After leaving Chunfu Hall, Xie Wan took a long-distance bus back to An County.
The bumpy dirt road made Xie Wan drowsy and his stomach churning.
It took more than four hours to drive a distance of less than 100 kilometers.
The classic slogan naturally came to her mind: If you want to be rich, build roads first.
An County does not have its own industry, but it has a large amount of surplus labor. It would be a good idea to organize this labor to engage in infrastructure construction and transportation.
As soon as Xie Wan returned to the county, he summoned comrades from the County Transportation Bureau to the county government for discussion.
Upon hearing that the new deputy county chief Xie wanted to build the road from An County to Nancheng into an asphalt road, Zhang Tao, director of the county transportation bureau, looked at Xie Wan as if he were an idiot and asked:
"Deputy County Magistrate Xie, do you still not understand the financial situation of our An County?
Have you discussed this matter with County Magistrate Pang and Secretary Zhong?
Do you know how much it will cost to build this road?"
Xie Wan said modestly: "In this regard, the comrades of the Transportation Bureau are professionals, so I invited you all to come here first to discuss the feasibility, necessity and budget of building this road.
If building this road can promote the economic development of the county, then we should make a good budget. Just because there is no budget this year does not mean there will be no budget next year."
Zhang Tao didn't listen to Xie Wan's words at all.
A newly arrived young deputy county magistrate was ambitious and wanted to build a road right away.
Everyone knows that building roads can bring political achievements, but you also need money to build them!
An County is a poor county where people can’t even afford food and clothing, so why are they going to build roads?
All infrastructure construction in the county depends on financial appropriations from the municipal government.
If she could get this grant, Zhang Tao felt that he could even take his head off and let her kick it like a ball.
Although he was complaining in his heart, Zhang Tao still pretended to laugh it off with Xie Wan on the surface.
"Since Deputy County Magistrate Xie has an idea, let's discuss it..."
However, whether this matter can be accomplished or not, after all, it is a job arranged by the leader and it is also a serious matter.
Everyone started discussing it seriously.
Needless to say, the necessity is obvious. The old highway was built more than 20 years ago, and many places are still dirt roads. When it rains, not only is there water everywhere, but cars can also easily get stuck in the water.
Nancheng is a city, and An County relies on Nancheng in all aspects of economy and administration. If there is such a road, it will definitely greatly improve the quality of life and work efficiency of the people of An County.
Moreover, An County’s agricultural products can be transported to the city more quickly.
As for feasibility, there is no problem from a geological and geographical perspective. The only thing missing is one thing - money.
After the discussion, Xie Wan said, “Director Zhang, please put today’s discussion into written form after you go back.
Including the budget, please submit it as soon as possible.”
Zhang Tao agreed readily.
After leaving the city hall, several comrades from the Transportation Bureau laughed together, understanding each other tacitly.
Zhang Tao glared at his subordinates and yelled, "You guys, shut up! Don't let me hear you making fun of our leader outside.
If this joke gets out, she will definitely know that it was people from our county transportation bureau who were talking about it behind her back.
A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. When the time comes, I will be the one being criticized."
Section Chief Li of the Highway Management Section is the brother-in-law of Deputy County Magistrate Liu. He knows a little about the inside story and reminded everyone:
"On the first day that Deputy County Chief Xie came, he gave my brother-in-law a beating. My brother-in-law said that he was a retired soldier who was very good at fighting.
Everyone should be more careful. Let's hand in the things she arranged as soon as possible, right?"
Zhang Tao patted Section Chief Li on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Can she beat me? I don't believe she can beat me up.
I'm wondering if she wants to learn from the army and practice hardship and simplicity, and ask us to dig dirt and build roads?"
Everyone laughed in unison.
Section Chief Li didn't know the details, but he heard from his sister that his brother-in-law went to welcome the newly arrived Deputy County Magistrate Xie that day, but he got home very angry and kept cursing the other man as a soldier.
Section Chief Li laughed along with everyone else, but he was very smart. He thought it would be best not to mess with someone who even scared his brother-in-law, so he reminded Zhang Tao and the others that it would be best for everyone to complete the work assigned by Deputy County Magistrate Xie seriously.
Unfortunately, no one else took Chief Li’s words to heart.
After Xie Wan arranged this matter, he wrote it down in his schedule and put it aside.
Because she came back quite late and it was almost time to get off work, her secretary Fang Wenbin came in to remind her:
"Deputy County Magistrate Xie, you have been in An County for more than a week. Have you not reported your work to Secretary Zhong yet?"
Xie Wan asked: "Isn't Secretary Zhong on a business trip?"
Secretary Fang said: "I'm back.
I guess I've been waiting for you to report on your work all day.
If you don’t go, I’m afraid it will have a bad impact.”
Xie Wan slapped his head, immediately asked Secretary Fang for his phone number, and called the Municipal Party Committee Secretariat.
The county government and county party committee are actually right next door.
Xie Wan jogged all the way to the county party committee and saw many comrades already leaving get off work with their bags.
Xie Wan knew in his heart that coming to see Secretary Zhong today and coming early tomorrow might be seen as completely different things in the eyes of some people.
She was somewhat glad that Fang Wenbin reminded her in time.
"Secretary Zhong, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. It's my fault."
Xie Wan started apologizing as soon as he entered the office.
Zhong Liqin is an old man in his fifties, wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, and looks like an old-school scholar.
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