I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 216 Directly Bombed

Money must be spent. Chief Instructor Zhang knew very well that if he wanted to consolidate his power, he couldn't melt down the money he earned, cast it into silver gourds, and then bury them under the ancestral home.

Learning from Wang Xifeng and lending money at exorbitant interest rates is absolutely unacceptable.

He doesn't come from a wealthy or prestigious family.

As for cultivating relationships with powerful and influential people... that's even more unacceptable.

You've already been a three-time champion, why are you still resting on your laurels?

We have to make as much as we can.

To squander.

So when Zhang Deli had a project, he immediately contacted the Policy Research Office. This was during his visit to the Baltic states, and the international long-distance call from Estonia to Shazhou City startled quite a few people.

It was late at night when Zhang Da'an was on the phone in his building in Shazhou City, while the person in Estonia was just about to have dinner.

"I was also thinking of making some contribution to the country. We still have two hundred million US dollars and two hundred million euros left. Could we provide some support to promote international trade?"

His very first words startled the people in Shazhou City who were waiting for the call.

no……

Even if your Xindongweigang Middle School expands its enrollment this year, the "Top Scorer Accompanying Class" will only generate around 90 million US dollars in revenue, right?

Where did you get the two hundred million dollars and two hundred million euros?
Is "Top Scholar Star" selling like hotcakes again?
However, the "top student star" is in Jiangning, which has nothing to do with Shazhou City. I heard that its revenue is more than 2 billion yuan, which is less than 300 million US dollars.

“If necessary, I might take more drastic measures. After all, the engineers and workers I recently recruited are all veterans from the aid efforts of that year, and some are still living in impoverished mountainous areas. The workers' skills are generally low, and they need long-term training before they are qualified to work. These workers have low levels of education and extremely weak legal awareness…”

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Whether the person on the other end of the phone was speechless or not, the people in Shazhou City were all shocked.

Good guy!
So you were planning for extreme situations from the very beginning when you took on the construction project, huh?
Zhang Da'an had no intention of negotiating with the local bullies in Yunnan Province over the reservoir project; he would simply retaliate if they obstructed it.

It wasn't a hit, it was an explosion.

Yunnan Province and the neighboring Guizhou Province are characterized by numerous and rugged mountain roads. Many people think that mountain cities have a complex transportation system and extremely harsh terrain. However, mountain cities are relatively wealthy, and their transportation can actually be improved in different areas.

However, in most parts of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, it is impossible to carry out zoned improvement projects; only a road can be built, and sometimes it is even a one-way street.

It's incredibly easy to destroy someone.

Zhang Deli, this old educated youth, also did such things. He wasn't some great philanthropist. For an educated youth from Luzhou to stay in southeastern Yunnan until the age of fifty, only a ruthless person could survive like that.

Moreover, he is a blasting expert, although he has not been issued a certificate. He has a work permit but no qualification certificate. He only has a handwritten certificate from a local area where he was sent down more than 30 years ago, which proves that he is a professional in this field.

Later, various certificates were implemented, and the system became formalized in less than ten years, so he simply stopped bothering with this nonsense.

Zhang Deli's marksmanship was no worse than his demolition skills, and he was also very good with mortars and rockets. In the early years, there were many educated youths who knew how to use them. Moreover, he had worked in logistics maintenance and repair during the Sino-Vietnamese War.

The matter discussed with Zhang Deli was very simple: if anyone in the area obstructed the construction project, they should be attacked directly; if any active social groups came, they should all be blown up, leaving no one alive.

Anyway, no one has any evidence of filling in the ditch in the mountains. The advantage of being far from the emperor is that for someone like Zhang Da'an, who has power and connections at the grassroots level in the area, it's comparable to the "Jintian Uprising".

The only difference is that Coach Zhang doesn't need to invoke Jesus' spirit, and Jesus isn't his brother.

Zhang Deli's reason for being willing to do this job is quite simple. Zhang Da'an promised three things: First, the reservoir will definitely be built, and ten small reservoirs for dedicated irrigation will be provided as a bonus; second, the highway will definitely be built, and the funds will not go through Yunnan Province, but will be raised directly by Panlong City; third, while the railway logistics line is submitted to the State Council for approval, an airport expressway will also be built.

At that time, Panlong City did not have an airport, but this year Yunnan Province has applied to the State Council for permission to build a new Panlong Puzhehei Airport.

The site selection process actually started much earlier, in 4691, and in 4697, approval was obtained from Yunnan Province.

The budget for this project is 300 million yuan, but Panlong City itself doesn't have the financial resources to support it. It mainly depends on Yunnan Province, airlines, and the airport. Panlong City also lacks the capability to maintain and repair a 4C airport.

At least not now.

However, you can borrow money.

Unlike Wudu City, which couldn't build a new airport despite having money in its pocket, Panlong City, if it had the resources, could easily build an airport the size of a county.

The advantages of a vast land with a sparse population.

That's right, Yunnan Province is actually a sparsely populated province with a vast territory.

However, since habitable areas for humans were occupied in ancient times, some densely populated areas are similar to other cities in China. But in some local areas, the land is indeed sparsely populated, and in most places, let alone people, even animals are unwilling to climb.

It is, after all, a high-altitude area.

Zhang Deli was aware of the situation, so he adhered to the old idea of ​​"daring to change the world" and for a long time, he used the money to dig when there was no money and to blast when there was money. He basically ensured that all the land that could be used for water storage and irrigation was transformed, except for the areas with severe "rocky desertification".

All sorts of mountain valleys and basins are now habitable.

If we go back to the early days of the People's Republic of China, it was considered remarkable if a mountain could house a hundred or eighty people. Even with that number, children would still die from time to time. The next two phases were the first ten years of water conservancy construction and the multiple batches of "sent-down youth" who led to a rapid increase in population and a several-fold increase in total grain production.

For the first thirty years of increased grain production, the key was to "transform the world"—any land with water could be turned into arable land.

With the increase in total arable land area, the total grain output will also increase.

This is a very simple truth.

The prerequisite is that someone has to do it.

There will definitely be people causing trouble and obstructing those who are doing the right thing. For example, Zhang Deli's teacher, Liu Guangbo, said that 1,000 jin is reasonable, but there are always people who say that 10,000 jin is not unacceptable.

Even now that Liu Guangbo is retired, he still can't forget about this matter. Unfortunately, the factory director, who came from a powerful sect, is powerless to help. There's nothing he can do but let the old man suffer.

Because it was quite cold in Luzhou this spring, Liu Guangbo returned to Yunnan Province. He thought he would come back after the New Year, but then Zhang Deli called him and said that a fortune teller had offered to take over all the highways, railways, airports, mines, schools and factories in Panlong City.

Liu Guangbo, who is almost eighty years old, said to me, "Stop talking nonsense, let me see what's going on."

Then, after looking at him, the old man shuddered: This boy must not be offended at all. He's petty.

Did he tell you roughly how to do it?

"They said they would bomb it if anyone tried to stop them."

"Oh...that's good, that's great."

Liu Guangbo was not the kind of ignorant old scholar; he had seen plenty of big events.

Listening to Zhang Deli's words, one can tell that the "three-time champion" intends to "make a big fuss," but such methods of "expansion" are something that people like them would not have used before. They are principled and more willing to reform more comrades.

On the contrary, people like Zhang Da'an have no inhibitions at all. They use whatever tricks work, and they don't care if it's underhanded or despicable.

In this respect, it really shows a degree of restraint towards the border provinces.

The usual approach is to promote unity and appease others. It's quite unusual for someone like Zhang Da'an to squeeze out a mosquito bite as if it were a blackhead.

Especially in peacetime, if you become "hot" topics, it will definitely have more to say than if you were using cold weapons.

"I can be honest about the funds, don't worry. He does have that much cash on hand, and he's also lent out hundreds of millions of dollars. He's definitely capable in that regard."

"Really? Mr. Liu, at his age, whose child is he?"

"No, he's just an ordinary country kid from Shazhou City."

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"real."

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Zhang Deli didn't get any more valuable information from Liu Guangbo, but no extra information was good news, as it at least proved that making a big deal out of the matter was a viable option.

Zhang Da'an happened to have plenty of men at his disposal, and Zhang Deli also had plenty of men on his side.

Unlike Zhang Da'an's group of "cousins," Zhang Deli mainly contacted a group of fellow educated youth who were also struggling, sworn brothers from the village, and some young people who urgently needed to improve their living conditions.

At this time, it wasn't just Fengyi County in Jiangkou Province that needed to absorb the surplus rural labor force; it was the same everywhere. Times were changing, and anyone who could leave the mountains did so without hesitation or looking back.

Of course, most of those who have ventured out are willing to transform the mountains if given even the slightest opportunity.

The more local the intellectuals are, the more likely they are to have this understanding.

If no one lives on a piece of land, that land will be taken over by someone else; this has been the principle since ancient times.

However, Liu Guangbo and Zhang Deli, this unorthodox master and apprentice, had no idea that the "three-time champion" waiting for the long-distance call from Estonia was far more unorthodox than they were on the unorthodox track.

These days, water conservancy projects have a unique characteristic: those listed by the State Council will have "water and electricity control troops" stationed there. The particularly important ones will also have air defense forces. In short, it's fine if they're not included in the scale, but if they are, then a battle is about to begin.

Everyone's using their own unique skills.

Zhang Da'an knew that people in Yunnan Province were more skilled at "cross-province" business, and that various places had similar guilds and aquatic products.

In the end, two large groups were formed: one was the "urban Brahmins" mainly composed of "Xuanweishi Si" (military commissioners), and the other was the "mountain Brahmins" mainly composed of "Tusi" (local chieftains).

The remaining areas that were transformed are no different from the rest of the country.

At the same time, there is a difference between "Tusi" and "Tusi", so there is basically no problem and the project can be discussed; if there is any conflict, I'm sorry.

Panlong City, where Zhang Deli lives, has not seen any major events that would attract the attention of the general public for decades, making it a completely different place from the Northeast and Northwest.

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Anyway, Zhang Deli had never seen anyone worse than Zhang Da'an.

What does it mean to explode right from the start?

Is it really going to explode?
That's really explosive.

Zhang Da'an not only made this decision, but also acted on it. He not only recruited people at Jiangning University of Science and Technology, but also at Jiangning University of Technology. Jiangning University of Technology was formerly directly under the Ministry of Chemical Industry and was originally called the Chemical Engineering University.

In short, Zhang Da'an had indeed stockpiled manpower and equipment.

Jiangning Institute of Technology is responsible for technologies such as radio, since it also manufactures mobile phones, and its patents are closely related to Jiangning Institute of Technology.

However, the same technology, which can be used in mobile phone communication, can naturally also be used in remote-controlled bombs.

Jiangkou Province knew how many "cousins" Zhang Da'an had stockpiled, but only knew a general idea of ​​their employment prospects; the specific details were unknown.

With "Pineapple Boy" and other people enlisting in the army in the next two years, "Cousin" who wants to improve and catch up with Tang Jianqiu's level will need to take his professional skills to a higher level.

Among them were many teenagers from southeastern Yunnan, whose situation was not much better than that of "Pineapple Boy's" family. At that time, the one-time compensation was three to five hundred yuan, and if they received it every month, the better-off family would receive ten yuan a month, which was about a hundred yuan.

It's impossible to expect this money to cover education and living expenses. Many women remarry early, which means that "Pineapple Boy" is, in fact, an orphan like Zhang Da'an when he was a few years old.

However, southeastern Yunnan is a special place. Whether in villages or county towns, it is common for families to raise children collectively. In addition, many small industries were built by educated youth from that time. Twenty or ten years ago, their ability to survive was actually quite good. Although they were extremely poor, they were much better off than those in the Dabie Mountains.

However, times have changed. The number of people that the Yangtze River can support is now approaching 500 to 800 million, which is naturally incomparable to what it was back then. The changes in the minds of those similar to "Pineapple Boy" are much more complex.

They were also more relaxed because the return-to-hometown construction subsidy that Zhang Da'an offered them was equivalent to twenty months' salary, paid in a lump sum, which meant each person received 40,000 yuan directly.

So, how much would it cost to hire a hitman on the roads of southern Yunnan at that time?
For professionals, 500 yuan is enough; if you use a gun, add another 500, making it 1,000 yuan.

When Zhang Deli was young, especially during the years when he was most short of money, he also thought about doing this kind of business: dropping a bomb and leaving, leaving only the sound of the explosion, and then having someone go over and shovel up the debris.

I managed to hold back in the end, so I mainly do things that don't cost money.

“Okay, okay, okay, I will be mindful of the social impact. I know I am a public figure and will definitely set a good example by upholding correct values. I plan to donate another 100 million yuan to disaster-stricken areas outside Guanzhong. I heard that Chongqing, Sichuan, Hubei, and Guizhou are also experiencing torrential rains. I saw on the news that more than 30 million people have been affected, and the affected area of ​​crops has exceeded 3.5 million hectares. With this money, we should be able to provide emergency relief. The central government's disaster relief emergency funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance can be deducted from this…”

Zhang Da'an, who was still having a long phone conversation with Estonia, spoke words that the officials of Shazhou City could understand every single one of, but for some reason, when they were put together into sentences, they sounded awkward and were completely incomprehensible to the officials.

(End of this chapter)