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Chapter 123 122. Deputy Mayor Lin’s Grand Plan (Subscription Request)
Lin Xiao's two short sentences stunned Qin Zhenggang.

"Highway intersection? Lin Xiao, you are kidding, right?"

"of course not!"

Lin Xiao said seriously, "I've thought about it. The main reason why the economy of Chaobai Town cannot develop is because there is no expressway. The national highway carries too much economic and traffic pressure. All the large vehicles passing by and entering the highway go through this road, which causes the road to break down once a year and be repaired every two years. When companies come here and see the road conditions, they back off before they have even made an on-site inspection or invested in setting up a factory."

He paused and reiterated his thoughts: "So I think that having a highway is the only way to solve the traffic problem."

Qin Zhenggang then realized that he was not joking.

His face turned serious and he seriously considered the feasibility of this matter.

"But you have to know that the Ningyi Expressway does not pass through our Chaobai Town. Although the distance is very close, it is not so easy to add an expressway entrance and exit!"

Qin Zhenggang said seriously, "If we want to repair the national highway within the jurisdiction of Chaobai Town, we only need the approval of the County Transportation Bureau. But if we want to add a highway entrance, we must get approval from a higher level... the city? Or the province?"

Lin Xiao nodded: "It does require approval from the Provincial Transportation Department! But it's just adding a highway entrance, not building a new highway. The Municipal Transportation Bureau has agreed, and the province is just going through a formality. The county should solve the financial funds by itself, but as long as the approval procedures are completed, we can find a way to solve these problems!"

Qin Zhenggang looked at him and realized that he was not just talking casually, but had really thought carefully about the feasibility of this matter.

He means business.

I didn’t know what to say for a moment!
Lin Xiao simply continued: "Qinzhen, although the Ningyi Expressway does not pass through our Chaobai Town, it passes through the neighboring Sanhuai Town, and the closest straight-line distance to our compound is only 4 kilometers.

“If an additional highway entrance and exit is added, then the trucks transporting clay, porcelain and other products in the town can go directly onto the highway instead of taking the national highway.

“With fewer large vehicles, the traffic pressure on the national highway will be much less, and the dust problem can also be solved.

"It takes nearly an hour to drive from Chaobai Town to the center of Ninghai City, and it takes even longer for large vehicles. But if there is a highway entrance, this time can be shortened to 20 minutes.

“Of course, the main issue is not the transportation to Ninghai, because most of the industrial products in Chaobai Town are shipped to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangzhou and Foshan, so they have to take the expressway.

"Large vehicles must either go to Ninghai Expressway or take the expressway from Anyang County. This is a practical need. No matter whether you go east or west, it's a long detour. If you can get on the expressway directly from Chaobai Town, it will save time and effort.

"The companies you are negotiating with are willing to come to Chaobai Town for inspection because they are attracted by our geographical location. The bosses are hesitant about transportation. With this highway entrance, the companies will have no worries at all and can consider investing and setting up factories with peace of mind!"

This incisive analysis made Qin Zhenggang less shocked and more rational.

He chewed over Lin Xiao's words carefully.

It seemed scary when I first heard it, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that it made sense, and gradually I no longer felt that building a highway entrance and exit was so outrageous.

"Boy, you came up with this idea, isn't it because your wife had a car accident on the way from Ninghai last time?" Qin Zhenggang was half-joking.

“That’s also the reason!”

"……Um?"

Qin Zhenggang was stunned. He actually admitted it?
Lin Xiao took a deep breath.

Since we have decided to have a good talk, we might as well just go all out and bomb Qin Town more thoroughly.

"Qinzhen, I know that we closed two ceramic factories due to environmental inspections, which had a huge impact on our town's first quarter economic data. And no matter how much we attract investment, even if we attract bosses from Guangzhou and Foshan to invest and set up factories in our town, there is still a construction cycle. At most, within a year, the data on domestic investment and land transfer will show up, but it will take at least a year for the tax revenue to be reflected."

Lin Xiao said, "Moreover, the construction of new factories will inevitably bring about new problems. To put it bluntly, the country is now promoting industrial upgrading. The proportion of the service industry in first- and second-tier cities is increasing, and the proportion of industry and agriculture is decreasing. This is a trend in economic development.

"Although we are a township, we can't abandon agriculture and industry, but we can't do without the service industry at all - I think this can serve as the idea and direction for the next step of our town's development."

Qin Zhenggang's eyes flashed again. He felt that the lunch he had just eaten was completely digested and his stomach was growling with hunger.

He swallowed.

"Lin Xiao...do you mean to develop rural tourism?"

"Correct!"

Lin Xiao nodded and continued to speak steadily, "I have been in Chaobai Town for three months. During this time, I have traveled around the town and found that our town is really rich in resources. We have mountains and water, and we actually have the foundation for tourism.

"Of course, the most important point is that it is close to Ninghai. As long as we improve the hardware, Ninghai's more than 10 million people may come here for short trips, holiday trips, and weekend trips. This is a very large and broad market."

Qin Zhenggang's eyes were sharp: "So you said that building a highway entrance is also to make it easier for people in the city to drive here, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded: "Yes! Although there is a national highway, the road conditions are notorious, and there are many traffic accidents. Even if private cars want to travel, they dare not go there. So they would rather take the highway and travel a long way than come to our Chaobai Town, and miss a great opportunity for tourism development in vain."

Qin Zhenggang was speechless for a moment, pondering the possibility of this matter.

Lin Xiao continued: "In fact, the tourism resources of Chaobai Town are not inferior to other popular attractions nearby. There is Laoya Mountain. It is not very high or famous, but the natural scenery is still very good, and there are hot springs at the foot of the mountain, which is a feature.

"The Chaobai River flows into the Nanjiang River right at the lower reaches, so the current is fast and the river surface is wide. It should be feasible to hire a tourism development company to organize rafting or something like that.

"Of course, if tourism is to develop well, we must grasp the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, so that each season has attractions for tourists. Hot springs are for winter, and rafting is for summer, so that's two seasons!

“In the spring, we can build a rapeseed field, which is a seasonal crop in the village anyway, and create a popular photo spot for everyone to check in. In the fall, we can build a picking garden, and people with children in the city will be willing to come. We can even combine the characteristics of Chaobai Town as a chestnut town and launch a chestnut picking project, combining agriculture and tourism. If it is done well, we can further build Chaobai Town’s chestnut culture and chestnut brand…”

Lin Xiao chattered incessantly, becoming more and more excited as he spoke.

Qin Zhenggang was completely dumbfounded and felt like all his brain cells were burned out.

Rafting? Check-in with influencers? Picking chestnuts?!
Each one is more exciting than the other!

When the idea of ​​building a highway entrance was first discussed, he thought it was quite feasible.

After all, Chaobai Town’s traffic problems have plagued economic development for a long time. He certainly knows this and sometimes even boldly thinks about the issue of highways.

But I have never thought about developing tourism.

It is true that the scenery and hot springs of Laoya Mountain are nice and well-known in the whole Anyang County, but compared with the whole province, they are really nothing.

Nanzhou Province is located in the central region of South China and the Jiangnan area, and what it has the most is mountains and rivers.

If every mountain could be developed into a tourist attraction, people from all over the world would not be able to visit them all.

As for the tourism projects that Lin Xiao just mentioned!

It has been everywhere in recent years. Can it really attract people? Qin Zhenggang doesn't agree!

Especially when it comes to picking chestnuts, even farmers are in danger, not to mention the spoiled children in the city!
More importantly, where does the money come from?
If you want to develop tourism, you must first invest money to improve the hardware, right?
Let’s not talk about the highway for now!
Tourism is not just about tourism, it also involves the construction and improvement of a series of supporting facilities, including accommodation, catering, transportation, and so on, which almost involve every corner of people's livelihood. It will take time to improve them, and no effect will be seen in three to five years.

But in three to five years...it's hard to say whether I will still be in this position by then!

Qin Zhenggang looked worried.

Lin Xiao seemed to see his confusion and let out a long sigh.

"Qin Zhen, these ideas of mine may not be mature yet, but I have indeed thought about them over and over again and I think they are feasible!"

Lin Xiao continued, "I am from Anyang County, and my grandmother's family is in Chaobai Town, so I have feelings for the town. To be honest, I chose to move from Ninghai to the township because I wanted to do something practical for the grassroots people. But after I really came to the place, I found that what I could do was very limited.

"Before the New Year, we helped farmers sell their chestnuts. Thirty or forty tons only made a few hundred thousand yuan, and the farmers didn't get much. Later, we revitalized the Xuefu Yaju project. The hundreds of millions of dollars in funding sounded scary, but in fact, the only ones who really helped were the 12 factory owners and dozens of workers whose factories were demolished.

“What I want to do is to enable ordinary people to live a better life and get a real increase in income - this may sound grandiose, but this is what I really think.

“But building two more factories can indeed improve our town’s economic data in a short period of time, from land sales to tax revenue, but it will not help much in increasing the income of villagers. At most, it will only add a few dozen jobs.

"But once the tourism industry develops, it will drive the development of the town's service industry in all aspects. When tourists come, they need to stay, eat, buy agricultural products and souvenirs. Then the farmhouses and the characteristic industries of each village can develop. Although this process will be long, maybe two to three years, or maybe three to five years, but once there are results, it will really benefit the villagers.

"Moreover, this process of development and construction can also improve the infrastructure environment of towns and villages, which coincides with the policy of new rural construction and is also a powerful way to improve the living environment of the masses. What do you think?"

Qin Zhenggang couldn't help it!
I just came to be on duty today, and to digest the chicken, duck, fish and meat I had during the New Year. But I didn't expect to run into Lin Xiao, who fed me a huge pie!
Well, now I feel even more full.

He pondered for a long time, but finally couldn't bear to dampen the boy's enthusiasm, so he said: "Young man, you have a lot of ideas, which is great... But let's take it one step at a time. The most urgent thing is to think about it. After the ceramic factory is closed, 80% of the workers will come to the town to make trouble. How should we solve it then?"

Lin Xiao was silent.

I know that the speech just now must have had a huge impact on Qin Zhenggang, and it must not be easy to digest.

But he said it anyway.

Because he knew from the bottom of his heart that Qin Zhenggang was a practical man who was willing to contribute to the development of his hometown.

But when you are at the grassroots level, it is useless to have ambitions alone.

Sometimes, when faced with many real situations, we often feel powerless even if we want to change them.

After a long time, enthusiasm is consumed by the trivial daily work.

Lin Xiao understood, but he didn't expect to change his mind overnight, so he could only slowly infiltrate him later.

We didn't mention it any more at the moment and changed the subject to talk about the New Year.

……

The next day was the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

On the last day of the holiday, people started to rush into the city, full of fat and resentment.

But Han Xixi came back against the flow of people.

Lin Xiao went to the airport to pick up the person early in the morning, and after picking up the person, he went straight to Ninghai. At 10 o'clock in the morning, there was a traffic jam in the city.

It was past eleven o'clock before we arrived at Jili Garden.

His father-in-law and mother-in-law had just returned yesterday afternoon. The family of four had a belated reunion dinner at noon. After the meal, Han Haijun rushed to Yizhou in a hurry.

Lin Xiao followed Liu Liyun and Han Xixi to his grandmother's house again - as the grandson-in-law who had been seen before, of course he had to pay New Year's greetings to his grandparents.

Had dinner there.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when we got back. Ninghai was trafficked like a mess. It took us nearly an hour to get to Geely Garden, which was supposed to be a 20-minute journey.

After arriving home, Liu Liyun went straight upstairs.

Lin Xiao and Han Xixi were taking a walk downstairs.

After just a few days of not seeing each other, the intimacy that had been hard to accumulate before disappeared a lot, and the atmosphere between the two was a little awkward. Lin Xiao wanted to hold her hand.

But Xixi tied her hands tightly in her pockets and didn't give him any chance at all.

So I had to give up.

After walking for a while, Han Xixi took the initiative to ask: "Have you been busy these two days?"

Lin Xiao nodded: "Not bad, how about you?"

She also nodded: "It's OK..."

Continue to be embarrassed.

"I've been chatting with you these few days and I feel that you're not in a very good mood. Is something wrong?" Lin Xiao asked.

"In a bad mood? No!"

Han Xixi laughed awkwardly, and hesitantly said, "I... am writing a song seriously!"

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, not expecting this to be the answer.

"How's the writing going?"

“The music is almost done, but I’ve only written half of the lyrics. I’m not particularly satisfied with it!”

"Oh? Show me!"

"..."

Han Xixi was very embarrassed, and looked as if he was not able to show off what he had written.

But then she remembered that the music of this song was written by the two of them together, and he had previously said that he would give her advice on writing the lyrics.

So showing him the crappy lyrics I wrote… made sense.

Think about it this way.

She didn't care about being shy and took out her half-finished product from her mobile phone and handed it over.

Lin Xiao took a quick look and his brows furrowed more and more the more he looked.

"What's wrong...Is it written very badly?" Han Xixi asked anxiously.

“It’s not that bad!”

Lin Xiao smacked his lips and asked, "But when you wrote this lyrics, you seemed very resentful towards me!"

Han Xixi tilted his head: "Hmm?"

Lin Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Look at this sentence, what does 'He's handsome, but he's a bad guy, and all the girls who chase him fail' mean?"

Han Xixi pursed her lips, not shy at all.

The lousy words she had written were read out loud, which made her think back to elementary school and recall the embarrassing experience of having her diary read out by the teacher in class.

"I...didn't write it wrong. At the class reunion, they said that many girls pursued you, but none of them succeeded!"

"..."

Lin Xiao was speechless and laughed, "You heard everything? I thought you hung up before you heard that!"

Han Xixi pouted: "I hung up because I couldn't stand it anymore!"

Lin Xiao was speechless.

"So what else did you hear?"

"Ha, that's a lot!"

Han Xixi looked at him with a sly look in his eyes, and asked in a questioning tone, "Did Tong Xiaomeng pursue you?"

Lin Xiao was shocked.

Thinking back to that day's class reunion, I didn't say a few words to Tong Xiaomeng from beginning to end, and there was no ambiguity at all.

But Han Xixi could sense something fishy over the phone line...

Is this the talent women have in this area?
It’s so powerful that it’s terrifying!
"I swear to God, no!"

"Then she likes you too!"

"This... the brain is on someone else's body, you can't blame me for this, right?"

"..."

Han Xixi narrowed her eyes, staring at him until he felt dizzy, and finally made the ultimate judgment, "You are a bad guy, making girls sad... Humph!"

With a cold snort, he turned and left.

Lin Xiao was also convinced. He didn’t even know what he had done wrong. He was so innocent!

I didn't walk too long tonight because I have to go to work tomorrow.

Send Han Xixi back home downstairs.

"Then...goodbye!" Han Xixi said reluctantly.

"Goodbye now?" Lin Xiao hinted.

"Then...what else do you want?"

"You'll have to invite me up for a cup of tea, right?"

"what?"

Han Xixi laughed, "Don't you like coffee? When did you start liking tea?"

"Then a cup of coffee would be fine too, I'm not picky!"

"..."

Han Xixi was speechless until she realized that this man was teasing her and stomped her feet in anger.

"No! Goodbye!"

After saying this, he ran away.

Lin Xiao smacked his lips, not knowing whether to laugh or cry...I'm really a little thirsty!

In the end, I could only buy a bottle of ice water from the supermarket, drive on the highway, and head straight to Anyang County.

Traffic jams are inevitable.

What’s funny is that the road leading to Ninghai is jammed like a dragon of fire, but the road from Ninghai to Yizhou is also jammed like a dragon of fire.

Lin Xiao was stuck on the expressway section in Sanhuai Town, Anyang County.

Looking north from the car, the Chaobai Town Government is only three or four kilometers away, and you might be able to see it during the day.

He thought again about the new highway entrance.

Although Qin Zhenggang's attitude was ambiguous, he had secretly made up his mind: no matter what, he had to convince Qin Zhen to get this done.

As long as the high-speed issue is resolved.

Whether it is attracting investment or developing tourism in the future, it will all be a natural thing to do!

The blueprint has been drawn up and the direction has been determined. Lin Xiao no longer worries about it and lets his heart sink into his stomach.

Bored in traffic, he picked up his phone and studied Han Xixi's half of the lyrics.

The more I watch it, the more angry and funny I feel.

Xixi completely incorporated her love mentality during this period into this song, reflecting the emotions of a little girl who is feeling love yet also feeling uneasy and nervous.

I have to say, this feeling is well captured.

But some of the wording is really bad - not bad in a literary sense, but bad for him.

"Everyone in the country knows that she has a husband. Once this word is released, won't I become a scumbag that everyone points at?"

He complained in his heart.

So I took advantage of the traffic jam and, based on the remaining memories in my mind, revised the lyrics bit by bit, and also wrote the chorus and ending.

"'He's handsome but a bad guy, so all the girls who chase him fail'?"

"No, no, no, you can't write that!"

"Change it to 'They say you're a bit bad, and all the girls chasing you are very sad'... This is much better!"

An hour later, Lin Xiao arrived home.

The lyrics were almost revised and sent to Han Xixi, but I didn't receive a reply.

Lin Xiao guessed that she was probably asleep, so he didn't think much about it.

Little did he know that at this moment, Han Xixi was hiding in bed, staring at the complete lyrics in a daze, his cheeks burning with heat.

"Isn't this... written about me?!"

(End of this chapter)