with at least 3 floors or more. There are various signs hanging in front of the buildings: pubs, restaurants, theaters, department stores, grain stores, grocery stores, this is

It is an extremely important street market, and on both sides of the road, you can always see women with peaceful expressions and rosy complexions walking on the sidewalk, going in and out of shops from time to time, and sprinklers spraying water on the main street slowly drive towards you.

The car drove onto another road and stopped in front of a six-story European-style hotel. The driver looked back at the guests.

"Sir, you can go to the room and have a rest first. If you are applying for a position in the company, you only need to take the company's notice and you can check in directly. This hotel company has reserved rooms for new employees for many years.

"

At this time, the car door was opened by the hotel attendant.

“Welcome”

The waiter politely greeted the guest. At the same time, the driver also got out of the car, opened the trunk, took out the suitcase brought by Miss Yang and handed it to the waiter beside him.

"Excuse me, where is the bank? I would like to exchange some Huaihai coupons."

After checking in at the lobby desk, Fan Yihui took out an envelope of silver dollars from his suitcase. Originally, he might have brought those banknotes issued by foreign banks, but he had learned from reports that there was only one currency here.

The ones that can be circulated are Huaihai coupons. The shops here only accept Huaihai coupons. As for other currencies and banknotes, they are always rejected. Foreign bank banknotes and even Huaihai Bank refuse to exchange them. Moreover, even silver dollars are difficult to circulate. There are no Huaihai coupons.

, it is simply difficult to move forward, so everyone who comes here usually first exchanges the silver dollar certificates of Huaihai Bank.

Correspondingly, Huaihai Bank's Huaihai bonds are very hard to pass in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and even Shandong, Hubei and other places. Its strength is no less than that of European and American bank bonds, so it is welcomed by businessmen. Banks and banks are also willing to accept this kind of hardness.

Bank bonds issued for half a year can be directly exchanged for silver dollars or foreign exchange at Huaihai Savings Bank.

The reason why everyone believes in this kind of banknotes is very simple. The head office in Lianyungang has a large "underground vault" in which a large amount of gold, silver and foreign exchange are stored. As long as each bank needs it, thousands of them can be withdrawn at any time.

With ten thousand taels of cash, anyone can line up to enter the bank to visit during bank working hours. Not to mention ordinary people, even the rich and powerful have never seen so much gold and silver in their lives.

Anyone can feel the financial strength of Huaihai Bank as long as they enter the vault, and they will naturally have the impression that Huaihai Bank is financially strong. The credit of commercial banks is based on its financial strength, and Huaihai Savings Bank relies on its ability to make people visit the bank vault.

, spread the word about one's financial resources, and then let the public believe in the creditworthiness of this bank.

"Sir, if you need it, you can redeem company coupons here"

The lobby manager still had a smile on his face when he answered. Currency exchange is also one of the hotel's service functions.

"Sir, do you need change?"

While the staff on the side were counting the silver coins, the lobby manager asked with a smile, and then added something.

"When taking a bus at the company, you only need to invest one copper dollar to travel the entire route, which is very convenient."

Fan Yihui nodded. He also knew that Lianyungang has the only public transportation network in China consisting of buses and trams, and the subway will be opened in the future. Many American reporters who have visited Lianyungang even think that Lianyungang’s public transportation may be

The most developed and scientific public transportation network in the world, the designer of Lianyungang's public transportation network was designed by Li Zicheng, the chairman of Liuhe Company and the envoy of Huaihai Economic Affairs. The biggest feature of Lianyungang's public transportation system is that it fully considers

Regarding the needs of ordinary passengers, perhaps it is because of different starting points. Public tram companies in various countries often consider economic factors when designing routes, but Lianyungang first considers the convenience of passengers.

When receiving those "Huaihai coupons", out of curiosity, he first looked at the paper Huaihai coupons. They were printed very beautifully. The cover of the ten-yuan note showed a picture of a factory, with "Shi" written on the four corners.

On the left side, the watermark is transparent, but when you flip to the back, there is a picture of a man and a woman playing with their children in the park, with a sentence written underneath.

"Hard work is the only way to ensure the happiness of your family"

On the back of each "company coupon" with a different denomination, there are pictures of workers' families and the words "Work equals happiness" with the same meaning. On the copper coins, Fan Yihui was surprised to see a sentence.

"Work hard for the happiness of your family"

This was definitely different from any other currency, at least different from the currencies he had come into contact with in the past. This Huaihai Coupon was just like Lianyungang, and it was completely different from the outside world.

After nightfall, Fan Yihui, who was standing in his room on the fifth floor, watched from the window as this "model city" called by the newspaper came alive under the lights. Even the streets that seemed deserted in the afternoon also became lively, and the street lights lit up the night.

, the colorful neon lights made the city extraordinarily beautiful. Looking at the two-story small bungalows with lights on in his sight, Fan Yihui had a smile on his face.

At least on the first day, this city left a very good impression on him. It is cleaner and more modern than Shanghai, and the most important thing is that this is a Chinese city built by the Chinese themselves.

"This is Lianyungang..."

Sitting in the car, Xu Shuzheng, who had just arrived in Lianyungang, looked at the Lianyungang in front of him in surprise. He was completely stunned by what he saw. Even the concession in Tianjin was not as good as Lianyungang.

lively.

The more important point is that Xu Shuzheng knows better than anyone else that it took only two years for the city in front of him to come into existence from scratch. As a native of Xiao County, he is not unfamiliar with Haizhou, at least this place is.

In the past, it was absolutely a wasteland, but now it has completely turned into a city.

"Li Zhiyuan"
To be continued...