December 26, 1986. Lunar calendar: Year of fire, November, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar calendar.

Dry Branch: Gengzi Tu (Midwinter) Month, Jiachen Fire Ghost Fixing Day; Phenology: Elk Solution; Chongsha: Suisha Nanlong Richong (Wuxu) Dog; Nine Stars: Erhei-Seti Star (Earth)-Fierce God;Sudging Name: Ghost Golden Sheep-Fierce (South);Liuyao: First Victory;Duty: Heavenly Prison (Underworld Day);Five Elements: Buddha Lamps.。

Peng Zu Baiji: A does not open a position, and Chen does not cry.

Appropriate/taboo: Jiachenyi: trading, setting up bonds, meeting friends, signing contracts, accepting livestock, marrying, breaking ground, opening light, opening the market, making beds, praying for blessings, traveling, sweeping houses, entering houses, breaking ground......

Don't: Zodiac auspicious day, everything is appropriate, there are no taboos!

Lao Lu chose such a day to hold the groundbreaking ceremony. Li Huayong, who is not auspicious, is not very clear, but he woke up early in the morning and saw the morning sun rising, cloudless, and there was no sign of rain.

The official ceremony was scheduled for 10:18 a.m., but just after 8 a.m., people began to arrive at the scene. According to the unwritten rules in the system, the higher the rank, the later it will appear, first in the township, then in the county, and then in the city.

At about 9 o'clock, with the shout of Secretary Ouyang (that is, the former chairman of the Provincial Federation of Overseas Chinese) "Come on", many officials in the system were in a commotion, and Li Huayong knew in his heart that this should be the highest-level figure present today.

Ouyang and the others greeted them, but Li Huayong did not move, he stood in place and looked curiously. Although Old Man Bai is old enough and has some prestige in this province, he is ranked low in the Provincial Standing Committee after all, and it is precisely because of his old qualifications that he is already very old and should not be able to work for long.

Li Huayong quickly found out that he was wrong, he saw Old Man Bai in the crowd, but Old Man Bai didn't seem to be the highest-level person present today.

Except for the car in front of him, Old Man Bai was sitting in the second car, but when he got out of the car, he ignored the others, but walked straight to the third car, and carefully went to open the door himself.

Seeing Old Man Bai's respectful appearance, Li Huayong's eyes widened, and he said strangely, could it really be that there were higher-level bigwigs present? Why didn't I hear a little wind before?

For a while, Li Huayong couldn't take his eyes off it.

When the door of the third car opened, and the people in the car came out, Li Huayong did see a big man. Of course, Li Huayong knows that this is a person, not because he knows this person, the most important reason is that the person who was helped out by Old Man Bai is older than Old Man Bai, and his age looks even older than Old Man Bai.

Seeing this, Li Huayong smiled in his heart, it is not strange that such an old man appeared in the Nanjiang officialdom. What kind of place is Nanjiang? The famous old revolutionary base area, where the first Red Soviet power was born, take Li Huayong's hometown in his previous life, which produced the most founding generals.

It's just a little pity that among the generals from Nanjiang, there are mostly major generals and lieutenant generals, and there are almost no marshals and generals.

Li Huayong guessed in his heart that the old man he didn't know in front of him should be such a party elder.

After the old man was supported by the old man Bai, they did not come over immediately, but stayed in place and talked with great interest, and around them were Secretary Ouyang, Director Zhang Chi and Zhang of the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, Mayor Guan of the city, Secretary He of the county, and Lin Wei's third uncle Lin Yingbiao.

The old man looked very interested, don't look at his age, he seemed to need someone to help him when he walked, but after getting out of the car, he kept chattering there, and pointed at the whole construction site, looking like he was pointing at the country.

He just stood there, and no one else would come, he was so excited there, and others pretended to be interested even if they weren't interested, and everyone was smiling and waiting for the old man.

Suddenly, Li Huayong felt as if they were talking about himself, because after the old man didn't know what to say, some people began to look around, and more eyes were on their side.

"Xiao Li, come here. Old man Bai beckoned to Li Huayong.

Li Huayong had no choice but to step forward obediently.

"Yan Lao, this is Xiao Li, Xiao Li, this is Yan Lao'......"

The old man forgave Li Huayong curiously, and Li Huayong also observed the old man curiously.

"Oh, you're Xiao Li? yes, yes, you're a good offspring. ”

"Hello Elder Yan. ”

Li Huayong greeted respectfully, and after greeting the old man, Li Huayong couldn't help but start speculating about the identity of this person, not because of anything else, but because this person's accent was very kind, and this was the accent of Li Huayong's hometown in his previous life.

"At such an age, a Nanjiang veteran surnamed Yan, who could this be......

It's just a pity that Li Huayong didn't have a clue for a while, and he couldn't remember this person for the time being.

"Hehe, Yan Lao was originally in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense......"

In the end, it was Zhang Chi's half sentence that reminded Li Huayong, which made him carefully forgive the old man in front of him again, and said in his heart that this "Yan Lao" should be the "Yan Lao", right?

Yes, this is Li Huayong who really remembered that there seemed to be such a person in his hometown in his previous life. This person is a founding general, and when he was awarded the title in 55, he was awarded the rank of major general, among so many generals from Nanjiang, the reason why Li Huayong can remember this person is not because he is particularly famous, but because his resume is a bit special.

Others relied on fighting wars and military merits to become generals, but this person, except for the Long March, almost never fought in his life. During his time in the Soviets, he was responsible for mining tungsten ore in the south of the South River to raise funds for the Soviets, and it was Taizu's younger brother who presided over this at that time.

After liberation, he participated in the "two bombs and one satellite" presided over by Nie Shuai, and he has been working in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense...... In other words, this man is a technocrat and a technocracy. It is precisely because of his uniqueness that Li Huayong remembers this person.

However, although Li Huayong remembered the identity of this person, he was still a little unclear, so he was a little puzzled, how could the Nanjiang side invite this person to attend the groundbreaking ceremony? If he purely wanted to find someone to "make a town," it was not that this person did not have enough weight, but that he had much more weight in Nanjiang Province than he did. In addition, this person's reputation is not obvious, so the words of "Zhenchangzi" seem to be a bit different.

But if it's for other reasons...... At this time, Li Huayong still couldn't understand what connection such a veteran could have with such a project.

"Director Zhang, Elder Yan, this is ......"

Taking a moment, Li Huayong wanted to inquire about Zhang Chi of the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission.

"Hehe, Elder Yan is here specifically for this project this time. ”

"Huh?!"

"The time is almost up, let's hold a groundbreaking ceremony first, and when the ceremony is over, maybe Yan Lao will have to talk to you in the afternoon." ”

"Oh?"

It was Zhang Chi's words that made Li Huayong a little restless when he held the groundbreaking ceremony. Fortunately, he has participated in too many groundbreaking ceremonies, and the routines of all ceremonies are similar, nothing more than a few strings of firecrackers first, and then the leader makes a speech, and the leader gives him a pair of gloves and a shovel after the speech, and several people pretend to bury a stone, which is called "laying the foundation".

When the leader "lays the foundation", he instructs an excavator to pretend to dig twice in the ground, which is called "breaking ground".

By the way, since this project has the participation of Xiangjiang people, the pig's head and yellow paper must also be indispensable.

"Come on, come on, Uncle Man, you can deal with these two pig's heads for me, just enough to marinate a pot of pig's head meat. ”

"Okay. ”

When handing the two pig heads to Zhu Mangu, Zhang Chi happened to come over to find Li Huayong: "Xiao Li, come with me." ”

After seeing Yan Lao again, the first thing the old man said, Li Huayong almost guessed his intention:

"Young man, I heard that you sent someone to find the XXX Research Institute some time ago, right? ”

"XXX" is a number, a number subordinate to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and "XXX Research Institute" is actually a materials research institute, and their research direction is the application and research of rare earths.

So by this time, Li Huayong roughly guessed the old man's intention.