After Richard's debriefing, an old white man got up and said, "Dear Mr. Lord, my name is John. Costello, you can call me John Sr., I'm now the director of your Territory's Water Bureau, and I'm 64 years old. I didn't go to college, and I've always been an old worker in the United States, mainly doing some water conservancy projects. ”

"Oh, Mr. John, may I ask you all about the hydraulic projects?" Chen Feng asked.

"Dear Mr. Lord, I began at the age of 14 with my father to build a suspension bridge over the Rockmose River, and have participated in the construction of a total of 68 water conservancy projects in the United States, of which I participated in the construction of 32 projects as a worker, and the rest as a designer and project administrator, including the Bald Dam and the Tennessee Water Project." Old John replied.

Chen Feng was secretly taken aback, this little-known old man actually participated in the construction of the Bald Dam and the Tennessee Water Conservancy Project.

When it comes to the Bald Dam, you may not know it, but when you talk about the Hoover Dam, you may know it. The Hoover Dam, located in northwestern Arizona, is a massive project. The reservoir of the Hoover Dam is the famous Lake Mead, which is the largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere. Not only is it beautiful, but it can also irrigate crops and use hydroelectric power, which plays a role that cannot be ignored in the development of production. The Hoover Dam has 1,345 megawatts of power generation to supply much of the southwestern Pacific coast, demonstrating the magnitude of the Hoover Dam's contribution.

At the same time, the dam will play a huge role in the development of industry and agriculture after its completion. Therefore, it occupies an important position in the ranks of water conservancy projects in the world. The construction of the dam took a lot of money and mobilized a lot of effort, and it was completed and put into use in 1936. It is an arched gravity man-made concrete dam. The height of the dam is 220 meters, the width at the bottom is 200 meters, the width at the top is 14 meters, and the length of the embankment is 377 meters. Such a huge dam is rare in the world.

Republican leader Herbert Hoover was on stage when the dam was built, and the dam was named after him. But the Democrats are not convinced. Wait for Hoover to step down. They renamed the Hoover Dam the Bald Dam, the name of a nearby city. Republicans have since regained power. The Bald Dam became the Hoover Dam again.

It can be said that the Hoover Dam is an extremely important symbol of the United States in the twentieth century. At the same time, it also occupies an extremely important position in the history of water conservancy in the world.

The Tennessee Water Conservancy Project is also extremely famous, and during Roosevelt's New Deal, the U.S. government implemented a cash-for-work program while providing relief to families in need. Institutions such as the Public Works Department were established. Manage public works projects. in order to attract more unemployed people into the labour force. One of the most ambitious projects is the Tennessee Valley Water Project.

This watershed was originally a poor area of the United States, and most residents did not have electricity. The Tennessee Valley Works Authority, established in 1933, leverages investment from the U.S. government. The recruitment of a large number of unemployed workers, the construction of dams, hydroelectric power stations, and the development of shipping resulted in the construction of large hydroelectric power stations and a complete shipping system, which promoted the development of industry and agriculture in the region.

Unexpectedly, such an ordinary old man actually participated in the construction of the Hoover Dam and the Tennessee Water Conservancy Project, and Chen Feng was in awe of this old man for a while.

"Old John, then tell me about the water conservancy project of our Nanyang Collar, I don't know much about Nanyang Ling!" Chen Feng said.

"Mr. Lord, from more than a year of work, Old John I can see that you and your family are a family worthy of anyone's following, and your generosity towards your people will surely be admired by the world. Before you took ownership of the place, there was not a single complete water conservancy in the whole of the South Seas, and the island's inhabitants did not engage in agricultural production, but lived mainly on the natural food of the rainforest. ”

"But since you and your family moved here, you have not only tried to increase the population, but also encouraged people to cultivate land and give children a first-class education. With the support of beautiful women, we built a total of 2 small dams last year and cleared 300 kilometers of river channels to provide irrigation for 1,300 square kilometers of land. This year we plan to build 15 small dams, 2 medium-sized dams, and 1,000 kilometres of waterways. Old John replied.

"Well, water is a key to agriculture, and the South Seas Territory is a tropical region with many rivers, and we have to make good use of them. Old John, you and your team should do a good job, and I will fully support you! Chen Feng said firmly.

The next person to introduce himself was a white man, in his 30s, very capable, who got up and said to Chen Feng in German: "Mr. Generous and Great Lord, I am a Jew Real, a German Jew, and I am currently the director of the Nanyang Consulate General of Transportation. ”

"Jews, very good, I didn't expect that you Jews already have a vice president and a director in such a short period of time, so I can rest assured, with you as an endorsement for those Jews, no one will discriminate against you homeless people!" Chen Feng said with emotion.

Real said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Lord Xie, my fellow Jews and I are very grateful for the generosity of you and your family, if Your Excellency hadn't taken us in, I'm afraid that the current Jewish nation would have been wiped out by that demon!" ”

"Real, as far as I know, the traffic in Nanyang Territory is not very good, what has your transportation bureau done for more than a year?" Chen Feng asked.

"Yes, Mr. Lord, the South Seas Territory is vast, even much larger than the whole of Germany. Moreover, the population of the island is small, the cities are very small, and the distance between them is too long and too long, and it will be a very large project to connect all the cities on the whole island, and it will not be completed in a short time. ”

"Last year, our Transport Department built the road from Port Moresby to Tufi, Mobello, Lae and Madang, as well as Port Moresby Airport, Jayapura Airport, Sorong Airport, Aru Airport, Tanimbal Airport, Marauch Airport, Port Arthur Airport, Hobart Airport. This year, we plan to build three roads: Mobero to Kikori, Jayapra Dao Sami and Sorong to Manokwari. ”

"It's really difficult to completely improve the traffic on the island, so your transportation bureau has to be very careful, if it doesn't work in one year, it will be two years, and if it doesn't work in two years, it will take five years, not only to build roads and airports, but also to open up sea communication lines, and in addition, to bring all the nearby islands under the jurisdiction of the traffic management department." Chen Feng instructed.

"Yes"

Real was followed by a Chinese making a report: "General Chen, my name is Li Keqing, a native of Shanxi, and I am currently the director of the Nanyang Consulate Commercial Bureau, and I also serve as the director of the tax bureau and the director of the financial bureau!" ”

"Is there an active commercial activity on the island, and is foreign trade mainly export-oriented or import-based?" Chen Feng asked.

"The commercial activities in our territory are not very active, mainly because the residents of the island live too poorly, and there is no extra money to buy goods, the main work of the commercial bureau and the tax bureau and the banking and other financial departments is foreign trade, that is, trade with Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, so far, the total annual export of the Nanyang Territory is less than 100,000 US dollars, but the total import has reached 180 million US dollars, which is not counting the payment directly from the account of the Chinese company."

"Last year, Nanyang Ling's tax revenue was 1.28 million US dollars, but the financial expenditure was as high as 720 million US dollars, mainly spent on transportation, housing and urban construction, and part of it was used to pay for imports!"

This answer is both expected by Chen Feng and unexpected by Chen Feng, for a newly developed area like Nanyangling, it is understandable that fiscal expenditure is higher than fiscal revenue, after all, this is in the development stage.

In addition, it is understandable that the foreign trade deficit is not much, after all, the Nanyang Territory does not have much to export, and at the same time has to import a large number of goods from other countries, including grain and various production equipment, which are quite expensive.

But the fact that the territory would be developed so high was far beyond Chen Feng's expectations. You must know that the expenditure of more than 700 million US dollars a year is equivalent to the financial expenditure of the national government for more than half a year, and if you include the military expenditure and the payment of goods by the Huaxia company, I am afraid that the annual expenditure of Nanyang Ling will exceed the financial expenditure of the national government.

"Director Li, it is normal for the territory to be in the development stage and the foreign trade deficit, but if you want to vigorously develop the commercial activities within the territory, the first thing is to stimulate the economic development of the territory, as long as the internal is invigorated, this unfavorable situation will be slowly improved." Chen Feng said.

The next person who introduced himself was also a Chinese: "General Chen, my name is Wang Senke, I am from Hunan, I worked and studied in France in my early years, and now I am the head of diplomacy of our Nanyang Consulate. After more than a year of hard work, our Nanyang Territory has been recognized by the U.S. government, the Australian government, the Canadian government, the New Zealand government, the British government, the French government, the Japanese government, the Dutch government, the national government, the Soviet government, and the Mexican government. ”

"Hehe, the Japanese have a good calculation, they admit that we are just preparing for the capture of the Nanyang Territory in the future. The Germans don't recognize us because the island of New Guinea was a German colony before, and now the Germans are invincible in Europe, so they want to return to Asia in the future, leave them alone! Chen Feng said with a smile. (To be continued......)