Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2361 Float Parade ([-])

Shao Yaoguang did not stay in Dingjun County for too long.Although the local officials were juniors he was familiar with, they really wanted the leaders to "guidance work" here, but Shao Yaoguang's schedule was full and he had to go to other places for inspection, so he left soon.

On January 1, the special train changed its head at the Dingjun Town Railway Station. After filling up with coal water, it turned around and headed eastward, heading for Ping'an County, an important industrial town in the Yazihu ​​River Basin.

In fact, he was going here before, but Dingjun County was kindly invited by the completion of the new small commodity market, and it was also the only way to go to Ping'an County, so he stopped by to see it for a few days.Now that it's over, Shao is also very satisfied with the local development, so he goes to the next destination, Ping'an County.

As a northern metropolis, the economic development of Ping'an County has been very stable in recent years. Although the growth rate is not outstanding nationwide, it has been stable at an upper-middle level. Coupled with its relatively large scale, it has now become a The top three comprehensive cities on the East Coast.

Shao Yaoguang's first stop in Ping'an County was the nationally famous Ping'an Memorial Hospital.Ping'an Memorial Hospital currently has a main hospital (located in the urban area) and three branch hospitals (located in the townships under Ping'an County). It is natural that Shao Yaoguang visited this hospital.

"Leader, this is the core central ward." The director of Ping'an Memorial Hospital is a middle-aged man with a bald head and thick glasses. He can only be seen running back and forth, courteously addressing Shao Yaoguang. The author introduced: "There are seven wards here (on the third floor) for various departments. Each ward has a rest room, bathroom (and toilet), escort room, and a nurse's room for the seven wards outside. , nurse duty room (with battery-driven signal paging system), catering room, examination room, etc."

Shao Yaoguang nodded slightly.If there is no accident, these seven wards should be special wards. The floor is covered with carpets imported from Turkey, and there is a washbasin with mirror in the bathroom. The beds are also made of high-quality Brazilian wood with exquisite patterns carved on them.There is a bedside table in front of the hospital bed, a wardrobe in the room, flowers on the window sill, and even the curtains are made of silk. This level is indeed not low, and it is not something ordinary people can live in.

With the development of the east coast to the present, social stratification has indeed become more obvious. The rich and powerful pursue a better quality of life and are willing to pay a high price for it.The only thing that restricts them is probably the vigorous development of various industries in the East Coast. Everyone has a decent job, and the income can still allow him to live with relative dignity. Therefore, there is a relatively large gap in people engaged in the service industry. .There is no way, this is unsolvable, and the material aspect can be solved through production, but human beings cannot.If we really want to solve it, we can probably only import large quantities of young labor from abroad, such as Polish and Italian waitresses.

After visiting the central ward (special ward), Shao Yaoguang and his team went to the general wards.The conditions here are worse. The nurse’s room, duty room, and pantry are all public, but there are also bedside tables, wardrobes, and washrooms (with a mirror on the wall) in the wards. They are divided into first-class wards, There are three levels of second-class wards and third-class wards, with a total of 30 beds.

Don't think that this kind of ward is very cheap. In fact, it is also provided for the relatively wealthy class. After all, it is a single ward, and patients will feel more comfortable living here.As for the wards for ordinary people, they are all so-called large wards, that is, a large room separated by a screen, with a total of 750 beds, and the charges are relatively cheap, but they are also divided into grades. For example, the conditions in the children's ward are relatively good. Some.

Overall, Ping An Memorial Hospital is worthy of being a modern hospital with first-class facilities and services in China, which made Shao Yaoguang very satisfied after spending half a day visiting.Especially after the director mentioned that because of the increasing number of patients (the population of Ping'an County has exceeded 25, which is a first-class big city), he was more satisfied with the plan to increase investment and expand the scale of the hospital.This means that the country is developing and moving towards a more civilized state!

"The county government made a decision to increase investment by 5 yuan last year. The Taoist Federation and all walks of life also donated more than [-] yuan. The funds for the follow-up development of the hospital are ready. In addition, we plan to add advanced training courses for nurses and The midwifery training class is specially used to train hospital talents and improve the medical level." The dean continued to introduce.

Shao Yaoguang has heard from the secretary before that the advanced training course for nurses will officially start in the middle of this year, and the nurses will be recruited from among the ordinary nurses. Cultivate their self-cultivation and sentiment to better serve patients.Shao Yaoguang was noncommittal about this, because this so-called advanced class of nurses has limited places and high training costs. It is obviously for rich patients, and ordinary patients probably cannot enjoy it.

Fortunately, the leaders of Ping An Memorial Hospital have not lost their minds, and instead of spending most of their funds on such vain things, they have invested more in the training of midwifery classes.This kind of midwifery training course is actually very strict, but once they graduate, the trainees will be able to obtain the qualifications for independent delivery, which is very helpful to increase the birth rate, and Shao Yaoguang appreciates it very much.

On January 1, after the inspection of Ping An Memorial Hospital, Shao Yaoguang and his team came to the Ping An County Government to listen to the county magistrate's report on the county's industrial development.

"The county's industrial development has been very stable over the years. A total of 37.9 tons of coal, 19.2 tons of cement, 22 tons of various types of iron and steel, and 1.2 million bricks of various colors were produced throughout the year. In addition, pharmaceuticals, machinery and equipment, chemicals, The development of commodities such as metal tools has also achieved considerable development, creating an output value..." The county magistrate of Ping'an read solemnly while holding the document.

Shao Yaoguang frowned and listened to the county magistrate read one by one, and said after a long time: "Major Chen, I understand all these things, and I can see that your county government has worked hard. How about this, let's talk about your future development Think about it, I'm more interested in these."

"Okay, leader." The county magistrate Chen is also a smart person. He heard the impatience in Shao Yaoguang's tone, and immediately pulled out another document. After a quick glance, he looked at Shao Yaoguang and said, "Facing the domestic In view of the fierce competition in foreign markets, our county government has been thinking about the future development direction of Ping'an County for the past few years, and has some ideas. That is to rely on Ping'an Coal and Steel Consortium, a large backbone state-owned enterprise, and focus on the development of the heavy chemical industry And the pharmaceutical industry, we have some technological advantages in this regard."

"The first group in the heavy chemical industry is liquid fuels, including coal liquefaction and alcohol. The ultimate goal of liquid fuels is to build a plant with an annual output of 2000 tons of liquefied coal and 1500 tons of alcohol. Coal liquefaction is based on local coal and Ling County mainly imports coal (after decades of mining in Ping’an County, the output of local coal mines has been declining year by year, and the mining cost is getting higher and higher), and the production is carried out by low-temperature dry distillation..." County Mayor Chen continued to calmly introducing.

Shao Yaoguang nodded while listening, while his thoughts slowly drifted away.In fact, liquid fuel has gradually become popular on the east coast in recent years, because it is lighter than coal with the same calorific value, takes up less space, is convenient to store (it can be stored farther away from the boiler, and is safer), and can be transported by pipeline (meaning Low cost), less ash after combustion, easy to control combustion, high thermal effect, in short, a lot of advantages.The Engineering Technology Research Institute has also produced a prototype of an engine that uses liquid fuel. It still uses the idea of ​​steam engine pistons doing work, but the volume is much smaller and the power is much stronger. In short, it has attracted the attention of many people. Pay attention to.

It is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce directly issued an administrative order to the Ping An Coal and Steel Consortium, requiring them to find a way to build a production line for the production of liquid fuels. The production capacity does not need to be too large, and the fuel produced is directly sold to major research institutes and related Companies in the field for their scientific research, this is the original origin of the liquid fuel production plant reported by the county magistrate at this time.

Of course, the Ping'an County Government and the Ping'an Coal and Steel Consortium also attach great importance to this.Under the strong competition of Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium, Heishan Industrial Company and Songhe Industrial Group, which is bound to rise, Ping An Coal and Steel Consortium, which is short of coal and iron, has been thinking about its future in recent years.After many discussions, they felt that they still had to find another way to engage in differentiated competition. At this time, they got the liquid fuel project, so they decided to take a gamble and invest more funds in this area, and set it as the future main direction of attack.

As the head of the Executive Committee, Shao Yaoguang has read many high-level reports and forecasts, and appreciates the nearly ruined behavior of the Ping An Coal and Steel Consortium, and believes that they have made the right bet.At the same time, he also lamented that once upon a time, coal-fueled steam engines were the main driving machines on the east coast, but after the emergence of electricity and liquid fuels, the monopoly of steam engines has been greatly challenged.What the future holds is self-evident.It's a pity that I am getting old, and I may not have the opportunity to see various vehicles that use liquid fuel to drive around, which is a pity.

But he didn't have too many regrets.Each generation has its own mission. The fathers started the steam engine era, and my own generation carried it forward and promoted it to the whole country, making the east coast industry enter a golden age of development.Liquid fuel is probably the mission of the next generation. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. They can't control how far they can go.

The continental European countries—especially that England—are still complacent about solving the technical problems of steam engines one after another, but they don’t know that the next era has begun on the east coast at this time, and they are going to be left behind.Whenever he thinks of this, Shao Yaoguang is very happy, as refreshing as eating a watermelon in the dog days.

(End of this chapter)