Chapter 3723

It was already mid-April, and the Qingming Festival had just passed. It was the time when new tea was on the market. And Mingqian tea was the tea picked before the Qingming Festival.

The tea picked before the Qingming Festival was tender in texture, less disturbed by pests, and had complete color, fragrance, taste, and shape. It could be called a fine product among teas. However, the temperature before the Qingming Festival was relatively low, and the tea grew slowly, so there were very few teas that could meet the picking standards. Therefore, the output of Mingqian tea was also very low.

It was precisely because of these reasons that Mingqian tea had the saying of being as expensive as gold.

This Mingqian tea was sent to Cao Yuanhao by a deputy county magistrate below. It was produced in the south. Now it was only mid-April, and the Qingming Festival had passed for more than a week. He had put in a lot of effort to send the Mingqian tea from the south to Cao Yuanhao's hands.

Cao Yuanhao nodded after hearing this and said, "Minister Nie, you have a lot of research on tea, knowing that this is Mingqian tea. I have two cans here, you take one away later."

Nie Xingde shook his head and said, "Such precious tea, how can I be embarrassed to take one away?"

Cao Yuanhao said, "Minister Nie, you are looking down on people. Good things should be shared when meeting. It is right for you to take one away."

Saying this, Cao Yuanhao took a can of tea from his drawer and placed it in front of Nie Xingde. Nie Xingde laughed and said, "Cao Mayor, then I will be respectful instead of obedient!"

Cao Yuanhao said, "Minister Nie doesn't need to be too polite."

Nie Xingde nodded, took another sip of tea, nodded and said, "It is indeed good tea. Cao Mayor, you are a generous person, worth making friends with."

Cao Yuanhao said, "Minister Nie, you are also a good friend. As soon as I came to Linshan, I felt that you were pleasing to the eye."

Nie Xingde laughed again and said, "Being able to make you this friend, it can be considered that I am climbing high!"

Cao Yuanhao said, "Minister Nie, you must not say that. You are older than me, and I will ask you to take care of me more in the future."

Nie Xingde shook his head but didn't speak. Cao Yuanhao was curious, "Minister Nie, why are you shaking your head?"

Nie Xingde sighed and said, "Cao Mayor, I don't like to speak ill of people behind their backs, but I really feel it's not worth it for you now!"

Cao Yuanhao said, "What is not worth it?"

Nie Xingde said, "Cao Mayor, you are the executive vice mayor, in charge of the agency and finance. But do Weng Jingyao and Fan Yichun have basic respect for you?"

Weng Jingyao returned Cao Yuanhao's invoices several times. The people in the financial section were very clear about this, so this matter naturally spread. Although Weng Jingyao respected Cao Yuanhao on the surface, everyone knew that Weng Jingyao didn't buy Cao Yuanhao's account.

And Fan Yichun didn't even have surface respect for Cao Yuanhao. He had butted heads with Cao Yuanhao several times, spoke loudly to Cao Yuanhao in Cao Yuanhao's office, and many people heard it. And he came out of Cao Yuanhao's office angrily twice and left with a flick of his sleeves, which was seen by everyone in the municipal government.

This also made Cao Yuanhao a laughing stock for the people in the municipal government. Although they didn't dare to say it in front of Cao Yuanhao, behind his back, Cao Yuanhao was seen as a coward.

Nie Xingde's words clearly carried a provocative color. Cao Yuanhao was not a fool and could naturally hear it. However, he was full of fire now, and he also knew that he was seen as a coward. He had nowhere to vent his anger, so Nie Xingde's words resonated with him.

Cao Yuanhao snorted heavily and said, "These two people are really too outrageous!"

Nie Xingde said, "This is because you, Cao Mayor, have a broad mind, so you didn't care about them. However, some people are climbing up the nose, you still have to show your attitude and can't let them be too arrogant."

How could Cao Yuanhao not want to show his attitude? But the problem was, how should he show this attitude? Who was behind Weng Jingyao and Fan Yichun, he knew very well, and the things he did were shameful. How could he show his attitude?

Cao Yuanhao pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Forget it, doing that is too losing my identity."

Nie Xingde whispered, "Cao Mayor, in fact, they did this because someone instructed them behind their backs."

Cao Yuanhao asked knowingly, "Who is it?"

Nie Xingde said, "You still don't know who it is? He almost has all the power in Linshan and has to intervene in everything. Like the matter of building roads and running projects, Cao Mayor, you were almost about to run it down, but he had to go there and steal your credit. Now it has turned out that the credit is all his, and Cao Mayor, your credit is not remembered by anyone."

Once this matter was mentioned, Cao Yuanhao's anger rose from his heart. He snorted heavily again but didn't speak.

Nie Xingde was secretly happy. The power of this organization department minister had been eroded a lot, so he was also the most resentful one among the standing committee members. He went to find Zhong Yuze last time, but it didn't work. This time he came to find Cao Yuanhao again, because Cao Yuanhao ranked fourth in the standing committee, and his weight was still quite heavy. Most importantly, Cao Yuanhao had a Sun Zhenhua behind him.