When Lu Zheng returned to southern Yunnan from Beijing, it was already a month later.

When he returned to Nanzhou, Lu Zheng's new identity was the head of the Lanjiang Regional Working Group of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Nanzhou.

met with Wei Xiangxiu in Nanzhou in a hurry, and Lu Zheng went to Lanjiang to take office.

The Lanjiang region has a pleasant climate all year round, and now is the time when hibiscus flowers are in full bloom.

Sitting in the van to the Lanjiang River, with the bumps of the car, Lu Zheng looked at the ethnic villages that gradually appeared outside the car window, and in the distance, the primeval forests that covered the sky and the sun, the mountains and rivers with winding peaks and rivers, and the beautiful streams and lakes were faintly visible.

From a distance, the Lanjiang River is really like a paradise, also known as the hometown of Yunnan red, rich in black tea, known as a Yunnan red, can make the world's black tea inferior to three points.

However, Lu Zheng knows that the life of the border people here is difficult, and it is in stark contrast to this pleasant scenery

The Lanjiang region is home to a number of ethnic autonomous counties and ethnic minorities, and is also known as the hometown of the Wa people, who account for more than two-thirds of the total Wa population in the country.

Lu Zheng's destination is the Nanpo Wa Autonomous County in the Lanjiang region.

The county seat of Nanpo is on the national border, the north of the boundary monument is the southern slope of China, and the south of the boundary monument is the South Street, the capital of Guobang Autonomous Region, forming a unique landscape of the boundary monument in the county seat and the national gate in the city.

Yonghe Town, Nanpo County, also has a port for mutual trade with the northern part of Wa State, another ethnic autonomous region in Myanmar.

Wa and Ko were formerly under the leadership of the Communist Party of Burma, and now they also have the support of the Republic in commerce and trade, and Wa State, like Ko State, has the official language of Chinese, the official language of which is Chinese, and the northern regions adjacent to the Republic use the telecommunications network of the border areas of the Republic.

There are several ports in Nanpo County, which is the most important border trade town for trade with Guo State and Wa State.

The newly established Lanjiang District Working Group of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation's Special Commissioner's Office in Nanzhou will be located in Nanpo County, the two cities.

In addition to the driver and Du Xiaohu, there were two people in the same van with Lu Zheng, Wang Binbin, director of the working group office, and Zhang Jun, director of the trade management department.

The working group is the same as the special office of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Nanzhou, and consists of three institutions: the office, the trade management office, and the research office.

But in fact, don't look at the working group under the department, responsible for the ministry are all department-level officials, it seems that the sign is very big, in fact, there are only nine administrative personnel in the staff, except for Wang Guest and Zhang Jun, the remaining seven people came to Nanpo by bus, because the van that Lu Zheng and others took was the only vehicle allocated by the special office for the working group, and the Nanzhou special office was originally only three cars.

"Secretary, Zhang, smoking?" Guest Wang took out a bag of Hongta Mountain.

Zhang Jun is in his thirties, and if he wants to be in the right place at this age in the local area, he is afraid that it will be a good toss, but he came up smoothly.

Beijing officials are arrogant in the local area, and Zhang Jun is the same, even when he meets the city-level leaders in southern Yunnan, he occasionally will stand upright, and as for the department-level officials at the same level as him, he is not caught in his eyes.

Although Lu Zheng's organizational relationship has not yet been settled, it seems that he is only a seconded leader, but he can easily transfer his old subordinates to the ministry and is a one-level transfer, this Lu team leader, who dares to underestimate it?

What's more, Zhang Jun inquired in detail about Lu Zheng's past experience, that kind of illustrious experience is unimaginable for him to squat in the ministry, now, although people are difficult to hibernate, but they are not sure that they will soar into the sky one day, this person, whether to use it or not, the leaders of the ministry seem to be very embarrassed, and the commission is not comparable to such a small official as himself.

Therefore, for this young new boss, Zhang Jun lost twelve points of caution.

Listening to Director Wang, the subordinate of the landing team leader, still continuing to call the team leader Lu respectfully and respectfully calling him "secretary", Zhang Jun can imagine the prestige of the team leader Lu in the past, especially that place, called Wushan.

After receiving the Hongta Mountain handed by Director Wang, Zhang Jun sighed in his heart, it is worthy of being transferred from Wushan, he has a lot of money, and he smokes a few packs of this kind of cigarette every year.

The average income of Osan residents is increasing year by year, coupled with the implementation of the policy of civil servants in the Special Administrative Region, and because of the comprehensive liberalization of prices and the reform of the housing system, there are many allowances.

Lu Zheng looked at the cigarette rolls handed by Guest Wang, but he was stunned, Guest Wang, basically didn't smoke before, but now look, his fingers are yellow, obviously, smoking is very frequent during this time.

His old department, in Wushan, was the most suppressed by Wang Guest, because he had been writing to the provincial party committee to appeal to the central government on his behalf, counting his achievements over the years, it was estimated that he would not be welcomed, and later because he made a speech of "wrong political direction" in his work, he was criticized and dismissed by Huo Qinqun.

In Wushan, Wang guest gradually became Yu Bu outside his inner circle, such as Liu Tie, such as Zhang Qingtian, etc., are the people in their inner circle, but under their strict orders, they can only accept the reality of their departure from Wushan, but Wang guest, who did not ask him, became the first victim after his downfall.

This is the long-term popularity of the people, in my impression, Wang Guest has always been the kind of Yu Department who is suitable for mixed organs, and he has been transferred to the grassroots level for a few years, and he doesn't seem to have made much progress, but he doesn't want to, at the critical moment, it is impressive.

Since he left Oshan, he must have been very depressed, so he became a smoker.

Leaned over and lit a cigarette in front of the lighter handed by Guest Wang, Lu Zheng took a deep breath, was silent for a while, and said: "Guest, in southern Yunnan, it is our new beginning, in the past, just call him over." The sky can't fall, you know? ”

Guest Wang nodded silently.

Zhang Jun pretended not to care and looked at the scenery outside the window, but obviously, Team Leader Lu didn't mind hearing him say these words, Team Leader Lu's style, in a short period of time, he could feel completely different from the ministry and the ministry, there was a breath, how to say, the breath of a real big leader, the kind of atmosphere that once dominated one side.

Lu Zheng slowly smoked his cigarette and patted Guest Wang's shoulder.

As a matter of fact, the current Lu Zheng is not in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and his relationship has not been transferred in.

Lu Zheng is also clear about what is happening here.

Originally, his report to the General Office of the CPC Central Committee was that he hoped that he would be appointed deputy commissioner of the Nanzhou Special Office and head of the Lanjiang Prefecture Working Group, but this report quickly aroused criticism at the upper levels, and some elderly people clearly expressed their opposition.

In fact, four months have passed since he was dismissed, and he is not his father Lu Tianhe, he does not have the same political influence as him, he is just a deputy department-level ministry, but in fact, he is not in the central system at his level, and he is not involved in the real line struggle, most of them are nothing more than the situation of standing in the wrong team and going to the field. It doesn't seem like a big deal to be used.

But on the contrary, some old people seem to be eyeing themselves.

Of course, there are also those who defend themselves, such as Pei Lao, who once wrote for himself, and at this time he said a few words for himself.

Zuihou, who is his grandfather, has made a decision on his current position, and he has always rarely participated in these things, saying that his grandson is just guilty of political infantil, and it is good to go to southern Yunnan, can you ask him to do it? Now that we are normalizing relations with the recipient countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America and the communist parties, we are going to cut off the aid that we have been giving them, and at this time, it is very difficult to do the work, and there must be a gradual process.

Obviously, my grandfather, who has never participated in party struggles, still has a lot of weight, and he has "looked at it first" and has been seconded to the Yunnan Special Office of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

I heard that my grandfather was very angry in private, saying that my grandson is just a child, a small job transfer, do you XXX personally ask?

And grandpa, in this little turmoil, didn't say anything, just planted flowers and grass every day, and didn't ask about the world

As for himself, afterwards, he asked Duan Zhongyuan that the office director should pick it himself, after all, the office has to handle the specific affairs of foreign aid, and he has to use people who he can use with confidence.

I don't know what Duan Zhongyuan said to Minister Qiu, in short, Wang Guest Zuihou was transferred to the director of the working group office, and this position is at the level of the main department, so it is logical for Wang Guest to be promoted from the deputy department to the main department.

Du Xiaohu also made his own request, because the work of the new post may enter the Burmese area, there is a certain danger, and it is necessary to be equipped with security personnel, and he recommended Du Xiaohu to be an internal guard on the grounds that it is not convenient to rely only on the local armed police and border guards, and said that Du Xiaohu is an old subordinate on the battlefield and has been in the public security system, resigned a few years ago and went to the south, and now wants to resume public office.

Perhaps because of his Zuihou being left in distress, Minister Qiu felt that he couldn't get off the stage, because his two requests were approved, and it should be Minister Qiu's face, Du Xiaohu took an exam and became a special agent with a gun license.

Thinking of these things, Lu Zheng looked at Du Xiaohu, who was bright-eyed, perhaps, this is the fate of himself and Huzi.

I just hope that from now on, Huzi will not be hurt by protecting himself again.

I also hope that Huzi can have a beautiful marriage in this life.

When night fell, the van slowly drove into the county seat of Nanpo.

Lu Zheng habitually looked at his watch.

I set off from Nanzhou at five o'clock in the morning, and it is now more than seven o'clock in the evening, and this way, I have walked for thirteen or fourteen hours

Nanpo county, full of exotic customs, everywhere you can see a piece of thatched wooden houses and buildings with spires, several main roads facing the street, scattered tall and low buildings only slightly bring a touch of modern atmosphere, far away, there is a silver-gray three-story building is the most magnificent, there, is the Nanpo customs.

More than 90 percent of the permanent population of Nanpo Wa Autonomous County are ethnic minorities, and with the development of border trade activities, the number of talents from the interior of the county is increasing day by day.

The county seat is very small, only a few main streets, the working group is very easy to find, a courtyard not far from the county government, there are two-story small buildings and warehouses, it used to be the compound of the Nanpo County Handicraft Association, and the Nanpo Handicraft Association was canceled and merged into the County Industrial Bureau, the yard is idle, and now it is found by the Nanpo County Government to be the working group station, and the rent is only symbolically charged.

When the van drove into the compound, Lao Xiao, the chief clerk of the office who was working at the outpost, walked out quickly to greet him, and with him, there were still seven or eight men and women who looked like Yu Ministry, who should be the local leaders of Nanpo County.

Sure enough, after Lu Zheng got out of the car, Lao Xiao introduced Lu Zheng one by one, and Secretary Zheng of the Nanpo County Party Committee and County Magistrate Zhao came.

Although the county magistrate Zhao is a Wa ethnic group, he does not have a trace of ethnic minority atmosphere, in fact, it is not only the county magistrate Zhao, but also the Wa people living in and around the county, the Dai people, and the Lahu people, many people, especially the younger generation, are no different from the mainlanders in terms of psychological and cultural identity.

Secretary Zheng said to Lu Zheng with a smile that the working meal has been arranged, and when you come to Wa Township, you can taste Wa Mountain cuisine.

Lu Zheng nodded and said yes.

So, Secretary Zheng and County Magistrate Zhao accompanied Lu Zheng, Wang Guest, and Zhang Jun in front, and the rest of the people followed, and the long line walked to the nearby county party committee compound.

In fact, in addition to roasted snake meat and chicken porridge, the rest of the plates of stir-fry are still Yunnan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, Wa dishes, it is just that, not to mention, Secretary Zheng is also worried about Lu Zheng's taboo.

At the banquet, Lu Zheng didn't talk much, just asked Secretary Zheng and County Magistrate Zhao a few words about the situation in Nanpo and Guobang South Street opposite, and the dinner ended quickly, but Zhang Jun frowned vigorously when he ate, obviously the food did not suit his appetite, it was already a drudgery to be sent from Beijing to southern Yunnan, and now he had to come to a poor and remote place like Nanpo, and he didn't know when he would be able to return to Beijing in rotation, thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel depressed.

Lao Xiao, the chief clerk of the office, is a native of southern Yunnan, who was transferred from the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Southern Yunnan Province to the special office, and Zhang Jun's state of mind is completely different; although the conditions here are difficult, after being transferred back to the provincial capital in a few years, it can be regarded as a kind of capital, and it may be a good opportunity for an old comrade like him who has been stuck in the Zhengke for more than ten years.

It's just that this team leader Lu doesn't know what his temper is, if he calls the village to run materials every day, then it will be miserable in the future.

The performance of Zhang Jun and Lao Xiao was all under Lu Zheng's eyes, and Lu Zheng also pondered about these people in the working group.

The administrative establishment of the working group includes the establishment of the office, the preparation of the Trade Management Office, and the preparation of the Research Division

There is one director of the office, and the other two are the chief clerk Lao Xiao, and the other is surnamed Xie, the chief clerk.

There is a director of the trade management department, a deputy director, a computer card clerk, a card officer, a computer card card clerk Xiao Gao and a card clerk Da Zhou, one is the chief staff member, and the other is the deputy chief staff member.

There is one director of the research department and one deputy researcher.

That is to say, although there are only 9 people under him, there are three people at the department level, two people at the deputy department level, three people at the department level, and one person at the deputy department level.

However, it is also imperative to recruit temporary workers from the local area.