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Chapter 82: The Heart of an Honest Man

The matter was settled, and Xue Xiang did not dare to delay any longer. He went up to the south slope with Fang Laoshi first, so he called two or three hundred young men on the slope for a short meeting. Of course, it was actually Xue Xiang's assignment of work. At this moment, he arranged for everyone to divide it into three routes, the first route, and the first route, and the person to return to the village to organize the knots. The second route, he went to the village and reported the news. Although Xue Xiang believed that the idea of ​​blowing the dam this time was from two top figures in the county, he also believed that when the matter was now, blowing the dam has become a luxury, those people would still dare to ignore it; the third route, gathered strength, barrier sandbags, earthworks, and began to fill the soil.

After Xue Xiang made arrangements, two or three hundred people were divided into three groups and separated. After all, the young and strong people in Qiaokou Village knew very well, and this was fighting to defend their homeland, so naturally everyone was striving for the first place and everyone worked hard.

But there were two or three hundred people who went back to organize knots and rush to the township. The county reported the news only about twenty people, and the majority of the remaining ones went back to pick up shovels, and began to dig soil on the sand field under the dam.

Less than half an hour passed, the two or three hundred young and strong bridges from Ligang Village in the neighboring village rushed over with baskets. Because Xue Xiang had told Fang Laoshi and others not to leak the dam blow up. Therefore, the young and strong men in Ligang Village only heard that the dam was about to collapse, so they summoned them to come over in a hurry. After all, there were few people in Matou Township who didn't know what the water was like.

The two or three hundred young and strong people joined in, and the speed of digging soil was much faster. The five or six hundred people gathered together. Not long after, dozens of people in uniform rushed over. They were militiamen from the militia brigade. They heard that the dam was about to collapse, so they rushed over to help.

Speaking of which, although these militiamen do evil on weekdays and even treat a group of villagers like Qiaokou Village, they still have a little military sentiment, so that they can resist guns and fight. Perhaps even if they don’t go to the front line, they can run away without a trace. But if they want to fight floods and rescue, dig soil and fill in, these people will definitely rush to the front line. They don’t even have to shout.

What do you think? It turns out that in peacetime, even regular troops could not find a chance to make meritorious contributions, let alone these amateur troops. At this moment, they finally hit the dam to take the lead. No one is willing to fall behind. After all, after every such incident, the people participating in the war, especially those who are involved in the soldiers, will automatically make meritorious contributions and be rewarded.

Besides, the members of the militia brigade didn't know at all. They only knew that they were here to martial law under the order of the armed forces. Otherwise, Gundam wouldn't have worked hard to ignite these dozens of fuses and directly asked a dozen people to ignite one. Wouldn't it be worrying? Of course, the militia brigade didn't know about blowing the dam, but it was normal. After all, it was so confidential and important matters were naturally kept at a very high level.

In fact, the truth is indeed the case. To put it in detail, there are only six people in the entire Xiaoshan County who know exactly what the dam exploded, namely Wei Qiming, Yu Dingzhong, Song Yuntong, and Gundam. In addition, Kong Erling and Monk Yan did not even know Mao Youcai. Therefore, Mao Youcai said to Wei Qiming that day that "the Finance Bureau will soon flow gold and silver."

In fact, this whole thing was determined by Wei Qiming and Yu Dingzhong's tacit consent. Of course, with the cunning of these two people, they would not be stupid enough to sit in the same place to discuss how to blow up the dam. After all, whoever tells this tacit thing is foolish. To be more specific, these two people have never even said the word "explosive". It was just one day when Wei Qiming and Yu Dingzhong met in the canteen. Yu Dingzhong handed over a piece of news and newspapers that were burned down by fire in Jinshan County, neighboring county, and received special subsidies from the province. The subsequent thing was that Wei Qiming infiltrated Song Yuntong, and Song Yuntong commanded Gao Da personally handled it.

The reason why Kong Erlang and Monk Yan knew was that, on the one hand, Gundam needed these two to act in a horror drama and make the militia martial arts and Qiaokou Village reasonable. On the other hand, burying the ** and the warning embankment were not something that Gundam could do, so he simply did not bother the two masters, so he dragged Kong Erlang and Monk Yan to participate.

Because Gundam had absolute confidence, the two of them did not know how to tell the truth. After martial law in Qiaokou Village, the Xiaoshan County Party Committee held a briefing meeting. At the meeting, it only emphasized the financial crisis repeatedly, and briefly talked about the fire in the granary in Jinshan County, requiring fire prevention and disaster prevention. Then it was mentioned that the situation in Qiaokou Village was severe and then it was dispersed.

Which one of them can get into the Standing Committee is a fool? Such a three-part who has no connections have also held a special Standing Committee meeting to discuss it. What is the meaning of it is self-evident.

Of course, this ventilation meeting was held before Xue Xiang arrived, which led the scene of Fang Laoshi leading the villagers to break through the warning and kowtow to the suburbs of the county. It turned out that some villagers in Qiaokou Village had long discovered that Gundam, Kong Erlang, and Monk Yan had drilled into the embankment.

It was precisely because of these many twists and turns that Xue Xiang asked for leave. Yu Dingzhong and Wei were as famous as welcome and criticized him, but he was afraid that someone would have something to do at this time. But who would have thought that he was afraid that Xue Xiang would be so scared. In the end, he still asked Xue Xiang to mess up. Of course, this ventilation meeting was held before Xue Xiang arrived, which led Fang Laoshi to break through the warning and kowtow to the suburbs of the county. It turned out that some villagers in Qiaokou Village had long discovered that Gao Da, Kong Erlang, and Monk Yan were drilling on the embankment.

It was precisely because of these many twists and turns that Xue Xiang asked for leave. Yu Dingzhong and Wei were as famous as the same name, and they criticized him, because they were afraid that someone would have something wrong with him. But who would have thought that he was afraid of something that happened at this time. In the end, Xue Xiang still asked Xue Xiang to mess with him. At this moment, Xue Xiang naturally had no intention of thinking about what would happen if he messed up other people's good things. At this moment, he stood on the dike, his mind was completely misled by the vast autumn water and desire for separation.

The broken embankment is being pulled. Because the long rope has not been knotted yet, the number of young and strong people who dug soil on the sand field under the embankment has increased to nearly 800. If a sudden breakdown of the embankment, he, Xue, can certainly be protected by the dragons encountering water, but the number of young and strong people in the 800 are probably not alive. In this way, the big men of Xiaoshan County who were not happy that Xue, who had ruined good things, promised that he, Xue, could blow him, into the Nine Nether Abyss!

Xue Xiang kept staring at the cracks on the embankment, and almost putting his eyes on the ground. Fortunately, Fang Laoshi didn't lie. Although the embankment broke out, it would not collapse for a while, because the cracks on the embankment had stopped at this time and showed no sign of enlargement.

"County Magistrate Xue, County Magistrate Xue, the knot is ready, the knot is ready!"

Xue Xiang was lying down to observe the cracks, and a dozen people suddenly rushed over the south slope. The more than ten people whipped the cross on their shoulders, facing a rope ball about seven or eight meters high and more than meter wide. From a distance, it looked like a huge cloud was built.

After bringing the cable, this life-saving thing, Xue Xiang didn't dare to delay it anymore. He summoned more than 30 people and started walking the rope, tying ropes, and a rope that was more than 3,000 meters long. It was spread out in half an hour, and the two ends were tied between the two peaks, and two big trees were found to be nailed to death. In this way, a rope of life was tied up.

At this time, it was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was only an hour before darkness. Xue Xiang greeted Fang Laoshi and Qiaokou Village Chief Gao Shanghao quickly returned to the village to prepare dry food and torches. The two Gao people went there, and the person who went to report the news returned. This time, they were not the more than ten people who reported the news. But the black ones were 200 to 300.

Among the two or three hundred people, the leader was a thin, red face and tall man. He shouted at Xue Xiang from a distance: "County Magistrate Xue, I'm Feng Kaishan, I'm sorry... When you came to the village, I happened to organize my comrades..."

At this moment, Xue Xiang was in the mood to pursue these details with him. He waved his hand and interrupted, saying, "Okay. Comrade Kaishan, it is important to rescue the embankment. I don't need to say more about the situation in front of him. You can see it. Nonsense. Let's not talk about it. I suggest a temporary embankment protection and flood control command center. I will serve as the commander-in-chief, you will serve as the deputy commander-in-chief, and all members of the Matou Township Party Committee will join the command center..."

Xue Xiang was arbitrarily arranging his positions for himself at this moment, but it was not because he knew the truth that "if the reputation is not right, the words are not right, and if the words are not right, the things will not be done." To be more specific, although Xue is the leader of the county party committee and deputy county magistrate, he can naturally speak in every township and town, and his deputy county magistrate is naturally not as strong as those local tyrants. Moreover, his deputy county magistrate is only in charge of finance, and has no unity with Feng Kaishan in terms of actual rights and responsibilities. At present, Xue Xiang established this so-called command center by protecting the embankment and flood control, in order to clarify the unity.

Xue Xiang spoke in front of so many people and issued the order. Feng Kaishan frowned slightly and responded. After all, Xue Xiang was not an ordinary deputy county magistrate, but a member of the county party committee standing committee and a serious core leader. If an ordinary deputy county magistrate took this excuse to bring Feng Kaishan under his command, Feng Kaishan would have to bare his teeth!

In fact, Feng Kaishan was also full of doubts at this moment. Because, today he led the team members to conduct an investigation, it was not his schedule at all, but he received a call early in the morning to ask him to do this. And he led a group of equally inexplicable township committee members to go around the most remote village village for a morning. Before he could return to his hometown, he heard someone report that Lao Guankou's berth was about to collapse.

Feng Kaishan really knew what the size of the old Guankou berth was, because he personally participated in it when he built the embankment and knew the materials and strength of it very well.

"Why is it going to collapse suddenly now? It happened to be when County Magistrate Xue came down, and he had to lead people to avoid it himself. Can so many coincidences still be called coincidences?" Feng Kaishan was thinking about the clues between this series of things in his mind all the way, but he didn't understand them.

But at the moment, it is not important to figure it out. What is important is to keep the old Guankou embankment. After all, if the embankment collapses, the number of villages under the embankment may not be the only ones who suffer. Judging from the weather, it is rainy and rainy. It is possible that the rain will fall to when it will affect the entire Matou Township. If Matou Township is flooded, the first one who is unlucky will be his acting secretary.

After thinking about this festival, Feng Kaishan naturally had no comment on Xue Xiang's establishment of this Lao Shizi command center. After Xue Xiang finished speaking, he guided a group of members of the Matou Township Party Committee and Xue Xiang to give a brief introduction.

At this moment, even if Xue Xiang was impatient, he had to be familiar with the men who were temporarily sheltered. Fortunately, the members of the Matou Township Party Committee also knew what the situation was now, so they all got their names and asked for a simple greeting, but it didn't take a few minutes.

After the establishment of the temporary command center, Xue Xiang did not delay and immediately issued an order, even a brief meeting was waived. He ordered Feng Kaishan and Xia Ping, the organization committee member of the township party committee, to lead people to collect the woven bags. Chen Kun, deputy secretary of the town committee, and Wang Mingliang, deputy mayor, went to be responsible for logistics supply. The remaining four town committee members were assigned to the captain of the excavation team by Xue Xiang. They each led hundreds of people and dug them out desperately under the dike. Everyone knew that the situation was critical at the moment, and everyone was really trying their best. When it was just dark, four huge piles of earth were found under the embankment, which was more than enough to fill thousands of woven bags.

Shortly after the earth was dug, Feng Kaishan led a large army to arrive. Thirty or fifty wheelbarrows were covered with woven bags on the south slope. The group of people were about to drive onto the berth when Xue Xiang stopped at the throat. He arranged for Fang to organize his men to transport the woven bags nearby. As soon as the thousands of woven bags were transported to the earth, it became dark. Fortunately, Gao Shang, the village chief of Qiaokou Village, had already transported the lighting torches and framed steamed buns.

There were thousands of people, and Xue Xiang was immediately divided into two groups, one packed with bags and the other made a meal. The bags were sweating profusely, and the people who ate even swallowed them even more. Some simply put a steamed bun in their mouths and started to have sex.

At that time, night fell and the wind was surging. Xue Xiang bit half of the steamed bun in his mouth, but he couldn't swallow it. After careful calculation, he had been busy since the morning and had not had toothed, but Xue Xiang was anxious and had no appetite. He was holding a kettle and whispering into his mouth. He finally soaked the steamed buns in his mouth softly. After swallowing, he faintly noticed that the berth under his feet was trembling slightly.

In amazement, Xue Xiang immediately threw the kettle away and shouted: "Hurry up and pack it quickly, and the elderly and children who are delivering food, hurry up and go up the south slope, go up the south slope!"

Xue Xiang exhaled with anger, and the sound was heard a hundred meters. In an instant, the people who were eating or busy in the venue were operating as Xue Xiang's instructions.

"County Magistrate Xue, it seems that it will not last long. For us, if we want to defend the embankment, I think it's a big deal. If it really doesn't work, please retreat quickly. No matter how important the field is, it will be more important than life!"

Since the dry food was transported, Fang Laoshi has been standing with Xue Xiang. At this moment, he naturally noticed the movement on the dike and advised him.

Xue Xiang said anxiously: "Lao Fang, tell me the truth. Our number one man cannot even make up for these two holes? I asked Lao Gao about the water level here, which is only seven or eight meters deep. If these tens of thousands of bags of sand and soil are still not enough?"

Fang said honestly: "County Magistrate Xue, that's not what it said. The embankment is easy to protect and control floods, but there are too many tricks inside. The embankment looks solid, but there are no insect-boring rat drills inside. Of course, if it is not so much that it is made of a big hole, the embankment will still be solid and able to withstand it for ten years. But now, after those two hits, it is not possible to fill these two big holes like this. The holes inside are shaken and may look like they are. Therefore, the embankment seems to only need to prevent the location of these two holes, but in fact the entire embankment has become a hidden danger. We are scattered on this three or four-mile long embankment, and we are not able to line up, so how can we protect it?"

After Fang said honestly, Xue Xiang's heart fell apart. He, an amateur in water conservancy, realized that he had thought things simple. In his despair, he suddenly said: "Lao Fang, since you have not defended it, why didn't you say it earlier and let everyone do this?" Xue Xiang discovered the contradiction.

Indeed, if there was no chance, why didn’t Lao Fang say it earlier and let these thousands of people busy for several hours and digging out so many piles of soil. Could it be that he would want to watch the fun?

Sure enough, after Xue Xiang asked, Lao Fang remained silent. After a long time, he looked up and said, "County Magistrate Xue, it is not impossible to save the dike, but, just..."

"Stop messing with me, I've been playing tricks on me now, and I'm still fooling me?" Xue Xiang slapped Fang Laoshi on the shoulder, and looked angry. He was really annoyed at this moment. Unexpectedly, this honest farmer also became scheming with him and gave him a staircase to go up the house. Besides, Mr. Xue didn't plan to get off the house, so he was so depressed. (To be continued...)

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