Chapter 335: Zhenye! How did I treat your commune in the past?
Mid-July.
The fan in the office was creaking as Su Wenchen was looking through the rough data on saline-alkali land in each county.
Guo Xiangyang pushed the door open hurriedly.
"Director! Director!"
After coming in front of Su Wenchen, Guo Xiangyang first picked up the large teapot on the table and took a big gulp.
Su Wenchen asked curiously.
"Old Guo, what's the rush? This isn't like you."
Guo Xiangyang wiped the water stains from his mouth and spoke anxiously.
"Director, they can't help it anymore!"
"Just now, the Xuzhou and Suxian offices informed our office that their leaders hope to have further consultations with us on the division of saline-alkali land in the four counties."
"Ask us if we have time tomorrow!"
"Director, judging from the current information, the four counties must have privately negotiated before coming here!"
"What should we do! Should we delay for a few more days?"
Su Wenchen closed the document, smiled and shook his head.
"Some things are too much or too little, just enough is enough."
"Reply to them. We'll be there to welcome you tomorrow morning!"
"I will receive the leaders from the two regions, and you will be responsible for talking to the leaders from the four counties."
Hearing that Su Wenchen had handed this matter over to him, Guo Xiangyang said with some worry.
"Director, what if all four of them have the same requirements?"
Su Wenchen smiled.
"Then just postpone it a little longer!"
"Besides, it's impossible for them to be truly united. Although these four counties are located in similar locations, the resources within them vary.
“Some days are okay, but some days are miserable.”
"Those who live a good life naturally have nothing to fear, but those who live in hard times naturally don't want to wait even a single day and are definitely eager to get out of the quagmire!"
"You're asking them to consider the overall situation for their fellow counties now? Do you think they'll really agree?"
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Guo Xiangyang shook his head.
"That's impossible! If it were me, I would definitely prioritize the interests of my own unit, unless they promise to give us more!"
Su Wenchen shrugged.
"So! When it comes to interests, there are no permanent alliances—and then they rolled themselves up."
The next day at noon.
Two jeeps were parked on the side of the road, one in front and one behind.
It seemed that someone was waiting on this road leading to the first branch of Blue Water Farm.
Two cadres wearing four-pocket Zhongshan suits with their chests open because the weather was too hot, with a cigarette in their mouths, were leaning against the back of the car to avoid the shade.
"Old Shi, a few days ago, Wang Rongshan from Dangshan said that we should advance and retreat together. What do you think of this in Fengxian County?"
Shi Yingduan, who had gone to support the construction of the Lanshui No. 1 field, heard this and responded with a smile.
"Isn't this a good thing? It can also bring benefits to our four counties. I definitely agree!"
"Old Li, do you have a different opinion? I didn't see you bring up the matter at the discussion meeting a few days ago!"
When Li Kun heard this, he curled his lips.
"What an old fox!"
Did he have a different opinion? He wanted to see what Fengxian was thinking so he could be mentally prepared.
After all, he knew it well, even though everyone agreed to it verbally.
But when it comes to actual benefits, who cares about whom?
It's not a relationship between superiors and subordinates, so there's no need to give an explanation. Anyone who wants to make progress must give priority to developing their own county.
Hearing what the director of Pei County said, Shi Yingduan also replied with a smile.
"It's the same here, Old Li. How about this, if Pei County supports us with 100 tons of coal this year, I'll tell you what's really on my mind?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Kun rolled his eyes and pointed at himself.
"Do you think I'm a sucker?"
"A hundred tons! I think you have a brain heat stroke and are dreaming in broad daylight!"
Director Shi was not disappointed either.
"One hundred tons is fine without fifty tons."
The other party simply waved his hand.
"Get lost! Do you want five pounds?"
"That's fine. I can save some and keep it warm for two days in winter. Okay? Remember to send it to my office when the time comes!"
Hearing this, the other party was speechless.
"Have you guys in Feng County become so poor? You're even taking advantage of five pounds of coal?"
"Humph, you guys in Pei County are just standing there talking nonsense. You're right next to the lake and you're digging coal! Naturally, you can use the coal to exchange for things the county needs."
"For example, our county has the largest land area, but if we were to talk about a specialty that others know about, it would probably be the saline-alkali land."
"If we don't budget carefully, how can we support so many people in our county?"
"Now, every time I go to a regional meeting at the end of the year, the leaders treat me like a plague."
Li Kun naturally knew the reason. After all, no one would greet a subordinate who came to ask for help every day with a smile.
So I could only pat the other person on the shoulder.
But of course there was no mention of support!
Although their lives are indeed better, they are only better to a limited extent. The coal they dig has to be allocated to higher authorities according to plan, and the amount of coal that can be left for replacement is also very limited each year.
They almost rely on this little bit of coal to have a good year every year, and it is absolutely impossible for them to support others.
Seeing that he had been acting pitifully for a long time but the other party was still indifferent, he felt helpless.
They are really one more stingy than the other!
These brother counties are really not brotherly at all, they are not even as brotherly as the Blue Water Farm!
At least during the summer harvest, others even lent them a few tractors to help transport wheat.
He sold coal here for so long and hard, but in the end he only got five pounds of coal!
Just as the two were playing tricks on each other, two cars in the distance were followed by two jeeps, which slowly drove towards this side.
After the two of them stuck their heads out to take a look, they took two quick puffs of the cigarettes in their hands, then threw them on the ground and stomped them out.
While buttoning his shirt, he walked out from the shade behind the car.
It seemed like I saw two people in a jeep parked on the side of the road.
The oncoming convoy also stopped directly on the side of the road.
Liu Guangde, wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, got out of a car and shouted to the back.
"Lao Liang, come down and have a cigarette and rest. We'll reach their farm a short distance ahead."
After saying that, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the leaders of Fengxian and Peixian who were walking over.
"You two must be getting impatient!"
The two walked over and immediately shook their heads.
"Director, we just got here not long ago!"
Liu Guangde smiled, knowing that the other party definitely had not just arrived.
Looking at the car behind, a middle-aged man in a white shirt and glasses came out and handed over a cigarette.
"Lao Liang, this crappy car in your area really needs a replacement. It's been misfiring so many times along the way!"
"It's probably already noon by the time we get to their workplace. Why would we rush to discuss things during lunchtime?"
After taking the cigarette, the other party also showed a helpless expression.
"You think I don't want to change!"
"But our Suxian area is not like yours. We have a strong industrial foundation, are close to a transportation hub, and have local government control over the coal mines!"
"We finally discovered several large coal fields within our jurisdiction, but now they've been taken over by the province!"
"For people like us who can only dig for food in the fields, it's good enough to have a car to drive!"
After hearing the other party's complaints, although he felt that it was indeed unlucky from the other party's perspective, he certainly would not say much about such things.
So he changed the subject directly.
"What are you going to say later? What do you think?"
Hearing Liu Guangde's words, the other party shook his head.
"Our region won't interfere in this matter. As long as the two sides reach an agreement on their own, that's fine."
"After all, this is saline-alkali land in their county, so let them negotiate it themselves! Whether the negotiation is successful or not is up to them!"
"What? Do you have any ideas?"
Liu Guangde shook his head.
"Our current development is mainly focused on the urban area, so we are unable to take care of this area at present. I am naturally happy to see it happen."
"Otherwise, we would have to send relief grain here every year, which would be a headache for our city!"
The two people who got off the two jeeps at the back did not move toward the two leaders, but walked to Shi Yingduan and Li Kun.
The leader of Dangshan County spoke first.
"How about it! Do you think what I said before is okay?"
"I think our four counties need to speak with one voice. If their farm wants our land, they have to follow our terms! No one should give in!"
"This will benefit both of us!"
"And I heard that their alkali-curing rabbits are very expensive. They're made of medicinal herbs. If we don't cooperate, where are they going to find so much saline-alkali land?"
Hearing this, Zhao Guohua from Xiao County nearby rolled his eyes and nodded.
"That's right, we must unite this time, so that we can force them on the farm to make concessions!"
Shi Yingduan smiled and nodded.
"In principle, we definitely stand with our four counties!"
Li Kun shrugged.
"Anyway, our Pei County mainly has a lot of riverbanks, but not much saline-alkali land, so it doesn't matter to us!"
Seeing that everyone seemed to have agreed, the other party nodded immediately.
"Then let's make a deal, we'll advance and retreat together!"
After the few people reached a preliminary consensus, they finished smoking a cigarette and got in the car one after another and headed straight for Blue Water Farm.
When the convoy drove into the first branch of Lanshui Farm, Su Wenchen, along with Guo Xiangyang and several other branch leaders, greeted them at the gate.
After getting off the car, Su Wenchen looked at the group of people and found that only Liu Guangde and a middle-aged man were wearing white short shirts.
He immediately walked up and said.
"Director Liu, welcome to our farm!"
The other party stretched out his hand and shook hands with Su Wenchen.
"Haha, Director Su, we meet again. Let me introduce you!"
"This is Comrade Liang Huashu, Director of the Suxian District Revolutionary Committee."
After Liu Guangde's introduction, Su Wenchen immediately shook hands with the other party.
"Director Liang, welcome to our farm!"
The other party also said with a smile.
"No, you're here only now. I'm sure your farm has been waiting for you for a long time!"
"It's us who are causing you trouble this time!"
Su Wenchen quickly shook his head modestly.
"What's the problem? We'd love to have all the comrades from Suxian and Xuzhou come over!"
"But the weather is too hot. It's better not to get baked by the sun at the door!"
"Let's go to the conference room and have some cold tea to cool down!"
He then spoke to Guo Xiangyang and others beside him.
"Old Guo brought the cadres from the farm to entertain the comrades from both regions."
After saying that, he led the way inside.
"Director Liu, Director Liang, please!"
After Su Wenchen and the two supervisors walked in front, Guo Xiangyang and the cadres of the branch field also entertained the people behind them and talked.
"Comrades from the county, let's follow suit!"
"We have prepared a cooling herbal tea for everyone in the conference room!"
"Everyone, follow me!"
As he said this, he led his men to follow Su Wenchen in front.
However, Shi Yingduan from Fengxian looked at the people in front of him and suddenly covered his stomach.
“Ouch!”
"Deputy Director Guo, I feel a bit sick in my stomach. I need to go to the restroom first. You guys go ahead!"
"I asked Lao Yang to take me to the toilet!"
Seeing the other party say this, Guo Xiangyang naturally couldn't stop him.
I could only nod.
"Okay, Comrade Zhenye, please accompany Director Shi!"
"Just bring him to the conference room when the time comes!"
After saying that, he also looked forward.
"Comrades, let's go! We'll make the leaders wait impatiently!"
On the other side, Li Kun in Pei County looked at Shi Yingduan's hurried back and rolled his eyes suspiciously.
He deliberately lingered at the back of the team, watching Guo Xiangyang entertaining Wang Rongshan from Dangshan County.
He immediately chased after Shi Yingduan in front of him.
Public toilet in the branch field, next to the toilet.
After Shi Yingduan finished his work, he spoke directly to Yang Zhenye next to him.
"Zhenye! How did I treat your commune in the past?"
Yang Zhenye had naturally had a premonition since he was pulled here from the very beginning!
So he said it with a stiff upper lip.
"Old leader, you naturally have nothing to say about our commune!"
"But now I am."
He was interrupted before he could finish.
"Zhenye!"
"Although you belong to the farm now, in my heart you will always be from our county."
"Life is really difficult in our county right now. This year, except for a few communes around the county that have dug drainage ditches, the others haven't even produced more than 90 kilograms per mu."
"You guys are living a good life now, but the neighboring communes are still starving!"
When Yang Zhenye heard this, he immediately looked embarrassed.
"Old leader, please don't embarrass me. I know what you want to ask me."
"But if I reveal it, how will I be able to work in the field in the future?"
Shi Yingduan patted the other person's shoulder and quickly comforted him.
"I know you're worried, but if you and I don't tell anyone, who else will know?"
"And you can pick out some things that can be said, such as the things that your Director Su has not ordered not to disclose!"
Yang Zhenye saw that the time was almost up. After a moment of silence, he immediately looked embarrassed and said.
"Old leader, I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else that I said that!"
When Shi Yingduan heard this, he immediately nodded in assurance.
"Don't worry, God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know, and no one else will know!"
"Besides, don't you know who I am? Am I the kind of person who would betray my subordinates?"
When Yang Zhenye heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes. He knew this old leader too well.
If selling him out could benefit the county, they would definitely sell him out without hesitation!
Without hesitation for a minute!
But fortunately, he was not afraid of these things. After all, their director had already anticipated them. So he looked towards the door and whispered.
"Old leader, we've known for a long time that your four counties are planning to unite and advance and retreat together."
"So Director Su decided to play along. We'll only reach an agreement with one county this time!"
Hearing what Yang Zhenye said, Shi Yingduan looked at him suspiciously.
"Are you sure you're not lying to me? Didn't the province say you wanted two million mu? How could there be so much saline-alkali land in just one county?"
Yang Zhenye said helplessly.
"Old leader, I swear everything I said is true! And it's what our director told us privately!"
"Besides, we all know you're going to ask for too much. How could we be so foolish as to wait for you to slaughter us?"
"I swear on my own integrity that I didn't make up a single word of this. These are all our director's true intentions at the time!"
After saying this, he added another sentence in his mind.
Although I didn't make it up, according to his understanding, their director's plans have always been very flexible!
Therefore, he had no way of deciding what plan to take in the end. Since the director had asked him to reveal it in a difficult way, he naturally would not hide it.
Hearing what Yang Zhenye said, Shi Yingduan frowned.
If we really only choose one county to cooperate, it will be difficult.
The initiative will be reversed in an instant.
They become beggars!
He also thought that if he were the farm leader, considering the current situation, this would undoubtedly be a good idea.
In addition, this is also an open conspiracy.
Even if they knew, what could they do?
Just turn your head and stop talking?
It might be possible in other counties, but not in their county!
God knows how excited he was when he first heard that Blue Water Farm was willing to take over the improvement of all the heavily saline-alkali land in the county.
Because even if there is no benefit, just getting rid of some burdens is enough!
As a place that needs support from above almost every year, he has long wanted to get rid of this debt dilemma.
Otherwise, if anyone wants to go there for a meeting, others will stay away from them as if they were the plague god.
Afraid that he would ask for help.
So if Blue Water Farm really changes its mind, Fengxian County must take this only spot.
Fortunately, he knew it in advance, otherwise if the other party announced it directly after the talks started!
The alliance between the four of them, which is looser than sand, will soon fall into internal strife.
By then, as they have the least resources, their chances of reaching an agreement will be greatly reduced.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Yang Zhenye.
"Zhenye, you haven't told anyone about this, right? How many people in your field know about it?"
Yang Zhenye shook his head.
"Old leader, I'm telling you the truth. If you hadn't asked me to, I definitely wouldn't have said anything like this!"
"And in our branch, only Director Su, Deputy Director Guo, Ren Dachuan, and I know about this."
"Don't worry about this, I won't reveal a single word to the others!"
"But when we start talking about this kind of thing, we definitely won't hide it!"
Shi Yingduan patted the other person's shoulder.
"Zhenye, I'll remember your favor this time."
"No matter what, our county will definitely remember this favor from you!"
Yang Zhenye waved his hand.
"Old leader, it's a bit strange for you to say that."
"I also can't bear to see the surrounding communes continue to struggle, especially now that there is such an opportunity, and our county can't compare with other counties."
"And let me tell you, old leader, the saline-alkali land we have improved can produce up to 500 kilograms per mu."
"Think about it, for our county, even if we can't achieve the same meticulous care as the experimental fields, the subsequent yield of 300 kilograms per mu should still be stable!"
"Besides, this is a fine grain like wheat, not a coarse grain like corn!"
After hearing this data, Shi Yingduan was really shocked.
He only knew that the more than 10,000 acres of land with drainage channels dug here could produce more than 200 kilograms per acre.
Although the output is slightly higher than that in their county, this is the output after using fertilizers, which he considers to be normal data.
However, if the saline-alkali land treated with rabbit manure can achieve a yield of 500 kilograms per mu.
This was something he couldn't even imagine!
Even if it is as the other party said and they cannot take such meticulous care, a yield of 300 kilograms per mu is still a great thing for them!
The main reason is that the workload of digging canals is too large, and many of their large saline-alkali lands are left uncultivated and cannot be managed.
Thinking of this, he decided that this matter could not be delayed any longer, and he had better talk to Blue Water Farm privately.
As for the common advance and retreat mentioned above!
Sorry, they can't afford the gamble.
Other counties may dare to take the gamble, but they cannot, because they have no other industries and even need annual relief from the region.
For him, it is better to negotiate calmly.
At this moment, the thought of taking advantage of others disappeared in an instant.
The two had just walked out of the public toilet.
Shi Yingduan saw Li Kun walking towards him.
His face changed color instantly.
"Lao Li, when did you come here?"
Li Kun showed a confused expression.
"What do you mean when did I come here? Do I have to inform you if I want to go to the bathroom?"
"When did you become so nosy?"
Hearing this, Shi Yingduan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nothing! I just wondered why you weren't with me just now."
"Okay, go quickly!"
"Don't make the leader wait anxiously!"
After saying that, he walked towards the meeting room with Yang Zhenye.
At the gate of the farm, when Shi Yingduan came back, he found that only Wang Rongshan and Guo Xiangyang were there, and he immediately felt surprised.
"Hey, where are the people?"
"Why are there only the two of you?"
The other party rolled his eyes.
"Why else? I guess he went to release the water!"
"Old Li in front left without a word, and Old Zhao from behind followed him. Do they all have prostate problems?"
But after hearing this, Shi Yingduan felt...
"Huh? I only saw Lao Li going to the toilet!"
But just as he finished speaking, Zhao Guohua wiped the sweat off his face and walked back with Li Kun.
"Sorry, I took a side road and got delayed for a while! Let's go in quickly!"
Guo Xiangyang also smiled when he saw this.
"Then let's go in! No one should be left behind this time!"
(End of this chapter)
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