Cheng Liping went to Shenzhen, stayed in Shenzhen for a few days, and then went abroad. Except for Liu Weiguo, no one knows what he is tossing. Even Cheng Hongbin, who returned to Hong Kong, wanted to find Brother Ping to have a good drink, but he couldn't wait for the opportunity.

After more than ten days, it finally ushered in New Year's Day. This means that a new year has begun. North of the Huai River, under the influence of the cold Siberian airflow, heavy snow has fallen for many days, and it has become a preliminary disaster. Vice Mayor Du Dezhong, who originally talked about Ruixue Zhaofeng Nian, blistered his lips every day, and took the person in charge of the Meteorological Bureau of the Agricultural Bureau to inspect the disaster relief everywhere. Licheng is the main wheat producing area, and the wheat seedlings are crushed and frozen to death, which means that the output will be greatly reduced in the coming year, or even the harvest will be lost. As a leader in charge of agriculture, coupled with the background of a local peasant family, Du Dezhong personally guided disaster relief and basically never slept at home. The leaders and the masses saw pain in their eyes and hearts, knee-deep snow, Vice Mayor Du stayed for several hours, such an official has not been seen for twenty or thirty years.

But the sky is not beautiful, and the heavy snow still keeps falling. Tan Jialin, secretary of the municipal party committee, urgently went to the province to ask for help, and Mayor Zhu Jiaying led civil servants and ordinary citizens to clear the snow in the city and suburbs. Two days later, Secretary Tan called from the provincial capital, saying that the province had dispatched several helicopters to melt the snow as long as it stopped.

Hearing the news, the conference room was boiling. Du Dezhong thought for a few minutes and felt that something was wrong, but in front of many colleagues, he couldn't raise objections, so he had to call Tan Jialin in private.

"Secretary Tan, snow melting is naturally a good way to eliminate snow accumulation, but after the snow melts, where does so much snow water drain? The Tuo River, the Huhe River, and the Wangyin River are all very narrow and lack favorable drainage conditions, so I am worried that after the snow melts, it will cause floods. Du Dezhong did not hide it at all, and said his opinion briskly.

Tan Jialin nodded cautiously on the other end of the phone and said, "Comrade Dezhong, your reminder is too timely, but I didn't think it through." In this case, I will go back and contact Vice Mayor Ge and ask the comrades of the Highway Bureau and the Water Conservancy Bureau to take action and urgently dig an artificial ditch to divert water to the subsidence area in the east of the city. ”

Du Dezhong said: "The artificial lake in the subsidence area in the east of the city has not yet been treated, and there is no problem in topping it for the time being, but if the heavy snow cannot stop, it will definitely affect the residents living near the subsidence area." ”

Tan Jialin paused for a while and said, "Okay, I know." You immediately go to Mayor Zhu and convene a meeting of the leadership group, and you must solve this hidden danger in the shortest possible time. ”

Du Dezhong didn't come back to his senses a little, Secretary Tan knew that he couldn't get along with Mayor Zhu, and he didn't have much contact with other leading cadres with real power, why did he let himself lead the team meeting, who didn't know that his only role as the executive vice mayor was to vote by raising his hands? Looking at the whole country, I am afraid that there is no second executive vice mayor who is in charge of only one agricultural bureau.

However, this is not the time to think about these problems, natural disasters do not wait for anyone, and now it is the crops in the field that are hurting, and if it is delayed, it may hurt human lives. Hanging up the phone, Du Dezhong took the initiative to dial the phone number of Zhujiaying's office. Unfortunately, Mayor Zhu is not in the office now, and the staff who answered the phone said that he had taken the police officers of the city bureau to hoe snow with Vice Mayor Wang Dunru.

Du Dezhong sighed secretly in his heart, as the head of the city government, the most important thing at this time is to find a way to deal with the disaster, how can he go to the street to put on a show, that is something that only the township mayor or village chief can do. There was no way, the secretary asked for leave for something at home, so Du Dezhong had to drive to Zhu Jiaying in person. Zhu Jiaying and Wang Dunru are both in the alley next to the city bureau building at the moment, and the two are carrying narrow shovels to hoe the snow, and the TV reporter next to them takes a photo.

Du Dezhong stepped forward, said hello to the two, and said, "Secretary Tan, let's meet for a meeting, let's go to the conference room of the city bureau." ”

Zhu Jiaying pretended to take out his mobile phone, and before he opened it, he said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, Comrade Dezhong, I was hoeing snow when I called just now, and I didn't hear a sound." ”

The corners of Du Dezhong's mouth twitched slightly, he didn't even call Zhu Jiaying's mobile phone, where could he hear the sound. However, people were acting, and they couldn't dismantle the stage, so they had to pretend that they didn't hear it and contact other city leaders. Half an hour later, everyone met in the conference room, and Director Bao and other leaders of the Municipal Bureau also attended the meeting. Because Du Deyong was not qualified to listen because his level was not enough, he smoked a cigarette and continued to go out to organize personnel to shovel snow.

Everyone remained silent at the meeting, anyway, anyone was willing to do it when they showed their faces, and no one was willing to take the thankless task of directing the people of the city to fight the snow and provide disaster relief. Du Dezhongkong is enthusiastic, but there is only one agricultural bureau under his hands, and the other bureaus are incompetent. Zhu Jiaying saw that there was no way, so he directly named Ge Jing and asked him to be the commander-in-chief of disaster relief. Before Ge Jing could refuse, she raised her palm.

"Everyone is looking forward to it, Lao Ge, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Jiaying smiled heartily.

Ge Jing was very angry in her heart, but she made an impassioned look on her face and said, "Serving the people is what it should be. ”

Du Dezhong also raised his hand, but in fact, it was the same whether he raised it or not, because the number of votes was already enough. The principle of democracy is practiced within the party, the minority obeys the majority, and Secretary Tan is not in Licheng among the seven Standing Committee members, and the remaining six Standing Committee members have raised four hands.

Although the title of commander-in-chief fell on Ge Jing's head, after the meeting, Du Dezhong still rushed to the eastern part of the city as soon as possible. The snow here is also very heavy, and as early as two days ago, residents in the surrounding area began to pile up snow into the depression in the subsidence area. Du Dezhong took a few officials from the Agricultural Bureau, walked far away, took a bunch of photos, and then asked in a low voice: "Do you estimate that the subsidence area can withstand so much snow?" ”

Several officials frowned, thought for a few minutes, and said, "Mayor Du, if it's all snow, you can pile it up, as long as it doesn't continue to snow, there shouldn't be much of a problem." ”

Du Dezhong said: "What if the snow melts? ”

"The stagnant water is flowing with sediment, tree trunks, dead grass and so on, and there is a high risk of breaking the embankment in the collapsed area. After the levee bursts, the water flows to the Tuo River, which then breaks through the flood control levees. ”

Du Dezhong pursed his lips, it seems that Secretary Tan can't think of a solution. Squatting in the snow to think, a young man parked the car far away on the side of the road and ran quickly. When I looked closer, it turned out to be Wu Yikai, the secretary who had asked for leave. Du Dezhong said: "Xiao Wu, why are you back, isn't it that the old man in the family is going to be hospitalized?" ”

Wu Yikai grinned and said, "Xiao Huang went to study, I thought that there was no one around you to use, so I didn't come back soon." ”

Du Dezhong nodded and said, "It's really hard for you." ”

Wu Yikai smiled, and suddenly took out a few pieces of paper from under his armpit, and said, "Mayor Du, the information from the meteorological observatory." ”

Du Dezhong opened it and looked at it, he didn't look at the satellite cloud map very professionally, but none of the words below were missing. The Meteorological Observatory reported that the cold snap continued to affect the eastern part of Tuobin Province and that the warm and humid air flow coming from the eastern sea was about to converge with this cold snap. If there are no accidents, this snowfall will be upgraded to blizzard level at around 11 o'clock tonight.

Du Dezhong gasped, now the snow on the ground has exceeded twenty centimeters, and another blizzard will really kill someone. "Xiao Wu, you immediately contact Mayor Wu and ask him to notify all township governments in the city to issue a warning, and every village must be notified. In addition, Vice Mayor Wang was asked to contact the troops stationed in Lebanon and ask them to assist in disaster relief. ”

Wu Yikai agreed, quickly ran back to the side of the road, and drove away. Du Dezhong left the subsidence area in the east of the city, and went to the Tuo River, Wang Yin River and several other tributaries to see it again, and then returned to the city hall with a heavy heart.

At seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, the relevant state departments issued a blockbuster news that the fifth municipality directly under the central government was officially established, and the name was inherited from the old name of Suxu City. In addition, the city of Li, which originally belonged to Tuobin Province, Liao Bo City in Ansu Province, and Yige County in the western part of Shanlu Province were all placed under the rule of Suxu City. The administrative areas at the county level were also initially adjusted, and Licheng became a key satellite city of Suxu City, which was later called Licheng District, and was no longer under the jurisdiction of Tuobin Province.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar, including the citizens of Licheng, who had been looking forward to this for several years, and they were also shocked. Everyone was enthusiastic, but no one expected that this would become a reality so quickly.

Secretary Wu Yikai finished the things Du Dezhong explained, returned to the office happily, and said: "Mayor Du, although our Licheng used to be under the direct management of the province, it was too far away from the provincial capital, and we couldn't enjoy any policy benefits. Now that it has been rowed to Suxu, the straight-line distance is less than 100 kilometers, and it seems that the development speed will be on a higher level in the future. ”

Du Dezhong shook his head and said: "Since the state has notified it like this, it is natural that the leaders have considered it as a whole, and the establishment of the Xiong'an New Area back then was not suddenly announced." Okay, let's not discuss this matter yet, let's wait for Secretary Tan to come back, let's think about how to get through this difficult time. ”

Wu Yikai said: "Vice Mayor Ge met with the city's real estate developers in the afternoon, and asked them to mobilize migrant workers to dig the canal, which can be paid by the government finance. ”

Du Dezhong said with a straight face: "Isn't this nonsense?" In the winter, the ground is frozen and solid, and manual excavation can dig out a doorway. In a few hours, a blizzard will come, and there will be no time to dig the canal. ”

Wu Yikai said: "Then what should I do? The eastern part of Licheng is all plains, and the west is Peach Blossom Fairy Mountain. When the snow melts on the mountain, won't it become a mudslide? ”

Du Dezhong's face changed, and he patted the table and stood up. He thought of it everywhere, but he forgot about it. The terrain of Licheng is high in the west and low in the east, and the snow on the mountain turns into muddy water, which will definitely directly break down the narrow moat. Thinking of this, Du Dezhong gritted his teeth and scolded the heads of the Land Bureau and the Water Conservancy Bureau, grabbed the scarf and pulled it around his neck, and hurried out again.