On the way to Lu 'an County, Wang Zhihong was still thinking about what the inn owner had said last night.
Wang Zhihong understood that the newspapers in Jiangnan were deliberately smearing Han Bin's name.
From the innkeeper's expression, he could tell that the newspaper articles about Han Bin's disregard for human life were completely nonsense. It was even more ridiculous to dismiss Han Bin.
The innkeeper's expression of support for Han Bin could not be faked. It was sincere respect.
This made Wang Zhihong even more determined to go to Lu 'an County to take a look. He wanted to prove Han Bin's innocence.
Such a good official should not be deliberately smeared by the newspapers. They were journalists, but they also had a conscience. People should not deliberately smear such a good official for a little money and to sell more newspapers.
Such a good official should be known by the world and respected by the world!
However, he still needed to verify what the inn owner said. Red Star Group? The labor force of tens of millions of people was not enough?
He felt that this was too magical. Even Jin Ling City only had 1.6 million people, but a small Lu 'an County had a population of more than ten million.
As he walked, Wang Zhihong stopped in his tracks. There were some people in front of him who were busy working on equipment by the roadside.
Wang Zhihong's assistant, Lin Xin, looked curiously at the person in front of him and said,""Brother Wang, what are they doing on this road? What was that thing in his hand? Why would I look over from time to time? Could it be that there's something good?"
Lin Xin was young and inexperienced. He had no idea what these people were doing!
However, Wang Zhihong was quite knowledgeable. Hearing Lin Xin's question, he said softly,""This is a standard road surveying team. I've seen them before when the government built the road from Jinling to Xuancheng.
I heard that when building roads overseas, accurate measurements must be carried out. The road planning and design must be as reasonable and stable as possible.”
"What? Then why haven't I seen it before? I've seen that other places don't use these things to build roads! Isn't it just repairing a road? Is there a need to go through so much trouble?”
Lin Xin didn't quite understand. Thinking back to the road construction he had seen, how could it be so troublesome?
"What do you know, kid?" Wang Zhihong laughed and scolded. Most of the roads in our country are made of gravel. It's already good enough that there's a road for people to walk on. Naturally, we won't invest so much. This was a professional measuring instrument. The road built through measurement was very flat, and the width of the road was not comparable to other roads!”
Wang Zhihong said, but he was even more curious. He wanted to know what kind of person Han Bin was. He even got such professional equipment and talents to repair the road.
He didn't go over to ask these people. He led Lin Xin and continued to move forward. Gradually, they were getting closer and closer to Lu 'an County. Wang Zhihong also noticed that there were more and more surveying teams. In many places, there were even several surveying teams.
This made Wang Zhihong feel a little puzzled. He didn't understand what Han Bin was trying to do. They were now outside Lu 'an City, and it could be said that they were very close to Lu' an City. What were so many surveying teams doing? Could it be that all the people outside the city had to build a path? Wang Zhihong felt that it was impossible!
Gradually, Lu 'an County appeared before Wang Zhihong's eyes. However, this was not the focus of his attention. His focus was on the registration points outside the entrance of Lu' an County.
Looking at the banner, Wang Zhihong was a little confused. Registration point? What was he registering?
Wang Zhihong was about to enter the city with doubts in his heart, but he was stopped by a soldier in a black security uniform at the door.
"From another county? What are you here for? If you are a disaster victim, go to the registration point next door to register. After registration, you will be assigned a job!”
The security guard at the city gate said to Wang Zhihong, which stunned Wang Zhihong.
However, Wang Zhihong smiled and said," Sir, we came all the way to Lu 'an to do business. We are not refugees fleeing from famine. Besides, we don't look like them!"”
The security guard didn't say anything more. He just let Wang Zhihong and the others enter the city and ignored them.
Wang Zhihong took one last look at the registration points before entering the city. He understood that Lu 'an had indeed been receiving disaster victims on a large scale. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many registration points here.
After entering the city, Wang Zhihong was instantly stunned. Lu 'an County was completely different from the people he had imagined. On the contrary, there were not many people on the streets. Even if there were some people, there were only two types of people.
The first type of people were middle-aged men in their forties or fifties. They walked casually on the streets, looking very uncomfortable.
There was also a group of people who were pushing one or two handcarts filled with big and small bags. It looked like they were leaving the county. The entire county looked terrifyingly deserted.
Lin Xin looked at the scene in front of him and asked Wang Zhihong in disbelief,"Brother Wang, what's going on? Why was the county so deserted? Didn't they say that the population of Lu 'an was over ten million? No matter how you look at it, there doesn't seem to be anyone here!"
Wang Zhihong didn't answer. He didn't know either. He saw a middle-aged couple with two children pushing two handcarts out of the city. Wang Zhihong quickly ran forward and stopped them.
"Brother, please stop for a moment. I have something to ask you!”
The family of four was stopped by Wang Zhihong. The middle-aged man in the lead looked at Wang Zhihong curiously and said,"What do you want to ask?"
"Where are you guys going? Didn't they say that County Head Han was a good official? Why are you still trying to escape from the county?"
Wang Zhihong had experience last night, so he didn't call Han Bin by his name today. If these people supported Han Bin and he called him by his name directly, they would probably be unhappy.
However, Wang Zhihong's voice was neither loud nor soft. His words immediately made some people around look at Wang Zhihong. Even the middle-aged couple he stopped looked at him with an unfriendly expression.
When the middle-aged man heard Wang Zhihong's words, he immediately looked at Wang Zhihong with an unfriendly expression and said,"Young man, what do you mean? Who fled the county? What did he mean by saying that County Head Han was a good official? Our county lord is a good official. Don't come looking for trouble!”
As the middle-aged man finished speaking, Wang Zhihong noticed that some of the surrounding commoners were slowly gathering around him. Their gazes were unfriendly, as if they were very hostile towards him.
Wang Zhihong was shocked. He felt that he seemed to have underestimated Han Bin's prestige in Lu 'an. He had only said a few words that were slightly off, and they had already treated him with hostility.
"Don't misunderstand. I don't mean to be disrespectful to County Head Han. I'm from another county. I came to Lu 'an to do business. There weren't many people on the streets when I entered the city.”
After saying this, the surrounding commoners 'gazes became a little kinder, but they still held hostility towards Wang Zhihong.
The middle-aged man's expression improved slightly when he heard this. Then, he said,"Our family is not fleeing. Some time ago, the county magistrate said that the houses in our county were too old and dilapidated. Moreover, the planning and layout were unreasonable and could not adapt to future development.
Now, our county is going to carry out a large-scale demolition and reconstruction. Many people in the city have received compensation from the government. It's the same for my family. We need to leave the county town temporarily and stay outside for a period of time.
After the government has finished building the houses in our area, we will come back to live. So, the two of us will take our grandson out of the city and stay with our relatives in the countryside for a while. We will only come back when the government notices!”
Wang Zhihong nodded slightly in understanding. However, he was a little curious about the middle-aged man's words.
"With a grandson? Where's your son? Why don't I see your son?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said,"My kid brought his wife into Red Star Corporation! He was now working in a factory by the Xipi River. He had just joined the factory and was earning three yuan a month. He also had food and accommodation.
A few days ago, my son asked someone to bring back news to us. He told us not to worry. He said that he was doing well over there. In a few months, he would become a skilled worker and would receive a monthly performance bonus. Anyway, I heard that his salary would rise to four yuan a month.
I heard that my daughter-in-law has joined the Red Star Group's bedding factory and has a monthly salary of three yuan.”
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Wang Zhihong and Lin Xin looked at each other in disbelief. Han Bin seemed to have really recruited all the young people in the county into the factory. This was a big deal!
How many factories and how big would it take to accommodate so many young people?
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Today, the second chapter is presented! Kneel!
Is there anyone? I'm going to release updates this morning to pay off my debt. When I first published the book two days ago, my mental state was very bad, so I wrote very little. I'm going to release updates today!
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"Because if you post it, someone will delete it for you. There are already very few comments in my book review section. It wasn't easy to add a comment, but it was deleted after a while. I don't even have a place to cry!
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