A small white van speeding north along the national highway.

In addition to Chang Ning, Li Xiaolun and Sun Zhengbang, there are three people's secretaries and drivers, and the twelve-seat minivan is basically full, Chang Ning praised the van is quite comfortable to sit in, Li Xiaolun said, this is a gift from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the old revolutionary base area the year before last, there are a total of three cars in the whole region, all rely on the predecessor to fight for it, the county is like a baby, usually locked in the garage, and the right to use it is directly controlled by the director of the county government office.

Markham County is so poor that there is only one special car for each county magistrate, all of which are second-hand jeeps, and five old jeeps and this van, which are used by other members of the Standing Committee and the county magistrate in turn, like the CPPCC National People's Congress, at most one family.

Speaking of cars, Li Xiaolun pointed to Sun Zhengbang and said: "Chang Ji, the hardest work in the county is Zhengbang, he is in charge of agriculture, and he runs below half of the year, and there is no special car." ”

Sun Zhengbang smiled shyly, "I'm used to walking, but I'm uncomfortable in the car." ”

Chang Ning said seriously: "The ground in Markham County is so big, and those in charge of agriculture can't do it without a car, I remember this problem." ”

The county party committee secretary took a member of the Standing Committee and a county magistrate Fu to the countryside, which was a bit mighty and powerful, and even Li Xiaolun didn't know Chang Ning's thoughts.

In fact, going to the countryside to investigate is false, and it is true to check people all the way, Chang Ning did not hesitate to spend half a month running, the purpose was to see if Li Xiaolun and Sun Zhengbang were the available people in his mind.

When you arrive at the Geumcheon Bridge on the banks of the Geumcheon River, you will find Mancheon County across the river, turn around and head west, along the Geumcheon River, and there is an earthen road built on an embankment.

Because it is not the rainy season, the water level of the Geumcheon River, which is several hundred meters wide, is not high, and the bottom is deep and visible, and the pebbles and sand in the water are clearly visible at a glance.

Sun Zhengbang said: "I often remember that from April to August every year, there are about 130 days, the rainfall is the most abundant, and the water level of the Geumcheon River is at least four to five meters higher than now, which is also the season for flood control and flood control in the Geumcheon River. ”

Chang Ning asked: "Comrade Zhengbang, in addition to the flood control of the Jinchuan River, what other disasters are prone to occur in the county?" ”

"It is often remembered that the entire Markham County belongs to the Jinchuan River Basin, and hundreds of valley streams of all sizes converge into the Jinchuan River, half of which passes through the Kangle River...... According to statistics from the 30 years since 1956, there have been seven dam failures on the Geumcheon River, five floods in Kangle Town, and 151 mudslides and other natural disasters in the county, with a total of more than 3,300 people ......."

Chang Ning listened patiently, and no horse spoke.

"There are disasters in production, Markham County is the hometown of firecrackers, the county has a total of more than 200 large and small firecracker factories, almost every township has firecracker factories, over the years are large and small accidents constantly, I have made statistics, more than 20 years, there are more than 500 accidents with casualties, a total of more than 1,130 deaths, more than 4,500 people disabled......"

Chang Ning listened, and gasped in his heart, this firecracker fireworks, which have been played since childhood, turned out to be made with life and blood.

"Comrade Zhengbang, then your flood prevention and flood control office and safety production office should be strengthened, go back and make a plan, merge the two offices, double the number of personnel, officially include the expenses in the county financial expenditure, and all townships and towns must set up full-time safety production management personnel.

Sun Zhengbang nodded and said, "Chang Ji, I have read your article in the national internal communication reports on this aspect. ”

"Really? I'm talking on paper. Chang Ning smiled and continued, "Comrade Zhengbang, we will discuss and study this issue in detail when we go back, in short, we must pay attention to it, our people can't afford to hurt it." ”

Because of this trip to the countryside, Chang Ning did not let Li Xiaolun notify the following, and the specific routes and stops were all in his heart, and he saved a lot of money all the way to welcome and send them, until Wangjia Village, and only saw the cadres of Dalong Township.

This is Wang Renwu's hometown.

After lunch, Chang Ning stood by the ferry at the head of the village and stared at the opposite side of the Jinchuan River for a long time.

That is Ningjiazhuang, where the old man was born.

Li Xiaolun thought that Chang Ning was going to stay here for one night, but he didn't have a lunch break, so he ordered it to be dialed.

Chang Ning explained, we are the younger generations, we must be in awe of history and predecessors, the two old-timers on both sides of the Jinchuan River, their lives are entangled in grievances, and even the Jinchuan River is not clear, how dare we younger generations stop and peep.

To Chang Ning's surprise, Chen Maoyun, who was less than 35 years old, was a graduate of the Chinese language bachelor's degree at Jingcheng University, a native of Tongshan County, and a member of the party committee of Shatan Commune before college.

Chang Ning sighed in his heart, it is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, who said that there are no talents in Markham County.

However, the township has been young for many years, is a native of the township, is in his fifties, is not highly educated, goes straight, and soon gets drunk and is taken out by the staff of the township government.

When he came to Chen Maoyun's office after dinner, the electric lights flickered on and off, and Chen Maoyun explained that it was electricity from a small reservoir nearby, and the voltage was up and down, and the lighting was improvised, so he didn't dare to turn on the TV.

Chang Ning took out a bag of money and handed it to Chen Maoyun, "Comrade Maoyun, this is 5,000 yuan, which is my personal money, of which 2,000 is for your township government, and the other 3,000 are for the trouble of sending it to the poor families in the township, ten yuan per household, a total of 300 households, but it cannot be said to be my money to the outside world." ”

Chen Maoyun was taken aback and didn't dare to take it, Li Xiaolun smiled and said: "Maoyun, Chang Ji's grandfather, is the chairman of the Hong Kong Fan's Group Company, take it, if you don't want it, it will be run by my county party committee." ”

When Chen Maoyun heard this, he quickly took it and stuffed it into the drawer, and said with a smile: "Thank you Chang Ji, I'm scared of poverty, this is pretending to be polite, is there anyone in this world who doesn't want money?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

Chang Ning smiled and sat down at Chen Maoyun's desk, "Three, idle is idle, I'm going to come up with a topic, each of you think about it, where is the direction and breakthrough of our Markham County's development, don't talk at length, everyone writes three key words." ”

After Li Xiaolun listened, he took out his pen and notebook, thought about it and then wrote, he understood the work style of Xinji, and he also saw the clue, this doll is not to go to the countryside to investigate, but to investigate people.

Sun Zhengbang and Chen Maoyun also found pen and paper to write.

A few minutes later, the three notes all arrived in Chang Ning's hand, and Li Xiaolun wrote: talents, system reform, and adapting measures to local conditions; Sun Zhengbang wrote: agriculture, transportation, style; What Chen Maoyun wrote: go out, change your thinking, and grasp the foundation.

Putting away the three notes and putting them in the bag, Chang Ning announced with a smile: "Three, I'm going to sleep, please feel free." ”

Going to the countryside to investigate and investigate, more or less some elements of show, Chang Ning also danced a lot of routines, not to mention that he did not pay much attention to the grassroots in the future, in his work ideas, is to do a good job in team building, other work, is the business of the team members, but along the way, Chang Ning spent a lot of private money, in addition to leaving 10,000 yuan each to Pingtan Township and Shanao Village, Li Xiaolun helped him to grasp the wallet empty.

The fourth and eighth stations were Sanxing Town and Luocheng Town respectively, and Li Xiaolun and Sun Zhengbang could see that Changning was not satisfied with the first and second leaders of the two towns, and left without leaving a penny.

From Luocheng Town to the south, or through the mountains, the mountains in Markham County are not high, but continuous, there seems to be no end, and the further south, the denser the forests on both sides, the more difficult the road to walk, gradually become a one-way street, the van can not run a few kilometers in an hour.

Chang Ning's interest did not diminish at all, he took out the newly bought camera and handed it to Li Zhouteng, and kept taking pictures.

Sun Zhengbang told Changning that this is the primeval forest area of Markham County, with a total of more than 800 square kilometers, and out of the primeval forest area, it will enter the minority settlement area in the southwest of Markham County, and the next township is called Gaocun Township, and after Gaocun Township is the westernmost Pingtan Township.

I didn't plan to spend the night in Gaocun Township, but there is a small mountain plain of about six square kilometers, which aroused Changning's interest, these more than ten days along the way, through more than ten towns and towns, this is the only place that can be called a plain, more than 7,000 acres of late rice such as a green ocean, lush, so that Changning suddenly felt familiar, as if suddenly returned to Qingyang's coastal farm.

Yao Congxin, secretary of the Gaocun Township Party Committee, said proudly: "Chang Ji, we are a treasure land, and there is a bumper harvest every year, and it can feed 20,000 people in the township." ”

Township Chief Fang Hongsheng is a young man in his early thirties, like Yao Congxin, both of the Yao nationality, a native of the local family, what Chang Ning did not expect, Fang Hongsheng is an undergraduate student of Xijiang Agricultural University, and he was admitted without any care, with his own efforts, and was the first college student among the Yao people in Gaocun Township.

Leaving Gaocun Township and heading to Pingtan Township, Chang Ning said to Li Xiaolun and Sun Zhengbang: "Xiaolun, Zhengbang, after I go back, I will find the Organization Department and transfer Fang Hongsheng to the county." ”

Sun Zhengbang smiled and said: "Lao Yao is reluctant, I have long wanted to transfer Fang Hongsheng to work in the Agricultural Bureau, and after asking for it a few times, Lao Yao scolded me so much that I was squirting blood." ”

Chang Ning smiled mysteriously, "Let's go Fang Hongsheng, there can still be Li Hongsheng and Zhang Hongsheng in Gaocun Township, don't worry, I had a long talk with Lao Yao last night, and he agreed to release him." ”

Li Xiaolun said: "Chang Ji, you still have a big face, Lao Yao is a strong donkey, I have known him for more than 20 years, and I have never seen him serve anyone." ”

"Hehe," Chang Ning sighed and said with a smile, "For the sake of a Fang Hongsheng, I have a lot of bleeding, Lao Yao Lion opened his mouth and forced me to agree, within three years, to help him build a township middle school like Shanao Village Primary School, alas, these days, the poor are not easy to live, and the rich are not happy." ”

In the laughter, the van went out of the mountain pass, and Sun Zhengbang pointed to the front and said: "Chang Ji, the front is the hometown of the Minister of Commerce, Pingtan Township." ”