Chapter 4 The fourth chapter is clearly a dead game

For several days in a row, Heyang City was in shock.First, the leadership team of the Dongcheng District Court was dismissed collectively, and the relevant responsibility issues were investigated and dealt with by the district committee.Zuo Wei cried and looked for Qiang Wei many times, saying that he was really wronged, Xiao Kui's problem was not that he didn't want to investigate, but... "but what?" Qiang Wei, who had been looking out the window, suddenly looked back and asked sternly .Zuo Wei was startled, anxious, and almost slipped the tongue. Thanks to his knowledge and experience, seeing Qiang Wei glaring at him angrily, he changed his words and said: "Xiao Kui really died of a sudden illness. Jun and Sloppy have repeatedly explained that we have also gone to the train to get the certificate, and there is nothing wrong. It is those people who make use of the problem and want to destroy the stability and unity of Dongcheng District." How did you die, you don’t need to tell me, there will be a special case team to investigate. What you have to do now is to stay at home and write me an inspection.” “I will write the inspection, I must write it, I will check from the depths of my mind , Guaranteed to write deeply. But Secretary Qiang, is this dismissal too heavy?" "You mean that I shouldn't dismiss you?" Qiang Wei's face that had just warmed up became gloomy again.From the bottom of his heart, he hated this Zuo Wei, and he also hated this kind of people.They dominate the official positions, but they don't do official business. They use their brains to gain profits from morning to night, or use the power in their hands to get benefits everywhere.Most of the grievances of the common people are caused by such people.However, it is not so easy for you to remove such people from official positions.

Qiang Wei couldn't help but wryly smiled, laughing at his own absurdity, even daydreaming. "No, Secretary Qiang, what I mean is, can you give me a punishment first and let me make meritorious deeds..." Zuo Wei's face is really thick, thanks to him being able to say such words at this time. Qiang Wei was about to be blown up by him, if it wasn't for his father-in-law's sake, he really wanted to kick him away.What's the use of keeping such a brazen guy?With a dark face, he said: "Then you should make a contribution to me first!" Zuo Wei realized that Qiang Wei's side was out of luck.With a sad face, he walked out in despair.

After scolding Zuo Wei away, Qiang Wei picked up the phone and called the secretary of the district committee in Dongcheng District: "What happened? I asked you to seriously investigate and deal with it. Why did you send everyone to my place?" The secretary of the district committee heard Qiang Wei lost his temper and hurriedly said: "We are researching the plan. As soon as the plan comes out, we will report to you immediately." Report the head!Qiang Wei cursed in his heart, but said "hmm" on his mouth.Right now, you can't push too hard on the bottom. If you push too hard, they will mess with you, and the sequelae left will have to be eliminated by him in the future.Difficult, it is necessary to govern officials with an iron fist, but also to take care of left and right.Who said that today's official is easy to be, let him try to be an official! "Remember, you must adhere to the principle and grasp the scale well. You can't deny everyone's work just because of one old Kui." He could only talk about this.

"Yes, yes! Secretary Qiang, I know what to do, please don't worry!" The district committee secretary's submissive voice came from the phone. Just after taking the Dongcheng District Court's knife, Qiang Wei took the knife against two key departments of the municipal party committee. The reason is very simple: the leaders of these two departments fanned the flames on the day he was urgently summoned by Deputy Secretary Qi of the Provincial Party Committee. In the office, there was a lot of talk about Heyang's next changes.At night, he sneaked to Qiao Guodong's place again, courted Qiao Guodong, and I heard that he forced Qiao Guodong to take a sauna.

Right now is a special period, and people's hearts must not be allowed to be distracted. What is especially intolerable is that Qiao Guodong and Zhou Yican took advantage of the situation to make small moves among the cadres.Now, even if you tie it with rope, you must tie your strength together. Qiang Wei did not dismiss them, but notified the organization department to arrange for them to study.It just so happened that the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee held a study class for county-level cadres on building a new socialist countryside, so they were asked to stay for two months and then talk about it when they came back.

After finishing these two tasks, Qiang Wei called Cheng Ming, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and asked him how the investigation of Xiao Kui's matter was going.Cheng Ming blushed and said: "The task force has just been established, and the specific work has not yet begun." "What happened? How many days have passed, and the work has not yet started, do you still have a sense of urgency? No wonder the common people want to scold their mothers, I think If we continue to work like this, the common people should turn the world upside down!" Having taught Cheng Ming a lesson, Qiang Wei felt more comfortable, and then said in a gentle tone, "Of course, it is good to do the preliminary work in detail. Xiao Kui This case, if you say it is complicated, is really complicated, but if you want to say it is simple, it is also simple. In any case, we must investigate it realistically, fully respect the evidence, and must not make preconceived mistakes." "Yes, yes, This is the basic tone of the task force." "That's good." Qiang Wei did these three things really beautifully and happily.After finishing work, he greeted the office, took his secretary, and went to Jiuduntan, his subcontracting unit, to stay.

Qiang Wei's move, to Qiao Guodong and Zhou Yican, seemed to be treating the other person in his own way, and it immediately stunned them. Qiao Guodong didn't expect that Qiang Wei's "chess skills" would increase a lot in just two days after a trip to the provincial capital, and every move he made made him unable to fight back.And this three-move move is equivalent to digging a hole for Qiao Guodong, and he can't help himself if he wants to jump or not. If it is said that for the first time in the Standing Committee, he suddenly exerted force, caught Qiang Wei by surprise, and then used the masses to supervise this card, forcing Qiang Wei to disarm, and if it still had some effect, then after a trip to the provincial capital, the effect Just let the wind blow.In the second Standing Committee, Qiang Wei took advantage of his strength and unexpectedly dumped the cases of Lao Kui and Xiao Kui to him, making him fully responsible. This move made him unable to express his suffering.

For several days in a row, Qiao Guodong made Lao Kui's case restless.Regardless of whether Lao Kui was wronged or not, and regardless of whether Xiao Kui was injured by the bailiff to death, the fact that Lao Kui bombed the venue with a bag of explosives in his pocket cannot be tolerated legally or rationally.As a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, director of the Municipal People's Congress, and the No. 2 figure in Heyang City, Qiao Guodong is not confused about this matter, and he must not make principled mistakes.He had to find out what happened to Lao Kui within the time limit set by the Standing Committee.

Qiao Guodong was in a hurry, but others were not.Qiao Guodong urged the Public Security Bureau for several days, asking them to report the list of special cases as soon as possible.In desperation, he directly called Xu Shouren, the police chief.Xu Shouren's mouth was very kind, and he said a lot of "I'm sorry", and then said: "Director Qiao, I'm really sorry, I'm outside now, there is an important meeting at the provincial department, and I am called to attend, so I have to come. In this way Come on, let me tell the family and let them report to you immediately." Qiao Guodong said "hmm", but he was so angry that he scolded his mother in his heart.What important meeting?It's clearly a trick, slippery!Scolding is scolding, he has to wait patiently.Another half day passed, and Xu Shouren's "immediately" did not come true.Qiao Guodong couldn't hold back, and called the political commissar of the Public Security Bureau. The political commissar was not on a business trip, but he was ill and was in the hospital for an infusion. Otherwise, you, Director Qiao, order generals yourself, and I will release whoever is ordered.

What a generous statement!Let Qiao Guodong order it himself, and whoever orders it will let him go. "I nod his mother's head!" Qiao Guodong couldn't help but cursed out.Only then did he realize that the Public Security Bureau was playing a game with him, a game of mouse and cat.The game seems to be played irregularly, dangerously, and irrationally, but it does work. How can it not play?Who told you to be the director of the National People's Congress instead of the secretary of the municipal party committee or the mayor!Who made you jump out in such a hurry and fight with Qiang Wei for real!You took one shot, and they fired three shots. Who would dare to listen to you?Qiao Guodong had tasted this kind of feeling before, the feeling of sitting on the bench is really uncomfortable.

Qiao Guodong took the seat of deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and moved over. The thing he felt the most was that he was no longer hugged before and after, and no longer asked for instructions early and reported late.When we met, although they still nodded politely to you and said hello to Director Qiao, the greeting was cold and eerie, which made one's hair stand on end.That's all right, after all, I'm old enough to be able to move here, it's not bad, it's better than those who just retreated.But one day, he was suddenly blocked at the door by someone. That person used to be the deputy director of a secondary bureau in the city. It's just that this person has too many problems with men's and women's style of work, and one can be exposed in almost a month, which makes the younger lesbians in his unit afraid to go to work.Qiao Guodong said, if such a person can be promoted and reused, I don't think we need any organizational principles. As long as whoever wants to be, can't we just let him be?At that time, Qiang Wei had only been here for more than a year, and he didn't dare to be too arbitrary. As soon as he heard Qiao Guodong's words on this point, he followed suit and said, "Let's put it down for now. As for his other problems, go down and check. If there are any , just do as Lao Qiao said." This man let go and failed to straighten himself up, but Qiang Wei's sentence "Just do as Lao Qiao said" immediately became a folk song in Heyang City.Whenever something goes wrong, the person concerned will say: "Just do what Old Joe said." Later, even when children were arguing for a piece of candy and arguing about injustice, the older children would stand up and point The nose of the younger child: "Just do what Old Joe says, do you hear me?" As for what Old Joe said and on what occasion, no one knows, and no one wants to know. After all, he was the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee at the time, and he didn't take this matter seriously. In private, he thought it would be good for him to pass it on like this.Who knows, the situation will be different once he arrives at the National People's Congress. This person dared to block him at the gate of the compound, pointed to his nose and asked, "Can you say anything now, huh?!" He was about to get angry, but then People shouted hysterically: "Didn't I give you money to send women? You are a corrupt official, you want 300,000 yuan, drink blood, spit it out for me!" This happened more than once. Later, he didn't dare to walk out of the hospital easily.If you say you are not greedy, who will believe it?You are greedy and don't do things for others, you deserve to be scolded!Who would dare to replace it with the previous one?Thinking of this, Qiao Guodong wanted to cry.He could have stayed in the position of deputy secretary for two more years, but Qiang Wei thought he was in the way, thought he was too lenient and talked too much, so he just took him down and came here.He couldn't swallow this breath until now. After another three days, the Public Security Bureau finally took action and reported the list.Looking at the list, Qiao Guodong almost lost his temper. They actually handed over the case of Lao Kui to Song Tong, the captain of the criminal investigation team!In Heyang, Song Tong can be regarded as a character, a character who dare not be underestimated. Song Tong's father is Mr. Song, the former Secretary of the Heyang Prefectural Committee!After Heyang withdrew its territory and established a city, he moved from the municipal party committee to the National People's Congress.On the side of the municipal party committee, he was Qiang Wei's predecessor, and on the side of the National People's Congress, he was Qiao Guodong's predecessor.The old man is deeply rooted in Heyang, and has trained many cadres, including the current chief of the public security bureau and the president of the court. They all started under the old man.Now, although the old man has retired and is no longer in his position, he still has a great influence.According to the folk saying, today's Heyang is still the old man's territory.In addition, after his eldest son graduated from National People's University, he directly entered the Central Government Office. The incense burner on the old grave immediately made the old man proud again, and his waist was straighter than that of the local party secretary. When Qiang Wei first arrived in Heyang, he also wanted to be tough and new at the beginning, hoping to completely eliminate the influence of the old man in a short period of time, so that Heyang could truly create a new situation.After working hard for two years, I found that doing so is tantamount to digging my own grave—no matter which branch you cut off, the new shoot that grows will still be named Song.Even if you get an airborne cadre from the province, within a few days after arriving in Heyang, they will be included in that net obediently.By the third year, Qiang Wei became wiser and stopped making such unnecessary struggles.After all, he is not a foolish old man. Instead of wasting his strength to move a mountain that cannot be moved at all, it is better to let the mountain sit safely, change his strategy, and become a new tree on the mountain to make the mountain fertile. The soil is rich in nutrients to raise themselves up as soon as possible.Qiang Wei's change was very successful, and immediately resolved his potential crisis as a new force, and suddenly became a fish in the old river, and soon he was able to swim freely. The one who was isolated turned out to be him, Qiao Guodong. Moreover, because he replaced the old man and let the old man completely stay behind the scenes, the old man took revenge on him. Qiao Guodong felt suffocated and wronged, but he couldn't help it. Politics is like this, and it doesn't show affection.What are you talking about?Qiao Guodong couldn't tell.Sometimes he feels that politics is like the kind of trampoline that children play with. If you say it has no rules, there are; if you say it has rules, you can’t see it.On the trampoline, the children don't come earlier than anyone else, and whoever comes earlier has the final say, but competes for strength and who can jump down!In Heyang, he couldn't beat Qiang Wei, let alone Mr. Song. However, he didn't want to admit defeat!That night, Qiao Guodong heard the news that the Provincial People's Congress will organize a "Research Working Group on Building a Harmonious Society and Improving the Law Enforcement Environment", which will arrive in Heyang a week later.This news greatly encouraged him.Okay, Qiang Wei, this time I want to see how you perform!But when he woke up the next day and faced Lao Kui's case again, the excitement was gone. Lao Kui's case is a dead end and cannot be solved. Don't check it, this matter is too big.At first, Qiang Wei said that the news media would not be allowed to report, but when he came back from the provincial capital, he followed Qiao Guodong's words: "It's not that the report is not allowed, but that it must be reported objectively and fairly. We always welcome the news media to comment on our work." Supervise, help us improve our work style." As soon as this remark came out, the media immediately picked up the news and broke the news.In just a few days, the Heyang bombing case became the big news in the whole country, and the major portal websites even made a fuss about it.In this context, can you not check?Check, how to check?Lao Kui has made himself a celebrity by petitioning in these years, and with provincial people's congress representatives like Qin Xiyue defending him, he has become a hot topic in Heyang.Some ordinary people don't care about your laws or not. They believe in death and morality.They believed that Lao Kui's son, Xiao Kui, was killed by the gang of people in the court. Lao Kui should make a fuss and sue everywhere. If no one cares, he should make some noise!These days, Qiao Guodong has been surrounded by such voices, and even some veteran cadres who have retired share this view.Qiao Guodong also received several anonymous phone calls asking him to release Lao Kui immediately and return his innocence! "You are the director of the National People's Congress, and you speak for the people. Why are you always doing nothing like a corrupt official?" Qiao Guodong was so annoyed.If he had known this before, he should have endured it, and he would not have turned around!I have endured it for most of my life, but at this critical moment, I can't help it.No wonder he has been in such a miserable state until now. Qiao Guodong was sighing in the office when Song Tong came.Since Song Tong took over the case, he reported to him almost every day.Every time I come here, I always say the same sentence: "Lao Kui was raised by a bird, his bones are very hard, and he doesn't say anything." At the beginning, Qiao Guodong criticized Song Tong: "How can you talk like this? Why is Lao Kui raised by a bird?" He is a human being, we have to respect him!" Song Tong chuckled: "I'm sorry, Director Qiao, I've been in this business for a long time, and some words are used to me, so I can't change them." "If you can't change it, you have to change it! You are the people Policeman, why do you speak like a bandit?" Song Tong stopped laughing, and said solemnly, "Director Qiao, you are right in your criticism! I will change it, and if I say the word "Niaoyang" again in the future , you dismiss me." I didn't say the words "niaoyang's" but he changed it to something else: "Director Qiao, why do I think Lao Kui looks like a thief? You're so ruthless, actually, ruthless." "How ruthless?" Qiao Guodong asked, holding back his displeasure. "How ruthless? Director Qiao, you have never dealt with him. I have seen this kind of person a lot. Let's talk about Ma Jiu last time. How pitiful he pretended at the beginning! The home is gone, and the wife is gone. , the girl ran away with someone again, as if there was no way for him to live in this world, but in the end, let me find out that he actually had a deposit of 200,000 yuan, which was all obtained by reselling cultural relics." "OK It's all right, don't talk too far, let's talk about business." Qiao Guodong interrupted him irritably.It's really depressing, why did Mr. Song raise such a son! "Business? Are you talking about Lao Kui? He is a thief, and he doesn't say a single word. Up to now, he still thinks it's justified, as if he is a great hero." "How do you know? He didn't say a single word." Don't you say it?" Qiao Guodong asked suddenly. "Hehe, experience, I judge based on experience in handling cases. That's right, he must have thought so in his heart." Qiao Guodong was speechless.How can Song Tong have any sincerity towards him!He came every day, apparently to report the case, but in fact he was testing him, disturbing him, and even bullying him a bit. Ordinarily, a small criminal investigation captain would not dare to play wild in front of him, let alone treat a dignified director of the National People's Congress with such a child's play attitude.But Song Tong dare!Not only did he dare, Qiao Guodong also concluded that Song Tong was determined to drag him into the muddy water this time. Didn't you listen to him?According to the instructions above, you must pry open Lao Kui's mouth and let the old thief tell who is behind the scenes!As soon as he heard the word "instigate", Qiao Guodong panicked instinctively: "We can't guess randomly, we must talk about the evidence in handling the case, and we can't preconceive it." Song Tong laughed: "Preconceived idea? Director Qiao, I'm not bragging, I'm better than you in handling the case Experienced. If there is no instigator behind the scenes, he can enter the court just because he is an old thief? Moreover, how did he know that there will be a review meeting that day? How does he know that so many leaders will be present that day? I asked Deputy Director Chen, Deputy Director Chen also finds it very strange, how can a petitioner get the information so accurately? There is a big name here. Director Qiao, you don't care about this matter. Don't worry, if I can't pry the old thief's mouth I'm quitting the job of the police." Song Tong had an "old thief" on the left and an "old thief" on the right, which made Qiao Guodong's heart boil, but he still had to pretend that nothing happened.Yes, I keep saying to check, what to check?It turned out they were checking this. Only then did Qiao Guodong understand: No matter how he investigates Lao Kui's case, he will not be able to get rid of it. After Song Tonghai blew, he left. "You bastard!" Qiao Guodong couldn't help cursing at his back.Let this bastard take charge of the case, Qiang Wei is ruthless!What was even more ruthless than this was that Song Tong had no intention of investigating the case at all.This time, he really wanted to kill Qiao Guodong. After getting out of Qiao Guodong's place, Song Tong went straight into a guest house.This guest house is located in a prosperous area of ​​Xicheng District. Despite its small appearance, it is spacious and bright inside. It has two floors and more than 30 rooms. The decoration is very elegant, giving people a warm and homely feeling.The boss is a woman in her early thirties, named Yanzi, she is quite attractive, and she is also very charming, with a pair of watery eyes, it looks like she is expressing love to everyone.Lao Kui is locked here.At first, Lao Kui was put in the detention center. After Song Tong took over the case, he brought Lao Kui here on the grounds of safety. As soon as Song Tong went upstairs, Yanzi greeted her with a smile: "Are you back?" Song Tong said "Yes", and took advantage of the opportunity to pinch her buttocks.Yanzi Jiao Didi said disgustingly, twisted her buttocks, and wanted to enter the room. "How many brothers are there?" Song Tong asked.Swallow said it was upstairs and entered the house.Song Tong didn't follow in, went upstairs and saw the tigers fighting against landlords, said: "Where's the old thief?" "Sleep." Tiger said. "Take care of me, don't let anything happen to you." "I know." The tiger responded and hurriedly played his cards.They are not ordinary fights, but real knives and guns. When talking, the tiger has entered more than three hundred. "Okay, play a few games and clean up. I reckon Joe will come here, let him bump into it, it's not good." "What is he running here for? It's not his big territory!" Tiger said dissatisfied .Song Tong didn't say much, and turned to another room to see Lao Kui. Lao Kui sat quietly in front of the window, staring blankly out of the window with a pair of empty eyes.In fact, there is not much scenery outside the window, all of which are blocked by the new commercial buildings, except for a ray of sunlight, and a large window, but Lao Kui seems to be serious about it.His hands were handcuffed and fixed to the legs of the table, and there was a piece of paper and a pen spread out in front of him. "Have you thought about it? If you can tell how Qiao Guodong and Qin Xiyue instigated you, I will let you go. Otherwise, you have to live here obediently. If you live enough, I will send you to the detention center. There You have tasted the taste, you know how good it is." After speaking, Song Tongmi squinted his eyes and glanced at Lao Kui. Lao Kui seemed to be deaf. Ever since Song Tong brought him here, he was really deaf and dumb, and he could no longer see the "heroic" energy he had when he bombed the venue. Song Tong lit a cigarette, took two puffs, guessed that Lao Kui would not say anything to him, and came out.The tigers were still fighting, as if the tiger had just lost a hand and was annoyed and cursing.Song Tong felt that Tiger was a good-for-nothing thief. Isn't it worth a few pennies?He walked down the stairs and saw the figure of Yanzi flashing in the corridor, a burst of flames sprang up, regardless of whether it was day or night, he rushed in hastily, and pressed Yanzi on the bed without saying anything . At this moment, Song Tong's elder sister, Song Mei, was furious at Zuo Wei: "You eat things that crawl around, now you know how to use my old lady?" Zuo Wei said hoarsely, letting Song Mei scold and yell , just dare not speak back.Song Mei really hated and was angry with Zuo Wei, but there was nothing she could do.Back then when she married Zuo Wei, it was because she was ugly and there was nothing she could do about it, so she chose this lecherous and bad man.I thought that with the power of the secretary Lao Tzu, Zuo Wei would become more restrained and more like a person. Unexpectedly, after getting married, Zuo Wei became more aggressive and arrogant. He has become a character in Heyang City, but on the one hand he is blatantly amassing money and sex.It's all right to collect money, Song Mei likes money, but she can't bear to collect money. Roughly speaking, there are no less than ten women that Zuo Wei has played with, and there are five or six of them just caught by her, some from the court, and some from outside. Let Song Mei be stuck on the bed, do you think it's disgusting?It's useless to catch her, there's no way, who made her look so ugly.Ugliness is God's cruelest and most merciless arrangement for women.She was ugly, and she was given a flat chest and a thin butt, so that no one would recognize her as a woman when she stood on the street.In this way, Zuo Wei became more confident when he was looking for a wild woman outside! "Go find it, find it now, let those wild women help you!" Song Mei finally had a chance, and she could seize this great opportunity to vent out half her life's anger. How dare Zuo Wei speak back?Be as good as a grandson.Ever since Lao Kui blew up the court, Zuo Wei showed a good look, and after being suspended by Qiang Wei, this good look turned into a pitiful one.He begged Song Mei: "Look for the old man. If he doesn't help me, I'll be finished!" Wife, don't be so angry." Zuo Wei still had a playful smile at first, and he didn't think Song Mei too badly. "Who is your wife? Your wife is a pheasant, Xu Yanrong, don't you always call her name at night? Go, let her tell you for you!" It's embarrassing!In a rage, Song Mei revealed his little secret.Zuo Wei used to call Xu Yanrong's name at night, and secretly called it when he was making love with Song Mei. If he didn't call him, he wouldn't be able to do that with her, but he didn't expect that he actually called him that when he fell asleep after the incident.Song Mei didn't let her go, insisting that he was having an affair with Xu Yanrong. Damn it, if I can have an affair with her, it's worth my death!Zuo Wei hated it.He wanted to have an affair with Xu Yanrong even in his dreams, but Xu Yanrong was so easy to fall in love with?That is a mighty woman!Song Mei finally had enough of scolding, she was happy with it, and she couldn't do it anymore, so she changed her clothes, packed her bag, and went back to her mother's house.Scolding is scolding, she has to take care of men's affairs.No matter what she eats or drinks in the future, she can't let the strong surname cut off her family's financial resources. Zuo Wei was overjoyed, convinced that Song Mei had really left, immediately picked up the phone and called a woman named Wang Yan.Wang Yan was the elder sister of Wang Jun, the bailiff who was in charge of Xiao Kuina's case, a flirtatious woman. Zhou Yican is extremely busy right now, she is not pretending to be busy, but really busy.She first organized relevant departments to make precise arrangements for the creation of a civilized city, and then went to key units to inspect and further clarified the requirements.Her goal is to strive for a civilized city this time. This is not only the honor of the city, but also the qualified answer sheet she gave to the city as the mayor of the city.Besides, concentrating on building a civilized city right now is also of great benefit to resolving the crisis brought about by the Lao Kui bombing. It can dispel and dispel the negative emotions among the cadres, and suppress those messy rumors. It is rumored that this thing is really scary. Zhou Yican has already felt its pressure, but she can’t stop. The current situation in Heyang is not only testing Qiangwei, but also testing her. She is eager to win the trust and trust of the higher authorities with practical actions Support, especially the support of Deputy Secretary Qi. After returning from the National People's Congress meeting in the provincial capital, Deputy Secretary Qi called her and briefly asked about the situation in Xiaheyang. Before she could show her fear of difficulties, Deputy Secretary Qi encouraged her: "Comrade Yican, there is a problem." It’s not scary, the key is to face it with confidence and solve it. The Provincial Party Committee believes that you and Comrade Qiang Wei will work together to bring Heyang out of the predicament.” She expressed her opinion to Deputy Secretary Qi on the phone.Deputy Secretary Qi said with a smile: "There is no need to express your stance. I still say the old saying, everything depends on actions." Actions?Originally, the situation was about to push her to the opposite side of Qiang Wei, and she herself wanted to draw a clear line with Qiang Wei, whether Yu Shuhong or someone else stood behind Qiang Wei, she was not afraid, and she didn't have to be afraid.In the face of major incidents, the criterion for evaluating a cadre is whether the response is quick and the attitude is decisive.On this point, she doesn't want to lose to Qiang Wei, nor can she lose to Qiang Wei.At first she agreed to jointly sign with Qiao Guodong and other representatives, and proposed to hold a discussion meeting of the National People's Congress. Kui's problem can be completely solved.It's a pity that once Qin Xiyue interfered, the National People's Congress couldn't borrow its power, and everything had to depend on itself.These days, she has secretly taken action, hoping to use her own strength to clarify those doubts in her heart. The difficulty is that Deputy Secretary Qi said the words "to help each other in the same boat", so that the relationship between her and Qiang Wei became even more difficult.After the delicate balance in the past was broken, she really had an urge to replace Qiangwei in her heart, and with the development of the situation in Heyang, this urge became stronger and stronger. She was not sure whether she should restrain it or not. idea, but she thought, as long as Qiang Wei can stick to the principle, she can stick to it too. The desert sun is scorching hot in September.Zhou Yican brought comrades from the Agricultural Committee and the Water Conservancy Department to the Desert Reservoir.Two days ago, she received an urgent report from the reservoir management office, saying that the desert reservoir was about to bottom out.This is another disheartening news.As soon as the desert reservoir bottoms out, the survival of the more than 300,000 people in Shaxian County will face serious problems.While still in the car, she anxiously discussed the solution with the heads of the two departments.It's a pity that the drought is raging right now, and deserts are everywhere, and the five Buddhas and Canglang counties in the upper reaches are also suffering from water shortages. The six major reservoirs in Heyang have been forced to dry up by the drought without exception. When she got to the reservoir, the reality shocked her even more.The water intakes on both sides of the reservoir are full of water pulling teams, including cars, tractors, three yards for farmers' own use, and long teams of camels carrying water bags.In the eyes of those who fetched water, everything showed thirst and fear. Standing on the embankment, Zhou Yican's eyes did not dare to look at the crowd on both sides, that scene was really heart-wrenching.She also visited the reservoir last month. According to her estimate, the water can be used until November. It is estimated that by then, God should be merciful.Unexpectedly, in less than a month, the water level dropped sharply by more than two meters. "What's the matter? Even if you pull it every day, you won't pull so much?" She fixed her eyes on the face of Director Sun of the Reservoir Management Office. Director Sun lowered his head, avoiding Zhou Yican's gaze, and said like a mosquito, "Half a month ago, we discovered that the No. 2 area was seeping water, and the water... leaked out." "Leakage?"In today's desert areas, a drop of water is more valuable than a drop of oil, but they actually let 300,000 people leak water for production and living for more than two months! "Didn't the second area be reinforced in the spring? How could it leak?" She turned her gaze back to the face of the director of water conservancy. The director of the water conservancy bureau faltered, "I don't really know. I just received the leak report." "Just received it? You, the director of the water conservancy bureau, didn't know about such a serious water seepage incident!" Zhou Yican was so angry that he was about to explode. up. The water conservancy director's face was sallow, and he lowered his head and stopped talking. Zhou Yican turned to Director Sun again: "Have you found out the cause? Has the leakage problem been solved?" The layer falls off, and the leakage starts again." Director Sun said. "It's been a long time? It's only been a few months since the acceptance of the project? Tell me, is it a problem with the quality of the project?" Director Sun stammered a few times, glanced back and forth at the faces of Zhou Yican and the Director of Water Conservancy, and finally frightened Zhou Yi The power of charm finally told the truth. It's a problem with the quality of the project - the reinforcement project that cost 3.8 million yuan is tantamount to doing it for nothing.If you want to completely solve the leakage, you have to dispose of all the reinforcement works, and then do it again, which is equivalent to spending another two 3.8 million. "How did this happen, how did this happen?" Zhou Yican cried in her heart, but she couldn't utter a single word!The reinforcement work was done by Zhou Tieshan's construction company.A few years ago, the city decided to strengthen the No. 2 area of ​​the desert project. The opinion of the water conservancy department was to call for bids, and Zhou Yican also agreed.Later, Zhou Tieshan approached her, meaning that she wanted to continue the project. At that time, she smiled and said, "It's just over three million yuan. Can you, Tieshan Group, see it?" Zhou Tieshan said in Heyang dialect: "Flies are too. Meat. Those who run a business are no better than you, as long as it is money, you have to find a way to earn it." "Okay, you are ready to bid. If you can bid, you will do it. Everyone is equal before the opportunity, and your boss Zhou will not I want to be special." That being said, in fact, she still favored Zhou Tieshan during the bidding process.Firstly, Tieshan Group is a large group with countless projects, so they should be able to rest assured; secondly, she has heard a little bit about the relationship between Zhou Tieshan and Deputy Secretary Qi, and she doesn't want to let such a trivial matter out. Zhou Tieshan went to find Deputy Secretary Qi.At that time, Qiang Wei raised objections. He was inclined to let a company under the Water Resources Department do it, saying that the company was a professional company with experience in dealing with reservoir seepage and dam seepage.Zhou Yican said: "You and I don't have any inclinations, let them all bid, and whoever wins the bid will do it." The project finally fell into Zhou Tieshan's hands.In order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Yican never said a word about the project from the beginning to the end, including the later increase of more than 600,000 in project funds, she did not express a single word of opinion.Who knew... There was a short meeting at the reservoir management office, and Zhou Yican hurried to Heyang.On the way, she thought: First, this matter must be reported to Qiang Wei first, and how to deal with the aftermath must be listened to by Qiang Wei, and she must not make random opinions on her own; second, to find a reliable company as soon as possible, the project must be approved. Do it again, and the construction period must be fast. If you wait until the day when the reservoir bottoms out, I'm afraid... Another point is to find a way to overcome the current water shortage and never let the desert reservoir run out of water. Before she could sort out her thoughts, Zhou Tieshan called.She didn't want to answer it, but she had to.As soon as he got connected, Zhou Tieshan's loud voice rang out: "Where are you, big sister? Are you engaging in corruption behind your brother's back?" Zhou Tieshan was so charming that he was about to roar.Zhou Tieshan smiled again and said, "I'll surprise you at night, I'll wait at the old place." After speaking, he pressed the phone. During this journey, Zhou Yican's mood never improved. Back in Heyang, she didn't dare to call Qiang Wei, but went directly to the office.There was no one in the office, and the secretary said that Secretary Qiang had gone out, as if he had gone to the Five Buddhas.Zhou Yican hesitated for a while, then dialed Qiangwei's cell phone.Qiang Wei listened to her report patiently, and said: "I've heard about everything. Let's go ahead, organize a meeting with the relevant departments to find out the reason. I still have a few days in the Five Buddhas, wait I'll meet again when I come back." Standing in the corridor, Zhou Yican couldn't help but think: Qiang Wei is avoiding, or he doesn't want to touch this issue.Realizing this level, her heart suddenly became cold. 晚上，周一粲原本不想去见周铁山，无奈他左一个电话右一个电话，打得她手机都快要爆了，她只好来到大漠汉宫美食城。在最边上一座蒙古包里，周铁山一边看着足球，一边等她。 "你倒是心闲啊，周大老板。"周一粲的语气有几分苍凉。 周铁山呵呵笑笑："又怎么了？看你整天心事重重的，你就不能轻松点？""轻松？你把工程搞成那样，半水库的水没了，你让我怎么轻松？""看，又来了是不？工程的事，你别听他们乱讲，我周铁山做过的工程，比他们见过的都多，怎么会是工程的问题？""你还在狡赖，到了这时候你还敢狡赖！""大妹子，话别说那么难听嘛。我不是狡赖，工程是经过严格验收的，方方面面都签了字。他们现在说是工程问题，你就让我承认？这怕不大合适吧？""我不跟你争，是不是工程质量出了问题，不用我跟你争，会有人去查。""这不就对了，没查清之前，你就给我扣这帽子，我能戴得动？坐下吧，别为这点小事犯愁，该吃饭还得吃，该干啥还得干啥。看你愁眉苦脸的，我都替你担心。怪不得下面说，就凭你这点承受力，在强伟面前根本不堪一击。""小事，你把它当小事？"周一粲不能不激动了，她都要为水库的事急疯了，周铁山居然还拿它当小事！而且，他后面那句话，到底什么意思？"看，又来了是不？现在不是你发急的时候，该是强伟发急的时候，你怎么连这个理也不懂？""你少拿我们工作上的事乱说。我说周大老板，你能不能只管自己的事啊？市委和市政府的事，用不着你来操心吧？"周一粲的口气已然很不客气。她有个原则，就是从不在外人面前谈工作，特别是敏感话题。尽管周铁山口口声声称她为大妹子，她心里，却把自己跟他划得很开。 "好吧，既然你不想听，我也就不说了。不过大妹子，我还得提醒你一句，别把有些事看得太认真，不然对谁都没好处。特别是眼下这种时候，你应该多留个心眼，去对付别人。""够了！"周一粲控制不住地叫了一声。她怕周铁山再说下去，自己真会动摇，真会被他话里暗藏的那些东西击中。 两个人不欢而散。周铁山硬要留她吃饭，她哪还吃得下去！第二天，她意外地听到一股传言，说沙漠水库的事强伟早就知道了，所以迟迟不召开会议研究，就是想等水库干涸，矛盾激化后再下手。 horrible!Terrible!随后她又了解到，加固工程根本不是周铁山做的。周铁山将工程竞到手后，以二百万转包给河南的一家小工程队，然后动用关系，让验收单位还有水库管理处在工程验收报告上签了字。 这事她信。据她掌握的情况，周铁山这两年的工程，有很多是以转包形式搞的，他自己的建筑公司，只做铁路和银行部门的工程。 what to do? 齐副书记的秘书突然打来电话，要周一粲去趟省城，"你抓紧来一趟，有些事齐书记要跟你面谈。"这个电话太及时了。周一粲正苦苦地想着，怎么把情况向齐副书记反映上去，还有，她想让齐副书记跟上游市说说，通融通融，放点水——解决目前的水荒，就只有这一个办法了。 "我马上动身，这就去省城。"她跟秘书说。 秘书笑了笑，在电话里说："也不用太急，过两天来吧。齐书记只让我通知你，没明确时间，我再落实一下，给你电话。"周一粲连着道了好几次谢，弄得秘书在那边挺不好意思。 接完电话，周一粲的心境就不一样了，急忙将手头一些急事儿处理了，然后开始琢磨：这一次去省城，到底要汇报哪些问题？哪些暂时还不能汇报？还有，这一次必须得带份礼物过去了——到河阳两年了，她还没给齐副书记送过任何礼物，这怎么也说不过去啊。 可带什么礼物好呢？周一粲难住了，后来才猛然想起：齐默然喜好书法，尤其爱收藏民间的书画作品。咋把这个给疏忽了？对，就带字画好了！河阳有个书法家，姓吴，大号吴二水，是西北书坛泰斗孙子鱼的弟子。孙子鱼一生英名远播，在书画界尤负盛名，是西北四大才子之一，可惜死得早，"文革"不久便去了，作品留下的也不多。孙子鱼这个名字，周一粲还是从齐副书记嘴里听说的，当时她却没往多里想，你说傻气不傻气？她打算先弄一幅二水先生的作品，投石问路，如果齐副书记喜欢，那她再想办法。她相信二水先生手里，一定有孙子鱼的真品。 星期五早上，周一粲在文化局一位副局长的陪同下，敲开了二水先生的门。吴二水也是个怪才，不但才怪，做人也怪，这些年，他的名气与日俱增，作品价码也渐渐攀升，可他很少出手，写了东西全都藏着，有些外地客人远道而来，专程上门索取都很难，市面上更是难以见着。 二水先生八十好几了，可精神矍铄，一头银发配上那把极具个性的银须，令他既有形又有神，一见面便让人肃然起敬。简单寒暄几句，周一粲主动说明来意，想请二水先生一展墨迹，以饱眼福。二水先生话不多说，也不曲里拐弯，而是开门见山地问周一粲："你是收藏还是送人？""怎么说呢？老先生，我是想把你的墨宝拿到港澳去，在那边作宣传，也好给咱河阳挣点面子，吸引更多的人来河阳投资。""这……"老先生似乎没想到这一点，有点犹豫。 "老先生，眼下我市要评文明城市，周市长是想打文化这张牌，拿你的画当名片，宣传我们河阳。"那位副局长趁势说。 老先生似乎对副局长的话不感兴趣，瞅了一眼副局长，继续对周一粲说："我知道你来的目的，可我手头能拿出手的字真是不多。有一幅，虽说写得早了点，不过，我自己对它还比较满意。"说着，到里屋翻腾了半天，拿出一卷破报纸，缓缓打开，将一幅大字呈现在周一粲面前。 周一粲的眼直了。 尽管她不懂书法，但她的目光还是让这幅字镇住了。"好字，好字啊！"她失声叫道。 一旁的副局长同样露出吃惊的神情。这位仁兄算是半个内行，他的眼神让周一粲越发坚信，老先生是把自己的心血之作捧了出来。 "多少钱？"周一粲情急地问。 二水先生略略一惊，似乎对周一粲这句话有点不解。 "是这样，我太爱你的字了，如果可以，我想把它收购下来。"周一粲慌忙解释。 "你不是说……"二水先生越发不明白。 "周市长的意思是，如果先生您同意，这幅字就算市政府收购了。政府是要用它来搞宣传，不能白拿先生您的。"副局长毕竟跟二水先生打的交道多点，知道他疑惑什么。 二水先生"哦"了一声，似乎相信了副局长的话，"我老了，也不需要钱，如果政府真的用得着，就拿去吧。"说完，他将字画重新包了起来，双手捧给周一粲。 周一粲的手有些颤抖。从二水先生家出来后，她一言不发。副局长想说什么，一看她的脸色，没敢说。不过，二水先生今日的举动，让他也很受感动。 有了这幅字，周一粲的底气算是更足了。接下来，她开始焦急地等电话。可两天过去了，齐副书记的秘书还是没来电话。周一粲真是有些等不住了。 这天在办公室，她忽然想起一件事，这事本来前些日子就该安排下去的，结果被其他的事一搅，偏又给忘了。她又细细琢磨了一番，还是决定将这件事做下去。 其实这事也不是啥见不得光的。去年河阳发生过一起车祸案，当时她就觉得有问题，几次会上，她都讲过不同意见，但都没被采纳。案子最终是结了，但留下的疑点不少。她想把这案子重新调查一番，将心中几个疑点解开。如果说以前她还犹豫着要不要这样做，那么现在，她不想再犹豫了。这个结必须要解开，而且要快。 当天晚上，她将公安局一位副队长叫来，如此这般安排了一番。 副队长一开始表现得很犹豫，不敢接手。后来周一粲发了火："怎么，怕了是不？为什么一让你们碰有疑点的案子，就缩头缩尾？这里面是不是真有见不得人的地方？""市长你误会了。公安内部有规定，凡是结了的案子，不容许再查的。""如果这案子是冤案错案呢，你们也不再管了？""这……这得由当事人自己提出来，还有，就是上面明确指示要重新侦查……""那我算不算上面？"周一粲的口气不怒而威。副队长终于意识到，再不点头，怕是说不过去了。可他还是担心，犹豫着说："查可以，不过让强书记那边知道，怕……"周一粲本想问这跟强书记有什么关系，转念一想，说道："这么着吧，你们也讲点策略，这案子呢，你们在暗中查，不要对外张扬。查出什么疑点，只对我汇报。明白我的意思吗？"副队长是聪明人，这种事他们以前也遇到过，一听周一粲说只对她汇报，马上心领神会："请市长放心，这事儿我一定抓紧办。""不但要抓紧，更重要的，是查出真相。"周一粲进一步道。 副队长领了命，匆匆忙忙地走了。其实对下面的人来说，他们更愿意办这种案子。办这种案子不但能立功，最大的好处，是能拉近跟领导的关系。试想一下，市长凭什么叫你办这案，而不交给别人？道理不是明摆着的吗？周一粲长长地舒口气，伸了一下腰，正欲给省委一位朋友打个电话，问一下高波书记的病情，电话突然又响了。刚一接通，里面就传来一个惊慌的声音："周市长，不好了，强书记他……""慌什么？慢慢说。"对方努力克制住自己，花了很长的时间，才将事情说明白。周一粲听了，心里陡然腾起一片阴云。 怪不得他没时间理沙漠水库的事，原来是去了开发区……强伟果然在九墩滩开发区。 这是九墩滩一个叫湖坝的村子。据沙县县志记载，这儿曾经是一片美丽的沙湖，是当年苏武牧羊的地方。民国年间，这儿还是水草丛生，碧波荡漾，成群的野鸭子游荡于水草与芦苇之间，发出欢快的叫声。就在"文革"期间，这儿还能看到水的影子。湖虽是没了，但绿色还在，沙刺、梭梭还有红柳丛，将湖坝染得墨绿。水是啥年间彻底没了的，强伟不知道，也不想知道。绿色是啥时候绝迹的，他也不想探究。他只知道，这里现在还是一片蛮荒之地，是沙灾最为严重的地方。 每次踏上九墩滩，踏上湖坝，强伟心里就跟灌了铅般沉重。苍茫大漠，粗犷凌厉的漠风，还有随地而起的沙尘，如刀子一般，剜着他的心。他恨不得生出三头六臂，能在一夜之间，让这荒蛮的大漠旷野长出绿色。 一片土地是不能太久失去绿色的，就如人的心灵不能太久失去阳光。失去了，这土地就不再是养人活人的地儿，而是吞人埋人的地儿；而心灵一旦失去阳光太久，就会变成一口枯井。 强伟害怕枯井，更害怕这黄沙漫漫的苍凉世界。 要不，当年他也不会那么心急，不顾众人的反对，硬是要搞这个开发区，硬是要将这寸草不生的黄沙滩变成碧绿的良田了。 可是，四年时间过去了，这儿除了零零星星的绿草，还有一些不死不活的树以外，他期望的良田并没出现，他内心里幻想了无数遍的沙湖再也没有回来。令他痛心的是，随着井水的枯竭，土地的再次泛碱，好不容易搬迁下来的移民又变得心灰意冷，再也不相信他当初讲过的神话了。九墩滩一共九个移民村，到目前为止，除了三个村的村民还坚守在沙漠里外，其余六个，陆陆续续的，有一大半溜回去了。留给强伟的，除了布满颓垣断壁的村舍，再就是像狗啃过一样的、大片大片未平整好的盐碱地。 这一切，都是白花花的银子。 为搞这个开发区，为了移民，强伟四年间一共拿出了两千多万的财政补贴，还不包括那些来自方方面面的募捐与物质支援。 这在发达地区也许不算什么，但在河阳，却是一个不小的数目。在五佛、苍浪两县还有一半农民未达到脱贫，东西二城区又有上万号下岗工人没饭吃的今天，这笔钱的意义，不能不说非同小可。 强伟从政二十六年，前后蹲过六个县区三个市，经手的资金已达数十亿，其中最失败的，就是这一笔。二十多年来他貌似风风火火、敢打敢拼，但在花钱的问题上，他比谁都谨慎，也比谁都在乎。没想到，真没想到，他会在河阳，在大沙漠里，搞下一个烂尾工程，犯下一个令他痛心疾首的错误。 这错误有点大，犯得也很是愚蠢。到今天，强伟还是搞不清，当初怎么就会脑子发热，突然涌出这么一个创意？仅仅是想把沙漠变好，仅仅是想让山区的农民跟先富起来的沙县农民一样过上好日子？好像不是，至少不全是。那么，还有什么别的原因吗？强伟说不清，真是说不清。对此，他想过，不止一次地想过，可到今天，他也没法给自己一个实实在在的答案。有时候他想，难道真如秦西岳骂他的那样，是当官当昏了，当得不知道该干啥了？还是像一次人代会上，有个代表指出的那样，他纯粹是别出心裁，想把政绩工程建在沙漠里？或许，这两样都是，但强伟就是不肯承认。 许艳容说得对："有时候你做事特绝，我特佩服。有时候，你又犯傻，犯的错误跟孩子一样，让人既好笑，又可气，总也无法原谅。"能看清他的，怕也就许艳容一个。但强伟必须先自己看清自己，哪怕是栽跟斗，也要栽个明白，栽个清楚。 强伟这次来九墩滩，目的只有一个，就是认认真真把九墩滩移民开发区的问题调查清楚，好赶在别人告状前，给自己一个确定的答案：这个开发区，有没有必要搞？如果有，那他将在所不惜，哪怕粉身碎骨，也要把这个开发区搞成功，把它像模像样地建设起来；可如果实际情况证明他当初真是感情用事，决策错了，那他就彻底放弃这个梦想，如实向省委检讨错误，哪怕因此而丢了乌纱，他也无怨无悔。 与其让别人拉下马，还不如自己主动点，这是强伟在老奎爆炸案后忽然悟出的道理。 可能，也是那惊天动地的一炸，把他给彻底炸醒了！陪同他前来的人全让他打发了回去，赖着不走的秘书最终也让他骂了回去，在这个风沙弥漫了整个沙漠的夏日的黄昏，强伟孤零零的，像一个幽魂，立在沙梁子上，那样子有些悲壮，更有几分无奈。 黄昏不知什么时候已经隐去，夜幕拖着沉沉的步伐，践踏了沙漠。强伟眼里，涌进浓浓的黑暗，耳边还是呼呼作响的漠风，沙浪一袭猛过一袭，击打得他站立不住。强伟紧紧衣领，想把这刀子般的漠风挡在身外。 这几天，他跑遍了九墩滩九个移民村，也跟村民们交流了不少，得来的信息令他沮丧。九个村里，好像没谁心甘情愿地想继续留在这里。很多人都想回去，回到山窝窝里，继续过那种消消闲闲的日子，尽管那日子穷点，但很自在——把庄稼交给天爷，把日子也交给天爷，自己也就不用管了，是穷是福，是宽裕还是紧巴，就全看天爷的意思了。沙漠里就不同了，沙漠里太苦了，起早摸黑的，啥时是个头啊？这些人纷纷冲他叫苦。还有一些人，则是眼巴巴瞅着他，心想他可能说点什么，可能还会多给他们点什么，比如钱、粮，比如某种能让他们舒舒服服过日子的政策。有人还幻想，能不能让他们再搬一次，搬到那些不用受太大苦但照样能过上好日子的地方。这种地方他们不知道，但强伟一定知道，他是书记嘛，书记还有啥不知道的？强伟无言，一连三天，他都像失语一般，面对那些空洞而茫然的目光，他真是无话可说。他忽然就想起那个叫王二水的男人，那个一心要让秦西岳为他鸣屈叫冤的民办教师。他笑了一下，笑得很苦。秦西岳这个书呆子，他哪里能摸清这些山里人的心机，哪里又能懂得这些山里人的真正目的。都说山里人老实，憨得跟山里的羊一样，强伟却觉得，四县二区中，最最不可救药的，就是这些好吃懒做怕动弹的山里人。 扶贫不扶懒，救穷不救贪，这是强伟的原则，也是他当初下决心改变搬迁政策的主要原由。秦西岳怕是不会想到，王二水要的那些钱，就是强伟通知相关部门不往搬迁户手里发的，具体原由，他没跟秦西岳讲，越讲越麻烦，还不如就让他傻呵呵地闹去。 风沙吹得人睁不开眼睛时，强伟摸黑回到了住处，秘书一直在旅馆门口等他。这是一位值得尊敬的秘书，不是说他对强伟有多么服从，多么忠心，令强伟感动的，是他对事物独到的判断，还有讲真话的勇气。说出来怕是没人相信，秘书肖克凡是一个在强伟面前啥话也敢讲的年轻人，当然，他会选择时候，不是那种不分场合、不分情况的乱讲。只要强伟需要，只要强伟心情好，他就能连续不断地讲上半天，而且很少有虚话和废话。强伟当初选择他做秘书，并不了解他这个优点，只是觉得他有脑子，而且爱动脑子，比市委秘书处其他几个人更有个性一点，也更灵活一点。把他调到身边后才发现，他的优点实在是太多了，这在现在的年轻人中，真是难能可贵。 "有没人找过我？"看见肖克凡，强伟问。 "县上和乡上前后来了几拨人，让我打发回去了。"肖克凡道。How about it?听听这口气，不像秘书吧？ "是不是又跑来要钱啊？这帮人，现在除了要钱，就没别的事干。"强伟一边说着，一边往里走。他们住的是九墩滩一家农民旅馆，条件很简陋。没办法，强伟原打算等开发区建成后，好好修一条街，把街道两旁归置一下，让这沙窝窝里，也多点儿现代气息。开发区一受阻，啥都停下了。乡政府也是几间破房子，上面来人，压根儿就没法住，离其他几个乡镇又远，来来回回的，麻烦，大家就只好在这家小旅馆里凑合。 旅馆的主人是一对五十多岁的夫妻，也是打五佛山区搬来的，不过他们跟其他的五佛人不一样，以前在山区，就爱做小买卖，到了沙漠里，第一个就想到开间小卖铺，后来又腾出几间房，开了这家旅馆。这是一对很识眼色的夫妇，知道强伟是市委书记，官大着哩，除了端茶供水，轻易不敢往强伟住的屋子来。 "说说，又有什么新想法？"进了屋子，强伟边换衣服边跟肖克凡说。下午他们就开发区的事儿议了一个多小时，肖克凡不同意强伟简单地把开发区放弃掉，大着胆子说："开发区的构想绝对没错，问题出在选错了移民对象——搬到九墩滩的，几乎都是在山区里把日子过得最烂的人，这种人无论搬到哪儿，也是一样的穷，一样的懒，不如就把他们放在这里，好好改造一下。"强伟一听他的口气，就怒了。这阵子强伟脾气大得很，动不动就发火。 "你少顺着我的话讲，我是让你自己拿思路！""把他们放在这里不是让他们学以前那样闲着，庄稼种不了，他们可以种树。"肖克凡又说。肖克凡在大学里是学农的，对种草种树有种情结，话说不了几句，就能给你扯到种树上。 "少做你的白日梦！几万号人，你让他们全种树，不吃了，不喝了？""强书记，我们可以把思路变一下。以前只想到要按传统的方式来管理这些农民，把他们搬下来，还是按过去的模式组建乡和村，还是让他们在庄稼地里找活路。我是想，能否借鉴一下新疆农场的那种管理模式，让他们来去自由，并不固定在沙漠里。原来山区的老村子，还是他们的，地，也是他们的。他们到沙漠里，就干一件事：种树。市县跟他们签定责任书，提供树苗和技术，保障用水，三年后按树的成活率进行兑现，成活率高的，重奖，通过重奖来刺激他们种树的欲望。这样一来，整个沙漠地区种树的积极性就调动起来了。"这是下午肖克凡的原话，强伟听了，当下就反驳说："重奖，钱从哪来？再说，三年一兑现，农民会信你？现在天天跟他兑现，他都不乐意，你还给我来个三年！"肖克凡一听，没再