As soon as Qiao Liang returned to the office, He Qingqing came in and handed the revised route map to Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang looked at it carefully for a while and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Director He. Let's set off now."
He Qingqing nodded, picked up Qiao Liang's briefcase naturally, then picked up Qiao Liang's water glass and filled it with water.
Seeing He Qingqing's actions, Qiao Liang smiled: "Director He, this is the job of the secretary. You are the deputy director, not my secretary. Besides, I am not qualified to assign a secretary at my level."
He Qingqing also smiled. Although she was not Qiao Liang's secretary, she felt that there was nothing wrong with doing so.
"County Magistrate Qiao is the leader. It is my duty to provide you with services. Magistrate Qiao does not need to stick to trivial matters."
"Okay, don't stick to trivial matters." Qiao Liang nodded and stood up, "Let's go -"
The two of them left the office, went downstairs, and then got into the car. Qiao Liang drove and He Qingqing sat in the passenger seat. Qiao Liang stepped on the accelerator and the car drove out of the county compound.
According to the route map drawn up by He Qingqing, today we will first visit the nearby towns around the county.
Familiarize yourself with the conditions in the towns and villages surrounding the county, and you can go back and forth on the same day.
A week later, under the leadership of He Qingqing, the situation around the county was almost familiar, and he began to go deep into the remote areas. According to the route planned by He Qingqing, first go to the south, then from south to east, then north, and finally west, counterclockwise. Great detour in direction.
During this week, Qiao Liang and He Qingqing had no other in-depth conversations except work matters.
Although Qiao Liang has plans to develop He Qingqing as his assistant, he is not in a hurry.
Go to remote areas to familiarize yourself with the conditions. Because the journey is far away and it is difficult to get back and forth on the same day, you must stay.
As for where to live, He Qingqing also has specific arrangements. Depending on road conditions and distance, sometimes he will live in a township, and sometimes he will live in a village or a herdsman settlement.
The southern part of the county is dotted with large expanses of Gobi desert and rolling lifeless mountains. As the car drove on the hard Gobi road, Qiao Liang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In this barren land, if we want to develop the economy, it is really difficult. It’s very difficult.”
He Qingqing smiled and continued: "Actually, that's not necessarily the case. Although this place is very desolate and barren and not suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, there are rich mineral resources in the mountains."
As he spoke, He Qingqing raised her hand and pointed in the distance.
Qiao Liang looked at the mountains in the distance: "Have all the mineral resources in these mountains been developed?"
He Qingqing said: "Development requires systematic planning. In the past few years, there was a phenomenon of random mining and excavation, which caused serious water and soil erosion. Later, the government issued a document prohibiting private mining and random mining in order to protect the ecology here. The phenomenon of random digging has been rectified, but after County Magistrate Shang came, he introduced a well-funded company from Jincheng and started mining again..."
"Oh, do you have the qualifications? Complete the procedures? Will it not damage the ecology?" Qiao Liang turned to look at He Qingqing.
He Qingqing's eyes flickered but she said nothing.
Seeing He Qingqing's expression, Qiao Liang blinked, then stepped on the accelerator, and the car accelerated forward, rolling up dust behind the car...
At noon, we arrived at a rural settlement located at the intersection of the Gobi Desert and the mountains. It was said to be a rural settlement, but it was just a few rows of gray bungalows scattered on a small oasis. It looked worse than a natural village in the inland ravine.
Under the guidance of He Qingqing, the car stopped in front of several bungalows, which are where the township offices are located. Although the houses looked inconspicuous, the open space in front of the door was very clean, and the tall and slender plants unique to the northwest were planted around the open space. Poplar tree.
Qiao Liang and He Qingqing got out of the car, and two dark-faced middle-aged men came out of the room. They were the first and second leaders in the township respectively.
He Qingqing had already called the township on the way here. They knew that the new deputy county magistrate in the county was going to the township today.
He Qingqing introduced them respectively. The first and second leaders in the township shook hands with Qiao Liang warmly and then invited them into the office.
After drinking a few sips of tea in the simple office, Qiao Liang then wanted to listen to a briefing on the situation in the township. The township secretary smiled and said: "County Chief Qiao, you have been working hard all the way, so let's eat first."
The township chief also echoed: "Yes, County Chief Qiao, let's talk while eating."
Qiao Liang shook his head: "Director He and I have already eaten the dry food we brought with us on the way, so let's introduce the situation first."
He Qingqing nodded: "Yes, we have already eaten."
The secretary and the township chief looked at each other, and then the secretary nodded: "In that case, fine, I will report to County Chief Qiao the basic situation in the township..."
Then the secretary began to report, and Qiao Liang listened and took notes.
After the secretary finished reporting, Qiao Liang put away his notebook and said, "Okay, I'll go down and take a look now."
The secretary was stunned: "County Magistrate Qiao, do you want to go down now?"
"Yes." Qiao Liang nodded, "I came here this time to get familiar with the situation at the grassroots level. Now that I understand the overall situation in the township, why should I stay here if I don't go down?"
The secretary and the township chief looked at each other, and then the secretary made a difficult statement: "County Chief Qiao, the township chief and I have important matters to deal with this afternoon..."
Hearing what the secretary said, Qiao Liang immediately realized that these two people didn't want to accompany him down. Before the secretary could finish, he interrupted him and said, "I don't need any comrades from the countryside to accompany me when I go down to familiarize myself with the situation. Director You can do that."
After hearing what Qiao Liang said, the secretary and the township chief blinked, and then the secretary said: "That's fine, then it's all Director He's fault."
He Qingqing then told the secretary: "According to the plan, County Magistrate Qiao will come back to the village to live in the evening after finishing the investigation in the afternoon..."
"Okay, we will arrange the accommodation of County Magistrate Qiao and Director He in the village." The township magistrate said immediately.
Then Qiao Liang and He Qingqing got up, got in the car, and left.
Watching Qiao Liang drive away, the mayor said to the secretary: "This new deputy county magistrate seems to be a bit special."
"It's a bit special. Don't you know that he beat County Magistrate Shang on the same day he came to Liangbei?" the secretary said.
"Of course I do." The mayor nodded, "This guy is really courageous."
"Haha..." The secretary smiled, then turned around and entered his office, took out his mobile phone and started dialing. For a moment, he said with a respectful look: "County Magistrate Shang..."
After Qiao Liang and He Qingqing left their hometown, they drove hundreds of kilometers on the Gobi Desert and visited more than a dozen villages and herdsman settlements. These villages and herdsman settlements were all located in scattered small patches on the Gobi Desert. On the oasis, the life and living conditions of the villagers and herdsmen were very difficult and harsh. This made Qiao Liang feel heavy in his heart, and he fully felt the huge difference between the eastern and western rural areas.
After leaving a herdsman settlement, He Qingqing looked at the sky and said to Qiao Liang: "County Magistrate Qiao, we traveled a lot today. It's time for us to return to our hometown and continue our journey tomorrow."
Qiao Liang nodded and drove back along a gravel road at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, dust was billowing ahead, and a heavy truck was approaching. Qiao Liang hurriedly drove the truck to the side of the road to avoid it. When the truck passed by, Qiao Liang saw that the truck was loaded with reddish-brown stones.
"What is this for?" Qiao Liang pointed to the cart and asked He Qingqing.
"This is driven from a mine, and the cart is filled with iron ore."
"Iron ore? Is there iron ore being mined near here?"
"Yes, the iron mine introduced by County Magistrate Shang is in the mountains nearby. You can reach it by following this road."
"Oh..." Qiao Liang became interested and stepped on the accelerator, "Go over and have a look."
"County Magistrate Qiao..." He Qingqing hesitated.
"It's okay, I'm on my way anyway, so what's going on? Are you afraid of seeing the projects introduced by County Magistrate Shang?" Qiao Liang said as he drove.
He Qingqing stopped talking, but the look on his face was a little uneasy.
Qiao Liang drove forward along the gravel road, and large trucks loaded with iron ore passed by from time to time. He didn't know where they were transported.
The car came to a fork in the road. Qiao Liang stopped the car and looked at He Qingqing. He Qingqing said: "Go forward to the township station and turn left into the mountains. The road was built by the mine specifically for the purpose of transporting iron ore."
Qiao Liang nodded, turned the steering wheel, and the car drove into the mountains.
After driving less than 2 kilometers into the mountains, I turned a corner and suddenly there was a stuck spot on the road ahead. There was a horizontal pole on the road. There was a tin house on the roadside, and a man in a security uniform stood on the roadside.
Seeing Qiao Liang's car approaching, the security guard raised his hand and said loudly: "Stop, what are you doing?"
Qiao Liang stopped the car, and He Qingqing rolled down the window and said: "I am from the county government, and the person driving is County Magistrate Qiao. He wants to go in and see the iron ore..."
"County Magistrate Qiao..." The security guard looked into the car and Qiao Liang smiled at him.
"Wait a minute." The security guard then entered the tin room, as if he wanted to call inside to report.
Qiao Liang rolled down the window, lit a cigarette and took two puffs while looking at the surrounding terrain. There were tall mountains here, and there were no traces of mining. It seemed that the mine should be inside the mountains.
After a while, the security guard came out: "Sorry, you can't come in."
"Why?" He Qingqing was a little angry, "This is Liangbei's territory. It's natural for County Magistrate Qiao to come here for inspection. Why are you not allowed in?"
The security guard said unceremoniously: "Our boss said that no one, no matter how high the official is, is allowed to enter here except Magistrate Shang without permission."
He Qingqing became even more angry: "That's unreasonable. Which one of you said that? Give me his number and I'll call him."
The security guard ignored He Qingqing and turned around and entered the tin room.
He Qingqing was about to open the car door and get out of the car. Qiao Liang stopped He Qingqing at this time: "Director He, forget it, since you are not allowed in, then we will leave."
"County Magistrate Qiao..." He Qingqing looked at Qiao Liang with some confusion. Just now he was excited to go in and take a look. Why did he give up when a small security guard stopped him?
Qiao Liang didn't say anything, threw the cigarette butt out of the car, turned the car around and drove back.
Watching Qiao Liang drive away, the security guard then started calling again: "Boss, they're gone..."
At this time, in a luxurious office in a two-story building near a mine deep in the mountains, a bald young man with a scar on his face was sitting on the sofa with a cigar in his mouth, smoking and listening. Report from subordinates.
After hearing what his subordinate said, the man pondered with cold eyes for a moment, then waved his hand to let the subordinate go out, then took out his mobile phone and started dialing, and after a while he said: "Brother, it's me..."
Qiao Liang was driving to the township station. He Qingqing received a call from the office. After receiving the call, he said to Qiao Liang: "County Magistrate Qiao, I just received a notice from the office. Magistrate Shang will preside over the county magistrate's meeting at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning." Office meeting, informing you that you must go back to attend..."
"Oh, the county magistrate's office meeting..." Qiao Liang frowned. Damn, he was hundreds of miles away from the county seat. Why did he suddenly notify himself to go back for a meeting?
Qiao Liang subconsciously wanted to ask for leave, but suddenly thought that Shang Ke had deliberately exposed himself at the county magistrate's office meeting last time. If he asked for leave this time and did not attend, then he would have even more reasons not to notify himself in the future, which would seem to be very detrimental to his future work. unfavorable.
Thinking of this, Qiao Liang nodded: "Okay, we will rush back overnight."
Then Qiao Liang stepped on the accelerator and accelerated toward the county seat.
Hearing that Qiao Liang was going to rush back overnight, He Qingqing couldn't help but feel unsure: "County Chief Qiao, this place is hundreds of kilometers away from the county seat, and it has to pass through a large no-man's land in the Gobi..."
"It's okay, we have enough gas." Qiao Liang looked at the fuel gauge and then said to He Qingqing, "Call the village to inform the villagers of this matter."
Seeing that Qiao Liang had made up his mind, He Qingqing had no choice but to obey and made a phone call to the village. If you want to read more quickly, please search the Weixin public account "天下一一一客2" and remove the "" in the middle of the four words one".
At this time, the sun was setting in the west and night was about to fall. Qiao Liang drove the car speeding on the empty Gobi Desert.
At this time, neither Qiao Liang nor He Qingqing could have imagined what kind of night of life-and-death shock and intense trembling it would be...
