With that said, Li Yan didn't care that Secretary Zhu only followed him and drank a mouthful of wine. He pulled Secretary Zhu up and walked to the river with the flashlight. Originally, Hu Rui planned to follow him, but Secretary Zhu signaled him to sit down. The two of them could go over.
"Secretary Zhu, look, this is the water outlet of the pool. It's located in the north of Tazishan Village and the northwest of Lianyi Village. The Meng River had a sharp bend in the north of Tazi Mountain Village. A large part of the energy of the Meng River was lost here, which was why the flow of the water downstream of the Meng River was so slow.”
"My current plan is to directly abandon the original river channel and dig a new river channel along the Lianyi Village in the east of the original river channel. The hydraulic generator will be placed in the north of the newly dug river channel, which is where we are standing now. In this way, we can save a lot of cement. I calculated that we only need about five tons of cement.”
" Because the newly built river channel is an arc with a large angle, it can also ensure the energy of the Meng River downstream. Now, I can see that the Meng River can only provide irrigation water for Sunzhuang Village, Xiaoyuzi Village, and a few other villages. However, after the new river channel is dug, the Meng River can also provide irrigation water for the future Miaojiazui Village, Liuhezhuang Village, Nandian Village, and Nanxinzhuang Village. Basically, the original area will be doubled.”
Li Yan and Secretary Zhu were now standing about 20 to 30 meters north of Lianyi Village. They could see that the village was still lit.
"Here, what about the specific size requirements? How many people do you need?”
Secretary Zhu did not disagree. After all, the committee would benefit from the construction of the reservoir. Moreover, he did not need to provide funds or cement. He only needed to provide manpower. He could discuss this with Commander Zhao when he went back. Wasn't the Shandong column being reorganized? This person could be provided by the Shandong column. If Yan 'an agreed to the committee's opinion, building an industrial zone would require a lot of manpower to build factories, operate machines, transport ores, and so on. More than 10,000 people in the column would be enough.
"The 800 people I mentioned before was the total number needed to block the river and raise the embankment. But now, the embankment doesn't need to be raised. The difficulty of the project will be greatly reduced after the new river is dug, so we only need about 400 people.”
Li Yan had been rejoicing for the whole day. His original plan was to wait for the generators to arrive, then let these 800 people work day and night. It would take about two weeks to build the power station. But now, not only did the manpower needed be greatly reduced, but the time needed could also be brought forward.
"400 people is too little. I already felt that the previous 800 people were too little. " How about this, Commissioner Li? You are still investigating. Five days later, I will represent the committee and give you 1,000 people. All of them are strong laborers under the age of 40. The food standards will be raised to A-class stoves and white flour will be served every meal. You can use them however you want. The committee will not interfere. How about it? Is this number okay?"”
There were some things that Secretary Zhu didn't say. If he called back to express his disagreement, there wouldn't be a single person, let alone a thousand. In five days, Yan 'an's call should have arrived.
"A thousand people is fine. The generator should be here in two weeks.”Li Yan didn't know what Secretary Zhu was thinking. He only knew that if he really had 1,000 people, then the steel factory should also carry out the preliminary work in advance.
"Right, Commissioner Li. I didn't ask how to transport this machine in. After all, the entire territory is in Japan's hands. Japan has sent a large number of troops to guard all the main roads. It's basically impossible to transport it in secretly.”
Secretary Zhu had been thinking about this for a long time. In fact, even bringing Li Yan back to the base had cost the Shandong intelligence agency a lot of manpower and resources, not to mention the machinery and construction materials. Shandong could not safely transport them in. If it really did not work, they could only let the 105th Division move and fight.
Returning to the place where they ate, Xu Chang and Hu Rui only ate a little. There was still a large portion of bacon left.
"Commissioner Li, Secretary Zhu, you two are back.”Xu Chang was the first to see the two people who had returned. He quickly called the two people to continue eating. In fact, during the time when the two people left, whether it was Hu Rui or Xu Chang himself, they all felt very embarrassed. After all, this meal was mainly eaten by Li Yan. But now that Li Yan and Secretary Zhu had left, the two people could only watch. That kind of taste was not as good as eating steamed buns with pickled vegetables. At least it was delicious.
"Commissioner Li, quickly eat some meat. It's a little cold.”Secretary Zhu sat down and told Li Yan to eat.
"You guys eat. I'll just eat steamed buns.”Li Yan didn't pick up any food. He just picked up the steamed bun and started eating.
"What's wrong? This dish isn't delicious. You're still not used to eating bacon. It's fine. This meat is quite delicious.”The first thing Secretary Zhu thought of was that the food did not suit Li Yan's appetite. After all, Li Yan had lived in the United States since he was young. He might have never seen bacon before, let alone eaten it. Therefore, this was the first thing Secretary Zhu thought of.
"No, my family believes in the Yaeger Sect, so we can't eat meat.”Li Yan's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.
"Are you talking about the Yaeger Sect? Excuse me, Commissioner Li, are you married?”
Obviously, Xu Chang knew about the Yaeger Sect, and he asked in a gloating tone. Li Yan, who was sensitive to titles, didn't care about the disgusting title Xu Chang used, because everyone could hear that Xu Chang didn't have any sense of respect in his words. Instead, it was a very unfriendly feeling.
"These are obviously two different questions." Li Yan took a sip of the steamed bun in his mouth and continued to answer. "It's that Yaeger Sect. I'm not married either.”
"Oh, good. Master Li, hello. I'm Xu Chang. I hereby pay my respects to you.”Xu Chang was getting more and more outrageous, but Li Yan did not care. Instead, he continued to eat the steamed bun in his hand and did not stop Xu Chang from addressing him.
"Xiao Xu, what are you two talking about?”Secretary Zhu couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but ask. In their previous interactions, he could clearly see that Li Yan was disgusted by others calling him 'you'. Even when Governor Li called him that, Li Yan would throw a tantrum.
However, Li Yan didn't feel any disgust when Xu Chang called him that. He just ate his steamed bun obediently. Secretary Zhu could see the bitter smile on Li Yan's face. Why was there such a big difference in treatment? Could it be that the two of them had taken a fancy to him? Although Secretary Zhu was very open-minded about relationships, the folk customs in Shandong were still relatively simple. If others knew about it, Li Yan and Xu Chang's work would be very difficult.
"It's like this, Secretary Zhu. Commissioner Li, can you look at me and tell me?”
Xu Chang asked as he laughed. Li Yan replied casually.
"You said it yourself, Commissioner Li. Secretary Zhu, the Yaeger Sect is a branch of faith in the southern part of the United States. It used to be very popular in the southern part of the United States, and many people believed in it. Their faction mainly had two doctrines. One was to prohibit enjoyment. They advocated that all income should be used to increase assets, not for personal enjoyment. Smoking and drinking were strictly prohibited.”
Xu Chang couldn't help but laugh again, but Secretary Zhu was very puzzled. Among the few people present, Li Yan was the one who drank the most. Jack Daniels himself had just drunk it, and the alcohol content was quite strong. The alcohol content on the bottle was 40%. Although it was not as high as the 52% alcohol content of the Lanling King wine that he brought over, the alcohol content was not small. Thinking of the two bottles that Li Yan had drunk in one go a few days ago, this alcohol content could be considered not bad. Although they might not be as good as Commander Zhao and Chief of Staff He, they were definitely better than him.
" Let me continue. In 1868, the Yaeger Sect was in a crisis. After immigration, many people's income increased, and they no longer strictly followed the teachings. Too many people were drinking. There was no other way, so Yaeger could only change this doctrine. Smoking and drinking were allowed, but eating meat and gambling were replaced. This became a ban on enjoyment. All income should be used to increase assets, not for personal enjoyment, such as eating meat and gambling. As for the other one, Xiao Xu, you can continue.”
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