The old man, who could make a cadre's white shirt look like a waistcoat, was squinting at the letter in his hand.
"Is this something sent by County Chief Xiao Zhang from the capital?"
The middle-aged man sitting next to the old man slowly and leisurely finished the last bit of his cigarette butt before nodding steadily.
"Well, Xiao Guo, the new deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau and director of the Chengguan Town Police Station, is Zhang Xian's high school classmate."
"This letter was sent directly to my hometown by County Magistrate Zhang, and Xiao Guo was asked to bring it here."
The middle-aged man is Zhou Zhilie, the county deputy secretary.
The old man was Yang Huaisheng, the secretary of H-line County. He smiled slightly and shook the letter in his hand at the people attending the meeting.
"This young acting county chief is truly remarkable. He hasn't even arrived yet, but somehow he's already convinced the Ministry of Mining to develop the Qieshan Pass for us."
"This is great news," beamed Geng Tongpeng, the deputy chief officer in charge of industrial and mining affairs in the county. "We've tried so hard over the years to build a road through that shabby place called Qieshankou, but we haven't been able to."
"As long as our county has coal, many things will be easier to handle."
Old Yang Shuji frowned and looked at the last part of the letter with some confusion.
"Why is this Xiao Zhang County Chief telling us not to proactively help others, but just watch from the side?"
"Let me take a look."
Zhou Zhilie took the letter curiously and took a few glances at it.
"Hey, County Magistrate Zhang said they might not be willing to interact with our county, and if we offer our help, we might just get rejected."
"This... can't be possible?"
But a few days later, Geng Tongpeng heard that a team had really arrived at Qishankou and was building a road, so he happily organized a group of people to help.
As a result, they were blocked by a group of expressionless Wu J comrades.
"This is so weird. You let us open a coal mine and I'm not allowed to ask any questions?!"
The strange atmosphere lasted for more than twenty days at Qishan Pass. Finally, the man left in disappointment, leaving behind only a cement bicycle lane developed by large machinery and brute force leading directly to the top of the mountain.
Old Yang Shuji didn't care what was hidden inside and immediately convened a meeting to organize forces to develop the Qishankou small coal mine.
In fact, H County has no shortage of manpower and single-person tools for coal mining. What the county lacks is money for mining.
A few people were planning to ask the city for help, but then they received a piece of news from the Finance Bureau.
County Magistrate Zhang borrowed a sum of two hundred thousand yuan from the Ministry in the capital, which has been transferred to the county treasury.
No one asked how Zhang Hongcheng borrowed the 200,000 yuan. Anyway, being able to borrow money from the ministry these days was a skill. As for how he borrowed it, no one cared...
This money is a timely relief.
After repeated bargaining among several people, Geng Peng finally got 70,000 yuan from the county as the start-up cost of the coal mine.
As for the remaining money, Secretary Yang ordered that no one could touch it, as he wanted to use it as a reserve for the autumn grain collection.
After these two incidents, everyone had a preliminary impression of Zhang Hongcheng, who had not yet taken office.
He has a good background, great energy, and is a magnanimous person.
The magnanimous Zhang Hongcheng never dared to go to the Ministry of Mining again because people had discovered that he was playing a "Jiang Gan stealing the book" trick.
Even the guards at the Ministry of Mines roll their eyes at him now.
The only one who took advantage of the ministry to fleece the county and tricked it into building a coal mining road was Zhang Hongcheng.
The Xieshankou coal mine in H County developed very quickly. After all, it was the simplest shallow open-pit coal mine, and the coal seam could be dug out with just a few hoes.
After hastily building a few shacks, Geng Tongpeng and his men began to recruit workers impatiently.
As soon as the news spread, villagers from all over the country who had just finished their autumn harvest immediately rushed to Qishankou with their luggage on their backs.
This is incredible! How many years has it been since we heard any news of government recruitment in H County?
You never know if you will be selected, and you will have to eat public food and become an employee in the future!
Geng Tongpeng climbed out of the shack and was stunned by the black heads in front of the shack before he had time to wash up.
The mine only recruits 200 people at most, but there are more than 2,000 people in front of us!
Whether old men or young men, they all wore waistcoats intentionally or unintentionally to reveal their dark muscles.
When they saw Deputy County Magistrate Geng coming out, they all grinned with their big white teeth.
"Don't worry, line up!"
Following Geng Tongpeng's call, the staff on site immediately began to register everyone.
The tin horn blared loudly.
"Everyone, take the certificate issued by the village. If you think your family cannot pass the review, don't squeeze in."
"Also, you're going to try carrying a load later. If you don't have the strength, forget it and go back as soon as possible!"
Only half an hour after the on-site screening, Yang Huaisheng and Zhou Zhilie also rushed over on their bicycles.
What Yang Laoshuji was afraid of was that there would be too many people coming to the site for selection, but the mine would only admit 200 people at most, and those who were not selected would cause trouble.
Facts proved that Yang Laoshuji's concerns were correct. Not long after, some people really started making a fuss at the scene.
"Why? Why don't they admit us educated youth?"
"Yes, we've already settled here. Why are we still being divided into educated youth and uneducated youth?!"
"This is the county's decision," the staff member said, ignoring the disgruntled educated youth. "It was also County Magistrate Zhang's decision. You educated youth, he said he'd have other things to do with you after he takes office."
As for how County Manager Zhang, who has not yet taken office, will use these settled educated youth, the staff could not explain it clearly.
One is the ready-made opportunity to join the enterprise, and the other is the vague promise made by the acting county chief who has not yet taken office.
The educated youth who rushed to the scene were not stupid either. They all clamored that everyone should be treated equally and allowed to participate in the selection of workers for the coal mine.
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