At 8 o'clock on Monday morning, Li Rui came to the International Hotel as agreed with Ma Wenjie. Ma Wenjie was already waiting in the hotel lobby, and there was also a middle-aged man wearing glasses and about 40 years old who was about 40 years old when he was wearing glasses.

"You are Li Rui, aren't you?" the middle-aged man greeted with a smile.

"Who are you?" Li Rui didn't know him.

"His name is Luo Jingbo. He is a classmate from the same class and different departments as my uncle and I. He was the proud soccer of Dean Li back then. He is now a professor in the Department of Geology of the School of Engineering. Originally, I didn't want to bring any experts. Since I met him at the party yesterday, I dragged him on." Ma Wenjie introduced with a smile.

"Hello, Professor Luo." Li Rui hurriedly greeted.

Luo Jingbo pushed his glasses and smiled, "I often saw you following your uncle and Wenjie back then."

Li Rui smiled bitterly and said, "Professor Luo, I'm really embarrassed. I was still young at that time and I really had no impression."

"Haha, actually I heard Wen Jie say just now, saying that you are coming to pick us up. You were only in your teens at that time, and now if you meet outside, I can't recognize you at all. Who would have thought that the naughty little guy back then is now the secretary?" Luo Jingbo was a little familiar and said intimately with Li Rui's hand.

After a while of greeting, Ma Wenjie said, "How much time does it take to get to your Qingshanquan Town here?"

"It's about two hours." Li Rui replied.

"Well, then let's set off quickly. It's almost noon there." Ma Wenjie said.

Li Rui smiled and said, "You are afraid you have no food to eat. I have called back and asked them to arrange it. We will go and see it when we arrive. Then I will invite you two to dinner."

"When you go to your territory, of course you will follow your arrangements."

Luo Jingbo was quite talkative. He talked to Ma Wenjie about the distribution of limestone in the car. "... From a geological perspective, the coastal areas of our country all the way to the southwest region belong to karst terrain, and there should be a lot of limestone distribution..."

Li Rui couldn't help asking: "Professor Luo, last year our county invited geological experts from the city to our Nanqiao to inspect the resource distribution. In addition to coal resources, the Nanqiao is divided into many limestone minerals on both sides of the Pengshui River. And it is mainly concentrated in our Qingshanquan Town. You should have heard of this situation?"

Luo Jingbo said: "Last year, I happened to be invited by the University of California to give lectures there for a year. I just came back in March today. I am not very clear about what you said. But I went over and took a look, collected some samples and analyzed them. "

Speaking of sample analysis, Li Rui has always thought of analyzing the soil of six poor villages on the mountain and several main agricultural producing villages at the foot of the mountain to see if he could find some of the most suitable crop cultivation, so as to increase agricultural output as much as possible and increase farmers' income.

He said this to Luo Jingbo, and Luo Jingbo smiled and said, "Soil can be analyzed, of course, but I can only analyze the specific ingredients of the soil. I know nothing about planting suitable crops. But your idea is very good. Now you advocate scientific farming! In this way, last time I went to the provincial capital for a meeting, I happened to meet a professor from the Provincial Agricultural University. He is an expert in agriculture. He happened to give me a business card. After I went back, I would like to contact him. You can contact him. I heard from him that their Provincial Agricultural University is also preparing to set up a few agricultural experimental fields in several representative areas of the province. Most of our province is plain areas. The northern mountainous areas are mainly concentrated in your Nanqiao County. I think they should be interested in setting up a test site in Qingshanquan Town."

The suggestion made by Luo Jingbo is good. If he can establish a cooperative relationship with the Provincial Agricultural University, it should be of great help to agricultural technology. Li Rui hurriedly thanked him.

The journey was very smooth and arrived in less than two hours. Li Rui did not go directly to the town, but drove the car to the foot of the mountain not far from Jiangbian Village. It was bordered by the Pengshui River. At the foot of the mountain was a large river beach with rugged rocks. Because it was impossible to grow crops, it was deserted.

Luo Jingbo got off the car and picked up a small stone from the river beach to check it carefully. He couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, the taste is quite good." He said, looking up at the mountains by the river, and said, "If there are all these stones here, there is no need to test them at all. You can build a large cement factory."

Li Rui was overjoyed when he heard this. He had only seen from the materials that experts came to Nanqiao to inspect mineral resources in the past year, and mentioned that the mountains on both sides of the Pengshui River have rich limestone resources. Since then, he had the idea of ​​introducing a cement factory. This time he happened to meet Ma Wenjie who had two large cement production lines on hand, so he planned to take advantage of this inspection to find a way to convince Ma Wenjie to invest here. The only uncertain thing is whether the limestone resources here are as rich as those written on the materials. Obviously, he has got the answer from Luo Jingbo now.

"Brother Wenjie, how about it? I didn't lie to you. We have rich limestone resources. You see, right next to it is Pengshui River. Although it is a river beach, as long as the river embankment is built, there will be nearly two or three thousand acres of land here, and it is also wasteland. It does not involve demolition and occupation of farmland, and the land cost is also very low. A dock can be built by the river, and transportation will be very convenient at that time. If a cement factory is built here... I won't say much, you will understand it yourself." Li Rui said to Ma Wenjie with a smile.

Ma Wenjie looked around and his expression was obviously a little moved. Although he had never started an industry, he was an experienced businessman after all, so he could understand the benefits.

"Don't rush to blow, and you know if there are all these stones on the mountain? If there isn't, don't match them." Ma Wenjie said with his hands behind his back, looking at the river, "Is the water deep there? Can you build a wharf?"

"Can you know if you can build it or not?"

Luo Jingbo couldn't wait and said, "You go to the riverside to take a look. I'll go up the mountain alone to get some samples."

"Professor Luo, how can you go up the mountain alone? Please wait a moment, I will call two people over. I will accompany you up the mountain and help you with it." Li Rui said as he took out his cell phone and called the town's Industry and Trade Office. The director of the Industry and Trade Office immediately sent two people over and told the specific location here.

It was only three or four kilometers away from the town. The three of them waited for about ten minutes and had not finished smoking a cigarette. They saw Wu Liming driving a construction brand motorcycle with a young man from their Industrial and Trade Office coming over.

Li Rui ordered him to accompany Luo Jingbo to go up the mountain to take samples. He walked to the riverside with Ma Wenjie. This was the peak water period, and the water in the river was turbulent, and hundreds of tons of ships passed by from time to time. Ma Wenjie picked up a stone from the ground, threw it into the water, and with a thump, the stone sank, and bubbles sank. It showed the depth of the water here. Li Rui pointed to the boat passing by in the river and said, "Brother Wenjie, look, here goes upstream into Shihu, passes through Shandong Province, and then extends to Hedong Province, downstream, otherwise it will connect to the Grand Canal. And it directly connects to the sea entrance of Donghai City, which is the largest sea transport terminal in our Suhuai Province. As long as another dock is built, the water transport can almost be said to be well connected. And although it is now in the peak water period, the Pengshui River connects Shihu, which is the largest lake north of the Yangtze River. Even in the dry water period, thousands of tons of ships can still run."

Ma Wenjie nodded. "It's indeed a good place. If you build the dam here, what's the price of this wasteland?"

Seeing Ma Wenjie's signs of being moved, Li Rui hurriedly said: "We are building a coal chemical industrial park to the south, where we plan to sell the land price there for 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. As for this place, if you are really interested, if you are really interested in it, we will cover all the roads in the factory, and how about the land price of 20,000 yuan per acre?"

Ma Wenjie didn't say anything, and the conditions proposed by Li Rui were undoubtedly very generous. If the mountains next to him did have rich limestone resources, it would be very appropriate to invest in a cement factory here, and the prospects were very attractive. He was already very moved. But he was not an impulsive person, and he was not mentally prepared.

Li Rui looked at Ma Wenjie who was silent. He suddenly realized that Ma Wenjie was not Ma Wenjie who had been working with him in his previous life to fight for grievances and shared worries. He had not been more than 48 hours since he met at his uncle's house the afternoon before. In his eyes, he was just a good friend's nephew, not like in his previous life, where everyone was a brother in distress. Obviously, it was obviously unrealistic to ask him to make such a major decision immediately.

Thinking of this, Li Rui's urgent mentality immediately calmed down, but he was still worried that the price he offered might not be enough to attract Ma Wenjie. He added: "Of course the land price can still be negotiated. In addition, we can also build a high-grade highway from here to the town to directly connect to the provincial road to solve the final traffic problem." Finally, he smiled and said: "For your brother Wenjie, I have already offered the best conditions, so you can think about it yourself. We have already planned to introduce a large cement factory here. If you are not interested, we will be preparing to formally invest in foreign investment."

Ma Wenjie thought for a moment and pondered: "Li Rui, the conditions you just proposed are indeed very generous, but I really didn't prepare to invest in a cement factory before. Do you think this is OK? On the one hand, I have to wait for Lao Lu's test to come out. On the other hand, I have made an appointment with a few friends to talk about the transfer of cement equipment. If the price is really not agreed, Lao Lu's test results will come out and confirm that there is indeed a large amount of limestone resources here. Let's talk about this matter officially, okay?"

Ma Wenjie looked very serious at this time, not like he was talking and laughing before. Li Rui nodded and said, "Okay, but I'm also talking ugly first. We can wait for you for a month at most. If you don't have a reply after a month, then we will officially recruit investment."

"Haha, OK! Regardless of whether this matter is successful or not, I promise to give you a reply within a month." When Li Rui agreed readily, Ma Wenjie seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and smiled.

The two stood on the river embankment and chatted for about an hour. Ma Wenjie blew his experiences in Russia over the years, while Li Rui introduced him to the situation of Qingshanquan Town, including the coal chemical industrial park under construction, and Qingshanquan Town has officially become a pilot project for the construction of small towns of the provincial party committee and government, etc.

At this time, Luo Jingbo and Wu Liming and the others also came down from the mountain. The three of them were holding many collected samples. Although they were exhausted and panting, Luo Jingbo still said excitedly: "The early geological experts' inspection was completely correct. There are indeed a large amount of limestone resources distributed on the mountain. From the naked eye, the taste is also quite high. Of course, the specific indicators have to wait for the test results. However, I believe that a large cement factory can be built here."

Li Rui and Ma Wenjie were also very happy to hear this. Li Rui looked at it and it was almost half past 11:00, and said with a smile: "Then let's go back for dinner first. Lao Wu, you can go there with us."

When Wu Liming was accompanying Luo Jingbo to collect samples, he had heard that Li Rui brought Ma Wenjie to inspect. He was very active and helped Luo Jingbo put the collected samples into the trunk of the car. He heard Li Rui's greeting and agreed with a smile. He quickly took care of the young cadre he brought, handed him the key to the motorcycle. He happily opened the car door and asked Ma Wenjie and others to get on the bus. After getting on the bus, at Ma Wenjie's request, Li Rui also drove around the construction site of the industrial park and the surroundings of the town.

Lu Jingzhong had already arranged lunch, and it was at Li Ji Yangsheng, Jiang Liansheng, Shen Zhiqing, Lu Jingzhong and Wu Liming accompanied the banquet. Although it was hot pot, the table of mountain delicacies and various meats made Luo Jingbo and Ma Wenjie have a feast, especially Ma Wenjie has lived abroad for a long time. Although he has been making up for domestic delicacies these days, he still praised them in the face of these fresh and strong rural flavors.

Luo Jingbo was also a rare occasion. In the morning, collecting samples on the riverside mountain aroused his interest in the geological structure of Qingshanquan Town. He proposed to go on the nearby mountain in the afternoon, collect some samples and check whether there are other mineral resources here. In this regard, the cadres of Qingshanquan Town certainly welcomed each other, and Wu Liming volunteered to accompany him to investigate and help Luo Jingbo take the initiative.

After lunch, Li Rui accompanied Ma Wenjie who was burping and had tea on the third floor. Originally, Li Ji Yangshengtang had only the first and second floors. The entire third floor of this row of storefronts was the property rights of the town's supply and marketing cooperative. It had been closed before. With the prosperity of Li Ji Yangshengtang's business and the idea of ​​increasing cooking, Shen Weidong came forward to rent the entire third floor. This place was originally a public asset, with the participation of Li Rui, Chen Shiwei and Jiang Liansheng. The rent was quite cheap, and the contract was signed for ten years. The third floor was still under renovation, but the tea room that Lin Fangfei proposed was completed. The six private rooms followed the decoration style of Yuzhuxuan and also had a mahjong table, which met the requirements of drinking tea and chatting and entertainment.
Chapter completed!