231: Chapter 231 Sha Ruijin: Am I outdated?

The next day, when the coaster carrying Secretary Sha Ruijin and his entourage was near Yueya Lake, Secretary Sha Ruijin suddenly pointed to a large chimney in the distance and asked Lvzhou Mayor Niu Qun, "Mayor Niu, I heard that's a waste incineration plant?"

Mayor Niu was slightly taken aback, and after a moment, replied, "Secretary Sha, you mean that 'Resource Recycling and Utilization Center,' right? It's our most advanced energy project in Lvzhou, and it has finally solved our long-standing problem."

"Oh?" Secretary Sha Ruijin looked interested. "That actually sounds quite interesting. Since we're already here, why don't you take me in for a look?"

"Of course!" Mayor Niu's eyes lit up immediately. Like the Yueya Lake Food City, this processing center was a landmark of Lvzhou. He immediately ordered the driver to turn right and head straight for the processing center.

Secretary Sha Ruijin couldn't help but think: Why did it seem like Mayor Niu wasn't afraid of an inspection at all, but rather looking forward to it? Secretary Tian Guofu was also puzzled—in all his years, this was the first time he'd seen subordinates be so happy about a surprise inspection from a leader.

The car soon drove into a picturesque area. If it weren't for the clear road signs, Secretary Sha Ruijin would have thought he had entered a park.

Mayor Niu Qun introduced it with a full face of smiles: "After the garbage is transported here, it first enters the sorting channel, where dry and wet garbage are processed separately. The wet garbage is initially dehydrated and then enters the fermentation tank to produce biogas and organic fertilizer. Part of the biogas is used for power generation, and the other part is used as fuel for the plant area; the residue after fermentation can also be used as fuel for the boiler. Dry garbage goes directly into the boiler for incineration. Our incineration technology is world-class; the maximum temperature far exceeds the decomposition temperature of harmful substances, so it not only burns cleanly but also has high power generation efficiency. Secretary Sha, look, we are about to enter the sorting channel."

As he spoke, Secretary Sha Ruijin saw several buildings that looked like giant mouths. Garbage trucks arrived, the mouths opened, the garbage was dumped in, and then they slowly closed. In the surrounding air, there was almost no unpleasant odor.

Mayor Niu laughed: "Secretary Sha, Secretary Tian, we can get off the car now. This is the first step of the process; let's look from the beginning at how garbage is turned into treasure."

Secretary Sha Ruijin nodded: "Alright, I'll take your word for it."

In the following two hours, the minds of Secretary Sha Ruijin and Secretary Tian Guofu were completely blown. Sorting channels, dry garbage sorting areas, wet garbage dehydration areas, microbial fermentation tanks, primary combustion control rooms, secondary combustion control rooms, flue gas re-combustion control rooms... Every workspace was filled with large screens, with curves and sets of data flickering on them, which was completely different from the "garbage processing plant" in their memory.

There was almost no garbage to be seen here, no unpleasant smell to be smelled, and the entire plant area was like a large park, with even basketball courts and ping-pong tables for workers. The workers were all dressed in uniform white coats, like researchers in a laboratory, and the vast majority were young people, with the oldest being only in their early forties.

After the tour, Secretary Sha Ruijin had only one feeling—he seemed to be out of touch.

This was the first time he had seen such a factory. He keenly noticed that although they were processing garbage, none of the workers here had direct contact with the garbage; they were all operating computers and working through mechanical devices. Rather than workers, they were more like computer operators. The sounds he heard most were the beeps of computer buzzers and the clicking of keyboards; the traditional noise of mechanical roaring and parts friction could not be heard at all.

Can such a factory still be called a factory? Can such workers still be called workers? Is this the direction of the future?

This question lingered in Secretary Sha Ruijin's mind for a long time, unable to be dispelled.

In fact, it wasn't just Secretary Sha Ruijin; in recent years, a considerable number of officials in this timeline's Dragon country felt that their brains were not enough, often feeling their Dao Heart unstable due to some disruptive things.

In the old timeline, the transition of old and new productivity and the alternation of old and new development momentum spanned ten or even twenty years. Even so, many people still felt their brains couldn't keep up with the times.

But in this timeline, Zhao Yang, that little butterfly, kept flapping its wings, not only making this process come earlier but also compressing the time span—some things even appeared ten years in advance, and even things like the "Hong-9," which didn't exist in the old timeline, had already emerged.

The last time he returned to Jinghai, Zhao Yang almost lost his sense of dislocation in time and space; he even felt that he hadn't Transmigrated at all and was still living in the world before he Transmigrated.

To put it without exaggeration, in this timeline, in terms of the advancement of social life, even Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen were not as good as Jinghai. Nowadays, there are many videos of Jinghai's street scenes online, and the Jinghai Culture and Tourism Department even used "Go to Jinghai to feel the future" as a signboard.

When Secretary Sha Ruijin was inspecting Lvzhou, the Handong Province inspection team led by Governor Liu had already arrived in Jinghai. They rarely had time to pay attention to tourism-related news, and their impressions of Jinghai and even Linjiang Province remained on paper, abstract, and limited to labels such as "rising star" and "high GDP per capita."

But when they actually set foot on the streets of Jinghai, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. In terms of high-rise buildings, Jinghai was indeed not as good as Shanghai, Shenzhen, or even Jingzhou; but in terms of the sense of technology and art of the buildings, Jinghai left other cities behind by several streets.

As for greening, every place where plants could be planted was filled with them, and the whole city was like a huge garden.

Standing on the streets of Jinghai, one could hardly hear the noise of engines. More than 70% of the vehicles on the road were new energy vehicles based on electricity. The expensive ones were Red Beans, the cheaper ones were other domestic brands, and occasionally there were a few special brand cars from America.

Occasionally, a buzzing sound came from the air; that was a four-axis cargo drone at work. In Jinghai, drones had been fully applied in the daily rapid logistics System.

The members of the Handong inspection team listened to the explanation of the Jinghai municipal government reception staff and looked at the true face of the city in front of them, all falling silent.

Lvzhou Municipal Party Secretary Lv Deguang was not here for the first time. Since Lvzhou introduced Jinghai's resource recycling technology, not only had the environmental protection problem been solved, but part of the energy problem had also been solved. He was the only person in the inspection team who didn't look like a country bumpkin visiting the Grand View Garden.

Lv Deguang leaned over to Secretary Li Dakang and whispered: "How is it? You've seen it all. This is Jinghai. I told you this place is more developed than Tokyo, and you didn't believe it."

Secretary Li Dakang narrowed his small eyes, pointed to the small blue bikes and small yellow bikes lined up on the side of the road, and asked: "This is the shared bike, right? Not afraid of being lost, or being damaged by people?"

Lv Deguang pointed to the surveillance camera on the side of the road: "There is monitoring there, and there are positioning chips on the bikes. Once the location is abnormal, the operation department will notice it. Our Lvzhou is preparing to introduce this project."

Secretary Li Dakang looked left and right, then looked up at the drone in the sky, pondered for a moment, and said: "I have an urge now—to go back and overthrow the entire plan for the guangming peak project."

Lv Deguang couldn't help laughing: "Now you know, I said I wasn't jealous when I looked at your Guangming Peak, and I meant it. Let me tell you, our new plan in Lvzhou is benchmarked against Jinghai, and it's much more advanced than your Guangming Peak. It's a pity... it was suppressed by Governor Liu."

Secretary Li Dakang was stunned: "Why? Does Governor Liu look down on Jinghai?"

"It's not that I look down on Jinghai, it's that you still don't understand Jinghai, and you don't understand Linjiang." Governor Liu didn't know when he had walked behind Secretary Li Dakang and said with a smile.

Secretary Li Dakang was startled and quickly apologized with a smile: "Governor Liu, what you said... I don't quite understand."

Governor Liu smiled faintly: "You will understand when you meet Secretary Meng Dehai. He will arrive this afternoon. At that time, you can ask any questions you have—including the planning of Lvzhou and the Guangming Peak in Jingzhou. You two, don't hide anything, understand?"

Secretary Li Dakang and Lv Deguang looked at each other, and both vaguely realized something...