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Upon hearing this, Jia Zhengjing rejected He Yuzhu's proposal again.

"He, County Magistrate, it's not that I want to, but that I can't. The situation in the towns and villages under our county is not much better than that in Chenjiagou. Everyone is now tightening their belts and eating less, and they are hungry one day and full the next. Where do you want me to get food from?"

Besides, there are 200 households in Chenjiagou. With these hundreds of mouths, the amount of food consumed is not a small amount. With such a huge amount, I don’t know what to do.”

He Yuzhu heard this and finally made a suggestion.

"Secretary Jia, since our county is in such a difficult situation, we should ask other counties or the municipal party committee for help and ask them to allocate some food to us."

Jia Zhengjing refused without even thinking about it.

"He, County Magistrate, your idea is not feasible. If we borrow grain from other counties or the city, what will happen? It will make our colleagues around us laugh. In addition, if we borrow today, we have to pay it back in the future. In the current situation of our county, what can we use to pay it back? Do you pay it back or do I pay it back?"

He Yuzhu was at a loss for words for a moment after hearing what Jia Zhengjing said, and he knew from what this guy said just now that Jia Zhengjing was not a good official who was wholeheartedly serving the people. He kept talking about difficulties and making excuses, and even for the sake of so-called face, he could watch his people starve.

However, he was not the top leader now, and it was not easy for him to say much since he had just arrived. But for the sake of the innocent people in Chenjiagou, He Yuzhu spoke directly without caring whether it would offend the county party secretary.

"Secretary Jia, that being said, if you think about it, if we leave these villagers alone, what will happen if they starve to death? And what should we do if they continue to make trouble? If these problems are reported to the Municipal Party Committee, the impact will be very great. I am afraid that we will both be in trouble."

Jia Zhengjing was not stupid. He naturally heard the threat in He Yuzhu's words. If he did nothing, this guy might expose him to the municipal committee. He originally planned to ignore the villagers of Chenjiagou, but now he could not do so. He immediately changed the subject.

"County Magistrate He, let's have the town government cafeteria prepare a full meal for these villagers and send them away first. Then we can go back to the county and hold a meeting to discuss how to squeeze out some food to help them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Zhengjing waved to the town mayor, Wang Tao, who ran over happily.

"Secretary Jia, what do you say?"

"Mayor Wang, you go and say hello to the town government cafeteria and arrange a meal for these villagers. Just deal with it first. I will go back and hold a meeting to discuss how to solve the rest."

When Wang Tao heard what Jia Zhengjing said, he immediately understood what to do. He strode to the villagers of Chenjiagou and shouted at them,

"Fellow villagers, our Secretary Jia said that we should all go to the town government cafeteria for a meal first. As for the follow-up relief grain issue, he will return to the county committee to discuss and deal with it. You all just need to wait patiently."

As soon as Mayor Wang Tao said this, the villagers of Chenjiagou, who had originally had dazed and lifeless eyes, suddenly rekindled their hope for life. Their eyes became bright and they kept repeating words of thanks to Secretary Jia.

He Yuzhu looked at the villagers of Chenjiagou in front of him and felt very uncomfortable, because he knew that the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing was just delaying the issue because of what he had just said. There was no specific solution yet, and he didn't look determined to resolve the matter.

To be honest, He Yuzhu really wants to change the current situation of the farmers. After all, in this era of hunger and cold, the so-called economic development means grain production. Only when grain production is sufficient can the people truly live and work in peace and contentment.

After pacifying the villagers who had caused trouble in Chenjiagou, He Yuzhu and Jia Zhengjing rode their 28-bar bicycles back to the county party committee compound.

On the way back, the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing actually had some complaints about the newly appointed County Magistrate He, because he felt that He Yuzhu dared to openly threaten him, which showed that this guy was dedicated to the people and was a practical man, which ran counter to his ideas. He would definitely have many conflicts with him in the future, which was not a good thing for him. What he, Jia Zhengjing, needed was a like-minded county magistrate, not a "Ma Lou" who jumped up and down and caused trouble for him. For this reason, he had already begun to plan how to deal with He Yuzhu.

After returning to the county party committee compound, as He Yuzhu had expected, the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing did not convene a county party committee meeting immediately. Instead, he asked his secretary to take He Yuzhu to visit his county magistrate's office and help him arrange accommodation, and familiarize him with some specific details of the Andong County Party Committee compound.

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He Yuzhu was lying on the bed at this moment, his mind full of thoughts about what happened in Chenjiagou today. He found that the potential problems in Andong County were much more serious than he had imagined. The inaction of county officials, natural disasters, and all kinds of problems mixed together made his head hurt a little.

Moreover, today, because of the matter of the villagers in Chenjiagou, he had obviously offended the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing. The other party was a smiling but treacherous person, and he might have already begun planning to trip him up.

The first problem facing He Yuzhu now is how to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in Anding County. In fact, in his mind, the so-called economic development is to increase the grain income of local people, because their country adopts a planned economy, and there is an essential difference between urban residents and farmers.

Urban residents were issued corresponding food coupons according to the quota rations stipulated by the state, and then went to the local grain station to purchase food and other supplies with the coupons and money.

Farmers in rural areas have to rely on their own hard work to obtain food. In addition to paying a certain amount of public grain, the extra food can be exchanged for other supplies with local grain stations. In other words, the more farmers produce, the more supplies they can exchange, and their lives will naturally be better.

Therefore, He Yuzhu plans to find someone who knows the subject to study the improved upland rice planting technology in his system space to increase grain production.