Ye Ming heard Su Jinsong mention the names "Ouyang Dan" and "Ouyang Qian", and immediately remembered the three legends about Zhang Jiankun that Xu Jirong said to himself, knowing that Su Jinsong was cautious and kind-hearted, and he was unwilling to slander Zhang Jiankun in front of himself, so he said: "I know the rumors of Ouyang Dan, it's okay, you can continue!" ”

Su Jinsong hesitated for a moment and said, "Secretary Ye, many people in the county know about the rumors about Ouyang Dan's three sisters, so I won't say more." Let me also tell you about the origin of this lead-zinc mine! ”

"Okay, tell me, I still don't know that there are lead and zinc minerals in Beishan County!"

"I once heard my father-in-law say that there is a large lead-zinc ore vein in the western part of Shangmei Mountain, and the main deposit is just below the Jiguan Ridge in Leigong Town. In the sixties of the last century, an exploration team of the Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources explored near Jiguanling for more than a year, and basically proved the lead-zinc ore reserves below, which is said to have reached more than 500,000 tons, and the ore grade reached more than 10%, and the mining value was extremely great. However, because there are several dark rivers under Jiguanling, the lead-zinc deposits are basically under the underground dark rivers, and the hydrogeological conditions are very poor, if it is exploited on a large scale, it will not only destroy the groundwater resources, but also the risk is very large. Therefore, although the lead-zinc ore under Jiguanling is abundant, it cannot be mined on a large scale under the current technical conditions. Moreover, because the price of lead-zinc ore was not high in the past, and the cost of mining lead-zinc ore in places with complex underground water systems was high, the government has not exploited this huge deposit.

"But since three years ago, the price of lead-zinc ore has suddenly soared, and the price has doubled in one year. So, Ouyang Zhi took advantage of the relationship between his three daughters to apply for a lead-zinc mine "Prospecting License", nominally to explore mineral deposits in an area that was not explored by the geological exploration team in the south of Jiguanling, in fact, they drilled a mine from that exploration area, all the way to the foot of Jiguanling, and mined from the edge of the deposit that the geological team had explored, and set up a concentrator to wash the raw lead and zinc ore, and then transported it to other places to sell to the smelter to obtain huge profits. It is said that Zhenyu lead-zinc mine has earned at least four or five billion yuan in profits during two years of mining, and has not paid a penny of taxes and other fees to the government. ”

Ye Ming asked angrily: "With such a large lead-zinc mine, they must have a reasonable reason for not paying taxes or fees, otherwise the leaders and responsible persons of those functional departments will all go to prison for dereliction of duty, how can they have so much courage?" ”

"There is a reason for this: Ouyang Zhi handled the "Prospecting License", and there were no mineral deposits below the area they were exploring, so they did not apply for business licenses, tax registration certificates and other documents, nor did they pay taxes and fees on the grounds that no mineral deposits were found during the exploration. The people in those functional departments all knew the relationship between Ouyang Dan's three sisters, so although they knew that it was illegal for them not to apply for certificates and pay taxes and fees, no one dared to investigate and punish them. ”

As soon as Su Jinsong said this, there was a sudden noise from the east of Dishui Village. Ye Ming raised his eyes and saw more than a dozen villagers pouring out of the opposite village, all holding flat poles, hoes and other utensils in their hands, shouting and scolding, while hurriedly running towards Jiguanling. Looking at their angry looks, it is estimated that there was a conflict with someone from Lei Gong Town, and these dozen or so villagers went to reinforce them.

Ye Ming saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly said to Xia Chuchu: "You and Mr. Zhao and Miss Zhang walk along this river to the other side of the mountain, and you can go to the bottom of that waterfall." There is a deep pool at the bottom of the cliff, and you must be careful not to stumble into the waterhole while viewing the waterfall. I'll go over there with Lao Su to have a look, and I'll be back as soon as it's okay. ”

After Xia Chuchu nodded and agreed, Ye Ming immediately followed Su Jinsong along the muddy stream, taking a shortcut and rushing to the northeast.

A few minutes later, Ye Ming and Su Jinsong ran to the mouth of the ravine between Jiguanling and Julongling, and saw that on the slope not far away, two groups of people were facing each other, the group of people in the east were all dressed in orange overalls, wearing orange hard hats, and holding rubber sticks, shovels, shovels and other weapons in their hands; The group of people on the west side were dressed in all sorts of clothes, and most of them were rolled up in trousers, and several of them were shirtless, all holding flat poles, hoes, and other utensils in their hands, and they looked like villagers who had just come from the fields.

At this time, the two groups of people were arguing loudly, mixed with pushing and shoving, and the whole scene was filled with the smell of gunpowder......

Ye Ming and Su Jinsong hurriedly sped up and rushed up the slope, blocking sideways between the two groups of people.

Su Jinsong has been the deputy mayor of Meishan Town for many years, and his wife She Mengyao's hometown is from Dishui Village, so most of the villagers know him, seeing him and a young man sideways between the two groups of people, one of the villagers pointed to a cement pipe mouth on the right, and said angrily: "Mayor Su, look at it, these sewage are discharged from the tailings dam of Zhenyu lead-zinc mine, all of which flow into the Julong River, and then into the Huishui Bay, polluting all the water in the bay." Our paddy fields are all irrigated with water from the Huishui Bay, and the sewage is poured into the paddy fields, and all the seedlings die, and this year's early rice grains are not harvested.

"Yesterday, She Chuchang from our East Village took his son to the person in charge of the mine to theorize and ask them to compensate for the loss, but Ouyang Zhi's nephew Ouyang Gao brought a group of people from the mine protection team to beat She Chuchang and his son to the point that they were bleeding from the head, and they are still being treated in the town health center. We came here today to try to plug the outlet, and the mine immediately sent a mine guard to come and threaten us that whoever dared to block the outfall would break someone's leg. Mayor Su, you are the leader, give us a comment: their tailings dam is in Leigong Town, and now the sewage in the dam is full, so they set up a cement pipeline to discharge sewage into our Dishui Village, which has dirty and smelly our water sources and rice fields, should they compensate for the losses? Do we have the right to plug this outfall? ”

Before Su Jinsong could answer, a few more people came down from the eastern hillside, led by a man with a strong body, a full face and a meaty face, also wearing an orange absenteeism uniform, stood in the middle of the group of mine guards, and scolded impatiently: "You group of waste, what are you talking about with these mud legs digging for fields? Don't say anything, if anyone dares to block the sewer, rush over and break his dog's legs, just like the two mud legs who went to the mine yesterday to make trouble. These illiterate and blind people can't reason with them, they can only talk to them with their fists and feet, as long as you break one of his legs, you won't dare to let go of your fart! ”