Chapter 1398

After staying in the capital for a day and a night, Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya flew back to Jiangcheng. Yu Ruizhi and Yu Ruoqiu said they would also go to Changshan County in a few days.

When they returned to Jiangcheng, it was already the afternoon of the sixth day. Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya were both going to work on the seventh day. They had to rest at the Lu family for one night, and then rush back to work the next morning.

That night, Lu Zhenghong asked about the specific situation of the two going to the capital to pay New Year's greetings. Naturally, he had no dissatisfaction with Su Xinghui's performance. He told Su Xinghui to work hard after arriving in Matou Town, and if he encountered any difficulties, he should call him.

Early the next morning, Yu Ruizhi's driver, He Weidong, came to pick up Su Xinghui. He was now driving Yu Ruizhi's new Land Rover. Yu Ruizhi had called him yesterday to ask him to send Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya to work this morning.

Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya got into his car and said thank you to him. He Weidong said it was nothing, and then drove towards Shangjun County. He first sent Lu Xiaoya to the Shangjun County Party Committee compound, then sent Su Xinghui home to get some things, and then drove towards Changshan County.

He Weidong's driving skills were very good, and the Land Rover off-road vehicle was also very suitable for running this kind of mountain road, so it only took more than two hours for Su Xinghui to arrive in Matou Town. It was just lunchtime, so Su Xinghui invited He Weidong to a meal himself, and then sent He Weidong away.

Su Xinghui returned to the town government, and Yin Hualong saw him at a glance. He said happily, "Secretary is back, Happy New Year, Secretary!"

Yin Hualong's words made many people in the town government come out. Ma Sheng smiled and said to Su Xinghui, "Happy New Year, Secretary!"

Many people also followed suit and said Happy New Year to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui cupped his hands to everyone and said, "Thank you all, Happy New Year to you all too!"

Although it was already the seventh day and time to go to work, the festive atmosphere of the town government was still quite strong, and everyone was laughing and very festive.

After wishing each other a Happy New Year, Su Xinghui called Ma Sheng and Lu Xianghui into his office. He said to the two, "Town Mayor, Comrade Xianghui, when I went to Jiangcheng this time, I met with Shao Dejin, the chairman of the Jiangcheng Meat Processing Group. He promised to come to our Matou Town around the tenth day. They may invest in building a slaughtering base in our Matou Town, with the goal of reaching an annual slaughtering volume of over one million cattle and sheep."

Ma Sheng and Lu Xianghui looked at each other. It is certainly a good thing for such a large enterprise as the Jiangcheng Meat Processing Group to come to Matou Town to invest. However, can Matou Town provide so many cattle and sheep?

Ma Sheng asked, "Secretary, is this too much? Our town can't raise one million cattle and sheep."

Su Xinghui said, "Our vision shouldn't just be fixed on this one-third of an acre of land in the town. Isn't our county going to promote animal husbandry? Our county is estimated to have at least 300,000 cattle and sheep in stock within two years. Plus, the terrain and natural environment of the surrounding counties are quite similar to ours. If they also engage in animal husbandry, how can they only provide one million cattle and sheep for this slaughtering base in a year?"

Ma Sheng said with some confusion, "The cattle and sheep we raise ourselves don't even have a shadow yet. Isn't it too rash to introduce a slaughtering base now?"

Su Xinghui said, "The construction of this slaughtering base is not done in a day. It is expected that it will take several phases of projects to finally reach the scale of slaughtering one million cattle and sheep per year. Even for the first phase, it will take nearly a year. As long as we work hard, there will be no problem providing enough cattle and sheep for the first phase within a year. As the later projects are gradually completed, the animal husbandry in the surrounding counties will definitely be driven by us."

Lu Xianghui nodded and said, "I think the Secretary's idea is correct. This is like playing chess: take one step and look three steps ahead. If you take one step and look one step, the development will not be so fast. If we don't build a slaughtering base now, will it be too late to build it when we raise more cattle and sheep? In that case, sales will become a problem."

Ma Sheng thought for a while and nodded, "The Secretary is indeed far-sighted. Our vision really can't compare to the Secretary's."

Su Xinghui said, "In short, this slaughtering base is very important to our town. It relates to whether the cattle and sheep raised by the common people can be guaranteed to be sold. Therefore, Chairman Shao's inspection this time is one of the most important tasks in our town during this period. Town Mayor, Comrade Xianghui, you must make sufficient preparations for the reception."

Ma Sheng and Lu Xianghui both nodded with excitement and agreed.

Su Xinghui returned, and the people in the town government were basically all there. Su Xinghui presided over a meeting of all town cadres and staff. This is a meeting that every unit must hold on the first day of work after the Spring Festival, which is to let everyone take their hearts back from the Spring Festival holiday and put them into work.

Su Xinghui made a short speech. He said that the town's work this year would be very busy, but as long as everyone worked hard, he guaranteed that the wages and bonuses of the town's cadres and staff would grow steadily this year, and the welfare for next year's New Year would at least double compared to this year's welfare.

Su Xinghui's words received warm applause from all cadres and staff. Now everyone firmly believes in his words. He had only been in Matou Town for more than a month, and he had already given everyone such high welfare. He used his actual actions to show that he was a person who kept his word.

In fact, not all cadres want to be corrupt. Most ordinary cadres and staff still live on wages and bonuses. If there is an opportunity to increase wages and bonuses, how could they not work hard?

In some government agencies, some people would even fight to compete for a level of wages.

In this era, although the amount of a level of wages is basically fixed, regional differences have begun to slowly emerge. What is fixed is only the basic wage, and other things like rank wages, position wages, bonuses, and welfare are closely related to the level of regional economic development. The better the economic development, the higher the total income will be.

For example, compared with Shangjun County, the income of cadres in Shangjun County is at least 30% higher than that of cadres in Changshan County. This is already a very significant difference. Which cadre in Matou Town doesn't hope to be able to raise the town's economy through their own efforts and raise their own income?

Su Xinghui's words were not empty talk. Even if other fiscal revenues of Matou Town this year are the same as last year, the Baiyunshan Quarry alone can increase revenue by hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands can be saved in entertainment expenses. This in and out is hundreds of thousands. Just saying that using this money to pay bonuses and welfare to the town's cadres and staff is also a significant figure.

Not to mention that the development momentum of the town is so good now, and fiscal revenue is bound to rise significantly.

Su Xinghui himself was an ordinary cadre in his previous life, and he knows the psychology of these ordinary cadres and staff very well. As long as income can be increased, it is the greatest encouragement to their morale, so why worry that they won't work hard?

Of course, those who are still greedy are another matter.

In these few days, Su Xinghui and Lu Xianghui ran through every village in the town again to see the progress of work in each village during the ten days he was away. In these ten days, the cattle sheds and sheep sheds of each cooperative were basically built. They were also preparing to introduce breeding cattle. The shrubs and weeds on those barren hills were also cleared, and pasture seeds were sown. Now they have sprouted, bringing a touch of green hope to everyone in this new spring.

Although it was during the Chinese New Year, these common people saw the hope of shaking off poverty and becoming rich. They spontaneously worked overtime during the Chinese New Year. The sooner the cattle sheds and sheep sheds are built, and the sooner the pasture seeds are sown, the sooner they can get rid of poverty and move towards wealth. At this time, resting a few days less during the New Year is nothing.

The drive of the common people made Su Xinghui very gratified. With such drive, why worry that they can't become rich?

At Cao Jingui's home, Su Xinghui also saw a scene that made him happy, which was that the ewe in Cao Jingui's home was giving birth to lambs. Cao Jingui's whole family was there watching the ewe give birth to lambs and cheering for the ewe. The faces of her whole family were filled with happy smiles, as if this ewe was not giving birth to lambs, but the hope of their happy life.