On April 26, 1998, after repeated research and speculation, Bao Ziqiang was criminally detained in accordance with the law for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and was sent to a detention center. I completed the assignment to prison, and after a medical examination by the prison doctor, he entered the cell with a little simple luggage. I took out 50 yuan and gave it to the prison guard, asking him to open a small stove for Brother Baozi from time to time.

Before entering the cell, Baozi said to me, "If Roland comes back during this time, you must take care of her." ”

Baozi's eyes were firm, his eyes were full of my face, and he didn't turn, and there was no hint of lying.

I said "yes"

"She should still be about 17 years old when she comes back, not an adult woman" He was not at ease.

"I know"

"Tell Huahua to marry quickly, don't wait for me"

"Your crime is picking quarrels and provoking trouble, not murder and arson, so you don't need to make a will so early," I reminded Baozi.

"By the way, your mother bought a new building in a depression along the river?" Baozi asked

"Yes, Sister Hua also bought a set, saying that it was your new house." I said, "It's a wetland park, the scenery is good, and there is a lot of room for house appreciation."

"You persuade them all to retreat," Baozi said, "if there is a flood, none of these buildings will be spared." ”

"Brother Baozi, how can there be a flood! In 1997, the El Niño phenomenon caused the whole northeast to be so dry that not even a single fish could be found."

"Retire, don't let the laid-off allowance go down the drain" After speaking, Baozi walked away from me step by step with his luggage, and the story he told me ended from that day. I don't know how he returned to the world, and how he killed the ghosts in the past ten years, in fact, from the perspective of a person who defended himself, the most important thing to explain to the police should be the past ten years. And he follows his own logic completely, starting from the beginning unhurriedly, not in a hurry to explain the present, and does not care about the misunderstandings and criticisms of others. With his departure, Bao Ziqiang's nearly ten years of exorcism has become a mystery, an eternal mystery.

Three months later, in the summer of 1998, heavy rain fell from north to south in China, and floods broke out in the Yangtze River, Nenjiang and Songhua River basins, and the Yangtze River flood was another basin-wide flood in China in the 20th century, following the two floods of 1931 and 1954. The floods of the Nenjiang and Songhua rivers were the most serious floods in the whole basin in 150 years. Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Heilongjiang provinces, the four provinces that were the most severely affected, and a total of 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country suffered floods of varying degrees, with an area of 318 million mu and 196 million mu affected, with 223 million people affected, 4,150 deaths, 6.85 million collapsed houses, and direct economic losses of 166 billion yuan.

The above figures come from the official reports I have seen in the following years, and I believe that there are many more losses that have not been investigated.

The prophecy of the bun has once again come true. He said that it was Nuwa Shi who spit out what he had swallowed before, including the water of the Yangtze River, which suddenly disappeared that year.

The heavy rain is like a note, and the gentle Yitong River on weekdays is like a roaring dragon in an instant, rushing towards Dafang Town, and the fertile fields by the river have become Zeguo, and the water level is still rising.

I was transferred to the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters to do clerical work. The town government building was transformed into a temporary headquarters, and in the pouring rain, various leaders in raincoats came in and out. The smell of tobacco in the house shows the anxious hearts of the people, their wives and children and real estate tickets are trapped in the ancient town by the water, which is almost cut off from the outside world.

The mayor rubbed his gun-gray face, and said helplessly, "Water and fire are ruthless, and when the interests of the people are endangered, it is the time to demonstrate the advanced nature of party members." Everyone should give up their small family to take care of everyone, don't go home from today onwards, eat and live in the headquarters. ”

There was no sound below.

The mayor said, "Fortunately, we have been sharpening our sword for ten years and built four large reservoirs, otherwise, our town government would have turned into a fish pond now." ”

"Mayor Mare!" A cadre of the Construction Bureau seemed to be speechless.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

The cadre said: "Before the arrival of the flood season this year, we inspected the flood storage capacity of the four reservoirs, but we did not have to say anything about the design and construction. ”

"Of course, this is a project designed by Taiwanese designers, how many awards have been won and how many leaders have been welcomed."

"It's just that," said a cadre from the Construction Bureau, "in May, a Japanese friend visiting China presented us with a high-precision underwater detector, which we used and found that there was a huge steel component 30 meters below the water of each reservoir near the reservoir gate." This was not on the drawings at the time. ”

"You pick up the key points"

"We scanned the artifact and looked at it and couldn't figure out what it was for. Later, during the flood season, we found that it was active, with multiple huge chains connecting the bottom of the reservoir, and it was most likely a self-destruct device induced by flow velocity and water pressure. When the water pressure reaches a certain level, the device pulls a balance bar, causing the dam to collapse automatically, and the dam will collapse instantly. ”

"What?" The mayor of the town was shocked, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

"Didn't the leaders visit some time ago, and we weren't sure, how dare we say. This time, it was also because of a sudden flood....."

"How much water pressure do you want to reach?"

"I don't know," the cadre shook his head, "maybe never, maybe ever." ”

The mayor of the town, the mayor of the "dog's day", slapped the table, "These are the four fucking bombs that Mei Jiang An put on Lao Tzu's head."

"Mayor Town, this can't be someone's advanced flood discharge device, right?" The deputy mayor hurriedly lit a cigarette for the mayor.

"Bullshit," the mayor scolded, "You pig brains, did you self-destruct through the dam to release floodwater?" The flood discharge is carried out in batches and phases with technical parameters. ”

I remembered the story that Baozi told me, destroying Dafang Town used to be Lu Guang's mission, Lu Guang designed and constructed, Zhang Wenju took over the construction, and it took them 14 years to build the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of Dafang Town.

Panic was written on everyone's face. What to do, run for your life or run for your life?

No, it's evacuation.

"Did you come up with an evacuation plan?" The mayor of the town asked the director of the comprehensive management office angrily.

"Take it out," the director of the Comprehensive Management Office hurriedly handed it over

"You are also a pig's brain, a five-page plan, four pages and eight strands, what is holding the banner high, what is the central idea, why is there no specific measure?" The mayor was furious.

"The road and the newly built bridge have been washed away, and now only the Itong River Bridge leads to the outside of the town, but this bridge was built by the Kwantung Army back then, and it was designated as a dangerous bridge in 1995." Liu Daguang suddenly spoke, "Whether you want to evacuate from here or not, please decide the mayor." At present, there are more than 20,000 people in the town who have not been evacuated, including 3,255 elderly people and more than 1,000 children. ”

"What about the People's Liberation Army," the mayor asked, "what about the regiment stationed in Dafang Town?" ”

"It was pulled to the lower reaches of the Yitong River to concentrate on flood fighting, and the requirement was to protect the provincial capital." A cadre of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces said, "We are building fortifications at different levels and layers, and the project has not yet been completed by 20%." ”

"Downstream?"

"Yes, downstream," he was sure, "the military said that they wanted us to ensure the safety of the dam and not to release floodwater downstream until we received an order." ”

The mayor's hand trembled, he arrived at his own nowhere to go, this panic was written on his face undisguisedly, Dafang Town is located in the upper reaches of the provincial capital, and there are several natural villages such as Baijiatun downstream, and then there are suburbs of the provincial capital. In the past few years, large-scale construction has been carried out, and many flood rivers downstream have been filled, and countless commercial houses have been built. If these four dams burst, the dragon will roar directly into the provincial capital, and in half an hour, destroy everything in the provincial capital.

"Mayor of the town, there is also one of our detention centers on the outskirts of the town, with 332 suspects in custody, and they urgently need to be transferred." No matter how messy the mayor's mind was, Liu Daguang still made a request against the wind.

"What should I do if I transfer, what if I run away, what if I rob while there is chaos," said the deputy mayor

"Don't run, lock yourself in a high wall and wait to die?" Liu Daguang slapped the table: "There are more than 20 of our public security policemen and a platoon of armed police soldiers!" Do you dare to be responsible? Can you be responsible? ”

"It's not open to traffic, there is no prisoner car to escort you, how can you go," the mayor asked slowly.

"In batches, armed and escorted on foot," Liu Daguang said, "the destination was the provincial detention center." ”

I remembered Brother Baozi, who was still in the detention center. ()

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