Zhang Xiaofan's eyes glanced to the side from time to time, making the Tongchuan City official sitting next to him fidget, and the official could clearly feel the anger emanating from Zhang Xiaofan's mountain.

Xu really couldn't stand this atmosphere, the official surnamed Wu explained; "This is also because they are not angry, and now the food supply in Tongchuan City is tight, but they don't go out here, they don't go outside to make a living, and they rely on two bowls of gruel provided by Tongchuan City every day."

For what he said, Zhang Xiaofan agreed, although it is more dangerous outside now, but in fact, there are not many dreaded beasts, as long as you dare to fight, whether it is to dig wild vegetables outside, or pick up waste, or even form a search team to search for materials in the residential areas that have been evacuated, now Tongchuan City is in urgent need of all kinds of materials, although it is not necessarily very good to live, but in any case, it is countless times stronger than now.

A sentence somehow popped up in Zhang Xiaofan's mind; “。 The wretched will have something to hate. ”

Zhang Xiaofan thought for a while and said; "How many people like this are there in my jurisdiction?"

Wu Liang said cautiously; "More than a million!"

Seeing that Zhang Xiaofan had the urge to explode again, Wu Liang hurriedly said; "Not all of them are like that. If it were all such people, Tongchuan City would have been eaten down long ago, and there was a considerable number of people working in nearby factories who could support themselves. ”

"How much food is consumed per day?" Zhang Xiaofan asked again.

Wu Liang thought for a while and said; "Probably a few dozen tons"

Zhang Xiaofan thought silently for a while and said; "From now on, the grain will be halved, and at the same time, it will be notified that after half a month, Tongchuan City will stop distributing all relief grain!"

Wu Liang was frightened; "Then the entire Tongchuan City must not explode!"

Zhang Xiaofan said; "Being able to fry the pot means that they can still be saved, if they can't even do this, it's better to starve to death."

Wu Liang cautiously suggested; "Do you want to discuss with the above?"

"No need, isn't that what you asked me to do?"

One sentence choked Wu Liang for a long time.

……

The next day, the walls of Mr. Zhang's precinct were plastered with notices.

There are two copies of such notices, which are posted side by side on the wall. The content on the first one is very simple, to the effect that due to the continuous reduction of grain reserves in Tongchuan, from now on, the daily relief grain will change from two bowls of gruel to one bowl, and more importantly, it is still the next sentence; "Half a month later, the entire Tongchuan City will stop the distribution of all relief food!"

The second content is equally simple: Linhe County base recruits a large number of workers, both men and women, young and strong, skilled people are preferred, once admitted, three meals are full, and they can bring their families.

As Wu Liang expected, as soon as the notice was posted, the entire Tongchuan was like a flood that opened the floodgates, and the crowd was boiling, and these people changed their usual insensitivity and looked like dead corpses, all of them looked excited and shouted loudly. Desperately waving his fists, he has the posture of overturning the entire Tongchuan, and he still looks like he is dying.

What shocked Zhang Xiaofan was that although they shouted loudly, they seemed to be blind, and collectively ignored the announcement behind them, and only a few thousands of people came to report in front of the recruitment booth in Linhe County all day. It is far from the crowded scene that Zhang Xiaofan expected.

Seeing that they soon became dying again, Zhang Xiaofan felt that this group of people was hopeless; "It's good for them to organize a group to go to the high-level of the Northwest Theater to make a fuss, although it may not be effective, but it can be regarded as disgusting those who are officials, and it can be regarded as revenge for the high-level of the Northwest Theater to frame themselves.

This is Zhang Xiaofan's misunderstanding of them, now the current situation is as cheap as human life, if they make a light fuss, no one will pay attention to it at all, and the trouble is ruthless, those soldiers directly shot and served, killing dozens on the spot, hundreds of people are not a matter at all now, these people can't even take care of themselves, as for learning from Lei Feng, doing good deeds and spilling blood for others, such noble revolutionary feelings are even more 108,000 miles away from them. So after they shouted for a while, they scattered after seeing that no one came out to make trouble.

"Isn't there still half a month? Let's talk about it first, and as for what to do in the future, I'll talk about it later, anyway, I won't go to Linhe County. As soon as you hear it, you know that it is far away from here, how can Tongchuan City be safe? That's probably what they all think.

Zhang Xiaofan sat hatefully at the table of recruitment in Linhe County. The hard-earned plan was ignored, making him feel like he was punched in the air, and he felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

Zhang Xiaofan took out the communicator to find Wu Liang's number and dialed it, after the phone was connected, Zhang Xiaofan gritted his teeth and said; "Call everyone to the meeting!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and he said resignedly; "It's almost time to get off work now. Otherwise, I'll have to ...... tomorrow."

"Immediately, immediately!" Zhang Xiaofan roared wildly.

Soon Wu Liang rushed over, looking at his panting appearance, Zhang Xiaofan was a little unbearable, Wu Liang looked like he was in his forties, his temples were gradually graying, and his forehead was full of dense wrinkles, he should be the kind of person who only knows how to do things and can't drill camps, it can be seen that his life in Tongchuan City is not easy, otherwise he would not be sent here to do things.

The anger in my heart subsided somewhat; Zhang Xiaofan pointed to the chair next to him and said; "Sit down!"

After waiting for a while, there was still only Wu Liang alone, Zhang Xiaofan asked suspiciously; "Why haven't the others arrived yet?"

Wu Liang almost jumped up as if he had been stung by a scorpion, and he swallowed for a long time before he said; "Actually, it's already here."

Zhang Xiaofan's face immediately turned green; "You're not the only one on my men, are you?"

"Yes, it said that Tongchuan City has been short of funds and personnel recently, so only one person has been sent here for the time being," Seeing that Zhang Xiaofan was about to break out again, Wu Liang hurriedly said again; "However, as mentioned above, if you need manpower, you can be seconded from other places, and it won't delay your work!"

"There will be no delay! It's no wonder that it won't be delayed, it seems that Tongchuan City is determined to eat itself. I don't even care about the things on my face, okay! Since you can't bear it, don't blame me for being unjust! ”

Zhang Xiaofan immediately dialed Dong Sanchuan's communicator; "Hey...... Is it Brother Dong? …… To me, Zhang Xiaofan...... Do you have anyone under you? …… If you're right, you're going to be vicious, and you can see that it's not a good thing at a glance...... The more the merrier...... Come to a thousand pairs at least a thousand...... I'm responsible for what happened......"

Wu Liang's heart was beating when he heard it.

Hung up Dong Sanchuan's communicator, Zhang Xiaofan dialed another number, and in a period of anxious waiting, the communicator was connected, this time Zhang Xiaofan's tone softened a lot, as if nothing had happened, and quickly ended the call after a brisk conversation.

After putting away the communicator, Zhang Xiaofan looked at Wu Liang quietly and didn't say anything.

Wu Liang's cold sweat came out all of a sudden, he understood that the time to stand in line had come, he had been in Tongchuan officialdom all his life, and he knew what he should know and what he shouldn't know. Wu Liang is not stupid, otherwise he would not have climbed to his current position, now that his age is here, if there is no big opportunity, his career will end everywhere.

No one is willing to be mediocre, Wu Liang doesn't want to, the fifties are far from the end of life for today's people, but for the people of officialdom, if they don't get the favor of some high-level people, this age may be the apex of their careers.

Wu Liang knew that he was still far from entering those high-level people, and he couldn't compare with those young people who climbed on top of him early in their thirties.

In all fairness. Wu Liang didn't think that these young people were much better than him in terms of ability to do things, except for the overt or implicit relationship with the high-level ones.

Since he can't fight the relationship, he can only wait for the opportunity, from Zhang Xiaofan's tone, it is not difficult for Wu Liang to guess that Zhang Xiaofan intends to do a big job, and his recent fame has made anyone dare not ignore him, now this is what he needs, and now the opportunity is in front of him, and it is up to him whether he grasps it or not.

Zhang Xiaofan still looked at him expressionlessly, neither urging nor showing the slightest impatience; "The choice is yours, what to do is up to you?"

Wu Liang's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and made the most important decision in his life, he strode in front of Zhang Xiaofan and knelt down heavily and said; "The contemptible people will follow Deputy Commander Zhang from now on, and in the future, before and after the saddle, please ask Deputy Commander Zhang for instructions on many matters, and the contemptible people will do their best, even if they are broken!"

Wu Liang's actions startled Zhang Xiaofan, he hurriedly helped Wu Liang up, and hurriedly said in his mouth; "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, or something like that." However, it seems to be intentional or unintentional, and since then, Zhang Xiaofan's attitude towards him has been much more affectionate.

Zhang Xiaofan is quite satisfied with Wu Liang's attitude, he immediately makes a decision, moves forward bravely, and can grasp the fleeting opportunity in his hands is the basic quality of becoming a strong man in the current situation, Zhang Xiaofan doesn't want to follow a person who is afraid and doesn't want to take the slightest responsibility, Zhang Xiaofan knows that under the current situation, how much respect can be gained by how much his power is, and his foundation is in the Linhe County base, this so-called deputy commander of urban defense is just a beautiful halo, when to wear it, how long it can be worn is someone else's final say, What I need here is a spokesperson who can be on my own, not a mouthpiece that cowers and reports to me.

As for whether Wu Liang really has the loyalty he showed just now, and to what extent he is the eyes and ears sent to him by the Northwest Theater of Operations. Zhang Xiaofan was not worried, he knew the truth that 'the tiger's side couch would not allow others to sleep soundly', and the high-level leaders of the Northwest Theater would not allow themselves to develop their forces in Tongchuan City under any circumstances. They made themselves the so-called deputy commander of the city defense because they took a fancy to the food in their hands. Once their food runs out or the trouble here is dealt with, they will probably sweep themselves out of the house immediately, and they will not let themselves stay longer for even a second.