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Chapter 91: Show of Strength

The car was driving on a bumpy mountain road, waking Zhao Jianhui from his deep thoughts.

Shangjiang County is a county in the north of Nangang City. The county seat is only 100 kilometers away from Nankang City, the capital of Lingxi, and 116 kilometers away from Nangang City. It is the only county-level city in Nangang City that is not facing the sea.

Shangjiang County has 4 towns and 9 townships, with a total area of ​​3,216 square kilometers and a total population of more than 310,000. The territory is mountainous, with dense forests and rivers throughout the territory. There are many ethnic groups living here, and most of them are Zhuang people, accounting for 86.8% of the total population in the county, Han people account for 9.2%, Yao people account for 3.9%, and other ethnic minorities account for 0.1%.

Shangjiang County is not small in area, but the population is not large. There are Yi, Bai, Dai, Zhuang, Miao, Hui, Lisu, Lahu, Wa, Naxi, Yao, Tibetan, Jingpo, Bulang, Buyi, Achang, Hani, Xibe, Pumi, Mongolian, Nu, Jinuo, De'ang, Shui, Manchu, Dulong and other ethnic groups.

Since taking office in Nangang, Zhao Jianhui has never been to Shangjiang County. This time, it was also because Hao Nanping encountered great resistance in trying Deng Zhihao and others in this place, and Zhao Jianhui came to encourage the special case team. At the same time, because Yuan Yiyi's condition has been found out by an old doctor in the military hospital, it is said that her symptoms are very similar to an insect poison recorded in an ancient prescription, and this poisonous insect is said to survive only in small quantities in the jungles of Vietnam, Myanmar and other places today.

This suddenly reminded Zhao Jianhui of the woman Nong Lan, and it was almost certain that only she had such evil and vicious things.

Now Zhao Jianhui didn't know where Nong Lan was hiding. Tu Xiong and his men searched day and night but couldn't find any trace of her. The only hope was the girl named Xiaoling who was caught by Peng Guodong after the bombing.

In the car, Lin Yan introduced the situation of Shangjiang County to Zhao Jianhui in detail. Zhao Jianhui had a preliminary impression of Shangjiang County. In recent years, although the economic construction of most counties and cities in the entire area of ​​Nangang City has been greatly improved, Shangjiang County has remained stagnant without any major changes.

There are many reasons for this, not just the officials' lack of effort and the people's unwillingness to work hard. To be honest, Shangjiang County is now full of treasures, with various precious trees, rare animals, and precious medicinal materials everywhere.

Shangjiang County is known as the "natural medicine warehouse" and has 428 species of wild medicinal plants such as Eucommia and Poria. Rare, precious and excellent tree species include Gemu, Wannianmu, Bauhinia, Red Castanopsis, Mi Lao Pai, and Chicken Feather Pine. There are 35 species of animals under the first and second level protection of the state, including black leaf monkeys, small-clawed otters, golden cats, large civets, tigers, musk deer, white pheasants, and jungle fowl. In addition, underground minerals include lignite and limestone, which can be mined to make money.

However, the reasons why Shangjiang County has not developed significantly are complex.

Among them, the fact that most of the territory belongs to Wanshan National Forest Park and Nature Reserve bears a large part of the responsibility. The people of Shangjiang have a treasure mountain but cannot enter it. Every plant and tree in it is a national treasure. Don't even think about going in to collect medicine. Even going in to dig a grass is illegal.

Another point is that Shangjiang County has a unique geographical location. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces Qingjiang on one side. There is only one road from Nangang City to the county. If a road can be built in the north to Nankang, Shangjiang County may not be under the jurisdiction of Nangang City. Due to historical reasons and ethnic living habits, the traffic conditions of this only road are also very poor. Even if there are other wild fruits in the mountains, they cannot be transported out. Three consecutive county governors have been punished for failing to promote the development of Shangjiang County. As a result, many department-level cadres would rather stay at home than be transferred there.

The current county party secretary Gai Shicai and county governor Li Nansheng are both native Shangjiang County people. Gai Shicai is a Zhuang. He has worked step by step from the township party committee secretary to today. It is not that he is incapable, but he just can't achieve results. You want to say that he is inefficient at work, but he is quite active. Li Nansheng is a Han nationality, only 37 or 38 years old, in the prime of his life, and he is said to be very active at work. Last year, a cadre reported some problems to him, but later he died, and they couldn't find any clues when they went to investigate.

Lin Yan knows limited things, and Zhao Jianhui has only heard a little bit of the surface. The specific reason why Shangjiang County cannot develop can only be known by seeing it on the spot.

"Xiao Yang, this is probably the so-called washboard road you mentioned before you came, right?" Because he was going to Shangjiang County, Yang Ming specially changed a Mitsubishi off-road vehicle. Although it was a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, it was still strenuous to walk on this road, and even woke up Zhao Jianhui, who was snoring with his eyes closed.

Hearing Zhao Jianhui asking him, Yang Ming turned his head, smiled and said, "This road is still good, the previous section is really difficult to walk."

The car drove forward not far, and Zhao Jianhui looked out of the car window and couldn't help but frown. The mountain road ahead can be described as: "The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than climbing to the sky."

More than forty minutes later, the car finally passed the narrow passage between the cliffs. Zhao Jianhui suddenly pointed to a flat and desolate cemetery in front and asked Lin Yan: "Why do I feel that we just took such a long detour on the winding mountain road just to avoid this wasteland? If the road just now went straight through this place, wouldn't we not have to go around the top of the mountain for a long time? Why not open a road from there?"

"Secretary Zhao, this is a long story." Lin Yan pointed to the wasteland and said slowly: "Go further in, in front of the village behind the wasteland, there is a large cemetery. Lying in it are ethnic minorities who sacrificed their lives to help the army during the war. At that time, a leader said that as long as the Communist Party conquered the country, this land would always belong to these revolutionary heroes. A few decades later, when this road was built, the leaders at that time had this idea, but the local ethnic minority leaders were unwilling. Who dared to touch this high-voltage line?"

"Oh, so that's it," Zhao Jianhui pondered again.

The car drove into the gate of the county party committee with a red banner hanging on it, which read "Warmly welcome Secretary Zhao to Shangjiang County to inspect and guide work."

The car stopped at the gate of the county party committee compound, and Hao Nanping, accompanied by a fat man in his fifties, came up to greet him with several people. Zhao Jianhui smiled and stretched out his hand, and shook hands with Hao Nanping tightly: "Comrade Nanping has worked hard."

"Hello Secretary Zhao... This is Comrade Gai Shicai, the secretary of the Shangjiang County Party Committee." The dark and fat man in his 50s held Zhao Jianhui's hand: "Welcome, Secretary Zhao, I am Gai Shicai, you have worked hard all the way." On his dark face, there was a simple and warm smile.

"Hello, Comrade Shicai, everyone has worked hard." Zhao Jianhui and Gai Shicai held hands tightly together. Since he took office, this is the first time he has met the secretary of the county party committee of the poorest county in Nangang.

"Secretary Zhao, let me introduce you, this is County Magistrate Li, Deputy Secretary Jian, Deputy County Magistrate Zhang, Chairman Zhou of the CPPCC..." Zhao Jianhui smiled and shook hands with the cadres of Shangjiang County one by one. "Secretary Hao saw the excellent environment of Shangjiang County that is isolated from the world, so he detained people in Shangjiang County for interrogation. Did it not cause trouble to the comrades in Shangjiang County?"

This sentence seems to contain a different flavor. Gai Shicai was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "It's rare for the city's big leaders to come to Shangjiang County. We can't even welcome them, so how can we say it's a bother? Secretary Zhao, let's go to the conference room. Everyone is waiting in the conference room."

Just now, Zhao Jianhui implied a tone of criticism of Shangjiang County for not making progress, but Gai Shicai was able to fight back immediately, saying that the city party committee leaders didn't care enough about the people of Shangjiang County. You rarely come here, what does our life and death have to do with you?

Zhao Jianhui secretly pondered in his heart, thinking that this person is really a talent. Not only is he not afraid of the power of himself as the secretary of the municipal party committee, but he has the courage to blame the municipal party committee leaders. Is this person really selfless or is he deliberately showing great wisdom to cover himself up?

In the conference room, all the cadres of Shangjiang County came. Perhaps they had not seen the cadres of the city many times before. They watched Zhao Jianhui step onto the podium in high spirits. Before he could speak, thunderous applause broke out from below.

"Comrades, this is the first time I have set foot on the land of Shangjiang County since I took office for more than a month. This is the first time I have met you all. Logically, I do not deserve such warm applause from you all. Because I have not made any contribution to the people of Shangjiang County, let alone brought any favors and benefits to the people of Shangjiang County. However, I have the confidence that when we meet again, the cadres and masses of Shangjiang County will applaud sincerely from the bottom of their hearts. Because I was delayed from having lunch by waiting for me, I apologize to you all here. My speech is over." After that, Zhao Jianhui slowly stepped down and was the first to leave the conference room.

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. No one could have thought that the secretary of the municipal party committee would say such a thing. Gai Shicai smiled and looked at Hao Nanping. Seeing Hao Nanping smiled and shook his head, he said that he had nothing to say. So he whispered a few words to Deputy County Chief Zhang beside him, and then walked out of the meeting room with Hao Nanping.

"Secretary Zhao, the guesthouse has arranged meals, shall we go there now?" Gai Shicai's fat face was still full of smiles, and he took two quick steps to catch up with Zhao Jianhui who was walking in front of him, and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Jianhui nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, we set out early in the morning and arrived in Shangjiang County after lunch. It seems that the road from the city to Shangjiang County should be repaired. I wonder if Comrade Shicai has any plans?"