Globe Trekker

Chapter 56

Fengyuan Inn is located on the west side of the Party Headquarters of Zhejiang Province, near the Zhonghe intersection of Zhonghe.

As night fell, Wu Ming led the exhausted but satisfied two apprentices back to Fengyuan Inn, only to find that the inn was simple and not luxurious on the outside, but the facilities inside were very complete and exquisite. The reason for receiving dignitaries and dignitaries from all over the country.

Mrs. Fang was in the room with her husband, and when she heard the sound of footsteps, she rushed out to welcome her. Seeing a toy car in Xiaoxin's hand, she immediately complained to Wu Ming:
"Why did you buy such an expensive thing for Xiaoxin again? I'm afraid you won't be able to spend that little money?"

Wu Ming didn't explain, nodded and smiled, and entered the room where Fang Youchun lived together, put down the rucksack he just bought, and went to the inner bathroom to wash his face.

The two apprentices returned to their own room next door and were reluctant to move. They kept lamenting that shopping was more tiring than hunting in the mountains, but the master was not tired at all.

Sister-in-law Fang let out a happy laugh: "My younger brother helped me buy a large stack of soft cotton gauze diapers. I didn't expect that he is so careful at such a young age, and he is much better than your brother-in-law in this regard."

Fang Youchun put down the brush, saw Wu Ming coming out, raised his hand and threw a cigarette over: "Sit down and rest for a while, let's eat something casually, if you are hungry, solve it yourself, there is a night market stall outside the door, two streets nearby The wontons and Yangchun noodles taste good."

"Ate."

Wu Ming lit a match and lit a cigarette, and sat on the reception sofa to smoke comfortably: "I didn't notice this sofa during the day, it's well made, the lights in the room are quite bright, and the voltage is stable, unlike the lights in Quzhou that are always flickering, It dazzles the eyes."

Fang Youchun sat down on the short sofa next to Wu Ming: "Hangzhou had electric lights 20 years ago. At that time, I was still studying at the church school in Tianshui Street. The first time I saw electric lights, I thought it was very fresh. Later, I found out that there are lights in Ban'er Lane. The Dali Electric Company was built and three steam generators were installed, each capable of generating 160 kilowatts. I was so surprised... Now even Quzhou has electric lights, and Changshan is about to have them. With electricity, factories can be opened. benefit the local people.”

Wu Ming smiled and said, "Brother is very pioneering!"

"Pioneering? Are you kidding me?" Fang Youchun frowned deliberately.

"How dare little brother? By the way, have you ever been to the provincial government?" Wu Ming asked about the business.

"I went, but I didn't see a single acquaintance. The provincial security department has existed in name only. It said it was going to be disbanded and reorganized. The security forces of the eight regiments will go to Nanjing to reorganize in a few days to enrich the central security force. Several colleagues in the army I knew before Suffering from being excluded, disheartened and dejected, he has already disarmed and returned to the field, looking around and seeing things are right and wrong!"

"Several chief officials of the Civil Affairs Department and the General Office resigned and left. Provincial Chairman Zhang Nan first heard that he was about to step down. During this time, he ran to Nanjing. The government departments and bureau chiefs left by Mr. Zhang Jingjiang are working with the Central Organization Department. The faction supported by Minister Chen Lifu fought fiercely. The special team of the Organization Department of the Central Committee was rectifying party affairs in Zhejiang. General Zhou Junyan, the chairman of the provincial government and director of the finance department, who was in charge temporarily, hadn’t returned to Hangzhou for a month under the pretext of inspecting the province’s salt affairs. It's really messy." Fang Youchun sighed.

Wu Ming pondered: "The provincial government can't control the army, and the Zhejiang Provincial Security Department is facing disbandment and reorganization. We can only find the provincial party headquarters... Isn't the provincial party headquarters located in the provincial council on Minsheng Road to the west? It's only a few steps away. , why don't you ask?"

"I asked, the person who received me today was Section Chief Xu Enzeng of the Party Affairs Reorganization Team of the Central Committee. He had a very good attitude. He patiently listened to my complaint and asked me to come back and write the complaint in written form. I had no choice but to come back and write. It's okay. If so, you can go with me tomorrow." Fang Youchun looked at Wu Ming expectantly.

"Xu Enzeng? Wait! Why is this name so familiar?"

Wu Ming thought and thought, stood up, took a few steps, and immediately turned around: "This person is Chen Lifu's confidant. I heard that they are related. I remember that Xu Enzeng seems to be the chief of the Party Affairs Investigation Section of the Central Party Committee. Absolutely. People with real power! From this point of view, the infighting among the top leaders in Zhejiang has reached a fever pitch, and Chen Lifu must get serious, otherwise he would not have sent someone like Xu Enzeng, the chief of the party affairs investigation section, to come. This is an excellent opportunity!"

Fang Youchun was very surprised: "How do you know so clearly?"

"I know, why don't I know? Well...there are sporadic publications in that newspaper, and most people don't pay attention to it, let alone summarize and analyze it." Wu Ming stammered, and changed the topic intentionally after sitting down. : "You write the complaint quickly, and I will accompany you tomorrow."

"Okay! I can finish writing tonight." Fang Youchun returned to the desk and continued to write.

Wu Ming tried his best to put out the cigarette butt, and found that Xiaoxin had fallen asleep on the short sofa at some point, so he quickly called Fang Youchun: "Xiaoxin is asleep, take him back to the next room to sleep, if it is not convenient, I will go to the next room Squeeze, this room is reserved for you and sister-in-law."

Fang Youchun smiled and stood up: "It's not necessary, why are you so particular about being an old husband and wife? You stay, let's have a good chat tonight."

Fang Youchun carried the child to the next room and threw it to his sister. Wu Ming saw two new newspapers on the table, so he hurried over to pick them up and read them carefully.

That night, Wu Ming and Fang Youchun repeatedly analyzed the current situation of the provincial government and party headquarters, predicting possible problems and countermeasures that should be taken.

Finally, Wu Ming brought Fang Youchun's written complaint, and after reading it, he immediately suggested writing the names of the instructors Jiang Dingwen and Lin Wei in one of the contents of the resume, instead of simply writing "the third year of the Republic of China to the fifth year of the Republic of China Studied in Zhejiang Jiangwu Hall, served as the trainee company commander of the First Division of the Zhejiang Army in the sixth year of the Republic of China.

Fang Youchun thought it over and felt that it made sense, so he immediately rewrote this resume, then lay down on the bed and sighed uncontrollably, as if doing so was a breach of integrity, but in the end, Wu Ming sneered mercilessly again.

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At nine o'clock the next morning, Wu Ming changed into the black youth clothes that Fang Zhichun helped clean and ironed. Fang Youchun also put on a brand new dark blue Chinese tunic suit with the blue sky and white sun emblem on the left chest. The two walked together to Provincial party department.

Entering the gate of the Provincial Party Headquarters, Wu Ming was secretly surprised. There were four or five imported cars parked in front of the building. They were either officials in dark Chinese tunic suits with blue sky and white sun emblems on their chests, or generals in neat military uniforms with well-polished leather shoes. As for the school officers, many of them looked very young. Wu Ming felt that most of them were about the same age as him, but the ranks on their collars were all colonels or even generals.

Entering the hall, I reported to the guard in the reception room downstairs. The guard still remembered Fang Youchun who came yesterday afternoon. He said politely that Section Chief Xu had just arrived and was in the east office on the second floor. However, it seemed that many officers were looking for him. Just wait at the door of his office.

Fang Youchun thanked the guards politely, pulled Wu Ming, who was looking around, up the wide stairs, walked through the somewhat dark long corridor, and came to the eastmost office door.

The lieutenant on duty standing by the door greeted him. After listening to Fang Youchun's explanation, he took the complaint, pointed to a bench by the wall and said "wait a moment" before going in.

Ten minutes later, I didn't see anyone coming out to give a word. Instead, I saw many officials coming in and out. Laughter came from the cracks in the half-covered office door from time to time, with both southern accents and northern accents.

Several waves of people came and went, Fang Youchun still sat and read the newspaper calmly, but Wu Ming waited a little impatiently, put away the newspaper and stood up, just in time two serious young officers walked out, followed by two The lieutenant on duty behind the young officer shouted for Fang Youchun to come in.

Wu Ming asked Fang Youchun in a low voice, "Do you want me to go in?"

"Come in together."

Fang Youchun seemed to have thought about it long ago, without any hesitation.

Wu Ming put on the discipline buckle, but he didn't see that the two young officers who had just passed by had already stopped in their tracks, and looked back at him in surprise. Wu Ming stepped forward and followed Fang Youchun into the office. The two young officers looked at each other, and then followed inside.

(End of this chapter)