Early the next morning

Lu Qiang's private ranch is 40 minutes away from Qingdao Town, and it will take two days to drive the pasture sheep to the town to shear sheep, which is very convenient.

Lu Qiang also went out early in the morning, and he was going to take a boat to the Red River Valley tomorrow to run an errand, and he needed to clarify the tedious affairs at hand today.

The weather is bad today, and it will be dark after dawn.

It may rain heavily in the morning, and the construction site that has been busy and noisy is finally quiet, and the workers are idle to get together to chat and fart, play cards and drink to kill time, and some people go headlong into the Fengyue place opened by the Fuso people in the town, the girls here are gentle and considerate, the price is not expensive, and it is suitable for all ages.

It won't be long

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the black clouds in the sky rolled, the thunder flashed, and the pouring rain finally poured down, turning the world into a world of white rain.

"Hell, this damn weather."

Lu Qiang was checking the materials with the account book in his hand and the bookkeeper of Honghegu Industrial Corporation, and when he saw that the sky was darkening all of a sudden, he cursed with some annoyance, and walked over to light the oil lamp.

Uncle Wu, the old housekeeper, went out early in the morning, and should have arrived at the pasture by this time, so that he would not suffer from the rain on the road, but the cowboys who were temporarily stationed at the grazing ground outside the town were unlucky, and should be struggling to gather the frightened sheep at this time.

The work of the wool purchasing station in the town also had to be interrupted, the damp wool could not be harvested, and there was not so much space to spread and dry, which lasted at least three or four days.

At this time, Lu Qiang thought of the injured cattle in his pasture and the muddy road after the rain, and it seemed that there was no way to drive the cattle to the town to sell, so he really couldn't do it, so he had to kill them first and smoke the beef.

The rain was pouring all the time, and by noon it showed no signs of stopping.

The town's already built sewer culverts played an important role, with the muddy water running down the brick culverts, leaving no standing water on the streets.

But the construction site of the port reservoir area under construction is unlucky, the excavated foundation pit is hung with rainwater and becomes a small pond one after another, and can only wait for the weather to clear up, and use manpower to scoop water outside, which seriously delays the construction progress.

It's all like this, and after a few more heavy rains, the original construction plan has to be delayed.

Lu Qiang and his assistant Wu Gouzi ran into the town's tavern with an oil-paper umbrella, half of their bodies were already wet, their pants and cowboy boots were full of water, he looked back with an ugly face, and the heavy rain was still falling, as if the sky was leaking.

There were no decent roads from the pasture to the town, and after heavy rains there was water everywhere in the fields, and the carriages could easily get bogged down, and in fact traffic was cut off.

The downpour has brought great difficulties to the supply of logistical materials, the supply from the pasture has been interrupted, there is no shortage of food in the town, and the non-staple food can also support a few days, the key is that a large number of potatoes cut out of their pasture are easy to rot and sprout in this wet weather, and the loss will be great.

"Master Lu, your letter ......"

shouted, the town's postman ran over in the heavy rain, rushed all the way to the eaves, the poncho he was wearing was still dripping, and then took out a letter from the mail bag under the poncho and handed it to Lu Qiang, complaining incessantly; "Why am I so unlucky? It's raining so hard, and there are a few urgent letters to be delivered to Townsville, and the postman is really not a human job. ”

"Don't complain buddy, look at the ranchers out of town, I'm afraid I'm jumping to my feet now."

"Huh...... Hearing Lu Ye say this, I feel much better. The postman's bitter face immediately softened.

The town of Townsville is about 90 kilometres west of the town of Qingdao, and there are no roads between the two places, and it takes two days to get there on fast horses, so the heavy rain is nothing short of a disaster.

In the damp and low-lying areas, the horses must be led carefully to prevent the wet and muddy mud puddles from breaking the horses' hooves, and if the postman breaks his leg, it will be a lot of fun.

In the open field, it is no wonder that the postman is afraid of the earth.

After sending the postman away, Lu Qiang saw that the letter came from the Red Fort, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment and hurriedly opened it to see, and soon a layer of joy appeared on his face.

This is a letter written by Tang Shaoyi's secretary, saying;

On the orders of the Earl, he will follow the delegation led by Professor Glenn Johnson to Europe, and is expected to return at the end of the year or early next year.

Okay, there's no need to go to the Red River Valley now.

Lu Qiang pushed the door into the tavern with a letter in his hand, and a guy had already come up and led him all the way to the upstairs elegant seat, the mayor Li Siyuan and Zhao Qishan, Ma Limin and others had already arrived, and they were sitting at the table drinking tea and chatting.

They saw Lu Qiang coming in from outside and raised his voice to say hello; "Yo ho...... You've been drenched in soup, sit down and take a sip of hot tea. ”

"Mayor Town, there is no need to go to the Red River Valley, Secretary Tang has already followed the delegation to Europe, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back this year." Lu Qiang sat on the chair and handed the letter in his hand to Li Siyuan.

Mayor Li Siyuan frowned, took the letter and looked at it, put down the letter with a somewhat depressed expression and said; "It's really bad luck, that's the only way, report to apply for petroleum asphalt in the United States, natural asphalt can't be counted on."

"Nine times out of ten, things don't go as planned, just like today's heavy rain disrupted the entire construction plan." Zhao Qishan, as one of the shareholders of the construction of the port area, the construction of Qingdao Port is related to its own interests, so he is not in a relaxed mood.

He turned the teacup in his hand and looked at the heavy rain outside, without the slightest sign of stopping, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and continued; "The textile mill has not yet started, the impact is not great, the earliest time of urban construction is not greatly affected, but it is a pity that we have suffered from the port reservoir area project, the building foundation pit that has just been dug is soaked in muddy water, how a miserable word?"

The combination of project delays and heavy rain meant that more money had to be invested in the project, which was a huge pressure on minority shareholders.

If it is not possible to increase investment at the same time, the equity ratio will inevitably be compressed, and finally the interests of small shareholders will be damaged, which Zhao Qishan does not want to see.

Don't look at the infinite scenery now, they are all carrying huge debts from Shangri-La Bank, how can they easily get it?

"Kaishan, this is just a small setback, I believe we will be able to overcome it." Mayor Li Siyuan knew his worries, and said with an encouraging look on his face; "According to the plan of the 19th Century United Aviation Company, the inland river route from Qingdao Town to Townsville Town and Linyi Town will be opened next month, and the construction of thermal power plants and mining areas will also be carried out one after another, which is no less than a shot in the arm for Qingdao Port, and the future prospects are extremely good."

"Mayor Town, you can comfort us, I estimate that the entire port area will be overspent a lot at the end of the project, and when the time comes, I will ask you to help us with some public relations loans, but don't be on the table when you eat meat."

"No problem, wrap it up on me." Li Siyuan agreed.

Shangri-La Bank, which has just been established, has expanded strongly, and most of the bank's backbone personnel are from Huitong Bank, among which many students of the Eagle School have grown into bank backbones, and Li Siyuan believes that this little bit of incense is still there.

Both Huitong Bank and Shangralli-La Bank are financial institutions that are absolutely controlled by the Earl, and the left hand is just the right hand, and as long as the Earl does not publicly intervene to stop it, it will be difficult to curb this kind of digging into the wall.

Okay, it's a matter for the big guys.

"Mayor Mare, when will our next immigration arrive?" Lu Qiang asked with concern.

"How...... Short of manpower again? ”

"When is there no shortage of people, now we have nearly 20,000 people in Qingdao Town, a small half of which are construction troops, and there are a lot of non-staple food supplies every day, I and Brother Qishan have set aside a piece of land at the intersection of several ranches to jointly establish a vegetable and vegetable food supply base, this matter is going to be told to you anyway, just ask you to join a large share, and jointly do this profitable business."

"Vegetable base...... That's a good idea. Li Siyuan nodded thoughtfully, he was really a little moved, and said happily after summing it up in his heart; Okay, I'm the one for that. ”

The administrative officials of the Prefecture Autonomous Office and the middle and high-level managers of the major factories and mining enterprises have a relatively high status and high incomes, and they are the elite class of society, and while enjoying their rights, they are also subject to many constraints, and on the surface they are not allowed to participate in commercial operations, they are not allowed to privately transfer benefits, they are not allowed to take bribes, and they are not allowed to illegally occupy ......

The Security Department, the Police Department and the Audit and Audit Department all have the power to investigate cases of economic violations, and over the years they have punished a number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who have been thrown into hard labor camps while confiscating their property, and have used their labor to wash away their crimes.

However, it does not mean that high-level officials can be banned from doing business, there are policies at the top, there are countermeasures at the bottom, and some interests are held on behalf of fellow villagers, and it has become a common practice to play side balls, and many enterprises in Red River Valley City are high-level shareholders and participate, as long as there is no problem with the source of funds, this situation is allowed.

The business of vegetable and vegetable food supply base is very good, is a long-term stable profit, the project was initiated by several private ranchers in the neighboring town of Qingdao, and the relevant personnel in the town entered a share, the time and place are favorable, and it is difficult to make money.

The mayor of the town, Li Siyuan, is not a saint who does not eat the fireworks of the world, and his family also has a big mansion, a servant, a carriage, and a Malay concubine.

With the inevitable explosion of the population of Qingdao Town, the business prospect of the vegetable and non-staple food supply base is very good, and it is worth a lot of money, even if the loan is involved, it is worth trying, and the risk of failure is infinitely close to zero.