"Director, the rooms here are too bad. I gave the waiter ten yuan, and she told me that the county party committee guest house is the best here. The facilities there are all copied from hotels in the city." Zhang Guosheng came back after going through the formalities.
Having said these words, Wang Guohua was standing at the door of the hotel on a dilapidated asphalt road.
Zhang Guosheng didn't mean to flatter the leader. The rooms in this hotel didn't even have a bathroom. You had to take a shower in a separate shower room, which also served as a toilet. The smell was so bad that Zhang Guosheng decided to persuade the leader to give up the place.
Director Wang is good-natured and seems to be not a person who can endure hardships now. The hardships of his youth are already a distant thing. "Then let's go. Have you asked me about the way?"
"Go forward along this road for a while, turn right at the intersection, and you will see the county party committee and county government compound after two hundred meters, and then it is fifty meters further." Zhang Guosheng asked clearly, and drove skillfully to the
forward.
The streetlights on both sides of the street were dim. With the faint light, Director Wang had a taste of this impoverished county. The buildings on both sides of the road did not look very neat. They were of different heights and could not be seen clearly.
There are no traces of planning. Most of the buildings are old, and some of the buildings that look relatively new take a long time to see.
"The county party committee and county government are here." Zhang Guosheng reminded. Wang Guohua signaled to stop and came down to take a look. The outer wall of the large courtyard is not very high and is made of blue bricks. Except for the door near the outer wall, you can see mottled and detached traces from a distance.
.Looking at the courtyard, it doesn’t seem very big. There is a large-wattage light bulb on at the door of the office building inside, and you can see a little bit of the office building.
This is also a building that looks quite old. If you pay a little more attention, you can see that the top floor that can still be seen seems to have been added later, and the color is newer than the two floors below.
Director Wang didn't stay long, and after looking at it for a while, he got in the car and continued forward. Compared with the dilapidated courtyard of the county party committee and county government, the entrance of the guest house looked much more prosperous. A tall light box with one person standing at the entrance illuminated the accommodation and meals.
, words such as reception of wedding banquet.
Director Wang's car is a very ordinary Mazda, but in this county, there are not many people who drive to stay at the hotel. They are either cadres or business owners. Before Director Wang got out of the car, the security guard at the door trotted over.
Warm greeting.
"Boss, accommodation or food?"
"Both food and accommodation are required. Please take two of the best rooms." Zhang Guosheng came down to talk. Wang Guohua thought for a while but did not get out of the car.
The security guard listened and said: "The best room is in the courtyard at the back. It is usually used to receive leaders. It would be a bit inconvenient to stay there." Zhang Guosheng looked impatient, handed over a ten-yuan note and said: "
Thank you for your hard work, go and ask."
The security guard who took the money smiled broadly and said with a hurried smile: "Wait a moment, I'll be right back."
Zhang Guosheng came over and opened the car door, and Wang Guohua slowly got out of the car and looked around the yard of the guest house. It looked like an ordinary roadside hotel from the front, with a three-story building in the middle, and you could still see the shadows behind it.
It's not a very tall building.
Soon the security guard came back, followed by a young woman.
"Do you two bosses want to stay in the VIP building? Let's agree first, it's 150 per room, and breakfast will be provided in the restaurant."
Wang Guohua clasped his hands behind his back and showed no expression on his face. Zhang Guohua stepped forward and said, "It doesn't matter if the car is parked outside, right?"
The security guard immediately smiled and said: "You can also park in the yard behind."
Wang Guohua then said: "Okay, lead the way." He walked forward casually, looking like a big boss.
The young woman led the way. After the security guard watched them leave, he sighed and said, "Damn, if I had known, I would have asked Ahua to say two hundred yuan a night."
The so-called VIP building looks very ordinary from the outside. There is another courtyard at the back, and a two-story building in the middle. There are several cars parked in the courtyard, including an Audi car. Wang Guohua remembered that when he came all the way, it was the most common one on the street.
It was not a small car, but some three-wheeled vehicles, both manned and motorized. The sound of spitting was quite harsh.
Zhang Guosheng went to go through the formalities. After the procedure was completed, the young woman issued a receipt and told Zhang Guosheng: "You live here and don't run around at night. Otherwise, if the boss finds out, I will be in trouble."
Two rooms were opened. When I went in, I saw that the facilities were decent and the cleaning was quite clean. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that the boss often comes to stay. You can order food in the restaurant downstairs. Director Wang and Zhang Guosheng went downstairs and ordered a few.
I didn’t ask for any food or drinks, so I simply ate and went back to take a shower and rest.
After riding in the car for a day, Wang Guohua was also tired. After taking a shower, he lay down and fell asleep. It was a good sleep, and he didn't get up until daybreak. This was the result of Zhang Guohua knocking on the door.
Looking at the watch on my hand, it was already half past eight in the morning. After freshening up, I looked at the courtyard and it was a different scene than at night. The entire courtyard was actually surrounded by green trees. Downstairs
In front of each room is a corridor. In front of the corridor is a square flower pond five or six meters away.
The yard was extremely quiet in the morning. Occasionally, I could see a few people getting in their cars and driving out in a hurry. The Audi car I saw when I parked was no longer there. There were only Wang Guohua's car and another Poussin that looked a little old in the yard.
Zhang Guosheng was checking out, and Wang Guohua asked casually: "Whose car belongs to?"
The same young woman took one look and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I heard that I have a stomach problem and I have been recovering from illness for the past two days."
Just as he was talking, a man hurried out and kept saying to the young man behind him: "What's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you? It's urgent again today. You must wake me up early?"
There was a band-aid on the back of the man's hand, which was quite conspicuous. The young man behind him explained in a low voice: "County magistrate, you'd better go to the hospital first. We agreed to have a gastroscopy today."
The man looked at the watch on his hand and said: "We don't have time. Let's go tomorrow. Let's go to the city first. The end of the year is coming soon. Let's see if we can get more relief funds." The man said and hurried to the yard. The young man was there.
He chased after him and shouted: "County Magistrate, have breakfast first..."
Poussin had already left the yard, and Zhang Guosheng was also paying and about to leave. Wang Guohua asked the young woman casually: "That was County Magistrate Liu just now? He looked very busy."
The young woman listened and smiled and said: "Yes, that is the county magistrate. But what's the use of being busy? We have had three county magistrates in the past three years, and the poor are still the same. I heard from my husband that the county magistrate's governance
The level depends on how much relief money can be obtained from the city."
This young woman looked quite pretty. Wang Guohua thought that she must be the wife of a leader in the county. So he smiled and said: "The eldest sister's husband must be a leader in the county."
The young woman smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "What kind of leader? He is just the deputy director of the office. Didn't you see that I don't even have a formal establishment, so I have to work hard to earn money here."
After Wang Guohua and Zhang Guosheng walked away, the young woman came to the door, handed the security guard 20 yuan and said, "It's yours!"
The security guard looked at the money in his hand and said a little dissatisfied: "Why is it only twenty yuan? The room fee is obviously..."
"Okay, don't you know that the water flows slowly?" After saying that, he handed the security guard another ten yuan, turned around and left.
The security guard watched her walk away, spat hard, and whispered: "Throw it away, money-grubbing ***."
The mountain is high and the road is far away. Not far from the county town, there is a section of loess road. Wang Guohua’s destination is Changqiao Town. Field inspection is Wang Guohua’s style of doing things, so this trip must be made. Of course, the main thing is to see the snow lotus, and then
Only then could I stand up for this little girl and frighten some hands that stretched out randomly.
Along the way, which was filled with smoke and dust, Zhang Guosheng's driving skills seemed to be difficult to control. When Director Wang saw this, he asked to change people, and Zhang Guosheng was very embarrassed. After the change, the car drove much more steadily, and Zhang Guosheng said: "Director
The car drives well." Wang Guohua laughed and said, "There is a road like this in my hometown. I used to drive other people's agricultural vehicles secretly and almost fell into a ditch."
Two hours later, the ancient town Changqiao finally appeared in front of us. Perhaps due to inertia, Director Wang paid great attention to the surrounding environment when he came all the way. He found that the mountain forest vegetation in this area was still quite well protected, unlike when he first entered Linwang County.
At that time, the nearby hills were covered with bald trees or low shrubs.
To say that this place has beautiful scenery is not an exaggeration. When the car entered the ancient town, Director Wang found a place to park the car, got down and walked around casually. He covered the small town in a short time, less than half an hour.
The town is indeed not big, the roads are all bluestone floors, and the buildings on both sides look quite old. The town is among the mountains, and it seems that there is a reason why the previous vegetation and some old buildings in the ancient town have survived.
Finally we arrived at our destination, Changqiao Town Middle School. The school didn’t look big, with only four rows of brick buildings. The houses all looked a little dilapidated, and there was a dirt playground in the middle. It was just after class, and the playground was very lively. Director Wang
When I arrived, the first thing I saw was Xue Lian wearing a red coat and playing skipping with a group of girls.
Just from such a glance, Wang Guohua had a strong impression. It seemed that this girl could always smile so innocently and sincerely. From her face, it was rare to see anything gray.
Kindness, optimism, and sincerity. These are the words that flashed through Director Wang’s mind.
Director Wang seemed to be attracting attention wherever he went. As soon as he walked to the playground, a middle-aged man who looked like a hunchbacked teacher came over.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?" This teacher has a little white hair on his temples. He wears a washed blue jacket that is a little white, and a pair of black trousers that are a little wrinkled. At his feet is a pair of Jiefang shoes, also washed.
Almost no green left.
"Teacher Xuelian, I have found it." Director Wang smiled kindly and reached out his hand proactively. Teacher, such a teacher can always evoke some memories of his youth.
"You are a boss from a big city. Welcome. I'll ask Xue Lian to come over." After shaking hands with Director Wang warmly, the man walked over to greet Xue Lian with a smile. Watching him talking to Xue Lian from a distance, Xue Lian looked at her.
When he looked over here, Director Wang raised his hand and shook it.
Xuelian ran over quickly and said with a breathless smile: "Director Wang, you came so fast, I thought you wouldn't be able to arrive in two days." If other leaders heard this, they would probably be so angry that they would have a stomachache.
.But Director Wang doesn’t know how to do it, and he even smiles.
"Something has delayed me. I'm really sorry. I didn't delay your business, right?" Wang Guohua asked with a smile. Xuelian realized that what she just said was not right, and said with an embarrassed smile: "No, originally I
I plan to go to the city tomorrow, meet you, and then go to Xianyoun Municipal Committee, go through the relevant procedures, and then go to the county. I didn’t expect you to come so quickly, and I saved the fare."
Wang Guohua glanced at the school and said, "Isn't Hope Elementary School here?"
"Well, it's pretty good here. The old house only needs tens of thousands of dollars to renovate. I plan to build a new teaching building there. In another year at most, the children will be able to attend classes in the new teaching building.
There are several other townships. I have visited them all, and the situation is also not ideal. There are four primary schools under Changqiao Town, all in the mountains. A Hope Primary School will be built in the center of these primary schools.
The four primary schools have been merged, and there is too little I can do. Even if Hope Primary School is built, many children will have to walk a long way to go to school." Xuelian said, looking deep into the mountains, her expression a little melancholy, her voice getting louder and louder.
Say the smaller.
"Get ready, let's go to the city." Wang Guohua smiled, feeling heavy in his heart. This girl's words and deeds put Director Wang under a different kind of pressure.
When we set off on the road, a group of children arrived at the bridge. Many children shouted: "Teacher Xuelian, come back soon."
Director Wang, who was driving, saw tears flashing in Xue Lian's eyes, and waved to the children. Something deep in his heart that he thought had a solid shell was easily defeated by Xue Lian's expression at this moment.
While Linwang County Magistrate Liu Bin was still on the road, he felt pain in his stomach again and again. Liu Bin, who endured the pain, received a call from the county. The content was that Director Wang from the Provincial Party Committee Inspection Office might have arrived in Linwang.
Halfway through the county, Liu Bin had to ask the driver to turn around. The constant pain in his stomach caused large drops of sweat to appear on Liu Bin's forehead.
The news that Director Wang came down came from a phone call from the Youth League Provincial Committee to the Youth League Municipal Committee. The Youth League Municipal Committee attached great importance to this and immediately reported it to Yang Guomin, the leader of the municipal committee. For Yang Guomin, this was really not a good news.
News. The reason is very simple. From the perspective of the Municipal Party Committee Chairman, the situation in Beishan City is quite pessimistic. When he came to be the Chairman, Governor Duan still had high hopes for him and hoped that he could
Some achievements have been made in economic construction.
After Yang Guomin took office, he really hoped to make some achievements, but there were great surprises in the working ideas of the municipal government. The mayor's idea was to focus on urban construction and large-scale projects. Yang Guomin had stayed in Jiangdong City,
Naturally, there are objections to this outdated set of things. Liangxiali is now in a stalemate, and Yang Guomin, a foreigner, has not been able to gain decisive control for the time being.
When it comes to economics, Yang Guohua still admires Wang Guohua. This guy is indeed a good player. Yang Guohua, as the mayor at the time, was naturally very concerned about the situation in Sequoia District. It was also Yang who completed the transformation of the industrial structure in Sequoia District.
The people have witnessed it with their own eyes. Yang Guomin has also made some summaries of the successful experience of Sequoia District and hopes to replicate it in Beishan City.
Admire him, Yang Guomin was still wary of Director Wang's arrival. This guy, please don't create any unmanageable traps for me. Picking up the phone, Yang Guomin specifically told the police station to get it done as soon as possible.
to find the traces of Director Wang.
When Yang Guomin issued the instructions, Director Wang had already passed the county seat and was heading towards the city. Halfway along the road, a Poussin was parked on the roadside in front, and a young man stood beside the car, waving vigorously.
Wang Guohua quickly parked the car and came down to see Liu Bin sitting on the ground on the grass by the roadside with a painful look on his face, bloodshot eyes hanging from the corners of his mouth, and some vomit on the ground. It was not difficult to see some blood clots the color of soaked tea leaves.
"Comrade, our County Magistrate Liu is ill and needs to be sent to the hospital in the city immediately. Unfortunately, his car broke down again. Can you help?" The young man begged anxiously. Wang Guohua just took one look and said to Zhang Guosheng:
"Help, get people into the car."
The road from the county to the city is fairly easy. Director Wang's driving skills have been fully utilized. The normal journey takes two hours, but he arrived at the central hospital in one hour. After a long day of work, he arranged for Liu Bin to undergo examination.
It was initially determined to be gastric bleeding and surgery was required immediately.
The hospital asked the young man to pay the fee immediately. The young man didn't have much money, so he quickly put in a good word and told the hospital that this was the county magistrate. Thanks to Liu Bin, who brought his work permit and showed it, the hospital agreed to perform the surgery immediately without paying any money.
Liu Bin was sent to rescue. The young man called at the door. Wang Guohua and others quietly left after seeing this. It was already half past twelve when they returned outside. "County Magistrate Liu is a good man. His illness is caused by exhaustion." Xuelian came.
After hearing this, Director Wang frowned and said, "Without an investigation, you have no right to speak. How do you know he is tired and sick?"
Xuelian said: "I have been in the county for almost two years, and the fellow villagers all say that County Magistrate Liu is good. Although County Magistrate Liu does not come often, the fellow villagers can often see him going to the countryside, unlike before.
The county magistrate may not be able to go to the countryside even once a year."
"Does going to the countryside often make you a good county magistrate? If you can't turn the county's economic situation for the better, you can't be considered a qualified county magistrate." Director Wang felt that it was necessary to correct Comrade Xuelian's views on people and things, and diligently
The old scalpers are outdated. If you can't lead the masses to get rich, you can't be considered a good leader. This is Director Wang's standard.
Xuelian did not dare to agree with Director Wang's words, but she did not object fiercely. Instead, she murmured in a low voice: "You have never been a county magistrate, how do you know that others have not done it? Linwang is a poor county, and people suffer from food every year.
Relief funds, County Magistrate Liu..."
His voice became softer and softer as he spoke. Wang Guohua felt a little dumbfounded, but he still smiled and said: "How do you know I haven't worked in impoverished mountainous areas? Frankly speaking to you, I have not only worked in impoverished counties, but I have also done quite well. Also, I have worked in impoverished counties.
, my hometown is also a poor county, not much better than Linwang County, and I am also a child of a poor family."