Chapter 2289

This time, Su Xinghui met Weng Guoying's mother. After experiencing the pain of losing her son, the elderly woman had finally begun to slowly emerge from her grief. Her physical condition was also much better than it had been last time, so she was able to see Su Xinghui and Jiang Zhaoyang.

As soon as they met, she thanked Su Xinghui and Jiang Zhaoyang profusely. She knew that these two were her son's best friends, and that after her son died in the line of duty, they had provided the greatest amount of help to the Weng family.

As an elderly woman who valued etiquette, she naturally had to express her gratitude to these two benefactors.

Looking at the strands of white hair that had appeared on the old woman's head in just a few short months, and her expression as she thanked him incessantly, Su Xinghui could not help but feel a deep sense of sorrow. After comforting her, he and Jiang Zhaoyang took their leave.

After leaving the Weng family home, Jiang Zhaoyang noticed Su Xinghui's low spirits. He said to Su Xinghui, "Xinghui, don't worry too much. Guoying's family situation will only get better. I'm still here to look after things, and if anything happens, I won't just stand by and watch."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, Senior Brother Jiang, this is hard on you."

Jiang Zhaoyang replied, "What's hard about this? Stop worrying about these things and just focus on your work."

After leaving the Weng family, Su Xinghui returned home for the night. The next morning, he rushed back to Chongjin County. It was the end of the year, and Chongjin County's affairs were extremely busy; he could not afford to be away for too long.

Upon returning to Chongjin County, Su Xinghui first met with Luo Hansheng's youngest son, Luo Zhuoyi. Luo Zhuoyi was in his thirties and had been sent by Luo Hansheng to Chongjin County to be responsible for managing the Luo Group's investments there.

Before going to Jiangcheng, Su Xinghui had already spoken to Luo Zhuoyi about building an organic fertilizer plant. Luo Zhuoyi had readily agreed. Luo Hansheng had already authorized him to satisfy all of Su Xinghui's requests without exception—though, of course, Su Xinghui would not make any unreasonable demands.

For Luo Zhuoyi, building an organic fertilizer plant was not a major undertaking; it was only an investment of several tens of millions of RMB. Moreover, the Luo Group's main business in Indonesia was concentrated in agriculture, and fertilizer manufacturing related to agriculture was naturally one of their core businesses, so they were extremely experienced in this area.

The only issue was that the Luo Group lacked sufficient technical reserves in organic fertilizer; they generally produced chemical fertilizers. Now that Su Xinghui had reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with Jiangcheng Agricultural University, having their technical support made building an organic fertilizer plant a very simple matter.

Su Xinghui gave Luo Zhuoyi the contact information for Professors Luo Ping and Huang Chuanyong, asking him to contact them to discuss the details of establishing the organic fertilizer plant. Luo Zhuoyi promised to go to Jiangcheng as soon as possible to finalize the matter.

For the Luo Group, the organic fertilizer plant, feed mill, and agricultural products processing plant they were investing in within Chongjin County could be considered a relatively complete industrial chain.

A few days after Su Xinghui returned to Chongjin County, 1998 passed, and 1999 arrived.

For Chongjin County, Jiangyou Province, and indeed the entire country, 1998 had been a special year. That year, a once-in-a-century mega-flood occurred, causing severe losses across China and leaving many people with painful memories.

Yet for Chongjin County, this year was also their happiest. During this year, the county government completely abolished agricultural taxes and the unified retention and pooling system, meaning the vast number of farmers in Chongjin County no longer had to bear these heavy burdens.

It was also in this year that Chongjin County's Economic Development Zone welcomed the entry of over a hundred enterprises. They created tens of thousands of jobs for Chongjin County, generated a GDP two to three times higher than the previous year, and nearly doubled fiscal revenue, which also caused the average income in Chongjin County to nearly double.

And for the common people in the vast lake-reclamation areas of Chongjin County, this year was even more special. In this year, they returned their farmland to the lake and moved into new homes, never again having to face the annual waterlogging disasters.

In this year, Chongjin County's construction achieved unprecedented success. A new district was built, the county seat became increasingly beautiful, and the sense of happiness among the people of Chongjin County was also unprecedented.

All of this was brought about by the new County Magistrate, Su Xinghui. This made Su Xinghui's prestige in Chongjin County reach its zenith. The vast masses of people and the cadres and staff sincerely loved and respected Su Xinghui, and those who had once opposed him no longer dared to make any small moves; no one dared to pull the whiskers of the tiger that was Su Xinghui at this time.

With the arrival of the new year and the short New Year's holiday over, Chengshui City was set to adjust the cadres of its subordinate counties and districts.

On this day, Nie Xin was in Gangdong Village. He was there to inspect the construction of the village's water conservancy facilities. Although last year's mega-flood did not cause particularly great losses to Chongjin County, many of the county's water conservancy facilities, such as canals, had been washed away by the flood, so they had to be rebuilt now.

These water conservancy facilities had been built during the major water conservancy projects of the 1950s and 60s and had been in use for decades. Over these many years, due to Chongjin County's limited fiscal revenue, these facilities had fallen into disrepair, so it was only natural that they were washed away by such a large flood last year.

However, this winter, these facilities had to be repaired. This year's agricultural production relied heavily on them, and Su Xinghui had even asked Nie Xin to develop ecological agriculture, so Nie Xin made this the priority of his current work.

The common people in the villages below were very motivated to rebuild the water conservancy facilities. Now that these facilities were increasingly taking shape, Nie Xin was also very happy.

Suddenly, Nie Xin's phone rang. He picked it up; the call was from an acquaintance of his in the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department. This acquaintance offered Nie Xin congratulations in a somewhat mysterious tone.

Nie Xin's heart skipped a beat. He asked his acquaintance in a low voice what was going on. The acquaintance told him that Meng Lingguo had been transferred to the city to serve as the Director of the Municipal Bureau of Statistics, and that his position would be taken over by Nie Xin. ===== CHAPTER 2291 =====