Damo County, the poorest financially upside-down county in the Pingchuan region, has a bloody battle for the water source of the Damo River. The scale of the weapon fight is very large, more than in previous years, Shangquanwang and Xiaquanwang two villages each dispatched hundreds of people, earthen guns, ** bags are used. What's even worse is that the personnel on both sides who participated in the armed fight have already driven broken trucks and hand-held tractors into battle, and the desert county party committee and county ** still don't know anything.

At about 5 p.m. on 10 July, Liu Jinping, a young female secretary of the county party committee, had just presided over a telephone conference on the county's drought-fighting work. Kamizumi Wang and Shimoizumi Wang are fighting again, do you know it?! Mayor Cao and I have reminded you a long time ago, I want you to pay attention, pay attention, are you taking it seriously?! ”

Liu Jinping was stunned by Xiao Daoqing's scolding, and without thinking about it, he denied it and said, "Secretary Xiao, this is ...... It's impossible! Just the other day, I ...... I also personally talked to Secretary Wang of Quanwang Township on the phone, asking them to accept the lessons of previous years, and not to beat them again this year......"

Xiao Daoqing was irritable, and his tone became more and more stern: "It's impossible, the phone call from Shangquanwang Village just now has come to my office!" It's not good to make trouble, it's dead, my Aunt Liu! This time, Mayor Cao and I are difficult to be quiet again. Can the villagers in Quanwang Township's hometown not come to sue? It's not going to have to break through the doors of our two houses and the doors of our offices! You...... Tell me, do we want to go to work? Yes? ”

Liu Jinping knew the authenticity and seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly said: "Secretary Xiao, don't worry, I'll ...... County Magistrate Huang and I immediately brought people over with guns, and Ma ...... Go right away. ”

Xiao Daoqing's tone calmed down a bit: "There is one more point, I will make it clear to you now, you must quickly cut through the mess, the murderer who should be caught, your county public security bureau must arrest it immediately, take the initiative to arrest it, don't stab it in the city again, let Wu Mingxiong get angry and cause passivity." You know Secretary Wu, it's not easy to fool, and no one dares to fool around with him. If you don't take the initiative, it will be useless to cry your nose when the time comes. ”

Liu Jinping said: "Okay, okay, Secretary Xiao, we will do what you say." Don't worry, I won't cry. We'll report back to you after we've been to the scene......"

Xiao Daoqing refused: "Don't report this matter to me, and don't go to Mayor Cao, we are all desert cadres, it's not good to say anything serious, you should report, you should report to Secretary Wu, who is in charge of politics and law." Secretary Wu's opinion is my opinion, and you must implement it to the letter! ”

As soon as I put down the phone here, the phone rang again.

Liu Jinping took the phone and listened to it, it was Secretary Wang of Shangquanwang Township, so he didn't call anywhere angrily, so he couldn't help but say, and shouted at the microphone: "Wang Huzi, let me ask you, how did you become the secretary of the township party committee?" Isn't it uncomfortable if you don't die a few people every year?! Even if you can't stop the fighting below, you can always report the news to our county party committee in time, right? At the very least, you didn't do it! Did you drink too much again today? I woke up and remembered to call?! Let me tell you, Secretary Xiao and Mayor Cao already know about this, you should be careful! ”

With a "snap" and dropped the phone, Liu Jinping called the county magistrate Huang Jianguo, the county public security bureau chief, and the head of the armed forces, carrying a gun, with the policemen and militia on duty, and took a Santana and several broken trucks, all the way with the siren howling, and drove directly to the desert embankment in Quanwang Township.

Sitting in the car, Liu Jinping turned blue with anger, and said to the county magistrate Huang Jianguo: "I'm really fed up, this time I have to be serious, I will arrest a few if I should arrest a few, and I will be sentenced heavily, and I can't tolerate it anymore." This is simply lawless, fighting every year, dying every year, how do you do your work, he just doesn't listen! ”

Huang Jianguo was silent.

Liu Jinping stabbed Huang Jianguo with his elbow: "County Magistrate Huang, you are talking!" ”

Huang Jianguo sighed: "What did I say?" Isn't it all about water? If this water problem is not fundamentally solved, it is useless for you to be ruthless! ”

That's a good point.

The problem of water is not only the root of the contradiction between Shangquanwang and Xiaquanwang, but also a fundamental problem involving the entire desert agriculture. I can't see this problem in the smooth years, but when God doesn't give face, and a little drought, it will be exposed immediately.

The most typical ones are the upper and lower springs of Quanwang Township. Shangquanwang Village, located in the upper reaches of the Da Mo River, began to build a dam on the Da Mo River 20 years ago to intercept the flow, causing the fields in Xia Quanwang Village to dry up and smoke, and even people and livestock had to go to Shangquan Wang, five miles away, to pick up water. Naturally, Xia Quanwang did not do it, and he went to steal bombs with full armor again and again, and went to forcibly pick up the river dam of Shangquanwang, which caused bloody fights of dead people again and again. For this reason, mediation in the township and county every year cannot fundamentally solve the problem. The situation has become more serious in recent years. The land has already been contracted to each family, and the croppers of each family are even more willing to fight for their lives for the harvest of their land.

To complicate matters further, Quanwang Township is the hometown of Xiao Daoqing, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and Cao Wuping, deputy mayor. Cao Wuping is a native of Shangquan Wang, and Xiao Daoqing is a native of Xiaquanwang. As long as the two sides fight, the peasants on both sides will not go to the township or county, but will go directly to the city to find the city leaders. At this time, both Xiao Daoqing and Cao Wuping were very annoyed, and they always blamed the Desert County Party Committee for not handling it effectively.

In order to fundamentally solve the problem, three years ago, after Liu Jinping became the secretary of the Damo County Party Committee, he immediately sent a report to the city in the name of the county party committee and the county, demanding that the Dadesert River be eradicated and dredged, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project should be implemented, and the water of Daze Lake should be introduced into the Damo River. At that time, the secretary of the municipal party committee was still Xie Xuedong. Xie Xuedong said, very good, if the water of Daze Lake can be transferred to the north, the water supply in the other six counties along the river and Pingchuan City will also be solved. However, the comrades of the Water Conservancy Bureau were taken aback by letting them take a look along the way and settle the accounts again. The section of the river that needs to be remediated is more than 620 miles long, and the total project capital is at least 800 million yuan. Secretary Xie smiled bitterly, and had to let everyone think about it in the long run. Guo Huaiqiu became a secretary and also wanted to solve the water problem, but the funds still could not solve it, and the problem has been left to this day.

Today, Liu Jinping is really aggrieved in her heart, but who should she scold? I can't tell it, I don't know how to do it. It's not that she doesn't care about the people's suffering, but she doesn't have the strength to solve it. At this moment, what else can she, the secretary of the county party committee, say except to be ruthless to the peasant brothers who are fighting?

Huang Jianguo has been a county magistrate for eight years, and he has a lot of experience in adapting to emergencies, and he always maintains a rare sobriety at such a time. Now that the matter is out, don't rush. Whether it's Mayor Cao or Secretary Xiao, whoever wants to get angry, let him send it, we have to know it in our hearts. No matter who says anything, we still have to follow the law of previous years and take the principle of calming things down. ”

Liu Jinping said angrily: "How can you calm things down?" Secretary Xiao made it clear on the phone that it is Wu Mingxiong who is now in charge of politics and law, and this black-faced Bao Gong is not easy to fool. ”

Huang Jianguo said: "We're not fooling. Have we been fooled in previous years? When did you not deal with it seriously? If someone is really dead, let the two villages make the murderers. The murderer surrendered automatically, who has anything to say? ”

Liu Jinping smiled bitterly: "County Magistrate Huang, let's not talk about this first. Dealing with the aftermath is a matter for the future, and for now, we have to calm down the situation first. God forbid, I hope this time don't die......"

However, there are still dead people.

Santana rushed onto the Mohe Bridge in a cloud of flying dust, and before she could stop, Liu Jinping hurriedly got out of the car. Standing on the bridge, you can see that the fighting peasants of Shangquanwang and Xiaquanwang villages are fighting lifelessly up and down the dam that has been blown up and down the upper and lower reaches of the bridge, and on the embankment on the left bank of the river. In the dim light of the setting sun, the tide of black and oppressive crowds generally swept over. The cries, scoldings, and shouts were accompanied by the clashing of sticks, knives and guns, and the occasional explosion of earthen guns.

On the embankment on the left bank, some of the wounded of Xia Quanwang had been carried down and were running towards the bridge. The wounded were all dehumanized, covered in mud and blood, as if they had just crawled out of hell. Behind the wounded, there were also people from Shangquan Wang, who chased and fired their guns, and the iron sand shotguns were whistling, flying and colliding like locusts. Liu Jinping saw an old man carrying the wounded being shot in the back, and blood flowed.

The situation is quite serious.

Liu Jinping and Huang Jianguo ignored the danger, waved their *****, faced the iron sand shotgun and the wounded who had retreated from Xiaquanwang Village, and rushed straight in the direction of the river dam. Rushing and shouting, both sides of the fight stopped. However, the people fighting didn't know whether they didn't hear it, or they were red-eyed, and they just didn't pay attention. Liu Jinping and Huang Jianguo had no choice, so they pulled the bolt and fired a few shots into the air one after another. At the same time, the guns in the hands of the policemen and militiamen in front of and behind him also rang into the air.

The sudden gunfire suppressed the noise in front of them, and also woke up the people on both sides of the fight, and everyone found that their female county party secretary Liu Jinping and the old county magistrate Huang Jianguo were surrounded by a group of policemen and militiamen, holding electric horns and standing on the high embankment of the desert river to shout.

On the river embankment at dusk, the wind was very strong, Liu Jinping's sideburns in front of his forehead were blown to the back of his head, and the placket and skirt flag were also floating like "Kuda, Kuda", his face was so grim that he was frightening, and he was holding a gun in his hand, he really didn't look like a county party secretary in peacetime, but like a female guerrilla leader in the war years.

Liu Jinping's tone was extremely stern and completely commanding: "Listen up, the people of Shangquanwang and Xiaquanwang villages will each give me a hundred meters back!" Retreat immediately, and if you don't listen to the greeting, you will bear the consequences! Attention village cadres, bring me all the people in your village unconditionally! I warn you that you have broken the law now! ”

Huang Jianguo also shouted angrily: "Did you hear it?" Shangquanwang retreated across the river to the other side of the river; Shimoizumi retreated to the bridge. The wounded were immediately sent to the hospital, and the scene of the dead and wounded was kept in its original state so that the public security and judicial organs could handle it. ”

Someone on the dam shouted: "Xiaquanwang blew up the dam and killed one of us!" If you don't catch the murderer in the county right away, we won't retreat! ”

At this time, Secretary Wang of Quanwang Township and several township cadres showed up, and even coaxed and persuaded the people on the river dam to withdraw. However, the people on the dam ignored them, and they pushed and shoved and quarreled with Secretary Wang, and Secretary Wang and the two township cadres arched at them.

Liu Jinping was really angry when he saw that Secretary Wang and the two township cadres were so incompetent, waved the gun in his hand, and said to the people on the river dam: "On behalf of the county party committee and the county **, I repeat it again: those who do not listen to the greeting will bear the consequences, and they will be punished according to hooligan brawls and detained first!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the chief of the public security bureau and the head of the armed forces rushed to the dam with the police and militia.

The people on the river dam saw that ** was really moving, and they were scared all of a sudden, so they hurriedly fled to the river bank.

The two sides disengaged and the situation was finally brought under control.

However, looking at the bloody corpse left on the dam and the arid and cracked land on both sides of the desert river, Liu Jinping felt a wordless bitterness in his heart. Where is this hooligan brawl? It's all about fighting for the water of survival. Huang Jianguo said right, if the water problem is not solved, even if a few more people are arrested and a few people are severely sentenced, it is inevitable that the tragedy will happen again.

Liu Jinping let out a long sigh and said to Huang Jianguo: "Let's make another report to the municipal party committee and the municipal government, why don't we have to go to this south-to-north water diversion project." If it drags on like this, I think it will be a crime against the people under my rule! ”

Huang Jianguo nodded and said, "I agree." However, I also advise you not to get your hopes up too much. It's not that you don't know that the city's financial situation is worse now than it was three years ago, and it is not easy to carry out such a large water conservancy project. ”

Liu Jinping said: "Can't you raise your own funds to solve the problem? Six counties along the river raise together! Let's take the lead in the desert. ”

Huang Jianguo's eyes widened: "My aunt, are you crazy?" Want to raise 800 million yuan in a poor place like Pingchuan?! Don't you know that the central authorities have repeatedly ordered that they are not allowed to increase the burden on the peasants, and who in the city dares to make such a decision? If there is a mess and someone sues you, aren't you afraid of losing your black yarn hat, and people are not afraid of losing your black yarn hat?! ”

Liu Jinping was silent.

Huang Jianguo said again: "So, I have no objection to making another report." But self-funding, I advise you not to mention it, it's useless to mention it. No one in the city will have a good face for you. If you don't believe me, I'll make a bet with you right now. ”

Liu Jinping understood in her heart that Huang Jianguo was right, so she said angrily: "Do I dare not believe it? Jiang is always old and spicy, not to mention that your seven-grade county order is regarded as fine to this day. ”