Qiao Liang had just returned to the office, and He Qingqing came in and handed the revised and improved route map to Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang looked carefully for a while and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, thank you Director He for your hard work, let's set off now."

He Qingqing nodded, picked up Qiao Liang's briefcase naturally, then picked up Qiao Liang's water cup and poured it into water.

Seeing He Qingqing's action, Qiao Liang smiled: "Director He, this is the work of the secretary. You are the deputy director, but not my secretary. Besides, I am not qualified to send a secretary at this level."

He Qingqing also smiled. Although she was not Qiao Liang's secretary, she felt that there was nothing wrong with doing this.

"County Magistrate Qiao is the leader, it is worth serving you. County Magistrate Qiao doesn't have to stick to the details."

"Okay, don't stick to the details." Qiao Liang nodded and stood up, "Go and go-to--"

The two left the office, went downstairs, and then got into the car. Qiao Liang drove, and He Qingqing sat in the passenger seat. Qiao Liang stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the county courtyard.

According to the route map drawn up by He Qingqing, today we will go to the townships near the county town.

Get familiar with the situation in the townships around the county town and you can travel back and forth on the same day.

A week later, under the leadership of He Qingqing, the situation around the county was almost as familiar as possible and began to go deep into remote areas. Following the route planned by He Qingqing, go to the south first, then go from south to east, and then north, and finally west, and detour counterclockwise.

During this week, Qiao Liang and He Qingqing had no other in-depth conversations except for work.

Although Qiao Liang had the plan to develop He Qingqing as his helper, he was not in a hurry.

Go to remote areas to get familiar with the situation. Because the journey is long and it is difficult to get back and forth on that day, you have to stay.

As for where to live, He Qingqing also has specific arrangements. According to the road conditions and distance, sometimes he lives in a township and sometimes he has to live in a village or a herdsman settlement.

The southern part of the county is covered with large Gobi Deserts and rolling lifeless mountains. The car is running on the hard Gobi Highway. Qiao Liang can't help but sigh while driving: "It's really difficult to develop the economy on this barren land."

He Qingqing smiled and then said, "In fact, it may not be. Although it is very desolate and barren, it is not suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, but there are rich mineral resources in the mountains."

As he said that, He Qingqing raised his hand and pointed in the distance.

Qiao Liang looked at the mountains in the distance: "Have all the mineral resources in this mountain been developed?"

He Qingqing said: "Development requires systematic planning. In the past few years, there have been random mining and digging, which has caused serious soil erosion. Later, the document was issued. In order to protect the ecology here, it is prohibited to mine privately. The random mining and digging have been rectified. However, after County Magistrate Shang came, he introduced a well-funded enterprise from Jincheng and started mining again..."

"Oh, have the qualifications? Complete procedures? Doesn't destroy the ecology?" Qiao Liang turned his head to look at He Qingqing.

He Qingqing's eyes flashed for a moment and he didn't say anything.

Seeing He Qingqing's expression, Qiao Liang blinked, then stepped on the accelerator, the car accelerated forward, and the rolling sand and dust rolled up behind the car...

At noon, I arrived at a village station at the intersection of the Gobi and the mountains. It was said to be a township station, but it was just a few rows of gray bungalows sporadically distributed on a small oasis. It looked less than a natural village in the valleys in the mainland.

Under He Qingqing's guidance, the car parked in front of several bungalows, which was the place for the countryside to work. Although the house looked inconspicuous, the open space in front of the door was cleaned very clean, and tall and thin poplar trees unique to the northwest were planted around the open space.

Qiao Liang and He Qingqing got out of the car, and two dark-faced middle-aged men came out of the house, the first and second leaders of the village.

On the way here, He Qingqing had already called the township. They knew that the new deputy county magistrate from the county was going to the township today.

He Qingqing introduced them separately. The village chief shook hands with Qiao Liang enthusiastically, and then invited them into the office.

After drinking a few sips of tea in the simple office, Qiao Liang then wanted to listen to the situation in the village. The township secretary smiled: "County Magistrate Qiao, I'll be tired all the way, so let's have a meal first."

The township chief also agreed: "Yes, County Magistrate Qiao, let's talk while eating."

Qiao Liang shook his head: "Director He and I have eaten the dry food we brought on the road, so let's introduce the situation first."

He Qingqing nodded: "Yes, we have eaten."

The secretary and the township chief looked at each other, and then the secretary nodded: "Since that's the case, then I'll report to County Mayor Qiao to the basic situation of the township..."

Then the secretary began to report, and Qiao Liang listened and recorded.

After the secretary finished reporting, Qiao Liang put away his notebook and said, "Okay, I'll go down and take a look now."

The secretary was stunned: "County Magistrate Qiao, are you going to go down now?"

"Yes." Qiao Liang nodded, "I came here this time to be familiar with the grassroots situation. Now that I understand the overall situation in the village, why should I stay here if I don't go?"

The secretary and the township chief looked at each other, and then the secretary made a difficult statement: "County Magistrate Qiao, I and the township chief have an important thing to deal with in the afternoon..."

After hearing the secretary's words, Qiao Liang immediately realized that the two of them didn't want to accompany him. Before the secretary finished speaking, he interrupted him and said, "I don't need the comrades from the village to accompany me when I go down to get to know the situation. Director He can do it."

After hearing Qiao Liang's words, the secretary and the township chief blinked, and then the secretary said, "That's good, so thank you Director He for your hard work."

He Qingqing then said to the secretary: "According to the plan, County Mayor Qiao will return to the village to live in the evening..."

"Okay, we will arrange accommodation for County Mayor Qiao and Director He in the village." The township chief said immediately.

Then Qiao Liang and He Qingqing got up, got in the car and left.

Watching Qiao Liang drive away, the township chief said to the secretary: "This new deputy county magistrate seems a bit special."

"It's a bit special. Don't you know that he beat County Mayor Shang the day he came to Liangbei?" said the secretary.

"Of course I know." The township chief nodded, "This guy is really brave."

"Haha..." The secretary smiled, then turned around and entered his office, took out his phone and started dialing, and said with a respectful look: "County Magistrate Shang..."

After leaving the township, Qiao Liang and He Qingqing drove hundreds of kilometers on the Gobi Desert, and moved to more than a dozen villages and herdsmen's settlements one after another. These villages and herdsmen's settlements are all located on small oasis sporadically distributed on the Gobi Desert. The living and living conditions of villagers and herdsmen are very difficult and harsh, which makes Qiao Liang feel heavy and fully feel the huge difference between the rural areas between the east and the west.

After leaving a herdsman settlement, He Qingqing looked at the sky and said to Qiao Liang: "County Magistrate Qiao, we have traveled to many places today. It's time for us to return to our hometown. Let's continue to transfer tomorrow."

Qiao Liang nodded and drove back along a gravel road at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, sand and dust were rolling in front of him, and a heavy truck drove towards him. Qiao Liang hurriedly drove the car to the side of the road to avoid it. When the truck passed by, Qiao Liang saw that the car was full of reddish-brown stones.

"What's this for?" Qiao Liang pointed at the cart and asked He Qingqing.

"This is driven from the mine, and the car is loaded with iron ore."

"Iron ore? Is there an iron ore that is being mined nearby?"

"Yes, the iron ore introduced by County Mayor Shang is in the nearby mountains, you can reach it along this road."

"Oh..." Qiao Liang became interested, stepped on the accelerator, "Go and take a look."

"County Mayor Qiao..." He Qingqing hesitated a little.

"It's okay, anyway, let's see what's wrong? Are you still afraid of watching the projects introduced by County Mayor Shang?" Qiao Liang drove along the way.

He Qingqing stopped talking, but her expression on her face was a little uneasy.

Qiao Liang drove forward along the gravel road, and from time to time, a large cart full of iron ore drove by across the street, and I don’t know where they were transported.

The car drove to a fork, and Qiao Liang stopped the car and looked at He Qingqing. He Qingqing said, "Walking forward to the township base and turning left into the mountain road is built by the mine specifically to transport iron ore outward."

Qiao Liang nodded, and when he lit the steering wheel, the car drove into the mountains.

After driving less than 2 kilometers into the mountains, I turned a corner and suddenly appeared on the road ahead, with a crossbar, there was an iron house on the side of the road, and a man in a security uniform stood on the side of the road.

Seeing Qiao Liang's car coming, the security guard raised his hand and said loudly: "Stop, what are you doing?"

Qiao Liang stopped the car, He Qingqing rolled down the window and said, "I am the county government, and the driving is County Mayor Qiao. He wants to go in and check the iron ore..."

"County Magistrate Qiao..." The security guard looked into the car, and Qiao Liang smiled slightly at him.

"Wait a minute." The security guard then entered the iron house, as if he was going to call the inside to report.

Qiao Liang rolled down the car window, lit a cigarette and took a few breaths. While looking at the surrounding terrain, the mountains here stood tall and there was no sign of mine development. It seemed that the mine should be in the mountains.

The security guard came out later: "I'm sorry, I can't go in."

"Why?" He Qingqing was a little angry, "This is the territory of Liangbei. It is natural for County Mayor Qiao to come here to inspect, so why not let him in?"

The security guard said without hesitation: "We said that no one here, except County Mayor Shang, no matter how old the official is, is allowed to enter without permission."

He Qingqing became even more angry: "It's outrageous. Which one of you said? Give me his number and I'll call him."

The security guard ignored He Qingqing and turned around and entered the iron house.

He Qingqing then was about to pull the car door and get out of the car. Qiao Liang stopped He Qingqing at this time: "Director He, forget it, since we don't let in, then let's leave."

"County Magistrate Qiao..." He Qingqing looked at Qiao Liang with some confusion. He was so excited that he wanted to go in and see, why did he give up when he encountered a small security guard blocking him?

Qiao Liang didn't say anything, threw the cigarette butt outside the car, turned the front of the car and drove back.

Seeing Qiao Liang drive away, the security guard then started calling again: "Head, they are leaving..."

At this time, in a luxurious office in a two-story building near the mine deep in the mountains, a bald young man with a scar on his face was sitting on the sofa, holding a cigar in his mouth, sucking while listening to his subordinates' reports.

After hearing from his subordinates, the man pondered for a while with cold eyes, then waved his hand to let his subordinates go out, then took out his phone and started dialing, and said for a moment: "Brother, it's me..."

Qiao Liang was driving to the township base. He Qingqing received a call from the office and said to Qiao Liang: "County Magistrate Qiao, I just received a notice from the office. County Mayor Shang will preside over a county magistrate's office meeting tomorrow at 9 am and notify you to go back and attend..."

"Oh, the county magistrate's office meeting..." Qiao Liang frowned. Damn, he was hundreds of miles away from the county town. Why did he suddenly notify himself to go back for a meeting?

Qiao Liang subconsciously wanted to ask for leave, but suddenly thought that Shangke deliberately opened a county magistrate's office meeting last time. If he didn't participate in the leave this time, he would have more reason not to notify himself in the future, which seems to be very unfavorable to his future work.

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang nodded: "Okay, let's go back overnight."

Then Qiao Liang stepped on the accelerator and accelerated towards the county town.

He heard that Qiao Liang was about to rush back overnight, He Qingqing couldn't help but feel unsure: "County Magistrate Qiao, this place is several hundred kilometers away from the county town, and it has to pass through a large Gobi uninhabited area..."

"It's okay, there's enough oil." Qiao Liang looked at the oil scale and then said to He Qingqing, "You call the village to inform you about this."

Seeing that Qiao Liang had made up his mind, He Qingqing had to obey and called the village. If you want to see the land faster, please search the official account of "Tianyi Yiyi Yike 2" and remove the "one" in the middle of the four words.

At this time, the sun sets and night is about to fall. Qiao Liang drove his car on the empty Gobi Desert.
Chapter completed!