Chapter 3186: Xia Song

The car drove up to the county leaders. Zhai Yingjie parked the car on the side of the road. After Su Xinghui got out, he shook hands one by one with the county leaders, starting with Luo Guoxiu, and then asked them to get into the cars. He had Luo Guoxiu and Xia Song, who was present, get into his own car.

Once in the car, Su Xinghui's first words were a complaint to Luo Guoxiu: "Old Luo, in such hot weather, why did you have everyone waiting here? Don't ever do this again in the future; you could find a place with some shade."

Luo Guoxiu knew that although Mayor Su was complaining, in reality, it was because he considered him one of his own that he spoke to him this way. He nodded and said, "Mayor Su, I understand. In the future, I will definitely pay more attention to my working methods."

Su Xinghui did not waste any more breath on this issue. He asked about the work situation in Zheshan County, and Luo Guoxiu answered Su Xinghui one by one. Ever since Luo Guoxiu arrived in Zheshan County, he had put most of his energy into economic work, so he had a thorough grasp of every aspect of Zheshan County's operations.

Of course, he did not intervene directly in economic work, but rather changed Zheshan County's economic landscape through personnel management. This was also something he had learned from Su Xinghui. As the County Party Secretary, his job was to utilize people well. After arriving in Zheshan County, he promoted a group of cadres, which greatly improved the work style in Zheshan County and allowed its economic work to quickly reach a new level.

Naturally, Luo Guoxiu had nothing but praise for Xia Song. Su Xinghui could understand this well, as Xia Song had once been his secretary. However, Luo Guoxiu was not just flattering him; Xia Song had indeed done an excellent job here. Having served as Su Xinghui's secretary for several years had not been in vain, as it allowed him to learn many of Su Xinghui's governing methods.

In fact, there was no need for Luo Guoxiu to say too much; the scene seen on the road from the northern suburbs of the county seat to the County Party Committee compound said it all. On this road, there were scenes of bustling construction everywhere. The urban construction level of Zheshan County had seen a huge improvement in just over half a year.

This was Su Xinghui's third time coming to Zheshan County. Each time he came, he had a different impression of Zheshan County. Like all the counties and districts in Baozhou, Zheshan County was developing with each passing day.

The group went to the County Party Committee compound and held a brief meeting to confirm Su Xinghui's itinerary. Then, accompanied by Luo Guoxiu and others, Su Xinghui inspected several key areas of Zheshan County.

The most important enterprise introduced to Zheshan County was the feed mill run by the Luo family from Indonesia. This feed mill was introduced by Xia Song and mainly produced feed and feed additives needed for animal husbandry, with a considerable scale.

For Zheshan County, this could be considered making full use of their advantages.

Zheshan County was considered the southernmost county in all of Baozhou. Because it was close to the capital, its transportation was also the most convenient. Animal husbandry was not very developed here because there were not many grasslands; it was mainly for planting crops, and the main crop varieties were corn and wheat.

Therefore, it was very suitable to run a feed mill here because the raw materials were abundant. Of course, to run a feed mill as large as the one run by the Indonesian Luo family, relying solely on local raw materials was not enough; raw materials from several surrounding counties also needed to be transported here.

Animal husbandry was quite developed in Baozhou City and the several cities surrounding it. Now that Su Xinghui was vigorously developing animal husbandry, the market for this feed was also enormous.

Originally, animal husbandry here relied on grazing, so there was no market for feed. But now, the carrying capacity for livestock was increasing, and production methods had changed to a combination of grazing and stall feeding, which led to an increasing demand for feed and feed additives.

The feed mill introduced by Xia Song could be considered to have emerged as the times required.

Now, the annual output of feed and feed additives from this feed mill could reach over 100,000 tons, with an annual output value of several hundred million yuan. And this output was still far from meeting the needs of the farmers and herdsmen in Baozhou and its surrounding areas, so the production scale needed to be expanded further. Therefore, the second and third phases of the feed mill project were currently under construction.

Therefore, Su Xinghui first went to the feed mill. Although it was called a feed mill, its actual name was the Indonesian Luo Group Feed Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The person in charge here was a descendant of the Luo family named Luo Yuxuan.

Luo Yuxuan introduced the situation of the feed mill to Su Xinghui. In fact, without his introduction, Su Xinghui could see that this feed mill was very modern, had high production efficiency, and was advanced in production management, possessing the style of the Luo Group.

When he was still in Chongjin County, the Luo Group had run a factory there, and Su Xinghui was very familiar with their style. At that time, Xia Song was his secretary, so he had also dealt with the Luo Group back then. This time, Xia Song had invited them to Zheshan County to set up a factory.

Su Xinghui stayed there for over an hour and asked about many detailed situations. When he came last time, the feed mill had not yet started production, so he asked in more detail this time. He knew that this feed mill was also one of the most important projects in Zheshan County.

After seeing the feed mill project, Su Xinghui visited some other places that day, including the construction site of the Zheshan section of the Baojing Expressway. The progress of this key project was also very smooth, which made Su Xinghui feel very gratified. Overall, he was very satisfied with the work of the Zheshan County Party Committee and County Government.

That evening, Su Xinghui met and talked with the leaders of the Zheshan County Party Committee and County Government one by one in his room. He encouraged Luo Guoxiu to work hard, which made Luo Guoxiu very excited.

However, Luo Guoxiu knew that his future was very limited because his age determined that his ceiling would not be high. He was about to turn fifty, and it would be quite good to reach the deputy-prefectural level in this lifetime. He only regretted why he hadn't met Su Xinghui a few years earlier.

But even meeting Su Xinghui now was his luck; otherwise, he might have spent the rest of his life in a regular-prefectural position. Now he knew that as long as he could work hard, at least a deputy-prefectural position would not be missing for him.

After meeting with Luo Guoxiu, Su Xinghui met the remaining county leaders in turn. They all showered Su Xinghui with constant flattery, and many even had the intention of defecting to Su Xinghui. This was also very normal; Su Xinghui's prestige in Baozhou City was currently at its peak, and his attitude toward his subordinates was impeccable. Everyone who followed him had good arrangements.

Su Xinghui was noncommittal about the defection intentions of these county leaders. He likewise encouraged them to work hard, which gave these people hope. If they could really do their jobs well, Su Xinghui wouldn't mind giving them a hand. Su Xinghui had always liked people who could get things done.

After meeting all the county leaders, Su Xinghui called Xia Song to his room.

After serving as a town mayor for more than half a year, Xia Song's entire temperament was different from before. When he was Su Xinghui's secretary, he still had some of the scholarly weakness of a college student, but now, he was tanned and thinner, showing some sharpness.

This new temperament of his made Su Xinghui very happy. He had always valued Xia Song highly, more than his other subordinates, because Xia Song had truly grown up by his side. His mind had been instilled with many of Su Xinghui's concepts. In Su Xinghui's view, he also had a limitless future.

Now it seemed that letting Xia Song work at the grassroots level was indeed a good thing; it gave Xia Song a lot of tempering and allowed him to show his edge.

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Xia Song, you haven't spent little time in the sun during this period, have you?"

Xia Song's skin was now dark, which was of course caused by the sun. The summer sun in Baozhou was no gentler than that in Hudong.

In front of Su Xinghui, Xia Song was still a bit embarrassed: "Mayor Su, there has been a lot of work in the town during this period, so I have to run around everywhere, and I have spent more time in the sun. However, it still doesn't compare to you; your skin is tanned even darker than mine."

Su Xinghui laughed. Indeed, his skin was also tanned dark. He liked to run to the grassroots level, and even in the height of summer, he didn't like to let his subordinates hold an umbrella for him to shade him from the sun, so he naturally got tanned. This had been his habit all along.

Su Xinghui stopped talking about this topic and asked, "Xia Song, your daughter is two months old, right?"

Xia Song's wife, Qi Hongyu, had given birth to a daughter for him two months ago, which allowed Xia Song to successfully upgrade to a father. His temperament also added some of the maturity of a father.

Hearing Su Xinghui mention his daughter, Xia Song's smile added some paternal tenderness. He nodded and said, "Two months and three days old. I went home to see her the day before yesterday."

Su Xinghui said, "Is Little Qi doing well? You should care more about her, especially pay attention to her psychology, and let her feel your care."

Xia Song nodded and said, "She is doing quite well. My mother-in-law is taking care of her. My parents, sister, and brother-in-law have also been to see her. I go back two or three times every week to visit the mother and daughter. She is very happy every day."

Su Xinghui said, "Last time, Xiaoya brought Niuniu to Baozhou, and Niuniu said he had been to your house to see the little sister. He said the little sister was very beautiful, and he liked the little sister very much."

Xia Song said, "Yes, last time I went back, Hongyu also said that. She said that sister-in-law and Niuniu had been to my house several times. Every time they went, they accompanied her for a long time, taught her some methods of raising children, and she was very grateful to sister-in-law. She also said that Xiaoqing also likes Niuniu very much and will smile every time she sees Niuniu."

Xiaoqing was Xia Song's daughter, and her name was Xia Shuqing.