After talking about this, it was already noon. Jiang Songling asked the county government guesthouse to prepare a banquet to entertain Qin Hai and Deng Shiheng and his party. Qin Hai was not so embarrassed and attended happily. At the table, the guests and hosts talked happily, talking about the speculation. Heizi successfully brought down four or five officials in Joshua County in the name of blocking the wine for Qin Hai. It was not until Jiang Songling smiled and raised his hand to beg for mercy that the melee at the table ended.

Seeing Qin Hai's performance at the table, Jiang Songling was full of surprise. He didn't know which one of the approachable Qin Hai or the aggressive Qin Hai was real. However, Qin Hai was able to fight with officials in Xinshan County at least proved that he did not want to make things difficult for the officials, and his actions were only targeting rare earths. Jiang Songling felt much more peaceful when he thought about this.

After dinner, Qin Hai refused Jiang Songling's attempt to stay. Heizi and Deng Shiheng left Jonshan County with Heizi and Deng Shiheng, and went to another neighboring rare earth resource county. There, the same drama was performed again, and it ended with Qin Hai's victory. Jiang Songling only heard about these things afterwards.

After seeing Qin Hai off, Jiang Songling came to the office of the county magistrate Jia Xiaodong and reported to him in detail about Qin Hai's trip. After listening carefully, Jia Xiaodong frowned and asked, "Old Jiang, what do you think Qin Hai has plans?"

"I can't see it." Jiang Songling said, "He just asked us to send a notice to close the small mining site, but he didn't ask the county to secretly ask Deng Shiheng at the dinner table. He said that Qin Hai was the one who ran from the capital alone, and even his follower Xiao Fu arrived later. In this way, he had no law enforcement officers at all. Does he really think that sending a notice can solve the problem of the small mining site?"

"Could he want to use this to make things difficult for the county and force the county to send law enforcement personnel to enforce the law?" Jia Xiaodong guessed.

In fact, what Jia Xiaodong was thinking was not just about law enforcement, but whether Qin Hai had other ideas. The difficulty of rare earth governance is known from the central government to the local government. Qin Hai faced the challenge. Could it be that Xiang Zhuang danced his sword, aiming at Pei Gong?

There have been such things in the past. A small official came from above, under the banner of a certain task and made things difficult for the county. When the county felt unbearable, the small official would take the opportunity to make various requests to make the county lose money and avoid disasters. Maybe Qin Hai is such a person, but he just doesn't know what he is trying to do.

Jiang Songling also thought of this. He thought for a while and said, "We have no handle on his hands. How can he make things difficult for the county? He asked us to send a notice and we sent it. As for whether the following is done, this is the business of the small mine owners and has nothing to do with our county. He is just the deputy leader of a rare earth work leading group. He doesn't have much say in the matters in the county, right?"

"What is this deputy team leader?" Jia Xiaodong asked a question worthy of concern.

Jiang Songling was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know what level it is. During the meal, I asked Director Deng. Director Deng said he didn't know either. He also said that this group was founded by the State Planning Commission. The chief director of the Planning Commission is the group leader, and there are also deputy positions from seven or eight ministries and commissions serving as deputy team leaders."

"So, isn't Qin Hai a deputy ministerial-level cadre?" Jia Xiaodong asked in surprise.

"No way?" Jiang Songling was also a little surprised. He frowned and said. "How could there be such a young deputy ministerial-level cadre? I think he is only in his early 20s. Even if the ministries and commissions are promoted quickly, he is at most a deputy director, right? At the vice ministerial-level in his 20s, wouldn't he have to release satellites?"

The "Some Office" or "Some Leadership Working Group" in Chinese government agencies is a very strange organization. This kind of organization does not have a fixed staffing and does not correspond to a specific level. The leader of many leadership work groups is often named by senior officials such as ministers, governors, and mayors. At the level of deputy group leaders, they are officials who are specific to the work, and they can just get a department-level or section-level cadre to serve as the position.

I'm afraid even the highest leaders don't know how many such leadership working groups are there in governments at all levels across the country. The "mantou house" used as jokes on the Internet in later generations is an organization like this. The power of such an organization depends entirely on the importance of the superior leaders on the affairs involved.

What is most crazy is that at the beginning, these institutions were temporarily formed to handle a specific matter, but once they were formed, they would exist for a long time. Sometimes, the temporary personnel were disbanded, but the official seal was still locked in someone's drawer. Maybe at some point the next document will be suddenly taken out, leaving the place at a loss.

Jia Xiaodong also understood the above things. He was so sank, saying, "No matter what level he is, in short, he represents the central government, we must be more respectful. When we do things, we should try to do as much as possible and not let him find any flaws. Otherwise, after he returns to the capital and submit an internal reference to the higher authorities, we will be in trouble."

"So, county magistrate, should you temporarily close those small mining sites for a while and wait until the limelight is over?" Jiang Songling asked for instructions. He felt a little painful to say such words. After all, every mining site is a tax source for the county, and the tax revenue will be reduced by one day if you keep it in check.

"Isn't it necessary?" Jia Xiaodong said, "The situation of rare earth exports this year is very good, and prices have also risen. Isn't it impossible to close mining sites at this time? If it really doesn't work, let the few points around the county town not produce for the time being, and there is no need to worry about remote towns. I don't believe that this young young man would be willing to go to remote towns for inspection."

"Okay, I understand." Jiang Songling said, "There is another thing. When the county magistrate, Qin Hai, came out, and came up with a detailed list, which clearly listed the situation of various mining sites in our county. As a foreigner, he was able to grasp so much information. I suspect that someone from the relevant departments of the county revealed the situation to him. Should I check this matter?"

"Is there such a thing?" Jia Xiaodong glared. This is something that uncle and aunt cannot bear. He ordered: "Of course, people who are hilarious and cum outside must find out... But, don't worry now, wait until Qin Hai leaves Yunjiang Province. It is not appropriate to check his inside line in front of him."

"I understand, I'll ask someone to investigate privately first to see who is doing it." Jiang Songling replied.

After leaving Jia Xiaodong's office, Jiang Songling immediately called Qiu Weiguang and arranged for him to print out the notice of closing the small mining site as soon as possible and send it to various mining sites. Since Qin Hai explained this, Jiang Songling had to do it and not let Qin Hai find fault. As for Qin Hai who wanted to force the county to conduct self-inspection, Jiang Songling would not be so obedient, and would argue with Qin Hai no matter what.

Several versions of the documents on regulating rare earth production have been stored in the Geology and Mineral Bureau. Qiu Weiguang found the best-written person in the bureau, followed the original version and several precautions explained by Qin Hai, and quickly drafted a manuscript. Then he asked the typing room to type it out and sent it to the county government to stamp it with an official seal, and sent it to all townships in the county.

The Geology and Mineral Bureau is familiar with this kind of thing. The office has printed a notice and immediately arranged for the departments of the whole bureau to draw personnel, either by car or by bike, to go to various mining sites to issue notices. Qiu Weiguang told Qin Hai that the Geology and Mineral Bureau did not understand the situation of private mining sites, which was just an excuse. In fact, they were very clear about this.

When the staff of the Geology and Mineral Bureau came to Xujiawan Township with the notice, Xin Jinlong, the largest mine owner in the village, was directing the work of extracting rare earths in front of the mine.

Xujiawan Township is the most abundant rare earths in Xinshan County. According to experts, every mountain here is rare earth, and it can be sold for money as long as it is dug out. However, not all villagers are qualified to dig mountains and mine. Most of the rare earth mines here were contracted by the township to the native mine owner Xin Jinlong a few years ago.

Xin Jinlong was originally a farmer in Xujiawan Township. His family had a large population and heavy burden. He could not support his whole family at all. So he borrowed money to buy a tricycle and went to the county town to be a coachman to earn money, barely making a living.

A few years ago, he accidentally brought a Japanese merchant who came to Johor Bahru County for inspection. I don’t know which of his qualities won the favor of this merchant. The merchant secretly gave him the opportunity and gave him a lot of money to sign an agreement with the village and reserved the management rights of all the hills in the township.

At that time, rare earth mining in Xinshan County was just beginning. Most people didn't know what rare earths were, nor did they know where to dig rare earths. Seeing Xin Jinlong bidding hundreds of thousands of yuan for contracting for barren mountains, the cadres in Xujiawan Township were shocked at first, but were happy. They did not ask what the huge sum of money Xin Jinlong gave out, and directly divided dozens of mountains into Xin Jinlong's name.

From then on, Xin Jinlong began his rare earth gold hunting journey. He hired a group of villagers, first cutting off the vegetation on the mountain, then digging out the soil, sending it into the burping pond, separating the rare earth solution from it, and then converting it into rare earth oxides. Every once in a while, the mysterious Japanese merchant would reappear, transporting these rare earth oxides away with a large truck, and leaving Xin Jinlong with a lot of money.

In less than a year, Xin Jinlong replaced his tricycle with a Bluebird sedan, and several adobe houses in his home have been demolished and turned into a three-story western-style building. It turned out that he wore a patched local cloth jacket all year round, but now he has changed it to a brand-name suit all over his body and a colorful "one-tie" tie. There is no way, he really cannot learn how to play the tie, so he can only use this most troublesome solution.

In order to show that he is rich, he wore six or seven gold rings on his hand and a large gold chain weighing half a pound on his neck. Walking out can blind the audience's eyes. Everyone who sees him will have a compliment in his heart: Really Te Meow is a nouveau riche!

Xin Jinlong didn't care what others called him. In his opinion, having money means having status. The more gold he had on his body, the more respect he could get from others. It turned out that when he was riding a tricycle in the county, anyone could shout at him. When women were riding his tricycle, they would cover their noses in disgust and dislike the smell of sweat on his body. But when he got on the Blue Bird, all he gained was envious. The young women in the township government, who were still charming, would occasionally rub his car with excuses, and even called it the fragrance of Xin.

Columbus once said that gold can bring people's souls to heaven. Xin Jinlong didn't know who Columbus was, but he had the same feelings as Columbus, but what made his soul go to heaven was not gold, but rare earths that were not good-looking.

"Changgen, Yaowa, turn on the mixer, pour a bag of fertilizer in, and the ingredients will be discharged soon."

Standing by the mine-pouring pool, Xin Jinlong loudly directed his workers. Although he was already a millionaire, Xin Jinlong was still accustomed to leading by example and personally participating in the extraction of rare earths. He was worried that others would not be able to do as good as him, which would mean that his money would be greatly reduced.

In the southern rare earth mining area, the methods of extracting rare earths in various private mining sites are similar, and these methods are surprisingly simple.

The mine owners built a cement pool the size of a basketball court on the hillside of the rare earth mine, connected the water pipe, and bought a few tons of certain specific fertilizers to extract rare earths. The specific process is to put the original soil dug from the mountain into the cement pool, then sprinkle the fertilizer and water the original soil with a water pipe. The rare earths in the original soil in the form of ionic forms will react with the elements in the fertilizer, and the raw liquid rich in rare earth compounds will flow out from the bottom of the cement pool. After some simple treatment of these raw liquids, the rare earth oxides will be separated.

Of course, some mines do not carry out such rare earth extraction work, but directly transport the harvested rare earth raw materials abroad for extraction. As the country's increasingly strict control over rare earth exports, large-scale raw material exports are easily discovered, so mine owners have adopted the method of on-site extraction.

This rare earth extraction process is called the "pool dip process". Its biggest feature is that it has little investment and fast results. It can be called the golden finger for poverty alleviation and prosperity in backward areas. Xin Jinlong first learned this process from that Japanese merchant. In the past few years, he used his intelligence and continued to carry forward this process, which made his wealth myth.

Most rare earth mine owners in Johor Bahru County have learned this technology from him and should be based on their own mines. In the entire Johor Bahru County, there are no less than a hundred such extraction pools, spread all over the countryside. (To be continued...)
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