Chapter 1774: Seeing Ke Zhifang Again

The next day, Su Xinghui asked the county government to send someone to send him to Jiangcheng, and he flew directly from Jiangcheng to Yangcheng.

As soon as he arrived at Yangcheng airport, Su Xinghui took his luggage and went out, and saw a man in his thirties holding a sign with his name on it. He walked towards the man and said: "Excuse me, are you the person sent by Governor Ke? I am Su Xinghui."

The man said: "You are County Magistrate Su, right? I am Xie Shuchen, the secretary of Governor Ke. I was sent by Governor Ke to pick you up."

Su Xinghui thanked him, went out with Xie Shuchen, and got into an Audi.

It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon. Xie Shuchen asked the driver to drive the car directly to the provincial party committee compound of Guangdong Province, to the door of Ke Zhifang's house. He said to Su Xinghui: "County Magistrate Su, Governor Ke is waiting for you at home."

Xie Shuchen was very curious. He only became Ke Zhifang's secretary last year and had never seen Su Xinghui. Seeing Su Xinghui today, he was very surprised. Is such a young man in his twenties really a standing deputy county magistrate? And Governor Ke is hosting a banquet at home. This is truly a rare thing.

Su Xinghui nodded and got out of the car with Xie Shuchen. He took his luggage out of the trunk. His luggage was simple. Except for the bag he carried with him, it was a box of 30-year-old Pengwan Shangjun Shangjun Daqu. This was a gift he brought for Ke Zhifang. It is still during the Spring Festival. Visiting now can also be considered a New Year call.

The last time he saw Ke Zhifang, Ke Zhifang liked to drink this Pengwan Shangjun Shangjun Daqu, so Su Xinghui brought him a box this time.

Xie Shuchen knocked on the door, and the door was opened. It was Ke Zhifang who opened the door. He looked at Su Xinghui with a smile and said: "Xinghui, was the journey smooth?"

Su Xinghui said: "I'm sorry for Uncle Ke's concern, the journey was very smooth."

Ke Zhifang nodded. His eyes fell on the box of wine Su Xinghui was holding, and his face became solemn: "Pengwan Shangjun Shangjun Daqu?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said: "Yes, Uncle Ke, this is 30-year-old Pengwan Shangjun Shangjun Daqu. I brought it specifically for you. It can be considered a late New Year call for you."

A smile appeared on Ke Zhifang's face: "This is good stuff. Thank you, Xinghui. You brought such good things from so far away. Come in and sit. Let's open a bottle today. I haven't drunk this wine for a long time."

After entering the Ke family, Su Xinghui put down the wine box and immediately unpacked it. He took one out of it, and Xie Shuchen quickly took it.

The family banquet at Ke Zhifang's house had been prepared, and the dining table was full. Ke Zhifang's wife smiled and said: "This must be Su Xinghui, right? I often hear Old Ke talk about you. You are indeed a talent! Please sit down."

Su Xinghui politely called "Auntie" and sat down at the table.

Today's family banquet only had Ke Zhifang and his wife, as well as the secretary Xie Shuchen. The only guest was Su Xinghui.

Xie Shuchen opened the bottle cap, and suddenly, a strange fragrance came to his nose, which seemed to have shape and substance, lingering over the restaurant. Ke Zhifang nodded and said: "It is indeed 30-year-old Pengwan Shangjun Shangjun Daqu. Good wine, good wine!"

Xie Shuchen poured wine for everyone one by one, even in front of Ke Zhifang's wife. Ke Zhifang and his wife raised their glasses together to welcome Su Xinghui.

After Su Xinghui drank this glass of wine, Ke Zhifang said: "Xinghui, when you got married last year, I was very busy with work and couldn't attend. Please forgive me!"

Su Xinghui quickly said: "Don't dare, don't dare."

Ke Zhifang said: "You just returned from Jingcheng. How is Elder Yu's health? I didn't go to Jingcheng during the Chinese New Year this year, and I miss him very much."

Su Xinghui said: "The old man's health is very good. He can even grow vegetables now. The vegetables I ate at his house this time were all grown by the old man himself."

Ke Zhifang said: "That's good. Are Vice Governor Lu and your elders also in good health?"

Su Xinghui said: "I'm sorry for Uncle Ke's concern, they are all in good health."

Just chatting like this, Su Xinghui had a dinner at Ke Zhifang's house. Several people drank a bottle of wine, and Ke Zhifang couldn't bear to drink anymore, wanting to keep the remaining bottles of wine to drink slowly.

After eating, Ke Zhifang went to his study to talk to Su Xinghui. Xie Shuchen made a cup of tea for both of them and was about to go out when Ke Zhifang said: "Shuchen, don't go out, listen together."

Xie Shuchen sat on the side. To tell the truth, he also wanted to hear what this young deputy county magistrate was doing in Yangcheng this time.

Ke Zhifang said to Su Xinghui: "Xinghui, I already know the purpose of your visit this time, but I still want to hear you tell me about this project—what exactly is it, or what is the necessity for us to do this project? You convince me, and then I can convince others."

Before Su Xinghui came, Yu Yan'an called Ke Zhifang and roughly told him the purpose of Su Xinghui's visit to him. Yu Yan'an naturally had enough influence on Ke Zhifang, but Ke Zhifang also needed to listen to Su Xinghui's explanation. He also needed to be responsible for Guangdong Province and could not just launch such a project.

Su Xinghui naturally understood this point. He nodded, took out a piece of information about the project from his bag, which contained a detailed introduction to the project, including existing maps and renderings after the project was completed. He handed the information to Ke Zhifang and then told Ke Zhifang about some concepts and current progress of the project.

Su Xinghui had been preparing for this project for a period of time, and the information collected was very detailed. He also explained the significance of this project to Ke Zhifang very clearly, including what benefits the construction of this project would have for Guangdong Province, and he explained and expounded on it in great detail.

Ke Zhifang nodded while looking through the information. In fact, after listening to Su Xinghui's explanation and reading this information, he was quite interested in this project.

As the province with the most developed economy in mainland China, Guangdong's transportation is naturally the most developed. In the 1990s, China's highways were still in the starting stage, but several highways had already started construction in Guangdong, especially the longest highway in the country, the Beijing-Hong Kong Highway, which is an economic artery from north to south.

However, even in Guangdong, there are not many highways leading out of the province now. Several neighboring provinces do not have highways leading to Guangdong, and Jiangyou Province is naturally one of them.

This is mainly because the economic development of various regions is unbalanced. Building a highway is a very expensive thing. Guangdong has the financial resources to build highways within the province, but building a highway leading out of the province is not a matter for Guangdong Province alone. This requires coordination between the two provinces.

It just so happens that this kind of coordination between two administrative divisions in China is the most difficult thing to handle. Coordination between two counties is difficult, let alone two provinces.

The Beijing-Hong Kong Highway is a north-south artery that the state is determined to build, so it can be built with the strength of the whole country. Even so, there is a lot of "buck-passing" between provinces. Now that I want to engage in such a highway project involving three provinces, how easy is it?

Ke Zhifang can see that this project is a good project. If it can really be built, then Guangdong Province will have another northward channel, which can alleviate the congestion of the Beijing-Hong Kong Highway. Resources and raw materials from Hudong and Jiangyou provinces can be transported to Guangdong through this highway, and Guangdong's industrial products can be transported to Jiangyou and Hudong through this highway.