Chapter 2186

When Premier Nan said this, his personal staff left their meal money according to the number of people. Those provincial and municipal leaders were embarrassed this time; they never carried money on them, and today their secretaries couldn't be by their side.

Yuan Yifu, however, had money on him, so he took out the money and helped the provincial and municipal leaders put the meal money on the dining table.

Su Xinghui also took out money and put it on the dining table.

This time, the villagers wouldn't have it. They said, "Premier Nan, this won't do. You are all distinguished guests who are hard to invite. Having a meal here with us, how can we need to pay meal money?"

The villagers wanted to return the money to them, but Premier Nan said, "We have discipline. If we eat below, we must pay money. Don't we Communists have the 'Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention'? We don't take a single needle or thread from the masses, so this meal money must be paid."

Under Premier Nan's insistence, the meal money was left behind. The villagers looked at the backs of Premier Nan and the others as they left, all filled with emotion.

In the car, Premier Nan frowned and said, "The disaster situation here is still very severe. So many houses have collapsed, and the rice has also been severely affected. It seems that the pressure on your post-disaster reconstruction work is still very great."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, this village was obtained by reclaiming farmland from the lake, and the terrain is too low, so the disaster is even more severe. Every time there is a heavy rain, there will be very serious water accumulation here."

Premier Nan's frown deepened even more. If this was the case, this problem was still quite serious.

Premier Nan said, "Hearing you say this, this problem is quite serious. Is the disaster situation in the 100 square kilometers of reclaimed farmland in your county all this severe?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes."

Premier Nan asked, "Then do you have a solution?"

Su Xinghui said, "Premier, I do have a way that can solve it once and for all."

Premier Nan was very interested: "What way? Let's hear it."

Su Xinghui said, "It's very simple, and that is 'returning farmland to the lake'."

"'Returning farmland to the lake'?" Premier Nan said with some surprise.

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, reclaiming farmland from the lake was a need of that special period because there was not enough food and farmland was needed. But now, grain production is increasing day by day, and there is enough food, while reclaiming farmland from the lake has become more harmful than beneficial. So, at this time, we should return farmland to the lake."

Premier Nan said, "Then tell me how reclaiming farmland from the lake is more harmful than beneficial? And why should we return farmland to the lake?"

Su Xinghui then told Premier Nan about the pros and cons of reclaiming farmland from the lake and returning farmland to the lake. He was now very familiar with the pros and cons of reclaiming farmland from the lake and returning farmland to the lake, so he spoke very fluently, which could be said to be done in one go.

After hearing this, Premier Nan's expression did not change. He just nodded slightly and asked, "Is this your own idea?"

Su Xinghui said, "I have this idea myself. Didn't the State Flood Control Headquarters send an expert group two days ago? Comrade Shi Wenguang, the leader of the expert group, also holds the same opinion as me. I also received a lot of inspiration from him during our conversation."

"'Shi Wenguang'?" Premier Nan said, "I have heard of this name. Is he a senior engineer at the Ministry of Water Resources?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes."

Premier Nan asked again, "Have you told anyone else about this matter?"

Su Xinghui said, "I have told Governor Ke."

Premier Nan said, "Then what is his opinion?"

Su Xinghui said, "He thinks this idea is good and very operable."

Premier Nan said, "Then tell me where the operability lies. Be more detailed."

Su Xinghui organized his thoughts and began to talk eloquently, telling Premier Nan how to operate the matter of returning farmland to the lake.

After listening, Premier Nan had no expression on his face. He nodded noncommittally and said, "Okay, I know. By the way, the expert group should still be in Chongjin County, right?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, they will stay in Chongjin County for two more days."

Premier Nan didn't speak again. Su Xinghui knew that returning farmland to the lake was a major event, and it was a super major event, involving hundreds of thousands of people living on thousands of square kilometers of land in the country, and the funds involved were estimated to be tens or hundreds of billions. The funds were secondary; the difficulty of relocating so many people could be imagined.

For such a major event, Premier Nan naturally could not make up his mind so quickly. He would definitely widely solicit the opinions of experts and cadres, synthesize them, and finally decide. Even if he decided, he would have to choose an optimal plan to implement it to reduce turmoil.

However, Su Xinghui believed that since in his previous life, returning farmland to the lake was implemented because of this major flood, then in this life, this matter would definitely arrive as scheduled.

That afternoon, Premier Nan went to two more places, offered condolences to the flood-fighting soldiers and civilians and the disaster-stricken masses, and then went to the County Party Committee Guest House to rest for a while.

Premier Nan was a septuagenarian. These days, he had been traveling around to inspect the flood control and disaster relief situation, offering condolences to the flood-fighting soldiers and civilians and the disaster-stricken masses, and directing flood control and rescue, which could be said to be exhausting and he was already very tired. And today, he had rushed from Jiangcheng early in the morning and had been non-stop, so now it was very necessary for him to rest for a while.

If it were in those places where the flood control and rescue situation was relatively severe, Premier Nan might not be able to sleep even if he wanted to. But in Chongjin County, the embankments were as stable as Mount Tai, and Premier Nan's mind relaxed, so he felt very sleepy, which was why he could sleep with peace of mind.

Premier Nan could rest, but Jiang Fangping and these provincial and municipal leaders didn't dare to go to rest. A group of high-ranking officials sat properly in the lobby of the County Party Committee Guest House, waiting for Premier Nan to wake up.

On such an occasion, Su Xinghui naturally couldn't be without rules. He also sat in the lobby with his back straight. He sat on a stool that a waiter had temporarily moved over because there were too many high-ranking leaders who came today, and those sofas had to be given to them to sit on. Su Xinghui could only sit at the end of the table among these people.

In fact, Jiang Fangping and the others were also quite tired. After all, they had also been walking all day today. But here, they still had to sit upright and didn't dare to be presumptuous, which was quite laughable.

Although Su Xinghui sat at the end of the table, now there was no one who dared to look down on him. After all, today, only he had the honor of getting the opportunity to ride in the same car as Premier Nan, and the time he spent alone with Premier Nan exceeded an hour. What a great honor and opportunity this was?

Although Premier Nan said it was to let Su Xinghui be his guide, everyone could see Premier Nan's appreciation for Su Xinghui, which made these people envious, jealous, and hateful one by one.

However, these people also had to admit that what Su Xinghui did was indeed beautiful, and it was no wonder Premier Nan appreciated him. He developed Chongjin County so well that the fiscal revenue in the first half of the year was almost equal to the whole of last year. In flood control and disaster relief, he also did so excellently, arranging the entire Chongjin County's flood control and disaster relief work in an orderly manner, busy but not flustered. Compared with other regions in Jiangyou Province, this gap was huge.

Jiangyou Province had rivers crisscrossing it, and there was also a large lake like Yanglan Lake. Although most areas were not in the Changjiang Basin, basically all places had to carry out flood control and rescue. But even Hongzhou City was not as calm as Chongjin County, and in Hongzhou City, dangerous situations occurred frequently.

Jiang Fangping didn't know if Premier Nan went to Hongzhou and saw the situation there, would he be furious? This made Jiang Fangping have no bottom in his heart.