Chapter 14: Old Things
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"How old are you kids?" The old man said.
Fang Zhi and Bai Ruting looked at each other, their eyes expressive.
"Haha, you should be eighteen or nineteen years old, right? This age is like a flower-like age; Like our time, it's so bitter! The old man looked at the two of them meaningfully.
Although the two young people didn't know what to mean, they very much hoped that the old man they had just met could learn something about the city from him, so Bai Ruting immediately spoke.
"Uncle, the water of this Jiangmen Lake is not very clear, you have known about this place for a long time, do you know the past of this lake? Shiro asked curiously.
The old man didn't mean to hide himself at all, but the smile on his face faded, and he thought for a while.
"Yes, from your birth to the present, I can give you a rough idea." The old man said, "
The oars of the rowing boat in the old man's hand seemed to slow down even more, and the average speed went to the opposite shore, and the little drizzle on the lake also dripped from fast and slow.
What a beautiful view! From the trees by the lake, look at the old man and the seniors.
"It's supposed to be the 20th century, right?" The old man kindly asked, "I have already joined the work when I was your age. ”
Bai Hefang's face was full of doubts, and they all hoped that the old man would continue.
"I'm 58 years old this year, and I'm half old, but my healthy body is all exercised from constantly participating in labor work when I was young!"
Recalling the old days, although the old man hesitated for a moment; still continued: "In our time, there were also many singing love stories; You may not believe it, young man, but you can hear it as a story. ”
Bai Hefang was very curious, and Bai waited quietly with his hands on his cheeks to listen.
The old man put down the oars in his hand and walked into the cabin, and saw that he had taken out an iron box from an old box, which contained a dry tobacco pipe and some dry tobacco rolls.
When he sat back, the old man did not row the boat, but plucked some cigarettes with his hands and put them in the dry tobacco pipe.
There was an unlit kerosene lamp in the boat, which was very old; The uncle picked up the lighter next to him, lit the kerosene lamp, and then leaned over the kerosene lamp and lit the tobacco in the dry tobacco pipe.
"Why don't you just light a cigarette pipe with a lighter?" Male hormones exploded, and Fang Zhi was curious as a male should be.
The saying that smoke is born on a man's mouth, and when a man swallows the clouds and exhales the fog, it is absolutely quiet.
So at this time, Fang Zhi didn't bother the old man, who was smoking this dry tobacco pipe meaningfully.
The three people on the boat were quiet, leaving only the old man to look at the lake, which was not wide; But it's long, long enough to feed people on both sides of the strait.
After three minutes, the old man broke the silence of this moment: "In 65 years, the country was in the midst of a construction boom, that is, I had just turned 19 years old, and at that time, the government said that in order to play the slogan of labor-oriented, there was a big project to build the whole city, which was to develop Jiangmen Lake. “
I am one of the members of the infrastructure construction army, and our city used to be very famous, so whenever we have something, other cities will send some talents to build our city, and of course, the reason is that this project will also benefit other surrounding cities, which is why young people now don't know where the end of this lake is; There's a story in this that you young people don't know. ”
Bai Ruting and Fang Zhi were more and more attracted by these, and hoped that the old man would continue to speak.
"The development of Jiangmen Lake is a huge project, which requires manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Funds are shortcomings, and a lot of workers have to be hired. The old man said.
"Just by draining the water of Jiangmen Lake at that time, it would require a budget of more than 5 million; We are the last batch of workers, the finishing haha! At this time, the old man's facial expression began to change from deep to happy: "Our responsibility is to wait for the water to drain out, and then use a lever machine or hands to dry the stones inside, at that time, after the water is drained, a lot of fish have emerged at the bottom of the lake, at least 10,000 catties, all gathered in the middle of the lake, No, look, it's over there!" The old man pointed to an iron pillar standing in the middle of the lake, and under the moonlight, it seemed that there were dense words on the iron pillar.
Fang Zhi was even more curious, "Uncle, why don't we go and see that iron pillar?" That iron pillar is not very far, from here to there; It should only take two minutes.
"Haha, okay, I'll drive over and remember it!" The old man picked up the sculls, and seemed to suddenly become young at this moment, and paddled quickly.
When he arrived, the iron pillar was at least half a meter thick, and the old man told Fang Zhi that the piers below one meter of the iron pillar were made of cement, just to stand on this iron pillar.
Fang Zhi saw that the iron pillar read: 1965 Lichun, 1965 ~ month, it took ten years and three months, renamed Jiangmen Lake, Li Chunli.
"Who is Li Chun?" Fang Zhi asked the old man.
A trace of fright flashed on the old man's face at this time, as if he was not looking at this old iron pillar at all.
However, he still replied to Fang Zhi, "He was the person in charge of the Jiangmen Lake project at that time, and the project boss." “
The incident in the mouth of the old man Fang Zhi became more and more curious, "Do you know each other?" “
"Listen to me first and tell you these stories, and then I will tell you, and I will tell you as I go; Hear me tell the rest of the story. The old man began to say seriously: "At that time, our project was estimated to need about 20 million yuan, with a total length of 50 kilometers. "Feeds the population of at least four cities."
"Four cities combined, how many people do you say there were at that time? The old man said: "A total of less than 20 million!" “
Fang Zhi was clear at this time, he was mainly studying this aspect, and he was also very good at it.
The four cities with a population of less than 20 million should all be part of them in the form of fundraising, 400 million divided by 20 million, which was definitely a lot of money for several small cities in development at that time.
This big project alone requires an extremely long period of painstaking work; At the call of the national government, it was planned for three years.
This takes into account all the factors of people's livelihood, economy, and nature.
From the planning department at that time to the construction department below, the requirements for the personal quality of the leaders are extremely high, and the selection of talents is also strict.
I don't know much about the leaders above, I only know that our leader Li Chunli was transferred from Northwest University at that time; Majored in engineering budgeting and cost. The old man said meaningfully.
It is said that he was the nephew of the mayor of a city in the northwest, and the mayor of a city specially dropped him from the northwest.
The Northwest has successfully carried out many such large and small projects, plus Li Chun grew up there since he was a child, and he has also participated in this kind of actual combat; So this kind of slightly larger project.
It's also a familiar road! ”
When Li Chun first arrived, he met with our construction staff, and we were all attracted by his extraordinary charm.
When Lichun came, there weren't too many shelves, just very delicate, and we all enjoyed chatting with him.
When the construction team started to work, Li Chun and we ate together, bathed, and stayed together; There is no posture like a prince of the government at all.
In Li Chun's mouth, we learned that his father was the head of a national water and soil bureau in the northwest, so his father also wanted him to take this path.
When you are young, go through more experience.
"After living with Li Chun for two years, an accident happened when the project was about to be completed for three years." The old man said.
"At that time, Li Chun, as usual with us, was wearing black water boots, laying concrete under the opposite bank."
After paving a section of the riverbed, when he was about to arrive at Yanjiang Road in City C, Li Chun found a huge pit with a black hole! The old man said excitedly.
Fang Zhi and Bai Ruting took a deep breath, hoping that the old man would continue.