followed Zhou Tao to Zhou Tao's office, and it seemed that Zhou Tao was a little absent-minded.

At the meeting, Wang Lianchang made a big and big remark to stir up the situation, and then Vice Mayor Bu Kang said a few words, talking about the disadvantages of this kind of direct election, after all, voters will not really understand the ability of candidates, and our society has no channel to make voters have an intuitive understanding of each candidate, recognize his advantages and recognize his shortcomings.

Therefore, this kind of election may become a friendship vote, that is, to choose someone you know. For example, as Comrade Wang Lianchang said just now, among our deputy mayors other than Mayor Zhou, Weishenme said that Comrade Lu Zheng is likely to be the most elected, because he has been in Osan for a long time and has worked in the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and other departments, so he has the most potential voters and the most friendly votes.

After Bu Yanjiu spoke, Zhou Tao stopped mentioning the topic just now, which can be regarded as a temporary end.

Lu Zheng was very grateful to Bu to resist the Japanese, after all, he was an old acquaintance, and he could be regarded as relieving himself of the siege, saving Zhou Tao from having a pimple in his heart.

As for Wang Lianchang, Lu Zheng patted him on the shoulder at the end of the meeting and didn't say much.

Maybe Wang Lianchang will regret it a little now, he was just scratching Zhou Tao, but he accidentally put Lu Zheng in it, causing too many people, but it is not a problem of breaking the jar and breaking it.

Zhou Tao may have been somewhat influenced by Wang Lianchang's words, sat on the sofa, and asked Lu Zheng after a while: "Do you think it's inappropriate to conduct a pilot direct election below?" ”

Lu Zheng bowed slightly: "It doesn't matter how the pilot is carried out, but if this kind of pilot is everywhere, I think it will weaken the leadership of our party, which is a matter of principle." ”

Zhou Tao was silent and nodded slowly.

On the third floor of the municipal government office building, Lu Zheng convened a meeting with the heads of agriculture, commerce, industry and commerce, urban construction and other departments to prepare to investigate the construction of the largest melon, fruit and vegetable wholesale base in eastern Hebei in the suburbs of Wushan to serve Wushan vegetable farmers.

Lu Zheng pointed out that the pace of urban expansion in Osan is very fast, and our metropolis strategy has begun to take shape, but the farmers have not been instructed in this vigorous reform, we are building a modern international city, but we must not forget the peasant brothers who have contributed blood to our urban construction.

According to the spirit of the latest document of the municipal party committee, various regulations on reducing the tax burden on peasants in Wushan will be promulgated in the near future, and we must also do several practical things for the development of Wushan's rural economy in a down-to-earth manner.

When Lu Zheng was speaking, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and an old man with a white beard rushed in angrily, and several staff members followed up with embarrassed faces, but they didn't dare to really stop him.

The old man is Huang Lao, a former member of the Wushan Advisory Committee who enjoys the treatment of deputy ministerial, at this time he looks full of anger, holding a crutch, and his body is trembling with anger.

Lu Zheng hurriedly got up, "Old Huang, why are you here?" Xuan even said to the participants in the conference room: "Okay, let's rest for ten minutes, and then discuss freely." ”

Hurriedly got up, came to Huang Lao's side, and whispered, "Huang Lao, if you have something, come to my office to talk." ”

Huang Lao had a calm face, raised his arm, and let go of Lu Zheng's hand that wanted to support him, it seemed that his stomach was full of anger.

Lu Zheng felt strange in his heart, he really didn't know where he annoyed Huang Lao.

Huang Lao's face sank like water, and he entered Lu Zheng's office, sat on the sofa in a huff, and didn't say a word.

Lu Zheng poured a glass of water for Huang Lao, sat opposite Huang Lao, and said earnestly: "Huang Lao, I am young and ignorant, maybe I have done something bad, please criticize, but if it is a rumor outside, you can also give me a chance to confess, okay?" ”

Looking at the sincerity in Lu Zheng's eyes, Huang Lao finally let out a long sigh and said: "The way of the world has really changed, I have been revolutionary all my life, I am old and old, I see that our Wushan pawnshop is open again, okay, it is really good capitalists, pawn shops, and we old guys are also half of our old guys into the loess, I just don't know how to go down and see my old comrades, how can I tell them that your blood is in vain?" It's really, it's really ......" As he spoke, Huang Lao's body began to tremble again in anger, and the crutches poked the ground with a bang.

A few days ago, following several cities in the south, the first pawn shop in the north, Wushan Jinli Pawn Service Co., Ltd., opened.

"Huang Lao, don't be angry first, this pawnshop has our government and the people's supervision......" Before Lu Zheng finished speaking, Huang Lao's eyelids rolled: "You don't use these words to deal with me, what is going on, I know better than you"

Lu Zheng smiled bitterly, and after a while, said, "Old Huang, why did you think of looking for me?" ”

Huang Lao snorted: "Feng Guiping said, he will focus on party affairs and the general direction, and he is not easy to manage the pawn shop; Zhou Tao said, you are in charge of industrial and commercial development, who do I not look for you? ”

Now, half of Huang Lao's anger is because he is being pushed around like a ball, although in just two or three years, Huang Lao's influence is not as good as before, Feng Guiping and Zhou Tao don't seem to buy his account.

Lu Zheng pondered and said: "Actually, the pawnshop of the current society is really different from the pawnshop of the old society, which was a vampire who blackmailed the poor in our textbooks, but the pawnshop of our new society mainly provides short-term loans to small business owners and self-employed people, which can be regarded as a benign supplement to our financial services." ”

Huang Lao smiled a little sarcastically, and said, "Zhengzi, you also think I'm old, and you start fooling me, right?" What short-term loans? In my opinion, it is usury, and it is legal to lend usury."

Lu Zheng was silent, and the pawnshops of later generations were actually engaged in usury business, using private financing and even bank loans to lend to foreign countries.

Huang Lao sighed deeply again and said: "Zhengzi, have you ever thought about it, there is still a problem of symbols here, you also said that in our textbooks, the pawnshops in the old society were used by local tyrants and bullies to exploit the poor, and they were all vampires. The pawnshop dropped a spear and came back? So what is the difference between our country and the past? In my opinion, if this continues, pornography, gambling and drugs will also make a comeback. Now, there are signs of this. ”

Lu Zheng slowly picked up the teacup and drank water.

Huang Lao leaned back on the sofa a little tired at this time, and said, "Maybe, it's just that I can't turn this corner, old man, I'm really old."

Lu Zheng put down the teacup and said, "Huang Lao, what you said has a certain truth, in this way, after I finish this meeting, I will instruct the relevant departments to seal it." ”

Huang Lao nodded tiredly, it seemed that he didn't want to speak much.