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The bus of the observation team drove from the city to the outside, and along the way, you could see several polling points, all of which were standard, beautiful and solemn, and there were also well-ordered Azerbaijani people queuing up.

Western representatives were delighted to see the seeds of democracy sprouting. Even Han Chenghang was a little dazed and said, "Azerbaijan is holding a general election for the first time. It is not easy to do this. Maybe the general election can really be a benchmark?"

Su Cheng sat in front of him. Hearing what he said, he didn't look back, and said with a smile, "This is the concession of Azerbaijan. Outside and here are two worlds."

"You mean, it's going to be a lot worse outside?" Although Han Chenghang is a diplomatic ambassador, he has no direct knowledge of the former Soviet Union countries after the disintegration.Having just arrived in Baku, he is building his understanding of Azerbaijan.

Since Su Cheng is going to acquire oil fields in Azerbaijan, it is necessary to contact Han Chenghang, so following the topic he is interested in, he said: "Azerbaijan is a mountainous country, but it is also the main development area of ​​heavy industry in the Soviet Union. Coupled with the difference in industrial and agricultural scissors, this The income gap between farmers and workers in the country is probably even greater than in China, and the more remote the place, the less the voters care about politics, and the scene of queuing to vote may become another form.”

Han Chenghang recalled the information he had read before, and said: "In the Soviet era, Azerbaijan and Russia were the only two republics that did not need subsidies. Their oil income was very conspicuous, and they had a universal education system. There shouldn't be much difference. "

The Chinese all believed in the equality of basic rights in Soviet society, and to a certain extent, they did.However, as far as the Azerbaijanis in Sioux City are concerned, those who are busy making a living all day may find it difficult to focus on political elections.In fact.Competing for more voters who don't care about politics is the core of elections in small countries.

Su Cheng didn't go into details, just smiled slightly, and said, "Education belongs to education, but it's based on Azerbaijan's current economic conditions. Those who think about politics at least must be people who are not hungry."

Han Chenghang nodded half-understanding, and looked out of the window. It was the first time he had left Baku in the past few days since he came to Azerbaijan.

Minister Zheng sat next to Su Cheng, but he kept his identity.He took the initiative to talk to Su Cheng once, and he would never start talking again. The place where the three Chinese people were sitting suddenly fell silent.

The Europeans and Americans in the same car were all excited. They were media workers, and they kept writing notes in their hands, and they would never stop talking.And mostly use English.

Su Cheng and the others listened like it was a broadcast.

After a while, the first town outside Baku arrived.

The bus in front stopped, and the cars behind also pulled over.Heinkel, who is very talented in organization, led the crowd out of the car and headed for the polling place as usual.

Here you can still see the Azerbaijanis queuing up to vote, except that they are dressed more plainly than those in the city, there is no big difference.

Su Cheng was too lazy to get out of the car, so he just watched through the window.A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Han Chenghang observed the words and expressions, and asked, "Is there any question?"

"I just left the city, and the ticket office is old, and the interim government is still short of money than I imagined." Su Cheng said with a smile, "I was also talking on paper, and I didn't go out much. Now that I think about it, Azerbaijan probably bought it." East European junk."

Only Minister Zheng, Su Cheng and Han Chenghang were present.Han Chenghang didn't need to pretend to understand, and asked curiously, "What does it matter if you save money with second-hand goods?"

"This is the face of Azerbaijan. Moreover, the United Nations and Western countries have sponsored it. If Azerbaijan continues to do this, you will know how poor it is everywhere." Seeing that Han Chenghang still didn't understand, Su Cheng explained another sentence: "All localities need to supplement the funding for polling stations. The less the funding, the worse the construction of the polling station will be."

"Didn't you say unified?"

"How can it be really unified." Su Cheng said disdainfully: "Who would build a good and big polling station in the other party's vote warehouse. They hope that the other party's voters will get annoyed by the long queue, and then stop voting."

Han Chenghang was dumbfounded. People who have never experienced Western elections really wouldn't think about these things.

After a short stay, the convoy continued forward. At a fork in the road, several vehicles parted ways to visit another area, while other buses continued along the widest road.The international observers in the car are all here to watch the flowers, and tens of thousands of ordinary observers are responsible for the general election situation at the grassroots level.

However, even if it was just a quick look at the flowers, Azerbaijan's first general election quickly showed its flaws.

At a second polling place outside the city, observers saw a large portrait of Aliyev, as well as propaganda posters.

This is not allowed.Because for many voters who do not have a clear goal, the pictures outside the polling station have a psychological suggestion.

However, observers are only qualified to observe, not to interfere in other countries' elections.At this point, observers from European and American countries did a great job. Henkel took pictures from various angles with his body camera, and then got into the car aggrieved, but he didn't say a word after all.

This is not the first set of photos he took.

In the next few polling stations, various problems occurred in the same disgraceful way, and the atmosphere of joy and encouragement in the bus really faded a lot.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, almost dinner time, the bus stopped at Siki City, which is 400 kilometers away from Baku.

Most people got out of the car, shook their legs, ate something, and then slowly walked around a polling station to observe.

Su Cheng and Han Chenghang walked together, followed by Minister Zheng.

Minister Zheng couldn't find a sense of presence in the caravan of foreigners, and it was difficult to find the glory of the deputy minister in Su Cheng, so he simply sat down outside a shop that looked like a fast food restaurant, waved for someone, and shouted in Russian: "Come on!" A meal."

It was meal time, and there were many people eating. The owner of the fast food restaurant was so busy that he just looked up and asked in Russian: "Are you a foreigner?"

"Chinese." Minister Zheng smiled kindly, like the head of the meteorological bureau visiting an elementary school.

"Chinese? Can you vote?" the owner of the fast food restaurant asked without stopping.

Minister Zheng said in surprise, "Of course I can't vote."

"Then there is no meal for you, the meal here is only for those who can vote."

"Is it okay to give money?" Minister Zheng took out a green dollar.

The boss glanced at it, quickly lowered his head, and said, "If you want to eat, you have to wait for a while until the voters finish eating."

"Okay, I'll wait." Minister Zheng put the money on the table, and asked curiously, "Why do you only sell food to voters?"

"They have booked my shop." The boss put the burrito on a plate, handed it to a customer, and said, "Everyone who voted for Aliyev can eat for free, and I can only sell it to people who voted for Aliyev today." Yev's people."

"The one who only sold it to Aliyev? What if the other party lied to you?"

"I can't lie, someone is watching." The boss pointed.

It turned out that each vote writing room was not sealed, and someone could see it and stamp the arms of those who voted for Aliyev.

People with stamps can not only eat for free at the boss's place, but also eat for free at several other shops.

Even if he doesn't understand the Western election system, Minister Zheng knows that this is a bribery... The only problem is that the cost of this kind of bribery is too low.

It turned out to be just a dinner.

Those who were stunned were also international observers and their friends.

Although they knew that the general election in Azerbaijan could not be as clear as water, they did not expect that a place so close to Baku could be so muddy.

Not every Azerbaijani will exchange their votes for dinner, but it has to be admitted that there are still many people who are willing to exchange dinner.

Henkel couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked someone to stop a young man who had finished voting and asked him about the propaganda policy in his neighborhood. Only then did he know that the mobilization for dinner for votes had been released as early as a week ago.

Moreover, not only the dinner, but the vehicles transporting voters also required to vote for Aliyev, otherwise they had to find their own vehicles.

Only then did Han Chenghang know where Su Cheng's confidence came from, and he deliberately asked: "The practices of these polling stations won't have anything to do with Su Dong, right?"

Su Cheng showed an innocent expression: "I haven't heard of these things, and His Excellency Aliyev probably hasn't heard of them either. Maybe...these are temporary hired personnel, so they did it themselves."

... (to be continued...)