When the convoy entered Pingba Township, it was already noon, Qi Tianxiang and Zhou Tong and others got out of the car and joined Liao Yong, who had been waiting for a long time.

When Qi Tianxiang went down to the square outside the hotel, all the people and vehicles that had set off in advance were ready, Wang Tongjun was busy planning the vehicles, and the sweat had soaked through the blue shirt on his body, and there was also a large sweat stain on the back of the gray jacket he was wearing outside.

The medium-sized bus that Qi Tianxiang was riding in when he came was not in the convoy, but a riot control vehicle of the Armed Police Corps was waiting for Qi Tianxiang. Seeing that the tall and mighty like a deformed riot car, Qi Tianxiang insisted on taking his medium-sized bus, but was opposed by everyone including Zhou Tong and Fang Jianjian. The reason is very simple, it is the word safety, the first time to enter the mountain, except for off-road vehicles, that is, equipped with high-power engines of heavy vehicles, all cars and light vehicles are excluded.

Seeing everyone's strong opposition, Qi Tianxiang did not deliberately stalemate, everyone's worries and goodwill Qi Tianxiang was very clear, as the highest-level leader on the scene, his safety was more important than anything, especially when the road had just been opened and the road conditions were not very clear, no one dared to guarantee that there would be no accidents, and no one could afford Qi Tianxiang's mistake at all.

Compared with medium-sized buses, the anti-riot vehicles of the armed police are the vehicles with the strongest horsepower and the greatest compressive strength in the fleet. The all-steel body is not only the appearance of the body, but also the interior has several interconnected steel bars, which support the body like a moving bunker.

Qi Tianxiang knows that such a vehicle, said to be a riot-proof vehicle, is actually a light armored vehicle, which is not only collision-resistant and pressure-resistant, but also able to resist any hits, and also uses the principle of the sphere to carry out a rolling buffer design, even if it rolls over and overturns, it will not cause any damage to the members of the car.

Under Qi Tianxiang's forced pull, Wang Ping and Zhou Tong were pulled into the riot car, and Fang Jianshe was reluctant to get into the car no matter what, so he wanted to work with the personnel of the Environmental Protection Department to keep abreast of the situation and discuss countermeasures. Originally, Tao Ran was also going to go by car, but Qi Tianxiang refused, asking him to immediately start the matter of cadre selection and allocation. Although Tao Ran was a little reluctant, in the face of possible problems in the future, after weighing the severity, he could only give up his efforts to accompany Qi Tianxiang into the mining area.

The interior space of the wide anti-riot car is a little more empty than imagined, and there are only four people in the interior of the original six occupants: Qi Tianxiang and Zhou Tong, Wang Ping and Mao Zhigang. After the settlement of the armed police soldiers, when the vehicle began to move, Qi Tianxiang and others can be said to be tightly tied to the seat, the tall seat is supported by two thick steel pipes on both sides, like the facilities of the amusement park space car, the occupants are fixed on the seat, in addition to the seat can rotate and move flexibly, the person is integrated with the seat, which is of course also a safety need.

At the beginning, Qi Tianxiang felt very uncomfortable and awkward, but when the riot car was driving, he slowly got used to it, but felt that after being tied to the seat, his waist could be completely relaxed, and he was not as tired as when he used to sit in the car. Pulling open the baffle on the glass window, you can clearly see the outside scenery through the window, and you look aimlessly, and slowly fall asleep in a daze.

It wasn't until the vehicle slowly stopped that Qi Tianxiang came to his senses, looked at Zhou Tong who was sitting next to him and said apologetically: "This daze is actually asleep, is this the time?" ”

Zhou Tong looked at Qi Tianxiang with a slight smile, then turned his head to look at Wang Ping, and then slowly said to Qi Tianxiang haha: "Don't complain about anything, just blame Lao Wang for their car is too good, tied like a big zongzi, and the driving speed is about the same as a snail, sitting here in a car like a cradle, it is difficult not to be sleepy." ”

Wang Ping knew the meaning of Zhou's call, so he responded with a smile: "Safety first, it's always good, compared to your luxury car, we don't have an advantage in speed, but stability and safety are our pride." Besides, it's not that we're slow, the whole convoy is crawling on snails, can you blame us for being slow? ”

Wang Ping said and smiled, first opened the safety bar on his body, then stood up and helped Qi Tianxiang untie the binding, turned around and opened the sliding door, made a gesture of please, and asked Qi Tianxiang to get out of the car, with a humble and warm smile on his face, which looked quiet and soft.

Qi Tianxiang also smiled and nodded to Wang Ping to express his gratitude, then slowly stood up and slowly walked out of the car. The first thing that catches your eye, in addition to the pious and enthusiastic smiling faces of Fang Jianshe and Wang Tongjun and others, is the large and small vehicles crowded together, the scene is spectacular, and it is also a little shocking.

Pingba Township is the center of this concentration, and it is said that it is a township, but in fact, it is equivalent to a large administrative village in the plain area, which may not be as good. In a relatively flat mountain pass, a street, a few rows of houses, has become the seat of a township government.

Such a natural gathering place, has a strong landmark significance, the traditional sense of the flat land, in the mountainous area is difficult to encounter, even if there is rarely willing to be used to make empty field, but to maximize the use of cultivated land, after all, can do the flat field of open space is very few, only in the last resort, or the urgent need for the continuation of the tradition. In many cases, villages and several large natural villages, clans and large households were established, and in order to hold large-scale activities, over time it also became a place for the surrounding people to gather, not only to meet the needs of cultural life, but also to become a place for trading and buying daily necessities, but also to become a regional center.

As the economy and influence of the clan's large families weakened, it gradually evolved into a place for markets and temporary transactions. On a fixed day every month, mountain people from all over the country would rush here to make a purchase or trade in a very short period of time, and then they would go their separate ways, waiting for the next market day.

These necessary functions, with the establishment of the first-level political power, have been given more substantive content, education, medical care, people's livelihood, and government management and other practical needs, and the market trading and trading co-exist, forming a more functional center, and because of the existence of the township-level government, the construction and stability of the ping field has an important role, and there is a serious choice and stable existence. Local management and people's livelihood guarantee have given new connotations to the dam and the need for development and construction.

Pingba Township is an important gathering place in the deep mountains, at the time when the grassroots townships and towns are now refined to the township and the street are no different, Pingba Township has become the largest township in Guishui County after successive township planning adjustments, governing one-fifth of the land area of Guishui County, and almost half of the deep mountainous area is under the management of Pingba Township.

With such a large scope of administration and such a large authority, the seat of the entire township government is only one street, a few rows of houses, and the area is at best the size of two football fields, which is built along the col between the two mountains. Except for the slightly wider streets, all the buildings are built on the road, and most of them are still in a seam-like construction mode, that is, how many places there are, how big the houses will be, or square or flat, are based on the size of the place, so they appear crowded and cluttered. There are not only archway-style buildings with blue bricks and red tile spires, but also flat-roofed bungalows built of stones, as well as wooden structure board houses, which can be seen obvious architectural age and characteristics. The most prominent is the three-storey building of the township government, the blue brick flat roof, tall and majestic, it seems to stand out from the crowd, not only a row of wooden plaques hanging on the doorway of the building facing the street, which clearly marks the signs of the party committee, the government, the people's congress, and the CPPCC, but also because of the two alleys of this street, this is a building, and it is a three-story building.

On the short street, dozens of cars came in at once, which is probably the first time in the history of Pingba Township, attracting the township government and surrounding residents to stop and watch, plus the many people pulled by the vehicles, the vehicles and personnel will be crowded with the not wide streets for a while. Although there are staff directing vehicles not to stop and clear the roads outside the township, and there are staff members directing the crowd, it still seems crowded and hectic.

Qi Tianxiang frowned slightly imperceptibly, then regained his calm expression, shook hands with Fang Jianjian, who greeted him, and shook hands with Liao Yong, glanced at Wang Tongjun and a few people standing beside him, showed a gentle smile slightly, nodded, did not shake hands, did not speak, after Wang Ping got out of the car, under the guidance of Wang Tongjun, walked into the doorway of the township government, followed the stairs on the side of the corridor, went up to the second floor, and entered the conference room.

Also in order to save space, the stairs are built on both sides of the office building, connected by a suspended corridor, there is a hollow feeling when you go up, and there is a row of bungalows next to the building, which is the kind of blue brick and red tile bungalows on the street, which is estimated to be the former township government, and now there are buildings, and it has become a canteen and other ancillary buildings.

From the beginning of getting off the bus, Qi Tianxiang always had one word in his mind - crowded, the street where the township government is located, the office building of the township government, and the bungalow behind it, as well as the conference room he is in now, all reflect the feeling of crowding, and it also makes people feel depressed.

Qi Tianxiang knew that all this was because of the influx of these people and cars, and these things, which caused the current crowding and suffocation. A closed mountain town, a deep mountain street that not many people know about, suddenly poured into so many vehicles and people, naturally forming crowding, but also naturally forming chaos.