On Saturday, Pu Tiancheng pushed away a few official matters, called Deputy Secretary-General Cao Xiaoan, and called his old friend Zheng Binyuan, saying that he wanted to see the two old leaders, Zheng Binyuan said Okay, I will accompany the leaders.

The two old leaders met Pu Tiancheng when he was working in Guishan, and they had feelings and friendships. One was the deputy secretary of the county party committee at the time, and he is now in his eighties. The other was the head of the Jidong Military Division at that time, who had worked under Pukequn, of course, Pukequn might not be able to know him, the distance between them was too great, just like the current commander of the military region and a company commander at the grassroots level below. However, this old leader admires and even worships Pukequn, and according to current words, he is a staunch and loyal fan of Pukequn. When Pu Tiancheng was in Guishan, every weekend, the chief would send a car to take him to the military subdivision, and when he went, he would endlessly talk about the events of the year, and Pu Tiancheng would be enthusiastic. The memory of my father is deepened again and again in the narration of these people, and it cannot be erased.

Now the two old leaders live in the retreat center.

"Just going?" After getting in the car, Zheng Binyuan asked. Zheng Binyuan always accompanied Pu Tiancheng to the dry rest house, he had no memory of the past, and his feelings for these old babies were far less deep than Pu Tiancheng, but as Pu Tiancheng's companion, he knew how to respect these old people.

"If you don't go like this, how can you go, you, the deputy director, refuse to bleed." Pu Tiancheng made a joke.

"If you want to let it go, there is no blood, if you want to let it go, you still want to let it go, the leader is thick, and there is more blood than our people."

"It's over!" Pu Tiancheng scolded lightly, and felt that he shouldn't be stern today, so he loosened his brows and said, "Then you stab it and see, if there is no blood, I will admit it." Zheng Binyuan also felt that what he said just now was too much, and took urgent measures: "I'm not as high-minded as a leader, okay, let it go, I'll make a call and ask them to send the gifts." ”

"It's late." Pu Tiancheng laughed sarcastically.

"I said, how can there be something that the leader doesn't think through."

In private, the two still maintain the style of old friends, and they are not taboo at all when they say what they should say. After Zheng Binyuan arrived at the Industry and Information Technology Commission, he has made great progress in all aspects, in fact, people are muddy, put him in the mold to squeeze and build, it is really not possible to set fire to the refining, I am not afraid that he will not be formed. Pu Tiancheng was deeply gratified by this, a few days ago he talked to Qu Miaoqi on the phone, and mentioned their remarriage again, Qu Miaoqi said, soon, thank you for worrying about us. Pu Tiancheng just wanted to say a few more words, but Qu Miaoqi's sarcastic words arrived. Qu Miaoqi said: "I always hated him for not being a weapon, and I felt far from you, but now I found out that he is still pure, lovely, and unpolluted." Pu Tiancheng couldn't cry or laugh, since he asked Qu Miaoqi to do the accounting, Qu Miaoqi's criticism and sarcasm have not stopped, once I saw a speech by Pu Tiancheng on the Internet, and I called in the middle of the night and asked: "You say those lies, why is your face not red at all, are you all refining essential oils one by one, or lies are your mother tongue?" He was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. These two couples, divorced and have such a stinky temper, if they remarry in the future, it will be like double smoking old soy sauce.

The dry rest house is more than 30 kilometers away from the provincial capital, and Pu Tiancheng and they have been delayed for two hours in the dry rest house, and since they have gone, they have to walk from door to door, and those who know and don't know each other must shake hands, send a piece of care and blessings, and have a symbolic conversation with the leaders of the center. The old man and the old lady were very excited, but they didn't expect that Vice Governor Pu would go to comfort them on this day, and they had to talk to him a few more words, of course, what they said was the unfairness they had encountered, and their views on bad social phenomena. Why are you so dissatisfied now, when will the leader come down, and I can hear a voice of support like my father's generation, I'm afraid I will ......

Pu Tiancheng smiled and retracted his reverie.

By the time we returned, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Putian Chengchong driver said: "Take the second ring road and pass through Jin'an New Road." ”

The car drove smoothly on the road, and Pu Tiancheng closed his eyes slightly, pretending to take a nap. In fact, he couldn't sleep, he was thinking about things, and he was still hesitating, let Cao Xiaoan do this, is it okay?

An hour later, the car entered the city center, Jin'an New Road was remodeled the year before last, the old residents on both sides were moved, the road was expanded by 20 meters, it was much more beautiful than the original old Jin'an Road, and it was the landscape avenue of Haizhou at present. But in May last year, the road was artificially blocked. Responsible for the construction of the project is Yinhe Road and Bridge Engineering Group. Jin'an New Road has been delivered, and it suddenly broke out that the Galaxy Group only got 30% of the project money, and the rest of the money is said to have been withheld by the engineering department for no reason. Later, there were many rumors, and it was said that the winning bidder of Jin'an New Road was not Galaxy Group, but Dahe Group. It is also said that it is the Municipal Road Engineering Corporation, in short, it is not the Galaxy Group. Jin'an new road was blocked for half a month, negative news have been raised, the relevant departments of the province and city went into battle to coordinate and solve the dispute over the construction of the project, but the boss of the Galaxy Group, Wang Yinhe, put on a strong attitude of not seeing the rabbit and not scattering the eagle, and threatened that as long as the project money is in arrears, the road will not be opened. Suddenly, one day, Pu Tiancheng heard that the Haizhou police took Wang Yinhe away for investigation in the name of suspected fraud and tax evasion. A few months later, the CEOs of the other three enterprises came out, two of them paid back taxes, and the other was finally found to be falsely accused, but Wang Yinhe was found to have evaded taxes as high as 320 million yuan in the past five years, and the case caused a sensation in Haizhou for a while, and then attracted the attention of Haidong's high-level officials. Later, Lu Bo clearly instructed at the relevant meeting that it must be strictly investigated to the end, and the tax owed must be recovered without missing a cent.

Wang Yinhe is still in it, and the Galaxy Group has been seized by relevant departments, and this road is naturally open.

"Bin Yuan, this road is very well built." Pu Tiancheng admired the buildings on both sides of the road and said with interest.

"Of course it's good, in order to build a road, a big group is gone, can it not be good?" Zheng Binyuan didn't know Pu Tiancheng's scheming, and every time he mentioned this road, he would complain, which was also his stinky habit of intellectuals.

"Where are there so many complaints, just build the road well, what do you say, Xiao'an?"

Cao Xiaoan, who had been sitting in the front, was a little puzzled today, and always felt that Pu Tiancheng had something to do with him today, not just to accompany him to the retreat center. But along the way, Pu Tiancheng regarded him as non-existent, which made him more and more suspicious, this time Pu Tiancheng finally talked to him, he cleared his throat, but it was not easy to answer positively, because this road is very sensitive in Haidong, and it is even more sensitive to him Cao Xiaoan. Wang Yinhe's wife is Cao Xiaoan's college classmate, and the two had a relationship during college. Last year, this road was blocked, Lu Bo didn't know where to hear about this relationship, through Yu Chuanqing asked him to come forward to do work for Wang Yinhe's family, because the work was unfavorable, Yu Chuanqing was unhappy, Lu Bo was even more unhappy, once he toasted Lu Bo at a banquet, Lu Bo didn't look at him, pretended to miss and knocked the wine glass he was holding to the ground, making him very embarrassed. Pu Tiancheng suddenly asked about this, which surprised him and frightened him, and he hesitated for a while, and said, "The governor is right. ”

"Why do you take it slowly, do you think I'm too bureaucratic?" Although Pu Tiancheng smiled, his tone of speech was obviously different from just now.

Without waiting for Cao Xiao'an to answer, Zheng Binyuan spoke first: "It's not just a bureaucrat, this road is wrong, every time I walk, I feel that it is stained red with blood." ”

"What do you mean?!" Pu Tiancheng suddenly asked solemnly.

Zheng Binyuan seems to be a good plan with Putian, in fact, no, this is Zheng Binyuan's character, when the old cadres and old chiefs of the cadre retreat complained about their grievances and vented their dissatisfaction, he was already excited, and he wanted to say something at that time, but he felt that the occasion was wrong, so he endured it. Waiting for this road, thinking of many rumors on this road, the nerve in his brain couldn't be tensed, and this made Pu Tiancheng ask like this, so he simply opened his stomach, regardless of the complaining and dissatisfaction in the bag. In fact, how did he know that this was all carefully considered by Pu Tiancheng, and asking him to accompany him to the dry rest house was to let him brew emotions.

Pu Tiancheng's face darkened.

It's dark.

He asked the driver to send him to the Guangming Mansion and asked Cao Xiaoan to go up with him. Cao Xiaoan was frightened, and kept complaining about Zheng Binyuan in his heart, and he broke into trouble by himself but slipped away, you are vomiting quickly, what about me?

Cao Xiaoan cautiously followed Pu Tiancheng into the room, subconsciously wiped the table, made tea for Pu Tiancheng, and also made a cup for himself, and then stood there and waited.

Silent.

Pu Tiancheng was silent for half an hour, grabbed the water cup and took a sip, put it down, glanced at Cao Xiao'an, and was silent for a while before asking, "Is this really the case Xiao'an?" ”

Cao Xiaoan still couldn't bear Pu Tiancheng's thoughts, so he didn't dare to answer rashly, but he couldn't help but answer. After being embarrassed for a while, he said, "Director Zheng is not open-mouthed. ”

"What about you, I heard you intervened at the time?"

"Governor ......"

"I'm not blaming you, I'm trying to know the truth!" Pu Tiancheng raised his voice sharply.

"Secretary Lu knows my relationship with Yang Xuemei, so he ......" Cao Xiaoan lowered his head, and his voice couldn't be lower.

"Where is Yang Xuemei now?"

"I don't know, I haven't contacted her for a long time."

"Can you find it?"

Cao Xiao'an's heart palpitated, could it?

"What are you hesitating about, I ask if you can find it!"

"If you look for it, you will find it." Cao Xiaoan finally understood and said heavily.

"Can you guarantee it?"

"Yes!"

"What about when you find it?" Pu Tiancheng asked coldly again, and stopped Cao Xiaoan. yes, what about when you find it?

After a while, Pu Tiancheng said: "Xiao An, I know that this matter is complicated, very complicated, to some extent, it is not for you and me to intervene, but ......"

"The governor is right."

"I haven't finished speaking, I can't hear this, but you said you heard it, can you pretend to be deaf and dumb?"

Cao Xiaoan shook his head.

"And you, you are the deputy secretary general of the provincial **, and the outside world says that you are my universal person, and the matter of the old classmate, can you really close your eyes and let it go?"

"Governor ......"

"I won't give you an answer to this matter, everything is up to you, whether to investigate or not, how to investigate, and to what extent it depends on your political experience. By the way, this is not a task, nor is it a work that must be done, conscience, our conscience as a human being, understand, Xiao An? ”

"I understand, Governor." Cao Xiaoan already had something in his eyes.

"You have to think before you act, you're the deputy secretary general now, and you have countless pairs of eyes on everything you do. Besides, this matter must be very difficult, and I am afraid that you will have no determination and no way. ”

"I can't guarantee nine times out of ten, but ......"

"If you want to do it, you must be nine out of ten, no, ten out of 100!"

"Governor, I see."

"Okay, you go back, it's your own business after you go out, and it has nothing to do with anyone, you should have this political consciousness, right?"

"Please rest assured, what to do Xiao An, Xiao An will not let you down."

After speaking, Cao Xiaoan resolutely turned around and walked out of the office that made him uneasy and impulsive, and then, his fate was completely in his own hands.

Pu Tiancheng rested for two days, and he felt like he had fought a breakout battle, and he was a little exhausted. On the third day, Yu Chuanqing came to the door and said that Governor Fang invited him.

It has been a period of time since the second promotion meeting of the province's economic work was held, but the economic work has not improved, which makes Fang Nanchuan depressed. Looking for Pu Tiancheng is to ask for a solution from Pu Tiancheng.

"I have to get out of the horse like you, a veteran, I see that my new horse can't pull this car for the time being." Fang Nanchuan said.

"I don't blame you, it's because the car is too heavy, and the parts everywhere are not easy to use." Pu Tiancheng said thoughtfully.

"I'll tell you the truth, I've been a little anxious lately, and if the economy continues like this, this year's goal will become empty words, and I won't be able to remove this code on my head then." Fang Nanchuan really made a look of being anxious for himself. Pu Tiancheng smiled: "How can it be so serious, the governor is too modest." ”

"Don't be the old governor and governor, I'm not used to it, I'm a little brother in front of you, so I humbly ask for advice." Fang Nanchuan sat down opposite Pu Tiancheng, and his face really had the expression of a little brother.

Pu Tiancheng naturally couldn't pretend anymore, and said frankly: "Say, what do you need me to do, the economy is a stagnant pool, and I, an assistant, are also responsible." ”

"Let's not review, I think so, recently you led a team to go down to a comprehensive inspection of key enterprises and key cities and counties, urge, encourage the following, and burn the fire. In Haidong, it is still your Tiancheng Governor's words that work, as soon as you go, their power will be there. ”

"The governor said so, I can't afford it." Pu Tiancheng looked at Fang Nanchuan with a smile, he was studying the sincerity on Fang Nanchuan's face.

"I'm telling the truth, no jokes, and no ulterior motives." Fang Nanchuan suddenly stood up, moved to the window, and stared out of the window for a long time before turning around and saying, "I didn't mean to elevate you at all, nor did I intend to exaggerate your role, Haidong is not impossible without you, but the work will suffer considerable losses." This is a conclusion I have come to after I have been in Haidong for so long. Of course, many leaders have emphasized this to me before, but everything can only be convincing if it is summed up by yourself. I earnestly beg you to lay down your baggage, travel lightly, and join me in moving the giant ship of Haidong, and let it run a little faster, a little faster. ”

"The governor is serious." Pu Tiancheng also stood up, his eyes squirmed on Fang Nanchuan's face, Fang Nanchuan's face was illuminated by the sun at this time, it looked clear, translucent, and glowing with the luster of the sun. Pu Tiancheng was infected, and his throat seemed to move a few times, but he didn't speak again. Fang Nanchuan realized that he had made the atmosphere tense, and Lang laughed and said: "Look at me, why are you so sad and sad, with you Governor Pu here, what am I afraid of." Come, sit, you are a tea expert, there is just a pot of tea, please taste it. ”

Pu Tiancheng sat down again, and his heart seemed to be much more steady than just now. Fang Nanchuan personally held the lamp, his movements were elegant and skillful, which showed that he was also a veteran, and the room was soon filled with the fragrance of tea.

"Well, good tea, I've got a mouthful." Pu Tiancheng sniffed a few times and let out a sound of admiration.

The two chatted about some relaxing things while sipping tea, during which Fang Nanchuan mentioned several old leaders, all of whom were old comrades-in-arms and subordinates of Pu Tiancheng's father, and talked about the younger generation, some of whom were familiar with Pu Tiancheng, and some who were not very familiar, but they had all heard the names. chatted and chatted, and the conversation suddenly came to Dai Xiaoyi.

"Hey, there is something just to ask for your opinion, recently the central government has an intention, I want to select a group of young officials from most ministries and commissions, let them be suspended to the following to exercise, it can be regarded as cultivating reserve forces, I heard that Xiaoyi is also on the list, I want to send her to Haidong, what do you think?"

"It's a good thing, it's natural to squat on it all the time, and it's good for her to come down and taste some ups and downs." Pu Tiancheng said almost without hesitation. In fact, there is no need for him to hesitate in this kind of thing, it is estimated that Fang Nanchuan has already done the preliminary work, and now he will say it, first, to respect him, and secondly, to give him a favor.

"That's what I mean, too." Fang Nanchuan smiled, refilled the water for Pu Tiancheng, and said, "Since you also support it, then I will officially ask the central government for someone?" ”

"Then what are you hesitating about, you don't want anyone for expert-level talents."

The words made both of them laugh.

Back in his office, Pu Tiancheng's strongest feeling was that the run-in period between him and Fang Nanchuan had finally passed. Although Fang Nanchuan still refused to play his cards, at least, Fang Nanchuan opened his mind to him.