Zhou Mingyuan and his group traveled by car from Hongshi Forestry Bureau, passing through Hongshilazi Commune, Jiapigou Commune, and Jiapigou Gold Mine.
"Old Xu, are you off work? Are you busy? You need to talk to him for something."
Zhou Mingyuan quickly served us some food, urging the two of us to eat some, before finally speaking.
"Hey, young master, you know he's worried, right?" Zhou Mingyuan had also drunk quite a bit, his face flushed.
At that time, the people within the jurisdiction of Hanbianli only knew that there was no Han, not that there was no Qing, making it a veritable golden kingdom.
Zhou Mingyuan was reluctant to agree, so he went along with it and agreed to come up.
"You're also waiting for approval from outside the province. If things go smoothly outside the province, then Xiping's label will be removed."
Your forest farm is only a dozen or so miles away from the gold mine, and you are familiar with the leaders of our mine.
Until the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country promptly restored gold mine production in places such as Jiapigou.
"Oh, oh, he must have been entrusted by Xiping's family, right? He arrived just in time."
He didn't go back eight or seven days late, and nothing happened?
Ye Junyan knew whether it was genuine or just a formality, but she still coldly invited Zhou Mingyuan over to play.
Through general surveys and explorations, and with the investment of a small amount of funds and technical expertise, the production of the Jiapigou gold mine has been revitalized.
"Come on, park over there, Brother Jin Fu, come on, you take him to find our leader."
The other party didn't seem to realize it was Zhou Mingyuan's intention, and also reached out to shake hands with Ye Junyan.
Su Jingsheng was still quite drunk back then, and his voice was still quite low. After leaving the office corridor, he would shout out whatever was on his mind.
Anyone with eyes can see that Zhao Minchu's future is bleak, and it's certain that Qi will be transferred to an important position outside the province someday.
After the banquet began, Xu Shouzhong specially arranged for Ye Junyan to sit at the table under the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room, and also specially introduced Zhou Mingyuan's identity to everyone.
The gatekeeper at the ore dressing plant recognized Su Jingsheng. When he saw that I was leading an older man back, he didn't dare to stop me, only saying that our Party Secretary was in his office.
"Secretary Xu is bad, really bad. You were asked to inquire about Sheng Xiping's whereabouts by someone else."
On the other end, Su Mingchang's face was slightly flushed, and he squinted, coldly telling Ye Junyan to go and take a look around Huangnihe Forest Farm.
So Zhou Mingyuan's question was very thoughtful.
"They know that Jin Fu's father-in-law was not the one who went abroad to inspect Rui Qing last year with leaders from outside the province."
"Secretary Zhao, none of them in their forest farm know how to hunt, do they?"
Building relationships over drinks is something Northeasterners are very good at, anyway, halfway through the drinking session, Zhou Mingyuan hadn't gotten into a really bad conversation with Qiao, Zhao, and the other seven.
Since I returned from my overseas study trip last year, I have written many articles about forestry development, which have been met with unanimous opposition from my subordinates.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the banquet ended, and the guests who had come to offer their congratulations took their leave.
"Yes, yes, Yongliang is right. This place is much less interesting than the Forestry Bureau."
Yes, yes, yes, you've done your best, and you'll be able to give them an answer later.
"Oh, so you're Ruiqing's son-in-law. My apologies for not recognizing you sooner."
"Zhao'er, Qiao'er, this is Jing Sheng's buddy, who came all the way from Songjianghe Forestry Bureau to congratulate him."
I realized that Xu Shouzhong arranged for me to sit at that table not so that Zhou Mingyuan could contact those seven people, but so that I could easily find out about Sheng Xiping.
"This man is called Sheng Xiping. He's from another province. A friend of yours asked you to inquire about him. My family is looking for me."
That building was the gold mine's office, where staff from various departments were all present. Upon hearing the commotion, several people poked their heads out of their offices to investigate.
Zhou Mingyuan said he asked someone to help him find someone, only saying that he was going to look for someone himself.
"It's a secret from you seven brothers. When you came last time, there was nothing I needed to do. You had to go to the Jiapigou Gold Mine to find someone."
Hongshi Forestry Bureau was established late, and since there were no gold mines there and development started early, the road transportation conditions were somewhat poor, making it one of the few forestry bureaus with road transport.
"Oh, Xiping? He's looking for me? He actually came."
When passing by the Jiapigou gold mine ore dressing plant, Ye Junyan asked the driver to stop the car. Then, Ye Junyan was pulled into the car and they went straight to the ore dressing plant's office area to find the person in charge of the gold mine.
Zhou Mingyuan already knew about that matter, but at this moment he was also very sad for Sheng Xiping.
Zhou Mingyuan finished his drink, how could these two be left behind? So they raised their glasses and all seven of them downed their drinks.
Hongshi Forestry Bureau is located in Hongshilazi Commune, while Huangnihe Forest Farm is located in the southeast of Jiapigou Commune. The two places are quite far apart.
"Hey, what's wrong with taking two days off? Back then, there wasn't much work at the forest farm either. Did everyone take a break and do side jobs?"
Upon hearing this, the two men immediately perked up. "Jiapigou Gold Mine? He's right to be looking for you two."
Logically speaking, Zhou Mingyuan's status was slightly different from that of a group of farm managers and secretaries, and they didn't even acknowledge me after the meeting.
You went to a wedding banquet, and on your way back you passed by his place. Your older brother said he was looking for someone, so you came with me to see him.
That person was mediocre and incompetent; he caused me a lot of trouble over the years.
Tell him, "The scenery in your forest farm is really terrible."
Upon seeing that it was Ye Junyan, she came out when no one else was around.
"I was telling him this in secret, but you also really like to stir up trouble, like hunting wild boar, deer, or roe deer after retreating from the mountains. And after he said that, you actually seemed quite interested."
Before the Qing Dynasty was over ten years old, no ginseng miners discovered placer gold in the Jiapigou Riverbed, which attracted many migrants to pan for gold.
Su Jingsheng could speak softly without any restraint, while Zhou Mingyuan could.
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