Excellent little farmer

Didn’t you see how dilapidated the two Santana cars of our county People’s Congress and County CPPCC are? I want to replace the car. I have filed numerous reports and the county has approved it, but there is no money. Director Hua of the People’s Congress is in the county government compound. I've been scolding my mother for two days. It's so unpleasant, isn't it just like that? County Magistrate Li can only deal with it with a thick skin and a smiling face. Without money, you Magistrate can only be a turtle grandson. "

I also heard about this from Ma Bengui. The day after Tian Yuhe was suspended, Director Hua of the County People’s Congress got the news and hurriedly came over and demanded that the car purchase be cashed in immediately. He probably thought that once Tian Yuhe collapsed, the car purchase would not be possible. It was going to be bad, and the result was as expected. The county treasury had no money, so the car purchase was out of the question. The approved report was just piled in the pile of documents.

Director Hua felt uncomfortable and naturally had to vent his anger. He also said words such as "Let's kill the donkey and see how we live this year." This made Li Yongcang and several other deputy county magistrates feel extremely uncomfortable.

It was already past 12 noon when we returned to the county town from Xinping. You Mingfu and I didn't go back to the guest house. We found a small restaurant on the street and had a casual meal.

You Mingfu is also very interested in this deputy county magistrate who has a very casual lifestyle. He doesn't usually drink much, but he heard that he is really powerful when he drinks. I could fill up two bowls of dry rice with just two kinds of food. After eating, I pulled him straight onto the minibus to the south. You Mingfu had to admire my high energy.

On the way back from Hekou Town, my face never looked better.

Although you can nominally go to Pengshan County from the Hekou further south, ordinary cars cannot pass from the Hekou south. Except for tractors or some large trucks in good condition, ordinary vehicles simply do not dare to go this way. road. Not to mention it is narrow, and the road condition is extremely poor. It is said that it is a gravel road, but that is actually a good thing. The bumpy road made me rent a three-wheeler from Hekou and walked three kilometers south, but I did not dare to go any further. Go down.

In other words, there is actually only one road for entering and exiting the mausoleum, which is the northern line leading to National Highway 915. It can be regarded as a dead end road to the south. It is estimated that it is similar in Pengshan County. The transportation bureaus on both sides It is estimated that they did not put much thought into completely opening up this road, so this road, which was originally the closest link between Binzhou and Huai'an, has become a decoration road.

To the north, there is another road through Xinping that leads to Xihe County in the Tongcheng area, but the condition of this road is similar to that of the river mouth. It is dilapidated. Cars generally do not take this road, and the economic situation of Xihe is different from that of Lingtai. Likewise, since they are all national-level poverty-stricken counties, this road has become dispensable and useless.

You Mingfu also saw that I was in a bad mood, but thinking about it, you are in charge of the transportation industry. Seeing such a mess would make anyone feel cold. Even if you are from the Transportation Department, so what?

The traffic situation in the entire Huai'an region, not to mention the whole province, is like this. No one has any way to solve this dilemma. The only way is to solve it bit by bit through time. But for County Magistrate Ye who only has a three-year term. It's a bit difficult for me.

When I returned to the guest house, I almost didn't sleep all night. I had a rare insomnia and looked at the traffic map of Lingtai County in a daze. The road from Xinping to Lingtai County must be built. Not only must it be built, but it must also be built into a decent road. The road from Hekou to Lingtai County must also be built!

Walk south from Lingtai County to Hekou. The further south you go, the more shabby buildings you can see on both sides of the road. When you arrive at Hekou Town, a large number of surrounding houses are still mud-roofed thatch houses. What age is this? If you If you have been to Shanghai and looked at the majestic high-rise buildings, if you look at the houses here again, you will feel that they are two planets.

From this you can also know that it is precisely because of poor road traffic that people are trapped in hilly areas, making it difficult to understand the changes in the outside world and the progress of the times, and it also makes them unable to find better ways to change their lives.

After spending a night at my desk writing, I hastily wrote a rough draft on strengthening highway construction in Lingtai County. Among them, the road from Xinping to Chengguan Town in Lingtai County was listed as the No. 1 project, while the road from Chengguan Town to Hekou Town was listed as the No. 1 project. Thirty-five kilometers of highway is listed as Project No. 2.

I have no other ideas. I will be satisfied if I can complete the construction of these two highways within three years. It can be considered that the three years of "gilding" in Lingtai County have been worthwhile.

Li Yongcang looked at my calm expression carefully. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid he would have put this draft aside long ago and never wanted to talk to me again.

Fifty-eight kilometers of road construction, and it is expected to be a second-grade cement pavement, a three-year plan. If this guy hadn't come from the Department of Transportation, he would really question the other party whether he knew how much this plan would cost!

After pondering for a long time, Li Yongcang said slowly: "Qingquan, I know your mood and thoughts. I have lived in Lingtai for twenty-four years. It can be said that Lingtai is my second hometown. I want to change my heart. The mood of this place is no less than that of anyone else.

The traffic situation in Lingtai is indeed very bad, but this will take time. I have also informed you of the county's financial situation. Last year, the fiscal revenue was more than 32.8 million yuan, the fiscal expenditure was more than 37 million yuan, and there was a gap of 4 million yuan. More than, nearly five million. "

"County Magistrate Li, I know what you mean. Do you mean that Lingtai's finances simply cannot afford the investment in transportation?" When I said this, I seemed very calm.

"Qingquan, last year our county's fiscal revenue was more than 32 million yuan, of which 18 million was spent on education. With the remaining 14 million yuan, there are still more than a thousand cadres and businessmen in the county who are relying on the fiscal revenue. personnel, and retirees, this costs another 10 million.

You said, this agency must have some office funds, and the medical expenses of retirees must be considered. After all, tell me, what would you do if you were sitting in my position? "

Li Yongcang sighed deeply and said with a wry smile: "This is all thanks to the original County Magistrate Tian's mobilization and raising a lot of money for emergency plugging of leaks every year, so that we can survive year after year. "

Regarding Li Yongcang's last sentence, I was still stunned for a moment. Being able to say such words calmly, no matter what, at least shows that Li Yongcang is not a person who does not take care of himself. Although I heard that the relationship between him and Tian Yuhe is not very good.

“County Magistrate Li, I ran around along the line from Xinping to Hekou Town yesterday. To be honest, the road condition is very bad. It can be said that if the road from Xinping to the county seat is not improved, I think our county’s investment promotion work will be very difficult. It’s hard to break through!

Moreover, I also saw that the conditions in the towns and villages from the county seat to the south are very poor. The people's living conditions are very difficult. They basically rely on the sky and the land for food. It is really difficult to increase farmers' income. "

Since the other party also talked about the difficulties frankly, I said more frankly: "I also have a preliminary understanding of the industrial situation in our county. Although we are an agricultural county, agricultural counties should also have a certain industrial economy as a backing." , Otherwise, our finances will never be improved, and we can only rely on what you said, County Magistrate Li, to live here and there every year."

Doesn’t Li Yongcang not understand the reason? Relying on poverty alleviation funds and various project subsidies can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. Moreover, as the supervision of the use of these funds at the provincial and municipal levels becomes more and more strict, Li Yongcang also knows this good thing. It won't last long.

At that time, if the county's finances really cannot support it, then all the contradictions will be exposed, and then it will be really critical. So after I proposed such a huge plan, he did not reject it immediately, but wanted to listen. Find out what good ideas I have.

"County Magistrate Ye, it's not that I don't know the importance of highways to our county's economic development and farmers' poverty alleviation and prosperity. I'm more anxious than you are. Ask, how many times have I approached the Municipal Transportation Bureau about this matter? But Do you know how much it will cost to build a second-level standard cement concrete pavement for the 23 kilometers from Xinping to the county seat?" At the end of the sentence, Li Yongcang couldn't help but ask me.

"Well! County Magistrate Li, I came from the Transportation Department. You don't think I'm just making a living in the Transportation Department, right? Ordinary secondary cement concrete pavement, if the roadbed is twelve meters, the road width is eight meters To nine meters, based on the prices of 325 and 425 cement, pebbles, coarse sand, lime and labor prices in our Huai'an area, the estimated cost should be around per kilometer. In other words, the cost of kilometers from Xinping to Lingtai County is about Around nine million yuan." I quietly quoted the price.

Luo Minghai calculated it. Although he did not have a background in transportation, he roughly knew the cost of the second-level standard cement road. It was not much different from the price he expected. So he nodded and said: "Absolutely, my estimate is around one thousand." Around 10,000.

Ten million, County Magistrate Ye, this is not a small amount. I know you came from the Transportation Department, and you must have some methods in the department, but to be precise, Xinping to the county seat is only one road in our Lingtai County. , it is neither a national highway nor a provincial highway. How much support do you think the Department of Transportation can provide us in the construction of this road? "