Chapter 249 It's Really Not Burnt

He Changlin leaned back in his chair, "In the south, I don't know if you've been there, Pengcheng in Guangdong Province, it's now a special zone."

Yuan Xiao was a little excited. The house prices there would be extremely expensive in the future, of course she knew!

She could buy a few buildings there and collect rent in the future, it would be great.

Seeing her happy for no apparent reason,

Gu Lanting asked, "Do you want to go?" Yuan Xiao shook her head, "I haven't graduated yet, but after Uncle He comes over, I can open a store there."

He Changlin laughed and joked, "You are indeed a little money-grubber, thinking about making money wherever you go. It's close to the port city and on the coast, so the import and export trade will surely develop in the future. Your things may even be sold to the whole world."

Yuan Xiao raised her head, "It's not just my things, it's our Chinese things."

He Changlin seemed to be infected by her and laughed a few times, "Well said, it's our Chinese things!"

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A few days later, people from the city really came to investigate.

He Changlin was fearless and even called Yuan Xiao, after all, she was the provider of food seeds.

The visitor was the mayor of Langshi, accompanied by his secretary and another person, whom He Changlin introduced as Mayor Zhang of the neighboring county.

Mayor Zhang was very thorough in his words, and every word he said to the mayor was deliberately flattering.

This kind of person is indeed popular in the officialdom.

"Look at how well our Secretary He has managed Qushui County."

The mayor nodded, "You really need to learn more from Changlin on this point."

"Changlin, we came here without prior notice today, mainly because we heard that Qushui County's grain production this year is astonishing, so we came to take a look.

If this is true, you have done a great job!"

He Changlin smiled and nodded, "It's just that the total production has not been counted yet. If the mayor can come a few days later, the data will probably be out."

The mayor waved his hand, "Let's do it today."

When County Mayor Zhang heard this, he was secretly delighted, and he was sure that He Changlin didn't dare to show them.

He seemed to be embarrassed and said: "To be honest, I followed the mayor here today, one is to learn, and the other is that I heard some rumors..."

The mayor looked at him: "Oh? Tell me about it?"

"I heard that Secretary He didn't supervise it properly, and the grain of several villages was burned."

He Changlin's face looked ugly for a moment, then he smiled and said, "There was indeed a fire, but the villagers put it out in time, so the grain was not burned."

County Magistrate Zhang looked at him sadly, "Even if the fire was put out in time, how could the grain not be damaged at all? Secretary He, are you deceiving us?"

The mayor looked at He Changlin with a puzzled look, "Is it really not burned?"

He Changlin hesitated for a moment, "It's a mess over there, and it hasn't been cleaned up yet. It would be better if the mayor came to visit again in a few days."

Yuan Xiao smiled in his heart, Uncle He, this old fox.

When County Mayor Zhang heard He Changlin's excuse, he became more certain that the grain must have been burned.

"Secretary He, if it's burned, it's burned. You report it truthfully and the mayor can still handle it at his discretion. If you know about it but don't report it, it's hard to say..."

The mayor's face darkened. He didn't forget what happened in Dalan Village last time. The incident was so serious that even he was reprimanded.

But seeing that He Changlin had done a lot of things for Qushui County before, he took on all the responsibilities.

If He Changlin gets into trouble again this time, he will definitely not let him off easily!

Thinking of this, he felt a little disappointed, because he thought He Changlin was a talented person.

He Changlin's face turned cold, and he looked at Mayor Zhang: "I said, the grain is really not burned. What does Mayor Zhang mean by this? Why are you so aggressive?"

Mayor Zhang snorted, "If there is really nothing wrong, you can take us over to have a look."

He Changlin's eyes sank slightly, "Mayor, the things over there are really not cleaned up..."

"Okay, let's go over and have a look. We should all have the spirit of hard work and perseverance. What does it matter if the environment is almost bad? No matter how hard it is, can it be as hard as those farmers who work on the land? They rely on this little grain in the end. If it is really burned, we must give them an explanation!" The mayor interrupted He Changlin.

He Changlin nodded frustratedly and had to take them over.

County Chief Zhang almost had the words "fortunately taking pleasure in misfortune" written on his face.

The granaries of Dayang Village and several surrounding villages were burned, so County Chief Zhang suggested going to Dayang Village first.

When they arrived at Dayang Village, the granary at the entrance of the village was now only ashes.

County Chief Zhang had a look of astonishment on his face, and he accused in a bitter voice: "Secretary He, everything is burned like this, how can you hide it and not report it? You are trying to kill the villagers!"

County Chief He Linzhang blushed, "County Chief Zhang, don't spit blood, I told you, this place has not been cleaned up yet, the grain is really not burned!"

The mayor did not speak for the time being, but just raised his hand to signal He Changlin to lead the way.

Along the way, County Chief Zhang was still in deep pain, accusing He Changlin of being unworthy of being the people's parent official.

He Changlin did not say anything and agreed to everything.

The mayor, on the other hand, could not help but look at County Chief Zhang a few more times, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

He Changlin took them to the place where the grain was stored and asked the gatekeeper to open the door.

The door opened, and a small mountain of grain appeared before them.

The mayor was a little surprised, "Is this from a village?"

He Changlin squinted his eyes and smiled, "Of course, it's from a village!"

County Chief Zhang had a stunned expression, and his face gradually became ugly.

After a long while, he roared, "Impossible!"

He Changlin looked at him with a smile, "County Mayor Zhang, what do you mean by impossible?"

"The granary was burned like that, how could the grain be intact!" The more County Mayor Zhang spoke, the more he felt that he was right, "Even if this village was not burned, other villages must have been burned. Secretary He, you are the parent official of the people, you must be responsible for the people!"

Yuan Xiao smiled, pursing his lips, "County Mayor Zhang, you are also the parent official of the people. May I ask what is the harvest of your county this year?"

County Magistrate Zhang blushed, and compared to Qushui County, it was naturally much less.

"Don't change the subject! Mayor, I want to go to other villages to check, their food must have been burned."

Yuan Xiao looked at him coldly: "You are so sure, people who don't know would think it was County Magistrate Zhang who set the fire."

Before County Magistrate Zhang opened his mouth, He Changlin rebuked Yuan Xiao: "Don't talk nonsense!"

After that, He Changlin said to the mayor: "Mayor, those villages are a bit far, so we should not go there?"

County Magistrate Zhang thought to himself that as expected, the food in other villages must have been burned.

The mayor had no expression on his face. He had seen through He Changlin's tricks, so he said in cooperation: "Just follow what County Mayor Zhang said and let us go over and take a look, so as to prove your innocence."