Coming to the foot of Taohuaxian Mountain, the leaders of the townships and towns here have already come. Needless to say, it must have been Xiao Wu who informed them in advance. Du Dezhong braved the heavy snow to watch for a while, and couldn't help but secretly thank a certain leader for deciding to plant a peach forest on the mountain. Thanks to these trees, the snow was steadily piled up without causing avalanches or other accidents.

However, once the weather clears, the snow on the mountain will definitely melt, and no amount of trees will stop the muddy water from rolling in. Du Dezhong sighed, now it's too late to ask for help, and the surrounding neighboring counties must be facing the same situation. Standing in the howling cold wind, watching the snowflakes fall one after another, Du Dezhong hoped for the first time that the weather forecast would be wrong.

Zhu Jiaying received the notice given by the meteorological station, and his heart was also up and down. Never before in the history of Loei has there been such a large amount of snowfall. At nine o'clock in the evening, a group of leaders gathered in the city hall and said that the disaster relief was too difficult and that they had to seek support from the province. Zhu Jiaying listened to the gossip, stood up angrily, and said angrily: "What I want is a solution, don't talk about those useless." Now that the political district is adjusted, who do we turn to for help? Yuzheng's side is too far away, Su Xu's border situation is the same as ours, except for ourselves, who can help? ”

Wang Dunru said: "Mobilize the strength of the people, and we still have to rely on unity to fight snow and provide disaster relief." ”

Ge Jing also echoed: "Comrade Dunru is very right, far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, we must rely on the strength of 1.5 million people in Licheng. ”

Du Dezhong nodded and said, "Then let's do it, the leaders of the city and the main bureau and office will each take over a township and be stationed in disaster relief." When Secretary Tan comes back, or the weather conditions have changed again, we will discuss new countermeasures. ”

Zhu Jiaying pondered for a few minutes and said, "Just follow Comrade Dezhong's suggestion." Civil affairs, transportation, health and other departments, as well as the city's large and small public hospitals, are ready to provide assistance at any time. ”

The impromptu meeting ended in a hurry, and Du Dezhong was in charge of the flood control task of Taohuaxian Mountain and the moat in the west of the city. Zhu Jiaying volunteered to take over the task of the subsidence area in the east of the city, Secretary Tan was not there, he was the chief official, and he also needed to be responsible for the daily operation of the city government, so he chose a place close to him, and no one was unconvinced. As for the other leaders, all of them are stationed in the townships and river lock stations below. The entire city of Li was mobilized in an instant, and the government leaders led by example and threw themselves into this unprecedented disaster fight.

The forecast of the meteorological observatory was indeed as Du Dezhong wished, and it was wrong again, but this time the mistake not only did not make people happy, but felt stressful. Because from half past nine, the heavy snow turns into a blizzard, and the snowflakes like cotton wool fall to the ground, making a rustling sound like spring silkworms chewing mulberry leaves. Almost all the cars on the streets have stopped, and they are deep in the snow, and the passages opened up by the emergency snow are all used by the disaster responders.

Licheng's TV station and newspaper office also took action, and the originally prepared snow photos became a template for the worst snow disaster in the history of Licheng in the blink of an eye. The transportation of vegetables and fruits from other places has stopped, prices in the city have risen rapidly, and there have been abnormal problems in the heating and gas supply pipes. At twelve o'clock in the night, the snow on the power lines was too heavy, directly crushing several important transmission lines, this time even the dignified city government was cut off, so it had to urgently use diesel engines to generate electricity to maintain normal and orderly operation.

The Shell Hotel is close to the main road, and the snow is knee-deep, so it is not to be spared. Chef Conscience led a group of young people to shovel snow and transport it to the surrounding low-lying areas in a rack cart commonly found in rural areas. As for the snow on the roof, it can't be handled for the time being, so you can only let it be. Anyway, if it's removed now, it will still be full when you look back.

After getting the snow here, Conscience Chef took people to Chengjia New Village to help Cheng Liping's parents clear the snow. The house bought by the Cheng family is on the third floor, and the snow naturally does not affect it. The conscience kitchen had nothing to do, so he drank tea in the house, talked to Cheng Liping's parents, and then went downstairs again, directing a group of young men to help the neighbors clean the aisle downstairs.

The neighbors knew that this was Cheng Liping's friend, and they all praised it: "When you make friends with young people, you should make friends like this." Look at the son of our village secretary, what kind of stuff he handed over. ”

After finishing the work, the conscience chef refused Cheng's father and Cheng's mother's kindness to stay for dinner, and took people back to the Shell Restaurant. When he arrived at the gate, the conscience kitchen looked confused, it turned out that the roof was overwhelmed and collapsed by the snow. Turning his head to look at the surrounding residents, the greenhouses built by the people and the roofs made of simple mud tiles were all poured into pieces.

"My dear, this snow is so big." The conscientious chef has finally learned to sigh.

The blizzard continued until the next morning, when it finally stopped. Watching the goose feathers and snow turn into fine snow particles, Du Dezhong was indescribably excited. It is said that man can overcome the sky, but strictly speaking, the power of nature is really invincible to anyone. Not to mention anything else, if such heavy snow continues for two more days, the entire Licheng city area will be buried alive, not to mention the rural areas.

The snow stopped, and the teams of citizens who responded to the disaster also took action. Soon, the injury reports submitted from various regions were also placed in front of Zhu Jiaying, Du Dezhong and other officials. The heavy snowfall lasted a total of four days, causing the collapse of more than 300 houses, 46 deaths and nearly 700 injuries. After discussing with Zhu Jiaying, Du Dezhong decided to let the injured receive treatment at public expense, and the money would be paid by the government.

Ge Jing was the first to vote against, and his reasons were very good: "In order to deal with the snow disaster, the city finance has allocated a lot of money. When the snow melts, a lot of money will be invested in flood control. At the end of the Lunar New Year, our city's finances themselves are not sufficient, and this money is still subsidized by the government, which is too difficult. ”

The deputy mayor in charge of civil affairs also complained: "I agree with Comrade Ge Jing's statement, according to Secretary Tan's instructions, this year, the city's financial staff have canceled the distribution of bonuses to subsidize the elderly and disabled in rural areas, and we really have no money in our accounts." ”

Zhu Jiaying had previously lost points for his involvement in Wang Zhibang's company's listing incident, and was eager to make up for this natural disaster, so he immediately patted the table and said: "I know this about financial difficulties." But farmers are the most difficult, so let's mobilize public officials to donate, I take the lead, and donate all this month's salary. ”

Du Dezhong also said that he would donate a month's salary, and the rest of the officials looked at each other and responded one after another.

After this matter is resolved, the top priority is flood control. If the snow doesn't continue to fall, the snow will start to melt, even if the weather doesn't shine. All kinds of large vehicles of the municipal group were gathered and the snow in the urban area was pulled to the eastern part of the city. As for the scope of the rural areas, it is too large and too extensive to be cleaned up at all, so we can only go with the flow.

Fortunately, after the heavy snow stopped, the troops stationed in Licheng of the military sub-district received orders from their superiors and began to devote themselves to disaster relief in a organized manner. With the assistance of the Licheng Water Conservancy Bureau, they opened a 20-meter-wide canal from Taohuaxian Mountain to ensure that the water flowing after the snow melts into the Tuo River. On both sides of the low-lying Tuo River, embankments were reinforced, and leaders of nearby villages were arranged to patrol 24 hours a day.

After these tasks were completed, the leaders of all sizes in Licheng finally put their minds at ease and at least could go home and sleep peacefully. According to the forecast of the meteorological observatory, there will be no snow for the next few days, and the weather will be mainly cloudy. Without the sun, the snow melts relatively slowly, making it impossible to produce a very fast and high-flow current.

Du Dezhong has been running back and forth on both sides of Taohuaxian Mountain and the subsidence area in the east of the city. Although it is said that the subsidence area in the east of the city is the defense area of Mayor Zhujiaying, the higher authorities instructed him to do a good job in the administrative work of withdrawing the city from Licheng, and Zhujiaying's energy could not be distracted, so Du Dezhong had to do it for him. Within a few days, all kinds of plaques hanging at the beginning of Licheng District, Suxu City were prepared, waiting for Secretary Tan Jialin to come back from Yuzheng City to replace them.

When Tan Jialin returned, four full days had passed since the snow disaster. However, he brought back a good news, the citizens of the Yangtze River Delta region heard that Licheng had been affected by the disaster, and they donated money and materials, which delayed the rise of daily necessities to a certain extent. At the meeting held by the municipal party committee, Tan Jialin was full of spring breeze, first shook hands with Zhu Jiaying, Du Dezhong and other officials, and said affectionately: "Comrades, you have really worked hard in the past few days. Then the conversation changed and went directly to the topic of Licheng's withdrawal from the city and zoning.

"According to the instructions of the superiors, in the future, the functions of the district's personnel, finance, taxation, education and other aspects will be completed with Su Xu. I demand that within a week, all bureaus, townships, townships, and other public offices in the whole region complete the work of changing their doors. In terms of household registration and medical insurance, Su Xu sent a special person to assist us in changing the registration. Ladies and gentlemen, as the fifth municipality directly under the central government, Su Xu radiates the four provinces of Henan, Shandong, Suzhou, and Anhui, and we must seize the opportunity to vigorously develop the regional economy and strive to become the vanguard of Su Xu. ”

Tan Jialin was in high spirits, and after saying these words, he waved his arm forward. According to the instructions from Su Xu's side, Tan Jialin continued to serve as the secretary of the Licheng District Party Committee at the age of thirty-four, but the administrative level had been raised to the department level. In addition to the leading cadres serving in sensitive departments in Beijing, Tan Jialin is the youngest local leader with real power at the department level in the country.

Zhu Jiaying remains unchanged, and it is still at the deputy department level. Du Dezhong is at the department level, and the other Standing Committee members who were originally at the deputy department level have mentioned the department this time. As you might expect, the first thing to be resolved after the merger will be at the administrative level, because it will be necessary to maintain a balance with other municipalities.