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After Ji Yuanhai finished talking with Huo Lianshi, Huo Lianshi took Zhao Wei back to the County Agricultural Bureau.

"I will give you half a month to adapt to the work environment and investigate some agricultural product issues in Wangtan County."

Huo Lianshi said to Zhao Wei: "This way, your working hours will be more flexible within half a month, and you will be able to do your work better."

"Yes, Director Huo, I will work hard to complete the task!" Zhao Wei solemnly promised again.

"There is no time to lose, you should take action as soon as possible." Huo Lianshi said.

Zhao Wei responded and came out of the Agricultural Bureau, feeling a little strange.

Ever since I learned that I would be transferred to the Agricultural Bureau, I had made sufficient mental preparations. However, I never expected that after going around in circles, I would return to my original job of investigation, and this investigation would be much larger than all the investigations I had done before.

Where to start?

The businessman Zhao Shuoguo also has the surname Zhao... Zhao Wei felt that it would not be easy for him to track and monitor him. The most important thing was to find out his communication methods and locations with others.

There was another thing that Zhao Wei had to think about, and that was why Secretary Ji did not use local forces to investigate this matter, but instead used him, Zhao Wei, to investigate.

This means that Secretary Ji may not even be able to fully trust them.

It also means that Zhao Wei’s job is indeed very difficult.

After Zhao Wei left the Agricultural Bureau, he strolled around to the vegetable market, small restaurants and other places. He not only conducted investigations but also asked about the local prices.

After all, he was ostensibly here to investigate under the orders of Director Huo, so it would certainly do no harm to find out more.

What impressed Zhao Wei the most was that almost every vegetable vendor and restaurant owner would add a sentence when talking about prices: "If it weren't for our County Chief Ji..."

County Mayor Ji is the current Secretary Ji Yuanhai, formerly the Executive Deputy Mayor of Wangtan County.

It can be said that the way people called him before was incorrect, and it is still incorrect now.

But they all mentioned County Mayor Ji in their words and there was no doubt that they were all extremely grateful to him.

When Zhao Wei sat down to eat in a restaurant, he sat face to face with an old man who came to the city to sell things. The old man was quite wary at first, worried that Zhao Wei was a bad guy who cheated people, but when Zhao Wei started talking and brought up the topic of County Magistrate Ji, the old man immediately relaxed his vigilance and talked endlessly about the harvest of salt-frost potatoes in Wangtan County this year.

"Who else could have done this? Only our Wangtan County Chief Ji could care so much about us ordinary people!" the old man said with great pride.

"From the former officials to the former Xiangs, how many have been replaced? Has the situation in Wangtan County changed? It's just a change of name!"

"It's only been a year since County Magistrate Ji came here, and the county has enough money to build roads, and the people can have enough food to eat! For this reason alone, County Magistrate Ji is the best county magistrate in our Wangtan County!"

Zhao Wei listened to the old man puffing out his beard and glaring at the praise, as if he would fight three hundred rounds with anyone who dared to disagree with him.

Zhao Wei had no choice but to smile and agree with him a few words, and finally he managed to fool the old man.

Inspired by this, he then had an idea.

Next, he found an old man in the city who had nothing to do and was willing to talk, and started his story from the beginning about the county magistrate Ji Yuan Hai Ji.

The old man from the city really became talkative and slowly changed the topic to something that was no longer limited to the Ji Yuan Sea.

Zhao Wei took this opportunity to mention that he came from outside and wanted to buy a house to live here, but he found that the housing prices in Wangtan County were not cheap.

The old man nodded immediately: "Yes, the housing prices in Wangtan County are indeed not cheap recently."

"It's very convenient for us to sell out. It only takes a moment and people are begging to buy. But if we want to buy a house, it's not easy."

"A house can be sold for more than two thousand, and there is still a possibility that it cannot be bought. How can this be tolerated?"

Zhao Wei immediately asked, "But this shouldn't be the case. The housing prices in Wangtan County shouldn't be so high, right? What's the reason?"

The old man shook his head again and again: "The reason? The reason is that someone is spending money to buy a house, and the house is getting more and more expensive."

"As long as you have a house and are willing to sell it, they will come and buy it immediately!"

"This is really hard to understand." Zhao Wei said, "After they bought it at such a high price, who are they going to sell it to?"

"Who knows?" the old man said, "Who knows what Zhao Shuoguo is thinking?"

Zhao Wei showed a puzzled expression appropriately: "Who is Zhao Shuoguo?"

"He was the richest man in Wangtan County. Later, Tianhe Company came to run a plantation. I heard that he wanted to do something secretly at that time. Unexpectedly, County Chief Ji and Tianhe Company were so powerful. Since then, Zhao Shuoguo is no longer the richest man here."

After the old man introduced, he said, "I don't know what he was thinking. He made the housing prices in Wangtan County so high that many people were tempted and sold their houses to him."

"I know what's going on!" an old man next to him interrupted.

Zhao Wei was overjoyed, thinking secretly: Even though this is just a street corner, and even though their words are exaggerated, at least I finally have some clues.

"Uncle, do you know what's going on?" Zhao Wei asked.

The old man nodded: "I feel that what I said must be true. It is almost certain...We now have County Magistrate Ji in Wangtan County. We can see that everyone has enough food to eat and will live a good life. The days to come will get better and better."

"That Zhao Shuoguo must have seen this and specially bought houses in our county."

The old man who had spoken before immediately sneered at this remark: "I don't think so. He must have bought this house for its own use. Why wait for the future? Maybe in the future, the house will not be so valuable!"

"Now a house sells for more than a thousand, and some sell for two thousand..."

Zhao Wei listened to their unfounded speculations and their rambling opinions, and couldn't help feeling disappointed.

I really thought that the old man on the street might know some useful information, but I didn't expect that in the end it was just random guesses.

They don’t even know that Secretary Ji’s position is not the county magistrate. I guess they will continue to call Secretary Ji the county magistrate in the future…

Just when Zhao Wei thought he wouldn't gain anything, a person came over.

"What you said is totally wrong!"

"This Zhao Shuoguo is a lackey for others. He didn't buy all these houses himself. He was asked to buy them by others."

Zhao Wei looked at the old man who came over in surprise: Does he know? Or is he just guessing?

These old guys are quite interesting. Once they start talking, they all come up with new topics to discuss one after another.