In March and April this year, rainfall in the Yellow Sea, which was originally in the oceanic climate, was extremely scarce, and seeing that an unprecedented spring drought was coming, it was estimated that the area of cultivated land affected by the disaster would reach nearly one million mu, and the Huanghai City Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters urgently launched a drought-fighting plan, and 10 large and medium-sized reservoirs, including the Jiushuishan Reservoir, the Zhilin Reservoir, and the Fupingtan Reservoir, started a unified dispatch of water resources, and ensured the irrigation of residents and farmland in the drought-stricken areas through scientific and rational use of water.

After listening to the work report of the Flood Prevention and Disaster Relief Office and making a series of instructions, Tang Yi went to Taizhou City, which was the most severely affected by the disaster, and was accompanied by Dong Yuping, director of the Agricultural Affairs Office and director of the Agricultural Bureau, Liu Wen, director of the Meteorological Bureau, Chang Bin, director of the Water Resources Bureau, and other relevant cadres.

Taizhou City is a big agricultural city in the Yellow Sea, grain, livestock, poultry, and aquatic products have the reputation of "the crown of the country and the province", and the grain output has exceeded the million ton mark for three consecutive years, which is a microcosm of Ludong, the land of fish and rice, but since the 90s, because of the domestic economic transformation, subject to the dual constraints of the purchase and sales system and market factors, grain prices have risen and fallen, which has directly affected the stability of grain and agricultural income. In 2001, compared with 95 years, Taizhou City's grain income was reduced by nearly one billion yuan because of the fall in grain prices, and Taizhou, which was experiencing labor pains, should continue to maintain the grain planting area under the requirements of the Huanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and at the same time carried out a series of changes, trying to make this famous agricultural county in Ludong in the 90s rejuvenated.

Jiang Rijin, secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, and Qin Boren, mayor of Taizhou City, accompanied Tang Yi and his entourage to Qingyang, Huituo and other towns to go deep into the field to understand the disaster.

Got out of the car at the intersection of the highway and the dirt road, and Tang Yi took the lead. Embarked on the loess road. In the wheat fields on both sides of the dirt road, figures are busy watering and irrigating. Tang Yi didn't bother them, just walked silently.

Accompanied by twenty or thirty officials, together with plainclothes public security officers and umbrella-wielding staff, the mighty procession attracted the curious glances of the villagers. Even though it was far away, it seemed that I could feel the solemn pressure.

"Actually, natural disasters are not terrible." Tang Yi suddenly came out of nowhere.

Walking beside him were Dong Yuping, director of the Agricultural Office, Liang Bin, director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, and the first and second leaders in Taizhou, none of whom knew what Tang Yi wanted to say, so no one answered.

The Taizhou TV reporter who was carrying the camera wiped the sweat from his forehead, and whispered to Vice Minister Li of the Taizhou City Propaganda Department next to him to ask when he could shoot. Minister Li is also a little difficult, Mayor Tang has already said not to be on the news, but the question is what Secretary Jiang and Mayor Qin think. The county officials are not as good as the current management, if the two land lords in Taizhou feel that this inspection should be publicized and reported, but in the end there is no film editing, then the responsibility is their own, but if the filming starts, Mayor Tang will be angry, and his responsibility will be greater, Minister Li waved his hand to the reporter a little irritably, "Wait, it depends on the situation." ”

Tang Yi slowly stopped and waved his hand. Say, "It's back!" ”

A long line of small cars is speeding down the road. The police car at the front did not sound its siren. However, the public security officers in the car still reminded the car in front of them to give way through a loudspeaker from time to time.

Tang Yi didn't pay attention to these and didn't pay attention to them. From his point of view, paying attention to these "official authority" and "people-friendly" issues has put the cart before the horse, and it is what he should consider to benefit the tens of millions of people in the jurisdiction, even if he mingles with his fellow villagers in the disaster area? Without the ability to work for the well-being of the common people, and only to gain a good reputation, such an official is even more incompetent.

Chang Bin, director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, took Tang Yi's car, he was originally the deputy director of the Construction Committee, the director of the Demolition and Relocation Office, and he was still playing with Tang Yi when Cui Jingqun was the secretary, he became a victim and was disciplined, but at the beginning of this year, Tang Yi proposed him to be the director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, and Chang Bin naturally became a diehard among the Tang cadres.

Seeing Tang Yi closing his eyes and recuperating and looking very tired, Chang Bin gently patted Xiao Wu's shoulder in the driver's seat in front of him, Xiao Wu understood, and turned down the volume of the piano music in C.

Tang Yi opened his eyes again, smiled at Chang Bin, and said, "The water conservancy cause is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, you can't ignore it!" The Tenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of Water Conservancy in the Yellow Sea that you have done is not bad, but there is one point: we must do a good job in it, and we must not engage in face-saving projects for the sake of political achievements. I can state in advance that if you don't do a good job of this project, you won't want to move the nest. ”

Chang Bin smiled and said okay.

In the afternoon, Tang Yi listened to the report of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government on the work of fighting drought and providing disaster relief, and held a forum with the deputies of the Taizhou Municipal People's Congress to listen to their suggestions on the development of agriculture in Taizhou. Tang Yi just listened and didn't express any opinions.

In the evening, when Jiang Rijin, secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, and Qin Boren, mayor of Taizhou, entertained Tang Yi and his party in the banquet room of Taizhou Hotel, Qin Boren once again put forward the idea that Taizhou was ready to introduce several heavy industry projects, and Tang Yi smiled and said: "A big agricultural city may not be able to become a strong agricultural city, the main thing is the policy, and our policy is also time to tilt towards agriculture." ”

Qin Boren smiled and said yes, but was obviously a little disappointed.

Sitting beside Tang Yi, Jiang Rijin said: "Agriculture is the foundation of Taizhou, the fertile black soil is destined to the status of Taizhou Ludong granary, our average yield per mu of similar crops is the highest in the province, not vigorously developing agriculture, is a waste of resources." ”

Qin Boren's lips moved, wanting to speak, but he finally held back.

Tang Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this disaster, who came up with your multiple disaster relief measures?" Watering an acre is an acre, protecting a tree is a tree, the slogan is very tragic! ”

Unable to hear whether Tang Yi's tone was positive or depreciating, Qin Boren hesitated and said, "It's the collective resolution of the party committee." Tang Yi smiled, "That's a good idea, strategically attach importance to the enemy, and fighting disasters is also a war, but don't be too pessimistic, the comrades of the meteorological department mentioned that there will be a rain in the Yellow Sea this week, and we can implement rocket artificial rain enhancement in Taizhou, which should alleviate the drought to a great extent." He turned his head to Liu Wendao, director of the Meteorological Bureau: "Liu Gong, am I right?" ”

Liu Wen smiled and nodded. He came from a technical background. Participated in the work and joined the Yellow Sea Meteorological Research Institute as an assistant. Step by step, he began to serve as the director and deputy chief engineer of the Yellow Sea Meteorological Bureau before last year, and everyone is used to calling him Liu Gong.

Jiang Rijin smiled and said: "Then we can rest assured, people will win the sky, it is the truth!" The night scene was gorgeous, Tang Yi stood at the window for a while, sat down at the desk again, looked at the big-character header "Agricultural Reform Prospect" written by himself on the manuscript paper, picked up the pen, but couldn't write it down, there were a thousand words in his heart, but I didn't know why. It's just stuck.

Tang Yi was a little irritable, stood up again, and paced around the room. Walked back and sat down, picked up the pen, wrote a few lines, and dropped it again.

After sitting for a while, Tang Yi stuffed the manuscript paper into his handbag, picked up the handbag and walked out of the study, the No. 1 suite of Taizhou Hotel, the thick red carpet stepped on without a sound, and the furniture decoration was extremely luxurious.

Tang Yi walked out of the room and knocked on the door next door. Soon. Chang Bin opened the door, and Tang Yi said; "Come out for a walk with me."

Chang Bin wouldn't ask more. Hurriedly put on his coat and followed Tang Yi downstairs, Xiao Wu also received a call from Tang Yi and waited next to the Audi.

"Don, Mayor Tang." A person ran down the steps of the hotel, slightly fat, wearing a black suit, came to Audi, and said with some trepidation: "I am Li Weiguo of the Security Department of the Taizhou Public Security Bureau, who are you?" ”

Tang Yi just smiled and waved his hand: "Get in the car." As he spoke, he got into the Audi, Chang Bin followed and got into the car, Section Chief Li had no choice but to get into the front co-pilot, turned around and said, "Mayor Tang, are you going?" ”

Tang Yi would not be embarrassed for him, and said with a smile: "Go out and walk around, I don't have to worry about you here." ”

Section Chief Li breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time as the Audi started slowly, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said a few words, and a black car quickly followed.

Section Chief Li turned back very carefully and said, "Mayor Tang, according to the regulations, I will report to the leaders of the municipal bureau. ”

Tang Yi nodded, Section Chief Li picked up his mobile phone again and called Director Wang of the Municipal Bureau, Tang Yi said to Chang Bin beside him: "Hang up the phone for Secretary Jiang and Mayor Qin." Chang Bin understood and took out his mobile phone to dial.

The Audi quickly drove out of Taizhou City, and Section Chief Li wanted to ask Mayor Tang where he was going, but he was afraid that Tang Yi would be impatient if he asked too much, so he had to hold back.

Soon there were no street lights on both sides of the road, and in the deep night, the lights of the village in the distance were dotted, Tang Yi looked out the car window, not knowing what he was thinking.

At Tang Yi's signal, the Audi turned into a dirt road on the lower road, driving bumpy, on both sides of the dirt road, there are green wheat fields, and there are also white greenhouses.

Tang Yi suddenly patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, and Xiao Wu slowly stopped the car.

In the field well not far away, the pump made a buzzing sound, and the water of the white flowers spurted out, flowing along the ditch to the field, and the figures of flashlights swayed in twos and threes, and the villagers were watering the wheat fields.

Section Chief Li hurriedly introduced: "Mayor Tang, this is watering equipment, in the past, the production team drilled wells, pumped out groundwater through the pump to irrigate the field, although the rain has been enough in recent years, but we Taizhou is relatively shallow, has been unable to pump groundwater wells or deep well treatment, that is, the well is drilled deeper, it seems, now come in handy." Although he didn't understand much, his explanation was simple and clear.

Tang Yi smiled and walked to the well, Chang Bin said to Section Chief Li: "Mayor Tang has worked in the town and knows more than us. Section Chief Li was stunned for a moment, this young mayor, I heard that he is the third generation of red, has he also been to the township? I thought it was from the ministries and commissions in the capital that drank honey and came up easily.

"Hey, who are you?" Seeing someone approaching the well, a barefoot, shirtless man walked over, and the flashlight shook on the faces of several people, which was very dazzling, Section Chief Li frowned and did not speak.

Chang Bin smiled and said: "We are technicians from the city's agricultural bureau, let's come to see the drought situation." ”

The man looked suspiciously at the two cars parked on the dirt road not far away, and said angrily: "What's so good, don't move around, our family finally got the pump, don't make trouble!" As he spoke, he turned around and shouted: "Xiaohua, come and see the pump, don't let people move!" ”

"Whoa!" With a long sweet sound, a small figure ran over, and then the man picked up the shovel and walked towards the field.

Running over was a beautiful little girl from thirteen or fourteen places, with her trousers pulled up high, and her feet were covered with mud. She looked at Tang Yi and the others vigilantly. It's as if they're here to wreak havoc.

Chang Bin smiled and asked, "Little sister." Can you give your uncle a chat? ”

Xiaohua didn't speak, Chang Bin said something in Xiao Wu's ear, Xiao Wu ran back to Audi, took a few cans of drinks from the car, and ran back to hand them to Xiaohua. Say, "Little sister, drink soda." ”

Xiaohua didn't answer, ran away two steps, squatted on the ditch next to the pump to play with water, Chang Bin smiled awkwardly: "Mayor, the little girl is very interesting." ”

Tang Yi nodded and said, "Let's go." "As soon as I turned around, someone shouted from behind." Is it a comrade of the Agricultural Bureau? Tang Yi and the others turned around, and saw an old man with gray hair walking over, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a vest as he walked.

Tang Yi greeted him and stretched out his hand. smiled and said: "Old man, hard work!" The old man hurriedly said, "It's not hard, it's not hard", shook hands with Tang Yi, and said: "You are only hard, you have to go to the countryside so late, I heard what the boss of our family said, I just said a few words to you, don't go to your heart, the weather is dry, and your heart is holding back the fire." ”

Tang Yi started talking with the old man. The old man's name is Shang Qingguo. He once served as the secretary of the village brigade, and his conversation was decent. Xiao Wu handed the old man and Xiaohua a drink, and the old man hurriedly called his granddaughter to say thank you, and Xiaohua took it.

After chatting with the old man about the drought, Tang Yi nodded when he heard the old man say that the well is basically enough now, but every household has to line up to "fight at night" to water it.

Chang Bin suddenly interjected: "You are Yutuo Town, so it should not be far from Yutuo Reservoir, right?" ”

Tang Yi smiled: "There is also a reservoir here?" ”

"It's a small reservoir in the village, and I've seen information about it." Chang Bin was talking, and when he saw Tang Yi smiling and looking at him, he knew that his homework was not in vain.

"But the information says that Yutuo should have nearly 1,000 acres of paddy fields planted with rice, why is it gone?" Chang Bin looked at the field suspiciously.

The old man sighed, "That's a long time, since the reservoir was contracted out to raise ducks a few years ago, the paddy fields have become Tianshui fields, not to mention rice, look, now it's so dry, the reservoir has no water supply, because they have long stopped storing water!" He stared at Chang Bin again and said: "You guys, you should reflect to the above, the reservoir is contracted, and the village can get thousands of yuan a year, but how much farm work is missed, this account is not such an algorithm!" ”

Chang Bin hurriedly shook the old man's hand and said, "Don't worry, we will respond to the higher authorities." /”

Tang Yi looked at the white greenhouse not far away and asked, "It should be good for the greenhouse to benefit now, right?" Old man, why don't you have a greenhouse? ”

The old man sighed and said: "An acre of greenhouse costs more than 10,000 pads, and the first year can't be recovered. The third child in our family is also not small, save some money, and build a new house. Now marriage in rural areas is also exquisite, and the woman wants to Beijing Ping, and it also costs tens of thousands. Speaking of this, the wrinkles on the old man's forehead seemed to be deeper.

Looking at the old man's slightly hunched back under the weight of life, Tang Yi sighed softly and said, "Old man, you are busy with yours, let's go over there and have a look." He pointed to the shed not far away.

The old man hurriedly said yes, and called Xiaohua again, "Xiaohua, lead the way for the uncles." As he spoke, he gave the flashlight to Xiaohua, Chang Bin excused himself a few words, and the old man said: "It's not easy, you are from the city, what should you do if you touch the underworld?" Don't worry, little flower elf. ”

Xiaohua was very happy, holding a flashlight to shine in the east and west, jumping up and down to lead the way.

In front of the greenhouses, there are simple small houses built of mud, and farmers live here at night to watch the greenhouses to prevent people from harming the melons and fruits.

Now it is the season when the greenhouse melons are ripe, and many greenhouses are flashing with faint lights, and there are more than enough people working inside.

Chang Bin said to Xiaohua: "Hey, Xiaohua, can we go into the greenhouse and have a look?" ”

Xiaohua's big eyes rolled around and said, "Follow me." But he led Tang Yi and a few people into a simple earthen house in front of a greenhouse, turned on the electric light, and built a simple bed with hardwood boards in the earthen house, covered with thick wheat straw and quilts, dark and damp, but there was a lame broken wooden table and a three-legged chair, Xiaohua said: "This is the second aunt's family, she is fine, you wait." As he spoke, he ran out of the earthen hut and went into the shed with three drills and two of them.

Xiao Wu picked up a wooden stick from the side and propped it under the chair, shaking the chair, quite steady. said to Tang Yi: "Mayor." You sit. Chang Bin said: "It's still Master Wu's poisonous eyes." That's how they sit on the ground, right? ”

Tang Yi smiled and waved his hand and lit a cigarette.

A few minutes later, Xiaohua ran back to the earthen house, holding four or five melons in her arms, and said happily, "The second aunt gave it to me." Uncle, here you go! The first one was handed to Tang Yi, probably this uncle who was born delicately and didn't like to talk much, but his whole body exuded a different atmosphere.

Chang Bin, Xiao Wu and Section Chief Li, one each, and two plainclothes police officers in the Security Section were divided into one. Xiaohua herself is gone. Looking at the small flowers that smacked his mouth, Tang Yi smiled and said, "Come on." Let's eat one. Xiaohua happily said yes, snatched the melon in Tang Yi's hand, wiped it with his vest, fell a few times on the wooden table, and broke it with his small hand, seeing Chang Bin frowning for a while, Tang Yi took a petal of melon handed by Xiaohua, and ate it very sweetly.

"Uncle, you are really city officials!" Sitting on the threshold with Tang Yi eating melons, he felt that this uncle was not so difficult to get close to. Xiaohua opened the conversation.

Tang Yi smiled and nodded. Xiaohua said enviously: "I've been to Taizhou, but it's beautiful." It's like a big garden, and I'm going to Taizhou when I grow up. ”

Tang Yi patted her little head, "Then study hard." ”

"Yes!" Xiaohua nodded vigorously.

At this time, three or two men came out of a large shed near the earthen house, and the people in the front were thirty or forty years old, wearing suits and leather shoes, and their hair was shiny, and they did not look like people doing farm work.

Tang Yi said to Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, know them, call them, uncle wants to talk to them." ”

Xiaohua said angrily: "I won't call him, he's a big villain." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

"Just him, he led someone to beat my father, and he also beat my second uncle." Xiaohua's eyes shot a light of hatred, and it seemed that she really hated that man.

Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and said, "What's the matter?" Didn't call the police? ”

Xiaohua said: "His reservoir raised ducks, ran out to gnaw green seedlings, my father accidentally killed a duck, he took someone to beat my father, grandpa said, three heads are rich, we can't afford to provoke,"

Tang Yi frowned, this three-headed person is the person who contracted the reservoir, it turned out that he also had a lot of greenhouses, it seems that the living conditions are good, and the two strong men behind him should be the small workers he hired. At this time, the three heads also saw Tang Yi and Xiaohua, and when they saw a big one and a small one sitting on the threshold eating melons affectionately, and pointing at themselves, they immediately glared, "Damn, Xiaohua, you steal grandpa's melons again, a little thief!" ”

Xiaohua stood up and shouted loudly: "You are the thief, my melon was given by the second aunt!" ”

"Shit! Definitely stolen from my No. 1 shed! Damn, your relatives will steal my melons! Santou shouted to the two workers behind him: "Catch her, let's go to his parents to settle accounts!" ”

Hearing the dispute, Section Chief Li and several people came out from behind the earthen house, and saw that there were suddenly several more men, the lights were dim, and they couldn't see how many people were dressed, and the three heads scolded even more, "Damn, how many melons did you steal from me?" Today, Lao Tzu will settle accounts with Shang Qingguo! He picked up the phone and said, "I'm sending you into the game!" ”

Section Chief Li's face was green, he was afraid that the call from the three heads would be made to the bureau with his own three relatives and two friends, and with a wave of his hand, the two police officers of the security department rushed over, and the two small workers also came up to push, and with a few bangs, both of them were neatly put down, their arms twisted behind their backs, clicks, and shiny handcuffs were cuffed.

The three heads were a little dumbfounded, and asked in surprise: "Who are you?" A police officer stood up, strode up, stepped back three times, and said sharply: "Don't mess around, don't ...... Ah......h

Xiaohua clapped loudly, Tang Yi smiled, and Section Chief Li was already busy explaining, "Mayor Tang, I'll take them for questioning, I won't detain them for a long time." ”

Tang Yi said indifferently: "Such a village tyrant, you have to investigate it carefully." ”

Section Chief Li sighed in his heart, although Mayor Tang was a very casual sentence, he had already used "village tyrant" to define the three-headed character, and this three-headed could not be escaped, and he didn't know how many people and things would be involved.

Tang Yi turned his head, looked at the busy figure in the greenhouse, the flashlight shaking in the wheat field in the distance, looked down, and saw the black mud on Xiaohua's feet.

Nodding slightly, he entered the earthen house, beckoned to Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu handed over the handbag, Tang Yi took out the manuscript paper from inside, sat down, spread the manuscript paper on the lame wooden table, took out the pen to cross out the original title, pondered for a while, and lightly wrote "Suggestions on Completely Exempting Agricultural Taxes and All Miscellaneous Fees in the Yellow Sea, Greatly Increasing Grain Production Subsidies, and Promoting the Development of Large-scale Cooperative Farms".

The light was dim, but Tang Yi was like a fly, Xiaohua stood beside Tang Yi curiously, looked at it for a while, picked up the pu fan on the table to drive away mosquitoes for Tang Yi, she already knew that the uncle in front of her was a big man, and what he wrote was very important, looking at the words "Party Central Committee", "State Council" and "Ministry of Agriculture" at the beginning, she knew that the uncle was very powerful, but she would not have thought that this article written by Tang Yi in the small black room would bring great changes to the rural areas of the Republic. It's gone up by more than 300, thank you, keep asking for tickets! Ongoing end-of-chapter ticket holdings!