Chapter Twelve: Sharpening One's Sword on the Battlefield

  After getting on the car, Zhang Qingyun continued to pretend to be drunk and sleepy. Wu Zhiqiang carefully examined Zhang Qingyun with the help of the light in the car and confirmed that he had never seen this person before. He couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, "Damn it, where is this kid from? What kind of director is he? There's still a director in Yongping government circle that I don't know?"

  As soon as he thought of this, he immediately understood that Geng Shuang was just intentionally using the opportunity to get rid of his entanglement, and for a moment, his heart was burning with jealousy.

  "This stinky woman, a widow still pretending to be noble with me, really thinking she's a virtuous and chaste lady. Wait till Sun Changqing that old devil falls, see how I'll deal with you."

  "Wu Zhenchang, we've arrived at your home." Geng Shuang said with a "ding" sound as he stopped the car and smiled.

  Wu Zhiqiang was taken aback, looked deeply at Geng Shuang for a moment, then glared at Zhang Qingyun who was leaning against the car door like a dead fish, let out a cold snort, and got out of the car with a slam.

  "Director Zhang, have you sobered up? If you're really drunk to this extent, can Secretary Wan and the others feel at ease letting you walk alone?" Geng Shuang said with a light smile after restarting the car.

  Zhang Qingyun's face turned red, and he was caught off guard by his own little trick. He still felt a bit unnatural, so he said: "It's better now, the Wuliangye has a strong aftertaste."

  "Don't you know Director Wu?" Geng Shuang asked, apparently finding it very strange. Wu Zhiqiang was a rising star in the official circles of Yongping, and he was also the son of Deputy County Governor Wu De. In the official circles of Yongping, there were few people who didn't know Wu Zhiqiang, but surprisingly, Wu Zhiqiang didn't recognize Zhang Qingyun.

  Geng Shuang never thought that Zhang Qingyun was just a small role in Lizi Ping Township, because judging from his temperament, Zhang Qingyun didn't seem like it.

  "Must one necessarily know Wu Zhiqiang in the official circles of Yongping?" Zhang Qingyun said with a smile, and then he rolled down the car window, letting in a blast of cold air from outside.

  Geng Shuang was taken aback, turned her head and glanced at Zhang Qingyun, for a moment she didn't know how to speak. She had a faint sense of guilt in her heart, today Zhang Qingyun had offended Wu Zhiqiang for her sake.

  Wu Zhiqiang and his son's influence in Yongping was clear to her. Zhang Qingyun seemed to have an extraordinary air about him, but he was too young, at most just a deputy township head level. People with this kind of identity, if they provoked the Wu family, would definitely not end up well.

  "I regret what happened today, Wu Zhiqiang is a narrow-minded person. I suggest you find him another day to clarify the situation, after all, it's just a misunderstanding!" Geng Shuang said with some apology.

  Zhang Qingyun smiled and went to the county party committee office, where he would soon be on opposite sides with Wu Dezhong. At this time, explaining the situation to others was not a joke.

  But this woman is indeed formidable, having stirred up such a big trouble, can it be resolved with just one sentence of regret? If such things happened to others, their political life might have been ruined. A beauty can be a curse, the ancients were not deceiving me.

  "What's wrong? Do you think I've gone too far and shouldn't have used you as a shield to get rid of the entanglement?" Geng Shuang said.

  Zhang Qingyun hummed softly and said in a low voice: "Since you all know that you've gone too far, why are you still doing this? Now saying these words is useless!"

  Geng Shuang saw that Zhang Qingyun still didn't make a sound, and hastily turned her head back, her tone softened as she said: "I was wrong! I formally apologize to you! But...as a woman, many things I also had no choice but to do..." By the time she finished speaking, her eyes were already brimming with tears.

  Zhang Qingyun knew that Geng Shuang might have an acting component, but she still softened in her heart and smiled lightly:

  "You're overthinking it, I'm just looking at the road, and I found that we are walking on a wrong path."

  "What? Why?" Zhang Qingyun's response was met with some surprise by Geng Shuang.

  "Because I live in Xicheng!"

  Geng Shuang was taken aback for a moment, and with a "ding" sound, he stopped the car steadily. He turned around, and they looked at each other, both bursting out laughing.

  After turning the car around, the atmosphere in the car also became more lively. The two of them talked about other topics, avoiding the depressing subject, but basically it was all Geng Shuang asking questions and Zhang Qingyun answering.

  What Geng Shuang found strange was that Zhang Qingyun seemed to be completely unbothered by the fact that he had offended Wu Zhiqiang. When discussing any issue with him, he was always polite and courteous, yet never lost his sense of humor. When did the officialdom become so elegant?

  "Turn left!" Zhang Qingyun said suddenly.

  Geng Shuang was lost in thought when he was startled by the sudden shout and jumped up, hastily turning into a fork in the road to his left.

  "Alright, I'm home now, thank you so much for sending me back!" Zhang Qingyun said with a smile.

  Geng Shuang hastily stopped the car, Zhang Qingyun opened the door, nodded to him and waved goodbye before slowly turning around and leaving.

  Watching Zhang Qingyun's departing figure, Geng Shuang's mind was racing. Judging from the living conditions of this neighborhood, it was just an extremely ordinary one, and Zhang Qingyun should also be just a child from an ordinary family. However, from Zhang Qingyun's behavior and demeanor, he seemed to exude confidence everywhere, which made him a really interesting person!

  "What did this kid just call me? 'Old lady'?" Geng Shuang thought to herself, but a faint smile played on her lips and a hint of blush rose to her cheeks.

  In the following days, Zhang Qingyun went to the party school less often. He put all his energy into studying the government affairs of Yongping County. Although he would only be a secretary in the future, he imagined himself as the county head.

  If he were the county magistrate now, how should he break the ice and govern, with this idea in mind, he went to collect data, find information, and analyze the situation.

  The way to be an official is mainly to have a good leadership team, but Lijian has very few cards in his hand at present. Wude has been operating in Yongping for many years, and the Public Security Bureau, Organization Department, Finance Bureau, and Agriculture Bureau are all under his control.

  County Party Secretary Huang Songshan is also an old cadre of Yongping, Huang Songshan is a standard grassroots, no background upstairs, completely relying on himself to climb step by step to this position, and has reached the age of retirement.

  However, Huang Songshan is still very powerful, and the heads of the Tobacco Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Forestry Bureau, and Taxation Bureau are all under his control. Among them, the Forestry Bureau is particularly important.

  Yongping's situation is special, the Ungai Mountain area in the northwest of Yongping is now a national-level natural reserve, the forestry bureau may be a clean water yamen in other counties, but in Yongping, the forestry bureau has become a department that is truly rich and oily.

  Wugai Mountain stretches for hundreds of square kilometers, with countless rare animals and plants inside. Although the country prohibits the sale of rare animals and plants, Yungping is far from the emperor, and such things cannot be prohibited. In the end, the city can only allow Yungping to develop forest resources in a limited way.

  These two words "limited" made the cat bigger, so every year there are a large number of medicinal material merchants gathering here, their breakthrough is all in the forestry bureau, the medicinal material industry has become one of the pillar industries of Yongping in disguise, Huang Songshan controls such a department, and the county party secretary's position is naturally unshakeable.