Just after the New Year, at the mouth of the Yangtze River as far as the eye can see, a ship is chopping the wind and waves. And this ferry specially transferred from the Hujiang region is already old, and from the structural point of view, it is a modified landing ship. However, there are also quite a few benefits, the deck appears to be spacious, and there are also several luxury cars parked.

The winter river breeze was cold, and there were not many people on the deck looking at the scenery. On the contrary, Jiang Zhijiao was very interested, and kept talking with the people around him: "Ah Cheng, Mr. Lin, are they still satisfied? In fact, Chongming Island is a construction site, and there is nothing to see." It will not be until the end of this year that it will be soft opened. It's better to look at this Yangtze River estuary, like the sea, and let your mood fly!"

Ah Cheng smiled enthusiastically: "Jiang Sheng, Lin Sheng and those British experts are all delicate and tender, and they can't stand the Jiang wind." Where do you run errands like me? I still need you Jiang Sheng to take care of it in the future. ”

"Well said, well said. Jiang Zhijiao laughed and nodded.

Unbeknownst to Jiang, Alice had annoyed Jing Jian in Los Angeles, and he was busy receiving a delegation from Hong Kong around the New Year. And in this delegation, the British experts who were specially hired are all true, and only Mr. Lin and the "follower" Ah Cheng are the same goods. However, he once had a relationship in the United States, and Ah Cheng's tongue was very clever, which made Jiang Zhijiao feel very good about him.

"Jiang Sheng, to say it in private, it wasn't the focus before, the hotel on the island is important. ...... you?"

"Don't worry, I've got it all arranged. ”

"That's good, the ghost guy is selfless in his work, something went wrong, and he is not so easy to speak. "Now Ah Cheng's performance seems to be very thoughtful for Jiang Zhi's sake.

"Guaranteed to keep them satisfied. When it comes to making money on his own, Jiang Zhijiao is of course very attentive, "Ah Cheng, there are some things that you and I know well, but we must also do a good job on the surface." Don't care, pie won't fall from the sky. ”

"That's, that's!"

As he was talking, suddenly, the ferry passed by a flotilla, and around a dredger, there were dozens of small boats. Ah Cheng was a little strange: "Is this fishing?

Jiang Zhijiao smiled a few times, but he didn't see any boats casting nets, and they were all heading towards the river in the north. But he wasn't interested in bothering with it: "Maybe." There are a lot of fresh rivers on the island, and the mutton is very distinctive, Ah Cheng, will you taste it then?"

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In fact, Jiang Zhijiao has a saying that is very right - there are not so many good things about pie in the sky. However, they didn't know that just now, the fleet that Jiang Zhijiao and his party saw on the Yangtze River happened to be Huan Huanxi to "pick up those pies that fell from the world".

This starts with the great increase in the throughput of Shanghai-Jiangxi Port. Due to the reform and opening up for nearly ten years, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone has achieved rapid development, and the throughput of Hujiang Port has also risen sharply, and even the container throughput has increased by 28 times. Coupled with the "Golden Island" plan of the well, the flow of the waterway is also increasing rapidly, so the Hujiang Municipal Government decided to dredge the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River in an all-round way, and carried out a huge comprehensive dredging project.

The project was officially implemented in September 1987, and a large number of river dredgers of different tonnages sailed to the Yangtze River estuary and Huangpu River in a planned way to start operations.

However, when the dredging operation was carried out in the Qidong section of the Yangtze River estuary in October, it was unexpectedly discovered that the silt excavated from the bottom of the river contained a large number of wild cockles?

At first, such a godsend was brought home by the workers on site and the farmers in nearby Qidong to try it. But then, a spontaneous way to make money naturally emerged, the whole county in Qidong mobilized, agricultural boats, sailboats, tractors, agricultural vehicles and other means of transport were spontaneously unified and concentrated, thousands of troops and horses to the Hujiang River to transport and sell this batch of cockles.

The dredger also made extra money, and the price was clearly marked, 10 yuan per spoonful (about one ton of mud cockles). And those agricultural boats can be loaded with 3 or 4 spoons and transported to the Hujiang market in a few days, and they can be exchanged for 2 or 3,000 yuan. In this era, it is already a big deal.

The major markets in the Hujiang River were immediately occupied by these low-priced, delicious wild cockles, and the citizens set off an upsurge of buying and eating cockles, and finally until the Spring Festival in 1988, there were still many farmers who gave up the festival and took agricultural boats along the river or carried the burden to sell in the streets and alleys of the Hujiang River. What a happy event for the whole world!

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At this time, the Hujiang River is still a peaceful Spring Festival atmosphere. After the inspection, Mr. Lin signed an agreement with Jiang Zhijiao on the same day to buy the 10 million shares of Dahe Industrial in Jiang Zhijiao's hands at a price of 10.2 Hong Kong dollars. And also paid a deposit of 1 million Hong Kong dollars on the spot. Since it coincided with the Spring Festival, the two parties agreed that after the Spring Festival, Mr. Lin would bring the money to Hujiang to complete the rest of the transaction.

Jiang Zhijiao happily stayed in Hujiang, enjoying the joy of making a fortune, and after being busy these days, he was finally able to stay in the hotel and rest at ease. However, that night, he suddenly vomited and diarrhea, Jiang Zhijiao thought it was an ordinary cold, bought some medicine and took it, and slept all night.

But the next day, Jiang Zhijiao became feverish and weak, and his condition seemed to be more serious, and the hotel did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent Jiang Zhijiao to the hospital. As soon as the diagnosis was made, Jiang Zhijiao was startled, it turned out that he had epidemic hepatitis A, so he was transferred to the foreign guest ward of the infectious disease hospital on the spot.

At the same time, major hospitals in Hujiang have been flooded with patients, all of whom are accompanied by typical symptoms such as body fever, vomiting, anorexia, fatigue, and yellowing of the face. And in the days that followed, the number of sick people across the Hujiang River rose sharply.

Like an avalanche, the number of infected people is getting more and more, and an atmosphere of panic is enveloped in Hujiang City. With the total number of patients reaching 300,000, there was no shortage of hospital beds in the city, so quite a number of factories were shut down, and schools that were on winter vacation were requisitioned and placed in beds.

The root of the plant (which actually acts as a placebo) is completely out of stock. Fortunately, this type of hepatitis A is a self-healing disease, and as long as you pass the infectious period of 20 days, you can go home to recuperate and recover on your own. However, that atmosphere of panic is not so easy to dispel, and at this time, in other provinces and cities, as long as you hear that someone is from Hujiang, it can be said that everyone shouts and beats.

Hey! Thinking of the civet cats of SARS in the future, the hairy cockles of hepatitis A this time? The big foodie empire seems to be full of disasters and difficulties! And this is the 88 years of the Hujiang hepatitis A epidemic that shocked the world!