After listening to Hu Mingchen's detailed narration, Zhang Meng was stunned for a year, and he didn't understand these big questions very well, but Zhang Weidong fell into deep thinking.

In the past, everyone said that it was good to encourage migrant workers, whether it was the government or the media, they talked about the good side, but no one mentioned the harmful impact it brings.

Now Hu Mingchen said so much in front of Zhang Weidong, he pierced that layer of window paper. And Zhang Weidong, as an aspiring middle and senior cadre, he has to think about this problem, and his insight and understanding ability is far from being comparable to Zhang Meng, in many aspects, as soon as he thinks about it, he knows that what Hu Mingchen said is true, and some situations have not been exposed yet, but it exists and will eventually appear.

And Hu Mingchen's story is actually his own experience and the atmosphere he personally felt.

Before he was reborn, Duge Township was like this, it was lively during the New Year, and it was deserted after the New Year, even if it was a rush day, the streets were withered, and there were almost no young people.

Left-behind children have become a big problem, and left-behind elderly people are also a major concern. There was even a family that left their four children at home, and the husband and wife both went out to work, but the four children accidentally ingested poisonous bacteria, and all four children died. There is also a pair of old people, their children and grandchildren have gone out to work, but they died in bed for more than half a month before being found by neighbors.

"What you say makes sense, I admit it, but if you don't let them out, it won't work, there is a surplus of labor, and they also have the right to pursue a happy life, we can only encourage it, but we can't stop it. After half a ring, Zhang Weidong said in a deep voice, "Moreover, I also believe that after they have been out for a few years, they have learned technology and accumulated funds, and I believe that some aspiring young people will return to their hometowns to start businesses, and their homeland is difficult to leave." ”

Although Zhang Weidong said that he believed it, his words did not seem to be too confident. Because Hu Mingchen said an example, that is, the local college students who came out of the examination did not save two out of ten, which is happening at present, and Zhang Weidong has more detailed data in this regard than Hu Mingchen.

Every year, tens of thousands of people from Liangcheng are admitted to universities all over the country, but there are very few who are willing to come back to work every year, and most of these people come back to take the civil service examination or public institutions, and those who really invest in private enterprises or entrepreneurship are even rarer. These people either went to the first-tier cities or went to the coast, and even if they returned to the province, they basically chose to stay in the south of the town.

"Uncle Zhang, maybe there is one thing that no one has taken into account, not only you, but also some scholars who study this issue. Hu Mingchen said with a solemn face.

"Oh, what did no one think about?" Zhang Weidong was curious.

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Meng's mother also came out of the room at this time.

"Don't talk, sit and listen. Zhang Weidong said.

"Auntie, let's talk about part-time jobs again. Uncle Zhang, do you know what kind of work these rural youths are currently going out to work, and even some urban youths, what kind of work are they going out to do?" asked Hu Mingchen.

"It's all going into the factory. Zhang Weidong roughly confirmed.

"Indeed, most of them enter the factory, but most of them are some small and medium-sized private factories, with backward technology and imperfect environmental protection, so they rely on manpower. Those large factories still have requirements for employees who go in, such as high school graduates, such as technical secondary school graduates, and some also need technical colleges. In addition to factories, there are also construction sites, and there are also service industries at the bottom. In short, one thing is similar, that is, they are engaged in low-level work, and they only learn low-level technology. These can be popular now, but in more than ten years, it is not known. Is it impossible that our industry has not been upgraded? Has it been living on bottom processing? Impossible, the demographic dividend will disappear, with the development of the economy, we have to upgrade the industry step by step, and when the time comes, these things will be eliminated. Even if they are willing to come back and invest in a small paper mill, a small textile factory, a small hardware factory, we may not accept it. Hu Mingchen said.

"Why don't you accept it, isn't that good? We lack small factories in Liangcheng, only large state-owned enterprises. Zhang Meng's mother was puzzled.

"One, cost, two, environmental protection. The cost I am talking about is not only the cost of transportation, when the time comes, our transportation will be greatly improved, of course, compared to the coastal cities that can be shipped out of the export by shipping, it is still a little worse, but the conditions will be much better. The cost I am talking about is the industrial chain, for example, a separate garment factory, a separate electronics factory, in our place is a dead end, without the upstream and downstream supply chain, the cost will be very high. Second, the water in many coastal towns is now black, the air is gray, and the soil is also contaminated with radioactivity. At present, in order to accumulate rapidly, we can let it go, but this way of sacrificing environmental protection in exchange for economic benefits cannot last long, and the people will not always support it. When the time comes, they will be eliminated in the process of industrial upgrading, will we be able to destroy the green mountains and clear waters to take over these industries? Frankly speaking, I don't think it is very likely. And they are not very good at engaging in high-value-added industries, and they will feel useless when they come back. ”

What Hu Mingchen said is a bit vague, after all, it has not happened yet, and there is a lot of uncertainty, plus Hu Mingchen only thought about this problem, and did not do in-depth research.

However, the trend that Hu Mingchen said existed, at that time, not to mention the elimination of backward industries in the coast, even the mainland was also eliminating backward production capacity, just for the sake of environmental protection. If there is no clean water to drink, no fresh air to breathe, no unpolluted food, and the epidemic of new diseases caused by the destruction of various occupational diseases and environmental destruction, what is the use of more money?

The direction proposed by Hu Mingchen made Zhang Weidong even more contemplative.

"Hu Mingchen, I don't understand what you said, but if what you say is right, won't our side never get rich?" Zhang Meng said.

"In fact, our economy is also growing rapidly every year, at 8 percent, 9 percent every year, and it is also developing. Zhang Meng's mother said.

"Auntie, this is our thin foundation and low base, to put it mildly, the coal mine produces millions more tons of coal, or two more roads, and the number will be pulled up. This does not mean that the economic figures are good-looking, and the people's purses are bulging, and the key to this depends on what the economic figures are pulling up. If it is industrial investment and consumption-driven, then the people's income will indeed increase rapidly, otherwise, the people's income will be low. For example, one billion yuan to build a road and one billion yuan to build a factory, the effect will be very different, one billion to build a factory, will provide a large amount of tax revenue to the government every year, will be fixed to feed thousands of workers every year, will purchase above and sell below, pull a larger number of circular demand, and these people have a fixed income will have a fixed consumption, thereby driving catering, clothing, hats, shoes and socks and other sales. Of course, I'm not saying that building roads is not important, it's important to us at the moment, and it can even be said that it's our current top priority. Hu Mingchen explained to Zhang Meng's mother.

In fact, Hu Mingchen's words were meant for Zhang Weidong.

"Then it stands to reason that what should I do? How do I feel that the road is blocked by you?" Zhang Weidong raised his head and looked directly at Hu Mingchen and asked.

"Hehe, Uncle Zhang, why was he blocked by me, how can I be. Isn't this question you asked me supposed to be asked by us ordinary people?" Hu Mingchen relaxed his atmosphere and smiled.

"Yes, but I just want to ask you now what you think about it. Zhang Weidong is still frank, and he has to say one, two, three.

Now Zhang Weidong doesn't regard Hu Mingchen as a junior high school student at all, a real junior high school student, how can he say these things. Zhang Weidong lowered his posture and had an equal dialogue with Hu Mingchen, and even had a little bit of a question.

"Takami doesn't have it, but there are some ideas, and as you mentioned, industry, we have to cultivate an industry that is suitable for our local area. And it's about breaking traffic bottlenecks and speeding up this work on the one hand, so that we can stand out from the crowd and not follow other cities in the same way. Hu Mingchen said.

"What kind of industry is that, for example? According to what you just said, none of those industries will survive with us. Zhang Weidong didn't intend to let go of Hu Mingchen easily, and asked more deeply.

"Large-scale manufacturing is indeed difficult to survive on our side at present, this is a real problem, just look around. But we can adapt to local conditions, because the traffic is blocked, the industry is backward, so we can still have beautiful mountains and rivers, blue sky and white clouds, and clear air. And this is an excellent environment for the development of tourism and agriculture. Hu Mingchen replied.

Besides, there are no well-known scenic spots on our side, there are no famous mountains like Mount Tai and Huashan, there are no classical relics like the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Confucian Temple, and still less the lakes and mountains like the West Lake, the Three Gorges, and the Lijiang River. Zhang Weidong suddenly found his confidence, and felt that Hu Mingchen didn't really understand everything, so he even teased him.

"Uncle Zhang, you're right, but it's not right. It is true that we do not have those historical places, nor do we have the landscapes where literati and artists have been, but all of this is due to traffic. Do we lack mountains, canyons, rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, ethnic customs, and since we are not lacking, why can't we create tourist attractions, and we may even have hot springs that have not been excavated. There is a mountaintop lake in Renchuan Town, you know? Now there is a mountaintop lake scenic spot, the enterprise contributes money, the village produces the land, and the common development, this place is built, we Liangcheng people have a good place, as for agriculture, I am not talking about the kind of planting grain, it is a new type of mountain agriculture......"