Volume Four, Section 149, Bitter Water, Countermeasures
"Mr. Sha County Magistrate, if we, Huoji Town, can't live a life, I guess the secretaries and township leaders of Gushan and other villages in Pianshan to the north will really come to the door to curse." Yu Bingcheng first made a self-deprecating statement, and then said: "But every family has a difficult sutra, and it's also difficult for us Huoji."
As soon as this head opened, Yu Bingcheng couldn't stop the car.
From the difficulties of collecting agricultural taxes, water conservancy fees and double withdrawals in the town, to the formation of historical debts, from the land use indicators for Huoji Central Primary School and Huoji to the "harsh treatment" and "difficulty" of construction subsidies by Shangxian Land and Resources Bureau and Education Bureau, from the various tax and fee sponsorship levies faced by township enterprises and increasingly lack of competitiveness, from the difficulty of the Alloy Association to the strictness of the town credit union on the township enterprises and agricultural loans, Yu Bingcheng talked freely and talked for more than an hour in one go.
Even Fang Dongsheng, who had always felt that he knew Bingcheng better, did not expect that Yu Bingcheng would have such good eloquence and so many topics. He talked endlessly and was erotic, and he didn't even stop talking after drinking a glass of water. If Ma Yongchun hadn't come back, I'm afraid Yu Bingcheng would have talked for another hour.
As soon as Ma Yongchun came back, the dominance was immediately handed over to Ma Yongchun, who was a senior official of the town party, and Yu Bingcheng immediately returned to becoming the mayor who maintained a steady attitude.
However, Yu Bingcheng still briefly introduced his previous report to Ma Yongchun. It was obvious that the two secretary and mayors seemed to be good at working cooperation. Unlike Sha Zhengyang imagined, the secretary and mayors did their own things without buying each other. This was very good.
Ma Yongchun seems to be two years younger than Yu Bingcheng, but in fact the two are in one year, both are in 55 years, and Ma Yongchun is in the big month.
Ma Yongchun's voice is not as passionate and charismatic as Yu Bingcheng, but it is more rational.
"Monor Sha, I know what you mean is to listen to the current difficulties and problems in our town. To be honest, there are too many difficulties and problems. What Lao Yu said just now is superficial and involves too many. As you said, what cannot be solved, and what he said is equal to zero."
Ma Yongchun's words were more sharp and cold. I don't know if he really felt that Sha Zhengyang wanted to listen to the real side, so Ma Yongchun's attitude was more calm, but his words were more straightforward, which made Sha Zhengyang a little harsh.
"So, I want to tell County Mayor Sha about the most urgent problems or difficulties we are facing."
Ma Yongchun's attitude made Sha Zhengyang feel more interesting.
Yu Bingcheng gave him a good impression before, but now Ma Yongchun seems to be more successful. It seems that Zhenyang County is still talented, at least the two secretary and mayor of Huoji Town are not bad.
Having said that, it is necessary to have two tricks to be able to sit firmly in a town with 70,000 people.
"The first is a problem that all townships cannot avoid, such as agricultural tax, water conservancy fees and double withdrawal collection. This issue has become the primary factor in the tension between our township cadres and farmers."
Ma Yongchun's tone was gentle, but it revealed a heavy feeling similar to scar literature.
"From 1988 to 1994, Huoji Town caused 14 conflicts between more than ten cadres and farmers due to the double withdrawal of taxes and fees, causing injuries to many cadres and the masses, including two police officers from the police station,..."
Shockingly, Sha Zhengyang also felt a stern in his heart. In fact, such incidents happened occasionally in his previous life, but now they happened in Zhenyang, especially under the rule of his county magistrate, so he could not help but attract his attention.
Logically speaking, the police in the police station cannot intervene in such matters as collecting taxes and fees. However, as township police stations, when the county public security bureau's funds are difficult to guarantee, they have to rely on the local party committee and government to allocate certain funds to support it.
So when you are short of your hands and eat others with a weak mouth, you sometimes have to participate in some non-police activities against your will. This kind of situation will still exist even after more than ten or twenty years.
"Family planning is very difficult. Because our town has a large population base, especially the number of women entering childbearing age, and the number of outgoing workers is also relatively large, it is also difficult for us to master the pregnancy and childbearing situation of outgoing women. The town itself has financial difficulties, and every investigation is huge, and it is difficult to support it. However, the family planning work is rejected again, and our town is also suffering..."
"The investment in education is too great, and the funding problem of private teachers has been slandered countless times in the county education committee and town. When it comes to the renovation of dilapidated houses, the county finance even turned against each other,..."
"The situation of township enterprises is getting worse and worse, which has also brought great pressure to the operation of the Alloy Association. Our town is also very troubled by the problems faced by township enterprises,..."
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"The last question is also the biggest problem in Huoji at present, and it is closely related to many of the previous problems. The current number of male labor force between the ages of 18 and 50 in Huoji is as high as 19,000, and female labor force between the ages of 18 and 45 in Huoji is as high as 14,000,..."
When Sha Zhengyang heard Ma Yongchun mention this issue, he was more focused and recorded the pen in his hand faster. This was exactly the issue he cared about the most and wanted to know the most.
"Take male labor as an example, we conducted a survey. In 1993, there were about 2,200 people working outside, and last year it increased to about 2,600 people. Among them, only 15% of people working in the county, about 28% of people working in the city, and about 39% of people working in the province, which means that more than 60% of the labor force has been out of the province,..."
"Lao Fang, is this proportion considered low or high in the whole county?" Sha Zhengyang turned his head and asked.
"There has not been a specific count of this data in the whole county, especially if it is divided into counties, cities, and provinces." Fang Dongsheng shook his head, "But I have learned about the situation in Jiuying Town. The proportion of the old camp is slightly higher than that in this area, and it is about 3 percentage points higher on average."
"Mr. Sha County, County Mayor Fang, even so, is less than 14% compared to the 19,000 labor force in our town. However, after we understand, at least 15,000 of these 19,000 male labor force are now in a very unsaturated labor state,..."
"That is to say, most of these 15,000 people can actually work, but due to various factors, such as lack of necessary skills, not getting used to being too far away from home, lack of sufficient working opportunities in the local area, etc., and there is no chance to obtain wage income to achieve personal and family income growth,..."
"Because these people have been idle at home for a long time, they mostly spend time by playing cards and gambling, which has also brought many social problems,..."
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when Sha Zhengyang and Fang Dongsheng left Huoji Town.
We had lunch in the canteen of Huoji Town. This was what Sha Zhengyang asked directly. Ma Yongchun and Yu Bingcheng also saw Sha Zhengyang's attitude and did not say much.
Eat whatever you have in the cafeteria. In Sha Zhengyang's opinion, no one is short of that meal, so why bother with such a special thing?
On the way back, Sha Zhengyang seemed much silent, and Fang Dongsheng also noticed this change.
Too many realistic and specific problems are placed in front of Sha Zhengyang, which makes Sha Zhengyang realize that many things are not that simple.
It is not possible to just bring two projects and build a few companies to solve the problem. Take Huoji Town as an example, more than 10,000 labor force is still referring to men. How to digest it?
Whether it is industry or agriculture alone, or the tertiary industry, it is difficult to achieve. Even if the first, second and third industries are combined, the problem cannot be solved in a short time.
This requires a process. Sha Zhengyang has some ideas, and he hopes to shorten this process as soon as possible.
Ten birds are in the forest, but one bird is in hand. It is meaningless to think too much, and it is better to do one or two things well.
"Lao Fang, we looked at those two villages in the afternoon. I think the Nestlé breeding plan can be used as a pilot for Huoji Town." Sha Zhengyang finally spoke.
"The county magistrate, Huoji, Wucheng and even the surrounding Doulong and Meixi townships actually have conditions. The key is that the transportation infrastructure limits them, and this bottleneck needs to be solved and broken."
Fang Dongsheng had actually realized Sha Zhengyang's thoughts, but he needed to remind the other party that he should not be hot-headed and impulsive.
"In addition, Nestlé's breeding plan is indeed very good, but for farmers who are interested in participating in this plan, there are still many problems. Technology is the biggest problem. At the same time, the funding problem is. Even if Nestlé is willing to provide some support and help, farmers still need to make a large investment, which means huge risks,..."
"Yes, the government is too involved. If there is a risk, the government will be thankless and will take the blame. However, in this situation, if the government does not intervene, farmers will not dare to get involved, and Nestlé will not be satisfied."
Of course, Sha Zhengyang knew this. In this era, it is impossible to expect farmers to take the initiative to take this kind of risk.
"Our rural society is nominally autonomous organizational autonomy, but in fact, even toddler babies are not counted. It is far from the foreign civil autonomy power, so many times the government still has to intervene. The key is one of the degrees, and it is to pay some industry-specific autonomous organizations as soon as possible, such as associations to gradually replace the government to play a role."
"Yes!" Fang Dongsheng continued excitedly: "I was considering this, including the next step in the construction of vegetable bases in the old camp. I also considered it this way. The party committee and government would definitely not be able to do it if they did not come forward in the early stage, and the efficiency would be very low. However, the government should gradually withdraw and give way to such associations and industry organizations, which is in line with the laws of the market economy. This is also possible in Huoji."
"Laofang, there is great potential in agriculture, and we cannot only limit ourselves to these two parts. Of course, these two parts can be a good start. We must strive for each township, even each village, to strive for one policy, or even one policy in each village, so as to minimize risks."
Chapter completed!