Chapter Twenty-Five: Into the City
The next day, Xiao Wang really took Zhao Changfeng to another place, where the waterfall was more spectacular than yesterday's waterfall, and the scenery was more beautiful.
Zhao Changfeng followed Xiao Wang to the deep pool below the waterfall. The pond water is also turquoise like jade, with an area of more than ten acres. At the end of the deep pool, there is a small stream five or six meters wide, about two meters deep, the water is clear and transparent, and under the light of the late autumn sun, schools of wicker fish swim freely in the stream.
Most of the fish are two or three inches long, they are not afraid of people, even if Zhao Changfeng squatted down and put his hand into the water, the fish still turned a blind eye, and calmly swam around Zhao Changfeng's hand, and some bold guys actually opened their small mouths to bite Zhao Changfeng's fingers. As soon as Zhao Changfeng grabbed it hard, a fish was caught in his hand, and it struggled desperately in Zhao Changfeng's hands, and the other fish felt the danger at this time and swam away.
Zhao Changfeng lifted the fish out of the water, it was just a small fish that was an inch long, the little guy struggled desperately, trying to escape from Zhao Changfeng's clutches, Zhao Changfeng smiled, and threw the fish into the water again.
Xiao Wang said with a smile: "There are very few people here, so the fish are not afraid of people. It's a pity that the fish are too small to even plug between the teeth. ”
Zhao Changfeng climbed up to a high place and looked down, and the stream was like a turquoise belt, twisting and turning between the mountainsides. Not far from the stream, a small mountain village can be seen.
Xiao Wang told Zhao Changfeng that the village was called Lao Ye Temple, with dozens of households, and it was one of the poorest mountain villages in Liangyazi Township. Although it is not far from this side, you have to climb two mountains to walk through.
Zhao Changfeng asked Xiao Wang, there are still a few villages like Lao Ye Temple nestled next to the mountain stream. Xiao Wang replied to Zhao Changfeng that the poor mountain villages in the mountains are almost next to the mountain streams, and the mountain people are greedy for convenient water.
Zhao Changfeng's heart moved again, if the diesel generator was replaced with a small hydroelectric generator, and several small power stations were built by using the drop of the stream, would the villagers not have to spend money to buy diesel? Well, when you go back, you have to call the bureau immediately to report and let them see if they can buy diesel generators into hydroelectric generators.
When he returned to the township office, Zhao Changfeng came to the office of the township magistrate and called Director Tao of the bureau office to tell him what he thought.
Director Tao listened to it for a long time, and finally said on the phone: "Comrade Xiao Zhao, your idea is good, and your starting point is also good. However, young people still need to study more and study more, and learn to look at affairs and problems dialectically. Some things are far from being as simple as you think. Regarding the construction of small hydropower stations, the bureau has not not considered it, but the level involved in this problem is too complicated, such as the need to inspect and approve the project, the need for the environmental protection bureau, the planning bureau, the hydraulic department, the power department and so on the joint approval of these departments, the completed hydropower station also needs special staff to manage, which involves the staffing problem. In short, it is not impossible to build a small hydropower station, but it is a complex system project, and the whole cycle will be quite long. And what is the purpose of the province handing over the poverty alleviation task of Liangyazi Township to our bureau? Don't you hope that we can immediately change the poor and backward appearance of Liangyazi Township? ”
"Compared with small hydropower stations, diesel generators have the advantage of their innate surname. For example, it does not require the approval of other departments, does not require too many staff to manage, and does not require a long construction period, and the generator can be used immediately if it is transported to the village. This has an immediate effect on changing the backward appearance of the poor mountain villages in Liangyazi Township without electricity. ”
"As for the problem that the villagers can't afford to burn diesel, Comrade Xiao Zhao, you can ask Liangyazi Township to apply for financial subsidies from the relevant departments of County F. As a poverty alleviation project, our province has purchased the main equipment for them, and the supporting facilities of the relevant departments in the county below must also keep up, right? They want to understand that we are there to help them alleviate poverty, and the relevant leaders of their county have made the achievements. ”
In the end, Director Tao said: "Xiao Zhao, the decision of the bureau to send you is mainly the decision of the Executive Board, so you don't have to be distracted by other things, and do a good job of the things arranged for you by the bureau, even if you successfully complete the task." Okay, I'm busy right now, so let's settle this matter! ”
Director Tao hung up the phone, and Zhao Changfeng didn't put down the microphone for a long time. He was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out whether Director Tao was right, or if his original idea was right. After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Changfeng felt that maybe Director Tao was right, he had little work experience, and he couldn't understand many specific procedures, and if he blindly considered some things, he might do bad things with good intentions. Forget it, let's take a solid look at what has already been decided in the Executive Board.
Maybe it was this call to Director Tao that played a role. Five days later, Director Tao suddenly called Zhao Changfeng, saying that the two diesel generators purchased by the bureau had been shipped over, and they would arrive in County F tomorrow morning, and asked Zhao Changfeng to go to the county seat to pick up the comrades who had delivered goods from the diesel generator factory.
Zhao Changfeng calculated, he has been in Liangyazi Township for more than ten days, Cheng Lutong should return from the overseas investigation, right? Tomorrow I will go to the county to pick up the generator, and I can just go to meet Cheng Lutong.
So Zhao Changfeng called the county again and asked if Secretary Cheng had come back. The person who answered the phone vigilantly asked who Zhao Changfeng was. Zhao Changfeng said that he was a temporary cadre in Liangyazi Township for poverty alleviation. On the other end of the phone, it was said that Zhao Changfeng could contact Vice Minister Wu of the Organization Department if he had any questions. He didn't know whether Secretary Cheng came back or not. Zhao Changfeng asked Secretary Zhang next to Secretary Cheng again? The other end of the phone still said the same, and he didn't know the situation of Secretary Zhang.
hung up the phone, Zhao Changfeng was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, didn't he just ask where Cheng Lutong was? Can you be so mysterious? Believe it or not, after Lao Tzu saw Cheng Lutong, he immediately asked him to fire you?
In desperation, Zhao Changfeng called Vice Minister Wu of the Organization Department again, and Vice Minister Wu asked him what he was looking for Secretary Cheng for. Zhao Changfeng said that the two diesel generators donated by the bureau will arrive in F County tomorrow, and the bureau leaders want Secretary Wu to come over and have a look.
Vice Minister Wu snickered on the other end of the phone, the leaders of this provincial city are too fussful, right? The two diesel generators are only 20,000 yuan, and we want the secretary of the county party committee to greet them? More than 100,000 materials donated to the county from other places did not see Secretary Cheng to show them.
But after all, it is the meaning of the leaders of the relevant departments in the province, and Vice Minister Wu is not easy to offend, so he said that Secretary Cheng has just returned from a trip abroad and is reporting to the leaders in N City, and he may come back tomorrow, or he may not come back, if Secretary Cheng comes back, he will definitely notify Secretary Cheng to go over and have a look.
"Vice Minister Wu, I'm sorry for you!" Zhao Changfeng got the information he needed, so he hung up the phone, as long as he knew that Cheng Lutong was back, it would be easy to do. It's a big deal, Zhao Changfeng personally went to the county party committee to find Cheng Lutong.
In the evening, after Township Chief Qian came back, Zhao Changfeng reported to him the news that the diesel generator would arrive in County F tomorrow. Township Chief Qian is obviously not interested in diesel generators. He said to Zhao Changfeng that he had other work to arrange tomorrow, so he would send Deputy Township Mayor Zhang Xiuqin to accompany him to the county seat to pick up the diesel generator.
Zhao Changfeng doesn't care who accompanies him, just a leader anyway. However, Township Chief Qian sent Zhang Xiuqin over, which made Zhao Changfeng feel somewhat inappropriate, and Zhao Changfeng was not used to dealing with female leaders. It's just that Zhao Changfeng can only think about this meaning in his heart, but it's hard to say.
Before dawn the next day, the driver Lao Wang was ready to run and came over to call Zhao Changfeng to get up. Zhao Changfeng got up and washed up briefly, and when he came to Daben, he found that Zhang Xiuqin was already sitting in the car body.
"Hello Township Chang Zhang!" Zhao Changfeng hurriedly greeted.
Zhang Xiuqin said with a smile: "The young man is really sleepy, Assistant Zhao, why don't you get up earlier than my old woman?" ”
Zhao Changfeng said: "Aren't you also a young man, Township Chief Zhang? How did you become an old woman? ”
As soon as the words came out, Zhao Changfeng regretted it a little, and felt that it was a bit frivolous to say this to the leaders, especially the female leaders.
Zhang Xiuqin glanced at Zhao Changfeng and said, "Assistant Zhao, the people in your provincial city can speak, I am almost forty years old, and I am still a young man." ”
Zhao Changfeng didn't dare to answer, and turned over on the body. He held on to the guardrail of the car and prepared to crouch down. Zhang Xiuqin patted the iron plate beside her and said to Zhao Changfeng: "Assistant Zhao, come and sit here." It's a big place! ”
Zhao Changfeng couldn't refuse, so he walked over and sat down from Zhang Xiuqin from a distance. Zhang Xiuqin chuckled and said, "Assistant Zhao, how come your provincial people are more feudal than us rural people?" Let's sit in the middle. It's not safe to lean against the edge. ”
Zhao Changfeng had no choice but to symbolically move his surname. So Zhang Xiuqin stared at Zhao Changfeng and smiled.
The driver, Lao Wang, said: "Township Chief Zhang, Assistant Zhao, you two sit tight, we are about to go!" ”
With a roar, Daben drove onto the bumpy washboard road.
(To be continued)