Chapter 727: Heading South

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"Mai Liang, why is it so familiar?" Wang Zheng showed a hint of thought between his eyebrows.

"Mai Liang is one of the 167 Taoyuan towns we are currently building in ASEAN. ”

Chen Qing's reminder made Wang Zheng suddenly remember.

"I almost forgot. Wang Zheng patted his forehead, since 2015, since the implementation of the Golden Triangle plan, Taoyuan Farm has been continuously acquiring land in 11 ASEAN countries, and is also continuously building Taoyuan Town. Now, in the past three years, the number of Taoyuan towns has reached 167, including those under construction, and they are still expanding rapidly with the support of huge funds. And Mailiang is one of the earlier of all Taoyuan towns.

“… By the way, we got off here when we arrived at the station, and after having lunch by the way, we continued on our way. By the way, let's see how this paradise town in Myanmar is!"

"Yes!"

As the sound of steel rails clashing gradually increases, a train similar to a domestic ordinary express slowly stops on the outskirts of a new city.

Mai Liang is a small town in Sagaing Province, Myanmar, located in the upper reaches of the Chindun River, between the Naga Hills and the Longerang Mountains. It is surrounded by plains washed out by the Chindun River, so before Taoyuan Farm moved in, it was mainly agricultural.

After Taoyuan Farm moved in, Times Group invested in a shoe factory here, and moved the production of 'Red Wolf' men's shoes among the more than a dozen brands developed by Times Group here. This is also the development trend of labor-intensive enterprises in China in recent years.

Because of the zero tariff between ASEAN and China, just as foreign capital moved factories to China during the reform and opening up period, China's labor-intensive enterprises have also moved their factories to ASEAN, which has lower labor costs and is more geographically closer.

The train station is close to the city of Mailiang, so after getting off the train, Wang Zheng can easily take in the image of the whole city. Like most Taoyuan towns, Mailiang is a high-rise building. The residences are all new buildings with twenty or thirty floors, nearly 100 meters high, and steel with armor. Commercial buildings, on the other hand, are similar to residential buildings in height, but they occupy a much larger area.

"Boss, the car is coming!"

While Wang Zheng was looking, a black unmanned car slowly drove over. The car logo is the image of the unicorn of the Chinese scenic spot, and Wang Zheng is also very familiar with it.

"The Kirin electric car has already been launched here?"

Wang Zheng was surprised.

As the first pure electric vehicle successfully developed by Fengshen Automobile Company, it has not yet been put on sale in China because it has just completed road tests, but it was not expected to be listed in Myanmar first.

"After the Kirin electric car was produced, the neuronal master brain simulated it millions of times. Security is guaranteed sufficiently. Therefore, we will put it on the market in ASEAN and Dongying in advance that we can influence. Today, 680,000 units have been sold in 12 countries and are growing rapidly. ”

"The package has to keep up. ”

"Rest assured, we have opened repair plants and battery charging points in all major cities in ASEAN and Dongying. There are no problems with the ancillary services. ”

Wang Zheng nodded, the Kirin electric car has two charging methods: solar energy and battery. Under the graphene battery developed by Shennong Research Institute, a 13-inch battery the size of an ordinary laptop can propel a 1.5-ton Kirin to travel 500 kilometers at full speed. Moreover, when the weather is fine, the solar foil equipped with the car can also charge the battery at any time, so theoretically the Kirin electric car can almost never replace the battery.

But it's only the best of things, and it's hard to achieve. After all, most of the garage is underground, and the weather isn't always sunny. That's why you need a spare battery. Fengshen Automobile Company has opened 4S stores in major cities to provide car repair and battery replacement services.

In addition to pure battery power, autonomous driving is another major selling point of Kirin Motors. However, in order to take care of the driving habits formed over the years, Kirin cars did not remove the steering wheel. Of course, there are also models that don't have a steering wheel at all, and it's all up to personal preference.

After getting on the bus, after setting the route on the map of the on-board computer, the Kirin car left the station and headed for the city by itself.

"Hey, what's that?"

Wang Zheng pointed out the car window, not far from the city, rows of large jars.

"That's a biogas digester!" Chen Qing said.

As Wang Zheng's secretary, any news from the Bada Group will be concentrated here. Wang Gan, on the other hand, was in charge of the political aspects of the 'Golden Triangle Plan'.

“… All human and animal manure in Myraung will enter the biogas digester through the sewer pipe to ferment, forming biogas and supplying the gas needs of nearly 130,000 people in Myra. And the waste left over from biogas fermentation happens to be the best organic fertilizer for agricultural production. ”

Wang Zheng nodded, "I remember that Wang Kai submitted information in this regard. ”

"Yes. … It was an energy transformation report that involved all Taoyuan towns. This is because Wharf Gas has limited natural gas resources, and it takes too much time to lay pipelines. In addition, solar panels cannot supply electricity for the whole year, so biogas becomes the best intermediate energy source. It can not only fill the shortage of natural gas for civil use, but also can be used to generate electricity when solar energy cannot provide enough electricity, and at the same time consume unnecessary garbage pollution, providing excellent organic fertilizer, killing three birds with one stone. ”

"In this way, the net profit of Wharf Gas and Zhongwu Electric has increased a lot!" Wang Zheng nodded and said.

"That's true. Biogas does not require much capital for decades, except for the large cost of the initial investment. Moreover, the raw materials are almost free. ”

"How many Taoyuan Town projects have we built or are under construction now?"

"327, including 167 in ASEAN, 107 in China, 29 in Dongying, 15 in South Korea, and 9 in Australia!

While Wang Zheng nodded, his eyes also saw the catering brands of Toshiba Telecom, East West Bank, and Maxim's Food Group on both sides of the main road outside the window, as well as the last Golden Eagle Shopping Center storefront.

Taoyuan Town is like a platform, the more the number, the larger the business scale of the major groups.

After eating an authentic 'Burmese meal' at Baiweiju in the city center, Wang Zheng took his attendants and crossed the main road in the middle to the other side of the city. Ten kilometers away from Mailiang, a large complex of buildings is under construction.

"This is the orphanage?"

"Not only welfare homes, but also kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, and vocational colleges! ”

Wang Zheng nodded, "If you teach all Chinese, are the teacher resources enough?"

"By domestic standards, it's definitely not enough. But we can use artificial intelligence, just like we did in Nuwa Space, Fuxi Space, and Zhurong Space!"

"How many students can meet the requirements of this place after completion?"

"50,000! If it's not enough, we can continue to expand!"

"Do all Taoyuan Villas have this kind of comprehensive welfare home?"

"Except for Huaxia, there are all of them!"

"Not bad!" Wang Zheng nodded, part of the core of the Golden Triangle plan is population replacement and integration. Hospitals, welfare homes and education are the most important parts of the implementation of this plan.

"Let's go, we've seen what we need to see, it's time for us to take the train. ”

"Yes, boss!"

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After leaving Myara and continuing south by train, Wang Zheng arrived in Sittwe. Despite being the third largest port in Myanmar, Sittwe is not a large port with a population of only 150,000 and is severely lacking in port services. Of course, all this changed after Defond Construction came in.

The dilapidated city of Sittwe has been renovated by Defeng Architecture, and a large area of brand new urban area has been built. Sittwe Port was also bought by Hyundai Shipping Group and underwent a large-scale expansion. At present, 1 berth of 300,000 tons, 3 berths of 150,000 tons, 5 berths of 100,000 tons, 9 berths of 50,000 tons and 17 berths of 10,000 tons have been built. Today, Sittwe Port has become one of the largest ports in the Bay of Bengal.

The reason why Hyundai Freight Group works so hard is also to see the rolling profits brought by the connection between the hinterland of southwest China and the Indian Ocean after the railway and highway are connected. In fact, what was a plan on paper three years ago has now become a reality.

Wang Zheng saw the huge ships docked at the port, the many trading companies in the urban area of Sittwe, and the streets that were obviously thriving, and he knew that his original goal had been achieved.

"In the future, as more and more railways and highways connect the hinterland of China and the countries of the Indochina Peninsula, commerce here will become more and more prosperous. Chen Qing stood behind Wang Zheng and said.

Wang Zheng smiled, "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, but it is the most valuable experience in the thousands of years of our Chinese development." ”

"Then should we build a railway from Sittwe to Chittagong? If it can be opened to traffic, it will be more beneficial for the development of Sittwe to communicate between the two countries. Chen Qingdao said.

"Not yet. Wang Zheng shook his head after thinking about it, he knew very well that along with the construction of the railway, in addition to economic prosperity, there were also tens of millions of poor Bangladeshis.

"The most important thing for us at the moment is to change ASEAN and Dongying first. As for Bangladesh, let's see what happens later. ”

After a night's rest in Sittwe, Wang Zheng continued to take the train south the next day, passing through the major cities of Burma, such as Pa Sang, Yangon, Bago, Mawlamyine, and Dawei. In these cities, there are the footprints of Wang Zheng's various enterprises. In particular, Defond Construction Group is responsible for almost all the renovation of the old city. All utilities were taken over by Wharf. For more than three years, Wang Zheng has relied on his political advantages and the huge capital provided by East West Bank to penetrate the business of his various groups into all aspects of ASEAN countries.

Except for Chinese businessmen who have been operating in the local area for many years, as well as some state-owned enterprises, almost no one can compete with him.