Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin and their entourage rested in Qinghe City for one night, and left Qinghe City after breakfast the next day to continue their inspection of Hezhong City.

Hezhong City is located at the end of the Qinghe River Basin, which originates from the Qinghe River in Lingshan, Hezhou City, flows through Hezhou City and Qinghe City, and flows into the sea from the bottom of Hezhong City. Although it is only a little more than 1,000 kilometers long, it is an important symbol of Ha Hai Province that can be called a river and sea, and it is also an important water system in most parts of the province except for the coastal area.

Different from the practice of Qinghe City, Li Hesi, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Hezhong City, and Long Fang, the mayor of Hezhong City, came to the Qinghe Hotel early with the heads of relevant departments, and waited in the hotel hall reverently as if they were worshipping, until Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin came out after breakfast and saw them in the hall.

The people who saw off and greeted the people instantly made the spacious hotel hall seem cramped, and also attracted many onlookers and curious eyes.

Although it seemed to be a show, in front of the public, Qi Tianxiang could only hold back the unhappiness in his heart and introduce the party and government leaders of Hezhong City to Yao Bingxin, and Yao Bingxin was also smiling as always, shaking hands with every cadre introduced, talking cordially, as if he didn't care about the chaos in the hall, and faced all this calmly.

After a short meeting, many large and small cadres surrounded Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin out of the hall, because the party and government leaders of Hezhong City had come to Qinghe City to greet them, the send-off of the party and government team of Qinghe City ended in front of the hotel.

Yao Bingxin said goodbye to Pan Weiming and the others cordially, but Qi Tianxiang didn't say much, but made eye contact, and didn't accompany him to the car until Yao Bingxin was happy. Maybe it was the noise in the hall, or maybe it was the practice of Hezhong City, which made Qi Tianxiang reluctant to say too much, and as a cadre of his level, not saying it was actually an expression.

Such an attitude did not last long, as the inspection continued, Qi Tianxiang returned to nature, after all, he could not treat the work of the grassroots with emotion, which Qi Tianxiang knew very well and knew how to overcome.

Hezhong City is nearly 200 kilometers away from Qinghe City, and there is a highway connection, and it takes more than an hour to take the expressway. On the way, Li Hesi, secretary of the Hezhong Municipal Party Committee, seized the time and earnestly reported to Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin on Hezhong City's methods of dealing with water pollution, as well as the main contents to be inspected, and solicited the opinions of the two leaders. Neither Yao Bingxin nor Qi Tianxiang objected and agreed to the arrangement of Hezhong City.

When the convoy arrived in Hezhong City, it still rushed directly to the residential area, where the water supply situation is basically the same as that of Qinghe City, and fire trucks and vehicles equipped to transport clean water have been mobilized to participate in the water supply work.

Due to the centralized water supply for a few days, the residents' water intake has gradually returned to normal use and consumption from the initial panic reserve mentality. Coupled with the normal auxiliary use of water supply by the water company, the use of clean drinking water is only to meet the basic requirements of life, and the water consumption has been significantly reduced, and the scene of queuing for water is rare.

Maybe after looking at a lot of water points in a row and seeing the same water supply scene, Yao Bingxin's mentality has changed subtly, he has a slight fatigue, and he keeps watching repeatedly, and it seems that he has not lost much passion, just watching carefully, listening carefully, and rarely expressing anything.

After visiting a few water supply points and visiting the homes of the rural communities to see the living conditions of the masses, they ended their morning inspection and returned to the meeting room of the city government, nominally to listen to the work reports of the municipal party committee and government, but in fact they canceled the inspection work in disguise.

Li Hesi and Long Fang were very aware of Yao Bingxin's emotional changes at the moment, and while secretly feeling lost, they accepted this helpless reality. After all, it is in the last area of the entire inspection work, and the inspection and investigation work of the previous two days has been shown through the provincial television station and newspapers. The large-scale reports and pictures have already expressed Yao Bingxin's attitude and passion to the fullest, and it is superfluous to say anything more, and the next inspection is just a process.

Yao Bingxin's attitude is like this, Qi Tianxiang's silence has more meanings, which the two party and government leaders in Hezhong City know well, but there are no more ways to maneuver. Qi Tianxiang was very disgusted with the false set that was ushered in, and he didn't want to see too many superficial articles, but if he didn't engage in these superficial articles, it was really difficult to have anything new to satisfy Qi Tianxiang. In addition, the visit of the Minister of Environmental Protection to Hezhong City is a very important matter, and we dare not take it lightly. After the dilemma, it can only be expressed with a high-profile greeting.

knew that Qi Tianxiang was dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to report his work head-on, which was actually delaying the time, so as to continue this little time in the morning safely. Li Hesi reported on the overall economic work of Hezhong City, and then Long Fang went on to report on the response to water pollution and disposal, especially the situation in other counties and cities. Then the topic turned to the comprehensive environmental management and ecological improvement, focusing on the management of saline-alkali land, soil change and greening, in exchange for a large area of green space and vegetation in Hedi City. It aroused Yao Bingxin's interest and said that he could take a look at it on the spot.

The debriefing lasted for more than an hour, and it was easy to reach lunch time, and the debriefing meeting ended naturally.

According to Yao Bingxin and Qi Tianxiang's ideas, the inspection work can end here, but considering that Hezhong City has already made preparations, especially Hedi City, which is the last stop of the Qinghe River into the sea, the inspection that began in Guishui County and does not end in Hedi City is somewhat unsatisfactory, especially the party and government leaders in Hezhong City, who are emotionally and emotionally unreasonable.

That is, the practice of greening saline-alkali land mentioned in Long Fang's report gave a good reason to continue the inspection, and it seemed to arouse Yao Bingxin's interest. As Minister of Environmental Protection, any little progress in greening and environmental protection can arouse his sufficient interest, or a reasonable explanation for moving forward.

Just like Qi Tianxiang's idea of speeding up, coming out to inspect is only to give some buffer time for the characterization and treatment of the accident, and the measures to deal with water pollution in the Guishui River and Qinghe River basins are a good direction, which can not only give a relatively relaxed environment for investigation and the situation, but also better understand the practices of several cities to deal with pollution, and test the ability to deal with the crisis and ensure people's livelihood, but in the end, it is necessary to implement the pollution source control, which is the key to the problem.

Whether it is Qi Tianxiang or Yao Bingxin, it is very clear that cyanide pollution of water is only a cause, and it is no longer the main problem, and the treatment of the mining area is the bull's nose of the whole incident, and it is the key to the whole body. How to deal with it, and to what extent, the two key figures in the early days were testing each other, and at the same time waiting for further developments in the situation. Yao Bingxin's high-profile inspection, fanfare and report, and Qi Tianxiang's calm and low-key are actually showing their respective attitudes, what Yao Bingxin can do, or the role that Qi Tianxiang can play, after these two days of inspection, have been clearly demonstrated. What needs to be done now is to return to Guishui County as soon as possible, return to the place where the incident occurred, turn the idea into reality, and put an end to the accident.

But the idea of Hezhong City also has to be taken into account, after all, the work still has to be done at the grassroots level, and balancing the relationship between various cities is not only an attitude, but also a means to control and control the grassroots, which may not be too big for Yao Bingxin, but it is more important for Qi Tianxiang. Therefore, when Long Fang reported on his work, he deliberately mentioned the topic of greening Hedi City, which had been carefully considered by the two party and government leaders, and winning Yao Bingxin's interest would naturally make Qi Tianxiang change his mind, and striving for Qi Tianxiang to go to Hedi City to have a look at it was an affirmation of the overall work of Hezhong City and the achievements of the two party and government leaders. It is also a technique, a political trap that must be used as a subordinate.

It should be said that this idea was still successful, and after a short break after lunch, Yao Bingxin and Qi Tianxiang drove to Hedi City, accompanied by Li Hesi and Long Fang.

That's just over an hour's drive, and it's there very quickly. In terms of reception, Li Hesi and Long Fang became smarter, not only did they not ask the party and government leaders of Hedi City to greet them, but they even waived the necessary waiting, and the convoy drove directly to the vicinity of the green belt under the guidance of the police car, where they met the party and government leaders of Hedi City.

Facing the lush green belt with no end in sight, Yao Bingxin's emotions were aroused, although he came from the mountainous area of Guishui County, he was already tired of the green, but standing on this large saline-alkali land, seeing such a dense green, Yao Bingxin still couldn't suppress his excitement.

Yao Bingxin praised the method of using plastic film to wrap nutrient soil in Hedi City to improve the soil environment and make green trees survive, praised Hedi City for creating a precedent for the greening of saline-alkali land, and said with deep feeling that such a method can not only change the local environment of saline-alkali land, but also have a good reference significance for large-scale control of desert and desertified land.

Qi Tianxiang just listened quietly, although he also echoed Yao Bingxin's admiration, but in his heart he knew as well as a mirror how this large green belt came about, how much manpower and financial resources were spent, and the actual survival rate was still an immeasurable data, just a good-looking face project.

But Yao Bingxin is happy, and it is not good to save his face, but he also hopes that Yao Bingxin can be more active, so that he can also win some countries' environmental protection funds, which is also a good thing to alleviate the huge financial investment of Hedi City and even Hezhong City, and it is still a very good thing to take such a green belt as the end of this inspection.

Qi Tianxiang thought like this, and the expression on his face became intriguing.