Chapter 589: Secret Investigation

For He Yuzhu, repairing these machines was not difficult; he could finish it alone in two days, but he could not do that.

He gathered over a dozen of the most excellent and reliable maintenance personnel together, implemented closed-off management, and did not let the outside world obtain any information.

As for the parts that those maintenance personnel could not repair, he did it himself.

At this moment, what he pondered most in his heart was how to ferret out the Lao Gui who was sabotaging the machinery behind the scenes.

Actually, it would not be difficult to find this person; there should be no more than twenty people in the entire base capable of this. It was just that he really did not have the time to investigate right now.

Just as he was in a dilemma, Man Yatou ran back in a hurry: "Brother Zhuzi, those Cadres here for temporary posts have arrived, and they are all waiting for you to hold a meeting."

He Yuzhu had received the notice long ago, but he did not expect them to arrive so quickly.

He Yuzhu met them in the conference room, gave a brief welcome speech, and then let them chat among themselves in the conference room to get to know each other.

He Yuzhu walked into the crowd with several Deputy Directors, and they communicated together.

Through a simple chat, he discovered that the backgrounds of this group of people were indeed very mixed; they did all sorts of things and came from ten different provinces.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up; he actually discovered Li Xiangxiu.

He Yuzhu held her hand and asked, "Why didn't I see you on the list?"

Li Xiangxiu smiled, "I have changed my name to Li Mei now."

He Yuzhu frowned and said, "This name doesn't sound as good as Li Xiangxiu!"

"I think that name sounds too much like a maid," Li Xiangxiu joked. "I won't tease you anymore; I'm here to do counter-espionage work, so I have to use an alias," Li Xiangxiu whispered.

"That's great! I have a particularly thorny matter that I need your help with!" He Yuzhu said.

"Has the Oilfield really discovered a spy?" Li Xiangxiu asked.

"It hasn't reached that point yet, but someone is sabotaging the machinery while the spring plowing is at its busiest. The suspect is likely one of those twenty-some people," He Yuzhu explained quickly.

"Alright, I'll help you!" Li Xiangxiu agreed readily.

He Yuzhu discovered another acquaintance in the crowd—Chen Guodong, who had learned Computer skills from him and was assigned to the Science and Technology Commission after graduation.

Chen Guodong said happily, "I heard you were here, so I signed up to come directly."

He Yuzhu patted him on the shoulder and asked, "What do you want to learn by coming here this time? Do you want to learn management, or continue to learn technology?"

Chen Guodong said without hesitation, "Of course I want to continue learning Computer technology from you."

He Yuzhu nodded, "Liu Siman is learning quite deeply with me now. You won't be able to catch up to her current level without a year. You should learn from her first."

Chen Guodong was stunned for a moment.

Man Yatou's junior high school mathematics was taught by him; after not seeing each other for over a year, he, the senior brother, actually had to learn from his junior sister?

He Yuzhu comforted him, "There is no order in learning; one should focus on their own specialty. Don't have any psychological burden."

Chen Guodong nodded in agreement.

He Yuzhu asked again, "Where did the people in your class end up?"

He asked this because the class he led happened to be at graduation when they returned with him from Guangdong.

The five people he kept behind continued to do experiments, while the others were assigned according to their wishes and the needs of the country; he was not very clear about exactly where they all went.

"Most of them went to universities to teach. There are four who went to the Science and Technology Commission like me, and three went to the Lingnan Tractor Factory," Chen Guodong explained.

"Teaching at universities is very good; you will be able to cultivate a large number of Computer talents in the future!" He Yuzhu was very satisfied.

He Yuzhu treated everyone to a meal and then assigned them to various offices according to their wishes.

He drew on the experience of later generations and had them rotate positions every three months to learn more things.

Everyone was very satisfied with this arrangement.

Man Yatou was also very happy to see Chen Guodong; after all, this brother was her enlightenment teacher.

The next day, Li Xiangxiu disguised herself as an ordinary logistics worker and quietly joined the mechanical maintenance group of the Nongken Base.

She was naturally approachable and always smiling when she saw people; no one looked at her and thought she was a threat.

Even if one wanted to inquire about some confidential matters, ordinary people were willing to say a few words to her.

On the other side, the three old fellows gathered together again.

Xiao spoke first, "You two analyze this for me: he has now listed the repair of these machines as top-secret; what exactly does he want to do?"

Zhang spoke first, "I guess he wants to investigate how these pieces of equipment were broken. This is preparing to take someone to the chopping block."

Ma shook his head, "He Yuzhu is really throwing a Smoke Grenade. He let us focus our attention on repairing the Seeder; perhaps he has already gone to the Nongken Base to investigate."

Xiao broke out in a cold sweat, "Old Ma, are you guessing blindly, or did you really discover something?"

Lao Ma lowered his voice, "I have looked at the files of these Cadres here for temporary posts; there are people from the Public Security Bureau among them."

Upon hearing this, Xiao became anxious, "Chen Datou made conditions with me: after this matter is finished, he must be transferred away, and he must be promoted by one rank. Old Zhang, you are familiar with the Oilfield system; hurry up and get him out of here!"

Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, a large Oilfield has been discovered in Dongying, and they are short of manpower now. I will go make a call and ask."

Xiao interrupted him, "It's not about asking; it's about getting him transferred away quickly! Once He Yuzhu starts investigating, it will be troublesome. There aren't many people with Chen Datou's technical skills. It won't take many days to find out. He will let us..." He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Lao Ma said, "There is one more point; I feel something is wrong. He Yuzhu chatted with the four or five new Cadres for a long time. Why is that?"

Zhang said indifferently, "Those few might be people he knows. However, there is one thing I have never understood: why was he transferred back after something happened on Old Xiao's side, and he was even allowed to continue doing political work? There was no punishment at all."

Lao Ma analyzed, "The one who took over Old Xiao's position is Wu Zhanggen, the top general under Lv Hong. He is a Section Chief now; one step further up, and he might be able to replace Old Xiao. Moreover, this Wu Zhanggen was originally the County Magistrate of Zhaoyuan County and comes from an agricultural Cadre background. If there is a bumper harvest of grain this year, he will definitely be promoted by one rank."

"Old Ma, stop keeping us in suspense. What did you think of? Say it quickly!" Zhang urged.

Lao Ma slapped his thigh, "I understand; I completely understand. This bastard He Yuzhu is ruthless enough! I heard that the wheat at the Farm he runs had a bumper harvest, with a yield of over six hundred jin per mu. Perhaps he brought those wheat seeds here. When the autumn harvest comes, if these sixty thousand mu of land yield five or six hundred jin per mu, this is a monumental contribution! But Old Xiao, you planted twenty thousand mu of land; how did you not notice that the wheat seeds had been swapped?"

Xiao widened his eyes, "I don't plant the land myself, so how would I know? It was all your damn bad idea to make me find someone to sabotage these machines. If I hadn't done this, the credit for the future harvest would have been mine!"

Lao Ma was also anxious, "Didn't I hear that all his wheat was collected by the state? How would I know he would keep some privately? Then let's report him anonymously, saying he violated state orders!"