"Director Zeng, the front is the boundary of Fangming County!"

The driver, Lao Zhang, reminded Zeng Yi, and in less than twenty seconds, a huge road sign of Fangming County appeared outside the car window, with a few big words written on it: "Welcome to the open Fangming County!" ”

Zeng Yi looked at the road signs in Fangming County, and the factories on the side of the road were continuous, so he took his eyes back and asked, "The economic situation of Fangming County is relatively good in Zhonghua City, right?" ”

The driver Lao Zhang and Zeng Yi have been out for more than 20 days, and have walked all the way to several counties, compared with the time when he just came out, he has now been able to let go, and said: "In fact, no matter how rich the county is, there are also poor places, Fangming County's economic foundation is still good, especially the ceramic industry is very large, and Dafang County of Zhonghua City is the country's two famous ceramic bases, but mainly concentrated in the west of the county." Not in the east of the county, several towns and villages are agricultural townships. ”

Zeng Yi heard Lao Zhang mention Dafang County, and then he remembered that the previous railway planning in Zhonghua City was Fangming County, so Langwaling should also be in Fangming County.

"After following me out for so many days, there is no opinion at home, right?" Zeng Yi asked casually, he was worried that Lao Zhang's driving skills were not good at first, but after he got on the road, he completely dispelled this concern, Lao Zhang's driving experience and technology are not worse than Xu Li at all, and he is very familiar with the situation of every county and even each township under Zhonghua City, it is simply a living map, every place, a few words, you can explain the basic situation of the local area.

Lao Zhang shook his head and said, "I have a son, who is now studying in college in other places, and my wife was laid off a few years ago." I opened a small restaurant in front of my house, and the business is okay, and I don't need to worry about the big and small things at home. Besides, an ordinary family like me is actually nothing big if I am full of drinks! ”

Zeng Yi smiled and said, "You're quite optimistic!" ”

"If you're not optimistic, you can't get along with yourself!" Lao Zhang smiled bitterly twice and said, "I've been in the agency for so many years. I've figured it out. ”

Zeng Yi bowed his head thoughtfully, as if he was now assigned to Zhonghua City, as one of the members of the party group of the municipal government, but no one regarded himself as a city leader. Even the sanitation person dares to pile the garbage outside his window, if you don't want to open it, I'm afraid it won't be long before the liver will be broken. People outside the system feel unfair, but how can there be real fairness and justice within the system?

The car entered Fangming County and walked less than ten miles, and then turned onto a country road, and in front of it was the first stop of today's investigation, Dawang Town, Fangming County.

"The economy of Dawang Town is okay, mainly for signage and handicraft business, and various nameplates in our city hall building. Including the 'Mayor's Office' sign. It's all made in Dawang Town; Every year, when the city awards the awards, most of the trophies and awards are also made by Dawang Town. The driver, Lao Zhang, began to introduce the situation of Dawang Town, and after talking about the economic achievements of Dawang Town, Lao Zhang suddenly shook his head and said, "But when it comes to agriculture." Dawang Town really has nothing to say, Director Zeng, you see, the land on both sides of this road was a good land for grain production in the past. But now it's basically abandoned, even if someone planted, it was to sow the seeds to see God, no fertilizer and no weeding, and finally a few catties can be harvested, if you are really busy, you won't even collect it. ”

Zeng Yi asked Lao Zhang to stop, got out of the car and walked to the field to take a look, Lao Zhang was right, there are good land on both sides of the road, but most of the fields are now abandoned and grass, even if the crops are planted, the crops in the field are sparsely grown, there is no spirit, and even the height of the grass catches up with the crops.

"It's a pity that no one wants to plant such a good land!" Zeng Yi squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, his eyebrows a little tight.

Lao Zhang is no longer surprised by this phenomenon, and said: "The young people of Dawang Town have gone out to do business, and a large part of the sign printing shops across the country are opened by people from Dawang Town; The other part of the people are working in the sign printing factory in the town, and they are responsible for the business in stores all over the country, and the manufacturing is basically carried out in Dawang Town, and they are shipped out when they are done; The rest of the old people still have to take care of their children, how can they have the time and energy to farm, anyway, there is money outside to send home, and there is no shortage of income from farming. Moreover, if you are a pure grain, the income is actually negative all year round, and there is still a little profit from growing vegetables and fruits, but the income will not be very high. ”

Zeng Yi threw away the soil in his hand, got up and clapped his hands, he felt that it was a pity that these lands were abandoned. In fact, there is not much arable land available in Zhonghua City, and it is even far behind the national per capita level. There is less land and more people, so that Sinochem people must go out to do business to make money in order to live, which is the geographical reason for the formation of Sinochem's strong business atmosphere, but I did not expect that after becoming rich, Sinochem people will abandon the few rich lands.

"It's Dawang Town in front, do you want Director Zeng to go over and have a look?" The driver, Lao Zhang, asked.

Zeng Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't go, go somewhere else!" In fact, he stood here, and he could already see the prosperity of Dawang Town from afar, and the degree of urbanization of a small town even exceeded that of the county seat of the western provinces of Nanjiang, but just now he took a small road, if you take the big road, the roadside is full of factories, and you can't see the farmland.

The driver, Lao Zhang, started the car, waited for Zeng Yi to get in the car, and then drove forward, drilling around on various country roads, stopping and stopping, and when it was almost noon, he came to another township in Fangming County, called Wanshui Township.

The situation here made Zeng Yi's brows stretch, and he saw that there were several large cold storages along the road, which were specially used to store melons, fruits and vegetables, and Zeng Yi could see it at a glance.

"Let's go to the cold storage!" Zeng Yi instructed the driver Lao Zhang.

There were more than a dozen people sitting at the door of the cold storage chatting, and when they saw Zeng Yi's Santana stopped at the door of the cold storage, everyone just turned their heads and glanced at it, and then continued to chat, without lifting their buttocks.

Zeng Yi didn't pay attention, and was about to go over to talk and ask a few words, when a car with a license plate from another province also stopped at the door of the cold storage.

"Whoa!"

The dozen or so people who were still sitting there just now all stood up, surrounded the car with small brisk steps, and when the door opened, they asked, "Boss, do you want to buy garlic?" ”

Zeng Yi was a little surprised, the same car came over, why was the treatment completely different, the formation just now made him think that these people were blocking the road and robbing outsiders.

The driver, Lao Zhang, leaned into Zeng Yi's ear and said: "Director Zeng, this Wanshui Township is a big garlic township, almost every household grows garlic, and these people who greet merchants from other provinces are all garlic." ”

"Garlic?" Zeng Yi was a little puzzled, what kind of term is this.

Driver Lao Zhang said: "Wanshui Township used to have no cold storage, every year to harvest garlic season, there will be a large number of merchants from all over the country to harvest garlic, and even foreign merchants, the purchase price depends on the year and harvest, some years are high, some years are low, no one can say." Later, there were a few wealthy people in Fangming County, who built two cold storages here, and when the price of garlic was particularly cheap, they bought a large number of garlic at a low price, and then sold it at a high price. ”

Zeng Yi kind of understands what it means to "bet" on garlic, in fact, it is a bet, these garlic harvests, the plugging is that the price of garlic will be higher later, and then make a profit from the difference, but this is difficult to say accurately, maybe the price of garlic is high, maybe lower.

"These people who bet on garlic at the beginning, all made a lot of money in the end, at first it was a small profit, and then they joined forces with several cold storages, and sold the garlic collected by one and two cents to two or three yuan, excluding the cost, and there was ten times the profit." When the driver Lao Zhang talked about this, there was a hint of envy in his eyes, and he said: "Later, the people of Wanshui Township began to bet on garlic, those who planted garlic, and those who did not plant garlic also bet." Not only garlic, but also garlic sprouts, garlic tables, and even green onions and ginger, everything that can be put into the cold storage, they are all betting, betting on the right ones to make a fortune, and betting on the wrong ones. ”

Zeng Yi was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the culture of chasing vegetables in Wanshui Township was so prosperous, in the eyes of the locals, this may be a good way to make a fortune quickly. It's just gambling is gambling, garlic is no better than gold jewelry, this renewable thing, you plant the ground will grow, the more people bet, the greater the risk, there will always be a time when the cold storage is full, and the ground is also full.

Sure enough, the driver Lao Zhang said: "But this year's market does not seem to be very good, and the price of garlic in the market has been stable at about five or six pieces." There are more people in the last batch of garlic, the purchase price is naturally high, many people are finally two yuan to collect, bet until now, seeing that the new garlic is going to go on the market again, it is a little unable to sit still, meet merchants from other provinces, you are fighting for me. ”

Zeng Yi looked at the situation over there, shook his head slightly, and said in his heart, this is really profitable, these people who bet on garlic must know very well about the annual garlic market, but under the temptation of huge profits, their appetite has become ridiculously big, and now they are finally unbearable.

"Happy, seven cents! If you have something to sell, talk to me, and if you don't sell it, please put it aside. The merchants from other places were annoyed by the people who surrounded them, and they directly said a simple word.

As soon as I heard this, the people around me scattered more than half, and the garlic collected at a price of nearly two yuan, and added the cost of cold storage preservation in the past few months, and now it is only sold for seven cents, and no one can be ruthless, this is cutting meat.

The remaining two or three people were a little reluctant to give up, and asked: "It's not okay to have four lines in one piece, I'm already selling at a loss, and I'll pay for the freight!" ”

The foreign merchant crossed his waist with his hands on his waist, straightened his waist, and said: "If you don't take any more, you don't sell it, I'll look elsewhere!" ”

Zeng Yi knew that this deal could not be done today, and the price difference between the two sides was too much, and there was no possibility of reaching a deal.

Sure enough, the foreign merchant waited in place for two minutes, and when he saw that no one would give him a word, he turned around and got into the car, and went to the next cold storage with no intention of turning back.

The door of the cold storage returned to the way it was just now, and more than a dozen people who were holding garlic sat in a circle, cursing the foreign merchant while discussing how to deal with this year's bad market. (To be continued)