The Mission's buses traveled from inside the city to outside the city, and along the way you saw several polling places, all of which were in the standard format, beautiful and dignified, and there were also orderly queues of Azerbaijanis.

The Western delegates watched with joy as the seeds of democracy sprouted, and even Han Chenghang was a little stunned and said: "It is not easy for Azerbaijan to hold a general election for the first time, and it is not easy to do this." Maybe the election can really be a benchmark?"

Su Cheng sat in front of him, heard his words, did not look back, and said with a smile: "This is the concession of Azerbaijan, outside and here, but two worlds. ”

"You mean, it's going to be a lot worse out there?" Although Han Chenghang is a diplomatic ambassador, he has no direct knowledge of the former Soviet Union after the disintegration. Having just arrived in Baku, he is building awareness of Azerbaijan.

Since Su Cheng is preparing to acquire oil fields in Azerbaijan, it is indispensable to contact Han Chenghang, so he followed the topic he was interested in, and said: "Azerbaijan is a mountainous country, but it is also the main development area of heavy industry in the Soviet Union, coupled with the poor industrial and agricultural scissors, the income gap between farmers and workers in this country is even larger than that of China, and the more remote the place, the less concerned the voters will be about politics, and the scene of queuing up to vote is estimated to become another form." ”

Han Chenghang recalled the materials he had read before and said: "During the Soviet era, Azerbaijan and Russia were the only two union republics that did not need subsidies, their oil revenues were very conspicuous, and they had an education system for all, so there was not much difference." ”

The Chinese believed in the equality of basic rights in Soviet society, and to some extent, it was. But as far as the Azerbaijanis in contact with Sioux City are concerned, it is difficult for those who are busy making ends meet all day to focus on political elections. In fact, there is a scramble for more voters who don't care about politics. It is the core of the election of small countries.

Su Cheng didn't elaborate, smiled slightly, and said: "Education belongs to education, but with the current economic conditions in Azerbaijan, those who are bent on politics must at least not be hungry." ”

Han Chenghang nodded as if he didn't understand, his eyes were out of the window, he had been in Azerbaijan for the first time in the past few days, and it was the first time he had left Baku.

Minister Zheng sat next to Sioux City. But he held his identity and took the initiative to talk to Su Cheng once, and he would never start talking again, and the place where the three Chinese were sitting suddenly became quiet.

The Europeans and Americans in the same car were all kinds of excitement, they were media workers. I keep recording and writing in my hands, and I won't stop talking, and I use English more.

Su Cheng and the others listened as if it were a radio.

After a while, the first town outside Baku arrived.

The bus in front stopped, and the cars behind pulled over. Henkel, who was very organized, led the crowd out of the car and went to the polling place as usual.

Azerbaijanis can still be seen queuing up to vote, except that they are dressed a little more modestly than in the city. There is no big difference.

Su Cheng didn't bother to get out of the car, so he looked through the window, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Han Chenghang observed his words and asked, "Is there any problem?"

"Just out of town. The ballot writing room is old, and the Provisional Government is more short of money than expected. Su Cheng said and smiled, and said, "I'm also talking on paper, and I didn't run outside much." Now that I think about it, Azerbaijan probably bought old goods from Eastern Europeans. ”

There were only three people present: Minister Zheng, Su Cheng and Han Chenghang. Han Chenghang doesn't need to pretend to understand. Curiously asked: "What does it matter if old goods save money?"

"This is the face of Azerbaijan, and the United Nations and Western countries have given sponsorship. Azerbaijan is still doing this, and you will know what kind of poverty has become everywhere. Su Cheng saw that Han Chenghang still didn't understand, so he explained: "All localities have to make up a sum of money for the polling station, and the less the subsidy is, the worse the polling station will be built." ”

"Didn't you say unification?"

"How can it really be unified. Su Cheng said disdainfully: "Who will build a good and big polling station in the other party's poll warehouse, they want the other party's voters to wait in a long line and get annoyed, and then they won't vote." ”

Han Chenghang was dumbfounded, people who have not experienced Western elections really don't think about this.

After a short stop, the convoy continued onwards, and at a fork in the road, several cars diverged to visit another area, while other buses continued along the widest road. The international observers in the car are all here to watch, and tens of thousands of ordinary observers are responsible for the general election at the grassroots level.

However, even if it was a quick success, Azerbaijan's first general election quickly came to light.

At the second polling station outside the city, observers saw a huge portrait of Aliyev, as well as propaganda images.

This is not allowed. Because for many voters who don't have a clear goal, the picture outside the polling station has the effect of psychological suggestion.

However, observers are only qualified to observe and are not qualified to interfere in the elections of other countries. At this point, the observers of the European and American countries did an excellent job, and Henkel took pictures at all angles with his portable camera, and then got into the car indignantly, and after all, did not say a word.

This is not the first set of photos he has taken.

In the next few polling stations, all kinds of problems occurred that were also very faceless, and in the bus, the atmosphere of joy and excitement really faded a lot.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, almost dinner time, the bus stopped in the city of Siki, 400 kilometers from Baku.

Most of the people got out of the car, shook their legs, ate something, and slowly watched around a polling station.

Su Cheng and Han Chenghang walked together, followed by Minister Zheng.

Minister Zheng could not find a sense of existence in the convoy of a group of foreigners, and it was difficult to find the glory of the deputy minister in Su Cheng, so he simply found a shop that looked like a fast food restaurant and sat down, beckoned to someone, and shouted in Russian: "Have a meal." ”

It was meal time, there were quite a few people eating, and the owner of the fast food restaurant was so busy that he just glanced up and asked in Russian: "Are you a foreigner?"

"Chinese. Minister Zheng smiled kindly, as if he were visiting the director of the meteorological department of an elementary school.

"Chinese, can you vote?" the owner of the fast food restaurant asked in a hurry, and his hands did not stop.

Minister Zheng was surprised: "Of course I can't vote." ”

"There's no food for you, it's only for those who can vote. ”

"Can't you give money?" Minister Zheng pulled out a green dollar.

The boss glanced at it, quickly lowered his head, and said, "If you want to eat, you have to wait for a while, and the people who voted will finish eating." ”

"Okay, I'll wait. Minister Zheng pressed the money on the table, and then asked curiously, "Why do you only sell food to voters?"

"They took over my shop. The boss put the burritos on a plate, handed them to a guest, and said, "All those who voted for Aliyev can eat for free, and I can only sell them to those who voted for Aliyev today." ”

"Whoever only sells to Aliyev, what if the other party lied to you?"

"I can't fool you, someone is watching. The boss held out his hand.

It turned out that each of the ballot writing rooms was not sealed, and someone could see it and put a stamp on the arms of those who voted for Aliyev.

Those with a badge can not only eat for free at the boss's place, but also at several other stores.

Even if he doesn't understand the Western electoral system, Minister Zheng knows that this is a bribery ...... The only problem is that the success of this kind of bribery is too low.

It turned out to be just a dinner.

Stunned, there were also international observers and their friends.

Although they knew that the general election in Azerbaijan could not be as light as water, they did not expect that such a place so close to Baku could be so muddy.

Not every Azerbaijani will exchange their ballots for dinner, but it has to be admitted that those who are willing to exchange dinner are still young and old.

Heinkel couldn't help but stop a young man who was voting and ask him about the propaganda policy in his neighborhood, only to learn that the mobilization for dinner for ballots had been released a week earlier.

Moreover, not only dinner, but also the vehicles that transported the voters demanded to vote for Aliyev, otherwise they had to find their own cars.

Only then did Han Chenghang know where Su Cheng's self-confidence came from, and deliberately asked, "The practices of these polling stations won't have anything to do with Su Dong, right?"

Su Cheng showed an innocent expression: "I haven't heard of these things, and His Excellency Aliyev probably hasn't heard of them either, maybe...... It's a temporary employee, so let's do it yourself. ”

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ps: The sleep time is abnormal again, 2500 words.

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