At Nanjiang Hotel, Li Huayong and Lao Lu and several other people were chatting.

"Before this, Uncle Quan shouldn't know much about the whole of Nanjiang Province, right? I think it should be, because there is a saying in the interior that among so many provinces in China, Nanjiang may be the province with the least sense of existence. ”

Seeing Lao Lu nodding with a smile, Li Huayong began to talk to him about the situation in his hometown:

"Why doesn't Nanjiang Province have much sense of existence? First of all, because the geographical conditions here are relatively closed, surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, if you look at the map, you will find that the west of Nanjiang Province is the famous Luo Xiao Mountains, and the east is the more famous Wuyi Mountains, if you want to say that there are only six green forest belts like this in the whole country, Nanjiang Province accounts for two. And in the south, on the border with Guangdong Province, you should see when you come here, there are also mountains and forests, and the whole province is dominated by this hilly terrain, only in the north there is a large freshwater lake in China, Poyang Lake, you can see a little flat land. It is precisely because of such geographical conditions that the whole province is relatively closed, and the natural conditions are closed, so there is naturally less communication with the outside world, and less communication with the outside world, so naturally there is not much sense of existence. ”

"In addition, from the perspective of geo-culture, Nanjiang is the so-called 'head and tail of Wu', and has been influenced by these two cultures for a long time in history, so the local culture of Nanjiang contains both the sweetness and softness of Wu culture and the fierceness of Chu culture. It is these two cultures that are intertwined, collided and fused with each other, and it can be considered that the local culture of Nanjiang is another culture between Wu culture and Chu culture. At best, we can say that this culture has the characteristics of being eclectic, but to put it mildly, it is actually a hodgepodge and does not have its own distinctive characteristics. As we all know, if a culture does not have its own distinctive or distinctive characteristics, it will naturally not have much presence......."

Li Huayong spoke very well, and he even analyzed the character characteristics of his hometown people with great interest:

"The so-called water and soil on one side to nurture people on the other side may be precisely because of such a geographical environment and geographical location that we Nanjiang people have developed the character and temper of our Nanjiang people. What are the characteristics of our Nanjiang people? My personal analysis mainly includes the following points: First, most Nanjiang people are gentle and upright, but they lack the spirit of daring to be the first in the world. Everyone knows that Nanjiang was deeply influenced by Taoism in history, Zhang Tianshi is a Nanjiang person, and Taoism emphasizes purity and inaction, not daring to be the first in the world, which has a deep impact on Nanjiang people.

"Second, there has never been a shortage of scholars in Nanjiang, Nanjiang people can read, become officials, and actually do business. Especially in terms of culture, just like the "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" said, it is not a blow to say that Nanjiang is "a treasure of nature, outstanding people", and it is not to mention that after the Song Dynasty, it can be said that the cultural prosperity of Nanjiang has basically reached its peak, for example, nearly half of the familiar "Tang and Song Dynasty Eight Families" are Nanjiang people. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Wei interjected: "Yes, yes, oh, when I was in Pengcheng, I heard the locals talk about one of the two characteristics of your Nanjiang people, one of which is that you can read." ”

Li Huayong was proud when he heard this, and he looked at Lin Lianhua happily: "Yes, I didn't lie to you, we Nanjiang people are originally good at reading, by the way, you just said two characteristics, so what is the second characteristic they said?"

Lin Wei looked at Li Huayong with a smile: "People in Guangdong Province say that you Nanjiang people, first, can read, and second, can raise pigs." ”

“.......”

"Poof. ”

Finally couldn't help laughing out loud, it was Lin Lanhua, who had been sitting next to her. At this time, Lao Lu also smiled, and he waved his hand at Li Huayong: "Keep talking, keep talking." ”

"Ahem. Li Huayong first glared at Lin Wei fiercely, and then continued:

"It's a pity that although the people of Nanjiang can read, they are generally conservative, or the people in this place generally lack the big pattern and vision, we look at history, this place can not produce the emperor, but there have been many generals, prime ministers, auxiliary Jiangshan, become the so-called famous ministers, good generals. Among them, Wen Tianxiang, Wang Anshi and others are representatives. ”

"Third, the people of Nanjiang are generally conservative, but the people in this place are not xenophobic, but another problem is that although the people in this place are not xenophobic, they are very fond of infighting, why has the economic development of Nanjiang Province not improved, I think serious internal friction may be a very important reason......

At this time, Lao Lu spoke again, and he said to Li Huayong:

"Xiao Li, you said so much, then you tell me, do you think the plan we submitted this time can be approved by the government?"

Seeing that Lao Lu finally asked the question that everyone was most concerned about today, Li Huayong was silent, he thought about it, shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"This, this... I can't say yes, but I guess... I guess, I think I can get through......"

"Why? Didn't you just say that you Nanjiang people are generally conservative and dare not dare to be the first in the world?"

Li Huayong smiled and said: "Although we Nanjiang people are conservative, I think we Nanjiang people have another advantage that may be related to conservatism, and many people have not noticed it, and it is precisely because of this advantage that I estimate that our plan is likely to pass." ”

"What's the merit?"

"That is, we Nanjiang people are very realistic and pay attention to seeking truth from facts. ”

Li Huayong smiled and said to Lao Lu: "The situation of natural disasters in the sixties is not clear to the Lotus people, Uncle Quan, you should know? Why did there not be a famine in Nanjiang during the three years of natural disasters? Why did there not be a big chaos? In addition to the reason that Lianhua just said, we Nanjiang people "know how to raise pigs," another reason is related to the conservative nature of our Nanjiang people and their down-to-earth style and seeking truth from facts. ”

"Oh?"

Li Huayong told everyone a story he heard from the older generation: In fact, the formation of the "three-year natural disaster" in the 60s was not only related to the "natural" factors at that time, but also related to the "exaggerated style" at that time.

The reason why the people of Nanjiang were able to survive those years was not only because Nanjiang was originally a large agricultural province and had a relatively strong ability to resist famine, but also because Nanjiang was "not exaggerated" at that time.

When the whole country was exaggerating the grain yield of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of catties per mu, the people of Nanjiang at that time were "conservative" again, and everyone was embarrassed to brag about it. Li Huayong once heard an incident from his father: It is said that in those years, Premier Zhou once wanted to transfer grain from Nanjiang Province, but the premier was embarrassed to open his mouth.

Why? Because the people of Nanjiang were not exaggerated back then, and their grain output was truthfully reported. Then, in addition to the normal public grain, the prime minister pinched his fingers and calculated, and the rest were the rations for the people of Nanjiang to save their lives. Faced with this situation, the country is naturally embarrassed to continue to allow the grain of Nam Giang Province to be transferred abroad.

Correspondingly, some other provinces with serious pompous problems have had big problems in those years.

"Is there such a thing?"

"Hehe, if you want to say that although we Nanjiang people are conservative, but the first red revolutionary base can be born in our Nanjiang, it is not unreasonable, Uncle Quan, don't you say? So I think ......."

Before Li Huayong finished speaking, Chen Ting ran in panting, still holding something like an official letter in his hand: "There is a reply, and the government has given us an official receipt." ”

"Oh? ”

Lao Lu took the official letter first, and after a brief glance, he smiled at Li Huayong:

"You just said that you Nanjiang people are conservative, but what you did this time is not conservative at all. ”

Li Huayong took the official letter from Lao Lu, and after he read the content of the official letter, Li Huayong also smiled. However, a little different from Lao Lu is that Li Huayong should be regarded as a wry smile.

Strictly speaking, this is not an "official letter", it should be regarded as an "invitation letter", and this "invitation letter" was sent to the Lin Group in the name of the Nanjiang Provincial Federation of Overseas Chinese.

The content of the invitation letter: "In order to revitalize the Nanjiang ceramic industry, Shimen County Ceramic Industrial Development Zone is specially established, and we sincerely invite Xiangjiang Linshi Group to discuss the plan......."

Li Huayong said in his heart, "What's going on with this Nima?" His original idea was just to set up a ceramic factory that mainly produced porcelain for construction, and he did not think about anything else, and Li Huayong was not ready to set foot in the field of porcelain for civil and daily use. However, according to the government's meaning, this is obviously preparing to take this opportunity to build a ceramic industry chain.

Li Huayong was a little dumbfounded, this one, this idea is much more than his previous pattern, is this still the hometown people in his impression?

Of course, this is not the most important thing, what really matters is that the construction of an industrial park and a separate project is a lot of work in terms of infrastructure construction.

"Uncle Quan, what did I just say? I said a long time ago that we Nanjiang people are very realistic, you see, such a thing, this is obviously bargaining with us. ”