Chapter 1819: No Money for Road Construction

Qin Feng chatted with Xie Zhiguo for more than an hour. After working hours, the convoy set off again.

Unlike the large number of media reporters who followed throughout the morning, the media reporters left after the morning ended and there were no media reporters following the inspection in the afternoon.

The first stop in the afternoon was a typical poor village. This was also an important purpose of Xie Zhiguo's inspection, to investigate the poverty of the people.

Of course, this poor village was also specially chosen by Qin Feng. First, this village is very poor. Second, this poor village has no roads so far, and it is very difficult to enter and exit, which has led to the village being extremely poor.

Qin Feng, accompanied Xie Zhiguo and a group of leaders, walked along the rugged and narrow mountain road.

Halfway through the journey, Xie Zhiguo suddenly stopped and questioned Qin Feng: "How exactly do you do poverty alleviation work in Yi'an County? Why don't you try to help the people in such a village repair the road?"

"Without access, how can people's basic livelihoods be guaranteed? How can safety in and out be guaranteed?"

"This morning you were bragging to me about your village-to-village road project. Is this what you mean by ensuring that every village has access to roads?"

Xie Zhiguo was very angry.

Qin Feng lowered his head, looking like he was being taught a lesson.

"Give me a reasonable explanation now and tell me what your Yian County team is doing?" Xie Zhiguo became even more angry when he looked at Qin Feng.

"Secretary Xie, this is indeed a mistake in our work, but we have no other choice," Qin Feng explained.

"Now tell me, what is wrong with you?"

"Our Yian's village-to-village road project is divided into three phases. The first phase has been completed, and the second phase has been mostly completed. However, the remaining projects and the third phase that was originally planned have all been stopped due to some funding issues. This road is one of the remaining projects in the second phase." Qin Feng said.

“Is lack of money a reason?”

"That's not a reason, but our county really has no way to solve this problem. The entire village-to-village project is paid for by special funds from our county and city finances."

"All the funds from our county's finances were used to complete most of the first and second phases of the project, but not a penny from the city's special appropriation was allocated, which led to the suspension of the entire project, and it has been suspended for almost two months."

"We have thought of many ways to do this, but to no avail," said Qin Feng.

Xie Zhiguo turned around and asked Tang Yun, "Have the people from the Transportation Bureau arrived?"

"Coming." Tang Yun nodded, then looked at Li Shenyuan, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau.

Li Shenyuan realized that something was wrong when Qin Feng said the project was suspended, and he finally understood why Xie Zhiguo brought him along when he came to inspect today.

When Xie Zhiguo asked whether the people from the Transportation Bureau had arrived, Li Shenyuan's heart skipped a beat.

When Tang Yun looked at him, Li Shenyuan hurried out and came in front of Xie Zhiguo.

"Thank you Secretary!"

"This is Comrade Li Shenyuan, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau." Tang Yun introduced to Xie Zhiguo.

Xie Zhiguo had only been in Xiquan for a few days, so naturally he didn't know Li Shenyuan.

"Are you the director of the Transportation Bureau?" Xie Zhiguo stared at Li Shenyuan and asked.

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Shenyuan replied quickly.

"Then let me ask you, is what Qin Feng just said true? Why hasn't the special fund allocated by the city to Yian County to build rural roads been allocated?" Xie Zhiguo stared at Li Shenyuan and asked.

"Secretary Xie, what Comrade Qin Feng said is indeed true. The total amount is 18 million. So far, 1 million has been allocated, and there are still more than 1 million that have not been allocated." Li Shenyuan said hurriedly.

"I'm not here to hear your report, I'm here to ask why you didn't make the payment."

Li Shenyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Xie Zhiguo's stern voice.

"Secretary Xie, this money was not allocated by our Transportation Bureau, but by the municipal finance department. Our Transportation Bureau just transferred it. So far, the finance department has only allocated one million yuan to us. There has been no delay on our side. It has all been allocated to Yi'an County without deducting a penny."

"As for why the remaining one million was not allocated, I am not sure." Li Shenyuan kept explaining, putting all the blame on the Finance Bureau.

"Call the Finance Bureau and ask them what's going on. This matter must be resolved today." Xie Zhiguo said to his secretary Gao Wei.

Gao Wei nodded, took out his cell phone, and called Long Jianping, director of the Municipal Finance Bureau.

"Director Long, I'm Gao Wei from the Municipal Party Committee. Secretary Xie is currently inspecting a poor village in Yi'an County. He found that the roads here are rugged and difficult to navigate, and very dangerous. Comrades from Yi'an County reported that the road was not built because the city had not allocated a special fund for road construction."

"Just now, Director Li from the Transportation Bureau reported that the problem was with your Finance Bureau. Now Secretary Xie asked me to ask you why the money was not allocated."