NOVEL NEXT Chapter 327: 327 third fire
Liu Zhizhong had never imagined that Zhang Hongyang's third "big move" would be to fully develop the economic industry of Shadong County—creating a modern agriculture industrial park.
Shadong County was located in a remote area, with high mountains and deep waters, upstream of the mother river Yangjiang in Yangzhou. Although the Yangjiang River flowed through the county, it did not pass through the county town, which historically made development difficult.
Previously, there was a desire to relocate Shadong County town to the riverside, but the riverside was lined with steep cliffs and precipices, without any open and flat land.
But this Zhang Hongyang, apparently with guidance from some wise mentor, played two trump cards directly on the third industrial fire.
The first trump card was a massive development of the silk sericulture industry, with a slogan of a one million mu sericulture ecological park. Half of the county's arable land was leveled and sorted to form large blocks of mulberry tree plantations, coupled with complementary industries like mulberry tea and sericulture, leading to the establishment of tea factories, sericulture cooperatives, and more. They even brought in expert teams from the agricultural college in the provincial city to create practice bases for related scientific industries.
The second trump card was the transformation of half of the county's farmland into a fruit production base for citrus, dragon fruit, kiwifruit, and others. Here too, expert teams were brought in to manage everything, including production and marketing, as well as setting up scientific research and practice bases.
These two industrial trump cards had a tremendous influence on agriculture. Everything was guided and led by Zhang Hongyang, who basically just made phone calls and chatted. In his free time, he would ride in the county mayor's car to the city and the provincial city—carefree and at ease.
His ease and leisure, however, won the county agricultural subsidies from the city level, the provincial level, and national organizations, one huge sum after another, which went straight into the account of Shadong's modern agriculture company's coffers. And the general manager of this company was none other than Zhang Hongyang himself, a pure state-owned entity, under the newly established Shadong County City Investment Company, with him also acting as its general manager. Now, who's the boss?
Less than a month into the industrial trump cards' play, nearly ten billion in agricultural subsidies had been issued. Seizing the national policy of prioritizing agricultural development and support, Young Master Zhang worked tirelessly in Shadong County, decisively setting up initiatives and creating achievements, accumulating political experience along a path that clearly seemed correct.
Zhizhong was utterly astonished; he could never have dreamed that the former good-for-nothing would actually get serious in Shadong County.
Even more depressing for Liu Zhizhong was that he finally managed to sort out his work at the city government with Zhang Yuxing, and Zhang Hongyang's book project was nearing completion too. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy life.
For about two months, Liu Zhizhong had been running around non-stop, tired as a dog every day, never having any time for personal life. He even had it all planned out, starting with consoling and reuniting with each woman that needed it.
But then, one afternoon, Liu Zhizhong was accompanying Zhang Yuxing to a field meeting, and on their way back to the city government.
Although he rode in a mayor's car, Liu Zhizhong still sat in the passenger's seat, while Zhang Yuxing sat in the leader's seat behind, resting with her eyes closed.
Zhizhong glanced at her through the rearview mirror. Ah, this older woman was getting younger and younger. Especially that cleavage, which seemed even fuller and rounder after his skilled "development" in Hainan!
Zhizhong's heart boiled with excitement, and he sent her a text saying that they'd finally gotten through the busy period and suggesting they have dinner together that evening. Or perhaps they should go directly to her place, for a more intimate setting?
Zhang Yuxing, resting with her eyes closed, received the message and looked at it, her cheeks flushing and heart racing with excitement.
In all honesty, she missed him too!
But, Zhang Yuxing replied with a message, "Tonight, Hongyang is coming back from the county town and wants to have dinner with you alone. Have a good meal together! I'm having a bit of stomach ache, and it seems like I might start my period tonight according to my usual cycle."
Hearing this, Zhizhong felt a hint of disappointment, but he dared not show it, quickly replying, "Okay, take care and rest early tonight. You've been too busy and tired recently. During this special time, take good care of yourself, avoid cold food, and try not to touch cold water at home. But... why does County Head Zhang want to meet with me?"
A man's concern made Zhang Yuxing's heart swell with happiness. She replied, "Got it. I'm not sure what it's about exactly, but Hongyang will tell you. He's on his way now; he mentioned it to me earlier. When the time comes, just go directly to Qixiang's place and wait for him there, Villa No. 6! Remember, in officialdom, harmony is most important. Try to reduce your conflicts!"
"Alright, understood."
Zhizhong adjusted his mindset, thinking it was settled. Since Zhang Hongyang had summoned him to his sister's villa for dinner, why not take the opportunity to relax tonight, perhaps starting with Zhang Qixiang?
Ah, thinking about the enchantingly irritable beauty Zhang Qixiang, Zhizhong too felt the itch!
By five in the afternoon, he was already at Zhang Qixiang's place.
Zhizhong, in the living room of Villa No. 6, had the servants dismissed and then called Zhang Qixiang, asking her to come over.
Zhang Qixiang's voice was cold, "You dead dog, you still know to come here? Why should I come over? I'm busy!"
"Are you coming or not? If you don't come, I'll go up to the bedroom and strip down to wait for you!"