Chapter 120: Settling the Bill for Myself

  The county government officials sat silently in the conference room, which was filled with smoke. Everyone looked worried and unhappy, puffing on their cigarettes without a word. From time to time, two coughs could be heard from within the conference room.

  They're all speechless now, the whole Bao Ting team is done for this time. Who would have thought that planting vegetables, which seemed so easy when doing it themselves, would turn out to be a completely different story on a large scale!

  The crops were damaged by pests and wanted to spray pesticides, but the Japanese people stopped them from doing so. They even went to the autonomous prefecture to make a fuss, saying that they would wait for compensation for their losses.

  The whole Bao Ting team is in trouble now, if the Japanese get involved it will be an international incident! These people at Bao Ting cannot afford to take on this responsibility.

  Many people have started to regret, why did they drive those technicians away?! Now it's gotten to the point where the documents with the two institutes have been signed, but they won't take responsibility. This pot of black stuff is all being shouldered by Bao Ting and his team.

  But even more people are regretful, why did they snatch the project from that freak Liang Sanping?! Is this project really worth snatching?! Others can make a living from it because they have the skills, what were you blindly meddling with?!

  Alright, now things have gotten to the point where people can't turn back. The villagers are still making a fuss, they've put in work and effort, but it's said that the Japanese aren't accepting it. Now everyone is in an uproar.

  The farm made money when it was dry, why didn't we make money when we did it ourselves?! It's said that Japanese people don't want these vegetables anymore, and they also say that pesticides are not allowed. All the vegetable farmers were suddenly anxious, the cadres told us to plant them. Now that there's a problem, of course, we have to find the cadres!

  Then a group of people started looking for cadres from various village groups to ask for an explanation. The problems with the vegetable gardens in each village also became more and more numerous.

  Pests and diseases are frequent, but now there is simply no way to stop them. The people of Bao Ting County Committee have thought about finding technical personnel to help. The problem is that they have already fallen out with the two academies in South China.

  Nowadays, people are not even willing to send someone out to help. They just say that they are working on a national-level project and can't spare anyone. Even the person sent by the Bao Ting County Committee was turned back without even entering the gate of the two academies in South China.

  "Speak up! Aren't you all eloquent usually?! How come you're not speaking now?!" Autonomous Prefecture Secretary Shen Shaohui glared at the Baoting County officials present, his face iron-gray.

  "Wow! Each of you is impressive, skilled! I'll go learn for a while, and you guys will force Director Ge to surpass the technical staff of both courts! Impressive!"

  The cadres below did not dare to make a sound, Shen Shao-hui was informed of the situation in Bao-ting and rushed back from Yang-cheng to solve the problem. Earlier, when he learned that Bao-ting had taken down the foreign exchange project, he was quite happy about it.

  Unexpectedly, a lawsuit has been stirred up. The Japanese side is now making a fuss about refusing to accept the goods and demanding compensation for losses. But Baoting is a nationally designated poverty-stricken county, where can they find money to compensate others?

  And if this matter is stirred up to the top and becomes an international event, then from the secretary of this autonomous prefecture to the officials in Bao Ting, they will all have to take responsibility. Especially him, he will definitely bear the most responsibility!

  "You're all so capable! You drove away the two academies of South China, but you don't even have the ability to grow vegetables! What do you eat?!" Shen Shao-hui suddenly slammed his hand on the table and shouted at these cadres.

  "What to do now?!" Everyone cast a glance at Ye Hong, the secretary of Bao Ting County, the implication was clear. You have to come out and speak up. We can't get a word in edgewise now. Only you can break the silence.

  Ye Hong let out a helpless cough and said to Shen ShaoHui: "Secretary, hasn't Director Ge already contacted Comrade Liang SanPing? If we ask him to come back and help, this matter can still be salvaged..."

  "What's the point of making amends?! Doesn't everyone know that Liang Sanping is from our autonomous prefecture?!" Shen Shaohei sneered at Ye Hong, saying: "It was you people who snatched the project from him in the first place. Of course, he didn't bother to argue with you and instead helped you with the technology and contract."

  "What have you done yourselves?! The technicians of the two institutes were driven away by you. Now I can't even enter the gate of the two institutes, do you still expect Liang Sanping to come and help?!"

  But then Shen Shaohui sneered and said, "Yes, Commissioner Ge has already contacted Comrade Liang Sanping in the Imperial Capital. However, he expressed that they will not interfere with local affairs! Do you understand? They will not interfere!!"

  Shen Shao Hui's one sentence made everyone speechless. Only then did they think, why should they take the blame for Liang San Ping who is not even a local? One sentence, what can you do to him if he doesn't come?!

  It belongs to the agricultural reclamation system. Even now, it is mainly under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Reclamation Department and the Ministry of Agriculture. It has little to do with Baoting County or even the autonomous prefecture.

  "This...this...must be said about class feelings?! He, Liang Sanping, even if he is dissatisfied with us again, this isn't just his family's matter, right?!" Ye Hong knew he was anxious at this time, and in his heart, it was clear that if this matter caused losses.

  Then the entire leadership of Baoding County had to go and carry explosives packages, and then turn to dust. And who signed on the irresponsible documents of Hua Nan and two courts? It was Ye Hong himself!

  When the responsibility falls, he will be the one to take the blame. The rest of them will have to take the pot and go. It's their luck if they can be thrown away to other places for retirement, or they might even be directly dismissed.

  "Class feelings?! You didn't mention class feelings when you forced them to take on the project! Shen Shao-hui sneered: "You drove away the technical staff of the two institutes, why didn't you talk about class feelings then?! Now you bring it up, do you think they'll discuss class feelings with you?!"

  Ye Hong was speechless, this time he really didn't know what to say. What else could he say? That project was indeed taken from Ge Tai by them, and it was originally in Liang Sanping's hands.

  Now they've messed it up themselves, and they still expect Liang Sanping to come over and bail them out?! It's obvious that he won't even bother with them.

  "But can't he just take care of nothing?! We made a contract with the Japanese, but it was his connection. He should be responsible for this, right?!" However, an official retorted in annoyance: "Why wasn't the compensation clearly stated in the contract at the time?! Isn't this cheating people...?"

  "Didn't I tell you?! It's clearly written in the contract! The contract is still locked up in the county committee's cabinet, do you want to take it out and have a look?!" Obviously, Shen Shao-hui had been infuriated by these people.

  These people are used to playing tricks and want to shift the blame. Don't those pig brains think that these things can be shifted?! Do you think that by playing tricks on Japanese people, they will have no way to deal with you?!

  "Don't you guys still understand the situation?! This contract is going to be fatal! If it gets out of hand, everyone present will have to take political responsibility! Don't you guys still get what's going on?!"

  Shen Shaohui almost yelled at these cadres, it was only then that they woke up. The ones who signed the contract with them were Japanese, not some state-owned enterprise. If they wanted to play tricks, others would sue them all the way to Tokyo.

  So everyone present will definitely not have a good ending. Thinking of this, these people started to break out in cold sweats. As for Ye Hong, he was stuttering and couldn't say a word, now Liang Sanping didn't want to bother with them.

  But they themselves can't solve this problem, what to do?! Can't just watch the big stone smash into their foreheads?! Then watch as their own brains splatter everywhere?!

  "We can't just wait to die, right?" Some cadres' voices were already trembling with a hint of crying. Now someone regretted being so greedy, thinking about forcing Ge Tai to take over the project at that time.

  Alright, now they're in a difficult situation. The Japanese are closing in step by step, while Liang Sanping has an attitude of not being concerned with the matter at all. And both houses directly refused to let them enter, what can be done about this?

  "Comrade Liang Sanping has already set off from the Imperial Capital under Commissioner Ge's urging." Shen Shaohui fell silent for a while before saying in a low voice, "But whether or not they will help is something that Commissioner Ge cannot guarantee."

  "What I can tell you is that going back to pray for blessings and hope Comrade Xiao Liang can take care of the overall situation. Help you carry this burden, otherwise the entire leadership team of Bao Ting County will have to be responsible!"

  After a pause, Shen Shao-hui continued: "Of course, before that, some comrades who are not suitable for their current positions. Adjustments in the position are still necessary. After all, we also need to consider the emotions of other comrades..."

  Ye Hong felt a chill in his heart upon hearing the words. Shen Shao-hui was the secretary of the autonomous prefecture, and he was in charge of official positions. He said that there would be an adjustment, so it was certain that there would be one. As for why there would be an adjustment, Ye Hong also had a number in mind.

  If you want to invite Liang Sanping back to help, you have to calm down the resentment of others. Shen Shao Hui is going to clean up people, those who provoke trouble for Liang Sanping will definitely be unlucky. And those who pushed the two houses out must also be punished.

  This is considered to be a way to calm down the two courts and Liang Sanping's anger! Shen Shao-hui can't afford to care about many things now, if he lets the Japanese make a big deal out of this matter, he will also suffer. Since it was these people who caused the trouble, they should take the blame themselves.

  "Comrade Ye Hong is no longer suitable for the position of Secretary of the Baojing County Party Committee, as decided by the Autonomous Prefecture Party Committee. He will be transferred to serve as Deputy Director of the Autonomous Prefecture Grain Bureau, with his treatment remaining unchanged."

  "Comrade Xiang Yong is no longer suitable for serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Baojing County Party Committee and Director of the Finance Bureau. He has been transferred to serve as the Deputy Director of the Autonomous Prefecture People's Congress..."

  Shen Shaohui announced seven or eight transfer orders in one breath, and at least half of the county party committee members were transferred from their current positions. Some were thrown to the autonomous prefecture capital for retirement, while others were demoted locally.

  At this time, the weather on the island was still quite cool, but everyone's cold sweat had all soaked through their backs. They finally... tasted the bitter fruit of their own brewing.