"Control the mountains and rivers, and stand on the shoulders of the world."
"It is the fortress of the four fortresses and the capital of the five plains."
"The three capitals of the Heavenly King are one of the northern capitals."
“The great lord and the great town cannot live without the virtuous.
"The hometown of Yao of Tang Dynasty, a famous city in the Warring States Period, the Bafu of the Northern Dynasties, the Northern Capital of the Heavenly Kings, the North Gate of the Central Plains, and the important town on the nine sides..."
"I crossed the Sanggan River for no reason, but I hope Bingzhou is my hometown."
"But let the flying generals of Dragon City be here, and don't teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountains."
The above words are all about Longcheng City, the capital of Hedong Province.
From the perspective of humanistic environment, Longcheng City has been at the center of interactions and conflicts between the Chinese nation and the grassland nation since ancient times.
From the Xia, Shang, and Zhou to the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, there were groups of Di, Zhurong, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang, Turks, Uighurs, Jurchens, Khitans, Mongols, and Manchus who lived here together with the Han
The nation has engaged in fierce conflicts and struggles.
Under such a historical environment, either due to imitation or to resist foreign enemies and protect the family and the country, the Longcheng area has strong human nature and is accustomed to military service, forming a martial, strong and chivalrous folk custom.
From the perspective of language environment, Longcheng dialect also has its own characteristics, with a harder tone and highlighted character traits.
At the end of October, Ye Kaifeng completed the handover procedures for Shengwang New District and went to Longcheng, the capital of Hedong Province, to take up his post.
This time, Ye Kai really went to the job alone, bringing only one driver and two guards, and no other preparations were made.
Originally, the old Ye family also considered recruiting a few people to serve as Ye Kai's team, but one of them was because of time constraints, and the other was that Ye Kai believed that the situation in Dragon City was special, and recruiting people there in a hurry might not be effective.
It's better to go there by yourself, without any scruples, and just do whatever you want, which will save you some worry.
Ye Kai did not come by plane. Two Hummer off-road vehicles, one behind the other, came directly from the capital to rush to Dragon City. They were quite impressive.
To be honest, in the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of off-road vehicle is really not as stylish as other people's cars. It looks similar to a military jeep, except that it is a bit bigger, and its square shape is a bit rustic.
This is also because the reputation of Hummer only exists in the minds of a few people. If military fans see it, they will definitely gather around and appreciate it.
"Boss, we are about to enter Longcheng City." The driver, named Li Sheng, reminded Ye Kaidao at this time.
The Hummer was very spacious. Ye Kai was lying in the back thinking about something. Hearing this, he looked outside and found that it was already dark.
At this time, all we can do is eat and sleep. Fortunately, we have booked a hotel in advance, so we don’t have to worry about food and accommodation.
Ye Kai got up and rubbed his face with his hands. It was more than 500 kilometers from the capital, and the road conditions were not very good. It took almost ten hours to eat continuously along the way, and everyone was a little tired.
"There is a checkpoint ahead..." Li Sheng looked at the lights in front and said to Ye Kai.
The speed of the car gradually slowed down, and it was impossible not to slow down, because there were many cars blocked in front.
Ye Kai looked outside and saw traffic police blocking the car on the opposite side to check for overloading. There were also people writing and drawing with tickets.
“I’ve long heard that the traffic police here are more arrogant, and now it seems that’s true,” said driver Li Sheng.
Ye Kai nodded, pushed open the car door and walked out. The two guards' cars followed him. When he wanted to get down to accompany Ye Kai, he waved his hand calmly, meaning no need.
After walking a few steps forward, I saw a car owner and driver bargaining with the traffic police.
In recent years, the traffic police in some areas have been very serious in detaining cars indiscriminately and issuing tickets and fines indiscriminately. However, sometimes they also encounter hard problems with drivers.
It is said that once, a driver drove an empty tank truck and was stopped by the traffic police as soon as he left the city. They insisted that he was overloaded. The driver explained that it was an empty tanker, so how could it be overloaded?
The traffic police didn't care and wanted to impose a fine, but the driver said he didn't have any money on him, so the traffic police impounded the car.
The driver didn't say anything at that time, he just said it's so fucking stupid, forget it, you can impound the car, and the bill will come, and the bill will be written clearly, it's overloaded, I'll go back and get the money.
The next day, the driver brought RMB 10,000 in cash and a reporter from the TV station to the traffic police station to pay the fine, get the receipt and processing form, and then went to the parking lot to pick up the car.
Then the most classic thing happened.
"Comrade, I'll get the car, the tanker truck."
"Just that one, go and drive it."
The driver started the car and drove half a meter, then stopped and got out of the car.
"Comrade, where's the gas in my car?"
"What oil?"
"'gasoline."
"Where did the oil come from? It was empty when it came in."
"The load of this car is 45 tons. They said I was overloaded."
"Your car is empty."
"Here's the overloaded sheet, where's my oil?"
At this moment, I froze. The reporter from the TV station was specially invited by the driver. Of course, he was closely connected. Moreover, since Zhengchou had no choice of topics, he was naturally happy to watch the fun. However, the traffic police are not vegetarians. They have always refused to do anything to anyone.
concession.
So we went to court and filed a lawsuit. The evidence was conclusive, and finally the relevant departments admitted that a truckload of oil had been stolen.
However, there are only a few people who can be as awesome as this driver. Most people suffer the consequences and acquiesce to the fine, so the highway traffic police become more and more lawless.
Especially on this road outside Longcheng City, there are many coal trucks passing by, all of which are large trucks. They are hard-earned money, so naturally they cannot afford to be delayed on the road. It is not that they dare not file a lawsuit, but it is the price of a domestic lawsuit.
It's too high, and the efficiency is extremely low. If there was time to litigate, the money would have been earned long ago.
Therefore, the traffic police on the road are very arrogant, and they continue to work illegally despite repeated inspections.
Another situation is that the traffic police on the road often change their posts, and many of them are temporary workers. They are paid to work. Since they bought this position with money, of course they have to be severely punished to recover the cost, and today
This has fined you. When you come back tomorrow, it is very likely that someone will have been replaced. Even if the relevant departments receive complaints, they will refuse to acknowledge the debt most of the time. This will form a corruption.
Chain, no one wants to deal with this kind of thing.
For the higher-level departments, as long as there is a share of fine revenue, the people below can do whatever they want, and no one will care. At most, the drivers will just curse, but they have nothing to do except curse a few words to vent.
If you encounter this kind of thing, you still have to pay the fine honestly.
When Ye Kai walked over, he saw the traffic police issuing fines. Of course, they were not 1ccc or that outrageous, but usually the fines were 200 yuan. Some drivers found it troublesome, so to save trouble, they quietly gave the traffic police 50 yuan.
The money is basically released.
But this time, I did encounter an empty car that was overloaded. The driver was arguing with the traffic police, "My empty car, where is it overloaded?"
"A foreign car, why are you so arrogant? If you say you are overloaded, you are overloaded. Believe it or not, I will find something else wrong with you?!" The traffic policeman spoke in a blunt dialect and took random photos of the car with his flashlight.
The driver cursed angrily and lost his temper in the end. The traffic police really wanted to find fault with him, but he really didn't worry about finding out anything about it, so he had to pay the fine of 200 yuan and drive away.
Already.
The attitude of the traffic police is very good. They don't do anything or talk back. Anyway, if you don't pay the fine, you can't drive away. The goal of everything is to receive the fine and ignore everything else.
But when Ye's car drove over, the traffic police took a look at the license plate and let him go without saying anything.
"What kind of car is this? It looks very cool!"
The drivers behind looked at the car driven by Ye and started talking about it.
One of the knowledgeable people said, "The General Staff's license plate, do you think it's cool or not?"
After leaving this checkpoint, Ye Kai said, "The management of Hedong is indeed very problematic. Highway fines are unscrupulous. With this, who would want to come here for development? A group of people in the province don't know what kind of aircraft they are working on, but they all
No one pays attention to them, so no wonder the central government has a strong opinion against them."
"The province has its own ideas..." Li Sheng said. His hometown is in Longcheng and he is considered a local. This is the main reason why Ye Kai specially chose him to be his driver. "Countless coal is wasted every day.
The land was taken away, and none of the benefits were lost. On the contrary, the environment was ruined by the coal industry. The entire province was smoky. How can people develop the economy in this kind of environment? Many large enterprises have relocated.
There’s no need to go out and save money. In this case, you have to find a place to vent, and naturally no one will stop you from the road fine.”
Ye Kai listened and nodded, but he felt that although what Li Sheng said had some truth, from the upper level, such reasons obviously did not hold up. Although the amount of fines was huge, compared to the entire province
Even so, it is only insignificant.
In fact, most of this part of the fines goes into private pockets, and only a very small amount goes into public funds.
Although they entered Longcheng City, there was still a long way to go between the city and the hotel. The car drove for more than half an hour before we finally arrived. This was all because Li Sheng was a local and was familiar with the road conditions.
The traffic volume on the road is not very large, especially the main roads in Longcheng City are very well built and very spacious. Once the car enters the urban area, the speed increases very quickly.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Ye Kai and his party finally arrived at Longcheng Hotel. After checking in, it was almost ten o'clock.
"Let's eat first. After eating, go to bed early and let's go shopping around tomorrow." Ye Kai said to the three people.
All in all, Secretary Ye's first impression of Dragon City was not very good.