Hong Jingtian held the apple and knocked on Ke Mengguo's door nervously. He had never felt nervous when he went to Teacher Ke Mengguo's house before, but since he established a relationship with Ke Yulan, he felt a little worried about gain and loss. When he got to the door, his heartbeat was faster than usual, making him curse himself in his heart for being so I can't hold my breath. Hearing the knock on the door, Ke Yulan put down the remote control panel in her hand, stood up, and rushed to open the door. Opening the door, I saw Hong Jingtian holding a bag of red Fuji apples, standing awkwardly at the door. I felt warm in my heart and whispered, "You're here, come in." At the same time, Ke Yulan snatched the apples from Hong Jingtian's hand. , after Hong Jingtian changed into slippers, he followed him into the living room. Ke Mengguo knew that Hong Jingtian was coming to sit down, so he didn't go into the study to read. Instead, he sat on the sofa and flipped through today's newspapers. Although he was absorbed in reading, he still noticed his daughter rushing to open the door. inside. On a normal day, even if my daughter is at home, she stays in her room most of the time. She rarely sits in the living room and watches TV like today. At that time, he felt strange in his heart. Now seeing her like this, he felt moved in his heart, but it didn't show on his face. "Dad, Jingtian is here to see you." Ke Yulan walked to the living room and looked at her father who was concentrating on reading the newspaper and said. Hong Jingtian immediately said respectfully: "Hello, teacher!" Ke Mengguo put down the newspaper, looked at Hong Jingtian, and said lightly: "You must have had a hard journey." "No, I took advantage of the Provincial Department of Transportation this time. Car." Hong Jingtian said honestly. "Hitchhiking from the Transportation Department?" Ke Mengguo frowned and asked with some confusion. So Hong Jingtian briefly told Vice President Hou of the Design Institute of the Provincial Department of Communications and a group of designers to Nanping County to conduct survey and design on the rerouting of the national highway. "Oh, I've also heard about the rerouting of the national highway. I didn't expect it to pass through your Tongping Township. Come on, follow me to the study. You can tell me the situation in detail." Ke Mengguo suddenly became interested. After calling Hong Jingtian, he returned to the study. Entering the study, Ke Mengguo took out a map of the province, spread it on the large desk, and asked Hong Jingtian to introduce the specific route of the national highway rerouting. Hong Jingtian followed Hou Shuhan for more than ten days, and he was very familiar with the aerial photos of that section of Nanping County. When his mentor asked about it, he immediately pointed out the specific location on the map. Ke Mengguo carefully studied the direction of the new route and compared it with the original route of the national highway. This old national highway was built forty years ago. Originally, the most direct way from Lizhou City to Jiangling City was through Nanping County. However, Nanhua Mountain has high mountains and dense forests, stretching for more than 100 kilometers. The highest main peak has an altitude of over 1,000 kilometers. Six hundred meters. Given the conditions at the time, it would undoubtedly be very difficult to build a road between these high mountains. After leaving Lizhou City, go west via Tangshan County, cross the Fuyang River and then go southeast. Although the distance is more than 300 kilometers, the amount of work is much smaller in plains and hilly areas. Moreover, not only will It connects Tangshan County, and also connects Chengjia County and Yulong County in Fudong Province. But in the mid-to-late 1990s, the transportation industry developed rapidly, and the national highway from Lizhou City to Jiangling City seemed to have become a bottleneck if it was necessary to go around it. After all, these two cities are both big cities. How to shorten the distance between the two cities and speed up the circulation between Thien Duong Province and Phu Dong Province has become a major issue before the main leaders of the two provinces. Ke Mengguo taught political economics at the university and had his own unique insights into the field of economic construction. This was one of the reasons why the provincial party committee finally transferred him to serve as the executive vice president of the provincial party school. Of course, his ability to be transferred from Tianyang University to the Provincial Party School to take up an important position is inseparable from Liang Dongxuan's appointment as deputy secretary of the Tianyang Provincial Party Committee. Liang Dongxuan and Ke Mengguo were classmates in college and had a good personal relationship. ¡°It¡¯s just that there aren¡¯t many people in the province who know the inside story. "Well, Jingtian, you see, once this national highway is completed, the distance from Lizhou City to Jiangling City will be shortened by almost 200 kilometers. And according to your introduction, this section of the national highway is constructed according to the standard of a second-class cement road. That is to say , the design speed can reach more than 60 kilometers per hour. In this way, it only takes two hours to go from Lizhou City to Jiangling City. This saves at least five or six hours compared to taking the old national highway. The city is much more convenient, and it is much more convenient to go from Ningzhou to Fudong Province. With this road, it will play an immeasurable role in promoting the economic development of the entire Lizhou and even the province." Ke Mengguo said very much. Said with emotion. Hong Jingtian originally only thought that once this road was completed, the transportation in Nanping County would be greatly improved, but he did not consider the impact of this road on the economic development of cities and counties along the line. After hearing what his mentor said,Can't help but feel a little ashamed secretly. Compared to my mentor, my vision is only a hair¡¯s breadth away. "Teacher, you still have a far-sighted view. I'm ashamed to say that after running around with my comrades from the Design Institute for so many days, I only thought about making it easier to travel in the future." "Haha, I don't blame you. I'll wait for you to stand in the future. When you get taller, you will naturally look at the problem from a different perspective." Ke Mengguo said with a smile, and then asked Hong Jingtian to put the map away and motioned for him to talk to him. After Hong Jingtian put the map away, he quickly made a cup of Longjing for the teacher, and of course also made a cup for himself. "Sedum, after the National Day, I will leave Tianyang University." Ke Mengguo took a sip of tea and said casually. "Leave Tianyang University? Teacher, are you leaving here?" Hong Jingtian couldn't say that he had received the news from Ke Yulan, so he had to pretend to be surprised and asked. "Haha, I won't leave Ningzhou for the time being. I just changed my job and became the vice president of the Provincial Party School. How about it? Are you interested in working at the Party School?" Ke Mengguofu glanced at Hong Jingtian thoughtfully. . Hearing this, Hong Jingtian's heart skipped a beat. If he worked at the Provincial Party School, he would be in the provincial capital. If that were the case, he and Ke Yulan would be able to be together. However, Hong Jingtian then thought that he had finally become the deputy township head. In this position, he had not made any achievements yet, so he was still unwilling to leave like this. Besides, if I really relied on Ke Mengguo's care to be transferred to the Provincial Party School, I'm afraid even Ke Yulan would look down on me. He ran a few thoughts in his mind, raised his head, looked at Ke Mengguo and said: "Teacher Ke, you are the person who cares about me the most in this world. Being able to work under the leadership of the teacher is the happiest thing for me. . It¡¯s just that I was promoted to deputy township head by the organization. I haven¡¯t made any achievements in Tongping Township, so I left like this. I feel ashamed of the training given to me by the organization. Besides, my grassroots work experience is still very lacking. I I want to train at the grassroots level for a few years before talking about it. Of course, if the teacher really needs me to run errands, I will listen to the teacher." Hearing Hong Jingtian's words, Ke Mengguo couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and his appreciation for Hong Jingtian suddenly increased a lot. . What he said to Hong Jingtian just now was actually meant to test him. He was appointed by the provincial party committee as the executive vice-principal of the Party School. It would be a piece of cake for him to transfer someone from below. However, if it really happened, The transfer of Hong Jingtian may not be a good thing for Hong Jingtian's growth. After all, people without grassroots work experience always lack a foundation if they want to develop upwards. Besides, if Hong Jingtian chooses to follow him to the Provincial Party School, it means that this kid is thinking of taking shortcuts. Although he will still help him, his view of him will be much different. "Well, since you want to hone your skills at the grassroots level, I support you." Ke Mengguo said lightly and then changed the topic to something else. Hong Jingtian didn¡¯t see Teacher Ke¡¯s attitude from his face, so he felt a little uneasy.