At the first Anton Economic Front work meeting after Tang Yi took office, Tang Yi did not speak much, but he interestingly invited the leaders of various departments and units to speak freely, and said: "Listen together and you will understand. I have just come to Anton.

I don’t understand many situations, so I came to this meeting with a pair of eyes and a pair of ears to listen to everyone’s opinions. Don’t worry, there will be no records of today’s meeting, and I can bring out hammers and sticks!”

There was roaring laughter at the venue, and the atmosphere became much more lively. Next, Tang Yi drank tea, listened to everyone's speeches, and even took the opportunity to observe the top leaders of Anton's economic department.

In the middle of the meeting, Lin Guozhu entered the venue and whispered a few words in Tang Yi's ear. Tang Yi was slightly startled, then put away his notebook and announced that the meeting was adjourned.

In June 1994, the People's Republic of Korea finally could not withstand the pressure brought by the great famine and officially asked for aid from the Republic. In August, the Republic of Korea's first batch of 50,000 tons of food materials to aid Korea was collected from all directions and slowly flowed into Anhui.

It was against this background that the emergency standing committee of Dong Anton was convened.

At the Emergency Standing Committee meeting, Li Lei, the political commissar of the Andong Army Division, informed the subordinates of the food and material security work. Gu Xinming stated that at this stage, ensuring the smooth progress of the aid work to North Korea is the top priority of the Andong Municipal Party Committee and Government, and requires all parties to

The Standing Committee put down the work at hand and carried out matrix management simultaneously from the administrative system and joint agencies to form a joint force of organization and command.

Tang Yi listened silently to Gu Xinming's speech, wrote "food aid" in his notebook, asked a question, and crossed out the question mark.

Gu Xinming finally said: "While completing the tasks of the central government, we in Anton also need to do something for our brother states. I propose to urgently allocate one thousand tons of rice to assist Sinuiju free of charge."

Sinuiju and Andong face each other across the river and have always had close relations. The Yalu River Bridge linking the two cities is a symbol of China-North Korea friendship.

Gu Xinming added: "Secretary Tang Yi, you are responsible for contacting the Grain Bureau and other relevant units to raise supplies."

Tang Yi nodded. Wang Xiaofeng interjected: "Are you planning to hold an event where people in the city donate money and materials?"

Gu Xinming thought for a while and said: "I think it can be done, but it must be voluntary, and units are not allowed to blindly compare." After bringing food supplies worth millions into Sinuiju, the head of the delegation Tang Yi.

Before entering the DPRK, Tang Yi talked with Lu Chunen, director of the Bureau of Commerce, and praised him for his suggestions at the economic work symposium. At that time, Lu Chunen suggested that while the construction of the economic cooperation zone was starting, Anton should go to the south to hold several investment meetings to vigorously promote the economy.

Taking advantage of the economic cooperation zone as a national-level economic development zone, we strive to introduce more enterprises to settle in the economic cooperation zone.

Tang Yi said that the investment fair will definitely be held, and Lu Chunen should work with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Economic and Trade Commission to make preliminary preparations and strive to put the investment fair on the agenda after returning from North Korea.

Tang Yi's first impression of North Korea was that it was clean. The Sinuiju Railway Station Square seemed not to be stained with a trace of dust, so clean that it gave people a false feeling.

In the square, stands a bronze statue of the Supreme Leader holding a scroll and looking straight ahead. It is said that this was the first time the Supreme Leader came to Sinuiju to promote the revolution when he was 37 years old.

The party and government leaders of Sinuiju City personally greeted Tang Yi and his entourage at the station. They were accompanied by Colonel Lee Kwang-moo, the commander of a certain regiment of the Sinuiju Garrison. However, Tang Yi was keenly aware that even Chairman Kim of the Sinuiju City People's Committee was not interested in

Li Guangwu, who was less than thirty, was also polite and even a little fawning.

Tang Yi, who was well aware of the strong family system in North Korea's political system, took it to heart. When he shook hands with Li Guangwu, Tang Yi smiled and said, "Hello, comrade." Li Guangwu said in fluent Chinese: "Hello, comrade." Tang Yi was slightly startled, and then he knew what he had guessed.

That's right, most of the current Korean red people can speak Chinese fluently.

Li Guangwu, on the other hand, muttered: "Tang Yi, Tang Yi," looked at Tang Yi's face carefully, and suddenly asked: "Did you go to Beijing Yuhong No. 1 Primary School in elementary school?"

Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Guangwu, and a tall child suddenly flashed in his mind. When Guangwu was a child, he often came to his home as a guest. He was two years older than himself and studied in a primary school. And

Isn't Guangwu's grandfather the current deputy marshal of the Korean People's Army? The Korean People's Army currently has only two marshals, except for the supreme leader, who is Cishuai Li.

Tang Yi smiled and squeezed Li Guangwu's hand again: "Guangwu. Long time no see." Li Guangwu laughed loudly: "Little slug. Now it's incredible. I can't believe it. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you are here."

Across the river!"

Li Guangwu immediately said a few words in Korean to Chairman Kim, and the delegation's accompanying interpreter whispered: "Captain Li said that Secretary Tang is his childhood friend and he should be the one to receive him. Chairman Kim agreed."

Although the other members of the delegation were a little surprised, they didn't pay much attention to it. Lin Guozhu, who was following Tang Yi, knew very well that he knew Secretary Tang, his childhood friend, and could guess the identity of Captain Li with his toes.

He is a descendant of a certain red family in North Korea.

Tang Yitong, deputy head of the delegation and deputy mayor Meng Zhikai, explained that he would be responsible for handing over supplies to the Sinuiju government and would be responsible for liaising with the Korean People's Army. Meng Zhikai had no objection. Everyone believed in the influence of the Sinuiju garrison on the Sinuiju government.

Knowing this well, being able to establish friendship with the local garrison will be of great help to the friendly exchanges between the two cities.

So Tang Yi drove simply, taking only Lin Guozhu and a translator with him, and boarded Li Guangwu's green jeep.

That night, Li Guangwu greeted Tang Yi at the guest house of the military subdivision. In the simply decorated box, looking at the simple four dishes and one soup on the table, Tang Yi smiled. Li Guangwu seemed to know the meaning of his smile, and said somewhat angrily: "You don't

Do you believe those distorted reports?"

Tang Yi shook his head, sat down and said, "In any case, the international image of our Northern Brotherhood has been very distorted in recent years!"

He and Li Guangwu were the only ones in the box. Tang Yi said this just to see Li Guangwu's reaction. If Li Guangwu used the official method to deal with him, it means that the relationship between the two in the future can only be regarded as childhood friends. Now they are just ordinary friends.

Tong friends.

If Tang Yi wants to vigorously develop the economic cooperation zone, Sinuiju is also an important chess piece. Although Tang Yi has not yet thought of the use of this chess piece, he has an old knowledge that can be used to influence this chess piece, which has many benefits.

Li Guangwu sat next to Tang Yi and sighed softly. He shook his head and said: "There is no way. Leaders are hereditary. Of course, the Western media will demonize them. No matter how wise the great leader is, in the eyes of so-called democratic countries, he is a symbol of dictatorship.

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Li Guangwu looked at Tang Yi again and said, "What about you? Is it correct to follow the revisionist line?"

Tang Yi smiled: "Let history prove everything. Let's drink today and not talk about political affairs!" It seems that Li Guangwu really regarded him as a friend and did not deny the words hereditary and dictatorship. Of course he was in his position.

, the education he received since childhood, in his eyes, the supreme leader is undoubtedly a great man.

Li Guangwu poured a glass of yellow rice wine for Tang Yi. The water quality in North Korea is very good, there is no industrial pollution, and the rice wine brewed is clear and delicious. Tang Yi took a sip, admired it greatly, and said with a smile: "Good wine."

Li Guangwu took off his green military uniform. He only wore a white shirt, but he looked very heroic. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, weighed one out and handed it to Tang Yi. Tang Yi took a look and saw that it was the Three Towers in China.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, should I live like a disciple of a high-ranking cadre?

Tang Yi looked through his bag, but there was no cigarette in it. In recent days, Tang Yi didn't smoke often.

Tang Yi felt regretful in his heart. If he had known that he would meet an old friend, he should have brought a few cartons of cigarettes from China. Now he had no choice but to take Li Guangwu's cigarettes and smiled apologetically: "Guangwu, I didn't expect to see you, and I didn't prepare any gifts."

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Li Guangwu smiled heartily and said: "Don't be polite to me. Next time you come, bring me a few more high-end cigarettes so that I can show my face in the military area!"

Tang Yi smiled and said, "I am sure." The two chatted about interesting childhood stories and laughed happily.

There was a gentle knock on the door of the private room where they were talking, and Li Guangwu smiled: "In order to welcome you as a distinguished guest, our military division's military and political song and dance troupe has prepared some small performances." He shouted something in Korean again, presumably to ask them to come in.

Seven or eight young girls dressed in Korean national costumes filed in. Each of these girls was bright and graceful.

The beautiful girl at the head announced the curtain with a clear voice. Her voice was as sweet as drinking from a clear spring. "Song and dance performance, "Guests from afar are coming to my house""

Tang Yi was startled when he heard it. It turned out to be standard Mandarin. Li Guangwu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lieutenant Park started learning Chinese at the age of four. How about it? Does it sound like the authentic Beijing movies you talk about?"

Tang Yi smiled and nodded.

Wearing jingle bells, North Korean girls sang and danced. The bright and beautiful girl in the lead sang and danced softly. The misty and clear singing voice was like a crystal clear river, which calmed down Tang Yi's mood.

And the difficult movements she performed with her soft waist made Tang Yi gently applaud. Seeing her like an acrobat, with her soft waist bent to almost zero degrees and her hands holding her feet, Tang Yi was quite a little bit confused.

He was dumbfounded and almost cheered loudly.

After the song and dance, the girls bowed slightly and filed out. Li Guangwu smiled and said: "Although our material life is poor, our spiritual culture is a priceless treasure."

Tang Yi smiled slightly and said: "Every nation has values ​​to be proud of. Come, let's drink a toast to the lasting friendship between you and me and the eternal friendship between China and North Korea."

Li Guangwu smiled heartily: "You kid, you like to speak in an official tone! This is your revision of the party's tradition!"

Tang Yi smiled bitterly and said to himself that compared to shouting slogans and speaking in official terms, who can compare with our brotherly party in the north?

The two drank it all and chatted and laughed, but Tang Yi noticed that Li Guangwu always put some green vegetables in his dishes and deliberately avoided meat and eggs in the dishes. Tang Yi laughed: "What? Losing weight?"

Li Guangwu laughed and said: "To tell you the truth, we are now extremely short of pork and eggs. To entertain you, all my meat and egg quota for a month is in this dish! It makes my heartache to see you! Give me all the meat and eggs."

I'll eat it, don't ask me to scold you for a month!"

Tang Yi patted his shoulder gently, knowing that he was joking but what he said was the truth.

At this time, the box door was lightly knocked, and then pushed open, and a bright and heroic female soldier walked in. It was the dancer who dazzled Tang Yi, but now she had put on a green military uniform, and she was full of heroic spirit.

, stood at attention and saluted after entering, his black military boots clanging, giving him a unique look.

Li Guangwu smiled at Tang Yi: "Let me introduce to you, Lieutenant Park Yuner of our military and political song and dance troupe. She was an orphan. She joined the military and political song and dance troupe at the age of five. She is only seventeen now, so you can call her Yuner."

Lieutenant Park gave Tang Yi a standard military salute: "Hello, chief!" The clear voice made Tang Yi smile and wave his hand.

Li Guangwu added: "From tomorrow on, Lieutenant Park will be your tour guide and will take you to visit Sinuiju." Then he said to Lieutenant Park: "How about it? Are you confident that you can take good care of our distinguished guests?"

Hearing that the leader entrusted him with the arduous task of accompanying the distinguished guests of the Republic, Lieutenant Park was so excited that two red flowers flew up on his pretty face, and he waved his arms in salute: "Report to the leader, promise to complete the task!"

Li Guangwu waved his hand, and Lieutenant Park saluted the two leaders again, turned around, and walked out with standard military steps.

Tang Yi smiled, although most of these soldiers, especially the orphan soldiers, have been indoctrinated with the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism. They are a bit rigid and like robots, but they also have a frank and cute side. At least, they are loyal to the motherland.

is respectable.

The military subdivision guest house is probably the only building in Sinuiju that does not have electricity cuts. Although the decoration of the room is not luxurious, it is more comfortable, with a high bed and soft pillows. Tang Yi woke up, stretched and looked at the bedside alarm clock

, it’s past seven o’clock, I get up, wash up, dress neatly, look at my watch, it’s 7:45, I just go down to have breakfast.

Opening the door to the room, Tang Yi was stunned. In the corridor outside the door, Lieutenant Park stood quietly and solemnly. When Tang Yi opened the door, he saluted loudly: "Hello, Chief!"

Tang Yi groaned, waved his hand and said, "Good morning."

As soon as the door next door opened, Lin Guozhu poked his head out, saw Tang Yi, and hurriedly walked out and said, "Secretary Tang, haven't you had breakfast yet?"

Lieutenant Park said clearly: "I'll get it!" He turned and walked towards the stairs.

Lin Guozhu chuckled and said: "I stood outside for more than an hour. Alas, the North Korean soldiers can't even turn their heads!"

Tang Yi glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense! You must respect the brothers!"

Lin Guozhu hurriedly said yes. After thinking about it, he went back to the room and took out a large plastic bag. He said: "Secretary, I have a few cartons of cigarettes, chocolates, candies, snacks, and a place prepared before coming to North Korea. Take a look at the land.

No? I heard that both government officials and ordinary people like these gifts."
To be continued...