Zhu Zhiyuan did not answer her question directly, but asked: "Are you familiar with Panshui?"
"I'm not familiar with it." Deng Xin said, "But I know that Panshui, also called drainage, comes out of Panshan Mountain, passes through Hushan Mountain, and then passes through Panxian County."
"Do you know what scenery there is in Panshui?" Zhu Zhiyuan asked.
"Of course I know." Deng Xin suddenly became interested: "Speaking of which, the scenery in Panshui is really..."
She didn't know how to describe it for a while, thought for a while, and said: "You may not know that Panshui has the famous Three Passes of Heaven, Earth and Ghosts, nine twists and turns. It is very famous. People who were released in the past can pass these three passes." , every one of them broke out in a cold sweat, and many people died under these twists and turns and entered the gate of hell."
"Three levels?"
"Yes." Deng Xin explained: "Heaven's Gate, Earth's Gate, and Ghost's Gate."
She waved her hand and described it somewhat exaggeratedly: "The terrain on both sides of Panshui is very unique. They are all extremely steep cliffs, just like the cliffs in Hushan Tiger Leaping Gorge. Moreover, some areas are extremely narrow and the river may It’s less than 100 meters, but the cliffs on both sides are hundreds of meters long. The highest Ghost King Ridge is said to be 667 meters.”
She said and took a breath: "When I was in middle school, I went to three passes, especially Guimen Pass. The boat went through the river, and there were three sharp turns. The river was narrow, and the cliffs on both sides were high. It took one turn to pass. , the cliffs on both sides are like falling down, and on the cliff walls, the rocks have various shapes, some are like tigers, some are like wolves, and some are more like evil ghosts, it is really scary."
Zhu Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing when he saw her gesticulating and talking: "Listen to me, you are immersed in the scene. If you are a tour guide, you must be first-class."
"It's not what I said, it's really scary." Deng Xin stroked his chest with a lingering fear on his face: "I only went there once, and I had nightmares for several months after I came back."
Seeing Zhu Zhiyuan's smile, she said: "It's true. If you don't believe it, just go there once..."
At this point, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Hey, why are you asking this? Do you want to develop tourism in Panshui?"
"Isn't it possible?" Zhu Zhiyuan asked.
"Okay." Deng Xin nodded, but then shook his head: "But it's also difficult."
"Why?" Zhu Zhiyuan asked: "Are you afraid that there will be no tourists? The Bayberry Festival is free, which is a guarantee for tourists."
"Yes, tourists will not have to worry about the Yangmei Festival." Deng Xin said, "But although the scenery in Panshui is beautiful, it is not suitable for tourism development."
She sighed: "Panshui is also called drainage. In the past, the people who drained it cut the wood and used the water channel to drain it."
Zhu Zhiyuan nodded. He knew this. Panshan was actually called Paishan by the locals. Panshui actually meant drainage, and Pan County was naturally Pai County.
Including Dapai Town and Xiaopai Town on the Hushan side, they all came from Pai.
Thousands of years ago, there were platooners who cut wood from the vast mountains, formed platoons, and entered the Dongjiang River through waterways.
"This water strip is suitable for drainage, but not suitable for tourism." Deng Xin shook his head: "It is too fast, there are many bends, and there are all kinds of exposed reefs and hidden reefs. Over the past thousands of years, this drainage has been used for many times. How many people have died in accidents? There was nothing we could do before, but now if something happens to a tourist, it’s over.”
"Haha." Zhu Zhiyuan laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Deng Xin frowned: "Do you have any other ideas?"
"Haha." Zhu Zhiyuan laughed: "Do you really think I have so many ideas?"
"Yes." Deng Xin nodded: "Shu Xin said you have a black belly. Her vision will never be wrong again."
"Haha." Zhu Zhiyuan laughed.
"You really have an idea, don't you?" Deng Xin asked anxiously: "Tell me quickly, what are you going to do?"
"This is not my idea." Zhu Zhiyuan said: "It's the investor's."
"Investor?" Deng Xin was confused.
"Yes." Zhu Zhiyuan said: "The first person who pointed out the fatal flaw of relying on tigers to attract tourists was also an investor. The investor hired experts to do the planning."
Zhu Zhiyuan handed over Tiger Leaping Gorge to Charlie. Charlie is an extremely shrewd and pragmatic person. Although it is a task assigned by his boss, he will do his best to do it well.
He didn't understand it himself, so he hired experts in travel planning.
Experts came, took a look, and pointed out a fatal flaw: tigers are nocturnal animals, and it is impossible to watch tigers during the day.
Charlie was anxious when he heard this. This was what the boss had told him, and it had to be done even if it didn't work.
The expert did his best to investigate and then gave a solution.
"What can the experts do?" Deng Xin asked.
Zhu Zhiyuan still did not answer directly, but asked: "Your Pan County is the intersection of the Taoxi Ancient Town, the Taohua Stream, and Panshui. In the past, you wanted to build a dam. Do you know?"
"Of course I know this." Deng Xin nodded: "Some people mentioned that dam just after liberation. At first, they had no money and no technology, and they wanted to generate electricity. Later, the technology became available, and they did measurements, planning, and even this The town was so anxious that they dug out all the aqueducts, but in the end they still didn't get started."
"Why?" Zhu Zhiyuan asked.
"A dam usually has two purposes." Deng Xin explained: "One is for flood control and irrigation, and the other is for power generation, right?"
"Yeah." Zhu Zhiyuan nodded.
"Let's talk about flood control and irrigation first." Deng Xin bent his fingers: "Panshui walks from the mountains for 600 miles to the Dongjiang River. Basically, there are mountainous areas along the way. There are ready-made rivers. There is no need to prevent floods. There are flash floods. Throughout the dynasties, There are also existing river embankments, which can be reinforced.”
"What about irrigation?" Zhu Zhiyuan asked.
"Irrigation is of no use." Deng Xin smiled bitterly: "There is so much land in mountainous areas, and there is more water when there are mountains, so there is no need for water."
"Oh." Zhu Zhiyuan nodded: "That's true."
"The same goes for power generation." Deng Xin said: "Pan County is mountainous, and where there are mountains, there is coal. Building a thermal power plant and using your own coal is not expensive, and thermal power generation is more stable than hydropower generation. Another one, Pan County, including Guolin , there is no industry at all and they don’t use much electricity, so.”
She sighed: "I was thinking before that with the dam, the waterway would be raised so that boats could be sailed and things in the mountains could come out. At least the discharge wouldn't be so dangerous. But then, the mountains were closed for forestation and no trees were allowed to be cut down. In the end Not a single idea came to fruition, so I simply got off the horse and was never mentioned again.”
"That's right." Zhu Zhiyuan nodded.
"Actually, our county really wanted to do it at first, and the people who wanted to do it the most were the people in Taoxi Town." Deng Xin said: "If a dam can be built here, boats can go down from the dam from Taohua Stream to Panshan, and various places can be reached. The waterways between the valleys criss-cross for hundreds of miles, and everything in the mountains must come out from here. Peach Blossom Creek has become a gathering point, and the economy will rise immediately."
"Then Taoxi Town is not a peach blossom garden in the mountains, but a large wharf with transportation inside and outside the mountains."
"Yes." Deng Xin sighed: "So they were anxious and even organized their own manpower to dig out the diversion canals. The county magistrate was from Taoxi Town. He ran around the city and province, pushing hard. But with the policy of closing mountains and reforestation, it was finally stopped.”
She sighed and asked Zhu Zhiyuan: "Zhiyuan, what do you mean?"
"That expert, in the name of investment, went to Panshan County and got some information." Zhu Zhiyuan said: "I have measured before that if the water line of the dam is 30 meters, the water surface will be level with Hutiao Creek, right? "
"I don't know the specifics." Deng Xin shook his head: "But I heard that as long as the dam is built, the water in one rainy season can form a large reservoir that can carry two to three hundred tons of motor sailing boats."
"With a water line of 30 meters, a 100-ton motor and sailboat can be used. With a water line of 40 meters, a 300-ton motor and sailboat can be used. As for the design of the dam, the dam is 70 meters high and the highest can reach a 60-meter waterline."
"That's too high." Deng Xin was a little surprised: "I'm afraid Taoxi Town will be flooded."
"No." Zhu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Taohua Creek comes out of the mountains. In the past, in order to prevent flash floods, an extra flood discharge river was built, which is equivalent to a herringbone. Under normal circumstances, if you take Taohua Creek, if a flash flood breaks out, another river channel will be built. Water channels are also used.”
"Yes." Deng Xin nodded.
"This spillway can also discharge water from Panshui." Zhu Zhiyuan explained: "If the water in the dam is too high, it can be poured into Taohua Stream, and then drained out through another water channel, from under the dam into Panshui. water."
"That's it." Deng Xin was obviously not sure, and exclaimed: "The design is quite exquisite."
She said and shook her head: "But you don't need to store so much water. What are you doing with 60 meters of water?"
"Generate electricity." Zhu Zhiyuan smiled: "They were quite ambitious before and wanted to turn Taoxi Dam into a large and medium-sized hydropower irrigation hub."
"Alas." Deng Xin sighed: "Actually, it's pretty good, but I don't have any money."
"Looking for investors."
"You mean?" Deng Xin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are you willing to invest?"
"It's an investor."
"Hmph." Deng Xin raised her nose and said, "Who doesn't know now that the third prince of the Zhu family came to Hushan to show off his power, and he was followed by a housekeeper who specially wiped his butt."
"Is this how it was spread?" Zhu Zhiyuan laughed.
"What do you think?" Deng Xin cried out sweetly: "Your Bayberry Festival was just a waste of money, and then you invested in Tiger Leaping Gorge. How would any normal businessman throw money away like this?"
Zhu Zhiyuan nodded. He actually heard some discussions. This was normal and he didn't care. Anyway, those who knew knew, and those who didn't knew were useless to discuss.
