Chapter 24 Eight, four dishes and one soup
Shi Cunshan finally figured out the identity of the floating corpse that floated down from the upper reaches of the Heihe River. After the autopsy report came out, with the cooperation of the Huangxian Public Security Bureau, it was verified that the name of the deceased was Wei Xiaoliu. He was a farmer in Tiangou Township, Huangxian County. He worked and was a mine thief.
Shi Cunshan personally made a phone call with Huang Yuewen, director of the Huangxian Public Security Bureau. Huang Yuewen analyzed that the deceased Wei Xiaoliu was an accomplice of the pirate leader Wei Guoshan. Wei Xiaoliu was killed due to uneven distribution of the spoils. Currently, the Huangxian Public Security Bureau is arresting the suspect. Wei Guoshan.
After a period of investigation, Shi Cunshan felt that the case was not as simple as Huang Yuewen said, because since it was a gang of ore thieves, it was impossible for there to be only two thieves. Shi Cunshan became more vigilant when he remembered what Deng Dahai told him. He pushed the door of Deputy Mayor Deng's office early in the morning, and the two of them almost bumped into each other.
"Shi Cunshan, what are you doing in such a hurry early in the morning?"
"Director Deng, you have to go out!" Shi Cunshan was the only person in the Municipal Public Security Bureau who didn't address Deng Dahai and Mayor Deng.
"Yeah, Mayor Xia is going to Huang County to inspect the work, let me accompany you, you come at a good time, let's go together, and see if there is anything tricky about Huangxian Molybdenum Mine, I always feel that last time He Zhendong invited us to dinner, Zhang Tienan It's a little bit like there is no silver three hundred taels here, no wonder, the molybdenum mine is too lucrative, I'm afraid some people will be blinded by money. Cunshan, Mayor Xia went to Huangxian very low-key this time, and did not notify They, you may gain a lot if you follow, but there is one thing, talk less and observe more! Tell us about Wei Xiaoliu's case."
Deng Dahai locked the door while talking. In the elevator, Shi Cunshan briefly reported Wei Xiaoliu's case.
In the compound of the municipal government parked a leading vehicle of the Police Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and a minibus parked behind it, as the leaders of Xia Wentian, Deng Dahai, Shi Cunshan, the General Office of the Municipal Government, the Safety Supervision Bureau, and the Mineral Resources Office. When getting in the car, Deputy Mayor He Zhendong stood in front of the window of his office, watched the two cars drive out of the city hall compound, then smiled contemptuously, turned around, picked up the phone on his desk, and notified Huang County County Party Secretary Zhang Tienan.
Zhang Tienan, Secretary of the Huangxian County Party Committee, Niu Lushan, the county magistrate, and others were not in disorder in the face of Xia Wentian's sudden attack. After everything was arranged, the two led Wang Hansheng, Huang Yuewen, and others to meet the city leaders at the county boundary highway.Xia Wentian was sitting in the minibus, and he saw a row of cars and a bunch of people at the intersection of the county boundary highway from a long distance away.
"Dahai, it seems that someone has tipped off the news!" Xia Wentian said with a gloomy face.
"Wen Tian, I've thought about it a long time ago, even if you come here in a private visit in a bullock cart, they will know about it." Deng Dahai jokingly said.
"Why are they so powerful?" Xia Wentian asked alertly.
"Wen Tian, don't forget that there are two deputy mayors in Huang County, especially Deputy Mayor He loves Huang County officials even more!" Deng Dahai said teasingly.
"Why, you suspect it's a letter from Zhendongtou?" Xia Wentian asked.
"Isn't it? You'll know sooner or later."
"Cunshan, make a call to the lead car, and don't stop when you get to the county boundary, go directly to the mine." Xia Wentian said with a dark face, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became dull.
The leading car and minibus roared past Zhang Tienan, Niu Lushan and others, which caught Zhang Tienan and Niu Lushan by surprise. The two looked at each other and felt very embarrassed. Zhang Tienan waved his hand, and everyone got on the bus , A row of cars followed.
Under the guidance of the leading vehicle, a row of small cars behind the minibus became a veritable convoy.Those who knew that Mayor Xia came to Huang County to inspect the work, but those who didn't know thought it was the central government leaders who came to inspect Huang County!Xia Wentian was full of anger.
When the convoy stopped at the foot of the mine, another group of people held a red banner, which read: "Warmly welcome Mayor Xia Wentian to the mine to inspect and guide the work!" The leader was Luo Xiaomei, chairman of Roche.
"Wen Tian, it seems that your sudden attack will return in vain!" Deng Dahai laughed.
"The sea, since it's here, it's at peace. I'd like to see what kinds of tricks Zhang Tienan and Niu Lushan have."
After Xia Wentian finished speaking, she was the first to get off the minibus, and Luo Xiaomei greeted her with a peachy face.
"Mayor Xia and Mayor Deng, I really didn't expect that you would come to the mine for inspection and guidance in your busy schedule. On behalf of all the staff of the mine, I warmly welcome you!"
After Luo Xiaomei finished speaking enthusiastically, she took the lead in applauding, and the crowd followed suit.
"Are you...?" Xia Wentian asked gently, not knowing Luo Xiaomei.
"Mayor Xia, she is Luo Xiaomei, chairman of Roche Molybdenum Mining Co., Ltd., a well-known private entrepreneur in Huang County." Zhang Tienan hurried over to introduce.
Xia Wentian suddenly remembered what Huang Hanchen said to him in Beijing. It seems that the beautiful woman in front of him is not simple. Could it be that she is the local snake that Huang Hanchen said?Xia Wentian glanced at Luo Xiaomei's bright smile, but he couldn't connect with the word "land snake".
"Chairman Luo, let's go to the mine and have a look."
Luo Xiaomei led the way, and everyone followed Xia Wentian up the mountain.Along the way, the miners wore hard hats and neatly dressed and applauded to welcome Xia Wentian. There were signs promoting safe production everywhere. When they came to a well, Xia Wentian stopped.
"Chairman Luo, let's go down the well and have a look." Xia Wentian said peacefully.
"Mayor Xia, the underground conditions are limited, so let me report to you." Luo Xiaomei stopped.
"That's right, Mayor Xia, the mine is in production, and it's full of smog, let President Luo report to you!" Niu Lushan persuaded.
"Why, isn't it safe underground?" Xia Wentian asked meaningfully.
"Safe, absolutely safe, Mayor Xia, a mine like Huang County that has never had a safety accident is unique in the country." Zhang Tienan said with a smile on his face.
"Well, since it's safe, Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Niu, how about we go down to condolences to the comrades of the miners?"
Seeing that Luo Xiaomei couldn't persuade them, they had to issue a hard hat to each of them. Xia Wentian put on the hard hat, and walked into the alleyway under the guidance of Luo Xiaomei, Luo Hu and others.
This is a nearly 3,000-meter-long roadway, and the working face is nearly 100 meters underground. It looks like a well-managed well, well-ventilated, well-equipped, brightly lit, and the miners are working hard.
"Masters, please stop for a moment. Mayor Xia and Deputy Mayor Deng are here to see you!" Luo Xiaomei shouted loudly.
The miners stopped what they were doing and gathered shyly.
"Master workers, you have worked hard. Mayor Deng and I came to see you. The municipal party committee and government have been thinking about you all the time. I came today to find out whether your working environment is safe and whether your wages can be received in time. Does the mine owe everyone wages?"
"No!" said the miners in unison.
Seeing this scene, Deng Dahai and Shi Cunshan looked at each other.
"I am very pleased to see that you can work in a safe working environment. As you all know, the situation of safe production in the country is very serious, especially mine accidents occur from time to time. Those lost lives and the sad faces of their families remind us that safe production It is more important than Mount Tai. I will come to visit you often in the future, and I hope you can tell me what is on your mind in time, okay?"
After Xia Wentian finished speaking, he shook hands with the miners one by one.
When he came up from the mine, Zhang Tienan said flatteringly: "Mayor Xia, you are the second city leader from Dongzhou to go down into the mine."
"Then who is the first one?"
"The new Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhou."
"Comrade Yongnian has been to Huang County?" Xia Wentian asked in surprise.
"Yes, I came here half a month ago. It's just a private visit."
"Zhang Tienan, this time I have learned your supernatural powers. According to you, Comrade Yongnian is here, and you also got the news in advance?"
"Mayor Xia, now is the information age, leading cadres who don't know how to engage in information will definitely not be able to do their jobs well. Mayor Xia, what else do you want to see?"
"Don't watch anything!" Xia Wentian thought to himself, it's useless to watch, you, Zhang Tienan, have already prepared, "It's better to go to the county, tell me and I will listen."
In the county committee meeting room, Xia Wentian listened to the report as a matter of routine, and stayed at the county hotel in Qiancha Town at night.Zhang Tienan is very cunning, he knows that Xia Wentian and Deng Dahai are not city leaders who like to eat and drink, so the work meal at night really used their brains.
When Xia Wentian and Deng Dahai walked into the private room of the restaurant, they were attracted by a painting on the wall. After everyone sat down, Xia Wentian smiled and asked: "Zhang Tienan, does the painting on the wall seem to be about Zhu Yuanzhang?
"Mayor Xia has good eyesight. This painting shows the origin of the four dishes and one soup." Zhang Tienan said smugly.
"Oh, so there have been four dishes and one soup since the Yuan Dynasty?" Xia Wentian asked with interest.
"No!" Zhang Tienan said seriously, "One year after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, there was a natural disaster, and the food harvests in various places were in short supply. , Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been begging for food, was very annoyed by this and determined to rectify it. One day, it happened to be the Queen's birthday celebration, and Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the occasion when the ministers came to celebrate the birthday, and deliberately set up a banquet with simple tea and light meals to alert civil and military officials. When more than a dozen tables were seated, Taizu ordered the maids to serve the dishes. The first dish was fried radish, radish, and hundreds of herbs. There is a folk saying that "when the radish is on the market, the medicine shop is closed"; the second dish is Stir-fried leeks, which are full of vitality and evergreen in all seasons, symbolize the long-term stability of the country; then there are two large bowls of green vegetables, which means that officials are clean and clean, and their sleeves are clean; finally, a very ordinary green onion tofu soup is served. After the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang announced in public:' From now on, guests can only serve four dishes and one soup when entertaining guests. The Queen’s birthday banquet this time is an example. Anyone who violates it will be severely punished.” Since then, the rule of four dishes and one soup has been passed down from the palace to the people. Let a famous artist of the County Cultural Center draw this picture and hang it here to remind the cadres and leaders in the county not to forget the four dishes and one soup."
Zhang Tienan finished speaking triumphantly, thinking that Xia Wentian, Deng Dahai and others would applaud him, but unexpectedly, Xia Wentian said with a sullen face: "There are so many models of honest government in history that future generations can learn from, why bother to aim at riding on the The old emperor who is on the head of the people goes to learn the scriptures, I am afraid that he has not learned the true scriptures, but he is contaminated with the domineering and extravagant spirit of the old emperor!"
"Mayor Xia is right, I will change into Hai Rui's tomorrow." Zhang Tienan said dejectedly.
"Okay, Zhang Tienan, first serve us the four dishes and one soup you prepared, and let's talk about filling our stomachs." Deng Dahai said impatiently.
"Mayor Xia and Mayor Deng, you came so suddenly that the county didn't have time to prepare anything, so let's eat some hot soup!" Niu Lushan said with a bitter face.
"Lao Niu, it's rare for Mayor Xia and I to have a meal together. Let Mayor Xia have a taste of your Huangxian's specialty ten-mile incense!" Deng Dahai said heartily.
Soon the dishes came up. Boiled chicken, braised carp, salted river prawns, lantern eggplant, stir-fried water spinach, and shredded dried tofu. A shock.
The waiter served a bowl for everyone, and Shi Cunshan took a sip with relish and asked, "Hey, Secretary Zhang, what kind of soup is this, so delicious?"
Zhang Tienan pretended not to know and asked Wang Hansheng beside him: "Old Wang, what kind of soup is this?"
"This is a delicacy soup, made with mushrooms, vermicelli, chicken and other ingredients, with some scallops and some traditional Chinese medicine added." Wang Hansheng said solemnly.
"Okay, it's a bit like Buddha jumping over the wall. It seems that Huang County not only has molybdenum mines, but also delicious food!" Xia Wentian also praised.
"Yes, Tie Nan, Qing Shan, quickly open the Ten Miles Fragrance, let us taste it!" Deng Dahai urged impatiently.
The waiter brought a jug of wine, opened the sealed mud cover, and immediately the wine was fragrant, and everyone poured a glass.
Zhang Tienan raised his glass and said: "Mayor Xia, Mayor Deng, leaders, on behalf of the people of the whole county, I would like to offer you a toast!"
Everyone had to drink it up.
Xia Wentian was not good at drinking, so he only took a sip.
Deng Dahai was bold, drank it all down, and was full of praise after drinking it: "Tie Nan and Lu Shan both said that Huangxian Shilixiang is good, but I have never had a chance to taste it. Not to mention, it really tastes like Moutai."
"Director Huang, is Wei Guoshan missing?" Shi Cunshan asked while eating.
"Not yet, but this kid's desire to steal mines has never died. I have ordered the police to pay close attention to the movement of the mine. As long as this kid dares to show up, no one will run away." Huang Yuewen said vowedly.
"Director Huang, since it's a mining gang, it's impossible that there are only Wei Guoshan and Wei Xiaoliu, and the other gang members haven't been caught?" Shi Cunshan continued to ask.
"No, these boys are very ghostly, and they will disappear as soon as the wind blows. To be honest, the mine is too big, and it is difficult to watch it to the death. Since Secretary Zhang took office, more than 200 hidden pits have been sealed up. The County Public Security Bureau has arranged more than 150 police officers to patrol and guard to strictly prevent unauthorized production and illegal mining of resources. But even if all 150 police officers are in place, they have to work in groups of three to 'operate in four shifts and three times'. At most, twelve groups are patrolling at the same time, which is obviously not enough for more than two hundred pits." Huang Yuewen showed a powerless expression.
"Is theft of mines rampant here?" Xia Wentian asked suddenly.
"That's right, Mayor Xia, the reason why the ore thieves took the risk is because gold and silver are piled up underground. In the past two years, the price of molybdenum ore has risen from 20,000 yuan per ton to 220,000 yuan per ton. Going down to the mine, one day’s illegal mining of mineral resources can be sold for one or two hundred yuan, and those organizers of private mining and illegal mining and purchasers of ore processing plants earn even more. Since this year, the Huangxian Public Security Bureau alone has arrested There are more than 80 illegal illegal harvesters in criminal detention, and more than 600 people have been punished by public security. The Wei Guoshan gang has always been the target of our focus, but this gang of thieves is different from other gangs. They are too cunning and escaped several times. Already." Huang Yuewen said eloquently.
"I've heard that some mine owners can make hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars a day in production profits. Here, it's like child's play for mine owners who get rich overnight to buy a Ferrari worth two million yuan. Yes, it costs hundreds of thousands of yuan to hire big names. Some people gamble heavily in Macau, and they don’t even blink when they lose millions of yuan at a time. Tie Nan, Qing Shan, I solemnly remind you that mine owners are never allowed to make a fortune in Huang County , miners were killed, and the government paid the bill!" Xia Wentian said seriously.
"Mayor Xia is right. I am in charge of safe production. I also want to remind you to use various methods to repeatedly emphasize the danger of stopping underground mining. Those foremen who organize farmers from other places to go down the mine without authorization must be punished according to law. It is necessary to mobilize the masses, carry out award-winning reports, and really cast clairvoyant eyes and ears." Deng Dahai interjected.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
On the way back to the provincial capital the next morning, Xia Wentian was still boasting about the delicious mountain soup last night.
Deng Dahai laughed and said, "Wentian, do you really think it's a delicacy soup?"
"Why, Dahai, is it fake?" Xia Wentian asked suspiciously.
"Although the abalone, shark's fin, scallop, sea cucumber, and fish maw are chopped, they can still be eaten. I think the Shanzhen soup last night is Buddha jumping over the wall."
"No wonder the fans are so short, could it be shark's fin?"
"Of course it's shark's fin. Not only is the soup like Buddha jumping over the wall, but the wine is not Shilixiang. It's Moutai poured in advance." Deng Dahai said without hesitation.
"I didn't think about it at all, Dahai, you are really a veritable chief of public security, so why didn't you point it out last night?" Xia Wentian asked puzzled.
"Wen Tian, I think the situation in Huang County is very abnormal. I asked Cun Shan and the others to set a long line and report to you after catching a big fish."
Deng Dahai's words made Xia Wentian's heart tense, thinking, what kind of person is Zhang Tienan?Things are done seamlessly, and people are dragged into the water without anyone noticing.
Since Xia Wentian dropped out of school to become a politician, he discovered that quite a few veteran officials like Zhang Tienan are nothing but official bastards. These people think about black hats all day long, how could they serve the common people wholeheartedly?
Xia Wentian looked at the green field outside the car window, lost in thought...