After communicating with Meng Qian and others, Yu Hailan reported the relevant situation to Bao Feiyang. ☆→

According to Assistant Meng, the investigation of the Lingang Economic Development Zone by the delegation did not surprise them, and Minister Yu was indeed dissatisfied with the almost complete delay of the August 21 incident during the inspection. As for why this is so, Meng Qian is also very puzzled. ”

Although Meng Qian looked cold to these leaders of the Lingang Economic Development Zone in front of Yu Liqiong, in fact, she had already been bought by Yu Hailan's small favor in private, and the fight with Yu Hailan was very hot. This time, Yu Hailan gave Meng Qian a high-end Swiss women's watch, and it was easy to learn about some secret situations.

"Meng Qian said that they went to Xintan that day, and only learned about the Xintan 821 incident when they learned about the situation from the locals, and then Minister Yu began to ask if there was a monument, and when she saw the simple and even very simple stone monument, Minister Yu seemed to be a little excited, and after she returned to the hotel, she told Meng Qian that Huaxia should not forget those who died back then."

Bao Feiyang nodded: "That's clear, but did Assistant Meng say that there are some special reasons behind Minister Yu's concern about this matter?" ”

Meng Qian shook her head and said, "Assistant Meng said that she doesn't know very well about this, but she also tends that there should be a special reason, as for what the reason is, she doesn't know." ”

"Okay, I got it." Bao Feiyang raised his wrist and looked at the time: "Director Yu, do you have any other arrangements in the morning?" If it's okay, let's go to Xintan and take a look at it on the spot. ”

After Bao Feiyang took office, he would often go down for a run if he had time, and some things would only have a more specific impression if he saw them on the spot. Although during this time he often travels outside on business. But he also ran a lot of places in the Lingang Economic Development Zone, and he also ran all over the place.

Bao Feiyang had also been to Xintan before, but he was in a hurry and didn't know much about the history and past of Xintan, and this time Yu Liqiong was furious, which also gave him the opportunity to learn more about Xintan.

In the past, when Bao Feiyang came down to investigate. often follow the simple car, but this time he contacted the old secretary of Wanggang Township, Yao Gensheng, although Yao Gensheng is not from Wanggang from the point of origin, but he has worked in Wanggang for decades, and he is already a veritable Wanggang person.

"In 1969, when I had just joined the army as a soldier, there was indeed a movement to learn the spirit of Xintan in those two years. Yao Gensheng and Bao Feiyang talked about the events of the year. It is also an expression of nostalgia for the past.

"Typhoon 821 in 1969, I remember it more deeply, when a typhoon had just passed, and many losses had not had time to be repaired, a new typhoon came, and this time the typhoon was even stronger, it is said that it reached the twelfth level, and later there was a theory that the intensity of that typhoon was much greater than that of an ordinary twelve typhoon. It is a once-in-a-century typhoon. ”

Yao Gensheng shook his head, recalling the situation back then. It seems that there are still some lingering palpitations: "At that time, our troops also participated in the fight against the typhoon, and several places in Luzhou were flooded, but there were no vicious cases of a large number of casualties. At that time, none of us in the army had heard much about the collapse of the embankment at Xintan, and only later did we hear a little news sporadically. ”

"After I was demobilized, I went to work in Wanggang until 1975. That's more than 20 years. I have been to this place many times, and I have to visit the monument once a year, and a young cadre used to see it and come often, so he said to me, should I rebuild this monument. At least there is a monument. But I knew that this matter was more sensitive, so I didn't dare to mess around. ”

Yao Gensheng led Bao Feiyang and others through a cotton field and came to several black locust trees, in the middle of the black locust tree, there was a very ordinary cement tombstone erected alone, which was engraved with the words "The martyrs of the anti-typhoon are immortal", and there were several columns of small characters next to it, which read: "On August 16, 1969, the typhoon hit Xintan, Song Haibo and Chen Fangming, soldiers of a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army stationed here, college students Wang Anming, Li Qiuping and other comrades, who sacrificed their honorable sacrifices to protect national property and people's safety, and a special monument was erected to commemorate it!" ”

Although the tombstone is not large, it is very clean.

Yao Gensheng said: "Soon after the typhoon passed, the army that was originally stationed in the reclamation changed guards, and a few years ago, the farm was transferred to local management, and there were not many people who knew what was going on back then. However, everyone knows that there were more than 100 people who died here to fight the typhoon, and this monument should have been erected very early, and people from the farm will come to see it every year, and there will be no other activities. ”

Bao Feiyang nodded, after all, almost thirty years have passed, and these thirty years are thirty years that have changed a lot, because of the development of the industrial area, the farms here are about to disappear.

Bao Feiyang raised his feet and lightly stepped on the ground under his feet: "Secretary Yao, are there still the bodies of the martyrs buried underneath?" ”

Yao Gensheng thought for a while and said: "I heard that there are, some of the bodies should have been sent back to their hometowns, and some of the bodies were not found at all, and the rest were buried here, especially many students." ”

At that time, the situation was rather special, and many students had complicated family backgrounds, so they may not be able to take back the students' bodies for burial.

Bao Feiyang asked again: "Then do the relatives of these soldiers and students usually come here to pay respects?" ”

Yao Gensheng said: "Yes, but I haven't heard much. In the past, I heard that some people went to the city and to the military sub-district to petition for this matter, saying that the state did not give these victims of the anti-Taiwan struggle a name and did not implement the martyr policy. ”

Bao Feiyang nodded with a solemn expression, hundreds of lives, in order to protect this land and protect the people on the land, died because of the fight against the typhoon, there is not even a decent monument in the local area, and even the remains of many people are buried here, but there is not even a decent grave, which will indeed make people feel chilling.

Subsequently, Yao Gensheng led Bao Feiyang and others to visit some old people on the farm, and learned some more specific information from their mouths, but because the time was too long, they couldn't say some things about that special thing clearly, and it was in that period. They don't know a lot about it, either.

However, from them, Bao Feiyang knew that every year around the Qingming Festival and around August 21, there would be some people who came to pay respects, including the survivors of that year.

"Secretary Yao. I'm going to trouble you about this, let's see if I can inquire more about the situation. When leaving Xintan, Bao Feiyang said to Yao Gensheng sincerely: "This matter was first raised by foreign businessmen, and in a certain way, it is related to the current work of attracting investment. ”

Yao Gensheng waved his hand: "Director Bao, I know that I will take this matter seriously." In fact, I have been trying to build a monument here all these years, but if the name is not right, it is not good, and there are still people who are petitioning for this matter. I can't do anything right. Director Bao, you have to do this, I think many people will stand up and support you. ”

Yu Hailan glanced at Yao Gensheng and said softly: "Secretary Yao, you also said that this matter is more sensitive. ”

Yu Hailan wanted to remind Bao Feiyang not to be impulsive, because this matter had not been done for so many years, there must be a reason, she was very worried that Bao Feiyang would accidentally step into a minefield.

Yao Gensheng's old face flushed. He also knew that this matter was more sensitive, otherwise he wouldn't have been silent for so many years. However, he does hope that the matter of Xintan can be satisfactorily resolved: "Hey, yes, this matter is indeed more sensitive, Director Bao, you are still busy with the big matter of the construction of the economic development zone, let me do this matter, I will find someone." After figuring out the situation first, and then applying to the city, if there is really something, Director Bao, you can also help me cover up one or two, right? ”

"Alright. Secretary Yao, you can rest assured to do it boldly, the more materials you collect, the more it will help me. Bao Feiyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "As for how to deal with this matter, you don't have to worry about it, now foreign businessmen have opinions on this matter, and the relevant departments will pay attention to it." ”

Yao Gensheng couldn't help but glance at each other with Yu Hailan, and then laughed: "That's right, Director Bao still has a way!" ”

Back in the car, Yu Hailan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Director, I'll go back and talk to Minister Yu and Assistant Meng, and ask them to directly report this problem to the city." ”

"Director Yu, don't talk about this." Bao Feiyang looked out of the car window, and said with a serious expression: "Minister Yu of United Chemical Group, it is likely to be related to this matter, but it may not have anything to do with it, to be honest, if such a thing happens, even if it sounds to outsiders, it will feel a little cold, if at this time, we have to shirk responsibility, it will undoubtedly leave a sense of responsibility, in this way, how can investors be willing to put huge investments in our Haizhou?" ”

"But ......" Yu Hailan said with some concern: "This matter has not been resolved for so many years, I'm afraid there is still a reason." ”

Bao Feiyang waved his hand: "Don't worry so much, I will deal with this matter, but you still have to do the work on the minister's side, you have to sue the other party, there are historical reasons for this matter, but we will never forget the history and those martyrs." Also, why Minister Yu is so interested in this matter, you have to find a way to figure it out, and you don't have to worry about other things. ”

Yu Hailan had no choice but to nod: "Director, don't worry, I'll figure it out." ”

Bao Feiyang will be sent back to the Economic Development Zone Management Committee in Hailan, and then take the car straight to Haizhou Huai Theater.

In some cases, Bao Feiyang did not explain to Yu Hailan and Yao Gensheng, in fact, after returning last night, he called Xue Shaohua, secretary of the municipal party committee, to inquire about the situation. Xue Shaohua was originally an officer, and he also paid special attention to the matter of Xintan, although he did not ask anything else, but he had a lot of knowledge of some high-level secrets that Yao Gensheng and others did not know.

The most critical reason why there has been no explanation of the Xintan incident for a long time is that an old leader once had a period of instructions. In the instructions, the veteran leaders were very dissatisfied with the fact that the cadres stationed at the Xintan Military Reclamation Farm did not organize the masses to transfer personnel and property, but blindly emphasized sticking to the situation when they knew that the conditions in Xintan were poor and that a major typhoon was coming.

At that time, the struggle in the ideological field was quite fierce, and the words of the old leader also had a great impact on the follow-up of the matter. Although the old leader has now retired, he has probably forgotten about this matter a long time ago, but his protégés and former officials are numerous, and the influence is still very great, and some officials are afraid of their attitude, and they also deliberately forget about this matter, and even obstruct the handling of the matter.

Xue Shaohua did not come forward to promote this matter, because he was worried that he would be implicated, but he did not object to Bao Feiyang's other ways to promote the handling of this matter, and from his personal subjective thoughts, Xue Shaohua also hoped that this matter, which had passed nearly 30 years, could be properly handled.

Bao Feiyang disagrees with Xue Shaohua's construction. Not to mention that this matter is likely to be related to the success or failure of Taihu United Chemical Group's huge investment in Haizhou, purely from a moral point of view, Bao Feiyang also feels that as the leader of the Lingang Economic Development Zone, he has the responsibility to give an explanation to those who died in the fight against Typhoon 821 in Xintan!

Huai Opera is a traditional drama in Jiangbei Province, and like other traditional drama forms, Huai Opera has gradually been replaced by new forms of entertainment culture such as television and movies in recent years.

The situation of the Haizhou Huai Opera Troupe is not very good, except for policy and public welfare performances, there are not many commercial performances a year.

However, the Huai Opera Troupe occupies the Longyuan on Yuntai Road, which used to be a salt merchant's house, with five entrances before and after, and two cross-courtyards on the left and right. It is said that in the past, the Huai Opera Troupe could only nest in the East Cross Courtyard, and the main courtyard and the West Cross Courtyard were the other two units. Later, the people in the main courtyard couldn't stand it and heard the babbling next door every morning, so they moved away. Later, the people in the West Cross Courtyard couldn't stand it, so the entire Longyuan became the station of the Huai Opera Troupe.

For the Huai Opera Troupe, which has withered and has no successors, the place of Longyuan is quite large, but from the outside, you can also see the obsolescence of the facilities and the embarrassment of the environment.

"You look for Mr. Dai, he should be playing chess with someone in the back." Bao Feiyang came to Longyuan and explained his intention to the old man who was listening to the play in the communication room, and the other party immediately pointed to the back and asked him to find someone by himself.

Bao Feiyang walked in the direction pointed out by the old man, and soon saw two people sitting in a small pavilion playing chess, both of whom were about fifty years old, and heard someone coming, one of them looked up, and when he saw that he didn't know, he lowered his head again, while the other person was still staring at the chessboard very intently, without even raising his head.

Bao Feiyang didn't speak, he stood next to him and looked at the chessboard, the situation on the chessboard should have reached the stage of closing the palace, the two sides are equal, and black should have a slight advantage on the whole, but the black chess should be close to the eye, deduct the sticker, and the lead is a few eyes up and down, if it is a little softer, it may let the white chess pull back.

"Hey, young man, you know chess too?" After a while, the white chess player looked up at Bao Feiyang. (To be continued.)