Wang Xiaosong looked at Yang Xin'an with round eyes, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

However, Yang Xin'an smiled slightly at this time: "What's the matter?" Director Wang, can't you believe it?"

Wang Xiaosong took this material: "Lao Yang, you tell me, are you serious?"

Yang Xinan pointed to himself: "Director Wang, take a look, we have spent every penny on this project." Our county's finances are already tight, and now all public servants are compressing their travel expenses.

I came from Guanzhong Province to East China Province this time, and according to the standards of the past, I could take a plane or a high-speed train. But now the whole county, from the county magistrate to the ordinary clerk, everyone comes according to the standard of hard sleeper.

I was going to buy a hard sleeper this time, but because the Spring Festival is approaching now, there are no tickets for the hard sleeper, so I simply bought a hard sleeper for ten hours all the way, you look at me now, don't you believe it?

Wang Xiaosong was silent, if it was half a year ago, he would not believe what he said, there is such a shabby deputy county magistrate in this era.

Wang Xiaosong remembers that as early as the 90s, when reform and opening up had just begun, some provinces and cities in the interior were indeed as poor as they were from top to bottom.

In some places, in order to get by, the local county magistrate and secretary have a division of labor. One stayed behind and led the locals to produce to save themselves, while the other ran around the country and organized people to go out to work, which was called the 'Commander-in-Chief of Famine Escape'.

But now more than 20 years have passed, and there is no such situation in even the most difficult places in the country. However, in order to wipe out a desert, but let the big leaders of a county become like this, Wang Xiaosong believes it.

Because he himself has experienced this, when he was carrying out environmental protection reforms, he really hated to sell his belongings to do this.

Yang Xin'an looked at Wang Xiaosong in silence, and then said: "Director Wang, please believe me, in order to do this well, we have basically used the last bit of strength in the whole county.

We have already borrowed more than 20 billion yuan in banks with financial collateral. In the next two years, it is possible that the salaries of county government workers will not be paid. But the desertification control project is still going on, and we can't stand it. Otherwise, it will fall short, and if you want to control desertification in the future, you will have to start all over again. All the hard work I put in before was in vain. ’

Wang Xiaosong raised his hand: "County Magistrate Yang, don't worry, let me read these materials." ”

Wang Xiaosongzai carefully read the remaining materials again, and finally took a deep breath and said, "I understand now, why are you doing this." ”

It turns out that Hanlin County is actually an ancient city. As far back as the Han Dynasty, it was once a hunting place for the nobles of the Han Dynasty. Because it is close to Inner Mongolia, it has been windy and sandy all year round, and the natural conditions are very difficult.

A few years ago, coal mines were discovered in Guanzhong Province, and they are also high-quality open-pit coal mines, with proven reserves of several billion tons.

But this place of wealth does not include Hanlin County. Because Hanlin County is located in a remote area, no matter which direction it is, the dividends of the coal mine are not eaten at all.

Seeing that other counties and cities in the province have already embarked on the road to prosperity because of coal mines, and because other industries that have been driven by this have gradually become successful, Hanlin County has learned from the pain and decided to find out where this poor root is.

Looking around, all the responsibilities are ultimately determined on this Hudumu Desert.

This desert encircles Hanlin County on three sides, leaving only one passage to connect with the rest of Guanzhong Province. As a result, Hanlin County's development of agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as the development of light and heavy industries, has been severely restricted.

At the beginning, the county leaders did not think about finding a new location and moving the county seat out of the desert encirclement. However, 80% of the jurisdiction of Hanlin County is in this C-shaped desert encirclement.

Even if the county seat is gone, the townships and towns, which account for 70 percent of the county's population, have no way to leave the rural areas.

In view of this, the county leaders calculated that the Hudumu Desert covers an area of about 20,000 square kilometers, and 80 percent of it is under the jurisdiction of Hanlin County in terms of administrative divisions.

In this way, Hanlin County is actually the third largest county in the country. It's just that these deserts are not suitable for human survival at all, even if they are big, what is the use?

If this desert can be transformed into a forest area, farmland, or a tourist area, it will be different, whether it is the development of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, or tourism, conservative estimates, the economic scale of Hanlin County, can quadruple!

In view of this, the secretary and county magistrate of Hanlin County held a county-wide cadre meeting, and also invited a lot of representatives of the masses, and everyone sat together to discuss this matter for several days, and finally everyone made their minds clear.

The Hudumu Desert is like a curse that God has put on Hanlin County, binding Hanlin County for generations. It restricts the development of this place and harms the people here.

If it is well governed, then future generations will have a forest of wealth. But if you ignore it and let the wind and sand erode, the entire northern part of Guanzhong may follow the old road of Hanlin County.

In response to this, the leaders of Guanzhong Province also made instructions, expressing their support for the desertification control project in Hanlin County. To this end, the central government's appropriation, Guanzhong Province's appropriation, and Hanlin County's own financial funds have spent six years and invested hundreds of billions of dollars, watching the desert become an oasis day by day.

And the oasis is gradually connected into a forest, this change, even standing in the county, can be felt clearly from the decreasing amount of sand and dust.

But at this time, Hanlin County had reached the end of the strong crossbow, and the follow-up was weak. During this period, the leadership of Guanzhong Province was re-elected, and the focus of work shifted from controlling desertification in the north to developing the central economic circle and establishing a new national area.

Funds have shrunk dramatically, and the desertification control project, which used to burn money almost every day, has been severely dealt a blow all of a sudden.

You must know that after six years of forgetting to sleep and eating, and six years of hard work, how many six years can there be in life, no wonder the deputy county magistrate does not hesitate to do more than ten hours of hard seats, but also for this cause to fight for!