Tang Yi smiled and asked about the current development of Yanshan, Director Yang gave a general introduction, although Yanshan's economy has passed the period of rapid growth, but now the total economic volume is large, relying on the steady growth of Anton, the situation is very good, and the county-level city that has been appealing to the above has also received a good response, and the withdrawal of the county to build a city seems to be not far away.

Tang Yi nodded silently, Yanshan, he really has too many memories of him.

There was a gentle knock on the door of the box, and then the waiter came in with a bottle of Wuliangye, which Tang Yi asked for for Director Yang. Director Yang remembered clearly that Tang Yi couldn't drink, so at the beginning Tang Yi asked him what to drink, he said juice, and after chatting for a while, Tang Yi smiled and asked him for wine, saying that he would drink a few glasses with him, and Director Yang was naturally very comfortable.

The moment the waiter opened the door, there happened to be a drunken man passing by outside the door, the man was in his forties, his face was red from drinking, and his drunken eyes couldn't open a little, but he happened to see Tang Yi from the crack in the door, his blurred eyes were stagnant, he staggered over and pushed the door in, looked at Tang Yi, and said intermittently with a wine burp: "Tang, Mayor Tang, you, you are very good at doing things...... A set! ”

Tang Yiwei frowned and did not speak.

The waiter was startled, and hurriedly pulled him out, saying, "Manager Zhao, you have drunk too much, come, you have something to say." ”

"Go away!" The drunk man pushed the waiter to the ground, and Director Yang stood up and shouted to the drunk, "You get me out!" ”

The drunk man stared at Director Yang and pushed him: "...... you" Before the words fell, Director Yang grabbed his hand, twisted it, and pressed the drunk to the ground, but it was extremely quick, although he was the director, his skills over the years have not been wasted.

"Click" outside the door suddenly a flash light on, Director Yang looked up, but saw a young man with glasses outside was holding a camera photo, Director Yang's heart sank, and then he lowered his heart, let go of the drunk, and went out with an arrow, he dragged the man with glasses into the box, closed the box door with a bang, snatched the camera from the man with glasses, fell to the ground, and stepped on it hard in the stunned man with glasses, stepped on it several times in a row, and stomped on the camera.

The drunk man over there couldn't get up, he was already dizzy from drinking, and he was hit hard, but he felt top-heavy and couldn't get up.

It took a while for the man with glasses to come back to his senses and said loudly to Director Yang, "What are you doing?" It's so barbaric! I'll call the police! ”

Stretched out his hand to take out the phone, but was snatched by Director Yang, looking at the man with glasses, Director Yang snorted coldly: "Who are you?" ”

The man with glasses seemed to be used to seeing big scenes, so he didn't panic at all, and took out his work card from his bag, "I'm a reporter from the Huanghai Station of the China Times!" ”

Director Yang took the work card and looked at it, and the man with glasses said: "Take a look, how to solve the problem, my opinion is to call the police, please deal with the police, I am a reporter from a regular newspaper, you don't ask and step on my camera, it's too much!" ”

The reporter's name is Zhang Jun, an intern photojournalist at the Huanghai Station of the China Times, Director Yang just smiled: "You have the right to interview, but you don't have our consent to take pictures, I also have the right to portrait rights, so I have the right to process the photos you take, and the camera is broken, right?" How much, I'll accompany you. "When dealing with this kind of thing, Yang Ju was very familiar with it when he was the captain.

Zhang Jun was a little short of words, so he looked at Tang Yi and asked, "Mayor Tang, do you think his way of dealing with it is right?" ”

Director Yang was stunned, it turned out that the little reporter knew Mayor Tang, and then shook his head, a newborn calf, still hasn't been taught a lesson!

Tang Yi smiled and said, "The way is rough and pitiful. ”

Director Yang understood and immediately apologized to Zhang Jun; "Reporter Zhang, I'm sorry, but you suddenly appeared to take pictures, who knows who you are? Right? How much does a camera cost? I'll pay you. ”

Tang Yi waved his hand and said, "Notify the city bureau and ask them to deal with it." He stood up, "I have something to do, so I'll go first." ”

Director Yang hurriedly sent Tang Yi out of the box, Tang Yi patted him on the shoulder, and Director Yang nodded tacitly.

When Director Yang returned to the box, Zhang Jun asked him, "When will the police arrive?" ”

Director Yang smiled: "Who knows, wait." ”

Ten minutes later, the police from the city bureau arrived, and they were not as amiable as Tang Yi, they shouted at Zhang Jun, and even handcuffed the drunk directly.

Captain Liu and Director Yang, who led the team, stood at the window and whispered something.

Zhang Jun just pointed at Director Yang and said, "He's a very rude person, and he smashed my camera without saying a word...... The policeman who listened to his briefing frowned and said, "You caused the incident, right?" What photos do you take for no reason? ”

Zhang Jun was a little angry, and said loudly: "Mayor Tang was also present at the time, and he didn't say that it was my fault!" ”

The policeman frowned and said: "Mayor Tang is modest and open-minded, of course he will not favor his friends, and he must even want his friends to be wronged, but according to what we know, oh, Mayor Tang had dinner with his friends, and a drunk man came in, violently attacked the waiter, and wanted to rush to Mayor Tang, it is normal for Mayor Tang's friends to subdue him, you don't know the beginning or the end, you obviously know Mayor Tang, and you have to take this kind of photo that is very easy to misunderstand, to be honest, your motives are very doubtful, we have to check your background carefully, This matter is going to be notified to the NSA, and you wait for the investigation. ”

Zhang Jun was a little funny, and said: "Big brother, don't be joking, I know, okay, I understand, I won't say this to the public, keep your mouth shut, it's always okay, but the money for the camera is ......"

"Who is kidding you!" The policeman's face suddenly became stern, and he reprimanded loudly: "Don't be hippie and smiling, stand still!" ”

Zhang Jun's smile froze, looking at the policeman with a gloomy face, he was a little panicked, stunned for a while, and hurriedly explained, "I, I'm a reporter, I just saw some unexpected situations, so I couldn't help but press the shutter ......."

The police said coldly: "I don't need you to remind you, we know your identity, you can rest assured, our investigation will be very fair, and we will not wronged you, let's go, go back to the city bureau first to make a record!" ”

Watching the two policemen walk out with a drunken Zhao Cheng with a stern face, and even the policemen persuaded the crying waiter to go to the bureau to testify, Zhang Jun suddenly realized that things were far from being as simple as he thought, and even suddenly had an illusion, that is, he had returned to the era of the Cultural Revolution.

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Soon after Tang Yi returned to the Welcome Pavilion, he received a call from Zhang Dingzhong, informing him of the results of the investigation, it turned out that the drunk man was Zhao Cheng, the distant relative of Mayor Zhao Enhong, and the legal representative of Zhao Cheng Real Estate Company was hung in his lover's name.

Zhao Cheng was angry, so he contacted Zhang Jun to prepare to break the news, and Tang Yi naturally guessed what happened next.

Zhang Dingzhong finally said the city bureau's handling opinion, temporarily detained Zhao Cheng and Zhang Jun, and waited for the incident to be fully investigated before further handling and assigning the surname, and Zhang Jun's background needs to be carefully investigated, such as overseas kinship, etc., must be filtered to find out whether there are deep-seated political reasons.

Tang Yi listened to the report: "I think it's just a coincidence, or criticize education." ”

Zhang Dingzhong said with a smile: "Mayor Tang, we must investigate the background of that reporter, you can't order me to violate the principles, right?" You can rest assured that everything will be handled in a low-key manner. ”

Tang Yi smiled: "Then I'll leave it to you." ”

Zhao Cheng, Zhang Jun, Tang Yi shook his head and picked up the teacup, Zhao Cheng may not have suffered any losses, there is a feeling of lawlessness, he doesn't know if he wants to come over there for the so-called revelations, as for Zhang Jun, Tang Yi smiled, and slowly took a sip of tea.

The phone music soon sounded again, Tang Yi looked at the number, connected, and the woman's soft voice was in the microphone, "Mayor Tang, I'm Du Juan." ”

Tang Yi said: "I know. ”

Cuckoo chuckled: "That's okay, I'm afraid you've forgotten your old friend." He added, "Did you get the invitation?" ”

Tang Yien sighed, it is an invitation to hold a Lantern Festival reception in Sinuiju, this year's Lantern Festival party, Sinuiju invited many domestic and foreign celebrities and people who have played a role in promoting the development of Sinuiju, ready to hold an unprecedented grand banquet, Tang Yi is also on the list.

Du Juan said: "The day after tomorrow will be fifteen, and I once again solemnly invite you to our cocktail party. ”

Tang Yi smiled: "Didn't you receive the reply?" I promised to attend. "The upper-level leaders have approved the report on Tang Yi's attendance at the Lantern Festival reception in Sinuiju, and tomorrow Tang Yi will leave for North Korea.

Du Juan sighed softly, "I don't know the bottom in my heart, you know, this side has been condemned by international public opinion recently, and many guests who originally agreed to attend the cocktail party have temporarily canceled their trips." ”

The DPRK side has recently caused trouble again, and there is great international pressure, because the DPRK top brass has great expectations for this reception, hoping to break the ice of some recent blockades through the reception.

Tang Yi said with a smile; "Don't worry, I'll be on time." Since the high-level has not notified themselves until now, it means that they can go.

Du Juan said sincerely: "Thank you then, Mayor Tang." ”

Tang Yi sighed in his heart when he heard this, it seems that Du Juan has gradually integrated into her own role, and she really hopes to develop Sinuiju, the so-called people have left their names and geese have left their voices, and the characters who have reached a certain level have been thinking about how to write their own traces in history, and Du Juan, the first chief executive of Sinuiju, is undoubtedly an opportunity to write a page of his own in history.

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Vice-ministerial-level officials are on a foreign visit, holding diplomatic passports and accompanied by security cadres, but because the destination is North Korea, after communication, Tang Yi did not bring guards.

Flying from Yanjing to Pyongyang, what Tang Yi didn't expect was that Kim Hyun-sung, the first vice minister of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came to the airport to pick up the plane; although it seems that both of them are vice ministers and receive them equally, one is a heavyweight senior official of the central organ of the DPRK, and the other is a local city official, and their significance is completely different, and the reception specifications are enough to see the sincerity of the DPRK side this time.

Kim Hyun-sung was accompanied by some party, government, and military cadres from Pyongyang and Sinuiju, including Lee Kwang-mo.

After Tang Yi had a cordial and friendly conversation with Kim Hyun-sung in Pyongyang, Tang Yi got on a special train from Sinuiju, and Senior Colonel Lee Kwang-mo, who had been promoted to commander of a certain motorized infantry division of the Sinuiju garrison, sat in a carriage with Tang Yi.

The train dedicated to picking up VIPs is elegant, luxuriously decorated, and warm as spring.

In the carriage like a small reception room, Tang Yi and Li Guangwu sat face to face on the soft sofa, and the train was smooth and unbumpy.

A beautiful waiter dressed in a national costume brought drinks and beer, both of which were Sinuiju products, and Lee Kwang-mu smiled: "I know you can't get used to drinking, so make do with it." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "So you can never change the habit of slamming the door." ”

The young female reporter of the DPRK who accompanied the group next to her could understand Chinese, her body trembled, and the pen that was writing the interview script drew a long opening in the notebook, and then she hurriedly resumed her serious demeanor and began to record the cordial and friendly exchanges between Division Commander Li and senior officials at the vice ministerial level from China on the train.

Tang Yi picked up a cup of yellow-orange-orange drink poured by the waiter, took a sip, nodded, and said; "The taste is really not bad, is it domestic?"

Li Guangwu said: "Joint venture. ”

Tang Yi said: "Take your time." ”

Li Guangwu smiled, took out a cigarette, and handed it to Tang Yi, it was a North Korean cigarette, Tang Yi took it with a smile, and said: "I heard that the tobacco manufacturing industry is developing rapidly, and it can probably meet domestic demand, right?" ”

In the past, North Korean cigarettes tasted very bad, and the production capacity was extremely low, and people with a little status would not smoke North Korean cigarettes, but there were many North Korean tobacco people, and there was a great demand for cigarettes.

Tang Yi took a sip, and Li Guangwu stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Give it to me, just smell the smell, I don't expect you to finish a whole branch." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "You can't waste it." He spat out a puff of cigarette lightly, and then said, "I thought you were promoted to major general, it's been a few years, or a colonel?" ”

Li Guangwu smiled and did not squeak.

In fact, although Lee Kwang-moo is only a colonel, he is a real commander of a motorized infantry division, and in the whole of North Korea, there are only about 20 motorized infantry divisions, all of which are deployed in sensitive areas, and Lee Kwang-moo should be awarded the rank of major general in the next two years.

The special train arrived in Sinuiju, Tang Yi had a friendly conversation with the party and government leaders of Sinuiju, including Du Juan, and finally was arranged to rest in the presidential suite of Sinuiju Hotel, the construction of Sinuiju Hotel was taken down by Qi Jie after Guan Ping withdrew, and it took a year to build the sixth largest building in Northeast Asia, and also earned nearly 10 million US dollars for Huayi Group, almost half of Sinuiju's financial income in the past few years was thrown into this bottomless pit, although Du Juan was reluctant but had no choice, after all, this represents the face of the supreme leader.

Tang Yi belonged to the light car Jiancong, and only brought the secretary Cai Ming, the translator Xiao Du and several related staff.

The North Korean side arranged two fierce guards and a liaison cadre, and because Tang Yi was not on a work visit, the North Korean side specially arranged a tour guide to facilitate Tang Yi's travel.

Thirteen Chinese people, four North Korean people all lived on the 46th floor, Tang Yi lived in the presidential suite, and the rest of the staff occupied several rooms leading to the presidential suite.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guangwu came to the Sinuiju Hotel again, smiled and said that he would take Tang Yi around, Tang Yi readily agreed, explained to Cai Ming and the staff, and got into Li Guangwu's ink-black car, while the two North Korean guards followed and sat in the military jeep behind.

The city of Sinuiju is already lined with high-rise buildings and the streets are full of traffic, and it is more prosperous than the deserted Pyongyang.

Tang Yi took out his mobile phone, looked at it, and the signal was sufficient, so he dialed the number, but the response he got was, "The number you dialed cannot be reached for the time being." ”

Li Guangwu smiled: "I know who you called." ”

Tang Yi nodded.

Li Guangwu said again: "She, maybe in the countryside, there is no signal, so let's see that you don't have the heart to appreciate the earth-shaking changes in our Sinuiju, I still send you to see her, ask her to be a tour guide, take you to see the poor countryside before Sinuiju, see what has changed, and I want you to have a little confidence in our reform!" ”

Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The countryside is also open?" ”

Li Guangwu smiled slightly: "As long as it is the jurisdiction of Sinuiju, the restrictions are not very strict. ”

Tang Yi nodded silently.

North Korea's official articles have always been very good, and the construction of a new countryside in Sinuiju is in full swing, with villages being extremely neat and uniform, and the Korean-style tiled houses are lined up in straight lines, giving people a clean and tidy feeling.

Finally, the car drove onto the loess road and began to bump, and the snow in the distance had not yet melted, and it was silvery white and somewhat dazzling.

When several jeeps and cars drove into the village, they attracted the surprised eyes of the villagers, and even children ran to watch, but when they saw the soldiers getting off the jeep behind them, the adults stopped the children.

Li Guangwu made a phone call in the car, spoke Korean, hung up the phone and laughed, and said: "No. 3 in a row, leave you a car, and find it yourself." ”

Li Guangwu got out of the car again, said a few words to the two guards, and then left a jeep, left Tang Yi, and the convoy sped away.

Under the guidance of the two guards, he quickly found the No. 3 in the row that Li Guangwu said, but saw a strong female soldier standing at the gate of the courtyard, saw Tang Yi approaching, and said a few words loudly, the guards around Tang Yi took out the documents to show her, and talked a few more words, and the female soldier immediately saluted Tang Yi and helped Tang Yi push open the courtyard door.

Tang Yi smiled, Yun'er also had someone to protect her when she came to North Korea, it must have been arranged by Li Guangwu, and I thought that Li Guangwu's phone call just now was made to this female soldier.

Tang Yi entered the courtyard, and the guards were waiting outside the courtyard.

Although the rows of North Korean houses look very neat and atmospheric from the outside, the courtyard is extremely simple, with buds, red peppers and sauce blocks hanging on the walls, and the courtyard is bare yellow earth, pitted, and a little muddy because of the melting snow.

Tang Yi hadn't stepped on real land for a long time, and he frowned slightly when he looked at the mud that quickly got on his black leather shoes.

"Chief!" The wooden door of the east house was suddenly opened, Yun'er looked at Tang Yi with a surprised face, a black and white checkered vertical collar windbreaker, white jeans, delicate black leather shoes, simple and generous, pure and lively, Tang Yi smiled slightly, and said: "Come and see you, how about it, have time to accompany me to inspect the construction of the new countryside in North Korea?" ”

"Yes!" Yun'er ran over and nodded happily, then noticed the mud on Tang Yi's feet, and noticed that Tang Yi's face was a little red, and said hurriedly: "Chief, you go into the house to rest for a while, come, hurry up, it's cold outside." ”

At this time, the owner's family also came out, four or five men, women and children, one of whom was a young and strong man, Tang Yi, knew that he was the one who had rescued the escapee, and now that the conditions in Sinuiju are improving, he came back again.

Everyone flocked to Tang Yi into the house, which was a three-room dwelling, each with an area of about ten square meters. One on the west side is a kitchen, and the east two are bedrooms. Each has doors on the south wall, and both bedrooms have doors that open to each other, allowing for easy access and light. There is also a door on the north wall of the kitchen for easy access to the backyard. The east and west side walls have small windows to facilitate lighting and ventilation.

In the past, the north of the country was an earthen kang for heating, while North Korea was a ground kang, and the entire house was a fire kang, Yun'er Zhang Luo in Korean, and a man went to burn the fire, a young Korean woman took out a brand-new white sheet and spread it on the wooden board where she slept in the room, Yun'er pulled Tang Yi to sit down, stretched out her little hand to help Tang Yi's face, Tang Yi smiled: "It's not cold!" ”

Yun'er was distressed and tears were about to fall, and while rubbing Tang Yi's frozen face, she said distressedly: "Chief, don't run around, it's very cold here, someone has frozen their noses before." Then he felt that his tone was a little disrespectful, so he lowered his head and did not dare to say more.

Tang Yi was tickled by Yun'er's delicate and silky little hands, pushed it away with a smile, and said, "It's okay." ”

Yun'er hurriedly squatted down again, helped Tang Yi take off her leather shoes, and even hugged Tang Yi's feet to lift her onto the wooden kang, Tang Yi was a little embarrassed, but Yun'er did it very naturally, and the young Korean woman next to her turned out a brand-new quilt, Yun'er took it and helped Tang Yi cover her feet.

Tang Yi felt that he had become the gentleman of the past, and smiled helplessly: "It's been a few months, it's not cold, besides, am I so weak?" ”

Yun'er insisted and said, "The chief will also rest for a while." ”

The young woman over there handed over the brush, which seemed to be new, so Yun'er took it and picked up Tang Yi's leather shoes to wipe the mud on them.

A white-haired old woman brought a small dustpan full of mountain dates, sent it to Tang Yi, and made a gesture of you eating with some awe.

Tang Yi hurriedly took it and said with a smile: "Thank you, auntie." ”

I picked one up and put it in my mouth, chewed it a few times, and then stretched out my thumb and said, "It's delicious!" ”

The old lady also smiled and sat down in the corner of the wooden kang.

Yun'er helped Tang Yi wipe the mud on his shoes, and looked at them carefully for a while, then put a pair of leather shoes aside, turned his head and asked Tang Yi in a low voice: "Chief, are you warmer?" ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yun'er, help me introduce your fellow villagers and tell them thank them for their hospitality." ”

(To be continued)