Leaving the farmland beside the road, Xiao Jinlang drove the 'Chang'an Star' and continued to drive towards Nantou Township. The road to the countryside was really difficult to walk. It was originally a broken cement road, but soon turned into a simple dirt road.
The van spent the whole afternoon on the road. As it was getting dark, a road jam suddenly appeared in front of it. Seeing the car appearing, a dozen villagers quickly gathered around from the roadside.
An old farmer approached the car window with a wooden stick and asked in a thick rural dialect: "Where do you come from? What are you doing?"
This sudden group of people shocked both Lao Xiao and Director Chen.
The director was originally suffering from motion sickness, but now he hurriedly shouted: "Reverse the car, reverse the car, these are car gangsters. Reverse the car quickly!"
In the 1980s and 1990s, car gangsters and road warriors were too common.
It can range from laying a layer of nails on the ground and asking you to go to the local car repair shop to repair the tire at a high price. It can range from adding sticks to beating you to death and burying it casually, and you will lose all your money and goods.
The country's several "severe crackdowns" are all related to this kind of thing.
"Don't panic, don't panic." Xiao Jinlang's face was also a little pale, but he forcibly held down Director Chen who was about to lose control, lowered the window and smiled at the old farmer outside, "We are from 'Holy Light Machinery'.
Mr. Zhou Qingfeng’s people.”
Xiao Jinlang took out his work permit. The old farmer was uneducated and couldn't read the characters, but there was a pattern of "Holy Light Wearing Under Skirt" on it. This cheeky trademark was really unique and could not be found anywhere else.
"Ah..." The old farmer also breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around and shouted to other villagers: "My family, my family, not the bastards from the county."
Director Chen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was shocked and asked in a low voice with a hint of surprise: "How influential is the 'Holy Light' in the countryside?"
The old farmer looked at the van outside and said regretfully: "You shouldn't take a car when you come to the countryside. It's faster and more convenient to take a boat. Our road is so bad that such a good car is ruined."
The 'Chang'an Star' drove all the way, the car body was splashed with mud, and the chassis crashed several times. Xiao Jinlang got off the car and felt distressed, but he was even more curious what the old farmer was doing on the road with his people.
This question...
The old farmer and others were all excited, "The county wants to move the 'Holy Light' workshop in the countryside. How can we move it? If it is moved, what will we do?"
The words to express his emotions were unclear, so Lao Xiao comforted him for a long time and asked him many times before he roughly understood the situation.
To put it simply, Andong County was shocked to find that its subordinate Nantou Township suddenly became rich. In the past six months, the per capita output value of this small township has soared by 50%.
The reason is very simple. 'Shengguang Machinery', together with the teachers and students of the Institute, spent half a year opening up the industrial chain of manufacturing tricycles in Tianyang. Now the output of this little old tricycle has increased dramatically, and the sales are particularly good.
The machine repair shop in Nantou Township is the earliest assembly workshop of "Shengguang Machinery". The county intends to move this workshop to the county seat and support it as a "leading enterprise".
Now even a fool can see that Zhou Qingfeng and Zhou Zongzong are really good and have a good way of doing economics. If he casually breaks the three wheels, all the people who looked down on him at the beginning will admit that they are blind.
But when the county wanted to move, the people of Nantou Township quit. The villagers also tasted the benefits of manufacturing and tried their best to protect their local interests.
There is not much land in the mountains of Nantou Township. If it were not for the relief food distributed by the government, they would starve to death. But since Zhou Qingfeng contracted the machine repair shop, it has become much easier for the people in the village to find jobs.
You can do whatever you want and get a few dozen yuan a month. Where can you find such a good life?
You must know that only half a year ago, He Yulan was living in Mawang Village, and she didn't even want to add more oil or salt to the dishes.
The road conditions in rural areas are poor, and people are more eager for convenient transportation. But except for tractors, other vehicles are unwilling to drive over. Therefore, there is a huge demand for motorized three-wheelers in rural areas that are not difficult to navigate.
Many people pool their money together to sell three-wheelers for transportation, which is easier than farming and makes more money. If they can be hired by assembly workshops, their monthly income will be even better.
There used to be a lot of idle young people in the countryside, who would sneak around and cause trouble all day long. Now that they have jobs, they are all at peace. There are fewer fights, fights, and troubles.
The people just accepted the truth and the county thought that moving the factory would bring greater benefits, so the villagers refused to work. A few old farmers and their people blocked the road, and all cadres from the county were fired away.
If you say that this was not the tacit consent of the township government, you won’t believe it.
When Xiao Jinlang and Xiao Jinlang figured out the reason, they both couldn't laugh or cry. They also knew that there was nothing they could do to persuade the matter, and they could only wait and see how Zhou Qingfeng solved it.
After confirming that he was from the 'Holy Light Machinery', the old farmer immediately asked someone to move Luca away.
Director Chen asked in the car: "Can this village really prevent us from moving the factory?"
The conditions in the township are definitely not as good as those in the county, and the conditions in the county are also far inferior to those in the city.
Anyone in their right mind would move the factory to save transportation costs.
But Zhou Qingfeng, apart from carrying out extensive construction in the city and renting factories to expand production, had no intention of removing the Nantou Township assembly workshop.
Lao Xiao couldn't guess what Zhou Qingfeng was thinking, and he would definitely miss it.
After getting back into the car and starting it up, Xiao Jinlang turned the steering wheel lightly and said, "The benefits Zhou Qingfeng has given to the village are real, and the village is definitely not willing to let him go. As long as he makes conditions, he will agree to anything."
Speaking of this, Lao Xiao's heart moved, and he seemed to have a hint of Zhou Qingfeng's thoughts.
The car drove into Nantou Township for another half hour.
There is only one street where the township government is located, but it was deserted compared to half a year ago when Professor Zheng came by boat at night. It was also at night, but the streets were full of people.
A tributary of the Tangjiang River passes through Nantou Township, and there are actually several engineering boats using dazzling iodine-tungsten lamps to dig deep and expand the river channel.
There are hundreds of people building docks on the river bank, and several excavators are rumbling non-stop. Several dump trucks are running back and forth, making this remote village extremely lively.
The roads in the countryside have obviously been renovated recently, and most of the low-rise tile-roofed houses on the street have been demolished. A row of mixers are buzzing. This overnight construction scene must have been going on for a long time.
"I was here more than half a month ago." Xiao Jinlang stretched out his finger and faced the direction of the construction site and muttered to himself: "It was not like this half a month ago."
The 'Chang'an Star' bypassed the construction site. Lao Xiao originally wanted to take Director Chen to see the renovated assembly workshop of the machine repair shop, but was distracted by the busy construction site for half a day.
The sound of machinery roaring shook the eardrums, but passers-by were impatient and smiled happily. Xiao Jinlang asked someone, "What's going on with the river and wharf projects?"
"It started half a month ago. Mr. Zhou will continue to invest in our Nantou Township. These good days have just begun." Passers-by responded with laughter.
"What about the houses on the street?" Xiao Jinlang pointed to the disappeared tile-roofed houses. There were hundreds of them gone. "The common people's homes are gone. Why don't they make a fuss?"
"Demolition. The compensation is 80 yuan per square meter. Many people have lived in dilapidated houses for decades and exchanged them for tens of thousands of yuan. Who wouldn't be happy?"
Passers-by heard that they had benefited from the demolition and were not dissatisfied.
Before Xiao Jinlang could digest this scene, a middle-aged man rushed over, took his hand and asked: "Are you from 'Holy Light Machinery'? Can you see Mr. Zhou Qingfeng?"
Lao Xiao was confused, but he was the director of the company after all, so it was easy to meet Zhou Qingfeng. He was afraid that there would be trouble in Nantou Township, so he asked: "Master, do you have any questions to respond to?"
"Oh, I have a problem, my problem is big." The middle-aged man was filled with anxiety and pulled Xiao Jinlang's hand to point to the other end of the street.
"Comrade, you need to tell Mr. Zhou. I am Lao Yu from the Nantou Township Health Center. He has rented my house before to open a repair shop.
He and I are old friends, so you can't be so cruel to me!"
The suffering of the common people was sympathizing. Lao Xiao grasped Doctor Yu's hand tightly and said, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. If you have any questions, you can tell me. Did the construction team demolish your house?"
Doctor Yu stamped his foot and cursed angrily: "I'm looking forward to the stars, the moon, and the construction team to arrive. But they won't be demolished until they're in front of my house."
You look down on people, why should I demolish my house instead of others?! Come and demolish it quickly!"