The second coal mine that Yu Zhenhuan wanted to acquire was forty kilometers away from the county seat, in a place called Tongliao Township.

The coal mine is the fifth largest in the province, with more than 2,000 front-line workers.

Located at the foot of the main mine of the No. 2 Mine, there are tens of thousands of people living in the miners' resettlement area, which is even several times more than the urban population of Tongliao Township.

The No. 2 Mine is a state-owned enterprise, and the resettlement area is within the jurisdiction of the mining area, so the local government has no control over it, and even the security of the resettlement area is under the responsibility of the No. 2 Mine Security Section, not the township police station.

With the increasing population of the resettlement area, the situation of illegal construction in the resettlement area is also very serious, and the resettlement area is collective land, so the management has not stopped this situation, after all, there is no family planning at this time, most families have five or six children, and if they do not build houses, they really can't live in one family.

As far as the eye can see, there are countless houses crowded together in the resettlement area, and the level of chaos is as high as that of the housing estates on Hong Kong Island.

The east wind of reform and opening up has just swept up and has not yet blown across the land of China, and the gap between the rich and the poor in China has not yet widened, and the simplicity of the planned economy is still maintained.

Although Zhao Hai is the third-in-command of this large enterprise of thousands of people, his living conditions are not advantageous compared with other workers, and his salary is not even higher than that of some long-term underground workers.

At noon on this day, the main mine found a new coal seam, and in order to celebrate, the mine specially slaughtered three big fat pigs to celebrate.

For this reason, Zhao Hai did not stay in the mine to eat in the canteen at noon that day, but brought back his share of food and rode a bicycle back to his home.

Zhao Hai's youngest son, who is just 11 years old this year, suddenly fainted and fell to the ground when he was in a physical education class at a primary school in the mining area a while ago, and was found to have acquired heart disease.

Zhao Hai has six children, but the top five are all daughters, and this youngest son is naturally regarded by him as the pearl of his palm, so he deliberately brought the braised pork back to his home under the condition of improving the food.

"Son, look what delicious food Dad brought you back!"

Zhao Hai walked into the yard with a lunch box, and before he could speak, he shouted first, and when he opened the curtain and entered the house, he found that the child was sitting on the sofa eating canned food.

The youngest son saw Zhao Hai enter the door and grinned: "Dad, you're back!" ”

"Ahh Your mother bought this canned food for you? ”

Zhao Hai saw his son eating canned food, and asked in some surprise.

It's not because I feel sorry for money, but because canned fruit is an absolute luxury in this era, especially in Tongliao Township, which is located in a remote area, unless it is a New Year's holiday, otherwise the supply and marketing cooperatives will not buy these goods.

The youngest son grinned: "It wasn't given to me by my mother, it was given to me by my uncle." ”

"Uncle? What uncle? ”

When Zhao Hai heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and his first reaction was that his wife had cheated.

Usually Zhao Hai works in the mine, and rarely goes home, if it weren't for the improved food in the factory today, he still wouldn't come back.

In this case, a strange man came to the house and brought a rare thing like canned fruit to the child, which must have a plan.

Without waiting for his youngest son to answer, Lu Zonghao, who rushed back from the public toilet outside, opened the door curtain and entered the house, and Zhao Hai's youngest son also pointed at him and said, "It's the snack that this uncle bought me!" There are not only canned food, but also peach crisp, milk powder, and toffee, but they are all locked in the cabinet by my mother! ”

As soon as Zhao Hai saw Lu Zonghao, he knew that he was wrong, because he was in his forties this year, and his daughter-in-law was also a yellow-faced woman, but Lu Zonghao was young, and the young man was also white and clean, so it was impossible for him to worry about it.

Lu Zonghao saw Zhao Hai looking at himself with curious eyes, and showed a smile: "Hello Mine Chief Zhao, my name is Lu Zonghao, I am a friend of Mr. Yu Zhenhuan, I was entrusted by him to come to the Second Mine to do research, he asked me to come directly to you, and said that your relationship should not be made public, so I didn't go to your unit, but took the liberty to come to the house, if you disturb, I hope to forgive me." ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are a friend of Boss Yu! You may be seated! ”

After listening to Lu Zonghao's introduction, Zhao Hai began to greet Lu Zonghao warmly: "My family is too ignorant of the rules, and there are people in the family, and they don't even pour a cup of tea!" ”

"When I came just now, my sister-in-law found that the tea at home was gone, and said that she would go out to buy tea, and come back from buying vegetables by the way, leaving me to eat at home."

Lu Zonghao paused: "Mine Chief Zhao, I brought wine over, and I will have a meal here with you at noon, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

"Convenient! Of course it's convenient! You are a friend of Boss Yu, that is the savior of our Second Mine! I just came back from cooking at noon, so let's have a good chat. ”

When Zhao Hai learned Lu Zonghao's identity, his attitude became enthusiastic.

Half an hour later, Lu Zonghao and Zhao Hai sat at the wine table together.

Zhao Hai helped Lu Zonghao pour a glass of liquor, and said with some embarrassment: "Boss Lu, I know that you are from a big place, the conditions in our mining area are difficult, and the wine and vegetarian dishes are thin, and the hospitality is not good!" ”

"Mine Chief Zhao is polite, I'm here to talk about business, that's good."

Lu Zonghao picked up the wine glass and touched Zhao Hai lightly: "Mine Chief Zhao, Mr. Yu said that you are his most trusted person, so if I don't need to detour with you if I have anything to say, then I will say it directly!" Before meeting you, I had already met Mr. Yu with Zhang Kecheng, but he gave me the feeling that he didn't seem to want to promote this cooperation! ”

"It's not that I don't want to promote it, but I don't want to promote Mr. Yu's investment."

Zhao Hai lowered his voice: "Zhang Kecheng originally had a wife, but his wife's background was not good, Zhang Kecheng was promoted, chose to cut off relations with his wife, and never married a wife again, but in fact, he still has a little wife and gave birth to a son to him!" As far as I know, after Caiyuan Mining's decision to invest in the second mine was made, his illegitimate son was sent to the United States to study! Zhang Kecheng's monthly salary is only fifty-six and a half yuan, do you think that with his financial resources, he may be able to afford an international student? ”

Lu Zonghao nodded clearly: "If this is the case, then the relationship between the two of them, I'm afraid it's not as simple as intent to cooperate, but some kind of private agreement has been reached!" ”

"Let me tell you this, if Zhang Kecheng wasn't afraid of introducing the Caiyuan Chamber of Commerce and triggering a workers' riot, he would have announced it a long time ago!"

Zhao Hai took a sip of liquor: "He asked Yu Zhenhuan to come over, just to stabilize the workers and suppress the rumors that Lin Shuihong was going to be introduced!" ”

[I received a notice from the editor that the book was not doing well in the channel and that the update was suspended.] Recently, several books have been written in a mess, my brain is messy, my heart is tired, I am ready to rest for a few days, and then I will start writing the third part of the Jianghu series, and return to my old business, and the specific situation will be notified in WeChat and QQ groups. 】