In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

10 month 30 number.

Minister Hao has already left Handong. He has things to do and can't stay here for long!

As for the Central Inspection Team, they had already returned, taking He Liming and Chen Wenze from Hanhai Province with them. Normally, the inspection team would stay here for more than half a year, but this time it was Handong who took the initiative to apply.

With a specific purpose, they have now returned as a whole, but the nominal inspection is not over yet; it remains to be seen whether the other party will come over.

A plane slowly landed at Jingzhou Airport in Handong, carrying the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Sha Ruijin, the newly appointed Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Li Dakang couldn't help but look at Wang Guangming, the Party Secretary of Luzhou City, and couldn't resist teasing him: "Look at this Jingzhou Airport, it's so big and round. Some cities have never had an airport."

Of the thirteen cities in the entire Handong region, only Luzhou and Suzhou have airports. Zhenzhou does not have an airport. Even Taizhou nominally has an airport located in Yangzhou, namely the Taizhou-Yangzhou Joint Airport.

Luzhou is the economic powerhouse of the province, but it doesn't have an airport. Almost every year, Luzhou proposes to apply for the construction of an airport, and this was also the case when Gao Yuliang was in office.

Wang Guangming could easily understand the sarcasm directed at him, and retorted, "Sigh! I don't know which city is the provincial capital, but in the end, no city submits to the other. Now its economy is even worse than Luzhou's!"

Li Dakang: "I also heard that someone carried an airport construction application form with him."

"I heard that Jingzhou can't take people out for fun, and the subway is going to extend to Anhui Province. They've even come up with a plan, aren't they afraid the Anhui Provincial Party Committee will have something to say about it?"

"Luzhou has no airport."

"Jingzhou's economy is second."

"Luzhou has no airport."

"Jingzhou's economy is second."

The two bickered like that, but they were used to it. Luzhou and Jingzhou were enemies, even though Wang Guangming was originally from Jingzhou. Now that he had become the secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee, he was no longer on good terms with Jingzhou.

As for Li Dakang, he wasn't originally from Jingzhou. He had worked in Jingzhou for many years as a secretary and still identifies himself as a native of Jingzhou.

The other standing committee members around were just watching the show, not trying to stop it at all. There was no point in stopping it; it was impossible for a real fight to break out.

The "Thirteen Protectors of Handong" refers to both the thirteen prefecture-level cities in Handong and the thirteen members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee in Handong. Each member is backed by a faction, and those behind them all hope for the advancement of the leader.

"I heard that every Party Secretary of your Lüzhou has applied to build a Lüzhou airport every year, even Secretary Yuliang was no exception."

All eyes turned to Gao Yuliang. How did Li Dakang manage to pull this professor down? He's a top professor; who could possibly win an argument against him!

Li Dakang and Gao Yuliang didn't get along, but he knew that this was the time to bring down the professor.

"There's a strong online demand for an airport in Luzhou, which precisely reflects the urgent needs and longing of the people of Luzhou for an airport. The fact that Luzhou puts this on the agenda every year demonstrates the Luzhou government's unwavering spirit in the face of difficulties!"

"I heard that the newly appointed Standing Committee Secretary, Sha Ruijin, has good connections in Beijing. You can submit another report! I wholeheartedly support the proposal to build an airport in Luzhou. As for Jingzhou, since we don't have anyone in our province to play with, why not bring Anhui Province along? We should support our brother cities."

Old Gao is truly wicked! He turned a joke into a praiseworthy performance, and even pointed out that Sha Ruijin has connections, suggesting that Sha Ruijin could be brought in!

"I have the application form for the construction of Luzhou Airport here." Wang Guangming took out an application form from his shirt pocket.

You really do carry that with you everywhere!

Everyone was stunned.

Gao Yuliang was genuinely worried that the other party would rush over to Sha Ruijin for approval and take Wang Guangming and Li Dakang away.

Gao Yuliang whispered something in their ears, speaking separately. After a while, Wang Guangming spoke to Gao Yuliang, "Secretary Yuliang, is this really a good idea?"

"Does Luzhou still want an airport?"

"I want it, Lu Zhou dreams about it."

"That settles it."

Then, Gao Yuliang looked at Li Dakang and asked, "Do you want someone to help you withstand the pressure from the Anhui Provincial Standing Committee to develop your business?"

Li Dakang nodded. He really wanted to, but if he did that, he might offend Sha Ruijin. The new provincial party secretary hadn't even arrived yet, and he was already scheming against him.

Is that right? They've already labeled me before I even arrived.

"Anyway, I just came up with an idea. Take it or leave it. Governor Liu is a shrewd man, so don't count on him."

What kind of people are these in Handong? They're all like non-stick pans. Don't be delusional if you want to rely on them to do this job.

When the three returned, the others surrounded Li Dakang and Wang Guangming, wanting to know what Gao Yuliang had told them.

The two remained tight-lipped and said nothing, which only fueled everyone's curiosity about what Gao Yuliang had said.

Xia Wanfeng, the deputy minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, accompanied Sha Ruijin to take office. Did everyone come to welcome the top leader? Yes, but the more important thing was to show their faces in front of this minister.

People might not remember who came, but they might remember who didn't. Besides, these centrally-managed cadres can't get promoted without going through the other party.

"Welcome Minister Xia to Handong to guide our work."

"Welcome Secretary Sha to the post of Secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee."

Gao Yuliang grasped Sha Ruijin's hand.

"You must be Secretary Yuliang! I've heard about the recent crackdown on small-scale organized crime in Handong. You've become quite famous. I should learn from you."

"Of course! I've heard that Secretary Sha has done a good job cracking down on corruption in Zhongjiang Province. Comrades in the same team should learn from each other!"

Then came the usual procedures. After returning to the Provincial Party Committee of Handong Province, Xia Wanfeng gave a speech, followed by a speech from Sha Ruijin.

In his speech, Sha Ruijin mentioned things like "purging the atmosphere in Handong" and "resolutely implementing anti-corruption requirements." Gao Yuliang was well aware that the other party was targeting him, or that they regarded him as one of Zhao Lichun's faction and wanted to eliminate him along with them.

As long as Sha Ruijin doesn't fire first, he definitely won't cause trouble.

Gao Yuliang listened calmly, but his thoughts drifted away to Hou Liangping's plan to arrest Zhao Dehan in Beijing that evening.