Excellent little farmer

"Then why don't you think of ways to plant some fruit trees or other cash crops?" I also know that there are many risks in developing the breeding industry, and epidemic diseases are one of the reasons. But now that feed prices are rising, small-scale breeding can actually only help. The effect of a savings can't even earn back the labor money.

Xiao Mudan sighed and said: "What kind of fruit trees are you planting! Forget it, it turns out that there are people in the county who are here to promote this and that. They will plant apples this year and pears next year. It costs a lot of money, but if you keep planting In the end, they either never grew up, or they didn’t bear fruit, or the fruits they produced were simply not as good as they said, and they couldn’t sell them, so they had to feed them to pigs, and my father cut them all down in anger.”

"No one is successful?" I didn't seem to believe it.

"Yes, they grow pears in Lingshui Town next door. The fruits are really good. I have eaten them. They are sweet and juicy. Who can they sell them to? Some are sold in the county, but most of them cannot be sold. The county also went to the provincial capital and Huai'an to invite people to buy them, but they said the journey was far away and the roads were not easy to travel. When we took a cart back, half of it was almost rotten."

I thought this girl could still talk and was not like an ordinary country girl, so I asked, "Xiao Xiao, why don't you study anymore?"

"I studied. I went to the first year of high school in the district middle school. My younger brother needed money to study, so I had no choice but to go home. Besides, my grades weren't very good. I couldn't get into college even if I studied. It's not interesting." Mudan said calmly.

I was speechless. The deterioration of rural economic conditions is nothing new. Although the food and clothing problems of farmers in most areas can be basically solved, it is beyond our ability to further improve their living standards. And the most important point is, There is a large amount of surplus labor that cannot find a suitable outlet.

This is not a problem that one person or leader can solve.

Lingtai County has a population of 680,000, of which 630,000 are in rural areas and only 50,000 in urban areas. Lingtai is undoubtedly a microcosm of the entire Huai'an region. Compared with Yuzhou and Jianyang, it is relatively With active township and village enterprises and private enterprises, this place is more like a backwater. It can be seen from the county seat of Lingtai County that this was what it looked like at least ten years ago.

Perhaps realizing that he had stayed here too long, or perhaps realizing that he was talking to a county leader, Xiao Mudan suddenly jumped up, bowed and said in panic: "I'm sorry, County Magistrate Ye, why am I talking nonsense to you? Ah, please don’t tell Director Ma about this matter, thank you."

Before I could react, this girl rushed out of the door, leaving me unable to even say hello.

I weighed the introduction to the county that was placed on my desk. It was prepared for me by the county government office. The basic information about the county was on it. But in addition to understanding what was on it, I wanted to go see it on the ground. Looking at the situation in Lingtai County, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, infrastructure, everything, although he didn't know what jobs the county's labor unions would allocate to him, there was one thing he was sure would be given to him, and that was transportation. .

Traffic is precisely the biggest difficulty and bottleneck of the mausoleum.

My eyes fell on the map of Lingtai County. The location of Lingtai County is indeed not very good. It is just in the southeast corner of Jiangzhou Province. Further east is Huxiang, and northwest to Huai'an requires passing through Caoji County. , to the south it directly enters Pengshan County in Pennsylvania, and to the north is the Tongcheng area, which can be described as a typical junction zone between two provinces.

Lingtai is located in a hilly area, and the road infrastructure is quite weak. Even the roads leading to Huai'an, where the municipal government is located, are in very bad condition, which has seriously restricted the economic development of Lingtai.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. This sentence seems to have a special meaning in Lingtai, especially in an area without railways, road construction is particularly important.

However, funds are needed to build roads. It is unrealistic to rely solely on projects from above to find investment. Even if the Provincial Department of Transportation can provide certain financial and policy support, it is impossible to rely on the above alone to make Lingtai's project more efficient. Transportation construction has reached a new level.

While I was thinking, I heard footsteps outside, "County Magistrate Ye, Magistrate Ye!"

As soon as I heard the sound, I knew it was Ma Bengui's special metallic vibrato, so I asked, "Old Ma, what's the matter?"

"Haha! You can really sit still. Didn't the county study the division of labor in the afternoon? Don't you care about it?" Ma Bengui walked in quietly. Seeing that there was no one in my room, he lowered his voice and said: "The county The division of labor has been established, and you are in charge of industry and transportation, as well as investment promotion, and technology."

"Oh?"

I was stunned for a moment, and while waving my hand for Ma Bengui to sit down, I asked casually: "How do you know?"

"Hehe! My old man is better informed than anyone else. If you walk around the county party committee compound, nothing will escape our ears."

Ma Bengui sat on the sofa with his butt tilted and said mysteriously: "County Magistrate Ye, I think this time, the bosses in the county are deliberately trying to burden you. You have to report it to Secretary Zou immediately. You are in charge." It’s all about something.”

"What's wrong?" I became really interested. This Ma Bengui seemed to have a bit of an old-fashioned hot sausage flavor.

"Think about it, what kind of job is it to be in charge of industry, transportation, investment promotion, and technology? If it is to be placed in the province, then no matter what, it must be managed by a decent person, but in our Huai'an and Ling "Taiwan, that's not the case." Ma Bengui laughed mysteriously and said, "That's just to fool you and throw you aside.

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" I asked calmly.

"Haha! County Magistrate Ye, you don't know the situation in our mausoleum. Industry, to put it nicely, what industry is there? Is it the ironworks club in the county that was renamed the Agricultural Machinery Factory, or the wood processing factory that has difficulty paying wages now? ? Or is it the county construction company that is about to die but can’t swallow it?”

Ma Bengui smiled with a very vulgar image and said: "How can these big and dilapidated enterprises be called industries? Traffic, the traffic situation in our mausoleum is the worst in Huai'an, right? You are the traffic I'm from the hall. I'm afraid you can't get away with this, so I won't talk about it. It's almost the same as attracting investment. What do we have here that makes people look at you and throw money at you? Technology! We won't. You know, what kind of technology does our mausoleum need?"

Ma Bengui's words made me very unhappy. I don't know if this guy was sent by someone to deliberately provoke conflicts, but I don't think so after thinking about it. I am not a fool. I can believe his words. What, not to mention, this is also the division of labor set by the county standing committee. Even if I feel uncomfortable, I can't do anything when I first arrive. What's the point?

"Lao Ma, the situation of our mausoleum is so bad. Could it be that there has been no change in the past few years? You think our county leaders are taking it too seriously?" I asked pretending to be casual.

"That's not true. It's not right to say that the leaders in the county are incompetent. At least your predecessor, County Magistrate Tian, ​​is somewhat capable." My words obviously hit Ma Bengui's heart, and it was not good for him to say no. It was hard to say, so he hesitated for a while and then hesitantly said.

"Oh! When I came to Huai'an, I heard a lot of people talk about this County Magistrate Tian, ​​but I have never met him, and I don't know who this Magistrate Tian is. Why are there so many people? What about him?"

I am really interested in this legendary county magistrate who has been rumored a lot by the outside world, and I also want to know the real situation of Tian Yuhe.

"Hehe! This... County Magistrate Ye, it's really hard to explain this clearly at the moment. You just came here, stay for a while, and you will figure it out gradually. Okay, I won't disturb you anymore. County Magistrate Ye, you are so good. Let's rest, it's time to have dinner later." Ma Bengui also felt that he might really burn his butt if he sat down here any longer, so he quickly stood up and wanted to leave.

"Old Ma, it's still early for dinner, and I just want to hear what you know about County Magistrate Tian." My tone became a little cold, and the packet of Chinese on the table fell into my hand, and I took out one , slowly ignite.

As if he was whipped hard by my words, Ma Bengui's body, which had already taken a step, twisted with some difficulty, and the expression on his face became a little bitter, and he said in a harsh voice: "County Magistrate Ye, Aren't you deliberately trying to harm me? If others know that I'm gossiping in front of you, can I still hang out in this county committee guest house? "

"Old Ma, you will do well in the county party committee guest house, and maybe you will do even better in the future. This is what I said, remember it."

I waved my hand lightly and said: "As for the talk of chewing your tongue, don't you think it's funny? I'm asking you to find out the situation, who else do I need to ask for instructions from? Or maybe you don't have confidence in the little girls under your control and are worried about them What will you say?"

Shocked by my somewhat forceful words, he seemed to be unable to believe his eyes. The kind and amiable appearance he had previously interacted with me seemed to have disappeared. Ma Bengui swallowed hard, and his Adam's apple squirmed. He said quietly: "County Magistrate Ye, I really have nothing to say. In fact, I don't know much about the situation. I..."

"Okay, Lao Ma, if you really don't understand anything, then you can leave."

I took a deep breath of cigarette, and the smoke column slowly blew out from my nose, and said slowly: "But remember, you don't have to say anything in front of me in the future."