1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 206: Chain (2)

There is an old saying: If the mother is weak, the family will be a merchant; if the father is strong, the family will be a minister; if the family is prosperous, the family will stay in their hometown; if the family is poor, the family will move to another place.

Even in the 21st century, this saying left by our ancestors is still a wise saying... In fact, this is also a very important reason why the economies of many counties in later generations gradually entered a vicious circle.

But in fact, this sentence only applies to ordinary people.

In view of the current system of itinerant officials in the court, as long as you have a rank, even if you are a seventh or eighth rank official who sounds like the most insignificant one, being sent to another place will face countless challenges, but it also means the possibility of advancement. This is actually a very valuable opportunity for those ambitious officials.

So, when Ma Yiqing, who had just been in office for only half a year, heard from his secretary that Vice President Feng of the drilling company wanted to visit him and discuss some work issues with him, he did not hesitate much and immediately set the meeting time for that afternoon and asked his secretary to cancel all afternoon schedules.

As the vice president in charge of relations between workers and peasants, it is actually quite common for the other party to visit the county authorities on a daily basis. However, if the person being visited is the county magistrate who is in charge of the economy, that would be quite unusual... Logically speaking, even if the drilling company encountered a thorny problem in the relationship between workers and peasants, the other party should have looked for the general manager.

The reason why the word "visit" was used instead of "work report" was not because Vice President Feng was posturing, but because central enterprises and local competent authorities are not in the same system. Some words are normal for local state-owned enterprises to say, but when said by senior executives of central enterprises, it is easy to cause trouble.

The sentence "communicate with yourself about some work issues" is even more subtle.

You know, unlike in ancient times, although the current county magistrate is "in charge of all work", in fact, with the help of the six deputy county magistrates, Ma Yiqing's main job is actually "planning" and "auditing" (Linyi County is a small county, and it should only have four deputy county magistrates, but due to its rich oil resources, it has had six deputy county magistrates for a long time).

Therefore, since they want to communicate with me about work, it is most likely not a matter of worker-peasant relations; or, it is unlikely to be a worker-peasant relations issue in the general sense... The other party is the vice president of a central enterprise, and the wording used in this kind of prior communication is very particular.

Since it is unlikely to be a problem of worker-peasant relations in the general sense, and since the issue went directly to me without going through the general manager, the implications behind this are worth pondering.

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"Oh?"

"Jointly help promote the progress of Linyi County's vegetable basket project and make it a star model for DZ City?"

Ma Yiqing glanced at Feng Yuan with a slight vigilance, and then fell into deep thought.

As one of the most meritorious continuous super projects, the vegetable basket project, which has lasted for more than 6 years, together with the rice bag project, has allowed the Chinese people to completely bid farewell to the era of hunger and has become the world's largest vegetable producer. Then, with a per capita vegetable consumption that is times that of South Korea, it has become the world's number one.

But many people may not know that this mega project was actually only officially launched last year, in May 1988.

To be honest, although the original intention of this super project is very good, due to the limitations of current agricultural technology and material levels, and the fact that areas suitable for agricultural development often have weak economic foundations, the initial progress of the project was not smooth due to the constraints of countless objective problems.

According to Western views, given the current domestic economic environment and the many objective difficulties it faces, China should temporarily slow down the pace of promoting such super projects and wait until the economic situation has substantially improved before proceeding slowly.

But the problem is that China is not the West. Five thousand years of history tells us that in most cases, the biggest problem in the world is that the people are not well fed.

Therefore, even in the midst of an economic downturn, even though China is now facing countless major events that seem more urgent, more important, and require more full-hearted response, the country still includes the "rice bag" and "vegetable basket" two super projects that seem to be fantasy at the moment but will make all countries exclaim as "incredible miracles" in the future, in the list of the most important tasks.

According to the news that Ma Yiqing heard, the court even planned to adopt the "county governor responsibility system" in order to smoothly advance the work of vegetable basket and rice bag. It is said that after pilot verification, the effect of this county governor responsibility system is very good. If nothing unexpected happens, at the grand court meeting at the beginning of next year, this responsibility linkage model will be formally determined and then issued a document for implementation.

As a man in the officialdom, Ma Yiqing understood very well what the "county governor responsibility system" meant. He also understood how great an opportunity this responsibility-linked model was for someone like himself who was eager for progress... If, by now, he still couldn't see the importance of the vegetable basket and rice bag projects in the eyes of the court, then he could really retire and return home.

only……

To be clear, everyone now knows the importance of these two major livelihood super projects, but how to overcome the objective difficulties such as lack of funds, lack of technology and lack of sales channels is the biggest headache for these local officials.

To be honest, the position of Linyi County Magistrate is not an easy one. Although there are three wealthy state-owned enterprises in the county, the county's fiscal budget has never been sufficient... A poor brother cannot expect a rich brother, this is a common problem faced by all resource-based county economies.

If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, although Linyi County was not financially wealthy and was a small county, it still had a solid foundation in both industry and agriculture and in transportation. Although it was far from comparable to later generations, it was already very good compared to underdeveloped areas such as the southwest and northwest. Therefore, as long as the upper and lower levels were connected and all efforts were made, it might not be possible to revitalize the economy within the county in a short period of time, but it was not impossible to make some achievements in the vegetable basket and rice bag projects and then quickly come into the sight of the Dezhou county magistrate.

But here lies the problem. To be honest, Ma Yiqing had thought about making achievements in the vegetable basket project and the rice bag project; but before he found the right opportunity and completely integrated with the local team, he really didn't have much confidence in doing this well... The vegetable basket project and the rice bag project are not what outsiders think, that they only need to grow more food and vegetables. This is a systematic super project spanning multiple fields. In the early stages of the project, any problem in any slightly sensitive link may make the project fail.

The consequences are very serious, and it is not just a question of whether or not you will be beaten.

In fact, during this period, the special working group headed by Wang Yinuo invested nearly 100 million yuan in more than 200 villages in Linyi County, and gradually revitalized the liquidity of the rural economy through the debt swap model. His original idea of ​​making every effort to achieve results from the vegetable basket and rice bag projects gradually faded.

The reason is very simple. Although the main purpose of the special working group is to solve the triangular debt problem and business transformation problem of local enterprises from the perspective of commodity liquidity, this debt replacement model objectively improves the means of production at the grassroots level in rural areas and greatly enhances the productivity at the grassroots level in rural areas, thereby helping the development of these two projects in the county to solve the most daunting infrastructure work... It can be said that if Linyi County's vegetable basket and rice bag projects finally achieve dazzling results, the special working group will have to account for at least 30% of the credit.

Unfortunately, the main members cooperating with the special task force on this project are all...

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Feng Yuan looked at the county magistrate in front of him, who flashed a trace of vigilance and then fell into deep thought. He just smiled but had no intention of explaining.

We are all smart people, and many things don’t need to be explained...or rather, if even such things need to be explained, you are insulting others.

The drilling company is a southwestern enterprise. He doesn't believe that the newly appointed Ma Yiqing is not aware of its situation in Qilu over the past twenty years, especially the delicate situation in the relationship between workers and peasants.

Similarly, Ma Yiqing, who was transferred from Wu Yueping, probably felt the same way during this period.

Unlike what many people think of the "hospitable people of Qi and Lu", if you develop on someone else's territory, many areas in Qi and Lu are actually very xenophobic. Although the situation in Linyi County is not as serious as that in Shanghe and Hehuacheng, it should not be underestimated.

It's funny to say that people from Qi and Lu, who regard entering the officialdom as their ultimate dream, have traveled to other provinces to take examinations in recent years. Among the many provinces, the majority of people from Qi and Lu entered the officialdom in Wu Yue. And as far as he knows, people in Wu Yue have no aversion to this kind of thing. But when people from Wu Yue were transferred here, they faced such a situation, and no one knew what they thought.

As the saying goes, there must be anger when there is a gap. He was sure that Ma Yiqing in front of him would inevitably have some suppressed emotions after experiencing half a year of misfortunes. It would also be easier for him to have some emotional resonance with the deputy general manager of the drilling company who was in charge of the relationship between workers and farmers.

So the question is, since the situations of both parties are somewhat similar, and each of them has a west wind that needs to be overwhelmed, then even if the proposal in front of him makes the other party hesitate, it is obvious what his motives are and whether he is trustworthy.

After a full ten seconds of silence, Ma Yiqing said, "Mr. Feng, tell me your thoughts."

Hearing that the other party used an affirmative sentence instead of a question, Feng Yuan's eyes curled up slightly, and then he nodded seriously: "My idea is actually very simple. Both parties work together and complement each other's resources. While the debt swap model has not yet been rolled out in all the villages in Linyi County, we should work hard and make achievements in the vegetable basket project in the shortest possible time."

Hearing that the other party only mentioned the vegetable basket project but not the rice bag project, Ma Yiqing nodded in approval.

Although the debt swap model developed by the special working group has greatly enriched the production equipment and infrastructure in rural areas, due to the limited thinking of the people, most of these materials and equipment only involve the production of staple food;

In other words, no matter how far we trace the source, the special working group and the members of the competent authorities who cooperated with them were only involved in the rice bag project.

Therefore, in order to put aside those tangled causes and effects, starting with the vegetable basket project is the wisest choice.

only……

Resource complementarity?

And you plan to work hard and fast?
What kind of statement is this?
Seeing Ma Yiqing frowning and looking at him with a thoughtful and puzzled look, Feng Yuan smiled and said, "I wonder if the county magistrate has heard of Sanyuan Zhu Village in Shouguang and the name of their village secretary Wang Leyi?"

The village secretary of Sanyuanzhu Village in Shouguang?
Is he the one who has been exploring winter-warm greenhouse cultivation technology and took the lead in demonstrating greenhouse vegetable cultivation last year?
Ma Yiqing nodded in realization and understood what Vice President Feng was planning to do.

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PS: In order to avoid possible black room, I will publish it separately. There will be another chapter tomorrow at noon.

(End of this chapter)