Chapter 2399: The Man from the Northwest

Shazhou City has a permanent population of more than 5.3 million, a GDP of more than 280 billion yuan, and an area of ​​more than 15,000 square kilometers, while Pingshun City alone has a permanent population of more than 1.2 million, a GDP of more than 50 billion yuan, and an area of ​​more than 3,000 square kilometers.

Therefore, Pingshun City has always been the most important city under Shazhou. Although the rank of Pingshun Municipal Party Committee Secretary is the same as that of the secretaries of several other counties and districts, and is not concurrently held by the Standing Committee, it is almost a routine for the Pingshun Municipal Party Committee Secretary to be promoted to the Standing Committee of Shazhou Municipal Party Committee after leaving office. This also shows the importance of Pingshun City to the entire Shazhou.

This is also the reason why Chen Guohua took Qin Feng to Pingshun City as the first stop today.

It was Qin Feng's request that Chen Guohua take him to several counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Shazhou for a visit on the weekend. Qin Feng asked Chen Guohua not to notify anyone and not to have anyone accompany them.

It is Qin Feng's habit to personally inspect and walk through the area where he works when he first takes office.

Over the past month, Qin Feng has studied the data and information of the entire sandbar in detail and has gained a detailed understanding of the situation of the entire sandbar.

However, no matter how well he understood it, it was only data on paper. He had to see it with his own eyes and walk there in person to know exactly what the sandbar looked like. This was also the basis of his administration.

Pingshun City is some distance away from Shazhou City, and it takes an hour and a half to drive there.

The car started from Shazhou City, and Chen Guohua introduced the situation along the way to Qin Feng.

When the car was about to enter Pingshun City, Chen Guohua said to Qin Feng: "Mayor, Comrade Xie Kang, the mayor of Pingshun City, is waiting at the intersection ahead."

Hearing this, Qin Feng's face suddenly darkened. He stared at Chen Guohua and asked, "Didn't I emphasize to you not to notify anyone?"

"Please listen to my explanation. Shunping City is far away from Shazhou. Comrade Xinming, the driver and I are not very familiar with the situation in Shunping, so we can't plan the route, and we can't introduce the specific situation to you. If you don't find a comrade who is familiar with the local situation, then your field investigation today will be meaningless, right?"

"Mayor, Comrade Xie Kang is a comrade who can be trusted. These are the exact words of Mayor Yaqiu." Chen Guohua said and looked at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng looked at Chen Guohua and immediately understood Chen Guohua's intention of arranging to come to Pingshun City today and asking Xie Kang to lead the way.

Chen Guohua specifically said that Qi Yaqiu had said that Xie Kang was a comrade who could be trusted, meaning to tell Qin Feng that Xie Kang was also Qi Yaqiu's man and could be completely trusted.

"I have specifically emphasized to Comrade Xie Kang that your field investigation is to be secret and he is not allowed to inform anyone, and you must see the most authentic Pingshun," Chen Guohua explained.

Xie Kang and Qin Feng naturally knew each other. Qin Feng was the mayor of Shazhou City, and Xie Kang was the mayor of Pingshun City, a prefecture-level city under Shazhou. They had a direct superior-subordinate relationship in terms of business counterparts. Although Qin Feng had only been in Shazhou for a short time, he had attended many meetings and listened to Xie Kang's work reports alone in the office, although it was just a routine procedure at that time.

"Tell me about Comrade Xie Kang's situation. The more detailed the better." Qin Feng did not express his attitude towards Chen Guohua's "acting on his own initiative", but instead asked about Xie Kang's situation.

Chen Guohua nodded. Qin Feng's inquiry about Xie Kang's situation meant that Qin Feng approved of his arrangement. Of course, he also knew which aspects of Xie Kang's situation he should report to Qin Feng, and would never simply report Xie Kang's resume on paper to Qin Feng.

Before Chen Guohua finished reporting Xie Kang's situation, the car arrived at the intersection Chen Guohua mentioned.

There were two cars parked at the intersection, and Pingshun Mayor Xie Kang was standing on the roadside waiting with a few people.

The car stopped and Xie Kang opened the door for Qin Feng himself: "Welcome the mayor to inspect our work in Pingshun."

Qin Feng got out of the car and shook hands with Xie Kang: "I am not here to inspect the work. I just came here to take a look around today, to walk around and see the real situation of your Pingshun with my own eyes."

"Yes, yes, Director Chen called me and told me not to notify anyone or make any arrangements, so I came with two office staff members and did not do any reception work." Xie Kang hurriedly explained. He had to explain so that Qin Feng would not think that he was unwilling to give a grand reception.

"Mayor Xie, it's a good thing you didn't make any arrangements. If you had really done those empty talk today, the mayor would definitely not have forgiven me today." Chen Guohua, who came over from the other side of the car door, said with a smile, then shook hands with Xie Kang. It can be seen that he has a very good relationship with Xie Kang.

Qin Feng stood by the road, looking at the endless green seedlings on both sides of the road and asked, "Are these corns?"

"Yes, this is corn."

"What is the main food crop for the people here?"

"Most of the irrigated land with water sources like this is used to grow corn and wheat. To the west, most of it is dry land, and the main crop is potatoes..." Xie Kang introduced while standing on the roadside.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, bringing up a cloud of dust that hit everyone, and everyone hurriedly used their hands to block it.

This is a common occurrence in the Northwest, and it's what Qin Feng can't stand the most. The wind is strong and the sand is heavy. Whenever you go out, you'll basically come back covered in dust. This is why women on Shazhou wrap themselves up with headscarves when they go out.

When the wind and sand blew, the others blocked it reflexively or simply wrapped their heads in their coats. Only Qin Feng, who had just come from another place, was not so quick to react and was covered in dust by the wind and sand.

"Mayor, get in the car quickly." Seeing this, Chen Guohua quickly opened the car door.

Qin Feng waved his hand and said, "If I have to hide from this little bit of wind and sand, I really can't stay on the sandbar for long."

Qin Feng can make jokes on himself, but others don’t dare to do so.

Qin Feng was brushing off the dust on his body. Chen Guohua hurriedly helped to brush off the dust on Qin Feng's body, and then asked Zhang Xinming to get mineral water from the back of the car to wipe Qin Feng's face. It was so embarrassing for a mayor to be covered in dust.

Qin Feng waved his hand and said, "It's not that important. Once you are in the Northwest, you are a Northwest man. If you are so particular, wouldn't you be worse than a woman?"

Qin Feng made another joke, then looked at the endless fields of crops on both sides of the road and said to Xie Kang, "Where is the irrigation water source for these crops? I heard that your Pingshun irrigation project is very good. Take me over to have a look."

"Just go in that direction, it's the unified irrigation project, but cars can't pass through, so we have to walk." Xie Kang pointed into the distance.

"Then let's go over and take a look." Qin Feng took the lead and walked into the farmland, moving forward against the wind and sand.

Qin Feng had already walked over, and the others hurriedly followed in a flurry of activity.