After Qin Shi arranged the tasks, he went out for a walk with Village Chief Liu.

It wasn't that they had to know anything, but they wanted to take Village Chief Liu away to make things easier for the other members of the investigation team. Otherwise, with Village Chief Liu present, if he coughed, no one would dare to speak.

After chatting for a while, Qin Shi also asked why the people reacted so strongly. Could it be that the people were really tough and rejected outsiders?

"Oh, Team Leader Qin, you don't understand. No matter how good the infrastructure is, it can't be used to make a living. The whole village can't go to the stadium to make grass..."

As soon as the difficulties were mentioned, Village Chief Liu started complaining.

"A few years ago, people said growing tea was profitable, so we followed the government's lead and planted it. But when the technology matured and production increased, tea became worthless again."

"Later, they encouraged tourism, opened up mountains, and built roads. All the village's resources were used up, but no one came to such a small village!"

"I am the head of the village. My first priority is to ensure that the villagers have enough food to eat!"

"I understand, I understand!"

Qin Shi understood the hardship of Village Chief Liu. He said, "No matter how much you say, if you can't feed the people, who will follow you?" They say the people are honest and simple, but they are actually the most realistic. "Whoever can feed me, I'll follow him!" Otherwise, there would be no New China.

"Actually, the factory doesn't make much money, but at least it can keep a few young people here. Otherwise, we old guys would be the only ones left in this village!"

"Actually, the factory doesn't make much money. The key is to retain young people so that we old guys still have hope!"

In the final analysis, as long as the factory is there, there will be young people; if the factory is gone, the hope of the whole village will be gone.

After chatting and walking around, I found that the whole village was clean and tidy, but there were too few young people. It was said that most of them were working in the city or other places in a variety of industries. These young people would only come back during the Chinese New Year.

This is also the main situation in the nearby villages now. Young people go out to work to earn money, and their homes are full of left-behind children and elderly people. These people don’t understand any laws or technologies, but if they have three liters of rice, who would want to leave their hometown?

"Don't worry, Village Chief Liu! The village will prosper one day, and when that happens, all the young people will come back!"

Qin Shi had never lived in the village before, and for the first time, he felt how difficult the lives of these people at the bottom of society were. Although they had enough food and clothing, they were particularly poor spiritually. Many elderly people relied on hope to get by.

After a busy morning, everyone had almost finished their investigation. We had lunch at a small restaurant in the village, and after lunch, we found a meeting room and sat down together.

"How's everyone's investigation going? This is the first time our entire team has been mobilized. Everyone, please share your findings!"

"The finances are fine. It's a small business with little cash flow. Compared to the Wang Group, it's considered a big deal, but it's also the first one!"

"There aren't any major issues with the materials. They're all finished products, processed by the factory itself. There's no previous record or evidence of active violations."

"The production is a bit...how should I put it? It's a bit weird. A few young people who don't even have any documents worked together to produce armor accessories..." Zeng Fan spoke with some difficulty. As an old man who has been in the workplace for a long time, he didn't know how to speak because of this incident.

Zeng Fan was participating in an investigation for the first time, but he still couldn't believe it. A group of people with nothing, no qualifications, and no experience in anything had actually achieved something that even a laboratory couldn't achieve.

"Although the principle is still very primitive, the mechanical proportions are perfect, even better than those in the national laboratory. We visited the young man and found that he had invented a balancer at the joint. It was this balancer that directly solved the problem of restraining the laboratory."

"The data has been sent to the laboratory. The laboratory calls these young people in the village geniuses. Fortunately, this batch of products has not been circulated abroad!"

Zeng Fan didn't know what he wanted to express, whether he was proud of these young people or that his investigation was meritorious. Anyway, the matter was both serious and funny.

"Very good, that's about it. Let's talk about it, what should we do next?"

Qin Shi was the team leader. The best thing about being a leader was that when he was out of ideas, he could ask his subordinates for advice. But he euphemistically called it giving them a chance to speak.

"It's nothing, it should be over now. The military laboratory has obtained the balance system, which is a great harvest. I think this trip is worthwhile." Seeing that no one spoke, Zeng Fan expressed his opinion.

"Logically, it's time to leave, but what about the factories in the village? What about the people in the village? Have you ever thought about it?" Qin Shi raised the question.

"All villages in the south are like this. Young people go out to work, and if there's no unique character in the village, there won't be much change in years!"

"Since you've met me, just help me!"

"It's not a question of whether to help or not. This isn't a personal issue, it's a universal problem. Even if one problem is solved, what happens next?"

"One is enough. Besides, one village is not a problem for our group!"

"The question is what about the other villages? I mean, leave them alone. This is a matter for the local government, and it's not convenient for us to interfere!"

“…”

The matter of the individual armor was over, but Qin Shi was not in a hurry to leave. When asked about their opinions on the future of the village, everyone expressed their own opinions, but it was difficult to reach a consensus.

Zeng Fan finally stood up.

"I admit that this happens a lot, but we represent the country and need to take the overall situation into consideration. We can't waste time on a small village. Everything has its priorities. I think our focus should still be on the industrial investigation!"

To be honest, Zeng Fan isn't a bad person, but he's just a little unpleasant. I don't know if it's because of his methodical approach to work from the beginning, his methodical way of judging facts, or his current indifference to the future of the village...

It seems that everything is correct, but there is a shadow of officialdom. It seems that there is nothing wrong, but it makes people unhappy.

Not only Qin Shi, but also other members of the group had this feeling, so no one said a word about Zeng Fan's opinion, but looked at Qin Shi.

"Why are you looking at me? Zeng Fan is right, but we have overlooked one issue. Our group has now become a representative of Congress. We need to understand not only industry, commerce, agriculture, but also other sectors."

"How about this, we split up into two groups. Team Leader Zeng will lead the others back to Kyoto first to complete the report and related coordination work. General Long Fei, General Wanli and I will stay here for a few more days to investigate."

No one knew what Qin Shi meant, but since the team leader had spoken, everyone just followed his instructions and went about their business.

Finally, only three people remained in the village.

"Boss, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Nothing, I just want to rest for a few days!"

“…I wouldn’t believe you!”