Faced with Zhang Erwa's surprise, Li Xiaoning said calmly: "The people besieged the town government not to build roads, but to raise funds from them for road construction. ”

Zhang Erwa spread her hands and said, "Isn't this the same thing?" It takes so much money to build roads, and if you don't raise money from the people, where can you get so much money? Not in the town, not in the county. Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Xiaoning, you have a lot of connections and a wide range of roads, can you go to the city and ask for some funds?" ”

Li Xiaoning said: "I will try it in the city, but I don't think there is much hope, after all, Pingshan Town is too insignificant for the entire Binhai City." It's up to us! ”

Lin Xi listened to it beside him, his heart moved, and he said, "Xiaoning, why don't you go to the Provincial Transportation Department to have a look?" ”

Li Xiaoning smiled and said: "Not to mention the province, so many big projects can't be done, will you consider our small poor town?" ”

Lin Xi flashed his eyes and said, "Go and try it, how do you know if you don't have a chance?" ”

Seeing that Lin Xi was so enthusiastic, Li Xiaoning couldn't shake off her enthusiasm, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll find a chance to try it." ”

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, I just want to go back to the offshore sea, so I'll take you with me." Lin Xi said with a smile, "Otherwise, you will have to spend your own fare." ”

Li Xiaoning was amused by Lin Xi, why is this girl more anxious than herself? looked back at Zhang Erwa, "Secretary Zhang, what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Erwa is also ambitious now, so she encouraged: "It's always good to try, you can rest assured." I'll take care of the home and wait for you to come back. ”

"Okay, then I'll go to the provincial capital. Even if I beg my grandfather to sue my grandmother, I will get the funds for the road construction back. Li Xiaoning clenched his fists and said, "Let's go, go back and prepare, and we'll set off." ”

Back in the town, Li Xiaoning sorted out the information on the road to be built in Pingshan Town as quickly as possible. Zhang Erwa went to the treasury and handed over 20,000 yuan to Li Xiaoning. Li Xiaoning also knew that he couldn't do anything without money now, so he took it. Lin Xi asked to bring some wild vegetables that the old lady ate in the mountains. Fortunately, there are many such wild vegetables in Pingshan Town, Li Xiaoning arranged for someone to pick some in the mountains, washed them and packed them in two cartons, and put them on Lin Xi's BMW mini together.

BMW MINI is not big, but full of horsepower, under the control of Li Xiaoning, the two only took five hours to rush to the provincial capital of Jiangdong Province, the coastal city, when entering the city, the sun has not yet set.

"Have you ever been to the offshore sea before?" Lin Xi asked with a smile.

"For the first time." Li Xiaoning looked around, "In the end, it is the provincial capital, which is more prosperous than Binhai, and it is not much better than Yanjing." ”

"I'm done, I'll take you around." Lin Xi smiled, "It's my territory." ”

"When the time comes, I will definitely eat your big family." Li Xiaoning also smiled and said, "You go back first." I'm looking for a hotel to stay in. ”

Lin Xi asked, "Have you figured out how to ask for money?" ”

"One of my roommates when I was in college was in the sea, and his family was in business and had some connections in the government, so I was going to ask him for help." Li Xiaoning said confidently. He's not talking nonsense, Yang Changqing's home is near the sea.

"That's good. I'll go home first, wait for your good news, and if it doesn't go well, call me, and I'll help you think of a way. Lin Xi knew that Li Xiaoning was a strong person, and if he offered to help him as soon as he came up, he might not be willing to accept it.

After sending Lin Xi away, Li Xiaoning found a small hotel to live in a nearby residential area, and he had a total of 20,000 yuan on him, and he couldn't save money on the leader, but only on himself. After settling down, he called Yang Changqing and told him the purpose of coming to the offshore sea this time.

When Yang Changqing heard that Li Xiaoning was coming, he immediately jumped up happily, patted his chest and said, "Boss, your business is my business, you wait, I will contact you." ”

Not long after a while, Yang Changqing's phone called again, "Boss, where are you?" I'll pick you up. I have already been contacted, and it is Deputy Director Hu of the provincial ** who was invited in the evening. ”

Li Xiaoning told Yang Changqing about his position. Then I went to the supermarket and bought a soft Chinese and a few red envelopes, first put a thousand yuan in a red envelope, thought about it, and put another thousand in it. Then I came to the door of the hotel and waited.

After more than half an hour, a white Land Rover Aurora came speeding and stopped, Yang Changqing jumped out of the car, excitedly punched Li Xiaoning in the chest, and laughed: "Boss, you are not interesting enough, you have graduated for so long, and you don't contact my brothers, I thought you forgot about your brothers!" ”

Li Xiaoning was also very excited when he saw his brother who had not seen him for a long time, and replied to Yang Changqing with a punch and said, "Didn't you kid call me either?" Anyway, you mixed well, you drove a Land Rover, how can this car cost more than 500,000 yuan, right? ”

"I'm a high-end one, and I've done more than 900,000." Yang Changqing said with a hint of pride, "I am now the company's business manager, and I can't go out too shabby." But this is all bought by my old man. Unlike you, the boss, you rely entirely on your own strength. By the way, boss, are you still on the waterfront now? When will you mention the sub-department? ”

Li Xiaoning told her situation with a smile, Yang Changqing heard that Li Xiaoning is now the acting mayor of the town, and his eyes are about to fall out, "Okay, boss, the official is promoted fast enough, I will be the most convinced of you at school, you can mix up everywhere!" ”

Li Xiaoning smiled bitterly: "What are you doing, are you how poor our Pingshan Town is, and how hard the lives of the common people are." I, the mayor of the town, can't sleep at night, that's why I came to the provincial capital to ask you for help! ”

"Boss, you just don't treat me as your own." Yang Changqing patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I've arranged it all for the night." The leaders of the Department of Transportation are not familiar with it, and the deputy director of the provincial ** who was invited in the evening has a very strong relationship with my family, and he will definitely help. ”

Li Xiaoning nodded and said, "That's good." What time do you make an appointment with someone? ”

"Six o'clock!" Yang Changqing said with a big grin.

Li Xiaoning took out his mobile phone and looked at the time and said, "It's half past five now, let's hurry over, we can't invite someone to dinner, and let people wait for us." ”

"Okay, get in the car." As Yang Changqing spoke, he opened the door of the Land Rover Aurora in the passenger seat and made a gesture of please.

Li Xiaoning nodded Yang Changqing with a smile, and he was not polite, and sat down directly.

The place to eat is a five-star hotel, a huge crystal chandelier in the foyer illuminates the entire hotel lobby, and a row of tall and beautiful waiters greet in unison: "Welcome!" ”。

Li Xiaoning gasped and whispered to Yang Changqing: "Sixth, you give me a thorough explanation, how much does a meal here cost?" I had 18,000 with me. ”

Yang Changqing said: "Boss, if you want to do things well, you can't be afraid of spending money. Don't worry, I'll please this meal. ”

"That's not going to work." Li Xiaoning said, "I do things, where is the reason for you to spend money?" ”

Yang Changqing said: "Our brothers still share these? When I was in college, if it weren't for you, I guess I would have been hacked to death, and I would still have the opportunity to invite you to dinner here? ”

"Two different things!" Li Xiaoning shook his head and said, "Public is public, private is private." Tonight's meal must be invited by me, and if you invite me alone when you go back, I will not be polite to you. ”

Yang Changqing saw that he couldn't resist Li Xiaoning, so he no longer insisted, and took Li Xiaoning to order food first, so that it would be convenient to budget in advance, so as not to have enough money to pay and make jokes.

As soon as the hotel foreman brought the menu, Li Xiaoning saw it: the cheapest dish was stir-fried shredded potatoes - 128.

Li Xiaoning shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Where is this potato, it's just a golden bean." ”

The professional smile on the face of the hotel foreman disappeared immediately, and he said in a cold tone: "Sir, we are a five-star hotel, and the service is the first-class!" ”

"How do you speak? What happens when we can't afford to eat? Yang Changqing raised his eyebrows and said.

"Forget it!" Li Xiaoning stopped Yang Changqing, he knew that there was no point in being angry with this foreman. Fortunately, there are only three people to eat, and there is no need to order too many things. I ordered a few slightly high-grade dishes, ruthlessly, and ordered a sea cucumber to eat, and after calculating that it was already 5,000 yuan, I didn't dare to continue ordering. Then he asked what the drinks were.

The foreman said with a look of ignorance: "The cheapest is 70CL Hennessy VSOP, 868 a bottle." ”

"So expensive?" Li Xiaoning couldn't help frowning again, "Is it okay for me to bring my own drinks?" ”

"Yes, but there's a 15 percent corkage fee." The look of disdain on the foreman's face was even more obvious.

Li Xiaoning didn't bother to take care of her, so she walked out of the hotel lobby and went to the supermarket opposite to buy a bottle of Yanghe Blue Classic and two bottles of Zhisheng Meile Red.

At a quarter past six, Deputy Director Hu was late, and Yang Changqing and Li Xiaoning hurriedly greeted him.

Deputy Director Hu smiled kindly and said, "I'm sorry, there is a bit of a traffic jam on the road, and I'm late." ”

Li Xiaoning thinks that this Deputy Director Hu is not bad, very steady, confident, and has the temperament of a Confucian heir.

After entering the box, the three of them sat down as the guest of honor. After a few simple polite sentences, he began to raise his glass.

After a while, it was already three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Xiaoning picked up the wine bottle again, stood up, and poured a glass of wine respectfully for Deputy Director Hu, he was born as a secretary, and it was natural to do this, and it did not give people a feeling of being flattered by guests.

Li Xiaoning also filled his wine glass, and then said to Deputy Director Hu: "Director Hu, please take care of our affairs in Pingshan Town, I did it, you are free!" After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Deputy Director Hu nodded and said, "You are a very good young man, you know how to think about the people at a young age, and you are a good official." Just rush to your heart, this matter, I should also help you do it, but this matter is really not easy to do! ”