Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1949 Deepening Influence

Four Nine Cities.

"Chief!"

“It’s this photo!”

In the bright office, Yu Zecheng placed an eight-inch black-and-white photo on the table.

His expression was extremely respectful.

Behind the table, an old man with a buzz cut and gray hair sat quietly.

The old man's face was marked with the wrinkles of time and scars of battle, but these marks did not diminish his majesty.

A pair of deep eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts, flashing with sharp gaze, making Yu Zecheng dare not look directly at him.

His thick and powerful eyebrows, slightly raised, were like two sword blades, adding a bit of determination and severity to his eyes.

"Tell me more carefully!"

The old man took the photo, his eyes fixed on the figure in the upper left corner, and his voice was cold.

"Yes!"

Yu Zecheng adjusted his mood, sat on the chair and began to report the situation.

"After we determined that Tian Jing had problems, we launched an investigation. Following the clues, we found their contact information and successfully captured the target person, Alex."

As he spoke, Yu Zecheng placed a document on the table, which recorded their action plan and the interrogation information about Tian Jing and her contacts.

“We then brought people to search their residence.”

“This photo was found in Alex’s wallet!”

Yu Zecheng fixed his eyes on the photo on the table.

"We didn't think it was wrong at first, but when we investigated Alex's background, we accidentally discovered that the person above was his uncle."

“That’s what got our attention!”

"Following the follow-up investigation, we found out that it was Secretary Xian!"

Yu Zecheng briefly explained what had happened.

The old man's eyes never left the photo.

The photo clearly shows a family of three.

The young man on the left looked at him with a smile on his face, while the white girl on the right leaned against him, and both of them hugged a teenager with their arms.

"Old Xian, he fought bravely in the battlefield behind enemy lines during the Anti-Japanese War."

"I remember that it was 42, a very difficult year. There was a severe drought in the Central Plains that year, and there was an enemy blockade, so the work behind enemy lines was extremely difficult."

"Lao Xian and his men persisted in their work, but were eventually betrayed by a traitor and captured."

"They tortured me severely. When I rescued him, there was not a single piece of intact skin or flesh on his body."

"He was later sent to the Alliance for treatment, and his life was saved."

"Look, the scar on your face was left from that time!"

The old man placed the photo on the table and pointed to the person in the upper left corner.

"At that time, he survived the torture."

Yu Zecheng spoke, and the old man nodded.

"But how can I face the colorful world and women? I just can't stand it!"

The old man's words were filled with anger and a hint of heartache.

Yu Zecheng sat in the chair and didn't dare to speak.

After a long while, the old man raised his head again, his face full of murderous aura, and he uttered four words coldly, "Investigate it thoroughly!"

Yu Zecheng's expression also turned stern. He stood up from his seat and shouted, "Yes!"

When you're done, turn around and leave.

The old man waited until Yu Zecheng left before he lowered his head and two tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"Old brothers, one less!"

Tears flowed, feeling sad!
Yu Zecheng left the old man's office, took a deep breath, and then walked out.

If he hadn't encountered it, he wouldn't believe that this would be the case.

He is the second secretary, not only in a high position but also a veteran revolutionary. How could he betray his beliefs?

How many people are trapped in the mud and yearn for light.

But he cast the moonlight into the quagmire.

People are so unpredictable.

"It's done!"

Just when Yu Zecheng was about to leave, someone suddenly called him!

Looking up, it was my former superior, Wang Lei, Director Wang.

But he is no longer the director now. When he was promoted to director, Wang Lei was the third secretary, responsible for the work in the Northeast.

"Director, why are you here?"

"I rushed back by plane as soon as I received the news!"

Wang Lei replied, but his expression was serious.

Then the two of them entered the office nearby. "Boss, is Xian's matter confirmed?"

“The evidence is strong.”

"Moreover, the other party did not hide anything and confessed everything."

Yu Zecheng could only repeat what he had said to the old man.

The two were talking quietly at the door, and people who were originally passing by could only wait at a distance when they saw them.

"This matter must be handled impartially, without favoritism!"

After Wang Lei understood the situation, his face was filled with murderous intent.

Maybe he had many reasons to carve out a path for himself, but did the comrades he lost have no reasons?

No family left?

Yu Zecheng, who was familiar with Wang Lei's personality, did not ask any more questions, but changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing this time? You don't need to go back to the Northeast?"

Wang Lei nodded, "Yes, this time it was Mr. Zeng's idea."

Yu Zecheng nodded. "I plan to continue investigating, but Mr. Zeng wants to get the internal affairs people involved. I'm having a headache and don't know who to find!"

In fact, he still had a candidate in mind, and that was Song Tao.

Unfortunately, Song Tao is still in Jinling. It is said that the things there involve the United States, which makes it difficult to deal with, so he cannot come back for a while.

He didn't know the other people in charge of housekeeping, and he didn't know the details of some things, so he was very worried about doing them.

Wang Lei nodded and said, "That's what I'm talking about. Mr. Zeng has handed the matter over to me. The Internal Affairs Department will send someone over. I've already made the arrangements."

"If you need any support, just come to me!"

Yu Zecheng was overjoyed when he heard this, "That's great, with you here, I feel much less stressed!"

Wang Lei patted Yu Zecheng on the shoulder and said, "This matter is very serious. There are not many people I can trust."

Yu Zecheng restrained his smile and said, "In fact, most comrades are good people!"

"I know! But we need new blood!"

The two fell silent for a moment.

"By the way, you must ensure Yang Xiaotao's safety now!"

"The leaders are still waiting for news about him, waiting for it to be announced!"

Wang Lei spoke again, but Yu Zecheng smiled bitterly, "Director, I don't even know where that guy is now. I, I can't do anything about it!" "What's going on?"

"This is it!"

Yu Zecheng said cautiously, "We planned several response plans, but something went wrong every time, which aroused his suspicion. So after leaving Jinling, he didn't contact us anymore."

Wang Lei remained silent. "This is our problem. Don't blame others!"

"But we still need to confirm the news as soon as possible and announce it before the holidays."

Yu Zecheng nodded, "Don't worry, based on my understanding of this kid, he will definitely be back before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Ok!"

Wang Lei responded, and then continued, "Now I am also responsible for the affairs in the south, especially the Peninsula Hospital. The situation has been quite troublesome recently. If you have been there, tell me what you think."

"Peninsula Hospital, hard to say."

Yu Zecheng thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Why is it so hard to say?"

"This is something that I can't finish explaining in a short time. The situation over there is very complicated. We have a cornucopia, and these people still have to provide for us. But if we don't have the cornucopia, they will just be hounds that come around and leave when they are full."

"Moreover, these people fear power but not virtue, and I don't know what evil they are harboring in their hearts."

Yu Zecheng could only express his own opinions, and Wang Lei just kept them in mind.

Thinking of Mr. Chen's warning, Wang Lei's heart sank.

The situation over there is more serious than I imagined.

"Okay, we'll meet up later, let's finish this first!"

"Okay, Director, I'm leaving now!"

After Yu Zecheng finished speaking, he turned and left.

Wang Lei also turned around and went in, then looked at the piles of files on the table and couldn't help frowning.

"We need to recruit more people as soon as possible!"

Two days later, in the evening.

"Boss Yang, you're really leaving tomorrow."

After dinner, Xiaobo waited here.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao and Ran's father walking and laughing, they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. Feeling helpless, he stepped forward to ask about it.

Yang Xiaotao was talking to his father-in-law about supplies.

During these two days, Secretary Li not only took Yang Xiaotao to Pengcheng to inspect the situation and check the actual conditions of each factory, but also the comrades from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building were treated with courtesy here.

Not only that, some consumable materials can also be replenished here.

And the price.

For Yang Xiaotao's sake, all orders are given a 20% discount.

Of course, Mr. Ran and his friends didn't bring any money when they went out, so the seal given by Mr. Wang came in handy again.

Yang Xiaotao was shocked when he saw Ran's father take out this thing.

I thought it was made by Ran's father secretly, but I didn't expect that this thing was given to me by Old Wang.

Moreover, it is said that according to Ran's father, it is not something that can be taken seriously.

There are two more of these seals in Wang Lao's possession.
After hearing this, Yang Xiaotao was speechless about Mr. Wang’s outrageous behavior.

Everyone’s seal is carefully protected for fear that it might be stolen.

Anyone who dares to carve a seal privately will be guilty of a serious crime.

But, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building dared to do this.

Take the seal and go out to write an IOU.

I don’t know whether I can get reimbursed later, but I just dare to do it.

This style is indeed very much like Mr. Wang.

Even Yang Xiaotao wanted Xiaowei to make one, so that when something happened, she could, ahem
"It's confirmed. We'll leave tomorrow."

Yang Xiaotao looked at the sky. If it weren't for the fact that the road was difficult to walk on at night and the fact that the road was so bad, he might have set off right away.

Seeing that Xiaobo didn't quite believe what Yang Xiaotao said, Ran's father looked at him again, his face embarrassed.

It was he who said he would leave the next day, but Yang Xiaotao dragged him to Pengcheng the next day, so the departure was delayed until the third day.

But later they talked about replenishing supplies, and then today came.

At the end of the day, it was almost evening and I guess it was really tomorrow.

"I told Captain Lin that we will set off early tomorrow morning and go to Quancheng."

Seeing that Ran's father was so sure, Xiaobo originally wanted to return to Sijiu City.

But when I heard about going to Quancheng, I was speechless.

I guess I'll have to stay for another two or three days.

Xiaobo stopped asking questions, as it was really useless to ask too many questions.

Who told them to listen to Yang Xiaotao?

This trip was really long.

Xiaobo got the accurate information and left, ready to talk to Hao Pingchuan.

Father Ran was smiling in his heart. He had replenished nearly one-third of the supplies in Pengcheng, and by the time he arrived in Quancheng, he would have to replenish at least half of them.

That’s the City of Springs.

Thinking this in their minds, the two returned to the house.

Over the past two days, Yang Xiaotao and Secretary Li have reached a preliminary agreement.

The original positioning of the Red Star Machinery Factory was to develop technology and then drive the development of surrounding factories.

However, Pengcheng is too far away from Sijiu City, and it will take time to popularize the technology.

This time is not only related to the acceptance of technology promotion, but also to the cooperation of local departments.

As we have learned before, the biggest resistance to factories' acceptance of new technologies and new machines comes from the factories themselves.

One machine tool can produce the output of ten workers, but there are no more than three people operating a machine tool. So what do the seven extra people do?
If there is not enough work to do, the extra people will just be idle.

This is something the factory and local authorities do not want to see.

Everyone in the machinery factory is well aware of this.

This is how the steel rolling mill was built.

But now that I know it, it’s not easy to solve.

Yang Xiaotao came to Pengcheng this time originally intending to set up an auto repair center. Now it seems that having met a supportive Secretary Li, he can make more changes.

So during these two days, the two sides reached a cooperation intention.

The machinery factory will send a professional team to the Pengcheng Machine Tool Manufacturing Plant to provide early guidance on the research and production of red punching and red milling machine tools, and strive to start the production of Venusstar machine tools one year later.

In addition, it cooperates with Pengcheng Third Machinery Manufacturing Plant to produce Red Star tractors, motorcycles and other products.

Finally, the production tasks of some threshers will be handed over to Pengcheng, increasing support for Pengcheng.

Of course, these are just preliminary cooperation intentions, and the machinery factory and Pengcheng will continue to have in-depth cooperation in the future.

With Pengcheng as a partner, Yang Xiaotao can jump out of the circle of Sijiu City, just like the leapfrog tactic, blooming in many places and forming circles of influence.

Of course, Pengcheng is just the first one, and there will be many more in the future, like Quancheng, Yanzhou, and so on.

Only then will the machinery factory flourish.

(End of this chapter)