Chapter 65 The First Fire (Seeking Bookmarks)

  I'd like to ask the incoming friends to use their little fingers to click on the collection position a few more times, only after collecting it will be more convenient. Your labor is just giving old Yan a timely help in snow, and old Yan bows here to thank you!

  Lu Zhengdong woke up to find Lin Donghua still fast asleep, despite being an early riser. She only woke up when he moved, and looked at him with some embarrassment before burying her head in his chest. Last night had been too crazy, and under his lead, Lin Donghua had also been quite wild. The Lin Donghua who woke up this morning was clearly a bit embarrassed...

  The two of them chatted intimately for a while before getting out of bed. After lunch, Lu Zhengdong took the bus back to his hometown.

  Lu Zhengdong returned to his hometown and first met with Wu Zhonghe to discuss work, Wu Zhonghe also asked about his mother's situation, heard that the surgery was very successful, and comforted him a few words before turning to the main topic.

  Apart from discussing matters related to tomorrow's cadre meeting, there are also issues with the highway settlement. The two people mainly discussed the division of labor on the government side and the recommendation of the deputy township head.

  Lu Zhengdong suggested that before the new deputy county magistrate arrives, the division of labor within the government will not be greatly adjusted. The work originally handled by Wu Zhonghe will be fully taken over by him, and he will continue to be in charge of finance and trade. Wu Zhonghe also expressed his agreement.

  As for the recommendation of deputy township head, Lu Zhengdong knew that Wu Zhonghe was not discussing with him, but rather informing him. The secretary is in charge of the hat, and even if the relationship between the two is good, this power is definitely not shared by others, especially some important positions and key locations.

  Lu Zhengdong also expressed his approval of Wu Zhonghe's proposal for the rural document Hu Lizhong. Moreover, in some ordinary personnel arrangements under the government, Lu Zhengdong tried his best to communicate with Chen Shuli and Wu Zhonghe first before making a decision.

  After the New Year's gathering and handover meeting, Wu Zhonghe officially took over the work from him. In addition to presiding over the overall work of the government, he also coordinated the industrial economy of the whole town. He was specifically in charge of personnel, finance, auditing, statistics, taxation, enterprise management office, project and other departmental work.

  Lu Zhengdong has officially taken office and is performing his duties as acting county head.

  The county government issued an emergency notice on strengthening tobacco cultivation shortly after the Spring Festival, requiring it to be treated as a key project for developing rural economy and guiding poor mountainous farmers to get rid of poverty, and a top priority for improving rural finances. The notice required ensuring the quality and quantity of tobacco cultivation, completing the county-assigned tobacco production tasks, and establishing strict assessment methods. Township leaders were held accountable with risk mortgage and rewards, with the township party secretary being the first person responsible. Those who completed their tasks would be heavily rewarded, while those who failed to do so would not only have all rewards cancelled and their entire risk mortgage deducted but also face organizational penalties, including demotion or dismissal.

  The mountain and countryside are located in the mountainous area, which is also a traditional tobacco planting village. However, the task assigned by the county to the village is very heavy, and the time is very urgent. The transplanting of tobacco seedlings will be at the end of April or early May, and the final result will be seen in early May.

  Lü Zhengdong has worked in the countryside for over two years and has some understanding of agricultural production, but he is not very familiar with it, especially the specific situation of tobacco planting. He also knows that farmers are not very enthusiastic about growing tobacco, and if they don't work hard, this task cannot be completed.

  Lu Zhengdong was well aware that in appointing him as deputy secretary and acting township head, the county leaders had significant differences of opinion, with many leaders holding reservations. His subsequent performance would definitely be closely watched by the county leadership, and until the "acting" label was removed, he wouldn't be considered the official township head...

  Everyone in the village is watching him, looking at this young deputy county head to see if he can hold down the government's feet, and they will watch how he sets off the first fire.

  This is his first test since he took office as acting county magistrate.

  After receiving the notice, Lu Zhengdong did not rush to comment on the matter, but instead communicated with Deputy Township Head He Mingcheng, who was in charge of agriculture.

  Communication was not smooth, He Ming Sheng spoke for half a day but actually did not come up with any implementation measures or methods, it was almost as if he had not spoken at all, until he mentioned Wu Zhonghe and then spoke a few words that were neither here nor there.

  Lu Zhengdong smiled in his heart. He Mingsheng absolutely didn't have the guts to disregard the overall situation, his true intention was just unwilling to talk to him, not wanting to cooperate with him, and wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

  He Mingzhen underestimated him too much, He Mingzhen didn't speak, so he was at a loss?

  From the masses to the masses, Lu Zhengdong first went to the village to run a circle, investigated and understood the situation, and then communicated with Wu Zhonghe several times, basically reaching a consensus. After the opinions were consistent, the township government held a party-government joint meeting to study and deploy the implementation of this work.

  Lu Zhengdong is the administrative head, so Wu Zhonghe generally takes charge of administrative matters. He presided over the meeting and Lu Zhengdong didn't like to talk too much nonsense, after a few sentences he entered the topic:

  "The county government has once again issued a document on the matter of planting tobacco, indicating that both the county party committee and the government attach great importance to this matter. The significance is self-evident, but the key lies in how to put the work into practice. From now until the transplanting of seedlings, there are less than two months left. The county requires us to complete the task without any room for negotiation. Time is tight, tasks are heavy, and difficulties are great. As for how to promote this work, I would like to share some views first."

  "Can planting flue-cured tobacco really make people rich? This is a question that has been on people's minds for a long time, and farmers are mainly worried about the following aspects. Firstly, climate issues, which have the greatest impact; secondly, they worry about the procurement link suppressing prices, collecting "human feelings" tobacco, and forcibly assigning some low-quality and high-priced fertilizers; thirdly, they worry that if the tobacco planting area is too large, once a disaster occurs, there will not even be enough food for the family to eat. These three things are what farmers worry about the most, and if no solution is found, it will be impossible to mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for planting tobacco."

  "Climate issues are God's affairs, no one can control them, but when climate problems occur, other grain crops will also suffer losses, this point must be made clear."

  Lu Zhengdong paused for a moment before continuing:

  "On the second point, this issue must be given sufficient attention. Strictly prohibit forced sales and gift-giving of fertilizers, respect farmers' autonomous choices, strictly prohibit tie-in sales, no room for negotiation. Farmers need what kind of fertilizer, the village can organize on their behalf, except for costs, strictly prohibit price increases, no room for negotiation! This point must be formally documented and distributed to the hands of the common people, so they can rest assured."

  Lu Zhengdong knew that by doing so, the tobacco company would definitely be very uncomfortable. However, if the tobacco company was comfortable, he would not be comfortable. In fact, what the tobacco company did greatly increased the cost of farmers growing tobacco and reduced their income from it. The ordinary people had a lot of opinions about this, with some even saying that they were "standing to grow tobacco, sitting to dry tobacco, and kneeling to sell tobacco". If they didn't speak out, they wouldn't give farmers a commitment, and the enthusiasm for growing tobacco couldn't be improved.

  "While doing a good job in tobacco planting, we must further guide farmers to do a good job in grain production, promote farmers' grain production and income increase, have food at home, and be at ease. Only then will the farmers feel secure when growing tobacco."

  "There is also technical support, and the agricultural technicians need to go deep into the fields to do a good job of guiding the farmers. This aspect will also be strictly evaluated, with rewards and punishments. I discussed this with Secretary Wu, and we plan to send the outstanding agricultural technicians from our township to the county or municipal agricultural school for training during the slack season, so that they can improve their technical skills through training and learning. The township is willing to spend money on this..."

  Lu Zhengdong talked about the main problems that need to be solved and also observed the expressions of others...

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