Reborn in 1994, escaping from marriage and going sea fishing, I won!

Tang Jianguo also raised his glass and said, "My heart is still beating fast. I have a feeling that our village is about to undergo earth-shaking changes. I don't care what others say. Mayor Tang, I will follow you! I have four sons, all of them are young and strong. If they don't follow me, I will beat them with a belt."

"My family is the same!" Ma Baojian quickly responded, "Let's work together and try to make this happen!"

As the meal progressed, everyone became more familiar with each other and the atmosphere became more lively.

When passing by the wholesale city, Liu Yibang bought a lot of pencils and notebooks, intending to give them to Mi Xiaonan to use as rewards for students during teaching.

After boarding the train, Xu Zhiqiang asked, "Mayor Liu, what are you buying these things for?"

Liu Yibang smiled and responded, "They say it takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate a person! No matter how hard life is, we must not let children suffer, and no matter how poor we are, we must not neglect education! I plan to donate these stationery to the village school. I've also contacted the school in my hometown; they update a batch of books every year."

"Many of the books aren't brand new, but they're at least 60% to 70% new. I've already asked someone to pack them up and mail them to me. When the time comes, I'll set aside a room in the school as a library. After finishing their homework, the children can borrow books and read, learning about the outside world through books."

Tang Jianguo asked doubtfully, "Will reading these books affect my studies?"

Liu Yibang replied, "These books have been screened and reviewed, and are suitable for elementary school students! Reading them will only benefit your studies. Learning methods are different now than they used to be, where rote memorization was the norm. The questions are more flexible, and you need a wealth of knowledge to achieve good grades."

"Really?" Tang Jianguo asked again.

Liu Yibang assured him, "I graduated from a prestigious university, and I have classmates who work in the education sector! We've discussed this before, and he told me about current educational trends."

"As long as the books children read are not messy, they are helpful to them. If they read more books, writing will naturally be easier. The efforts of each of us are supporting these children. I hope that one day, after reading books, these children will be able to achieve academic success when they grow up and give back to their hometown."

This business trip completely convinced the village cadres of Baxiang Village.

After arriving at the county, several village cadres had a simple meal and then returned to the village.

However, Liu Yibang could not just go back like that. He organized the content of this business trip into a written document and reported it to Secretary Zhou and Mayor Wang in the form of a formal report.

Secretary Zhou and Mayor Wang were surprised by Liu Yibang's swift action and asked, "Will the university really send someone and provide funding?"

"This is a pilot project!" Liu Yibang explained. "Only if it can be successfully replicated in our village will the research results be considered effective, and only then can they be promoted elsewhere. This is a mutually beneficial situation for both the local government and the school."

Secretary Zhou nodded and praised, "Mayor Liu, only you have such insight. Other village cadres wouldn't even dare to think about it."

Mayor Wang also nodded in agreement: "That's right! If it were me, I wouldn't dare to push this matter unless I was absolutely sure."

Liu Yibang responded, "This is the responsibility of us, the central government selected students! We should be bold in trying things. Even if we make mistakes, it will prove that this path doesn't work, and we can try another one."

In this way, Secretary Zhou and Mayor Wang were persuaded.

After all, they knew that there was no need to argue with Liu Yibang. They knew that Liu Yibang was a man with great ambitions, like a carp, who would eventually leap over the dragon gate and would not stay in their place for long.

After finishing his report, Secretary Zhou asked, "Mayor Liu, the county has agreed to our proposal and is sending us five doctors. They also want us to provide seven more vacancies. Do you think this arrangement is feasible? How about we allocate three vacancies to our town hospital?"

Liu Yibang smiled and said, "Okay, Secretary Zhou, you and Mayor Wang will make the arrangements. I have only one request. All the doctors we send must be capable, have real skills, and be young. If we send only people with connections and don't meet the standards, they will be sent back, and we won't have another chance."

Secretary Zhou and Mayor Wang nodded in understanding. "If it were anything else, some might try to be clever and take shortcuts. But when it comes to treating patients and saving lives, who would dare to mess around? After all, everyone eats grains and cereals, and everyone gets sick. Of the seven spots available in the county, three have been given to the city. These candidates are all top-notch graduates from reputable medical schools. No one wants to waste such a great opportunity."

There's no other way. Medical resources here are so scarce, and everyone from top to bottom cherishes this opportunity. After a year of training, as long as you study hard, you can learn a lot of real skills.

We have such opportunities this year, and maybe next year as well. We all hope for continued development. Good resources are not easy to come by.

Liu Yibang was relieved and said, "That's good. I will contact the rural doctors and ask them to participate in the training. At the same time, we must find a way to improve their treatment."

Mayor Wang looked troubled and sighed, "Who doesn't want better pay? But we're short on resources here, and we need money everywhere. Teachers' salaries are sometimes in arrears."

Liu Yibang frowned, knowing full well how poor this impoverished area was, and said, "We still need to vigorously develop the economy!"

"Yes, if the economy doesn't develop, everything else will be affected," Mayor Wang lamented. "Nowadays, the brave young people are all leaving to work. The coastal areas are indeed experiencing rapid economic development, but the number of people leaving is still small. If we can find a suitable factory and organize the young and middle-aged people in the village to work there, that would be a solution."

Liu Yibang thought for a moment and said, "Economic development cannot be achieved overnight. Working outside the country is indeed a good idea."

He didn't agree immediately, planning to call his friend Ji Heng later. Ji Heng had many private factories in his area, and they might be in need of workers. He could then use the town government's name to send labor out.

Not only is the private economy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang developing rapidly and there are many factories, but the same is true in Shenyang, where wages are relatively high.

After returning to the office, Liu Yibang immediately called Ji Heng and another person, Yang Cheng, who was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to ask if they needed labor.

Ji Heng replied, "Yes, I'm doing some statistics right now. I was thinking if you have any surplus labor, you could send it over. This would be a good way to increase your income."

After hearing this, Liu Yibang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then can we cooperate on a business-to-business basis and send these workers over? After all, everyone is unfamiliar with the area, and it's their first time traveling so far, so they're bound to be anxious and afraid. This will also make management easier and prevent confusion. During the Chinese New Year, we can buy tickets for them to go home. Oh, and the money earned can be directly deposited into their bank accounts, which is safer. We also need to provide them with relevant training..."

Ji Heng knew that this job was not easy, but his good friend did this to provide protection for the local people.

Ji Heng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you once I've finished the statistics."

"Thank you very much." Liu Yibang said gratefully. Everyone is so poor, and it is very important to earn some money to improve their lives.

Liu Yibang also made the same call to his second brother Liu Yiwen and received good news.