The sun in early July was already very hot, making the water of the river shine with white flowers and scales.
It hasn't rained in the past few days, and the rocks in the river are exposed. The water is crystal clear and doesn't look very deep. In fact, it's full of whirlpools and aquatic plants.
The river swallows up several people, mostly children, from nearby villages and mines every year.
One of Li Wenjun's elementary school classmates went swimming in the river during the summer vacation and never came back.
The small road from the mining area to the county town winds along the river and extends downstream to the county town. It was specially built by the city for the mining area when the mine was built.
For the mining area, the city even built a railway and built a train station outside the mining area. This small county also had a train station, so that the employees in the mining area later felt superior to others in the entire county.
This road could only pass one truck at first, and it was still a road paved with gravel in the fields.
Now it's asphalt and gravel.
It will become a cement road in the future.
Li Wenjun was sweating profusely when he stepped outside the Public Security Bureau.
I happened to have a letter of introduction with me to go to the city for business, so I didn’t have to bother anyone anymore.
"Hello, comrade, I am Tao Guangming's friend." Li Wenjun nodded to the person in charge of reception at the door, handed over the letter of introduction and work permit, and gave him a cigarette from the cigarette he brought with him.
The first generation of ID cards was only issued in 1984. It started in urban factories and mines and gradually spread to rural areas.
Before that, in order to prove your identity when you went out to do errands, you could only bring a letter of introduction from your work unit or village committee, as well as your own work permit.
When the man saw that he was from pyrite and knew how to get things done, his attitude immediately improved a lot. Pyrite has always been the largest factory and mining enterprise in the entire county. Moreover, we just completed the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the mine. County and city leaders were present and it was even published in the newspaper. So they all know.
"Ah... you are the friend Tao Guangming mentioned."
Li Wenjun replied: "Yes, it's me. Tao Guangming said he was detained. Let me see what the problem is."
"His problem is more serious, and I can't explain it clearly. I'll take you to see the leader."
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The man led Li Wenjun into the office next to him.
The leader inside was only in his thirties, with a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and full of heroic spirit.
Li Wenjun knew that this was Xie Zhongguo, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. His father was a soldier and then transferred to the public security system. Xie Zhongguo himself was also a criminal investigator. He achieved great success and became the deputy director of the county public security bureau. He was later transferred to the deputy director of the municipal public security bureau, and then the director of the provincial public security bureau. He had a bright future.
Li Wenjun was worried that he would not find a chance to get involved with the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law. It was really unintentional.
They later became good friends.
Seeing the young Xie Zhongguo now, I feel really cordial. Li Wenjun hurriedly said hello: "Hello, Director Xie."
The person who brought Li Wenjun in said: "He said he was Tao Guangming's friend, his name was Li Wenjun."
Xie Zhongguo calmly looked Li Wenjun up and down. The young man had a pure aura and a calm demeanor. At first glance, he seemed to be on the right path.
When ordinary people enter this place, their legs tremble and they bow their heads.
There are very few people who are neither humble nor arrogant like Li Wenjun, with a calm demeanor.
Xie Zhongguo had a good impression of Li Wenjun.
Li Wenjun knew that this was Xie Zhongguo's habit. He would first use investigative methods to look at people and have a rough definition in his mind before speaking, so he waited silently.
Xie Zhongguo said: "Someone reported that Tao Guangming used the radio station selfishly and was suspected of being a spy. We searched the radio station, but we did not find where the information he received was. There was no evidence that he had contacted foreign hostile forces, so we had to put him first Lock it up.”
Li Wenjun suddenly realized: That thing has an antenna, a knob, and can also receive radio waves. It is quite similar to a radio station. No wonder even Sister Tao Guangming didn't dare to take care of this matter. This agent's crime could cost him his political career at the least, or his life at the worst.
Li Wenjun looked sincere: "You have wronged him. That is a walkie-talkie developed by our walkie-talkie factory. I asked Comrade Tao Guangming to help me try it out. Look at my letter of introduction. I just went to the city yesterday to give him the qualifications to build a new factory. Done."
Xie Zhongguo picked up the letter of introduction and took a look at it. It said "Wenjun Electronics Factory" on it, and he suddenly realized: "Oh, it is the walkie-talkie used at the anniversary of the construction of the pyrite mine."
He couldn't help but laugh. I heard from the county leader two days ago that he had never seen it with his own eyes, and he did not expect Tao Guangming to use it so quickly, and he did not connect the two things at once. Besides, someone called to report him. He had no evidence to prove Tao Guangming's innocence, so he could only lock him up first.
If it is something produced by the public, there is nothing to doubt.
Li Wenjun said: "Yes."
"Please take a seat." Xie Zhongguo got busy and said to the outside: "Bring those walkie-talkies."
Then he turned around and made Li Wenjun a cup of tea.
His attitude was completely different from the cautious one just now, and he could not suppress his excitement: "I heard from the county leaders, and I was thinking about how great it would be if walkie-talkies could be used in the public security system. If there is any situation, please contact each other at any time. Especially when searching in the wild.”
Li Wenjun smiled: "Yes, we are also slowly improving, striving to increase the call distance in open areas, so that we can maintain a certain clarity and effective distance when there are many interference objects."
The man just came in with four walkie-talkies.
When Li Wenjun looked at the walkie-talkie, he couldn't help laughing: Tao Guangming spent too much time using things. The outer shell was polished until it was shiny and black. No wonder it aroused suspicion.
Xie Zhongguo came over and sat next to Li Wenjun: "I have a question, if we are equipped with a set of this, how can it not interfere with other people's walkie-talkies."
Li Wenjun nodded: "Director Xie is indeed different from ordinary people. He can see the essence immediately. The principle of this walkie-talkie is actually the same as that of a radio. It relies on sending and receiving radio wave signals and converting them into audio frequency. I set it for each customer The frequency bands are all different, and once set, they cannot be adjusted or changed, so each set of walkie-talkies can only receive signals from this set of walkie-talkies, and can only send signals to the same set of walkie-talkies. So there is no problem of channel switching. If the public security system wants to use it in the future, it will use its own special frequency band."
The country will open up frequency bands 144~146MHZ and 430~440MHZ as civilian radio bands. But this happened many years later, and Li Wenjun didn't want to tell him in detail, otherwise it would be endless after one question after another.
Xie Zhongguo nodded frequently.
Li Wenjun asked: "Now, can Comrade Tao Guangming be released?"
