After hearing what Lao Wang said, Honey and Charlie widened their eyes at the same time: "Man, are you mistaken? Planting flowers and trees here? Seriously, your idea is quite bizarre."
Lao Wang said confidently: "Why not? Isn't it normal to plant something on both sides of the road? A bare road is so ugly. If we plant beautiful flowers and plants, maybe we can turn this road into a tourist spot."
New Zealand is different from China in this regard. There are very few trees on both sides of the road, let alone flowers and plants. Of course, there are almost no trees on both sides of China's highways, but in New Zealand, regardless of the roads or roads, both sides are bare unless there are some trees growing on them.
Wang Bo felt strange at first, but after checking on the Internet, he realized that the roots of trees can also damage the foundation of roads, so trees are not often planted on both sides of roads in New Zealand.
Also, New Zealand pays attention to the beauty of nature, and generally does not plant flowers or trees artificially to pursue beauty.
Of course, the most important thing is: planting flowers and grass on both sides of the road costs money, and the New Zealand government and local governments are unwilling to pay this money, which will be considered a waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money.
Wang Bo didn't care. He had just received 1.5 million in earthquake supplementary funds. He had no place to use the money, so he could just use it to buy flowers, plants and trees.
After hearing what he said, Hani still shook his head and said, "What you said makes sense, Mayor, but you have to know that the existence of this spring may threaten the life of the road. Let's block it."
Wang Bo shrugged and said: "Does the lifespan of the road have something to do with me? No, but if the road is turned into a scenic spot, it has a lot to do with me."
What he said was a bit unqualified. Hani felt this way and said dissatisfiedly: "Mayor, what you are doing is wrong. It is benefiting yourself at the expense of others."
Lao Wang sneered and said: "Come on, Charlie, explain to our upright inspector why I want to do things that harm others and benefit myself, and tell him how the government treats me."
Charlie laughed dryly and told Honey the government's plan.
The inspector was an upright man, and he was not pedantic. After hearing the explanation, he became furious and shouted: "These sons of bitches politicians! In this case, then we can just live our lives, mayor, no need to Take care of the highway!”
In fact, Wang Bo has been very restrained. He has not overdone things. The center of the spring is still hundreds of meters away from the road. The stream winds down and is also separated by the road. It has little impact on the foundation. Just pay attention to maintenance. .
From the current point of view, Highway 8 is the foundation of the town, and he still has this overall view.
It's easy to do things when there are people under you. Wang Bo gives an order and the Mexican handsome boy goes to choose flowers, plants and trees, and he can make a pot of hot tea and wait.
Sitting in the hall teasing the commander, the queen and the young man, Lao Wang had a pot of tea and a chair. Time passed slowly like this, and the day passed comfortably.
Of course, it's not like he doesn't do anything. At least he has to plan the order in which the flowers and plants on the roadside will be arranged.
Bowen went to find Maori people to recruit workers. Planting flowers, plants and trees is a physical job, and there are not enough people. There are specialized gardening workers in New Zealand, but their asking prices are relatively high. Besides, you have to spend money anyway, so why not let your own people make money
It is still very good for Maori to be part-time workers, but formal workers are not suitable. They are too lazy and like entertainment. As long as they get paid, they have to enjoy life, which can easily delay work.
New Zealand's short-term workers are mainly supported by two types of people. One is tourists. There is a visa called a working visa, which generally lasts for one year. It is very popular with young tourists who can make money while working.
The other type is the Maori. They work part-time to earn some money, then go to entertainment and enjoy themselves. After spending the money, they work part-time again, and so on.
Wang Bo gave the price of planting trees for 10 New Zealand dollars per 100 meters. Generally, four trees were planted, and a more diligent worker could earn more than 1,000 yuan a day. As for flowers and plants, Maori can handle them himself.
The Mexican handsome boy was very efficient in his work. The next day, a landscaping company came to the town and delivered flower seeds and trees. Several large trailers dragged full of saplings, with a total value of 250,000 New Zealand dollars.
According to his design, the trees planted on both sides of the road are mainly magnolia, red maple, rhododendron, and wintersweet. Magnolia blooms in spring, rhododendron blooms in summer, red maple is beautiful in autumn, and wintersweet blooms in winter.
In this way, Route 8 can gather flowers in all four seasons, and there will be beautiful scenery for tourists to watch all year round.
But when people from the gardening company arrived and learned of his idea, they suggested that he plant some jacarandas and said, "Sir, this flower is so beautiful. When the blue flowers flutter in the wind, the beautiful scene is enough to make angels stop. .”
Wang Bo had never heard of this kind of flower, so he checked it online.
Indeed, jacaranda blooms beautifully, and its flowers are blue. Many Australian universities have such trees planted along the campus roads. When they bloom, even people from other places come to watch.
Moreover, this kind of tree not only has ornamental value, but also economic value. Its wood is yellowish white to gray, soft and light in texture, with straight grain and easy to process, and can be used to make furniture.
Of course, this kind of sapling is not cheap. One tree costs 400 New Zealand dollars. Wang Bo plans to plant five kilometers of jacaranda. If two jacaranda trees are planted per 100 meters, this will cost 40,000 yuan.
If it is a small sapling, it is actually not that expensive. One tree only costs more than ten or dozens of New Zealand dollars.
The saplings Wang Bo bought were all half-sized trees, such as jacaranda. The smallest sapling of this kind of tree is only six centimeters, and the one he bought was already one and a half meters high, so it was naturally more expensive.
However, the advantages of being expensive are firstly that it can ensure the survival rate, and secondly that the growth rate is fast enough. This kind of tree can grow to a height of fifteen meters. If it starts to grow from a sapling, it is too slow.
Other trees are also at this height. Basically, they will bloom in one or two years after planting, and the results can be seen in the shortest time.
As for the seeds of flowers and plants, this one he bought was more complicated. The Lueyi Town section of Highway 8 is relatively long. Wang Bo dedicated 20 kilometers to planting trees, and he wanted to use the remaining section to plant flowers.
As for the types of flowers? He chose a total of 365 species, yes, a full 365 species: his idea was to build a road of birth flowers, with one kind of flower per kilometer, planted for more than 30 kilometers!
The rest of the town didn't know his idea. When they saw the landscaping company moving boxes of flower seeds from the car, Honey, Charlie, Cowboy and others were surprised: "How many kinds of flowers did you buy?"
Wang Bo shrugged and said: "365 species, covering the whole year's birth flower species, how about it?"
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