Chapter 237: I found some clues

Xia Xiang was very angry, but he still said seriously: "Thank you, Secretary Mei for the praise, I will definitely live up to the high expectations of my leader."

Mei Xiaolin gave him a blank look and said nothing, but in a glance, she was full of femininity and charm. She was still the image of the deputy secretary of the county party committee with a cold face!

Xiaoguo Village is not far away, but the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk, the ground is bumpy and uneven, and ordinary cars are really difficult to pass. Fortunately, the chassis of the Land Rover car is high enough and cannot support the bottom. However, because it is too uneven, it is not fast to drive between shaking. It took half an hour to walk less than 10 kilometers of road.

As soon as she arrived at Xiaoguo Village, Mei Xiaolin opened the car door and ran out. She squatted in the fields invisibly, retching a few times before she stood up and said with a pale face: "It's really a pleasure to be on a boat. County Magistrate Xia..."

Xia Xiang saw a villager surrounding him and hurriedly said, "Call me Xiaoxia, I will also call you Xiaomei, stop calling you. Also, it is best if you are by the side and just listen and don't say anything. If you have any questions, I will answer, okay?"

Although it was a tone of discussion, Xia Xiang's expression showed unquestionable decisiveness. Mei Xiaolin easily disobeyed people. However, along the way, Xia Xiang thought about everything and was indeed much better than her. She still nodded involuntarily: "Okay, I'll listen to you once for the time being, but..."

Xia Xiang turned around and left without waiting for her to say something badly. Sure enough, Mei Xiaolin didn't say a word, she opened her mouth and seemed to be choking. She stared at Xia Xiang's background in a daze, not knowing what to do for a while. After a while, she smiled as if she was helpless and followed quickly.

Xia Xiang came to the middle of a few villagers who watched the fun from afar, took out a cigarette and handed it on it: "Friends, ask me if you have any apples sold in your village?"

A middle-aged man with wide arms and round waist took Xia Xiang's cigarette, looked at the sign first, and laughed: "Hongtashan, good cigarettes. Young, do you want to buy apples or what?"

"I heard that the apples produced in the village are clean and hygienic and do not use medicine, so I came here to buy some... Uncle's surname?" Xia Xiang took the airplane and was almost caught.

"Not expensive, the surname is Ouyang, and the name is Tieyi." The middle-aged uncle smiled and lit the cigarette and took a sip of pleasure. "Good cigarettes are good, it's so exciting to smoke. I said to young people, if you want to eat them yourself, you can't buy a few kilograms. Let's go to my field and I will pick a few kilograms for you. Anyway, there is no sales, and it will rot in the field sooner or later."

Mei Xiaolin also came behind Xia Xiang. Seeing him getting along with the villagers in a few words, she admired him for doing grassroots work and did have a good idea.

Xia Xiangqi said: "Why no one buys good apples? I just go to Yan City to find some fruit wholesalers to buy them. The price is lower and you can sell them for some money."

Ouyang Tieyi slapped her thigh: "Oh, don't mention it, young, you can go to the field with me and check it out." He turned around and saw Mei Xiaolin who was following Xia Xiang, and smiled, "Is it your partner? She looks pretty, but don't just be like the apples in our field."

Xia Xiang felt inexplicable when she heard this, Mei Xiaolin looked puzzled, but she was still a little happy when she told Ouyang Tieyi that she was Xia Xiang's object, thinking that she didn't look old, and she was said to be the object of 25 years old at the age of 28. If she doesn't look old, it proves that her youth is still there.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, Ouyang Tieyi said to Xia Xiang: "Your partner looks a little older than you. It's better for a woman to be older. I know that I love others. I'm young, you are blessed."

Mei Xiaolin almost turned her nose awkward. She even touched her face secretly, and a hint of uneasiness flashed in her heart: Am I really old?

Xia Xiang didn't notice Mei Xiaolin's thoughts. He talked with Ouyang Tieyi happily: "Uncle Ouyang, do you have many surnames in your village? Your name is quite meaningful, and it's Tieyi. Is there any explanation?"

"There is no explanation, just my elder brother is called Jinyi, and my second brother is called Yinyi. When it's my turn, I can only be Iron Yi." Ouyang Tieyi was quite talkative and said with a smile, "I don't have a younger brother below me. If I have a younger brother, I can only be called Muyi and Buyi. Anyway, the later I am born, the more I suffer."

Mei Xiaolin laughed out loud: "I only have seniority in the organization. It turns out that the birth order can also determine the quality of the name. It's too unfair. Why can the boss call a good name and the young man call it?"

Xia Xiang turned around and said, "There are many unfair things. In ancient times, the boss had the natural right to inherit..."

"That's right, fairness? We farmers don't know what fairness is! When officials come, they can do whatever they want. After they have made apples, they regretted it and no one came to collect apples! What do you think now? A good apple tree has grown for several years, so it can't be cut, right? Cutting it will be even more a loss. If it doesn't cut it, it will not only hinder it, but also affects planting other crops. Now our whole village is worried, and no one will come to help us solve it." Ouyang Jinyi complained, and pointed forward, "Look, let's see how many apple trees are there!"

Xia Xiang looked up and saw that at least dozens of acres of land were planted with fruit trees. All the trees were covered with fruits, which was very pleasant. But Ouyang Tieyi saw it, but there was no joy at all.

Ouyang Tieyi didn't say much, and ran to the ground in three steps, picked a few apples from a fruit tree, handed them to Xia Xiang and said, "The apples are good, big and round, it's a pity, they are not useful, you can try it..."

Xia Xiang didn't bother me, so she wiped it with her hands, bit it in one bite, then grinned, and showed a strange expression on her face: "It's sour and astringent, why is this weird smell? Judging from the shape of the apple, it should be a red Fuji variety, why is it so unpalatable?"

"Who said no? I said it was a long time ago. It was beautiful but it was so unpalatable." Ouyang Tieyi shook her head repeatedly, and inadvertently glanced at Mei Xiaolin, which made Mei Xiaolin feel uncomfortable and glared at him dissatisfied.

Ouyang Tieyi reacted and smiled quickly: "Girl, I didn't say you're not good at it, don't be too careful, I mean apples." He turned back to Xia Xiang and said, "Young young, now you know why no one comes to buy our apples, right? We don't know what kind of skills are, and we've been fooled by the seedling company. Some people say that this fruit tree has failed to cultivate, not an authentic Red Fuji variety. Anyway, we can't understand those words, but we know that the years of hard work have been wasted."

Mei Xiaolin understood what happened. It must be that Amway Agricultural Co., Ltd. was secretly making trouble and used inferior seedlings to sell them to farmers. After the incident, although some of them were saved by grafting again, it was probably because of the technical strength or other reasons. In short, when the fruits matured, it was discovered that the apples were not ugly, but they were just a sign of the appearance and could not be entered. Amway Company was of course unwilling to bear the losses, so it had to pass on the losses to the farmers and refused to purchase the apples.

In the final analysis, Amway Company cheated and harmed farmers, and Li Chaosheng, as a policymaker and promoter, also bears certain leadership responsibilities. Mei Xiaolin had a conclusion in her mind, so she secretly thought that she could go back now.

Xia Xiang waved his hand at her and whispered: "Don't be anxious, continue to understand the situation in depth, and you can't just go by."

Mei Xiaolin was dissatisfied: "The situation is already very clear. It is a problem with Amway. We will study the countermeasures after we go back."

"Is it really a matter of Amway?" Xia Xiang asked meaningfully, "How do you hold Amway accountable?"

Mei Xiaolin was angry and took out the posture of the deputy secretary: "Amway company cheated and harmed farmers, and could not escape the legal sanctions. I will recommend that farmers sue them."

Xia Xiang smiled disapprovingly: "Environment has not signed an agreement with the fruit farmers, why should you rely on others?"

Mei Xiaolin was stunned in disbelief: "It is impossible. They are too rash to plant fruit trees if they don't sign an agreement."

"They are not frivolous, they believe in the party and the government..." Xia Xiang shook his head with a heavy face and turned around to ask Ouyang Tieyi, "Did you agree to a recycling agreement with Amway at that time?"

"No, where is the agreement signed? At that time, Secretary Li brought people, and Secretary Li guaranteed it for us. How can we not believe it? The result is good. Now Secretary Li does not admit that he said the guarantee for us back then, saying that we planted fruit trees is a spontaneous business behavior, and the village is irresponsible, and only responsible for coordination." Ouyang Tieyi said this, and he was angry and did not make a fuss. "Coordination is just a waste of the cannon, speak loudly, and treat us as fools! Now when we go to the village, we can't find Secretary Li's people at all, and then go to Yan City to find Amway Company. People say that they only provided saplings and did not sign an agreement to acquire apples. Now, no one cares about our lives or death!"

Xia Xiang didn't say anything, and looked at Mei Xiaolin. Mei Xiaolin finally understood a little. As a decision maker, Li Chaosheng might have any behind-the-scenes deals with Amway. Now she is increasingly unable to understand Xia Xiang. He is not in a hurry and can always find the crux of the matter, but not in a hurry to draw conclusions. He always looks confident. At first, she thought he was pretending to be mature, but now she knows that Xia Xiang is really steady.

Thinking of her first secret investigation, she understood a truth in her mind. At the grassroots level, she could not ask questions at the beginning, but had to get along with the villagers before she could slowly draw the truth from their mouths. Sometimes it was not that the villagers didn’t want to say it or were unwilling to say it, but that they couldn’t say it and needed others to guide them slowly.

Xia Xiang is really good at it. She is three years younger than her, but she is much more experienced than her. Mei Xiaolin now has a bit of admiration for Xia Xiang.

"How many acres of orchards are there in the village?" Xia Xiang asked again, and did not forget to hand over a cigarette in time, "Is the loss big?"

"Our village is a mountain village, and there is only a small amount of good land. At that time, Amway said that the good land in the mountains grows apples, and the apples produced are sandy and sweet, and they are purely natural, and can be sold for a good price. As a result, the villagers heard that almost 200 acres of good land were planted with fruit trees." Ouyang Tieyi sighed while skillfully lit cigarettes, "It's impossible to forget the losses. I spent a lot of money to buy saplings at that time. The careful service over the past few years is not money, but it still has to be calculated if it affects the harvest in the field. In addition, after listening to Amway's words last year, no other crops were planted in the orchards, so I'll do it..."

Ouyang Tieyi squatted on the ground, picked up a branch, and paddled around the ground, muttering something in his mouth. After a while, he raised his head: "I don't know other people's house. Anyway, I have a total of 3 acres of orchards in my house. In the past few years, I have to lose at least 5,000 yuan."

5,000 yuan? Xia Xiang took a deep breath. For the farmers in Xiaoguo Village, 5,000 yuan is a huge sum. Even for him, relying solely on salary, it is a large sum. The loss of 5,000 yuan for 3 mu, then the average loss of 1,700 acres of orchards in the township exceeded 1.7 million yuan!

This is just a loss that can be calculated on the surface. If some additional losses are included, they will be at least more than 3 million yuan! Xia Xiang has already escaped his anger and plundered wealth from poor farmers to fill his personal pockets. Such officials are simply scum among scum!

Although he didn't know how much benefit Li Chaosheng got from it, one thing is certain that there is definitely an unspeakable behind-the-scenes transaction between Li Chaosheng and Amway, and maybe the fruit tree incident is just the tip of the iceberg.

On the way back, Mei Xiaolin looked bad and turned her head to look out the window without saying a word. When the car was about to arrive at the county town, she suddenly said, "The matter is much more serious than I imagined. County Mayor Xia, what should you do next? Should you talk to Li Chaosheng?"

"It's not necessary for the time being to avoid alarming the enemy. I suggest that Secretary Mei temporarily suppress this matter and not mention it to anyone, and then secretly check the details of Amway Company." Xia Xiang learned that Amway Company is an agricultural technology company registered and established in Yan City. It has not been established for a long time. It was just established when it was sold to villagers' seedlings. "The breakthrough should be found from Amway Company. Don't touch Li Chaosheng first, he is an old official... we can't beat him."

Originally, Xia Xiangyao said that Mei Xiaolin could not beat him, but she changed her words temporarily and said it to us, which sounded better. Mei Xiaolin looked angry and slapped the car window hard: "It's so hateful, who are they? They are all dedicated to serving the people and benefiting the people. I think they are dedicated to themselves and benefiting themselves! It's not too much to say that they are garbage..."

Mei Xiaolin's eyes widened when she was angry, her eyes were full of anger, her mouth was pursed tightly, and her appearance was a bit cute. However, to her overflowing justice, Xia Xiang had to remind her kindly: "Secretary Mei pleads for the people, but she should pay attention to her way of doing things. Sometimes a kind heart does not necessarily mean good things. She must be careful and careful. She must seize the enemy's handle before taking action. If she doesn't take action, she will not take action. Once she takes action, she will make the opponent have no power to counterattack. She cannot give them a chance to survive, otherwise she may suffer."

"No need to remind me. I know the seriousness of the matter. I am not a child. I understand everything." Mei Xiaolin shouted at Xia Xiang with dissatisfaction, and said, "I know that Li Chaosheng is Qiu Xufeng's person. If he proposed to investigate Li Chaosheng too early, Qiu Xufeng would definitely find ways to protect him. I went to investigate secretly. After finding out the real evidence, he caught him off guard. For people like Li Chaosheng, the cadre team must be removed and he cannot be allowed to stay and harm the common people."

Xia Xiang laughed instead: "Secretary Mei should pay attention to the influence of his words. You are the dignified deputy secretary of the county party committee. It will be criticized to evaluate a county party committee standing committee like this. Besides, you have no evidence to prove that Li Chaosheng has a problem, so we cannot draw confusion on Secretary Li's integrity before there is conclusive evidence."

"Are you okay? Why are you still talking to him?" Mei Xiaolin's cutest side is that she has clear love and hate, and she writes it on her face without any concealment. However, in the officialdom, it is not cute, but a pity that it is easy to be seen through by others at a glance.

Xia Xiang still advised her: "I told you not to speak with emotion, otherwise it would be easy to find that you have any objections to Li Chaosheng. You are a member of the Standing Committee and he is also a member of the Standing Committee. Without strong evidence, you can't touch him. So recently, I solemnly asked Secretary Mei to contact Li Chaosheng as little as possible. Even if you meet at work, you should be in business and not show any personal emotions."

Mei Xiaolin stared at Xia Xiang with dissatisfaction. After a while, her face slowly eased, and she said with a "Oh": "Okay, I'll try my best. I don't know how to act like you, I can only try hard to learn to pretend."

Xia wanted to send Mei Xiaolin to the opposite side of the county party committee compound. In order not to see him together, he parked his car in a hidden corner and asked Mei Xiaolin to get out of the car, and said, "Do you want me to help you find someone in Yan City and check the details of Amway Company."

Mei Xiaolin waved her hand: "No, I have an acquaintance in Yan City, I will do it myself. I am very grateful for helping me so much today."

Mei Xiaolin first returned to the county party committee compound. Xia Xiang sat in the car and thought about it for a while. She felt that it was safer to have some evidence, so she called Feng Xuguang.

"County Magistrate Xia Da, what's the point of asking me for? Even if I give me instructions, I will complete the tasks assigned to me by the Party and the country." Feng Xuguang said sarcastically as soon as the phone was answered.

"Stop talking, don't do this with me." Xia Xiang also knew that he hadn't seen Feng Xuguang recently. Feng Xuguang had some objections to him. After all, he was too busy and didn't care. Last time he wanted to transfer his shares to Xiao Jia's name, but he didn't have time to do it. He stopped Feng Xuguang's dissatisfaction in time. "Brother Feng, you are doing well now, your family is happy, and you have many friends. I'm different. When you arrive in a new place, it's almost like everything starts from scratch. Can you get busy? I also want you to help me, but it's okay. If you don't help me, I'm lucky to be gloating and watching jokes. It's too bad to be friends."

Feng Xuguang was so shocked by Xia Xiang that he turned dizzy: "I want to help you, but I have to be able to do it too. I don't know any high-ranking officials, and my wife is not the mayor's daughter. What do you think I can help you? It's really a pain to speak while standing up!"

Xia Xiang laughed: "Do you know that Vice Governor Ma Wan has just been promoted to Standing Committee?"

"If you go, you go up, you have nothing to do with me."
Chapter completed!