However, what made him difficult to make up his mind was that he didn't know how hard Li Dingshan's backstage was, and he didn't know whether Li Dingshan would go through the motions or show his skills when he came to Ba County, of course, what made him more worried was that if he angered Shen Fuming because of Liu Shixuan, Shen Fuming would have no way to take Li Dingshan's background and take him away, but there were many ways to move him away. His backstage is not hard enough, which is the key factor that he has not been able to rise.

Shi Fortress would rather Li Dingshan reveal that he wanted to make a big move, and when he had a major conflict with Liu Shixuan, he secretly observed the reactions of all parties on the sidelines, and if Liu Shixuan won the victory, he would continue to be his nominal county magistrate. If Li Dingshan has the upper hand, he will take the opportunity to kill Liu Shixuan, and then cooperate with Li Dingshan's work.

Another thing that makes the stone fortress not completely optimistic about Li Dingshan is that the geographical environment of Ba County is too special, almost a closed world, no matter if you have the support of the city and the province, it is impossible to change the general environment, and Yugong moving mountains is just a myth. The area of Ba County is not small, almost the size of four or five counties in the plain area, but she is surrounded by mountains, and in terms of straight-line distance, it is closer to the capital than to the charter city. However, Ba County is a county of Yan Province, and the capital will definitely not care about the poverty and backwardness of Ba County, and the charter city has almost forgotten the existence of Ba County, not to mention the province, the province's eyes are on several rich counties along the coast, as well as the large grain-producing counties in the central plain, and generally do not pay attention to the north. Even if you occasionally look to the north, it usually ends up in the capital, and if you look at the provincial capital, the location of Ba County is just north of the capital.

Ba County is basically like an abandoned child, his father doesn't love his mother, he doesn't even like his grandfather and grandma, there is no industry, agriculture is underdeveloped, what does he rely on to develop the economy? What can be done to change the status quo?

Therefore, since Li Dingshan took office as secretary of the county party committee, Shi Fortress has always been suffering from the psychology of gains and losses, not only wanting to gamble, and Li Dingshan close to Liu Shixuan, but also to show his hands and feet, even if there is no dazzling political achievements, at least it can change the current status quo of Ba County. It's not that he has no political ambitions in his heart, and he also wants to be famous, but he is restrained everywhere, and many of his ambitions are ruthlessly wiped out by reality.

Liu Shixuan is the biggest obstacle, if Li Dingshan can solve the trouble for him, and then put down his body and take the initiative to cooperate with him, how good would it be? Shi Fortress also knew that waiting for the world to drop the pie was a whimsical performance, but he didn't have a tough backstage, nor did he have extraordinary skills, and it was normal to want to use the power of others to have some unrealistic fantasies.

When Beihe Trading officially submitted an application to the county government axe to contract the barren mountain, he saw the problem at a glance: Rolling Dragon Ditch! Liu Shixuan's son Liu He used the villagers of Jiazhai Township to dig mushrooms and bracken for him for free to make money, which is a well-known secret in Ba County, but because of Liu Shixuan, it is one thing to know, and it is another thing for no one to say it. After all, Shi Fortress has been in Ba County for more than two years, and the relationship between who and whom is also clear, the legal person of Beihe Trading is Yang Bei, can he see that there must be some doorways in it? Otherwise, don't do the things that make a fortune in a good silence, you have to put it on the surface to do it, unless Liu He has a bad brain.

Of course, Liu He's brain is not bad, there must be something wrong that forced him to do this? Could it be Li Dingshan? He had been waiting for Li Dingshan and Liu Shixuan to have a conflict, and suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, and he thought that a great opportunity appeared in front of him!

However, what disappointed Shi Fortress was that when he first got the application materials of Beihe Trading and reported it to Li Dingshan, Li Dingshan was noncommittal, and put on a posture that the political axe was in charge of the political axe, and he was not good at interfering too much.

Shi Fortress was slandered in his heart, and when he met the secretary who was provocative, he said on the surface that he would not interfere in the affairs of the political axe, but he did not report major matters to the secretary in advance, which was a manifestation of not putting the number one in his eyes. But if you report big and small things, and meet an unreasonable secretary, you will complain that you don't have a little responsibility, as the leader of the political axe, you don't have the charm and vision to grasp the overall situation, is it not enough?

Shi Fortress didn't think that Li Dingshan was an unreasonable secretary, but he couldn't understand the deep meaning of Li Dingshan's non-statement, wasn't Liu Shixuan's move aimed at Li Dingshan? Wasn't Beihe Trading deliberately established because of the conflict between Li Dingshan and Liu Shixuan?

Unable to get a satisfactory answer here in Li Dingshan, Shi Fortress returned to the office, pondered for a long time, and decided to call the city, wanting to inquire about Li Dingshan's relationship in the province. He knew that Li Dingshan could become the secretary of the county party committee, and Mayor Hu Zengzhou contributed a lot. For Mayor Hu to spare no effort to install Li Dingshan down, it must be someone in the province who speaks. Don't look at the secretary of the county party committee as a department-level cadre, but he is also an official on the ruling side, which affects all aspects of the relationship.

Picking up the phone, Shi Fortress said to his secretary Xie Zhongzhi: "Xiao Xie, I'll make a call, if someone comes to look for him, let him wait." ”

Xie Zhongzhi agreed, closed the door gently, sat down in his seat, and somehow suddenly remembered Xia Xiang.

Similarly, as a secretary, the secretary of the county magistrate and the secretary of the secretary of the county party committee, there is not a small gap, although there are also many heads of the county bureau who greet him with a smile, but compared with Xia Xiang's treatment of being able to attend the Standing Committee as a recorder, the difference is huge. All major issues discussed at the Standing Committee have to go through the Standing Committee. Although Xia Xiang has no right to speak or vote, being able to know the news one step ahead of others and observe the attitude of each Standing Committee member up close is a huge asset for his future political career. It can be said that the starting point is much higher than that of him, the secretary of the county magistrate.

It's a pity that County Magistrate Shi failed to become the secretary of the county party committee as he wished, or he would have risen to become the secretary of the county. Seeing that Xia Xiang, who was younger than him, was proud, Xie Zhongzhi was a little jealous in his heart, feeling that Xia Xiang had robbed the position that should have belonged to him, so his attitude towards Xia Xiang had been lukewarm.

And for Xia Xiang often going out for something and not waiting for the leader's summons by Li Dingshan's side at any time, Xie Zhongzhi thinks that as a secretary, he is not very conscientious, so he can't help but look down on Xia Xiang. Just when he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the voice of the stone fortress who was talking on the phone, and suddenly raised a lot: "Xia Xiang? Yes, yes, that's right, he is Secretary Li's secretary...... Transferred to the municipal party committee? Minister Wang, what the hell is going on? If you want to mobilize Xia Xiang, you have to tell Secretary Li, he is not my secretary! ”

Xie Zhongzhi opened his mouth wide in surprise, he wanted to tune Xia to think of the municipal party committee, I heard it right, right? He has only been in the county party committee for a month, and the leaders of the municipal party committee want to transfer him to the city, how can the leaders of the municipal party committee think so highly of such a secretary who has no sense of service? And no kidding, Li Dingshan, the secretary of the county party committee, has not yet sat firmly in his position and has not yet made political achievements, and the secretary has been taken by the leaders of the municipal party committee, what is this called?

The stone fortress in the middle put down the phone, and after a long time, he didn't figure out what was going on? Obviously, he called Wang Xiaomin, director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and wanted to go around the bend to inquire about Li Dingshan's background, but he didn't want to say a word, but Wang Xiaomin asked about Xia Xiang, and said that the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee happened to hold a training course for young cadres, focusing on training reserve cadres, and suggested that the Baxian County Party Committee recommend Xia Xiang to participate.

Shi Fortress was shocked at the same time, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how could Minister Wang know that the secretary of the county party committee was a little secretary and spoke in a very eager tone? Who doesn't know that Minister Wang always has a cold face, although he is not the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and his face is pale, but many people call him the cold-faced king behind his back, just because he is an official and dignified, and he is not easy to speak, many county party secretaries see him, and they also deliberately accompany the smiling face, and he rarely shows a smile.

Putting down the phone, Shi Fortress couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart, Xia Xiang was the secretary of the secretary of the county party committee, even if he was trained in the party school of the municipal party committee, he was recommended by the county party committee, he was the head of the political axe, and asked him to bring it up, did it seem too obvious to show favor to Li Dingshan? In the eyes of others, what is his face? Besides, the affairs of the county party committee, there is no point in pointing fingers at him, isn't it difficult for him to make him in a dilemma?

If he changed someone else, Shi Fortress would definitely have to scold a few words, saying that he was uneasy and kind, and deliberately set up problems for him, but for Wang Xiaomin, he couldn't say anything, because Wang Xiaomin was his biggest support in the municipal party committee, and it was precisely because Wang Xiaomin spoke for him in the city that he became the county magistrate of Ba County, so to speak, it was Wang Xiaomin's support that he had today, so no matter what attitude Wang Xiaomin had when he spoke, and what unreasonable demands he made, he would not refuse.

After thinking about it, Shi Fortress decided to go to Li Dingshan's office in person to see if he could ask anything, although Minister Wang didn't seem to know Li Dingshan in his words, but he and Li Dingshan didn't know each other, but it couldn't be because of a small negligence that Minister Wang had an opinion on him.

Li Dingshan and Xia Xiang, who were discussing things, were surprised by the unexpected visit to the stone fortress. The two of them were speculating about his attitude towards Beihe's business affairs, and were thinking about how to win him over, but they didn't think that he had just reported to work in the morning, and he came over again so quickly, something must have happened?

Li Dingshan and Xia Xiang glanced at each other, and both of them had a big question in their hearts.

Xia wanted to push open the door of the inner room and greet him outside, Li Dingshan stood in front of the desk and did not sit still, which was regarded as giving the stone fortress a face. Xia wanted to lead the stone fortress in, and when the stone fortress saw Li Dingshan at the door, he hurriedly took a step forward and held Li Dingshan's outstretched hand with both hands: "Secretary Li is polite." ”

Li Dingshan said with a smile: "County Magistrate Shi, please take a seat...... Xiao Xia, pour a glass of water for County Magistrate Shi. ”

Shi Fortress was busy shirking it, Xia Xiang had already served the water with a quick move, and then he was about to go outside, Shi Fortress had the intention to stop Xia Xiang, after all, the matter involved Xia Xiang himself, but seeing that Li Dingshan was indifferent, he was not good at acting on his behalf, so he had to watch Xia Xiang walk to the door, and finally couldn't help but shout: "Secretary Xia, wait a minute, I just have something to find you......"

Xia wanted to stand still, not understanding what the stone fortress was looking for him, and waited for him to speak with a smile on his face. Shi Fortress was a little difficult to speak directly, so he looked at Li Dingshan and said, "Secretary Li, I'll make my own decision once, let Secretary Xia stay, I want to hear his opinion!" ”

Li Dingshan didn't have an opinion, and he didn't speak, he smiled and nodded to Xiaxiang. Xia Xiang stood aside respectfully, with a respectful smile on his face, and Shi Fortress secretly said in his heart, compared to his secretary Xie Zhongzhi, who was happy and unhappy written on his face, Xia Xiang's performance was simply impeccable.

He hesitated how to open his mouth so that it would not be too sudden, thought about it for a while, and decided to talk about the matter of Beihe Commerce first: "Secretary Li, I have a not very mature idea about Beihe Commerce's contracting of Barren Mountain, and I want to inform you about it......"

Xia Xiang's heart moved, County Magistrate Shi just said this in the morning, and he will bring it up again in the afternoon, could it be that he made a decision on the issue of choosing Li Dingshan and Liu Shixuan so soon?

Xia Xiang didn't guess right, Shi Fortress didn't make up his mind to move closer to Li Dingshan, even if the municipal party committee really transferred Xia Xiang away, it was impossible for him to easily tie his future to Li Dingshan. Because going against Liu Shixuan means offending all the local forces in Ba County, unless he is sure of victory, he doesn't have the courage to make a desperate bet.

Before finding out the backstage of Li Dingshan, Shi Fortress still decided to take one step at a time, be safe, and take the maximization of one's own interests as the principle. At his age, he has completely worked step by step from the grassroots level to the county magistrate, there is no top-down overall vision, only step by step is the best choice, at least at this stage, he will not show obvious bias to either Li Dingshan and Liu Shixuan.

Of course, Wang Xiaomin's phone call made the balance in his heart tilt towards Liu Shixuan a little, and tilted a little towards Li Dingshan, basically in the middle of the two.

"It is a good thing that Beihe Trading proposed to contract barren mountains, and the county government will strongly support it, but since some companies have taken the initiative to contract barren mountains, it can be seen that barren mountains, which have no economic value in our eyes before, will definitely be able to make money. Companies are all commercial activities, and things that don't make money will definitely not be done, so I think can we find two more companies and apply together, so that the county can choose the most powerful company from them, of course, competition can develop, only one company to apply, we can't estimate the real economic value of the barren mountain, and the county will suffer a loss......"

Throwing stones with one hand to ask for directions, Xia Xiang nodded secretly, and the stone fortress finally showed his shrewd side, he did this ostensibly to show favor to Li Dingshan, because he also knew in his heart whose company Beihe Trading was, and it was estimated that he also guessed the sudden appearance of Beihe Trading, whether it was ulterior motives, secretly or testing Li Dingshan's reaction, I'm afraid it was not only to see if Beihe Trading was aimed at Li Dingshan, but also to see if Li Dingshan had a background?

Sure enough, Shi Fortress's face did not change, and he continued: "Secretary Li came from the provincial capital, he has seen a lot of knowledge, and he knows many people, so let's see if it is possible to find one or two companies from the provincial capital to invest in Ba County?" If we want to compete fairly with Beihe trade, maybe there is really a treasure that can be mined in the barren mountains that we have been ignoring......"

Li Dingshan also understood the meaning of the stone fortress, first to test whether the appearance of Beihe Commerce had anything to do with him, and then in the name of attracting investment from the provincial capital, to see if he had any background? Generally speaking, the stone fortress still has a wait-and-see attitude, and if he doesn't see the tip of the iceberg in the background, he will definitely not say anything.

Li Dingshan was faintly unhappy in his heart, in the officialdom, there are many people who want to be left and right, but in the end, they generally do not end well. However, after thinking about it, Shi Fortress was able to take the initiative to find a few more companies to compete with Beihe Commerce and Trade today, ostensibly to test his reaction, but in fact, it was also a show of goodwill, at least it also showed that he would not favor Liu Shixuan's position, Li Dingshan smiled, pointed at Xia with his hand and thought: "County Magistrate Shi is really right, Xiao Xia found a friend from the business community from the provincial capital some time ago, and he has already inspected Rolling Dragon Ditch on the spot, and is preparing to apply to the county for contracting...... The specific situation will be reported by Xiao Xia to the county magistrate Shi. ”

Shi Fortress was shocked in his heart, Li Dingshan really valued Xia Xiang, such a big thing was directly pushed on him, and he really spared no effort to support him. He thought that Li Dingshan deliberately pushed the credit to him in order to promote Xia Xiang, but he didn't know that it was really Xia Xiang himself who found the investment.

Shi Fortress was also secretly glad that this time it was the right one, sure enough, it was Li Dingshan who wanted to move Liu Shixuan, and he actually came up with a way to start from Rolling Dragon Ditch first, this is a tiger's mouth, Liu Shixuan did not react violently, I am afraid that there is a backhand. Then he thought that Li Dingshan had made the first move, could it be that he had a plan for a long time?

Xia Xiang nodded at Li Dingshan first, and then said to Shi Fortress: "County Magistrate Shi, there is a strong company in the provincial capital that wants to contract Rolling Dragon Gou, and then build a large-scale food processing factory in Ba County, the total investment amount is not small, and a preliminary opinion has been reached, and the specific details will wait for a while The person in charge of the company will personally come to Ba County, report to the Shi County Magistrate, and formally submit an application." Originally, Secretary Li wanted me to do the preliminary work first, and then explain the situation in detail to the county magistrate Shi when it was almost finalized, and it happened that the county magistrate Shi also intended to introduce investment investment, so I would report it in advance, but in case the matter was not negotiated in the end, the county magistrate Shi could not blame me for my poor work......

The stone fortress had a smile on his face: "How come? I thank Secretary Xia for being too late, it is a great thing to be able to bring investment to Ba County, if it is done, I will express my gratitude to you on behalf of the county political axe. ”

In the past two years, a total of less than 100,000 yuan of investment has been invested in Ba County, and all of them have gone through the motions by relying on personal relationships, and the funds have been transferred away again after a circle in Ba County, and there has been no economic benefit at all. If the investment mentioned by Xia Xiang can really be implemented, it will be the largest and only investment in Ba County in the past few years.

(To be continued)