If you don't reach the Yellow River, you won't die, and now Meng Wentian won't die when you reach the Yellow River.

The two of them muttered in private: Hua Yi persuaded Meng Wentian not to go to the farmhouse in Shang'an Village to eat, while Meng Wentian said that Hua Yi promised to go to the reservoir in person to persuade the reservoir leaders to discharge the flood and lower the water level.

Because they didn't plan to go to Shang'an Dong Village and the reservoir to eat, the two almost forcibly said goodbye to Xia Shu and the others, and went to check the growth of crops alone during the time of eating lunch, and randomly asked a few farmers who had not had time to go home for dinner or had already finished eating lunch to work in the field, to learn about their income, agricultural tax payment, and their living conditions.

Stop and go, until after three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, after the meal time, Meng Wentian and Hua Yi went to the reservoir to find the reservoir leader.

Because Meng Wentian had come to Zhou Weidong once, and Hua Yi was the deputy county magistrate, the police guarding the dam let him go without any difficulty. Walking into the office building next to the reservoir, Hua Yi and the others easily met the deputy director of the reservoir.

Hua Yi is the deputy county magistrate and a deputy department-level cadre, and the reservoir has also sent a deputy director, who is also a deputy department-level cadre. Of course, this is mainly because Director Luo was angry with Hua Yi because he was blocked from going to dinner, otherwise, Hua Yi is a guest and he is the host, and he should come forward even if he is a high-ranking person.

In addition, this is also because Director Luo did not dare to blatantly vent his dissatisfaction, worried that he would offend Hua Yi and offend her family, so he still sent the deputy director to greet her.

Hua Yi is a young man, and after chatting with Deputy Director Wang for a few polite words, she put forward a proposal to ask the reservoir to discharge the flood water to lower the water level.

There was no surprise, and the deputy director sent by the reservoir immediately flatly refused.

Meng Wentian interjected in a hurry: "Director Wang, this matter is really important. As far as I know, this year's rainfall will be the largest ever, which means that the water level in the reservoir this year must be the highest ever. You can't ignore the safety of the dam just because you want to generate more electricity, you want to earn more money, or you don't care about the lives of thousands of farmers downstream, because you want to generate more electricity, you want to earn more money, or you don't care about the lives of thousands of farmers downstream.

Deputy Director Wang glanced at Meng Wentian with a sneer, then at Hua Yi with a sneer, and asked, "County Magistrate Hua, is he your secretary?

Hua Yi also felt that Meng Wentian was a bit on the line, but because she trusted Meng Wentian, she said: "Director Wang, although he is a little anxious, his starting point is good. ”

Deputy Director Wang looked like an adult who didn't care about the villain's life, and didn't talk to Meng Wentian at all, but said to Hua Yi: "The amount of rain this year is the largest in the history? You can't come up with any data, and you can't come up with any proof of meteorological units, how can we believe you? Even if the rain here is really the most in the past in the future, it may not be able to cause the water level here to be the highest in the history, as long as the water level exceeds the warning level of our dam, we will take measures to reduce the water level." ”

As he spoke, he smiled and said, "Hehe, you say we don't care about the safety of the dam? Let me tell you, we are the people who care about the dam the most in the world, and no one in the world cares about it more than we do, because we depend on it for food, because our fate is tied to the fate of the dam, as long as the dam collapses, we are the first to die, can we not care? As for caring for the people downstream, I think we are more professional than you, right?" Now that the water level in the lower reaches is so high, it is indifferent to the life and death of the people downstream to increase the amount of flood discharge, do you know that the river embankment downstream is now in danger, and if we release the water from the reservoir downstream, and the river embankment falls, will it not be the people who will die? Won't it be the people's fields that will be flooded?"

Then, Deputy Director Wang said bitterly: "County Magistrate Hua, I understand your feelings. Looking at the more than 100 acres of green grass seedlings in Shang'andonggou submerged in the water, who doesn't feel heartache? Although I am not a farmer, my father is a farmer, and my ancestors have been farmers for generations. At this time, the seedlings are very tender and weak, it is the time to take root and till, they must not be submerged by water, we should try to save them from the water. ”

Deputy Director Wang Chao Huayi asked rhetorically: "However, who is responsible for the current situation? As a leading cadre, we can't just focus on our own jobs and not only see our own interests, right? Today we are talking nonsense, so we will not talk about the overall situation of the country or the interests of the working people, and you will think that I am talking about it and fooling you, because we are only cadres at the deputy department level, and we cannot manage so many people, and we do not have the ability. I'm just going to calculate our own economic accounts here, and only a little bit of the losses in the upstream and downstream. ”

Apparently, like everyone else, he thought that Hua Yi had come to say good things for Upper Andong Village.

He said coldly: "As long as we are not biased and don't talk nonsense with our eyes open, then we should easily conclude that the flood discharge for the sake of more than 100 acres of land is really losing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds, and the real gains outweigh the losses." How much rice can be planted in more than 100 acres of paddy fields? At most, it is more than 500 catties per mu; this kind of low-lying land, which is often flooded, cannot produce a high grain yield. 500 catties per mu does not count the cost and expenditure, does not count pesticides, fertilizers and labor, the current price of rice is more than 100 catties and 50 yuan, that is, less than 300 yuan per mu of gross income, more than 100 acres of land is only 30,000 yuan. ”

Meng Wentian didn't bother with his accounting, watching him curl his fingers.

Deputy Director Wang still didn't look at him, but said to Hua Yi: "County Magistrate Hua, do you know that our reservoir is now engaged in cage fish farming? However, they sprinkled chemical fertilizer and pesticides on the rice fields, and the losses they caused to us were far more than 30,000 yuan. Not to mention that the county seat of Shimu County draws water from the reservoir as tap water for the people to drink, and the physical damage caused by these pesticides and fertilizers to the people is more than 30,000 yuan, right?"

When Deputy Director Wang spoke, he looked compassionate and compassionate, as if he had always resolutely opposed the illegal cultivation of those rice fields in Shang'anton Village, as if he had never received gifts from Shang'andong Village.

Hua Yi glanced at Meng Wentian depressedly and said, "Director Wang, we really didn't say good things about Shang'an Dong Village today, as the mayor of Gukou Town, I wouldn't be so ignorant of the priorities of the matter, and I wouldn't openly shout for illegal farming." I am here today purely for the safety of the dam. Before we came, we asked the relevant departments about the water situation downstream of the dam, and some of the embankments did enter the warning level, but the problem is not serious, if you open the flood gate within your authority and notify the downstream in advance, the downstream can still deal with it. On the other hand, if you don't release the flood now, and wait for the rain to fall again, then your reservoir will exceed the warning level, and the embankment below will also exceed the warning level, then the problem will be serious. ”

Deputy Director Wang sneered: "The extreme situation you mentioned may happen, but you are all speculating. What will the leaders of Shimu County think if we open all four flood gates according to your speculation now? Will they strictly order us to close the sluice gates, and if an accident occurs on the embankment, will you, the county magistrate, Hua County, bear the criminal responsibility or our reservoir?"

Hua Yi saw that the other party didn't listen to him at all, so he had to ask: "Director Wang, now that the rain situation doesn't know how to develop, it is very unsafe for you to keep such a high water level in the reservoir, and when there is really a dangerous situation, who is responsible?"

Before Deputy Director Wang could speak, a voice outside the corridor said loudly, "I'm responsible!"

Soon, Director Luo, who didn't show up at first, strode in and said: "County Magistrate Hua, I remember that you used to be in the police circle, and you haven't seriously learned about water conservancy during this time...... Isn't it a little funny that at least you're not an expert on dams, but you come and say that dams are not safe, and that dams have to release floodwater?"

At this point, Meng Wentian knew that it was impossible to persuade them to discharge the flood again.

In the case of reservoirs, whether or not to discharge floods is a matter of face and whether they are ordered by local low-level leaders at will, and they even think that whether or not to discharge floods involves the question of whether their power will be snatched away by local leaders, and they naturally go all out to keep it.

Therefore, Director Luo came forward to be a villain himself this time and directly rejected Hua Yi's proposal.

Seeing that Hua Yi didn't speak, Director Luo sneered: "If you want us to open the floodgates next time, it's best to find the Provincial Department of Water Resources and Hydropower and let them give us a notice, or find a notice from the leaders of the province, and we will guarantee to implement it." We don't accept anyone else. ”

Things have come to this point, and it is useless for Meng Wentian to be in a hurry.

Meng Wentian couldn't help but feel helpless, and felt aggrieved for the first time since his rebirth: he knew that there was a disaster, but why couldn't he stop it?

Seeing that Hua Yi and Meng Wentian had nothing to say, Director Luo and Deputy Director Wang left.

Hua Yi looked very aggrieved, looked at Meng Wentian, and asked, "Wentian, what should I do?...... Shall we go back?"

Meng Wentian smiled bitterly and said, "What should I do? Entanglement, don't some people say that beautiful women are afraid of entanglement? The reason why many ugly men can marry beautiful women is that they use shameless tricks to entangle words, and they will not give up if they don't marry beautiful women home......

Hua Yi was happy and said with a smile: "Hehe, whose is this? If I were a beauty, I wouldn't be afraid of entanglement, and I would beat him to death as an ugly man." You don't want to pester anyone, do you?"210