National Juggernaut

Chapter 485 Falling behind?

"How should I put it, I really didn't expect to come back so soon, it's quite subtle."

When the familiar urban area came before him again, Zheng Li was in a delicate mood.

Time seems to have passed for a long time, and many things have changed beyond recognition, but when you think about it carefully, it is like a neighborhood that has not changed, nothing has changed.

The familiar dilapidated shed area, the familiar huge neon sign next door, and the even more familiar one, the beast-drawn bus that is always late but will still come, naturally cannot do without the stench left behind after it passed by.

Many things that have been taken for granted, after really going out for a circle, I discovered the subtleties in them, some reasonable and some unreasonable, some in line with the times and some beyond/behind the times.

".The civil facilities are a bit old and outdated."

"No, what's more terrible is the backwardness in technology and concepts. Don't they have the spare power to innovate in this area? Or, is it not the best option?"

Someone mentioned Zheng Li's deepest complaints, and he became more and more sure that Shiqian City was actually quite backward in terms of many civilian facilities.

The most obvious one is the animal-pulled bus that now looks extremely obtrusive. The Twin Cities have long used rail transit and cheap man-made vehicles.

"After all, it's only 400 years old, and many technologies don't exist"

In the final analysis, the history is too short and the industrial accumulation is insufficient. The price of the man-made spirit weapon vehicles here is more than 4 times that of the Twin Cities (8 times before), coupled with expensive maintenance costs and parts costs, naturally it cannot become The mainstream transportation department did some calculations. It would cost more than ten times the daily expenses to replace all the new buses, and the new buses might not be able to adapt to the damn road conditions of the Fourth Ring Road, so they simply chose to give up.

The new city needs resources and funds in all aspects. If the "not so important" things are put aside for a while, the documents left by the predecessor will become the garbage documents of the successor, and eventually become a plan that will never be implemented.

There are quite a lot of similar things. For example, the Twin Cities developed a brand-new automatic debugging power grid in response to the interference of wire resistance, and there are safer and more efficient decentralized urban generator sets. There is no need to shout "What number is there when something goes wrong?" The line works."

But the power department has calculated the cost of replacing the latest technology and reinstalling the power grid for the whole city. It's not that the old technology can't be used, so let's just keep it old.

His companions discussed a lot, but Zheng Li saw it more thoroughly. He knew that the history of Shiqian City was too short, and the technology in many aspects was immature. Frequent lions open their mouths, and it is really better to use old technology to go back and forth.

In addition, resources and money will definitely be prioritized in more important areas, such as the military, such as the construction of satellite cities outside. Of course, all of this is still on the bright side, and Zheng Li has also seen deeper problems.

"The central faction says they want to build transportation, the local factions say they want to seize power, the local factions say they want to renovate the linear network, and make the border areas self-contained, and the central faction say they want to set up a separate center and try to rebel."

The dispute between the local faction and the central government is probably a permanent issue faced by any slightly larger force, and the situation in Shiqian City is even more special. They have a record of internal fighting in history.

The reality has created all this, and the solution seems to be to wait for development, Zheng Li shook his head, this is not something he can manage.

He misses his past self a little bit, so simple. Do you think that a set of modern office facilities and systems can greatly improve work efficiency?Perhaps, really implementing this level of informatization reform and directly narrowing the distance between the central government and the local government is equivalent to indirectly weakening the discretionary power of local factions and local officials, and I will die suddenly.

"Wait, my proposal back then was actually beneficial to the central government? Maybe this is the reason why the mayor of the central government treats me well? Tsk, so to speak, fortunately my superior is that orangutan"

After another three years in the Autumn Hunting Corps, and this time at the top, even if Zheng Li is not interested in politics, he must know a thing or two.

Looking back now, many things are not unexpected by others, but that it is unnecessary or dare not to do them.

Today's Zheng Li misses the innocent self of the past more and more, and the memories of the beautiful hometown in the past are all faults, plots, conspiracy, and compromises at a glance.

Zheng Li shook his head. In fact, we can’t ask for too much. In this era, a big city is a country. Everyone likes the core technology. And prices are soaring, isn't that the most normal thing?

"Time Shift Needs Twin Cities"

At this moment, seeing his hometown in the past with his own eyes, Zheng Li felt more touched, and he saw something deeper.

If the revival alliance goes well, the distance between cities will be shortened in all aspects, and the price of commodity trade will naturally be greatly reduced (in fact, it has been reduced by nearly half on average), and with the integration of politics, economy, and military, even if If the core technology is not given to the brother cities, there is no need for the second-tier (lower market competitiveness) to be treasures.

After uniting together, it is natural that the weaker and the weaker will take advantage. Zheng Li is more and more suspicious that Shiqian's high-level executives have negotiated terms with the "Prophet" long ago, so they will support the Twin Cities in various aspects in the past few years and let them in the future. Gain more voice in the Revival Alliance.

Perhaps, in a few years, various local enterprises and companies will emerge, occupy the local market, and start a new round of industrial revolution.

Of course, Shiqian City is not without advanced technology, for example, uh, at least its strategic weapons are quite powerful, and it is recognized as the number one among the six central cities.

Zheng Li shook his head. It's really meaningless to worry about these things. How to adapt to the direction of future development and gain more benefits for himself and the war group is the fundamental thing.

"If there is a large-scale industrial revolution, maybe we can take a share of it, or we can also set up a branch here, even if we can't 'borrow' the leading technology from the Twin Cities, I The technical reserves on the side are not bad either.”

At this time, the advantages of long-term vision are highlighted.

Zheng Li's goal is to be self-sufficient in any situation. The establishment of the Peace Corps system also means that it is like a relatively independent force. With their independent identities and technologies, they conduct in-depth transactions and cooperation with Dacheng, and each gets what he needs.

At this time, Zheng Li's status as a "fence-sitter" between Shi Qian and Gemini became more and more effective. He was a natural middleman and second-hand dealer.

With his contribution, identity, and potential, as long as he is not stupid enough to actively interfere in politics and concentrate on making money and making money, maybe both parties need someone like him.

Shiqian City needs the introduction and innovation of new technologies, especially the previously "forgotten" civil infrastructure. The Twin Cities must also fulfill the previous agreement that may have existed before, and give their younger brother a hand to gain greater dominance in the alliance. right.

Things that benefit both sides should be the trend of the times. Just looking at the various beasts pulling traffic in front of him, Zheng Li nodded thoughtfully.

"The more you fall behind, the more room you have to catch up. It seems that there are really some profits."

(End of this chapter)