Chief of Staff Zheng Shaowei went to the grassroots level on a business trip this time, and originally planned to bring only two people, namely Deputy Director Wang Xiangjun and staff officer Xiao Qian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Later, he considered that there were some business issues to study after he returned, so he asked the director of the infrastructure barracks department to go with him, and invited Fan Jun, an assistant in their department, to go with him.

A few people had just entered the Beijing West Railway Station, and within 20 minutes of getting on the train, the train started, and the conductor said a lot of greetings and kind words on the radio, and then said goodnight to the passengers.

The four of them happened to be in a soft sleeper box, and Wang Xiangjun asked Xiao Qian and Chief of Staff Zheng to sleep in the lower bunk, so that the chief of staff could take care of something at night, and he and Fan Jun slept on the upper bunk.

Fan Jun and Wang Xiangjun climbed to the top bunk at the same time, and before Fan Jun could adjust his sleeping position, Wang Xiangjun started snoring.

"Hey! Bureau leader, a little voice, singing so quickly, you think this is a singing competition in the auditorium! "Fan Jun is an old assistant, the deputy division has been seven or eight years, older than Wang Xiangjun's qualifications, plus he usually has more business contacts with Wang Xiangjun, they are familiar with each other, and they speak unceremoniously to Wang Xiangjun.

Wang Xiangjun opened his eyes, looked at Fan Jun, realized that he was snoring just now, and said unceremoniously: "You can't stand it for a while, tell you, I'm just trying my throat, and the good ones are still to come!" ”

"It doesn't matter if I sleep well at night or not, I'm afraid that you will affect the rest of the chief of staff." Fan Jun pointed to the lower bunk and whispered.

"Chief of Staff Zheng is not afraid of my snoring, I travel a lot with him, and he can't sleep if he can't hear my snoring on the train, Chief of Staff, right?" Wang Xiangjun leaned down and said to Zheng Shaowei.

Zheng Shaowei was wearing reading glasses and lying on the sleeper below to read the materials, when he heard the two people above fighting, he looked up and smiled, without squeaking.

Fan Jun was skinny, frail and sickly, he didn't sleep well all night, and when he woke up in the morning, his eyes were trimmed with black edges. Wang Xiangjun saw his tired look, he felt a little unbearable, and said apologetically: "After talking to you last night, I was still staring at my eyes and thinking, jokes are jokes, Lao Fan's health is not very good, he must be restrained, and he will sleep again when Lao Fan falls asleep, who knows that this eye does not listen to the command of the brain, commits liberalism, and closes it without permission." ”

"If you have this sentence, it shows that you, a leading cadre, can sometimes think of the revolutionary masses." Fan Jun said tolerantly.

Xiao Qian is a shrewd and capable young man, his childish face is full of confidence, after he obtained a graduate degree in a military academy, he has been working in Wang Xiangjun's bureau for less than a year. The practice of work taught him that when working in a leading agency, self-confidence must be accompanied by prudence. On this business trip with the chief of staff, he consulted several veteran staff officers, and tried his best to have a clear idea of the work procedures and problems that need to be paid attention to and solved during the business trip.

When it was time for breakfast, the flight attendant asked softly at the door of the box, "Do the leaders need to order a meal?" ”

"No, we brought our own food." Little money replied.

The flight attendant was just about to turn around and leave, when Zheng Shaowei called out to her: "Please wait a minute, we have an old comrade here who doesn't have a good appetite, please send a bowl of hot gruel and two vegetarian buns." ”

Fan Jun looked at Zheng Shaowei gratefully.

Xiao Qian waited for a few people to finish washing, put ham, bread, salted eggs, sweet garlic and other food on the small table, and then poured a cup of hot water for everyone.

Before leaving, some old staff officers reminded Xiao Qian that it is best to bring your own food when you take the train in summer, so as not to eat unclean things on the train and make your stomach trouble.

Fan Jun's hot gruel hadn't been delivered yet, and the others had started to eat first.

Seeing that Wang Xiangjun had eaten two breads, a piece of ham and a salted duck egg like a storm, Fan Jun said enviously: "No wonder Deputy Director Wang is so blessed, he always has good teeth, good appetite, and delicious food." ”

"Don't be jealous of me." Wang Xiangjun swallowed what was in his mouth, patted his thick belly, took a sip of warm boiled water, and said, "I'm planning to lose weight!" ”

"Don't be cheap, how much food did the people use to fatten your body, wouldn't it be a pity to lose it. If you have nothing to do, you can often go out for a walk, and let everyone see the superiority of socialism. ”

"Old Fan, don't always make fun of me, if I embody the superiority of socialism in this way, then your appearance is to discredit socialism. In fact, some of us are similar in some places, you are a stomach ulcer, I am a stomach loss, you want to gain weight, I want to lose meat, people can sympathize with the same disease, we should go on a blind date with different diseases. ”

When he goes out, Zheng Shaowei is very strict with his subordinates in work and life, and he laughs and jokes about them together, and even tells some jokes that are not too high-quality, but he does not stop them. The outside life is monotonous, and everyone is lively together, which can enliven the atmosphere.

The train stopped at a small station next to a county seat, where three military off-road jeeps were parked, and five or six servicemen in civilian clothes stood in a neat row, waiting under the sleeper cars.

"Chief of Staff, the train is an hour and a half late, and time is running out in the morning, let's go to the military office for lunch first, and then go to the first scene of our preselection, okay?" Before getting into the car, Director Zhang of the Joint Logistics Department of the Military Region asked Zheng Shaowei for his opinion.

"No, it's still according to the original plan, when to watch the first scene and when to eat."

The car drove off the road and traced its way up the river beach.

There is not much water in the river trough, and it is so dark that primary school students can practice writing large characters with a brush dipped in paper, and the grass that drinks to quench their thirst next to the black water shakes the withered yellow leaves, as if it is helplessly crying out for help to the sky. There is a dirt road covered with bunkers and cobblestones on the river beach, and the big trucks and tractors of the common people usually walk, and the military jeeps danced on it today.

Minister Zhang introduced to Zheng Shaowei: "We are now taking a shortcut, if the location of the new base is chosen here, and the main road is on the other side of the mountain, this trail can be used as a detour in the future." The site we pre-selected has good terrain conditions, the mountains are thick, and they are all granite, which is very suitable for building combat readiness facilities. The place is close to the river, the water source is abundant, the upstream is not polluted, and the water quality is relatively good. Walking in the other direction, it is not too far from the railway and trunk roads, which is convenient for water, electricity and road links, so we take it as the first plan. ”

"What about the size of the land?" Zheng Shaowei asked with concern.

"The three ravines adjacent to the pre-selected area can be used, and the two ravines on both sides can be used as test areas and storage areas respectively. There is a small hill at the mouth of one of the ditches in the middle, which can be used as living quarters for the base after being bulldozed. Minister Zhang replied seriously.

"What's the social environment like?" Chief of Staff Guan then asked.

"This is exactly the unfavorable factor I want to report to you, there are several small gold mines near the pre-selected area, there are more people coming and going, the composition is more complicated, and the social order is correspondingly chaotic, this place is known as 'Little Hong Kong'." After Minister Zhang finished speaking, he felt that something was inappropriate, and immediately added: "What I said was the statement of some people before 1997. ”

The car stopped at the foot of a hill.

"The only way we can get a car here," explains Minister Zhang, "is that we walk through the living quarters of the mine, and on a hillside above we can see the whole view of the mouth of the three ravines." ”

Everyone followed Minister Zhang and walked up.

The living quarters of the mine are nothing more than a stretch of low-rise houses and shops, littered with garbage and flies.

"Aren't all the people in the gold mine very rich, why do they still live in such a broken house?" Wang Xiangjun asked Minister Zhang in confusion. (To be continued.) )