In a quiet courtyard planted with lilacs and begonias, a quiet woman in her early twenties sat quietly on a stone chair under the pavilion, holding a yellowed book in her hand.

On the stone table next to it, there was still half a cup of tea that had not yet been drunk.

Her breath was very quiet, and she was quietly reading a book.

She read slowly, page by page......

This courtyard is wide and spacious, with verandahs connecting each other, with flowers and trees, and stacked stones. The decoration, carving and painting inside reflect the folk customs and traditional culture everywhere, showing the residents' pursuit of happiness, beauty, wealth and auspiciousness.

At some point, a burly young man walked into the courtyard.

The young man shaved a neat flat head, looking masculine and vigorous, holding a long box in his hand.

He walked into the pavilion.

The woman who was reading quietly in the pavilion was Shang Qing, whom Feng Qingyan knew, and at this time she raised her head slightly and asked, "Junzi, is there something wrong?"

"Zhao Yankuo sent a painting, and he asked me to hand it over to you. Junzi said, his voice a little stiff, and then he took out the scroll and slowly opened it.

As soon as Shang Qing saw the "Shrimp Play", her brows immediately furrowed, because she remembered this painting, she had seen it at Feng Qingyan's home.

"He said, as long as your teacher looks at it, he will understand. The board continued with a flat head.

At this time, Shang Qing was stunned for a moment, she didn't understand what Zhao Yankuo meant, why did the teacher understand when she saw it? It's just that she looked at it for a while, but she couldn't see anything from this painting.

Then, you can only let the teacher see it.

After a while, she said, "Junzi, put it away and go to Diqing Garden." ”

It didn't take long for her to take the painting and sit in the soldier's car and leave the heavily guarded courtyard.

When she arrived at Diqing Garden, it was already the beginning of her life.

Tianjing at night, the lights are brilliant, like a bright pearl.

In that inconspicuous Diqing Garden, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties was standing quietly on the courtyard.

The middle-aged man was dressed in a black suit, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the starry sky slightly in contemplation.

The dim and yellowish light shone on the slightly thin cheeks, which looked more contoured, especially the quiet eyes, which looked more wise and deep in the night.

On his body, he exudes a calm and mountain-like aura, and his body contains a majestic momentum.

A middle-aged man thinking under the lamp, as much as he admires the charm of a mature man.

Behind him is a coffee table, on which a set of delicate handmade tea sets is placed in a neat and orderly manner. Behind the coffee table, there sat a young woman, about twenty-six or seventeen years old.

The woman has crisp short ear-length hair, a pair of black-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and a black and white professional suit, which looks very shrewd and capable.

At this time, she was quietly making tea for the middle-aged man, her movements were very light, her hands were very dexterous, she didn't make any sound, and she didn't seem to dare to disturb the middle-aged man's thinking.

After a short while, the tea is boiled, and it immediately exudes a light tea fragrance, which is refreshing.

A young woman brews tea for a middle-aged man for seven years, and has mastered a skill that few people can match. In her hands, ordinary tea, ordinary water, and ordinary tea utensils can brew extraordinary tea, and she has the superb art of turning decay into magic.

Moreover, she rarely makes tea for people, and few people can let her make tea, or few people are worthy of her to make tea.

The fragrance of tea was permeating, and the middle-aged man inhaled slightly, stood quietly and gradually relaxed, and whispered to the night sky: "Fifteen years have passed, and the third-step strategy for the large-scale development of the western region has finally been formulated, and it has become a foregone conclusion. Zicao, you have been running around with me for the past few years, and you have done a lot of very complicated work, but it has worked hard for you. ”

"It is an honor for Zicao to be able to learn from Su Shi, even if it is hard and tired. Bai Zicao smiled slightly, revealing her white teeth, and her smile was like a spring breeze.

The pair of eyes like autumn water, quietly looking at that extremely familiar figure, said softly: "In this world, I don't know how many people want to call Su Shi a teacher, but they can't ask for it, and I don't know how many people are willing to be a pawn for Su Shi, but they can't ask for it......"

The large-scale development of the western region was a major policy of the Celestial Empire, which aimed at using the surplus economic development capacity of the eastern coastal areas to raise the level of economic and social development in the western region and consolidate national defense.

Development is based on infrastructure construction, ecological and environmental protection is the foundation, economic restructuring and the development of characteristic industries are the key, relying on scientific and technological progress and cultivating qualified personnel are the guarantee, reform and opening up are the driving force, and economic prosperity and common prosperity of the people are the starting point.

Under the overall plan, 10 new projects will be opened in the western region, and then they will be implemented in an orderly and gradual manner in accordance with economic laws......

Generally speaking, the large-scale development of the western region is a long-term and arduous historical task, and it is also a large-scale systems project, especially the formulation of this three-step strategy, which involves many aspects, such as region, customs, culture, environment, transportation, and economy.

It's incomparably complex, but it's incomparably huge.

Therefore, the formulation of this three-step strategy requires the formulator to have superhuman knowledge, insight, etc. The middle-aged man in front of him is one of the main formulators of the three-step strategy for the large-scale development of the western region, or the chief planner hidden behind it.

It took the whole team a full fifteen years to formulate this huge and complicated project, and the bitterness and suffering of it are insignificant to outsiders, which is one of the reasons why Bai Zicao worships him.

The middle-aged man only smiled slightly, and on his face and heart, he did not feel much pride because he had finally formulated a three-step strategy for the large-scale development of the western region that could affect the entire Celestial Empire for decades, even hundreds of years, or hundreds of years.

Then, he turned around and sat down, and the heartstrings that had been tense for ten years were finally loosened, and there was an indescribable relief.

He picked up a small cup of tea and put it to his lips and took a sip.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the authentic words: "Sweet but not ......"

At this time, in the darkness of the courtyard, a middle-aged man in a Mao suit slowly walked out. Seeing the man in the tunic suit who suddenly appeared, Bai Zicao couldn't help but be startled, Diqingyuan was heavily guarded, how did he walk in?

"You're here?" the middle-aged man said lightly.

"It's coming. The man in the tunic nodded, it was Chen Ping'an.

At this time, the middle-aged man said to Bai Zicao: "I've worked hard for you this time, you go to rest first, relax and relax, I have something to say to him." ”

Bai Zicao nodded, and then got up to leave.

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