Because the road from Liulin County to Shuangshan Town is difficult to walk, although Chen Qingdong tried to drive the car as fast as possible, it was already past eleven o'clock when the two cars arrived at the Shuangshan Town market one after the other.

Chen Qingdong knew that the main purpose of Xu Wei and Zhao Changbin's visit to Shuangshan this time was to inspect the willow artemisia and purple rape, and the products of the green field farm were just a glance by the way.

So Chen Qingdong was also very understanding and took them directly to the foot of the White Fox Mountain, this section of the road was bumpy and even more difficult to walk, and it took nearly half an hour to come to the vicinity of the White Fox Mountain, but the people who were watered on the road dug a deep ditch, and the car couldn't pass at all, and at this time there was no one nearby, and I don't know where the people who watered the ground went.

There was no way, the vehicles could not pass, so they had to park here and walk over.

Fortunately, it is not far from the destination, and it takes about ten minutes to walk.

After getting out of the car, Chen Qingdong took out the prepared mineral water from the trunk and handed it to Xu Wei and Zhao Changbin, and said apologetically: "Brother Bin, Sister Wei, our road here is too difficult. And the road here has been dug up, so we can only walk through it. But it's almost there, so let's walk for another ten minutes or so. ”

Xu Wei took the mineral water and said bluntly: "I have heard that the traffic in Liulin County is terrible before, but I didn't expect it to be so bad." Fortunately, this time I listened to Changbin's advice and drove his Pajero, if I drove my Blue Bird, it is estimated that it will be scattered. ”

Zhao Changbin unscrewed the mineral water, rinsed his mouth first, and then took a few sips before saying: "I have been to Liulin a few times before, but I have not been to Shuangshan Town, and the roads in other towns are also very bad, but in comparison, it can be a little better than Shuangshan." ”

Chen Qingdong said: "Brother Bin is right! The roads in Shuangshan Town are also the worst in our county, and other towns can be better. The main reason is that Shuangshan is too remote, and the town government has no money, so if you want to do some infrastructure, you can't do it. ”

Zhao Changbin said with a sigh: "Yes, it is really difficult for the current township-level government to do something practical. Originally, the township level government was the first-level government that was at the forefront of its work and directly dealt with the people. However, there are thousands of lines at the top and a needle at the bottom, no matter what unit issues a document, it is enough for the township and town governments to be busy for a while, and they also have to undertake various tasks arranged by the county government...... Most of their energy is used to deal with these things, and they don't have any money in their hands, so they can't do practical things for the people!"

Chen Qingdong listened to Zhao Changbin's exclamation very reasonably, and completely stated the embarrassing situation faced by the township government, thinking to himself, if no one had worked in the township, I am afraid it would be difficult to have such a simple but word-for-word key insight.

"Brother Bin, have you worked in the township before?" asked Chen Qingdong curiously.

Zhao Changbin didn't answer directly, but laughed a little embarrassed.

Xu Wei also laughed and said for him: "Qingdong, you don't know, Changbin did work in the township in the past, and he was also a unit-level cadre! If it weren't for his impulsiveness, he would also be a rising political star now." ”

Chen Qingdong became even more interested, and asked with a smile: "Really? Brother Bin." ”

Zhao Changbin scratched his hair embarrassedly and said, "Qingdong, don't listen to Xiaowei's nonsense, she deliberately demolished my platform." ”

Xu Wei is naturally a unforgiving character, and said: "Changbin, in front of me, you still dare to deny your black history?"

"Hehe......" Zhao Changbin smiled bitterly twice and said, "Xiaowei, I don't dare to deny anything in front of you." Qingdong, I won't hide it from you, in fact, I did work in the government before, although it was not a township, but a sub-district office in a district of Longwan, but the level was the same as that of the township government. However, what Xiaowei said about a political star, there is indeed no such thing. ”

Xu Wei said again: "Isn't that because you are impulsive and self-destructive?"

Zhao Changbin seems to have a very good temper, and he has been "teased" by Xu Wei continuously, but he is not angry at all, and laughs again, and said: "Xiaowei, what you said is also right, at that time, I was so young. ”

Chen Qingdong asked, "Brother Bin, otherwise, let me also listen to your glorious deeds back then." ”

Zhao Changbin shook his head slightly, but said again: "Okay, let Xiaowei pick up your curiosity, if I hide it and don't say anything, I will be too sorry for you." ”

Xu Wei smiled: "Changbin, speak slowly, I also want to relive your heroic deeds back then." ”

Zhao Changbin said helplessly to Xu Wei: "...... you?"

"Okay, Kyungdong, that's what happened. Zhao Changbin continued, "After I graduated from college that year, under the arrangement of my old man, I was assigned to the sub-district office of a district in Longwan and worked in the party and government office. At that time, the director of our party and government office was still a distant relative of my family, and he usually took good care of me and took me with him in everything. In the beginning, I was also grateful to him. However, after a few months, I found out that this guy was really corrupt! If nothing else, I would like to say that he is in charge of the reception of our neighborhood office. He found a three-star hotel in Longwan as the designated reception unit of our unit, and every time he received, he filled a table with big fish and meat, good wine and good smoke, and every time he actually couldn't eat much, and the large plates of expensive fish and meat were poured into the trash. This is not counted, once I went to sign an order for him, and found that the dishes that were originally on the table for five or six hundred yuan were flipped over when they arrived at the list, and it became more than 1,000! What did the rest of the money do? Naturally, it went into his pocket! Actually, our neighborhood office didn't have much money, and all the debts were gone, and there was no money to do practical things, but the director of the party and government office still squandered public funds in this way!

"That day, too, I happened to have drunk too much, and when I was angry, I went to him with the list and asked him to explain to me what was going on. But he didn't take it seriously at all, and said that if I have any friends to play in the future, I can take them to that hotel for dinner, and I don't have to pay money, just sign it directly on the account of the street office! When I heard it, fuck, this is not insulting my personality and pulling me into the water! I was short of oxygen in my head, and I actually beat him up in the office......

Speaking of this, Zhao Changbin smiled bitterly again: "At that time, I had just graduated with a capital letter, I was still too young, my vision was too shallow, and when I saw the corruption of our office director, I thought that I had caught the biggest corrupt official in the world, but now that I think about it, this kind of thing is too common." ”

Xu Wei summed up for Zhao Changbin: "You also paid for your youthful impulsiveness with the end of being expelled. ”

Zhao Changbin smiled: "Yes!"

After listening to Zhao Changbin's reminiscences, Chen Qingdong's impression of Zhao Changbin suddenly improved a lot!

This is also a young man who once had ideals and ambitions, did not rub sand in his eyes, and had a chivalrous style!

This is also a person who is very similar to his former self!

Although now Zhao Changbin may have bid farewell to that period of pure youth, become mature, and broaden his horizons, he also understands that that kind of corruption is not a special case, but a very common phenomenon in this society where the system is not perfect.

But Chen Qingdong believes that the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change.

Some of the most authentic things, even after the vicissitudes of life, will never disappear completely.

Chen Qingdong believes at this moment that if he has the opportunity to cooperate with Zhao Changbin in the future, then Zhao Changbin should be a friend worthy of his trust.

Zhao Changbin seemed to be afraid that his words would have a bad impact on Chen Qingdong, and said to Chen Qingdong: "Qingdong, you are still young, as a person who has come over, I will say a few more words, in fact, I must also treat the things I just said rationally, the reason for this situation is not a personal reason, not just the reason of the Longwan area, in the final analysis, this is the reason of the system." Only when the state truly strengthens the supervision of officials from the system and puts the power in their hands in a cage can it truly prevent corruption at the source. ”

"However, in the current situation, this is also the road that our country must walk, or the price that must be paid. Now there are many people who say that the officials in our country are corrupt, and they advocate how clear those countries in Europe and the United States are. In fact, in the course of the development of those countries in Europe and the United States, corruption is also very common, and it is not much better than ours at all. It's just that now people have developed and established a complete system for officials, so even if those officials want to be corrupt, they have no chance at all. ”

After talking about these long-winded thoughts, Zhao Changbin finally encouraged Chen Qingdong: "Qingdong, as a young civil servant, you must not be like me back then, you will only look at the problem one-sidedly, but look at the problem as a whole." In addition, you should also be full of confidence in our country, and after a few years or decades of development, our country will definitely be more perfect after stepping out of this section of the road of crossing the river by feeling the stones. ”

After Zhao Changbin said this, before Chen Qingdong could speak, Xu Wei couldn't help laughing and teased: "Changbin, you won't still have your dream of being an official, you talk so well, I think it is completely qualified for you to be the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee in charge of ideology." ”

Zhao Changbin was also embarrassed to get up, and said: "Alas, when I came here today, I saw such a young civil servant as Qingdong again, and I was quite touched in my heart, and I accidentally talked too much." Qingdong, let you see a smile. ”

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Brother Bin, I really feel that I have benefited a lot from what you said!"

Xu Wei teased again: "Changbin, this is Qingdong stepping down the steps for you." ”

Zhao Changbin laughed and said: "Qingdong, thank you, I will have a few drinks with you for dinner today!"

"This is no problem, drinking with a cheerful person like Brother Bin, I am definitely 'rather hurting my body than hurting my feelings'. Chen Qingdong smiled, then pointed to the green in front and said, "Sister Wei, look ahead, that's Artemisia Willow!"