Chapter Eleven: How to Repair the Kangzhuang Avenue
Pang Weidong did not expect that Li Xiaoning would actually speak to him. He was obviously stunned after hearing Li Xiaoning's words, but then he reacted and softened his tone and said: "Deputy Mayor Li is right. Our party represents the most fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people.
The superiors have repeatedly asked us to do practical things and good things for the people. What are practical things and what are good things? I think it is something that allows the people to get the greatest benefit from it. We cannot let the people of Pingshan Town live in the mud from generation to generation.
Lu. From a small perspective, we have to think about the future development of Pingshan Town and the people of Pingshan Town to live a good life in the future. From a big perspective, we must also adapt to the overall development situation of the country. So, I think no matter
No matter how difficult the situation is, everyone must grit their teeth and collect the funds raised to build a prosperous road."
Li Xiaoning said: "I absolutely agree with building roads. But I think it is not considered enough to let the common people raise funds. Pingshan Town is the poorest town in the entire Binhai City, and the people in Pingshan Town are also the poorest people in the entire Binhai City. I think
After checking the information, there are now a total of 1,462 households in the town. More than 1,330 households have not yet been lifted out of poverty. Only more than 100 households have enough food and clothing. Not even one household has reached the standard of well-off society.
No. Building roads is a good thing, but you must not do bad things with good intentions and make decisions about the people. If you make decisions about the people again, they will not be able to survive. That will cause problems."
Pang Weidong's horse-like face immediately darkened again, and he said impatiently: "Deputy Mayor Li is not yet a member of the party group. He is just attending today, so don't speak. You are not qualified to vote. What do you think, committee members?"
Li Xiaoning was very depressed, but what Pang Weidong said was true. He was indeed not a member of the party group and was not qualified to speak at the party committee, so he had to shut up depressedly.
The other committee members did not express their opinions immediately, and all eyes looked at Zhang Erwa in unison. As a local cadre born and raised, Zhang Erwa understood the situation in Pingshan Town better than Li Xiaoning. He was silent for a long time before slowly speaking:
"Building roads is a good thing, and of course I agree with it. However, the situation in Pingshan Town is also quite special. The farmers don't even have enough to eat, let alone asking them to raise funds to build roads. My opinion is that we should find a way to apply for it with the above.
If we don’t have enough money, even if we need to smooth the road first.”
With Zhang Erwa's words as a guide, other committee members immediately rushed to speak. Their opinions were also very unified. They supported road construction and raising funds from farmers was simply unrealistic. Zhang Guangming, deputy secretary of the party committee, said
He was more direct: "Building roads is just like eating. You have to first check how big your belly is. If you don't see something delicious, you have to eat it, otherwise you will be stuffed. You must not be overjoyed with success and only pursue personal political achievements.
I missed the important event for the people of Pingshan Town."
Only deputy mayor He Dongliang agreed with Pang Weidong. He said: "Everyone should take a longer-term view and not just look at the present. If you don't make up your mind to build a beautiful asphalt road, just smooth the road surface."
, it will not take long to return to the original state, and it will be a duplication of investment. I agree with Secretary Pang’s opinion, raise funds to build roads, even if I am hungry for two years now.”
As a result, this meeting turned into a wrangling meeting. At the critical moment, Pang Weidong showed some leadership courage and said loudly: "Since we all agree to build the road, then the matter is settled. Let's go on.
Let’s discuss the funding needed.”
Zhang Erwa frowned and said helplessly: "Then let's discuss it."
Pang Weidong said: "The last time I went to the city, I consulted someone. They said that the current cost of asphalt roads is only 150 yuan per square meter. I roughly calculated that the road we need to build is about 15 kilometers.
A two-lane road should be enough. If we assume it is 8 meters wide, it would be 120,000 square meters, which would cost almost 18 million yuan. My idea is to apply for 5 million yuan from the county, and the remaining one can raise 8,000 yuan, which is almost enough.
Already."
Li Xiaoning held it in for a long time but still couldn't hold it in. He couldn't help but said: "The 150 per square meter you mentioned is only the price of materials. Others include survey fees, drawing fees, labor fees, supervision fees, etc. Without 300 yuan, there is no way to repair it.
One square meter. Even if it only costs 18 million yuan, where do you ask the people to get the 8,000 yuan of fund-raising money? Do you know what the per capita annual income of Pingshan Town was last year? It was 2,100 yuan! It’s just enough for food. Secretary Pang, I
Again, building roads is a good thing, but we must proceed from the reality of Pingshan Town and take into account the actual difficulties of the people. Otherwise, it will only increase the burden on the people."
Pang Weidong was contradicted by Li Xiaoning in person, and his face turned red with anger. He slammed the table and said angrily: "Isn't that what you are capable of? I told you, you are not qualified to speak here."
He Dongliang also helped: "Mayor Xiao Li has just arrived and is not familiar with the situation, so he will inevitably speak some layman's words that he takes for granted. In fact, it doesn't cost that much to build a road. Labor costs and the like are not worth it at all.
There is no need. There is plenty of labor in Pingshan Town. We can ask them to provide voluntary labor. We have also started to dig stones ourselves, and we can also fish sand from the river. There are many small jobs that we can do ourselves. If we can get more from the county
If you apply for 5 million yuan, I estimate that each family will be able to receive 3,000 to 5,000 yuan."
Before Li Xiaoning opened his mouth, Pang Weidong immediately took over the words: "To do anything, we rely on determination and spirit. As long as people are united, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome and no problems that cannot be solved. We are party members,
We must have the determination and courage to overcome all difficulties. Think about the Red Army's Long March when they climbed snowy mountains and crossed grasslands. The difficulties were no greater than ours. But it was because of determination and courage that our party finally won. That's it.
, every family should be prepared not to eat meat for two years. People will not die if they don’t eat meat. Sell the pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese. I think each family will give 5,000 yuan.
Come on, it’s not a big problem.”
Li Xiaoning thought to himself, what is the difference between what you are doing and bandits? But seeing that no one is talking, it is useless to insist on it alone, not to mention that he is not even a member of the party group, so what he says is in vain, so he looks at it
Looking at Zhang Erwa, I hope Zhang Erwa can say a few words.
Zhang Erwa was also a little helpless, pursed her lips and said: "Since Secretary Pang insists so much, I will not express any objections. Hey, I, Zhang Erwa, have been working in Pingshan Town for so many years, and the people are scolding me behind my back.
I am incompetent and have not done many good things for the villagers. I hope Secretary Pang can do this great thing."
Seeing that Zhang Erwa no longer objected, Pang Weidong immediately smiled again and said with a bright face: "Okay. That's it. A meeting of cadres of each village branch will be held tomorrow to discuss fund-raising and voluntary work.
things."
He Dongliang looked around and suddenly said: "For such an important matter as road construction, does it have to have a leadership group?" After a pause, he continued, "I mean, set up a leadership group.
Of course, Secretary Pang personally serves as the team leader, and Mayor Zhang serves as the deputy team leader. As for the person specifically responsible for handling the matter, that is, the director of the road construction office, does it have to be determined as soon as possible? Only in this way can the work be carried out. "
Pang Weidong thought for a moment and said, "I think I'll let you, Mayor He, take on this responsibility. You are responsible for attracting investment. You have many acquaintances and connections, so it will be convenient for you to get things done."
As soon as Pang Weidong finished speaking, several deputy mayors immediately expressed their agreement to let He Dongliang be the director of the road construction office.
Zhang Erwa hesitated for a long time and then agreed. In this way, both the secretary and the mayor agreed, and it was difficult for others to say anything. He Dongliang also looked reluctant and agreed to be the director.
Pang Weidong looked around and said: "The matter is settled. There is still a lot of work to be done later, and the most important thing is to implement the fund-raising matter first. Everyone here must be prepared to hit the nail on the head.
Be mentally prepared for getting into trouble or even getting scolded. Today’s meeting will end here. If nothing happens, let’s break up the meeting.”
After the meeting, Li Xiaoning's heart has been heavy. Although he is only the deputy mayor in charge of family planning work, he has already taken the people of Pingshan Town into his heart. He knows very well that the people of Pingshan Town have no money at all.
To raise funds to build roads, we still have to think of other ways. But I am just a small deputy-level cadre, so where can I get tens of millions of dollars?
Just when Li Xiaoning was worried about how to solve the problem of road construction funds, Pang Weidong came up with something that made him very angry.
During the period before Li Xiaoning's arrival after Li Xiaoning's predecessor was injured and hospitalized, Pang Weidong had been personally responsible for the family planning work in Pingshan Town. Pang Weidong's approach was to set up a reporting mechanism, and anyone who reported the birth of a child would be given 100 yuan.
The patient was rewarded with money, and then took people to catch the pregnant woman to induce labor.
Although Li Xiaoning has taken office now, the villages below are still unaware of this situation, so another report message was reported directly to Pang Weidong.
This time, the daughter-in-law of a farmer named Hou Laiwang in Houjiaji was pregnant again. His family had already given birth to two girls before, and they were already super children. Pang Weidong was angry when he heard this, "Hou Jiaji is a super family."
It is a concentrated place. If Hou Laiwang can't take this, it will be even worse if others follow his example. No. The child must be beaten down and let him see the power of the people's dictatorship."
Pang Weidong immediately waved his hand and personally led a team to arrest Hou Laiwang's daughter-in-law to forcefully induce labor. He also wanted to arrest Hou Laiwang as a negative example. He said he wanted to demonstrate to the newcomer Li Xiaoning how to carry out family planning work.
What Pang Weidong didn't expect was that Hou Laiwang was relatively well-informed and ran away with his son and daughter-in-law before Pang Weidong arrived.
"Run away? How long have you been running? Where did you run?" Pang Weidong asked angrily at the person who came to report the news.
"I just ran away for a while and headed towards the county seat."
"Chase! Even if you chase him to the end of the world, you have to let him knock the child down!"