You Wenpei, the magistrate of Mengjin County, Henan, is accompanying officials sent by the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Industry to inspect the Yellow River channel.

He asked with some anxiety: "Mr. Zhao, what is the geographical location of our Mengjin County? Is it suitable for building a reservoir?"

The imperial court plans to build a large number of reservoirs, and this news has already been spread throughout the world through many authoritative newspapers.

Juventus knows that no matter where this large reservoir falls, it will be like pie in the sky.

Building large reservoirs does not require local expenditures, but the place that benefits the most is the location of the reservoir.

The implementation of a large-scale reservoir project requires a large amount of raw materials and labor during the project preparation stage.

This is obvious to all as a boost to the local economy and can lift many people out of poverty.

After the completion of the Daxing Reservoir, the reservoir needs to be subject to overall regulation by the Ministry of Water Resources.

But the local resistance to floods and droughts is far beyond ordinary.

The most critical point is that this project will also become a booster for Juventus' career.

He will stand out from many magistrates and have the possibility of further advancement.

Juventus is very concerned about large-scale reservoir projects, and this is the main reason.

If this project cannot have an impact on his career, he will ignore it.

Zhao Youlin heard Ju Wenpei ask this. He often dealt with local officials and could hear the subconscious minds of these people.

He said with a smile: "Youzhi County, the situation here is more suitable for building a large reservoir, and if nothing else, the site should be chosen here.

This place is some distance from the old channel of the Yellow River, and the sediment content in the river is not high.

Building a large reservoir here will prevent a large amount of sediment from the Yellow River from being deposited in the reservoir.

Sediment and gravel accumulated in the new channel of the Yellow River, and large amounts of water were released from the reservoir, impacting the sediment in the river channel and entering the sea.

The location of the reservoir can basically be determined. Our Ministry of Industry will take advantage of the dry season of the Yellow River to build the framework of the reservoir as soon as possible.

There is still a lot of work that requires the cooperation of Youzhi County."

When Juventus heard this satisfying news, he was very excited, but he suppressed his excitement.

He immediately held Zhao Youlin's hand and said excitedly: "Mr. Zhao, please rest assured that we in Mengjin County will fully cooperate with the Ministry of Works to build the reservoir.

Anyone who dares to be careless about this matter and affect the construction of the reservoir will be informed by Mr. Zhao and I will handle it personally."

What Ju Wenpei said is sincere. As long as he is from Mengjin County, whoever dares to influence the construction of the reservoir will affect his promotion.

No matter who it is, Juventus will never show any mercy.

Even if he is a dragon crossing the river, he will let this person see why the county magistrate is called Bailihou.

Zhao Youlin sensed Juvenpei's determination. He knew that these local officials wanted the reservoir to be completed as soon as possible than they did.

These people all know that the important figures in the court, from His Majesty the Emperor to the Cabinet, are all focused on the construction of the reservoir.

As long as there is a slight disturbance, the news can be passed to the ears of these adults.

If they are not working hard to express themselves at this time, then they really are not worthy of becoming a county magistrate.

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Juventus immediately summoned the main officials on the front line and the heads of each township.

He informed the court that a large reservoir would be built in the county.

Everyone must protect the next reservoir construction work.

Wherever something goes wrong, the local officials will be responsible.

Juventus used his official hat as a means of pressure to mobilize all officials in the county to escort the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects.

They only need to wait for the imperial court to confirm the project, allocate project funds, and the construction of the reservoir will officially begin.

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Juventus was wearing a down jacket, and there were tiny bits of duck down on the clothes, constantly coming out of it.

The down jacket is made of silk, and the high-count fabric still cannot stop the tiny duck down from getting out.

Most people wear cotton coats in winter and silk down jackets that shed constantly. Such people are either rich or noble.

There was also a group of people behind Juventus. They were also wearing down jackets and got into a car painted with silver paint.

He said with emotion: "A Lu car only costs 6,000 taels of silver. Once this small car comes out, who will buy a Longchang car with more than 100,000 taels of silver?"

Juventus just said the grapes were sour when he couldn't eat them.

Emperor Su He, Prince Su Shu, and Prime Minister Qian Mingyi would ride Longchang Bus.

Longchang Automobile focuses on safety and fashion, and the car shell uses high-priced special steel.

I heard that even a rifle shot at close range cannot penetrate the shell of a car.

The price is very expensive. If you want to ride in this kind of car, the lowest official you have to be is the governor.

They, the grassroots officials, can only ride in cheap new brand cars.

In order to compete for the market, these cars are sold at extremely low prices, generally less than 10,000 taels of silver coins.

Juventus got into the car and was quite satisfied with his current way of traveling.

The comfort of riding in a car is much better than that of a bumpy carriage.

The car was driving very fast on the road, and before it left the county town, its speed slowly slowed down.

The driver said helplessly: "Sir, the car seems to be out of gas. We must go to the gas station to fill it up."

How much fuel is left in the current car's fuel tank? This all depends on the driver's experience and judgment.

Or open the hood and use a ruler to measure how much diesel is left?

Juventus waved his hand and said: "Go to the gas station to refuel immediately, don't waste time."

The driver immediately turned and drove towards the gas station.

There is a gas station beside every major road out of the county town, and they belong to different owners.

They came to this gas station in the north of the city, which was owned by Fang's Trading Company.

Juventus saw the driver get out of the car and didn't know what was going on. He quarreled with the gas station manager.

"Xiao Wang is really impetuous and doesn't pay attention to the occasion at all."

While Juventus spoke, he opened the car door.

He went to the reservoir construction site today to express condolences to the people building the reservoir, wearing an official uniform.

The gas station manager saw the county magistrate getting out of his car.

Nowadays, only ordinary people can afford to drive a car.

But being able to open a gas station means the relationship behind it is even more profound.

An ordinary person in Mengjin County is not afraid of offending even if he can afford to drive a car.

But there are only a few people who, with his profound background, are unwilling to offend, and the county magistrate is on the list.

If the people do not fight with the officials, the county officials are not as good as taking charge now.

Even if there are people behind the gas station who really offend the county magistrate, it will be difficult for them to continue to gain a foothold here.

The shopkeeper immediately came over and apologized: "Master Magistrate, we are really out of gas here.

It’s not just our gas station. If you go to other gas stations, they won’t have gas either.

I see that you are in a hurry now, and I still have a full tank of gas in my car, so I will give you some as a gift."

In Juventus' impression, diesel is not something in urgent need.

The empire really lacks diesel, and the price of diesel cannot be just five cents.

This price is because the empire should provide certain subsidies for diesel in order to promote diesel engines.

When steam engines were promoted, the empire also subsidized coal for industry.

The price of coal purchased by factories is cheaper than the coal used by private households for heating.

But the initial pricing is extremely cheap. Even if the diesel price increases after subsidies end, the overall price of diesel will not be too expensive.

Juventus asked in surprise: "All the gas stations in the county are out of gas. How is this possible?

Are you businessmen hoarding?"

When the shopkeeper heard this sentence, his face changed drastically, and he quickly explained: "Diesel production has been very stable before, and the market is very narrow.

Suddenly, the emergence of diesel engines caused a sharp increase in the demand for diesel.

We, the businesses that sell diesel, did not expect that there would be such a huge demand for diesel.

Even if it is an emergency production, not much diesel can be produced in a short while.

And because the empire built many large-scale projects, including water conservancy and roads, this required a lot of diesel.

A large amount of diesel is given priority to various bases, and the diesel allocated to our small town is very limited."
To be continued...