Chapter 113

After the dishes and drinks were all served, the group took turns toasting Su Xinghui. Although they did not know the story behind how this report ended up in the provincial newspaper, they knew it was a great honor. Therefore, they were all genuinely happy for Su Xinghui.

At first, they had felt that Su Xinghui choosing to go to Meng Hu Ling was not a good choice, but looking at it now, gold will shine wherever it is placed.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Xu Xiaoguang originally wanted to treat them to karaoke, but Su Xinghui was a bit afraid of singing now. He said he had to go home to eat mooncakes that evening, and he had to go to Jiangcheng to handle some business the next day, so he wanted to rest early tonight.

Zhang Cheng confirmed that Su Xinghui was going to Jiangcheng with his father the next day, so Xu Xiaoguang did not insist. The group went home separately, and the task of taking Xue Qin home naturally fell to Su Xinghui again.

Along the way, Xue Qin did not say anything, and Su Xinghui remained silent as well. When they arrived downstairs at Xue Qin's home, Su Xinghui finally said, "Thank you, Xue Qin!"

Xue Qin said to him, "You're welcome. Remember to treat me to a meal next time you come back."

Su Xinghui nodded. He watched Xue Qin go upstairs before he returned home.

Back home, Su Xinghui called Lu Zhenghong's house again. Lu Xiaoya answered the phone. Su Xinghui first wished her whole family a happy holiday, then told her that he was going to Jiangcheng to handle business tomorrow and would visit their home in the evening.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoya was very happy. She immediately said she would be waiting for him at home tomorrow evening.

After Su Xinghui hung up, Lu Zhenghong asked Lu Xiaoya who had called. Lu Xiaoya said it was Su Xinghui, that he wished them a happy holiday, and that he was going to Jiangcheng for business tomorrow and would come over to visit in the evening.

After hearing this, Lu Zhenghong did not speak, only nodded.

On the morning of the 12th, Su Xinghui went to Zhang Kaishan's office at the county government. Zhang Kaishan gave some instructions to the staff, then sat in a Santana with Su Xinghui and headed to Jiangcheng.

The driver of this Santana was surnamed Peng, named Peng Qiang. He was also a retired soldier, very young, only in his twenties. He was not talkative like many drivers, and he remained silent throughout the journey.

The road conditions from Shangjun County to Jiangcheng were still quite good, and Peng Qiang's driving skills were also quite good. He drove very fast, but one sitting in the car rarely felt any bumps. In less than an hour and a half, the car arrived in Jiangcheng.

Su Xinghui asked Peng Qiang to go to Jiangcheng Agricultural University. Peng Qiang just nodded and drove in the direction Su Xinghui said. After another ten minutes or so, the car arrived at the Agricultural University, and after registering, it drove into the campus.

When Su Xinghui and Zhang Kaishan found Professor Rao's office, Professor Rao was waiting for them inside. After exchanging pleasantries with Su Xinghui and Zhang Kaishan, he handed an inspection report to Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui flipped through it and then handed the report to Zhang Kaishan.

Zhang Kaishan carefully flipped through this inspection report. It introduced the special product resources of the Meng Hu Ling area in great detail, including the climate, soil, and other conditions of that area, which were also written in great detail.

At the end of the report, the experts provided professional suggestions on which areas were suitable for developing which industries.

This inspection report was, of course, very valuable and had important reference significance for the economic development of Meng Hu Ling Township. It could be said that as long as they followed this inspection report, the economic development of Meng Hu Ling was just around the corner.

After finishing the inspection report, Zhang Kaishan was overjoyed and thanked Professor Rao repeatedly.

Professor Rao smiled and said, "County Magistrate Zhang, don't be so polite. Our school has already agreed to the matter of establishing several research bases in Meng Hu Ling, and the matter of establishing an Eucommia planting protection zone in Meng Hu Ling has also basically been agreed upon. You just need to submit the application to the higher authorities with us when the time comes. We will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Professor Rao was very happy. Meng Hu Ling's animal and plant resources were very rich, making it very suitable as their teaching and research base. More importantly, the local government was very supportive and cooperative with their work, which was very rare.

Many local governments did not support or cooperate with their work because they felt that engaging in this kind of research base did not have much benefit for their local economy, especially GDP, and instead brought many troublesome things, so they were not very willing.

This was a very short-sighted behavior, but in this era, there were too many such short-sighted behaviors, and Professor Rao did not know how many he had seen.

After hearing Professor Rao's words, Zhang Kaishan was even happier. He said, "Professor Rao, then when will this work begin? You can just call me, and I will definitely cooperate at any time."

Professor Rao nodded in agreement. Su Xinghui said to Zhang Kaishan, "County Magistrate Zhang, shall we take our leave then?"

Regarding the itinerary for coming to Jiangcheng today, Zhang Kaishan had said that everything would be arranged by Su Xinghui. He nodded and said, "Alright, Professor Rao, then we shall take our leave."

Professor Rao hurriedly said, "Why the rush? Come to my house for a meal at noon today, so I can fulfill the duties of a host."

Zhang Kaishan said, "Let's skip it today. We still have quite a few things to handle in Jiangcheng. We will definitely bother Professor Rao next time."

Professor Rao had no choice but to see Su Xinghui and Zhang Kaishan downstairs. He kept urging the two of them to come to his house as guests next time they came.

Leaving Jiangcheng Agricultural University, Su Xinghui asked Peng Qiang to drive to Jiangcheng University. Arriving at Jiangcheng University, he asked Zhang Kaishan to wait in the car for a while, and he went to Professor Qin Jie's office.

Professor Qin did not teach many classes now, and since he knew Su Xinghui was coming today, he waited in his office.

Su Xinghui came to Jiangcheng University today, firstly to visit Professor Qin, and secondly to show Professor Qin the name seal he had engraved.

When Professor Qin saw the name seal Su Xinghui had carved, he held it in his hand and played with it for a while, then nodded and said, "Hmm, it's carved quite well. Your knife technique is much more mature and rounded than when you were in school. You have truly had an epiphany."

After finishing, Professor Qin handed the name seal back to Su Xinghui, and then asked Su Xinghui what business he had in Jiangcheng this time.

Su Xinghui said that their township needed to build a road, the county did not have enough funds, and he had come to the province with the Deputy County Magistrate to ask for an appropriation.

Professor Qin frowned as soon as he heard this. He knew the difficulty of asking for an appropriation; without connections, it was impossible to get one. He asked, "Do you have any certainty? Do you need my help?"

This was only because it was Su Xinghui, and he was handling legitimate business. If it were someone else, Professor Qin definitely would not take such matters upon himself; he was most afraid of trouble.

Su Xinghui was moved in his heart. He smiled and said, "I don't know if there's any certainty, let's try and see. If we can't get it, I'm afraid I'll have to ask for your help, sir."

Professor Qin said gently, "Alright, if you need to, just come find me. With this old face of mine, I should still be able to get an appropriation of several hundred thousand."

Su Xinghui bowed to Professor Qin and said, "Thank you, Teacher! Then I will go handle my business first!"

Professor Qin smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Go!"

Su Xinghui was very happy. The harvest from coming to Professor Qin's place was not small. Professor Qin's promise could be considered an insurance policy for this trip to Jiangcheng. If no results could be obtained from Lu Zhenghong, he would turn back to find Professor Qin.

However, if it was not truly necessary, Su Xinghui did not want to ask Professor Qin for this kind of favor. Professor Qin was so old and did not like to engage in these kinds of things, so Su Xinghui really did not want to trouble him.