The next day, Qiao Liang and Cai Minghai went to Xiayang Town together.
Qiao Liang took his secretary Fu Minghai with him on this trip, and the three of them drove to the town in a simple car without notifying anyone in the town.
Arriving in the town, Qiao Liang saw stone mines on both sides of the road, and almost all of the originally low mountains had been dug into pits.
Seeing Qiao Liang staring out the window, Cai Minghai, who was driving, said, "County Magistrate Qiao, you will know after you finish walking around the town that the entire Xiayang Town is almost in this situation. There are cratered mountains everywhere."
Fu Minghai knew the situation in Xiayang Town fairly well, and interjected, "Xiayang Town is a relatively developed town in Songbei County. The quarrying industry is the pillar industry in the town. Seven percent of the entire Xiayang Town is Eighty villagers are engaged in industries that are more or less related to the town's quarry industry."
"This can be regarded as relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, and relying on the sea to eat the sea." Qiao Liang laughed.
"No, quarry is Xiayang Town's unique resource, so almost all the industries in the town revolve around quarry." Cai Minghai said.
As he spoke, Cai Minghai drove the car to the foot of a mountain, parked the car, turned to Qiao Liang and said, "County Chief Qiao, if we climb up this mountain, we can basically see the situation in Xiayang Town clearly. Chu, this mountain is more than 700 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak in Xiayang Town. Standing on it, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Xiayang Town."
Qiao Liang nodded when he heard this and said with a smile, "It seems that I can climb a mountain to exercise myself today."
The three of them climbed up the mountain. Qiao Liang found that the mountain was fairly well protected, with lush vegetation and shady trees. Even if the sun was shining brightly, it would not be too hot to climb the mountain. The mountain wind was blowing, and it felt quite cool. It was cool, but there seemed to be a faint sound of machine roaring.
"Are there any stone mining companies in this mountain?" Qiao Liang turned to ask Cai Minghai.
"County Magistrate Qiao will find out when he climbs to the top of the mountain." Cai Minghai deliberately let it slip.
It took the three of them more than an hour to climb to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, they had a panoramic view of the entire Xiayang Town.
A major feature of Xiayang Town is that it is dotted with various large and small mountains, and the mountains are rich in stone ores. Therefore, there are so many stone mining companies here.
Cai Minghai introduced the situation to Qiao Liang, "Mr. Qiao, I checked the filing records and found that in just one town in Xianyang, there are as many as 31 companies with mining rights, and there are more than 100 related stone processing industries... …”
While Cai Minghai was talking, Fu Minghai beside him couldn't help sneezing several times. Qiao Liang turned to look at Fu Minghai and said, "Xiao Fu, do you have a cold?"
"No, I'm a little allergic to lime. When I first came to town, I felt a little uncomfortable in my nose." Fu Minghai explained.
"Well, the air in this town is indeed not very good. If I had known I wouldn't have brought you here today, it seems your nose is not used to it." Qiao Liang said with a smile.
"It's okay, I'll just get used to it." Fu Minghai said quickly.
Qiao Liang nodded and said nothing more. He looked at the mountains that were almost all dug out and said with a frown, "This kind of indiscriminate digging will cause serious damage to the environment."
"No, the most important thing is that some areas that are clearly not in the mining planning area have also been mined across the border, and this is almost a common phenomenon in Xiayang Town." Cai Minghai said and took out a map from his handbag. , which he specially borrowed from the Land and Resources Bureau.
Spreading out the map, Cai Minghai said, "Mr. Qiao, you see, the stone mining areas of Xiayang Town are marked on this map, but now, the dividing lines between those mining areas and non-mining areas have long been destroyed. I spent a day running around Xiayang Town yesterday, and most of the quarry companies I saw were mining across the border."
"It's normal. Businessmen will do anything for profit. And as long as one company does this first, other companies will definitely follow suit." Qiao Liang said.
"Cross-border mining is one problem, and the other problem is the safety accident I told you yesterday. After I went back last night, I went to the bureau to check the detailed data. From January this year to the present, there have been There were 15 accidents involving casualties, and as many as nine people died as a result of the accidents. This does not rule out that some safety accidents may have involved concealment of reports," Cai Minghai said.
Hearing Cai Minghai's words, Qiao Liang nodded with approval. He knew that in order to avoid being shut down for rectification, some companies would indeed conceal or even conceal reports of production safety accidents when they occurred, so the Work Safety Bureau recorded The data may not be 100% correct.
"Lao Cai, what do you think?" Qiao Liang looked at Cai Minghai and asked.
"County Magistrate Qiao, my idea is that our Work Safety Bureau and the County Land and Resources Bureau conduct a joint inspection of these quarrying companies in Xiayang Town to completely solve the chaos existing in the quarrying companies in Xiayang Town." Cai Minghai said, The reason why he proposed to conduct a joint inspection with the Bureau of Land and Resources is because the illegal phenomenon of cross-border mining by stone mining companies is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land and Resources. The person who previously submitted a letter of complaint to their Work Safety Bureau to report that the stone mining companies were engaged in cross-border mining must also be the same. I don’t understand the division of responsibilities among various departments in the county, but the frequent occurrence of safety production accidents in stone mining enterprises is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Therefore, their Work Safety Bureau must also intervene in the investigation.
Regarding Cai Minghai's suggestion, Qiao Liang nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, your two departments will jointly inspect and rectify these quarry companies in Xiayang Town."
Cai Minghai looked excited after hearing this and said, "County Magistrate Qiao, the county office must take the lead, otherwise I'm afraid the Land and Resources Bureau may not be willing to cooperate with us."
"Okay, I'll ask the office to send a message about this later." Qiao Liang nodded. He could be said to have unconditional support for Cai Minghai.
The two were talking, and at this moment, Qiao Liang noticed that a lot of people had suddenly gathered at the foot of the mountain. Looking carefully, it seemed that two groups of people had gathered together, as if some conflict had occurred.
"What's going on at the foot of the mountain?" Qiao Liang frowned.
"County Magistrate Qiao, why don't we go down and take a look?" Cai Minghai suggested.
"Well, let's go down and have a look." Qiao Liang nodded.
Going down the mountain was much faster than going up the mountain. In addition, the three of them speeded up. It took more than half an hour for the three of them to return to the bottom of the mountain. By this time, the two groups who had just gathered had started fighting. The total number of people must be at least hundreds. This... this is clearly a large-scale massacre.
Qiao Liang was shocked and quickly said to Fu Minghai, "Xiao Fu, call the town police station and ask them to send someone over immediately."
As soon as Qiao Liang finished speaking, he heard the sound of police sirens coming from a distance. Cai Minghai said, "It seems that someone has already called the police."
The sound of police cars was getting closer and closer, but the two groups fighting here remained indifferent. The conflict between the two sides continued, and some even hit people with hoes.
Fu Minghai was so frightened when he saw this scene that he murmured, "I have heard that the folk customs in Xiayang Town are tough and tough. It seems true. This folk custom is more than just tough."
"The key is what is the conflict between such a large group of people?" Cai Minghai asked doubtfully.
Qiao Liang also wanted to know the answer. He turned around and saw someone watching nearby. He couldn't help but walked over and asked, "Fellow, what is going on? Why are these two groups fighting?"
"What else is going on? Of course the fight is over the quarry." The man Qiao Liang asked was obviously a local. Seeing Qiao Liang ask this question, he turned to look at Qiao Liang twice and said with a smile, "Brother
,Aren’t you from our side?”
"Brother, your eyes are so powerful, you can see it right away." Qiao Liang said with a smile.
"It's not that I'm great, but the people from Liujia Village and Dongjia Village have fought each other not once or twice. The locals are all well-informed. If you don't know, it means you are not from our town." The man laughed.
Hearing this, Qiao Liang frowned, "You mean things like this happen often?"
"It doesn't happen very often. It used to be more frequent. Now it's a lot less restrained. It's a lot less. Every time, it's just to fight for the interests of the mine. Now in Yangzhen, it's basically the Liu and Dong surnames.
The two families have the final say, and most of the local stone mines are controlled by them." The man pointed at the two gangs fighting in front of him, "Both the Liu and Dong surnames are large local clans. They have a large number of people and can be used in the town.
He said he was walking sideways."
After hearing what the other party said, Qiao Liang looked serious.
On the high ground not far away, there were also two people watching the two sides fighting. One of them was from Liujia Village, and the other was Huang Qingshan who had given Miao Peilong one million the night before.
The person next to Huang Qingshan was named Liu Guangbo, who owed Huang Qingshan a huge debt before, and Huang Qingshan asked him to use stone mines to pay off the debt.
Liu Guangbo's stone mine is also relatively large in the town, and it makes a lot of profits every year. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't afford to pay back the more than 30 million he owed Huang Qingshan, Liu Guangbo wouldn't be willing to use his mine to pay off the debt.
At this moment, Liu Guangbo still held on to the last glimmer of hope and said to Huang Qingshan, "Mr. Huang, you have seen the battle in front of you. It is difficult for outsiders to gain a foothold in our quarry here. Only us can gain a foothold here.
Liu's surname is Dong, so if you take over my quarry, I'm afraid you'll end up with a hot potato."
"Haha, this is my business, I don't need you to worry about it." Huang Qingshan said calmly.
"Mr. Huang, how about you give me two years, and I will definitely pay back the money in two years. You'd better not get involved in this quarry, otherwise..."
"I said, this is my business, you don't need to worry about it." Huang Qingshan waved his hand to interrupt Liu Guangbo. He had already got through Miao Peilong's relationship, and he didn't believe that with Miao Peilong's support, he could still be in Xiayang Town.
Can't stand.
As Huang Qingshan spoke, he suddenly signaled Liu Guangbo to stop talking and look forward carefully with his eyes wide open. Isn't the person in front of him Qiao Liang, the county magistrate of Songbei?
