Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Reservoir Farce

The Qiliqiao Reservoir is brightly lit, and the reason why there are so many people at such a late hour is because everyone is waiting to witness a moment. Although the investigation team of the mysterious evaporation phenomenon could not find the cause, the amount of evaporation per night had already been calculated, close to 800,000 cubic meters. According to the calculation of the storage capacity of the reservoir, everyone already knew that tonight was the night when the reservoir dried up!

The CEOs of Liushui Group, the employees of the aquatic company, the experts of the investigation team, the villagers of the surrounding villages, and the officials of the relevant departments of geology and water conservancy are surrounded by groups of people, who want to witness the end of the mysterious phenomenon here, and some people are even more worried, where will the mysterious evaporation phenomenon be next?

Executive Vice Mayor Mu Zhenhua also came to the scene, since the matter is irreparable, huge losses are inevitable, and this reservoir can no longer provide him with money, so finally provide him with a chance to put on a show.

Mu Zhenhua stood on a high platform, holding a microphone, and spoke to the vast number of cadres, scholars, workers, and farmers: "...... Comrades, fellow villagers, the situation of the drought is extremely severe, and the situation has worsened with such a mysterious evaporation phenomenon. But we must have faith! The Great Leader once said that man will conquer heaven! The head of the Central Committee also once said, how difficult it is to prosper the country! It is precisely at such a difficult historical moment that we should unite around the party, and under the leadership of the party, we will certainly be able to overcome all difficulties and hardships! ”

"Our party members and cadres must go deep among the masses, develop the masses, help each other, and actively fight drought ......"

"Our experts and scholars should be thoughtful, focused and meticulous, find the root cause, and solve the problem ......"

"Our masses of workers and peasants must obey the leadership, unite as one, ensure production, and ensure the ...... of farming."

"Each of us should cherish every drop of water, the mysterious evaporation phenomenon has taken away our 60 million cubic meters of water, but we say that in our daily life, the faucet is smaller, tighter, the washing machine is smaller, and the bath is faster, not to mention 60 million cubic meters, it is 60,000 cubic meters, and it can be saved!"

"We ......"

Mayor Mu gave a speech on the stage, and naturally there was a TV station filming in the audience, and the news reporter had also prepared a press release: "Executive Vice Mayor Mu Zhenhua went to the grassroots level and delivered an important speech to guide the active ...... fighting drought"

When the camera turned to the people, the crowd either listened attentively, or smiled and applauded, or nodded silently, obviously learning to understand the spirit of Mayor Mu's speech. But in the back row, there are some discordant noises:

"Fuck, it's almost midnight, and you don't let us go back, it's a nuisance! Moreover, it often rains lightly at night on our side, and the water cellars have long been full, so where is the grim situation? ”

"I'm going on a blind date tomorrow, I have to go to bed early to recuperate, or I'll go first, Zhang San and Li Si, can you go?"

"Alas, give Village Chief Wang a face, he will knock on the door from door to door to call people, otherwise which of us will listen to this birdman's nonsense. Everyone is really leaving, the crowd is sparse and the scene is ugly, and Village Chief Wang will be criticized from above. ”

"This reservoir seems to be the property of the Mu family, right?"

"Yes, the first few rows of applause are all employees of Liushui Group Aquatic Products Company, and I don't know if they come to listen to the speech in the middle of the night, whether it is overtime, and whether there is overtime pay?"

", this reservoir is ruined, and the aquatic company has lost a lot of money, where is the money to pay overtime? My next-door neighbor's brother-in-law is an employee inside, and he said that because of huge losses, there will be a big layoff, and anyone who doesn't come to listen tonight and doesn't applaud will be laid off immediately, and he won't get his salary in May. ”

In the crowd, Ao Tang couldn't help but smile, didn't listen to these people's complaints, and quietly began to transfer water.

"Ah, it's gone, it's gone!"

The crowd suddenly boiled, Mu Zhenhua, who had not finished his speech, was a little annoyed, looked at the reservoir that had completely dried up, and felt panicked, this loss was all his money! Coughing vigorously, Mu Zhenhua was about to continue his speech, when suddenly there was a commotion, it was raining!

The rain ability of the Ao Tangjing Dragon King is light rain, but compressing a light rain into a short period of time can also have some heavy rain momentum. Mu Zhenhua's secretary hurriedly went up to get umbrellas, and umbrellas soon appeared above the heads of some officials, but the workers and villagers who were called to listen to the speeches did not prepare umbrellas in advance. The workers were afraid of deducting their wages, so they had to endure it, but the peasants immediately dispersed with shouts. Although the villagers of this village here give face to Village Chief Wang, their face is limited, and if they get sick in the rain, it will cost them money to catch a cold!

The peasants with the largest number of people ran out, and the scene suddenly became sparse, Mu Zhenhua cursed in annoyance, and after scolding, he wanted to say something about the rain, everyone go back early, pay attention to the body and other high-sounding words, but suddenly froze. Not only were they stunned, but also the cadres, scholars, workers, and even the villagers who had not yet gone far were stunned.

Because when Mu Zhenhua subconsciously cursed just now, the microphone in his hand was not turned off, and everyone heard it clearly: "Fuck, hurry up to reincarnate!" ”

Leaders are also human beings, and if they are human beings, they will swear, some people are used to it, and even become a mantra, and some people will consciously control it with the improvement of their knowledge and cultivation. But Mu Zhenhua was annoyed just now, and thought that no one heard him scolding in a low voice, so he subconsciously let it go.

There was silence for about ten seconds, and the villagers suddenly erupted in curses, including cadres, scholars, and workers, and some of them expressed dissatisfaction. The village cadres were so anxious that they were sweating profusely and hurriedly dispersed, either to dissuade or to stop.

Mu Zhenhua stomped his feet, stepped off the stage and left. As for the aftermath, he has no need to worry about it. Like a reporter from a TV station, he will definitely edit it; As for whether someone will post on the local forum, the secretary will naturally greet the relevant departments.

But he had barely taken a few steps when he paused again, because someone was shouting, "There seem to be a few boxes in this reservoir!" ”

The last 800,000 cubic meters of water, although it was returned to the land in the form of rain by Ao Tang on the spot, but it was dispersed, and there were not many that flowed back into the reservoir, and under the illumination of the surrounding lights, there were only a few puddles at the bottom of the reservoir, and the bottom of the dry lake could be seen clearly, there were indeed a few boxes, and it seemed that they were relatively old boxes.

"This ...... Wouldn't it be some kind of treasure? ”

The Qiliqiao Reservoir was expanded on a semi-natural reservoir. The original semi-natural reservoir has not dried up for tens or hundreds of years, so the box below may really be a treasure of the predecessors. It was a pity that Ao Tang in the crowd secretly screamed, next time before draining other people's reservoirs, you must let the little octopus or other aquatic tribes go down to see if there is a treasure chest, but now, in front of everyone's eyes, there is no way.

Mu Zhenhua probably also thought of the treasure chest, if it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, looking at those large boxes, it would be a huge amount of money, at least it could make up for some losses. Although according to the relevant laws and regulations, if it is really the treasure of the ancients, it should be returned to the public, but Mu Zhenhua can make excuses.

Without him having to say it himself, a vice president of the aquatic company had already shouted: "This is the box that our company accidentally left at the bottom of the lake last year, and it is not a treasure." Come, Lao Zhang, Lao Li, you take someone down and take it back. The vice president instructed the people of the company's security team, and lowered his voice again, "Don't open it." ”

Originally, there was an executive deputy mayor in this town, and others would not move or dare to move, but Mu Zhenhua's swear words just now had angered the nearby villagers, among them, they did not come forward, and hid in the crowd and shouted: "Who said that, this is the treasure chest where my grandfather fell into the water, there are 100 gold ingots and 500 silver ingots!" ”

What grandfather, gold ingots, silver ingots, of course, is just his nonsense, but when he says this, the effect is immediate. The villagers, who were already dissatisfied with Mu Zhenhua, suddenly shouted with the mentality that they could get rich if they grabbed it, and that the law would not blame the public. A few more greedy ones rushed in front of the security guards and slid down the reservoir. Immediately, there was a demonstration effect, and a large group of villagers rushed towards the edge of the reservoir.

The first one reached for the box, but it had been soaked in water for decades and rotted, and immediately cracked, and its contents were scattered all over the ground.

"Silver Dollar!"

"Silver!"

"Gold!"

The sharp-eyed man screamed loudly, and sure enough, it was a treasure chest! Since there are silver dollars, I think it is a treasure chest from the Republic of China. Seeing that the first person had already grabbed a handful and pushed it to his trouser pocket, it suddenly seemed to have ignited a fuse, and more people were driven by a common sentiment and rushed towards the bottom of the reservoir.

Mu Zhenhua was anxious and angry, ran to the front and stretched out his hands, trying to stop more people, but he didn't know which one he was pushing, and he suddenly fell down. This reservoir is about twenty meters deep, and now there is no water, it is not difficult to take the initiative to slide down the edge, but it is still a little dangerous to be pushed down and planted, Mu Zhenhua fell on the spot and broke the blood.

The leader had an accident, which immediately shocked the secretary and officials at all levels, some people hurriedly dialed 120, some people hurriedly dialed 110, and some people made mistakes in their busy schedules and dialed 119 and 114. And the secretary and some officials close to the Mu family and the company's senior executives chased down the reservoir even with a rolling belt. But the people who were already red-eyed were also rushing in, colliding together, pushing each other, and finally several people, whether it were officials or villagers, lost their feet and rolled down, followed by a stampede...... There are really no going down, only those who are calm and rational and have no greed, among them is Professor Chen, whom Ao Tang knew, who stood with several old professors in the expert group, shaking his head and sighing.

Of course, Ao Tang didn't go down, although with his physical ability, he could completely rush into the crowd and snatch a few handfuls of gold and silver, but how could he be like this? Looking at the farce below, especially when he saw that some people began to fight for gold and silver, Ao Tang shook his head and sighed like those old professors.

As the owner of the reservoir, he knows a lot about the looting incidents related to the reservoir. However, it was all the villagers who relied on the law to disobey the public and robbed the fish of the farmers, resulting in losses of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. It is rare to rob the treasure chests of the ancients like this. For those who were injured in the robbery, Ao Tang also looked at them coldly, out of greed, and was not worthy of sympathy.

Soon, police cars and ambulances roared in, driving away, arresting people, and saving people. Some clever people quietly retreated to the periphery with a few handfuls of gold and silver they had snatched. Those who left late were stopped by the police on the spot.

A moment later, Mu Zhenhua was lifted up, not only did he fall and bleed, but there were also several shoe prints on his cheeks. Several nurses were about to wipe Mayor Mu clean, and the police hurriedly shouted: "Don't worry, this is important evidence of hurting the leader, let's take a picture of the shoe prints first!" ”

Among the officials next to him, one of them suddenly cried with a sad face, it was Section Chief Zhao who Ao Tang had met once. He was in a hurry to save Mayor Mu just now, but he didn't expect to be pushed by a villager behind him, confiscated his feet, and left two shoe prints on Mayor Mu's face. If he is found out by the police, even if he says that it is an unintentional mistake, will Mayor Mu, who was trampled on his face, forgive him?

(To be continued)