The military port of Haidong City was built in the Qing Dynasty, in fact, as early as the Ming Dynasty, there was a sailor battalion here, so as to go to the sea to patrol the sentry.

Later, with the continuous invasion of European and Japanese forces along the coast of Huangbo and Bohai, in order to strengthen the maritime defense of Lushunkou, from 1880 to 1890 for 10 years, the Qing government ordered Li Hongzhang, minister of Beiyang, to prepare for the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division, operating the Haidong Military Port, at that time invested 1.4 million taels of silver, in this place to recruit the people to expand the channel, dredge the harbor, reclaim the sea, build forts, build a harbor pool, so that the Haidong Military Port became a world-famous military fortress at that time, and one of the five major military ports.

Until the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the Qing government only operated here for 16 years, and in the following decades it was occupied by Japan and Russia, and in 1955, China and the Soviet Union held a handover ceremony for the Haidong Military Port, which became a training base for the North Sea Fleet.

Haidong Military Port has witnessed the vicissitudes of the history of the naval division over the past hundred years, and the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War broke out here. Now the military port seems extraordinarily calm, surrounded by two small hills like left and right arms, holding a quiet harbor, in which a few warships are moored, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, no wonder the Japanese and Russians have taken a fancy to it.

can only blame the Qing government at that time, and the Beiyang Navy, which was built with a lot of money, was completely wiped out.

It is said that after the Japanese occupied the military port, they carried out a massacre for four days and three nights, and in the end only 36 people remained in the entire military port.

Today's Haidong Military Port is clear and clear, the sun is not too hot, and there are white clouds in the sky, which is a good weather.

Haidong City is on guard, and martial law is under control at all intersections.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, General Ye Xiangkun, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Military Commission, traveled lightly and briefly, and only took a dozen or so attachés to inspect the Haidong City Military Port Base.

This is also a relatively big matter for the Haidong Municipal Government, and after receiving the notice, Liu Ruowu, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, instructed the mayor of the municipal government to do a good job in receiving the city.

Although it is said that General Ye Xiangkun is inspecting a military port, he will also take a look around Haidong City to see the achievements of the military-civilian coordination construction and the progress of the double-support work.

After inspecting several scheduled projects, Admiral Ye Xiangkun, dressed in military uniform, and with a majestic presence, simply expressed two opinions, saying that Haidong City's military-civilian coordination construction has been done quite well, and asked the local military to continue to help local governments make some contributions to economic construction in addition to doing a good job in their duties.

The Haidong Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were very excited by General Ye Xiangkun's words, and with his words, Haidong City has won the double-support city this year.

Subsequently, Admiral Ye Xiangkun specially met with Hou Kang, executive vice mayor of Haidong City, in his private capacity, but what the two of them said, it is unknown, everyone just saw Vice Mayor Hou come out of Admiral Ye Xiangkun's room, his face was full of excitement, obviously something good happened.

Everyone is basically clear about the identity of Vice Mayor Hou, the third son of Deputy Director Hou, but Deputy Mayor Hou's current official rank is lower than his identity.

Of course, this can be understood that Mr. Hou hopes that his son will train at the grassroots level for a few more years to accumulate political experience and qualifications, and it can also be understood that Mr. Hou has retired and is useless to speak.

But not many people can understand the real inside story of this, even in the family circle in the capital, not everyone knows the old Hou family's hardships in this matter.

"I didn't expect Ye Kai to speak, and he really invited the second old man of the Ye family." Gu Yurong said with some excitement.

After sending away the second old man Ye Xiangkun, Hou Laosan went home and told Gu Yurong the news, and at the same time considered calling the old man Hou at home to talk about what had happened recently, and see what Old Man Hou thought?

"The second old man of the Ye family had a brief talk with me and was willing to promote me to serve as the secretary of the Haidong Municipal Party Committee." Hou Laosan said to his wife Gu Yurong, "But this matter must go through the hands of Old Man Ye and Ye Xiangqian, otherwise although the second old man of the Ye family is a member of the Central Political Bureau, the focus of his work is on the army, and it is not suitable for meddle in local government affairs, otherwise it will make things more troublesome." ”

Gu Yurong said with a smile, "If Old Man Ye is willing to speak, it will be simple to solve your problems at the vice provincial and ministerial level, and if you go directly to the secretary of the municipal party committee, it will also shorten your career journey a lot and pave the way for the future." ”

Hou Laosan nodded, and then dialed the phone in the capital.

After listening to his son's narration, Old Man Hou pondered for a while, and then asked, "What conditions did the Ye family propose?" ”

Hearing his father's question, Hou Laosan immediately secretly praised his father's wisdom, and immediately saw the key point of the problem.

Although Ye Kai named Pei Yunqiu as his godsister, things in the mall are much simpler, Hou Laosan supports Pei Yunqiu's enterprise from the policy, which is reasonable and not difficult, and people do not put forward any excessive requirements in terms of enterprises.

However, if the old Ye family directly pushes Hou Laosan to become the secretary of the Haidong Municipal Party Committee, it will be more difficult.

Old Man Hou has been in the sea for many years, so he naturally doesn't believe in pies falling from the sky, so he directly asked the Ye family what conditions they proposed?

For his son's career, Mr. Hou is not unconcerned, but forced by the current situation, some of them can't use their strength, coupled with the anger of the old in-laws, Mr. Hou has no good plan, he can't tear his face, the two families fight, and let others watch a free show in vain.

At this time, the old Ye family suddenly extended an olive branch, although the old man Hou felt strange, but he also felt that he might not be able to accept the kindness of the old Ye family, but he just wanted to find out what the conditions behind them were?

If you don't find out the bottom line of the other party, there are still some troubles in this matter.

"The second old man of the Ye family didn't say much, but I heard what he meant." Hou Laosan said to his father, Old Man Hou, "Either our family owes them a favor, or we install one of their people as the mayor and come to Haidong." ”

After hearing this, Old Man Hou nodded and said, "Oh, the old Ye family is more kind-hearted, this request really can't be said to be excessive, we still take a big advantage." ”

"What does Father mean?" Hou Laosan asked with concern.

"Haidong is not the Haidong of our Hou family, the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, this piece of land will be handed over sooner or later, for the sake of your future, this matter can be agreed." Old Man Hou said, "I will talk to the two brothers of the Lao Ye family about this." ”

"Yes, father." Hou Laosan heard the old man say this, and he was relieved.

The old Ye family has the intention of this regard, and if the old man Hou mentions this matter in person, there will be absolutely no problem, after all, the influence of the old Ye family is unprecedentedly strong, just to help people seek a vice-provincial position, which is not difficult, and now Haidong City is only in the early stage of development, and it is not as sought-after as a super city such as Mingzhu, so the difficulty of competition is much smaller, and others can't afford to grab it from the old Ye family.

In addition, the old Ye family nominated the second-generation children of the old Hou family, looking at the face of the old man, it is not easy for everyone to refute, especially in Haidong, the traditional sphere of influence of the old Hou family, it is not easy to make any crooked brains.

But after Mr. Hou put down the phone, he was preoccupied.

Although on the surface, the old Ye family did not ask for much, and even said that they only needed to owe a favor, but Old Man Hou knew very well that it was more difficult to repay this favor debt! Especially for the old man of Mr. Hou's age, the last thing he wants to owe is this kind of adult favor, so it's hard to pay it back!

For the alternative conditions proposed by the old Ye family, Old Man Hou saw it very clearly, once he really agreed to the people of the old Ye family to serve as the mayor of Haidong, then with the continuous investment in capital projects, the Ye family will gain more and more say in Haidong City, and will eventually completely control Haidong City and take down the traditional sphere of influence of the old Hou family.

The geographical location of Haidong City is so special, guarding the gateway of Huangbo, an important port city, with the development of the economy in the future, it will definitely show more and more important roles.

It's just that Hou Laosan's progress can't be delayed any longer, once Hou Laosan gets on the right track as soon as possible, the losses on the side of Haidong City can still be bearable, after all, the old Hou family has such a direct son left to mix in the officialdom, for his progress, some conditions that are not too excessive can be agreed.

"Is the grandson of the old Ye family really so powerful?" Old Man Hou shook his head, surprised in his heart, and only felt unbelievable, but this kind of method is not like the methods of Ye Xiangqian and Ye Xiangkun brothers, it is really strange.

But no matter what, this matter made him feel a bright light, and he could finally bypass his old in-laws' family and mention his son upwards, and it was still in one step, at least it could save Hou Laosan five years of time, if the development of Haidong City was satisfactory within three or five years, then it would be logical to help him to a ministerial-level position.

In the future, Old Man Hou doesn't dare to say that he is dead now, after all, he doesn't know if his body can last until that time.

Even if it lasts until that time, we have to see if the old in-laws can survive until that time.

If the body of the old in-laws is still healthy, the old man Hou can only sigh with hope, after all, the influence of the old in-laws on the capital is very accessible, he said that as long as he does not die, Hou Laosan will not want to enter Beijing, then this sentence will definitely be implemented.

Thinking of this, Old Man Hou's wise brain couldn't help but feel bored for a while, this thing is not good!

Looking at it now, that is, only by taking one step at a time, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.

After thinking about these ways, Old Man Hou finally dialed the phone number of the second old man of the Ye family.

(To be continued)