Chapter 116: Breaking Out of Trouble

  Mushan ultimately agreed with Liang Sanping's report, which didn't come as a surprise to Liang Sanping. If even Mushan, the touted reform pioneer, thought this report was unfeasible.

  So the chance of success is really small. Mu Shan agreed, and Liang Sanping also let out a long sigh of relief.

  "Three Pings... they always say I have to be the vanguard. But in my opinion, you're more qualified for this role than me..." Mu Shan held Liang Sanping's report and sighed: "Take a look at these terms and requirements of yours, just looking at them makes my heart skip a beat..."

  Liang Sanping heard this and could only smile bitterly. Emancipating the mind, emancipating thought. This sounds incredibly simple, but in reality, it's a matter of life and death. Especially for people who have been thinking in linear terms for decades.

  This change was extremely fatal for them. Many people lost themselves in this change. Such examples were not uncommon even in the era of Liang Sanping.

  "Times are changing, and we must change with them..." Liang Sanping fell silent for a moment, then said to Mushan: "The gap between us and others is no longer just a small margin. If we don't catch up quickly..."

  "I know, but how to pursue it has become the biggest problem now. It's also the most debated focal point..." However, Mu Shan sighed and said: "We have to do it, but how to do it, how big a step to take, whether we should take some steps or not. These are all the focal points of debate now."

  The remaining sentence was not spoken by Mu Shan, but Liang Sanping understood in his heart that Mu Shan was the focal point of this controversy. That's why he was placed in this position at Jiangkou.

  Don't think that the leader's position at Jiangkou is easy to sit in. Later generations can follow in their footsteps, but pioneers must blaze a trail through thorns and brambles.

  No one knows whether it is a bright future ahead or an abyss of thousands of feet deep.

  "Some things always need to be done by people, if others don't do it, we have to. If we're all afraid of this and that, and no one does anything, then the country will completely collapse..."

  "So I'll accompany you to the Imperial Capital again." Mu Shan heard this, leaned his body against the chair and smiled: "Actually, after reading your report, I've been thinking about it too. Can the Guangdong North region really use this method to repair roads?"

  Liang Sanping was taken aback by the words and looked at Mu Shan in surprise. He had not expected that Mu Shan would raise this question. Before he could even accomplish his own plans, Mu Shan had already thought of using such a method to promote it in the northern part of Guangdong Province.

  "Of course, the ownership must be ours. The right to collect fees is also ours, and we can offer a share of the dividends to these companies that lend to us. And these companies must also be dominated by Chinese."

  Liang Sanping nodded. Such an arrangement by Mushan would be more acceptable to people. As long as it is dominated by Chinese, even if it comes down to it, it can be said that it is our internal affairs. If foreign capital is directly introduced, then it will really be suspected of being unpatriotic.

  "In terms of surveying and planning, we also cannot reveal this. This relates to our national security." Mu Shan considered it very thoroughly, some bottom lines are not allowed to be broken through.

  Liang Sanping couldn't help but sigh, if it were in the future, this would definitely no longer be a problem. Later generations of foreign capital built highways. It's really too common. Even the country strongly encourages the introduction of foreign capital to build highways.

  For example, in Chongqing Municipality, among the 12 highway projects from construction to completion since the start of the Chengdu-Chongqing Highway, six have introduced and utilized foreign capital.

  The total amount of foreign debt incurred is US$327 million and JPY 44 billion, equivalent to approximately RMB 5.2 billion, accounting for about 29% of the total investment of these six projects of RMB 18 billion.

  The World Bank provided a $50 million loan for the Chengdu-Chongqing Highway Project in Chongqing Municipality, followed by a $150 million loan from the Asian Development Bank for the first phase of the Chongqing-Guizhou Road.

  In 1998, the Spanish Export Credit Bank provided a loan of US$7 million for the procurement of electromechanical equipment for the Yu-Chang Road project; In 2001, the Asian Development Bank provided a loan of US$120 million for the second phase of the Yu-Qian Road project.

  Now, even if Liang Sanping wants to introduce some Hong Kong capital to build a highway together, they are all nervous and afraid of being caught and having their heads tied up. Thinking about it, it's quite a helpless thing.

  Ye Jianwen, after squeezing out a pile of knowledge from Liang Sanping, began his own construction project. Happily, Shuiwei Village became his experimental base, and Ye Jianwen was busy with it.

  Other leaders in Jiangkou City also heard rumors about Ye Jianwen and knew that as long as they didn't provoke this great Bodhisattva, he would close his eyes and focus on his own affairs. For a time, everyone was delighted.

  Mushan took advantage of this period to revise Liang Sanping's report. Although Liang Sanping's report was already very good, Mushan still felt that it had some shortcomings.

  Liang Sanping was doing a report at the provincial bureau level after all. Even if there were a few articles that had been published before, they did not do this kind of direct report targeting the current government in the style of this era.

  Mushan felt that some modifications were necessary. However, this time Mushan did not ask the secretary for help, but instead chose to revise the report personally. This involved several discussions with Liang Sanping.

  Liang Sanping, on the other hand, was running back and forth between Qiong Island and Jiangkou. He had to take care of both the current breeding of Wen Chang chicken and Dongshan goat on Qiong Island, as well as the development of the 300 mu vegetable garden land.

  Fortunately, Ge Tai and Xia Zhendong have been helping him keep an eye on these things, so nothing too big has gone wrong. Now Liu Er Dangzi and others have finally come in handy, while Peng Lao San was thrown to Ye Jianwen by Liang Sanping to clean up the mess.

  "What are you yelling about! Now, learn your skills well. In the future, when you go back, who knows, you might be able to climb up to a position." Liang Sanping said to Peng Lao San: "Everyone wants to achieve something, so they must endure what others cannot endure and tolerate what others cannot tolerate."

  Peng Lao San listened to Liang San Ping's words. Even if Ye Jian Wen and others were treated harshly, he never complained again. This made Ye Jian Wen look at Peng Lao San with a new eye. In private, he told Liang San Ping that this kid was indeed a hardworking guy.

  It's almost time to start preparing for the off-season vegetables, but Liang Sanping can't stay on the island. Mushan has already arranged all the work in his hands.

  At the same time, the imperial capital also said that it was time for them to go to the imperial capital to make their final statement. However, unexpectedly, Liang Sanping and Mushan were in a mess due to the road repair funding issue.

  Some people are even saying that this is already a betrayal of the country. They say that it was only during the Qing dynasty that there were measures to borrow money to repair roads. Are we still going to have to borrow money to repair roads in our new era?!

  Of course, there are also people who support Liang Sanping. For example, some people have pointed out that during the Qing dynasty, road construction was a matter of collecting tolls and owning the rights, which were in someone else's hands. But now it's different, the road rights are in our hands.

  For local development, repairing the road is also necessary. Yang Chun and Han Zao also spoke out at this time, saying that they indeed saw the poor road conditions on the island of Qingdao. If we want to develop, then the road conditions are indeed a major constraint.

  Fortunately, they took many photos during the inspection. Some of the photos showed the road conditions on the island. These photos were sent to the higher-ups for reference.

  While Liang Sanping was squatting at the river mouth, there were also several batches of people who went to Qiong Island for inspection under different pretexts. Some observed the road problems on Qiong Island, while others looked at the development model led by Liang Sanping.

  It has to be admitted that the people of Xiangjiang at this time were indeed more severe and efficient than those in later generations. Jiang Li's investigation team returned less than a week ago, and the direct implementers had already arrived in Yangcheng through the pass.

  Then, without any repair, he rushed to Qiong Island. At this time, the first batch of live chickens and sheep had already set off from Xiangjiang. And in Wan Hong Corporation on Qiong Island, they were secretly observing this matter.

  If Wen Chang chicken and Dongshan goat sell well in Xiangjiang, they may also choose to sell them in the same way in Japan. Now the reputation of Qiongdao vegetables has been established.

  In Japan, Qiongdao vegetables are gaining popularity. Buyers have expressed that the vegetable tastes good and has a nice texture. Meanwhile, research conducted by Wanhong Corporation with professors from Waseda University also shows that Qiongdao vegetables have high nutritional value.

  To appease the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the uneasy vegetable farmers, Wanbishi Co., Ltd. privately assured them that they would not import vegetables from Okinawa during normal times, but only start importing vegetables during off-seasons.

  Of course, this is also conditional. The import quota needs to be increased, and in winter when some vegetables are not in season, Baywa Corporation hopes that they will no longer cultivate them to avoid competition.

  This is something that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and vegetable farmers agree on, as winter vegetable cultivation was never a good job to begin with. The workload is heavy, not to mention the meager harvest. Since Bayong is willing to provide some subsidies, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is naturally willing to let the land rest for a winter season.

  September in the imperial capital, the weather was still warm. Moreover, at this time, there were not many cars, and Liang Sanping did not see those hazy days. He and Mu Shan hastily got off the train and were escorted to their accommodation by a special person.

  Mushan is a leader in Jiangkou City, so his treatment is naturally different from that of Ge Tai. Liang Sanping also benefited from Mushan's influence and lived relatively well.

  For several months in the future imperial capital, Liang Sanping was astonished to discover that this city was developing at an astonishing speed. This is not to say that high-rise buildings were built at this time, but rather that the spiritual outlook of the people here has changed.

  A large number of people speaking various dialects began to gather in the imperial capital. They came from all over the world, all wanting to change their lives and destinies.

  Beijing drifters! The term flashed through Liang Sanping's mind. They were among the first batch of Beijing drifters in this era!