Chapter 384: Not seeking promotion, but fame

After hearing what Li Caiyun said, Village Chief Lu smiled and said, "You guys are producing and selling your own products? This way, the overall income of the village has been increased..."

All industries in Huaixi Village focus on keeping the benefits within the village and selling products internally. This not only increases the brigade's income, but also stabilizes the villagers' economic income and ensures strict control of food safety.

Things like bean pork, sick pigs, sick sheep, sick cows, and chickens that died of plague are not allowed to be served on the table. Zhou Yong did this entirely for the sake of everyone's health.

Village Chief Lu squinted his eyes as he ate his meal: "Huaixi Village has formed an industrial chain, which is worth promoting throughout the township and even the county..."

Some things seem simple, but it is extremely difficult to do them. Village head Lu is well aware of this. Otherwise, Huaixi Village would not have become the most prosperous village in Qingmu County.

After dinner, accompanied by Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong, Township Chief Lu visited the brick factory.

"Why are these broken bricks piled up here? Why don't you dispose of them? Wouldn't that free up space for good bricks?"

Li Caiyun smiled and gave the answer: "Village Chief Lu, even though they are defective bricks, they can still be sold for money..."

Many villagers would buy broken bricks to pave their yards, and the team would also purchase broken bricks to pave roads.

Village head Lu nodded continuously. He had never thought that broken bricks could be turned into treasures. It really opened his eyes.

After leaving the brick factory, Zhou Yong took Lao Lu to the flour mill. The workers were busy in an orderly manner, and Li Caixia was too busy to take care of them.

Zhou Yong took Village Chief Lu to each workshop to observe. When they were about to leave, Li Caixia was still busy!

Village Chief Lu watched as carts of flour were pulled out of the factory. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhou, it seems that the Huaixi Village Flour Mill is doing good business? But why is there so little flour from your factory on the market?"

The Huaixi Village Flour Mill has a huge customer base, with customers from every county, and its salesmen have even sold flour to other provinces.

The reason for doing this is mainly because Qingmu County has a limited population, and there are many flour mills in one place. If the Huaixi Village Flour Mill does not find a way to sell its products on its own and wait for the small number of orders delegated by the county, it will sooner or later close down.

After listening to Zhou Yong's explanation, Village Chief Lu was deeply shocked.

Zhou Yong took Village Chief Lu to visit the paper mill again. Zhao Min was receiving clients, so he had no time to entertain them.

Huaixi Village Paper Mill produces household paper and various types of commercial paper.

Village Chief Lu was looking at various paper products in the paper mill's exhibition hall, and tissue paper attracted his attention.

"What is this paper used for?"

Zhou Yong explained it to him. Although Village Chief Lu appeared calm on the surface, his heart was already in turmoil.

After leaving the paper mill, Village Chief Lu went to the winery. From there, they visited the breeding farm, chicken farm and fish pond.

As it got dark, Village Chief Lu reluctantly left. Zhou Yong thought he could relax for two days, but he didn't expect that Old Lu would come again the next day.

After returning home yesterday, Village Chief Lu wrote down everything he saw in his notes overnight. To him, this is a treasure.

Zhou Yong was almost losing his temper when he saw Old Lu who came uninvited.

So Zhou Yong took Mayor Lu to visit the nursing home, the acquisition team and the construction company.

There was actually nothing much to see, whether it was the acquisition team or the construction company, but Village Chief Lu was in high spirits and Zhou Yong didn't want to spoil his fun.

Then they went to the vegetable greenhouse base. Looking at the watermelons all over the ground, Village Chief Lu frowned slightly.

"Why are you growing so many watermelons? Why aren't you growing grains?"

Zhou Yong glanced at Village Chief Lu, and Li Ming hurriedly answered his question.

The vegetable greenhouse base is idle for half a year every year. Li Ming believes that this is a waste of resources, so he proposes planting other crops to increase income.

Originally, Li Ming didn't want to grow crops, but after layers of analysis by all the village cadres, he finally failed to get everyone's support.

Finally, Zhou Yong proposed planting watermelons. Since the watermelons from the ground can only be put on the market in July and August, the watermelons from the greenhouse in Huaixi Village can be put on the market in May. In this way, the watermelons can be sold at a good price.

Mayor Lu nodded repeatedly: "I see, I am actually short-sighted..."

Li Ming smiled and said, "Village Chief Lu, the watermelons from our village have been sold outside the province..."

Watermelons are expensive in May and most people cannot afford them. In order to have good sales, salesmen take the watermelons to various counties, provinces and cities to promote them.

Village head Lu was speechless. What he had seen and heard in the past two days shocked him so much that he didn't know what to say.

"I heard there is a medicinal field in Huaixi Village?"

Zhou Yong nodded, looked at Village Chief Lu who was like a curious baby, and resigned himself to his fate and took him to the medicinal field.

The medicinal fields in Huaixi Village have already grown in scale, and they are constantly experimenting with growing a variety of medicinal herbs.

Mayor Lu asked Zhou Yong: "Brother Zhou, why did you think of growing medicinal herbs in the first place?"

Zhou Yong's eyes fell on the medicinal field and he talked to Village Chief Lu about the reasons for growing medicinal herbs.

It is precisely because of this medicinal field that Huaixi Village has gradually become prosperous.

Village Chief Lu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Now I finally understand why Huaixi Village is so prosperous, because they have a selfless leader like you..."

Zhou Yong: “…?”

Old Lu's words made him feel extremely ashamed.

In fact, at the beginning, the reason why Zhou Yong proposed to grow medicinal herbs was mainly because he was afraid of cutting off his own source of income.

He never thought that his proposal not only benefited himself, but also boosted the village's economy.

Zhou Yong once had an ardent desire to live for himself, but fate seemed to have already paved a predetermined path for him, and countless things were silently unfolding their destiny under the invisible force.

"Brother Lu, I still say the same thing. Huaixi Village is what it is today because of the efforts of several generations."

Village head Lu smiled, glanced at the extremely humble Zhou Yong, and admired him from the bottom of his heart.

"The Party and the people need village cadres like you who are down-to-earth and hard-working. I'm afraid Brother Lu will never be able to match you even one ten-thousandth of your ability in this lifetime..."

This is what Lao Lu really thinks. He also had a dream and always wanted to do practical and good things for the people. However, there were many obstacles on the road to being an official, so he could only go with the flow.

Zhou Yong inadvertently caught a glimpse of disappointment in Old Lu's eyes, and instantly understood Village Chief Lu's mood at the moment.

The two men returned to the brigade while talking, and Village Chief Lu sat down and started a conversation with Zhou Yong.

When he was serving as the head of Hongri Township, Lao Lu wanted to realize his ambitions, but unfortunately there were too many restrictions and he could only stick to the rules.

Things are different now than before. Old Lu hopes that Zhou Yong can give him advice and build Hongqi Township into the richest township.

This way, no matter what happens to him in the future, he will have no regrets in this life.

Zhou Yong glanced at Village Chief Lu, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

From the contact over the past two days, Zhou Yong has realized that Lao Lu is a unique person.

His way of being an official is not to seek promotion, but to seek fame!

In this case, Zhou Yong didn't mind helping him, because building a good relationship with Lao Lu would not only be a good thing for Huaixi Village, but would also be beneficial to him personally.

Zhou Yong was thinking about this, and Village Chief Lu asked with a smile: "Brother Zhou, what do you think if I vigorously develop industry?"