"Oh! There's still a shortfall of 2.1 million. Such a large amount of money, of course, requires the signature of the county magistrate. They said you were not in the county today, so they omitted your signature! Look, didn't Secretary Zhang of the County Committee also sign it?"

It was unclear whether Wu Ganshan was trying to sow discord or was simply focused on the numbers in his finance bureau. He spoke without hesitation, even with a touch of humor.

Feng Yuxing carefully looked over the documents again. These documents showed that two teaching buildings were to be built, one for Jiaoyou Middle School and the other for Fenghe Middle School in Fenghe Town, with a total cost of six million yuan.

"The teaching building of Fenghe Middle School in Fenghe Town was newly built three years ago. It's not very big. Why did it cost three million?" Feng Yuxing muttered to himself.

Feng Yuxing had been to Fenghe Town and Fenghe Middle School. There was indeed a teaching building that looked quite new, but it would cost three million yuan, which Feng Yuxing didn't believe.

"For these two teaching buildings, have you reviewed the construction materials, foundations, progress, size, and every aspect of the decoration of these two buildings?"

While Feng and Xing were talking, they kept staring at Wugan Mountain.

"County magistrate, what's the point of you telling me all this? I'm not qualified to interrogate them. The relevant government officials and the county party secretary have signed, so we have to pay them the project funds. Besides, they're using a special education fund, so I can't stop them even if I want to!"

Wu Ganshan said with a look of grievance.

"The 100 million yuan we have is not a special fund for education! Then why are they asking us for project payment?"

Feng Yuxing reacted immediately and guessed that they wanted to take advantage of his unfamiliarity with this matter and borrow money from him and Mayor Yan Baiyang to pay off the project money owed three years ago.

"That was three years ago. The original budget was six million, and it was allocated in installments. Just after the Municipal Finance Bureau gave 3.9 million, they suddenly stopped giving, saying they had no money. And then it was delayed for three years!"

Wu Ganshan said this with a bitter face. It seemed that many people were chasing him to ask for money.

Feng Yuxing looked at Wu Ganshan's funny expression, smiled and asked jokingly: "Have you been chased for debts every day in the past few years?"

"Hey! Finally, there's someone who understands my difficulties! The county magistrate! I don't even feel like the director of the Finance Bureau. It's like I'm borrowing money from others at high interest rates and have to hide from the 'debt collectors' every day!"

After Wu Ganshan finished speaking, he sighed deeply, as if meeting the new county magistrate Feng Yuxing finally made him live like a finance director.

"Director Wu, our Jiaoyou government doesn't owe such a huge amount of money, right?"

When Feng Yuxing asked this question, his heart suddenly beat faster, as if an ominous sign was coming.

After hearing what Feng Yuxing said, Wu Ganshan's expression became strange. He looked at the newly appointed county magistrate as if he were looking at a monster. After a while, he said with a tut-tut sound:

"County magistrate, since you took office, have you ever understood the financial situation of our Jiaoyou County?"

"Look at what you're saying. I've only been transferred to the local government for over a year, and I've only been in the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism for a few months. I've been in Jiaoyou County for even less than a few months! I've only been the county magistrate for over a month. How would I know about the financial situation?"

Feng Yuxing looked at Wu Ganshan with disdain and said with disdain.

"Then let's wait for you to slowly understand it! Otherwise, you'll lose your position as county magistrate!" Wu Ganshan rolled his eyes at Feng Yuxing in response to his contemptuous look.

"That won't work. After all, I'm the head of a county. How can I do this if I don't understand the financial situation?"

At this time, Feng Yuxing had already judged that there must be other debts, and it was just a matter of how much.

"Then hold on tight! Don't fall! Our Jiaoyou County still has a debt of 110 million, and there are still some small amounts left. I won't say it's all in full!"

Wu Ganshan smiled and said softly; that smile seemed to reflect Feng Yuxing's miserable faces.

“Swish!…”

Feng Yuxing's eyes blurred, and he felt as if his office was spinning. The tea in his mouth sprayed out, and his eyes were filled with stars. He looked at Wu Ganshan and thought to himself, "This old guy doesn't look like a good person!"

"Then why didn't you tell me last time?" Feng Yuxing said unhappily.

"Then you have no problem!" Wu Ganshan said, coughing twice.

"Then do you have a detailed breakdown of the debts owed by the Jiaoyou County government?" Feng Yuxing had no choice but to admit defeat. It was his fault for not asking about financial matters when he first took office! What a mistake!

"Yes!" Wu Ganshan said, taking out a pile of books that looked like 'rosters' from his briefcase and handing them to Feng Yuxing.

This action was as if he had predicted that Feng Yuxing would ask him for details and had been prepared long ago.

Feng Yuxing took the "roster" from Wu Ganshan's hand with a depressed look and immediately started flipping through it.

After taking a quick look, I secretly cursed the mayor Yan Baiyang in my heart: "This Yan Baiyang, it turns out he has so much debt, and I had to borrow 100 million! I got fooled, I got fooled...; Can't you just be the director of the Culture and Tourism Bureau? Why join in the fun and become the county magistrate!"

Feng Yuxing started reading again from the beginning, this time more seriously than before.

"Our road is so narrow, and it cost more than 50 million to build it?" Feng Yuxing looked at Wu Ganshan in confusion, "We still owe the contractor half of the money!"

"You ask me, but who should I ask? I only manage financial matters. Things like the county government's bidding, I want to get involved, but I can't!" Wu Ganshan looked at Feng Yuxing's expression and replied with a mixture of laughter and tears.

"Look at this, wasn't it just three or four years ago? Why is it being dug up and repaired again? What's going on?" Feng Yuxing looked at the debt figures, as if every one of them was his enemy, and it was very irritating.

"Who knows what's going on? Maybe there's gold underneath this road. We can't dig it all up in one go. Who knows? If we dig a few more times, we might find some gold!" Wu Ganshan said with a half-smile.

"Also, a landscape tree costs almost ten thousand yuan. It was shipped back from that planet. Why is it so expensive?" Feng Yuxing's face darkened as he spoke.

"This ornamental tree, growing on nutrient solution every day, how could it not be delicate?" Wu Ganshan's eyes flashed with disdain, as if he had never seen the world before.

"This street building renovation cost over 10 million! How did the money get wasted like this?" Feng Yuxing's eyes were filled with confusion. Looking at this project, it seemed more complex than the Mathematical Olympiad!

"When the leader comes to inspect, shouldn't we maintain our image?" Wu Ganshan said this with a strange laugh.

"Over 10 million yuan was spent just for the leader's inspection during those few days?" Feng Yuxing looked incredulous. "Is this the work of a particularly impoverished county?"