Chapter 285: If you want to be rich, build roads first
"Hmm~ It feels good."
"How about it, Xiao Feng? I told you, this is the most precious place for Xiaolu."
"Hai~ Hai~" Shirakawa Feng lay on his back by the hot spring pool with a towel on his head. He closed his eyes and was too lazy to move even his fingers.
It’s so comfortable and makes people nostalgic.
This is an open-air hot spring located halfway up the mountain in Xiaolu, from where you can overlook everything in Lujiao City ahead.
The white snow on the next mountain appears even more clearly before our eyes.
Steaming hot springs, thick white snow, the winter sun overhead, and the naked body wrapped in warm spring water.
Wow, it’s like a paradise on earth.
"Xiao Feng, Uncle Fujiyama said that this hot spring will be your private property from now on.
It is not open to the public, and other people are strictly prohibited from using it. It will belong to the Shirakawa family from generation to generation."
"Hmm?" Shirakawa Feng opened his eyes, "Uncle Fujiyama is too polite."
"No, everyone thinks this is what should be done." Unlike Shirakawa Kaede's casualness, Kotaro's expression was extremely serious.
"Eh" Shirakawa Kaede was stunned by Kotaro's serious expression.
But then he smiled with relief and said, "Thank you all for your care."
"That's right, Xiao Feng. This is everyone's kindness, and it's the only thing Xiao Lu can give back to you."
Kotaro, who seemed reckless, now has such thoughtful thoughts.
Come to think of it, Tokyo is like a big dye vat. Anyone who enters it will always be dyed in various colors, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
Those that retain their true colors will either eventually turn into rubble, or become more resilient and eventually burst into dazzling brilliance.
Baichuan Feng stretched out his arms and leaned on the bluestone platform beside the hot spring pool. Each of these stones was polished to be extremely smooth and would not feel uncomfortable at all.
Behind him is a villa for rest, and the hot spring here is located on a platform halfway up the mountain.
The scenery here is stunning and secluded, making it very suitable for development into a hot spring resort.
During the renovation, the construction team also put in a lot of effort.
The layout planning, building materials, and even the drainage of the spring water are all very sophisticated.
Now this hot spring annex belongs to Shirakawa Kaede. It must be a very enjoyable experience to take a hot spring vacation here during the cold winter.
"Sam, give me a back rub."
After soaking in the steaming hot spring water for a while, Kotaro suddenly stood up and turned his back to Samar who had been submerged in the water.
"You're too dark, I can't tell whether you've wiped it clean or not." Sama, with only his head exposed, replied honestly.
"Idiot, just wipe it!" Kotaro's angry voice echoed far away in the empty mountain stream.
"Haha~" Baichuan Feng laughed out loud at the amusements of these two people.
In fact, Xiaolu gave himself much more than just this hot spring villa. Look, there are also these loyal and reliable companions in front of him.
"Sama, remember that the deer hot spring has skin-beautifying effects. I might even become fairer if I soak in it more often."
Kotaro, who was enjoying being rubbed on the back by Sama, calmly explained to the latter what was so unique about the deer hot spring.
However, Sama doesn't care about these things at all. He is not a girl, and skin beautification has no effect on him.
Besides, with Kotaro's dark skin, it won't turn white no matter how much he soaks.
The hot springs here in Xiaolu are acidic. This warm water has a strong bactericidal effect and no bacteria can grow here.
It has a good therapeutic effect on diseases of the skin, nerves, stomach, rheumatoid joints, gynecological problems, etc.
After soaking in the hot springs here, both your muscles and nerves will be relaxed like never before.
Moreover, in such an acidic hot spring, some bacteria such as E. coli will die one after another within just ten minutes.
Therefore, from a medical point of view, the hot springs here are the cleanest and can be called medicinal soup.
Even long ago, there was a legend in the village that the hot springs of Hachimantai could cure all kinds of diseases except lovesickness.
This hot spring is very friendly to women, and Shirakawa Feng wants to let his senior schoolmates take a dip in it someday.
Well, it’s for skin care, I believe girls will like it.
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During the New Year, in addition to visiting the elders in the same village, Shirakawa Feng also visited all the restaurants along Xiaolu Street.
Most of these restaurants are opened by neighbors from the same village. They serve authentic Akita cuisine, and each restaurant has its own specialties.
Some are Inaniwa Udon, some are sushi, and some are various barbecues.
Of course, some people from Lujiao City have opened more Western-style cafes and pubs here.
But Baichuan Feng treats everyone equally, and every family benefits equally.
The elders in the same village have been cooking this food for decades, and some of it tastes really good.
In addition, he also really enjoys the process of visiting restaurants and tasting the food from Xiaolu, which gives him a special sense of satisfaction.
But leisurely times are always short-lived. Just after the New Year, the deer became busy again.
There is more planning to do in the new year.
The neighbors who had just learned how to run a shop didn’t have much experience and were occasionally a little flustered.
The taste of the dishes needs to be constantly adjusted based on customer feedback, and if there are any unsatisfactory aspects of the store’s decoration, they must be replaced as soon as possible.
In short, everyone was devoted to their respective work. In such a busy atmosphere, Baichuan Feng could only get up lazily to start business.
Akita City Prefectural Office.
Shirakawa Kaede, Sasaki Kikuji, Abe Arata and others gathered together.
But in addition to these Akita natives, there are also two special visitors from outside the area.
"I'm sorry, Nagata-san and Ogawa-san. It's really rude of you to make a trip to Akita right after the New Year holiday."
One of these two people is the chairman of Keio Group and the other is the chairman of Tokyu Group.
They were all invited by Shirakawa Kaede to come to Akita for business inspection.
As for the purpose of coming, or the object of investigation, it is of course to solve the most fundamental problem of deer antlers.
"In the cold winter, it is also a graceful thing to enjoy the heavy snow in the north."
"Mr. Nagata is right. I haven't been to Akita for a long time. The changes here are amazing."
Nagata Masaru and Ogawa Kazuo don't care. At their level, they can go wherever they want.
Apart from focusing on the operations of the group, it is difficult for them to find other things that interest them.
It just so happened that a phone call from Shirakawa Kaede after the New Year made them think about coming to Akita to see it in person.
As for what it is about, well, let's just gather together at this moment.
"So the new project that Shirakawa-san is talking about is building a new electric railway line?"
After exchanging pleasantries, Nagata Masaya couldn't wait to get to the point. This was one of the rare things that could arouse his interest.
"That's right," Baichuan Feng nodded, then he gestured behind him, and Sama immediately handed him some documents.
"Please take a look, this is the information about the cities of Odate and Kazuno, as well as their respective population distributions.
There is also information data on Lujiao City’s population changes, economic growth, traffic demand feedback statistics, etc. in the past year.”
These data were compiled by the human resources of Akita Prefecture, Kazuo City, and Shirakawa Electric, who worked overtime over the past few days.
Just as Baichuan Feng had thought before, Lujiao's geographical environment is not bad and the population base is also very optimistic.
The only flaw, and the most fundamental problem, is transportation.
As a basin, no matter how beautiful the natural scenery is or how many people there are, it will be useless if there is no fast communication channel with the outside world.
Now that Shirakawa Electric has settled in Lujiao, there is no need to worry about population loss, and it can even attract some outside population.
According to the law of natural growth, Lujiao's population will be even larger in the future, and the level of economic activity will also increase in a positive correlation.
Now that we have the natural environment, population, and economy, the only thing left that could hinder the continued development of Deer Antlers is transportation.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This is really a true saying.
Of course, it is impossible for Baichuan Feng to solve the traffic problem by himself.
This can only be accomplished with the intervention of the Akita government and the transportation giants that specialize in transportation.
Needless to say, the Akita government, Kikuharu Sasaki and Kaede Shirakawa are in their honeymoon period.
Moreover, no one in Akita Prefecture would object to the construction of a new railway in the prefecture.
This is a good thing that will benefit the country and the people and will last for generations.
From Akita to Kanojo, all government agencies cooperated fully and produced a detailed data report in just three days.
This is help from the Akita government level, but what about the transportation industry?
Shirakawa Kaede turned his attention to the Ziming Society, which includes the three industry giants: Keio Group, Tokyu Group, and Odakyu Group.
When it comes to line planning and railway construction, they are definitely authoritative experts in the industry.
However, unlike the future JR and Shinkansen, these three are all private railways, that is, private railway companies.
If you want to impress them, righteous feelings are not worth mentioning. Only sufficient benefits are the best bargaining chip for persuasion.
But such a huge investment in railway construction cannot be convinced by words alone.
Then detailed information and data that can withstand verification are the best means of persuasion.
After the sorted information was distributed, Baichuan Feng also gave a detailed explanation in person.
"Mr. Nagata and Mr. Ogawa, according to statistics, the permanent population of Kazuno City has increased by about 25% compared to last year.
Business activities in all walks of life in the city
In addition, according to data projections, this growth trend will continue in the next few years and will not slow down at least in the next three years.”
The so-called increase in permanent population actually means that the number of people working outside their hometowns has decreased.
As the scale of the Shirakawa Electric headphone factory continues to expand, in addition to the direct jobs it creates, the accompanying economic activities also support a large number of people.
Most of these people live in Kazuo City, so they are included in the population growth ratio.
According to Shirakawa Electric's internal estimates, this process will last at least two years.
As the population grows, the demand for transportation will increase.
Nagata Masaru and Ogawa Kazuo certainly understood this truth, but this did not make them make up their minds to invest huge sums of money to build a new railway.
They wanted more detailed data, and Baichuan Feng did not disappoint them.
Turning to the next table, Baichuan Feng pointed at the data on it.
“The main transportation needs of Elkhorn are concentrated on the west side.”
"To the west?" Both Nagata Masaru and Ogawa Kazuo looked thoughtful.
"That's right." Baichuan Feng took out a map that had been prepared long ago and spread it in front of the two of them.
"Please look, the antlers are located at the northeastern border of Akita." Shirakawa Kaede circled the location of the antlers on the map.
“To the west of it are the urban centers of three cities and four towns: Odate City, Kitaakita City, and Noshiro City.
People going to and from Kazuno must pass through Odate, and then spread out to various places in Akita Prefecture through Odate. "
As Baichuan Feng drew on the map, a clear route gradually came into everyone's view.
"According to our statistics, at least a thousand people commute on this road from Daguan to Lujiao every day."
Thousands of people? Nagata Masaru and Ogawa Kazuo's eyes lit up. It was quite interesting.
