Chapter 431: The Current Situation of Stone Village
The waterway is not impossible, but it is extremely inconvenient and can easily cause trouble during the summer flood season.
During drought in winter, the entire river can become very dry and the river bed is completely exposed.
It attracted many little kids to play.
Every year, an unknown number of children drown in the residents on both sides of the river because of this.
Therefore, it is imperative to build a highway.
Zhou Jimin followed the project department to Beijiang County, the county seat where Stone Village is located, and found the local leaders.
What needs to be done now is to plan two national highways, one in the south and one in the north. In addition, invest in building factories.
Although Beijiang County has many mountains and little land, there are many rocks here, and there are also many beautiful rocks.
Where there are many stones, cement plants and stone plants can be built.
Let’s not talk about the cement factory. Although such a factory pollutes a lot, the cement factory built by Zhou Jimin will definitely not have such pollution.
After all, Oasis New City can produce related equipment to protect the environment, ensuring that the cement plant will not encounter great environmental damage during the production process.
In terms of stone factory, more accurately, it is a stone field.
Large stones are used for large garden rockeries, small stones are used for parks, small and medium-sized rockeries in courtyards, and cobblestones can be used as natural stones for paving landscaping, edging fish ponds, paving lawn paths and other places.
Therefore, Beijiang County does not need to do anything. It only needs to develop these two industries and its economy will take off.
In the next economic development, which one does not need cement and stone?
In addition, river sediment is also a kind of construction raw material.
Although it is best to protect the sediment in rivers and dig as little as possible.
But at this point in time of 1977, it is better to dig directly.
There is so much sediment in the Pearl River tributaries, why can't it be used?
When the leaders of Beijiang County heard that there was such a good thing, they were so happy that they grinned.
The province had already sent relevant documents long ago, requiring Beijiang County to cooperate.
So now, the leaders of the province and the city are coming with Zhou Jimin. How can the leaders of Beijiang County not be happy?
Of the two national highways, the largest one is the north-south one.
After all, the north-south line can directly lead to the provincial capital. It is more than 80 kilometers long and completely runs through the entire county.
For such a large highway, the investment is definitely not small.
As long as you grasp it well, this wave of credit will never be lost.
"Let's go to Stone Village!"
After staying in the county town for a day, Zhou Jimin expressed his intention to go to Stone Village.
This has confused the leaders of Beijiang County. Where is Stone Village?
It wasn't until I went all the way north along the river, almost to the northernmost point, and was about to leave Beijiang County, that I finally arrived at Stone Village.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable along the way?"
Zhou Jimin looked at these provincial leaders and said with a smile:
"So this road must be started as soon as possible, otherwise there will be cement and stones that will not be transported out..."
The leaders of Beijiang County had no choice but to nod vigorously, saying they would cooperate.
Stone Village is not big. If you want to go to Stone Village, you have to take a ferry four kilometers north and then to the other side.
After arriving on the other side, everyone landed through the fairly spacious pier.
This pier is entirely made of stones, but it is surprisingly strong.
The entire Stone Village is backed by a mountain of two to three hundred meters high and surrounded by a stream, with a tributary of the Pearl River on the other side.
The large area near the Pearl River tributary is filled with vegetable gardens, which are the source of vegetables for the entire Stone Village.
On the side completely close to the river, there are giant trees more than ten or twenty meters tall.
The pier is between two giant trees, so after landing, you can see the lush green vegetable garden.
Several village aunts were very surprised when they saw Zhou Jimin and others landing.
After all, Stone Village has not seen so many people in recent times, and they still look like big shots.
Since there was no advance notice, not even the leaders of the town accompanied us, let alone the cadres from the commune.
"Seventh aunt, third sister-in-law, grandma, do you still remember me?"
Zhou Jimin looked at the aunts in front of him with a smile and greeted them warmly.
"Aren't you Leader Zhou? How come we don't know you?"
Aunt Seven and the others laughed. It was obvious that they respected Zhou Jimin from the bottom of their hearts.
After exchanging a few words, Aunt Qi and the others led the way, followed by Zhou Jimin and others towards the village.
Beijiang County and other leaders all followed in confusion.
When they were on the ferry just now, they heard Zhou Jimin say that this place was a village he had donated to.
Although the leaders didn't know Zhou Jimin's purpose of coming here, they still came with him.
Not long after leaving, everyone saw smoke coming from cooking stoves, the sound of children playing, houses, cattle and sheep, etc.
Very lively!
On the threshing floor, there are many people harvesting rice, and there are also children making fires and cooking, and there are also children playing football and playing in the water.
The planning of Stone Village is quite complete. The threshing floor is next to the creek, which can also be said to be close to the river.
Next to the threshing floor is the football field, a lush grassland.
The campus is not here, but in the woods far away from the river, which is at the foot of the mountain.
"So many children?"
The leaders of Beijiang County were extremely surprised and exclaimed.
Because there were at least a dozen or twenty boys and girls playing football, and there were dozens of people chasing each other on the threshing floor. Plus, there were probably hundreds of people on the campus and on the other side of the creek.
Much.
Such lively scenes are rare even in schools, not to mention this is just a village.
"Yes, there should be thousands of people in Stone Village now..."
Zhou Jimin laughed and was not surprised.
When they arrived at the gate of the campus, the school teachers came out. One of the young men wearing Zhongshan uniforms suddenly beamed with joy when he saw Zhou Jimin.
"Leader Zhou, welcome to your arrival, please come in...Axian, go and prepare tea..."
The young man is none other than Zhou Youheng, one of Zhou Jimin’s relatives in his previous life.
"You don't need to be so polite. Don't rush to prepare tea. First, take us to visit your Stone Village..." Zhou Jimin smiled, and then gave Zhou Youheng a brief introduction to the leaders of the province.
After he finished the introduction, Zhou Youheng and others were stunned.
It was actually the leaders of the province, as well as the leaders of the city and county, all came.
He didn't know what happened, so Zhou Youheng suddenly became cautious.
Speaking of which, Zhou Youheng has seen the world. He has been to the Xiangjiang River and the provincial capital.
But the biggest leader he had ever come into contact with was just the production captain of the commune.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Jimin didn't persuade him to say anything.
A group of people wandered around Shitou Village. Beijiang County leaders, city leaders and leaders from the province could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary people.
Therefore, when the villagers saw it, they were all surprised.
The principal of the primary school, Zhou Youheng, is accompanying him, and the leader Zhou Jimin can be regarded as half the protagonist of Stone Village, so this group of people is amazing.
Many leaders walked around. Although they were a little surprised, they still didn't understand what Zhou Jimin meant.
The population of Stone Village in front of us already exceeds a thousand people, and the number of students on the primary school campus alone exceeds 400.
The rows of houses are as neat as the troops.
It is very prosperous, but apart from the prosperity here, there are not many people in other places.
Because Stone Village has almost attracted people from seven or eight nearby villages.
More than ten years ago, Shitou Village was just a small village with 20 or 30 households and more than a hundred people.
The development work of paddy fields, dry land and mountainous land within a radius of two to three kilometers has all fallen on Shitou Village.
What's interesting is that the entire production team was directly divided into two.
This side of Shitou Village is considered to be the northern part of Guxuan, because further north is the territory of other counties.
To the south is the headquarters of the production team, a small plain area that includes seven or eight villages.
Even so, in the eyes of many leaders, there is nothing outstanding about such a rural unit.
Being close to a tributary of the Pearl River, it can only be said that the waterway transportation in Shitou Village is convenient, but the land transportation is not so good.
So, I really don’t understand what’s so attractive about Stone Village.
Zhou Jimin didn't say anything, but took them to see the hydropower plant three kilometers away, hidden deep in the mountains.
"Dear leaders, this is the hydropower plant in Shitou Village, the electricity energy source for the entire village..."
When visiting the hydropower plant, Zhou Jimin introduced it lightly.
The power generation is not large, but it is not only enough for Stone Village, but also has a huge surplus.
The leaders of Beijiang County exclaimed, it turned out that this was a hydropower plant with an annual output value of 50,000 yuan....
Electricity in this era is very expensive.
Electricity workers only need to count the light bulbs to collect electricity bills. This method is also called the "light package system". This was the way urban electricity bills were paid in the 1950s and 1960s.
The most commonly used light bulbs by ordinary people are 15-watt light bulbs, and only wealthy people are willing to use 25-watt light bulbs
According to the current electricity price, the monthly electricity bill for a 15-watt light bulb is 0.15 yuan, and the monthly electricity bill for a 25-watt light bulb is 0.25 yuan.
Therefore, just a stone village is guarding a hydropower plant with an annual output of 50,000 yuan.
Is the economic development model of Stone Village worth learning and copying?
"Here in Beijiang County, there are many streams with great heights. We can purchase small generator sets like this to supply electricity to several nearby villages..."
The leaders of Beijiang County had their eyes shining brightly, and the leaders of the city and province were suddenly thoughtful.
This kind of economic development model is a perfect template for the mountainous areas in the northern tributaries of the Pearl River.
Just copy and paste.
But the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River are plain areas, so there is no such advantage at all.
But now is not the time to talk about this, so the provincial leaders had no choice but to suppress their curiosity and listen carefully to Zhou Jimin's introduction.
From a stone village, you can actually see a lot of things.
It's just that the leaders in front of them have average comprehension skills and don't understand his good intentions at all.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin had no choice but to speak frankly.
"You all know Oasis New City, right?"
The leaders nodded quickly and listened to him continue:
"Oasis New City is developing very fast, and there are many industries that can actually be transferred..."
Processing factories, production factories, etc., can actually be transferred. In addition, light industry manufacturing is an artifact of the development of the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River.
"Also, do you know the paper mill on Hong Kong Island?"
When this was mentioned, the provincial leaders suddenly lost their sleepiness and quickly asked questions.
Paper mills pollute a lot and have average benefits, but for the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River Plain, they are also an industrial pillar that increases GDP.
So Zhou Jimin mentioned the economic benefits behind the paper mill.
Tesco and Costco, two European and American supermarket chains, have now spread across North and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Oceania, and their demand has surged.
Not to mention, the bald eagle in North America alone uses at least one hundred rolls of toilet paper per person every year.
Calculated based on the fact that a roll of toilet paper costs US$50, one hundred rolls is US$50.
The entire population of bald eagles is 210 million. In other words, bald eagles consume US$10.5 billion in toilet paper every year.
In other words, the toilet paper industry alone is a tens of billions of dollars industry.
Converted into RMB, according to the ratio of one U.S. dollar to 1.73 RMB, this is a market of 18 billion RMB.
Even if it only occupies 30% of the market, or even 10%, it is still very impressive.
This is just toilet paper, not counting the consumption of other paper.
In addition, there is consumption in other regions such as Europe.
Therefore, paper mills can also make a big difference.
The mainland, a treasure land, is about to usher in an economic boom.
Both labor and resources are extremely cheap in this era. Zhou Jimin certainly hopes to move these factories to the mainland.
Of course, pollution can never be transferred in, or in other words, the entry of polluting enterprises should be minimized.
Even if you want to come in, you must abide by environmental protection standards. Just like the stone quarry and cement factory that Zhou Jimin is about to establish in Beijiang County, they must be non-polluting enterprises.
Otherwise, economic development at the expense of environmental damage will definitely suffer backlash in the future.
Moreover, with a benchmark like Oasis New City, there is absolutely no need to do this in the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River.
The visit to Stone Village did not end quickly.
Everyone stayed in Stone Village for one night, and the next day they briefly visited Stone Village’s fishing, fish farming economy, etc., and then left with a full load.
Zhou Jimin did not put much effort into this small stone village.
However, its model and prosperity have served as an inspiration to Beijiang County and other leaders.
Watching Zhou Jimin step onto the diesel ship and leave along the tributary of the Pearl River.
The reason why Zhou Jimin put so much thought into it is that he actually hopes that the local government will not be short-sighted and focus on the project funds for Hope School.
He also hopes that local governments can find a path to economic development through their own efforts.
With such a template, the local government should no longer think of ways to focus on the project funds, but work hard to make achievements, right?
After leaving Beijiang County, Zhou Jimin went to other places.
In the past few years, he has helped many poor and backward villages.
Now is the time to take a look at their development.