Chapter 366 Life and Death, the Wisdom and Courage of Great Men
This chapter has been reviewed, so the update is a little late, sorry!
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Wuyue Square Mansion.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the family sat in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
This year's Spring Festival Gala created an extremely touching scene. Wei Wei sang "Devotion of Love" affectionately. This is a very classic and touching song. Deng Shirong remembers that this song has appeared in many public welfare activities and has brought huge social repercussions.
And Song Dandan also stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time. Seeing her, Deng Shirong thought of her partner Uncle Benshan. If nothing unexpected happens, Uncle Benshan will be able to see the Spring Festival Gala next year. With Uncle Benshan, the Spring Festival Gala will become more exciting.
At the New Year's Eve, the family went to the rooftop to set off fireworks together, just like they did last year in Bobai. The gorgeous fireworks exploded in the air, representing the arrival of the new year.
At this time, if it is based on the age of the virtual age, Deng Shirong is 54 years old, the eldest son is 30 years old, and even the youngest son is 18 years old.
After so many years of rebirth, Deng Shirong has never planned to remarry. When his children are married, maybe he will find another partner who will not have children, or maybe he will not find one. Anyway, let's talk about it when the time comes!
Putting aside personal matters, Deng Shirong couldn't help but think of national affairs.
This year, my country will face very great external pressure. Because of the economic sanctions in the future, Deng Shirong has a rough understanding of the economic sanctions that my country has suffered in the past few decades.
As far as he knows, the United States has launched three waves of economic sanctions against my country in the past few decades.
The first wave occurred after the outbreak of the Korean War.
This wave of sanctions is very strong. The United States has almost achieved "everything my country wants, they don't give it", but because my country has established an alliance with Big Brother, it can be said that the East is bright when the West is not bright, so we are not hurt much in this wave of sanctions.
The third wave is the sanctions before Deng Shirong was reborn, but because my country has grown into a world factory, the output value of manufacturing is greater than the sum of the three major powers. In this case, the sanctions of the United States are destined to "hurt the enemy 800 and hurt itself 1,000".
Until Deng Shirong was reborn, my country had played back and forth in this wave of sanctions and did not suffer much loss.
However, compared with the first and third waves of sanctions, the second wave of sanctions actually caused the greatest damage to my country, which can be said to be a serious injury.
The second wave of sanctions began in June this year, led by the United States, and more than 20 major developed countries were involved. In just half a year, my country's economic growth rate dropped sharply from 11% last year to about 4%.
This damage is really great.
In this year, Eastern Europe has undergone drastic changes, and Big Brother has been shaky and on the verge of collapse. The international situation is complicated, and my country has been forced to the edge of the cliff. If we are not careful, we will end up in pieces.
After all, the opponent is too powerful. This year, the GDP of the United States is 13 times that of my country, and it has fully grasped the upstream lifeline of all walks of life.
At this time, we could neither join forces with Big Brother like we did during the Korean War, nor could we rely on strength to fight like later generations. The situation can be said to be very passive.
How to win this dangerous game without a trump card?
This requires not only great wisdom, but also great courage.
Fortunately, at this critical moment of life and death, Mr. Deng was still in charge of the work. When everyone was overwhelmed by the sanctions, he was the first to express his position: "China is the country in the world that is least afraid of isolation, blockade, and sanctions."
I won't say much about how Mr. Deng turned the tide. In short, our country finally survived.
Deng Shirong knew the result of this wave of sanctions. Unfortunately, even if he was a reborn person and had a killer weapon like system space, he was still not qualified to participate in such a national event. Even if he wanted to help the country at a critical moment, he didn't have the ability.
Of course, the most important thing is that his system space cannot be exposed. If he is not afraid of being exposed, there is still a way to help the country.
Because he has the system space, he is the most powerful thief in history. If he goes to the United States, what good things he can bring back to the country, Deng Shirong himself dare not imagine.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing can only be thought of, and there is no way to do it.
However, when Big Brother disintegrates, he can go there for a stroll, so that no matter what good things he gets, he can explain it after returning to my country.
After all, a certain business tycoon in our country only used thermos flasks, socks, canned food, down jackets and other daily consumer goods to exchange 4 Tu-154 passenger planes from Big Brother, so no one would be surprised or strange if Deng Shirong went there to get some high-end equipment back.
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The eighth day of the first lunar month.
Nanning Architectural Design Institute.
Dean Huang handed over a stack of design drafts and said, "Boss Deng, this is my first draft of the design. Do you think it's right?"
"Dean Huang, you are making things difficult for me. How can I understand design drafts?"
That being said, Deng Shirong still took the stack of design drafts and started to read them. After reading a few pictures, he sighed and handed the drafts back, saying, "Dean Huang, I really don't understand this. The renderings are more intuitive and you can understand them at a glance."
Dean Huang smiled and said, "The renderings can only be made after my design is finalized."
Deng Shirong said: "Now the roadbed in our village has been completed and the river has been dug. You can go to the site to take a look probably next month."
Dean Huang nodded and said: "Okay, then I will take people to take a look next month. Now the first draft has been designed. After seeing it on site, I will make some adjustments and the renderings will be produced. If there is any problem by then, If you’re satisfied with it, you can suggest it and I’ll make changes.”
Deng Shirong said: "Okay, then I'm looking forward to your design, Dean Huang."
Dean Huang smiled and then said seriously: "By the way, Boss Deng, if this villa complex is developed, I suggest that your village invests in building a sewage treatment plant so that it can treat the sewage discharged from the septic tank. No. Let this sewage pollute your village river.
Moreover, upstream pollution sources can also be connected to this sewage treatment plant, so that your village river can always remain as clear as it is now, and will not suffer from septic tanks or pig farms excreting into the river. Contaminated. "
Deng Shirong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Dean Huang, your proposal is very good. I have been thinking about how to solve the pollution problem of the river water before. I just thought of discussing this matter with other villagers upstream and asking them not to do it. To discharge pollutants into the river, I never thought of building a sewage treatment plant.
Now that I hear what you say, it is really necessary to build a sewage treatment plant. "
Dean Huang said: "If you agree, Boss Deng, then I will design the excretion system of this villa complex for you, and also design the sewage treatment plant for you. This will be both practical and beautiful. What do you think?" ?”
Deng Shirong nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you, Dean Huang. Your reminder is really timely."
Dean Huang said with a smile on his face: "Boss Deng, you are very polite. You are a big customer of our design institute, so we should provide you with good service."
Next, the two parties chatted about some details of the villa group and daily life. After seeing that the time was almost up, Deng Shirong said goodbye and left.
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Regarding the pollution problem of the village river, Deng Shirong is very concerned about it.
The pollution of the village rivers in his previous life was really distressing. In this life, he wanted to make these village rivers and the villa complex the most beautiful scenery in the village. If the river water was still polluted like that in the previous life, then the villa complex would be ruined. , such serious consequences cannot be ignored.
Therefore, after leaving the Architectural Design Institute, Deng Shirong began to find relevant experts to inquire about sewage treatment equipment.
After understanding, I found that the current domestic technology of sewage treatment equipment is still far behind foreign countries.
Although Deng Shirong really wants to support domestic production, he must also consider the practical application of the equipment. At present, he can only temporarily introduce foreign equipment. When domestic technology catches up in the future and starts upgrading, he will choose to support domestic production!
Of course, it is just a plan now. The sewage treatment plant can be built first, but the introduction of equipment can be delayed first to see the progress of the construction of the villas. If time permits, Deng Shirong is ready to go to Big Brother for nothing. Get some free sewage treatment equipment back.
If time doesn’t allow it, forget it and pay for it!
After inquiring about the sewage treatment equipment, Deng Shirong returned to Naye Village and planned to talk to several villages upstream of the village river about the pollution problem of the river water.
Although according to the development of the previous life, it was not until the mid-1990s that some people began to discharge the sewage from the pig farm into the village river, but the huge impact of his rebirth in this life may cause villagers in other villages to set up pig farms in advance , and then discharge sewage into the river.
Therefore, he had to greet the people in these villages in advance and not let this happen.
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In Bobai, no matter in this era or in later generations, every surname will have a clan head.
As for how high the prestige of this clan leader is in the clan and whether he can convince the public, that is another question.
However, generally speaking, those who can become the leader of a clan must have two skills. Either they have many brothers in the family, dare to fight hard, and have made a name for themselves in the clan, or they are rich and powerful, and are willing to work for The clan spends money.
In addition to the clan leader of the entire surname, there are also some people with strong appeal in various natural villages.
For example, Guan Dewei is the most influential person in Sham Shui Tin Village.
A few years ago, Guan Dewei was just an ordinary villager in the village. The only thing he was better than others in the village was that he had a younger brother who worked in the supply and marketing cooperative. In the 1970s and 1980s, someone in his family worked in the supply and marketing cooperative. Work, that is a very awesome thing.
You can buy things that ordinary people can't buy. This is one of the internal benefits of supply and marketing cooperatives, and it is also the reason why everyone envy the salespeople of supply and marketing cooperatives.
Although the sales clerk is indeed enviable, this does not make Guan Dewei the most popular person in the village. His current status is not due to his younger brother who works in the supply and marketing cooperative, but to his eldest daughter Guan Yong Britain.
Ever since his eldest daughter Guan Yongying married to Naye Village, their family has undergone earth-shaking changes.
At first, he planted lychees, then watermelons, and then cooperated with his in-laws to buy shares in their passenger transportation company, and later the food company. He also had shares in it. It can be said that he made a lot of money. As early as He became the richest man in Sham Shui Tam Village a few years ago.
Now, over the past few years, he has more financial resources than the entire village combined.
After having money, and if there is something going on in the village, Guan Dewei is willing to spend money, and his appeal will naturally increase.
No matter what era it is, it is always the rich and powerful who are the best.
On this day, I had just finished breakfast and was sitting at the door burning cigarettes. I saw my son-in-law coming over on a bicycle and saying hello: "Dad, have you eaten?"
Guan Dewei nodded and said: "I just ate. There is porridge and rice. Come in and eat!"
Deng Changfu said with a smile: "I've eaten too. I came here to send a message to our Jiu Gong, asking you to come to our Jiu Gong's house for dinner at noon and talk about something by the way."
Guan Dewei was surprised when he heard this: "What does Uncle Jiu want to talk to me about?"
Deng Changfu said: "It seems to be about the pollution problem of the village river. Jiu Gong is not only talking to you, but also sent people to every village upstream to inform. At noon, dad, please bring a few people from the village who can speak more weightily." Villagers, let’s go to our Jiu Gong’s house for dinner!”
Guan Dewei nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely attend on time."
While they were talking, the official's mother also came out, and naturally she wanted to greet her son-in-law for dinner.
Deng Changfu said a few polite words, saying that he would go to other villages to inform others, and then left on his bicycle.
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The same scene was staged in Jimuar, Sanzhangtang, Bangliang, Xiaojiang, Nawang and other villages.
These villages are not next to each other, but are in different areas. For example, villages such as Jimupo, Shamshuitian, Sanzhangtang, and Xiaojiang belong to the same tributary, while villages such as Bangliang and Nawang belong to another tributary. Finally, these two tributaries completed their intersection in Shanying Village, forming this village river.
At noon, all the prominent people in these villages were invited to Deng Shirong's house for dinner.
In order to entertain these guests, Deng Shirong also cooked a large table of delicious dishes, which was considered to be full of sincerity.
Although with the current power of the Naye Deng clan, no one in these villages would dare to discharge sewage into the river with just one word, but it is definitely better to use gentle means to solve the problem with tough means.
After all, people's hearts are the most unpredictable. If you insist on being tough, there is nothing you can do if someone holds a grudge or dislikes your behavior and secretly pours pesticides, feces, urine, etc. into the river to disgust you.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food.
Deng Shirong then said: "Dear relatives, now our Ye Deng family is digging the river and preparing to build houses on both sides of the river. I believe everyone has heard about it, right?"
Guan Delong from Jimupo Village smiled and said: "Uncle Jiu, you have made such a big noise, the whole Shuangwang has heard about it, of course we all know it."
Liu Guohui from Xiaojiang Village answered: "Uncle Jiu, I'm quite curious when it comes to this. Why do you want to build a house by the river?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Why should we build a house by the river? You will know the answer when our house is built."
Chen Dali from Nawang Village asked: "Uncle Jiu, you called us here today. If you have anything to do, just ask us. If we can do it, we will have no problem."
Guan Desheng from Bangliang Village echoed: "Yes, Uncle Jiu, if you have anything to do, just ask me."
Others also agreed. They all admired Deng Shirong, the leader of the Naye Deng clan, from the bottom of their hearts. They were not far away from the changes in the Naye Deng clan in the past few years, so naturally they knew everything about it. The fact that the Ye Deng clan has been able to develop to its current situation depends on Deng Shirong, the leader of the clan.
Who dares not to give face to such a person in these ten miles and eight towns?
Who doesn’t want to make friends?
Therefore, they said that if they have anything to do, they can just ask for it. This is really not a polite statement, but they really mean it. If they can do things for Uncle Jiu, they will have the opportunity to establish friendship with Uncle Jiu. This is a good thing that they can't even ask for. Everyone is naturally very positive.
Seeing this, Deng Shirong smiled and stated his purpose: "That's it, our Deng family is planning to build houses on both sides of the village river, so the water of the village river must remain as clear as it is now and cannot be polluted. .
So I invited everyone here today because I want you to go back and talk to the villagers about this matter. Whether it is septic tank sewage, pig farm sewage, or other domestic sewage, do not discharge it into the river to avoid causing river water pollution. "
Guan Dewei was stunned when he heard this, and immediately expressed his position: "Uncle Jiu, don't worry, I will tell the people in our village about this when I get back, and I will ensure that no one will discharge sewage into the river."
Guandelong also expressed his position: "The same goes for our village. We guarantee that no one will discharge sewage into the river."
Others also stated that this little thing is not difficult for them at all. They can just go back and say hello. They may not have such a big reputation in other places, but in their own village, they still have this appeal. .
"Then on behalf of my tribe, I would like to thank you all in advance!"
After thanking you, Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Furthermore, our Naye Deng family plans to build a sewage treatment plant and lay pipes to each of your villages. In the future, whoever builds a house or a pig farm in your village will be the one to build a sewage treatment plant." It can be discharged through pipelines to our sewage treatment plant.”
Zhang Boqiang from Sanzhangtang Village said with emotion: "Uncle Jiu is very particular about what he does. If someone else discharges sewage into the river, it would be too much."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that there will be no problems in our section of Xiaojiang."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that there will be no problems in this section of our Nawang area."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that there will be no problems while we are helping Liang."
"Uncle Nine..."
The most popular people in each village have expressed their opinions. Originally, they were confident in managing the people in their own village. Now that Uncle Jiu has considered it so carefully, it goes without saying that the pipes of the sewage treatment plant have been laid in their village.
After talking about business, everyone's attention turned to eating and drinking.
Needless to say, the food prepared by Deng Shirong himself was delicious, and it was complete with chicken, duck, fish and meat. Although the economic conditions of the people present in their respective villages were not bad, it was difficult for them to eat such delicious food.
This meal lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon.
Basically, everyone had drunk enough. Fortunately, Deng Shirong kept an eye on them and didn't let them drink too much. At most, they were only 70 to 80% drunk.
"Uncle Jiu, I will implement what you said when I get back."
"Uncle Jiu, don't worry, my words are still valid in the village."
"Uncle Jiu, thank you for your hospitality today. This is the best meal I have ever had in my life."
"Uncle Jiu, then I'll go back first!"
"Uncle Nine..."
Deng Shirong greeted them one by one and then watched them leave.
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There is strength in numbers, this saying is really an eternal saying.
With the active participation of the entire clan, the project progressed very quickly. The excavated soil was temporarily piled next to the old village river. Once the newly dug village river was filled with water, the original river could be moved. The village river has been filled in.
Of course, not all sections of the more than 3,000 meters of village river need to be re-dug. In total, at least half of the river sections do not need to be re-dug.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, schools all over the country also began to close the holidays, and students returned to the classroom to start classes.
As for those working men and working girls from other towns, they took the bus to Guangdong as early as the fifth or sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
In the previous life, many members of the Naye Deng clan went to Guangdong to work in this era, but in this life, almost no one from the Naye Deng clan went to Guangdong to work, because the clan's passenger transportation company and food company have already recruited many clan members to work.
In addition, the properties of Naye Deng's community and Deng Yuntai's supermarkets in Bobai and Nanning have also recruited many tribesmen. The remaining tribesmen either do business in the county or town, or engage in planting and breeding at home.
In short, basically everyone has something to do, so naturally they have no interest in working in Guangdong.
After all, when you go to Guangdong to work, although the factory wages there are much higher than those in Bobai, working there is really not free, and the working hours are long. Overtime work in many black factories does not include overtime pay, and you have to work ten hours a day. Two or three hours is common. Apart from going to work, eating and sleeping, there is basically no time to go out and play.
Such a job may be attractive to others, but it is indeed not attractive to Naye Deng.
After students returned to school one after another, the Spring Festival Transport came to an end unknowingly.
Naye Deng has made it a custom that the passenger transport company's dividends will be distributed after the end of the Spring Festival every year, and this year is no exception.
Originally, the passenger transport company's dividends were what the tribesmen looked forward to the most, but with the comparison with the food company, the tribesmen no longer care much about the passenger transport company's dividends.
On the one hand, the profitability of the passenger transport company is far inferior to that of the food company. On the other hand, the tribesmen do not have many shares in the passenger transport company and cannot get too much money.
In addition, the whole clan is now richer than ever before, and each family has at least a few savings. The wealthy clan members naturally do not care about the dividends of the passenger transport company as much as before.
Of course, then again, having money is always a happy thing.
Therefore, on the agreed day for the passenger transport company to distribute dividends, the tribesmen happily came to participate.
There is no need to describe the entire dividend process in detail. The passenger transport company's dividend this time is 1,000 yuan per share, which is not a small amount. After all, the shares of the passenger transport company were the same as the food company, which was also 1,000 yuan per share.
After dividing the money, Deng Shirong said: "Fellow tribesmen, let me tell you something. Our Deng family has not worshiped our ancestors at Qingming for more than 20 years. Except for our older generation, the other 30 People under the age of 10 basically don’t know what ancestor worship looks like.
In the past few years, due to various concerns, the clan has not worshiped ancestors, but starting from this year, our Nayedeng clan will restart the ancestor worship ceremony.
It's not long before the Spring Equinox, so we have to start making preparations in advance. We must first set a date for ancestor worship, and then send people to notify all branches of the clan. "
Thinking of the grand occasion of ancestor worship in the past, Deng Yungui said happily: "It's great, we can finally worship our ancestors. If we don't worship our ancestors, when old guys like us leave, the younger generation will not know the procedures for ancestor worship."
Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Yungui, I will be responsible for the 'drinking ceremony' with you then!"
Deng Yungui said with a smile on his face: "Okay, I have to make preparations later. I haven't worshiped my ancestors for so many years, and I am a little unfamiliar with how to 'drink the ceremony'."
Deng Changbao said: "I also saw this ancestor worship ceremony when I was a child. I remember that the gongs and drums were playing, and the scene was very lively."
Deng Changxiong asked: "Jiu Gong, do you need to donate money for ancestor worship?"
Deng Shirong said: "There is no need to donate money for the time being. There is still some money left over from the previous reconstruction of the ancestral hall. It is enough to use it to worship ancestors."
When the other tribesmen heard that the tribe was about to start worshiping their ancestors, they were also filled with expectations.
The older generation all missed the grand occasion of ancestor worship in the past, while the younger generation, since they were old enough to understand, only shoveled the mountain every Qingming Festival. When shoveling the mountain, they often heard the elders in the family talk about the ancestor worship in the past. They were naturally full of curiosity because they had never experienced it.
Deng Yunqiang asked: "Uncle Jiu, which days do you think are better for ancestor worship?"
Ancestor worship is different from shoveling the mountain. Shoveling the mountain can shovel a grave in more than ten or twenty minutes, while ancestor worship has more procedures. It takes at least two hours to worship a grave, and the graves are far apart, so it takes time to travel.
Therefore, if you want to worship the ancestors, it is good to worship two or three ancestors a day.
Deng Shirong said: "Then let's set it on February 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22!"
The clan members naturally had no objection to this.
Next, everyone began to discuss the details of ancestor worship.
For example, we need to make the surname flag of the Naye Deng family in advance, and carry it when offering sacrifices to the ancestors. We also need to arrange transportation, because some ancestors are buried far away, and it would be a waste of time to walk there.
We also need to prepare the sacrificial text in advance, as well as the five animals (pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, and ducks) that are essential for offering sacrifices to the ancestors, and arrange for people to beat gongs and drums and play suona.
After the discussion was almost over, Deng Shirong announced the end of the meeting.