Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Two: Economic Orientation
Feng Si Zhe narrowed his eyes, he was very satisfied with Chen Fei's reaction. Being able to find business opportunities in casual conversations showed that he was a diligent person. In fact, earlier when he mentioned the peanut problem, it wasn't just a sudden thought, but rather a summary of his experiences and gains from visiting numerous towns and villages over the past few days.
The land in Dahu County is still very fertile, at least the grain yield of the crops grown here is rich. But why does such good land continue to be poor? He has asked himself this question more than once in the depths of night, and finally came up with three answers.
One is inconvenient transportation, because the roads between villages here are really too bad, so bad that
Drivers from outside come here and worry, under such an environment, how can others notice this place, let alone notice what is produced here. Due to the limited traffic conditions, it is natural that few businesses can be attracted, which has led to good things being unable to be delivered, and as a result, the value of economic crops like peanuts cannot be reflected.
The second is the concept of farmers, in the minds of ordinary people, they have not yet put getting rich as the top priority, but instead, they regard giving birth to the next generation as a daily compulsory task. As time goes on, the more children they have, the poorer they become, and the poorer they are, the more children they have. In the end, because of the poverty of their families, children naturally cannot receive the best education or enjoy good living conditions. Over time, under this vicious cycle, it becomes very difficult for people here to become rich.
Three, also a very important point is that the county leaders in order to get a large amount of funding from the state every year, what they think about is how to keep Dahu County within the scope of the top 100 poor counties nationwide. Compared to developing the economy, they are not enthusiastic at all, because once the economy really takes off and the county becomes rich, how can they remove the label of being a poor county? Of course, if one day it's a good thing, but what if this situation doesn't last long? Once the economy has improved, they won't get funding from the state anymore. At that time, due to internal reasons, they will have difficulty generating revenue and operating the county government. What will they do then? In saying that without state funding, for some people, their source of income will also be cut off, which is what they cannot tolerate the most.
With the above three points, it has become very difficult for Dahulu County to change its current situation. The accumulation of various problems over a long period and the outdated concepts have taken the upper hand, making it an empty talk for Dahulu County to get out of trouble. Of course, now that Feng Sicheng has arrived, he will definitely think of ways to change this situation, he has made up his mind, and even had a rough plan in his heart. So today, after everyone had drunk enough wine and let loose, he brought up the peanut problem to test everyone's reaction. When he saw the response, Feng Sicheng nodded his head with great pleasure, not to mention others, at least he could see that Chen Fei, Wang Ge Village's branch secretary, and village chief wanted to become rich.
"Hmm, of course I can contact merchants in Kyoto to come here and collect peanuts, cotton and other cash crops. And I can also guarantee that the prices they offer will be very fair, at least much higher than what you are offering yourselves. However, the transportation in Huodian Township is really too poor, even if others have the heart to do so, ordinary cars can't get in." Feng Sizhe said slowly, looking at the reactions of the others while speaking.
As expected, when Feng Si Zhe said the first sentence, Chen Fei and Wang Wei as well as Wang Xiao Tian all revealed excited expressions on their faces. However, after that one sentence was spoken, they immediately became limp like a dried-up calabaza.
The problem of transportation is not unknown to them, and it has already become a big problem. In the past, there were also businessmen from Zhongzhou, Jianghan Province, Jianghuai Province, and Nanhui Province who came here. Perhaps due to the good soil quality of Dahu County, the peanuts produced here are indeed better than those in other places. Unfortunately, after these people conducted on-site inspections, they all left one by one. Among them, transportation was naturally the primary problem, and another reason was that the planting households were too scattered and not unified. Some planted peanuts, some planted cotton, and others planted sweet potatoes or wheat. As a result, when they wanted to purchase any single type of crop, they had to run around several places, which increased their costs. Adding to this, the roads are indeed not easy to travel on, so it's unknown how many business opportunities were missed. Now that Feng Sicheng has spoken out, the three people all shook their heads and looked down, and the excitement from earlier suddenly disappeared.
"This transportation issue is not something we can decide on our own, it's up to the county to coordinate and arrange. I've heard that even the county doesn't have extra funds, let alone our town and village. That's why this transportation problem is hard to solve." Chen Fei hesitated for a moment before speaking out about the main contradiction in road construction. To put it bluntly, it's because of the county's reasons, the county doesn't support it, won't take responsibility, how can we ordinary people accomplish such a large project?
