Usually, Hou Peng would just give these village officials a perfunctory reply and leave early, but today, since Li Xiuyuan wouldn't leave, Hou Peng wouldn't leave either, and insisted on staying until the very end.

When they left the restaurant, it was almost afternoon and time for work to resume. The village officials went back to their respective villages, while Li Xiuyuan, Hou Peng, and the other town government officials went back to work. On the way back, Li Xiuyuan and Hou Peng chatted, while the others followed at a distance.

"Mayor Li, although our central town's main output is industry, agricultural production is also of paramount importance. I have considered this matter of entrusting you with agricultural affairs after careful consideration. After all, you are also in charge of the new rural construction project in Meilin Village, which is a key project for the whole county. Entrusting you with agricultural affairs now will be a test for you. You must pay attention to it, balance your energy on both sides, and do a good job in both areas."

Hou Peng said casually, but the meaning behind his words was very clear: the Meilin Village project is yours, and the agricultural matters are also yours. You can just take care of these two things, and don't worry about anything else.

Li Xiuyuan understood, of course. He toasted with many people at noon, but he didn't drink much each time. Most of the time, he chatted and communicated with everyone to get to know them.

“Mayor, what you said makes perfect sense,” Li Xiuyuan said affirmatively.

Hou Peng was overjoyed upon hearing this. It was wonderful that Li Xiuyuan had agreed to take over the agricultural affairs and would not interfere in other matters.

But Li Xiuyuan continued, "Agriculture is an important area of ​​responsibility. It used to be handled by Deputy Mayor Wang Zhixing, but he has left. I can take charge of the agricultural work, but other aspects still need to be handled by others. The two of us can't handle it all."

“You see, during this period, I was supposed to be focusing on the second phase of the Meilin Village project, but I was often in the town or the county attending meetings. Since Deputy Mayor Wang left, many things have been left unattended, and I have to devote more energy to them.”

As Li Xiuyuan spoke, Hou Peng couldn't help but twitch his lips. What kind of talk was this? Putting everything else aside, how did Wang Zhixing leave? How dare you even mention it?

At first, everyone was unsure who had pushed Wang Zhixing to go to Longguagou. Although it was speculated that it was Li Xiuyuan, no one was sure. But after about ten days, many things have become clear.

One rumor circulating was from the county government office that when Li Xiuyuan was in the county government office, he sent two people who didn't get along with him to Longguagou Township.

Now that Li Xiuyuan has come to the central town, Wang Zhixing and he don't get along, and Li Xiuyuan has gone to Longguagou. Who did this? Do we even need to guess?

Another thing is that Wang Zhixing also called back from Longguagou. He couldn't stop cursing Li Xiuyuan, saying that the young man Li Xiuyuan lacked martial ethics. You could feel his resentment towards Li Xiuyuan even through the phone.

At this point, Li Xiuyuan actually had the nerve to mention Wang Zhixing.

Mentioning Wang Zhixing is one thing, but he's been attending various meetings lately, clearly trying to encroach on his own power and interfere in the town government's work. And now he's succeeded; he's just forced into it.

It seems like they only attend these meetings because they have no other choice, and they're forced to seize power.

"Deputy Mayor Li? What do you mean by that?" Hou Peng stopped pretending and asked Li Xiuyuan directly.