Wang Guangrong agreed, and hurriedly trotted in the direction of Tao Xi's house. Seeing this, Li Rui couldn't help muttering: It seems that President Tao's shelf is quite big, and he wants the village cadres to invite him personally.

Xie Wanting's man is thin and small, with a smile on his face all the time, he looks like an otaku, he cooks well, he cooks in the Baile restaurant in the town, and he came back today to cook a few good dishes.

As soon as they entered the house and sat down, Wang Guangrong walked in with a big man who looked to be in his thirties.

Wang Guangrong pointed to the strong man and introduced: "Secretary Li, this is President Tao Xitao of the Transportation Association. ”

Tao Xi nodded at Li Rui, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you Secretary Li for looking down on me, Tao Xi doesn't dare to delay for a moment." ”

Li Rui also nodded at him, pointed to the seat next to him, and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk." ”

Li Rui's first impression of Tao Xi was not bad, not the appearance of a gangster who was full of gangsters or a gangster who was angry in his imagination, but had a bit of the spirit of a good man in Liangshan, and spoke upright and boldly. If Ding Junfeng hadn't told him in advance, he wouldn't have associated this kind of person with a gang boss at all.

Tao Xi is also refreshing when he drinks, and the wine is dry, and he will never say anything, which is also very good for Li Rui's temper, and he also drank two glasses with him.

During the banquet, Liu Furong and Wang Guangrong again mentioned the issue of the relocation of more than a dozen households, and they really wanted to do a good job and do something practical for the villagers, which was originally for the benefit of the future generations of Xiaoquan Village and Jiangbian Village. However, some of the masses do not understand and look at the immediate interests, so they are all enthusiastic and determined to do a great job.

Especially Liu Furong, who cherished this official reinstatement, borrowed wine to express his attitude to Li Rui: "Secretary Li." You didn't criticize us today, but Glory and I felt worse than listening to criticism, and if we didn't do a good job, we would punish ourselves with a glass of wine. After speaking, he and Wang Guangrong dried the wine in the cup together.

Xie Wenting, who was sitting in the last seat with her, hurriedly poured them full again. Wang Guangrong also patted his chest and said: "Secretary Li, I and Secretary Liu have all summed up, and the work must be completed in a way." Before the Spring Festival, you come to check again, it was not completed at that time, and I resigned with Secretary Liu! ”

Seeing that the two of them were very motivated, Li Rui also felt very relieved, picked up his wine glass and said: "It's good to have this determination, and you need to use your brains and do more ideological work to get things done." It's a good thing, and sooner or later they'll understand. The town party committee has great expectations for you, and Xiaoquan Village and Jiangbian Village are both included in the pilot work of our small market town in Qingshanquan Town, and they are an important part of the overall planning of urban and rural areas, and they can also be said to be experimental fields. It is a reference and an encouragement for other villages, and it is a great responsibility to accumulate successful experience for the town party committee and government. I drank this glass of wine, and I am waiting for your good news before the Spring Festival next year. ”

Liu Furong and Wang Guangrong hurriedly stood up and touched a glass with Li Rui, and after drinking and sitting down, Tao Xi remained silent. He asked Liu Furong: "Is Secretary Liu having a headache about the relocation of more than a dozen households?" ”

Liu Furong smiled bitterly: "Yes, everything else has been arranged, and it is difficult to do the work of these dozen or so households." ”

Tao Xi nodded, didn't say a word, picked up the wine bottle on the table and filled the cups of Li Rui, Liu Furong, and Wang Guangrong, then picked up his wine glass, and said word by word: "If Secretary Li believes me Tao Xi, I will do the work of these dozen families, and if it doesn't work, I will send someone to push their houses, and privately pay for the repair of the houses in the settlement point." Invite them to come and stay in a sedan chair with eight lifts. ”

Hearing Tao Xi take the initiative to ask, the three of them were stunned for a moment at the same time, and glanced at each other, although Liu Furong and Wang Guangrong still had doubts in their eyes, but Li Rui knew it. After weighing it a little, he resolutely picked up his wine glass and said, "President Tao, there is no joke in the army. ”

Tao Xi patted his chest and replied loudly: "I am willing to sign the military order." ”

"Good! Everybody's done! At this moment, Li Rui admired his style as a hot-blooded man. Paralyzed, the red gang gangster who cares about the special mother, let's get it done first. At the same time, he also wants to see how much weight the so-called underworld has in the minds of ordinary people?

As soon as this glass of wine was drunk, the atmosphere on the table became warm, the boundaries between superiors and subordinates, and red and black circles were slowly blurred, Liu Furong, Wang Guangrong and Xie Wanting had limited amounts of alcohol, and the three of them couldn't distinguish between the southeast and northwest after drinking two bottles of liquor, and in the end, only Li Rui and Tao Xi were still drinking.

Tao Xi's amount of wine is really large, and his face does not change his face and his heart does not beat when he is half a catty high. Of course, Li Rui was not convinced, he always thought in his heart that the other party was the gang boss and Lao Tzu was the secretary of the Communist Party, so he must not be the first to fall, and he must be taken down.

Tao Xi was really unambiguous, after drinking the third bottle and opening the fourth bottle, he stretched out his thumb while pouring the wine and said, "Happy!" Secretary Li is amazing, I Tao Xi will serve two people in my life, the first is you, and the second is Secretary Chen. ”

Chen Shiwei's amount of alcohol is also good, Li Rui laughed and said, "Are you talking about drinking?" ”

Tao Xi nodded, and said seriously: "Drinking can see a person's character and personality, a man with real skills never says a word when he drinks, as long as he is enough friends, he doesn't frown when he drinks and lies down." ”

When Li Rui heard this, he suddenly scolded in his heart: Damn! The dog is quite fine, and he actually uses words to set Lao Tzu. However, he still pretended not to know, and said with a smile: "Hahaha...... Speaking of which, I, Li Rui, am still righteous enough and a friend enough, thank you! Again? ”

Tao Xi said with a bold face: "Come again, take the big bowl!" ”

"Okay, big bowl." Li Rui must not bear the bag, and besides, today's state is surprisingly good, and his brain is still very sober after drinking.

Xie Wanting, who was already overwhelmed by alcohol, and supported her head with her hands, looked curiously at the two men in front of her who were extremely outstanding in her eyes, her eyes were rolling wildly, and as soon as they drank it, a spirit hurriedly stood up, staggered into the kitchen, and scolded the man: "You are deaf, the leader called to take the bowl." ”

Her man was really honest, he had been busy all morning without complaining, and when he came out with two fine porcelain bowls in his hands, he still had a flattering smile on his face.

Tao Xi didn't look at it, knocked on the table and said, "It's full!" ”

Sitting opposite Tao Xi, he had been drinking a drink, staring at Tao Xi vigilantly Ding Junfeng just wanted to stand up to stop him, but was glanced at by Li Rui, so he could only sit there silently. Tao Xi also looked at Ding Junfeng, but didn't say anything.

Xie Wanting's man picked up the freshly opened wine bottle on the table. I divided it evenly in two large bowls.

Tao Xi took the wine bowl in his hand and said, "Secretary Li, after drinking this bowl, I Tao Xi will listen to you before and after the saddle." ”

Li Rui did not pick up the bowl, but pressed his hand. He instructed Ding Junfeng and Xie Wanting's men: "You help Secretary Liu and Director Wang to the room to rest, close the door, and I will talk to President Tao about something." ”

"Secretary Li'......"

Ding Junfeng just wanted to object, but was glared at by Li Rui's eyes: "Where is there so much nonsense, tell you to go, you will go." ”

Ding Junfeng was helpless. had to help Wang Guangrong next to him, and at the same time glanced at Tao Xi deeply, and then slowly walked out.

After the people in the hall left, Li Rui took out a cigarette and threw it to Tao Xi, who hurriedly got up and helped him light it first. Then he ordered it by himself, sat there and didn't speak, quietly waiting for Li Rui to speak.

Li Rui spit out a puff of smoke, looked at Tao Xi's calm face in the smoke, and said very calmly: "I heard that there are several major gangs in Qingshanquan Town, and the largest one is said to be based in Xiaoquan Village and Jiangbian Village here, monopolizing the supply of sand and gravel in the Pengshui River. President Tao is engaged in transportation, do you know about this? ”

Tao Xi's eyes suddenly narrowed when he heard this, and two sharp cold lights shot out, but Li Rui was unmoved, still looking at him calmly.

But after only a few seconds, his eyes gradually opened, the cold light converged, the muscles on his face relaxed, and he sighed and said, "I know, I am the leader." ”

A smug smile appeared on Li Rui's face. He called Tao Xi over for a drink today, and at this time, his identity was suddenly revealed, just to catch him off guard.

"It seems that Secretary Li has already mastered my details, no wonder the brother sitting opposite just now has been staring at me. To be honest, this brother is not simple. I guess I've seen blood on my hands, right? ”

Li Rui smiled slightly, acquiescing to his question, and continued: "I just saw your other identity in the village committee office, the president of the transportation association. ”

Tao Xi nodded and said, "Yes, Secretary Liu and Director Wang asked me to come forward to form it." ”

"Then do you know that the transportation association is a mass organization under the leadership of the party?"

"Yes." He nodded honestly.

"You're a gangster, and the association is a red one, do you want to step on two boats?" Li Rui then asked.

Tao Xi's eyebrows raised, as if he was a little unconvinced and wanted to refute, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say it.

Li Rui extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, looked at him and said sincerely: "Tao Xi, I didn't force you today, let alone come to you to settle accounts, take them away, for what?" I want to talk to you calmly. I know your organization, and I know the way in which you are rich. But have you ever thought about it, whose world is this, and can you be allowed to exist for a long time? ”

Tao Xi seemed to be a little touched, lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Rui and asked in a deep voice, "What does Secretary Li want me to do?" ”

Li Rui stretched out a finger, "The underworld and the red way, you can only choose one of the two." His tone was categorical, and his attitude was unmistakable.

Tao Xi was silent, lowered his head again, Li Rui did not urge him, and waited quietly.

After waiting for five or six minutes, he was a little impatient, and today he told Tao Xi this, also because this person was very bold and had some similar smell to himself. I hope he doesn't lose face, otherwise he would have been prepared in his heart to immediately, resolutely, and completely wipe out this underworld force from the root.

Finally, Tao Xi raised his head and said with a bitter face: "Secretary Li, in fact, we also had unavoidable hardships when we were first formed, but after so many years, I, Tao Xi, have never done anything to oppress the people, we are just to protect ourselves." ”

"And now? Now it's also for self-preservation? Li Rui asked coldly.

Tao Xi was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Li Rui didn't want to force him too much, so he sighed and said: "Tao Xi, I still have heard of this person, the boss here used to be Tao Qing, and Tao Qing did all the things that bullied the market and raised the freight." Since you came back, although the sand and gravel and transportation are still monopolized by you, at least there is no price gouging, the price of sand and gravel is reasonable, and the bosses are willing to do business with you. However, the nature of your group is still a black word, which is not tolerated by the law of the land, and you must consider this point clearly. ”

Tao Xi drooped his head, silent, and reached out to touch the cigarette case on the table. Li Rui clearly saw that his hands were trembling, indicating that his heart was very nervous and he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. In fact, it is understandable that after all, he has the largest underground force in Qingshanquan Town in his hands, and it is not easy to give up easily! But Li Rui is not worried. What he said just now has been very clear, if Tao Xi is a smart person, he should be able to see this, don't look at the black forces showing off their power in front of the people, but for a powerful regime, it is just a small bedbug, under the iron fist of the dictatorship. It can be wiped out in an instant.

Tao Xi took a few puffs of cigarette and said in a low voice: "More than ten years ago, Xiaoquan Village and Jiangbian Village were still very poor, and our family had four brothers, a large family with a large population and a heavy burden. is poorer than others, with only one strength, one acre and three points of land, and he is still very poor all year round. The eldest brother and second brother are in their twenties, and they have not married a daughter-in-law. That year, a sand dredging boat came from the county to dig sand in the Pengshui River and transport it back to the county seat. All four of us brothers worked under the boss. I was very envious when I saw that the boss could turn the sand from the river into money. Half a year later, another sand dredging boat came to the county, and someone in nearby Beihe Village bought a tractor to transport sand, and our four brothers worked hard for a year, and only earned less than 3,000 yuan in total, which was not enough to run a tractor in Beihe Village for two months. So we bought a tractor for transportation. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother were still working under the boss, so I went to the city to learn to drive. Three months later, I returned to town and borrowed 2,000 yuan from a credit union, plus the money I earned from my part-time job to buy a second-hand farm vehicle. Also began to pull the sa to run transport. In the first month, I earned a thousand yuan, and our four brothers were happy, and then the second and third brothers also went to learn to drive, and when they came back, they bought a tractor, and the eldest brother was older. It is difficult to learn to drive, so I am responsible for contacting the boss, in addition to Lasha, we also pull other goods, and we will send ...... in two years"

Tao Xi fell into a state of memory, Li Rui did not interrupt him, and listened quietly, he believed that Tao Xi said that the gang was organized to protect himself.

“…… The people in the village were red when they saw that we had made it, and they followed suit, and the number of cars increased suddenly, and Beihe Village also bought a lot of new transport vehicles, and the business gradually became difficult to do, and the boss began to reduce the price, which was caused by competition. He couldn't help but take a sip of wine in his bowl and continued: "At that time, there were not so many private coal mines, all of which were state-run, and coal was pulled by a special convoy, and we could only pull goods, but pulling other goods was not as good as Lhasa for money, and it was not as stable as Lsha, so we often had conflicts between Xiaoquan Village and Beihe Village for the transportation of sand. So that later developed into a fight, first alone, slowly formed two groups, because we are four brothers, there are many people appeal, some people proposed to organize a gang, blood oath, and elected the second brother as the leader, everyone has difficulties and should be blessed to share. Since then, he has been fighting openly and secretly with the people of Beihe Village, and the other party has also set up a gang, my second brother is righteous, and every time he fights, he is the first to rush out...... Finally, he was stabbed in the abdomen by the other party in a fight, and when he was sent to the hospital, he was hopeless......"

Tao Xi was silent for a minute with tears in his eyes, and then said: "The dead and injured have their own destiny, everyone has formed a tacit understanding, and they will not call the police when they are killed or injured, so after the death of the second brother, they all said to the outside world that they were stabbed to death by hanging down from the car and hitting a sharp stone." Without a leader, Beihe Village occupied all the sand transportation business, and everyone was red and complained to us. At this time, Jiangbian Village also bought a few new tractors, and the leader on their side was Tao Qing, who had a good relationship with me since he was a child, and tried his best to persuade me to take over my second brother's class......"

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and sighed, "Alas, Secretary Li, I was young at that time, and my blood was strong, and my second brother died, and I was holding back my stomach, and I was bent on revenge, and I couldn't stand the persuasion, so I took the lead in opening the incense hall and organized it again." This time the team was bigger than before, and I was more confident, so I asked someone to spread the word that Beihe Village would come over with half of the business, but they naturally refused, and the two sides agreed to speak by force on the river beach the next night, and the winning side would take over all the sand transportation business, and the losing side would automatically withdraw. ”

Listening to the past events that Tao Xi said, Li Rui felt like the plot in the movie, and couldn't help asking, "You won this time?" ”

"Yes, we won, but we lost two brothers for this, and the price is too great......" Tao Xi's eyes were already misty with tears at this moment, and he lowered his head and wiped it with his hands, "Their daughter-in-law and son will be taken care of and raised by us from now on, and we will raise them until they become adults." If a woman marries, we will no longer take care of her, and as a result, the women of both families left and married to other provinces. ”

"Tragedy......" Li Rui couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, he asked: "This is all the price of blood, and you also earned this money in exchange for the blood of your brothers, can you use it with peace of mind?" ”

Tao Xi lowered his head, "Peace of mind what?" I've had nightmares all these years, not my second brother Tao Lu. These are the two brothers standing in front of me in blood...... Later, Tao Qing also slowly became bigger, he had ambitions and wanted to usurp power and seize the throne, I didn't have the heart to fight with him at all, so I took some old brothers to the county seat to develop. Everyone worked together to finally play out some situations. Later, Tao Qing had an accident, and the original brother came to ask me to go back, and everyone was related to each other, so I came back and became the head again. ”

Li Rui said bitterly: "Tao Xi, stop it!" Your brothers are all the people of Li. I have a family and a mouth, and now there are more ways to get rich. Nowadays, Qingshanquan Town is engaged in development, not only establishing a coal chemical industrial park, but also introducing several large projects with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan. In the future, young and educated people can enter the factory as workers, and older people can stay in the village to engage in processing industry, greenhouse vegetables, and tourist farmhouses...... Of course, if you like to continue to engage in transportation, you can compete fairly. Why do you have to engage in such a gangster organization that disgraces even your ancestors, fighting and killing? We are all peasant brothers. Besides, I am the secretary of the party committee, and since I know about this matter, I have to take care of it. The reason why I am talking to you today is mainly because you are different from other organizations, you have not bullied the people, and you have not broken the political situation of stability and unity in Qingshanquan Town, and you are an object that can be fought for. ”

But Tao Xi was still silent, and Li Rui was a little unhappy in his heart, but he thought of the past events he recalled just now. I was also a little unbearable in my heart, and further enlightened: "In fact, the transportation association is very good, acting according to the charter, and it can also unite everyone and find information." Find a source of goods, help each other, and get rich together. ”

Tao Xi finally raised his head and said, "Secretary Li, I personally have no opinion, I'm afraid that everyone will not agree, can you allow me to do everyone's work for a few days?" ”

Li Rui saw that his attitude was very sincere, and it seemed that those bloody memories of fighting and killing made him retreat. So he nodded, and at the same time said, "But it can't be too long, how about a week?" ”

Tao Xi groaned for a moment and nodded resolutely: "Okay!" Secretary Li, I listen to you. ”

Li Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, breathed a sigh of relief, immediately picked up the wine bowl, and said: "Come, I respect you and thank you for your support for the work of our party committee and government!" Dry! ”

"!"

The two of them each raised their heads and drank a large bowl of wine to the point where nothing was left.

Tao Xi wiped his mouth with his hand, and said sincerely: "Secretary Li, I feel relieved, thinking of the tragic death of my second brother back then, I have always been sleepless all night, and I have been thinking about when this kind of day will be the end, but I have never been able to make up my mind, thank you for helping me make this decision today." ”

"The main thing is that you still have a bottom line in your heart, and you still want to be a good person in your heart." Li Rui stretched out his hand, just like the officers who welcomed the Kuomintang uprising on TV, clasped it tightly with his broad hands, and encouraged: "You should do a good job of operating the association according to the charter, and you can't let the members be distracted, the development task of Qingshanquan Town is very heavy, and you still need your strong support." ”

Tao Xi nodded again and again with relief: "Okay, okay, this is a certainty." ”

Li Rui couldn't help but remind again: "However, I must say that the operation of the association must go with the market, and it is not allowed to buy and sell forcefully, and it is necessary to take the initiative to maintain the reputation of the industry and consciously abide by the laws and regulations of the country." Tao Xi, money is inexhaustible, the important thing is to earn money by ability, by labor, to earn peace of mind, there is a life to earn money and no life to spend money, what is the use of earning money? ”

"Secretary Li, I know everything, we must listen to the government."

When Li Rui got in the car and left Xiaoquan Village, although his head was still a little dizzy, he felt a kind of pride in his heart, Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine, I, Li Rui, disbanded the largest gangster organization in Qingshanquan Town with a bowl of wine today, and did not let Zhao Taizu specialize in beauty, what a high-spirited man! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )

PS: The first shift is delivered, and there is another shift in the evening. Tomorrow and the next two days, because it is a weekend, each has a change, and the number of words is guaranteed to be more than 5,000. 9