Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Secondly, there are the Minister of Propaganda Yang Yonghao and the Minister of United Front Work Bai Youshen. The two have a very good personal relationship. They always stand together on all matters and belong to the neutral faction of Qiu County. That is, they follow the crowd when it does not concern them, but they will unite when it concerns their own interests. To say that these two people are the only people that Fan Yuegang and his local faction must consider as enemies, is just because they have little power, few people, and weak power, so they have never posed a threat to Fan Yuegang and his team. But it must be said that these two people are indeed objects that can be united.

The last force is the remaining deputy county chief Tao Daotian. Although this person is ranked very low, his qualifications are indeed extraordinary. He has been the deputy county chief for twelve years and has been working diligently and honestly. Although he is a little conservative, he is serious in his work and has never made any mistakes. Therefore, the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee may have considered his hard work and gave him a standing committee deputy county chief position two years ago. It can be said that this is completely the result of care, because one year, Tao Daotian, who was already 54 years old, retired. Because of this, he is the most outspoken person in the county committee. It’s just that he doesn’t know how to adapt to things, so he has no friends. He has always been the most isolated in the county committee, but it is indeed that no one wants to provoke him. After all, for a person who is about to retire and who is doing very well, who is willing to fight him to the death?

After learning about the situation in Qiu County, Feng Sizhe was relieved. The situation was not as bad as he had imagined. At least there were four members of the county party committee who were not on the same page with Fan Yuegang and the others. If he could unite these people, he would have five votes, plus his own. Then he only needed to work hard to get one more vote to gain the upper hand in the county party committee standing committee meeting.

The goal was not out of reach, and Feng Sizhe's heart was full of hope. As the saying goes, action speaks louder than words. He first set his sights on Deputy County Chief Tao Daotian. This man was the one who was most incompatible with Fan Yuegang and the others. He didn't even bother to hide his feelings and dared to confront them directly. If he could pull him to his side at this time, then the first step would be taken. At least in the future, what he said would not be ignored by the members of the County Party Committee Standing Committee.

Feng Sizhe picked up Tao Daotian's information and began to read it carefully. Chen Hu was indeed quite capable, as many situations in the information were recorded in great detail, which made Feng Sizhe's work much smoother and gave him a better chance of success.

There were more laughter and joy in the house because of Susie's arrival. Since there were no outsiders here anyway, Feng Sizhe arranged for Li Shuang and Susie to live here as well. He specially reserved a bedroom for them as their newlyweds' residence, while he himself only had a bedroom and a study.

The air in Qiu County is not very good in the morning, perhaps because of the gold production here. Excessive development has polluted the environment. Feng Sizhe and Li Shuang were jogging on the street in sportswear in the morning. The weather was not bad. It was still very cool in the morning at the end of August.

After running for about three kilometers, the two returned home, where Susie had already prepared breakfast. Feng Sizhe grabbed a fried dough stick and stuffed it into his mouth, saying to Li Shuang, "Go and ask when you go to work to see what activities Deputy County Chief Tao has today, and finally find out where he is going."

"Okay, boss." Li Shuang agreed without asking why. Because in his opinion, since it was the boss' order, there must be a reason for it. It was precisely because he was very obedient and didn't talk much that Feng Sizhe liked him very much.

As for Feng Sizhe himself, he certainly had his own plans. In order to thoroughly investigate the situation in Qiu County and give the people here a clear sky, he would definitely fight against the local faction here, so he chose to set his sights on Deputy County Magistrate Tao Daotian, who felt the same as himself and disliked Fan Yuegang and others. Without knowing what problems would arise after the conversation, Feng Sizhe finally chose to contact him privately, because before he was sure of winning, he would not rashly go to the county government to find Deputy County Magistrate Tao to cause some unnecessary trouble.

Li Shuang did live up to Feng Sizhe's trust. After he had just entered the secretary's office for a while, Li Shuang came to reply to his message. "Boss, I have already found out that Deputy County Magistrate Tao will go to Daqing Town to inspect agricultural work this morning."

"Very good, get the car ready, and we'll go to Daqing Town later." Feng Sizhe nodded with satisfaction. Meeting somewhere outside the county might be a good choice.

Daqing Town is the largest town in Qiu County. It is close to the county seat, has convenient transportation, a vast land area, and a large population. In particular, there is a gold mine in the town, which makes the economic level of this town significantly higher than that of ordinary towns. Naturally, it ranks first without any objection.

However, there is a strange phenomenon in this town. Perhaps it is due to geographical or geological reasons. There are mountains and gold mines in the east of the town, but it is flat in the west. As a result, the gap between the rich and the poor in this town has rapidly widened in the past two years. Because there are gold mines in the east of the town, the people there naturally benefit from it and make a lot of money. However, there is nothing to rely on in the west of the town, so they can only live by farming.

Tao Daotian was the deputy county chief in charge of agriculture. Naturally, when he came to Daqing Town, he would go to the west instead of the east of the town, because that was the jurisdiction of the executive deputy county chief Lu Bin.

Tao Daotian came to the west of Daqing Town as he did before, parked his car on the side of the road, and went to the fields alone to check the situation. This was his habit. He liked to work in the fields alone. He believed that this way he could check the problems without any worries. If he was followed by a large group of people, then all his time and energy would be spent on listening to reports and dealing with the people below, and the real observation of the problem would be delayed.

Today, Tao Daotian came to the roadside alone and looked at the sweet potatoes growing there.

Shortly after Tao Daotian arrived, another Audi car stopped on the side of the road. Then Feng Sizhe, dressed in gray casual clothes, got out of the car and ran straight towards the somewhat old figure not far away.

Tao Daotian was very serious about his work. He kept looking down at the sweet potato field and didn't hear anyone following him. He was so serious in digging the soil with his hands, looking at the crops that were about to be harvested, and predicting what this year's harvest would be like.

"Well, this land is very fertile, and it should be suitable for growing sweet potatoes. It's a pity that the seeds of these sweet potatoes are very ordinary. In addition, due to the environment here, it is destined that although it can achieve a small profit, it is difficult to have a high yield." A sigh sounded behind Tao Daotian. Hearing this voice, Tao Daotian naturally turned around to look.

When Tao Daotian turned around and saw that the person who came was Feng Sizhe, he was very surprised. He didn't expect that the county party secretary would come here and have the leisure to come here and take a look. This was really beyond his expectations. "Secretary Feng? What did you say just now?"

Although Tao Daotian was surprised that Feng Sizhe would show up here, he was even more surprised by what he had just said. Just by taking a look at the sweet potato field here, Feng Sizhe could conclude that this land would not be productive. This was really difficult for him to understand, let alone believe.

"I think it's hard to get much benefit from growing sweet potatoes on this land." Feng Sizhe looked directly into Tao Daotian's eyes and spoke slowly.

"Oh, haha, Secretary Feng is only twenty-six this year, right? Have you ever farmed?" Seeing Feng Sizhe speaking with confidence like an expert, Tao Daotian couldn't help but laugh. In his opinion, this was just the new Secretary Feng bluffing. How old was he? He probably had eaten less rice than he had eaten salt. How could such a person know the land better than himself?

Tao Daotian's words were obviously discriminatory, and Feng Sizhe would know this, but he still smiled and said in an extremely calm manner, "County Magistrate Tao, don't you believe it? If you really don't believe it, then I will tell you my argument."

"Okay." Seeing that Feng Sizhe was really going to pretend to the end, Tao Daotian listened to his explanation with great interest. He said he wanted to see what this young secretary in his twenties would say next.

"Okay, then I'll tell County Magistrate Tao. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If there's anything wrong, please correct me." After Feng Sizhe was polite for a while, he began to talk slowly, "As the saying goes, one piece of land feeds one person. Look at the land in Daqing Town. Although it looks very fertile, because there are many gold mines in the east of Daqing Town, the land source here has actually been polluted. This pollution will cause the groundwater here to be damaged, which will indirectly affect the water absorption of sweet potatoes in the soil. For this reason alone, the sweet potatoes here can have a high yield. In addition, according to my observation, the seeds of these sweet potatoes are also old varieties, and the taste may not be very good. Then let me ask you, how can we have a good harvest of sweet potatoes with low yield and bad taste?" After Feng Sizhe finished speaking these words, he looked at Tao Daotian with a question. What he said was just some basic common sense, and he did not possess any profound knowledge. He believed that Tao Daotian would be very clear about these principles.