The Orange City Party Committee and Municipal Government held a grand farewell meeting to see off Che Jun as the leader of the Central Province Drought Relief Leading Group.

The chariot army landed without any danger, but rose instead of falling. He himself felt very proud and full of ambition because of this.

In fact, he knew it very well. On the surface, he was promoted to the leadership position of the Provincial Party Committee, but in fact he was promoted openly and secretly. Although the Drought Relief Leading Group is to lead the province to deal with the upcoming severe drought, in the final analysis, such an organization is

A temporary organization. Once the drought relief mission is completed, it is still unknown where the Che Army will go.

All leaders of the Orange City Party Committee and Municipal Government attended the meeting to see him off. Xu Yishan delivered a passionate speech on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

In his speech, he affirmed Comrade Che Jun's great contribution to Orange City, highly praised Comrade Che Jun's selfless spirit in his work, and highly recognized all the work of the Orange City government led by Che Jun.

"The resignation of Comrade Che Jun is a big loss for our Orange City. I hope that every leading cadre here will remember Comrade Che Jun's instructions, work hard, work hard, and push forward all the work in Orange City.

To a new level.”

Xu Yishan's speech made Che Jun's face look very embarrassed. It didn't seem like he was praising him. Instead, it felt like he was giving a eulogy to himself.

Che Jun resigned, but the provincial party committee failed to arrange someone to replace him in time.

Xu Yishan was in charge of the overall situation of Orange City alone, and he was able to cope with it easily.

As Secretary Lu expected, the central province encountered a severe drought that had not been seen in three hundred years.

Since the Chinese New Year, there has not been a heavy rain of any magnitude in the entire central province. In early June, ponds and ponds have basically dried up and bottomed out. Water storage in reservoirs across the province has also begun to run out.

The most serious situation is undoubtedly Chenzhou City. There are 105 reservoirs in the city, and nearly half of them are no longer capable of resisting drought. Even urban drinking water will be in crisis.

The most obvious thing is the Xiangjiang River that flows through half of the central province. The vast river surface in the past no longer exists. Instead, the river bed is full of exposed stones. In shallow water, you can easily cross by rolling up your trouser legs.

The situation in Hengyue City on the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River is slightly better, because the dam of the hydropower station blocks all the water upstream in Hengyue.

Due to the extreme scarcity of water resources, the power station has stopped generating electricity a long time ago. Without generating electricity, water will not flow downstream. As a result, serious water shortages gradually appeared in Jucheng downstream.

Xu Yishan had to activate the reserve reservoir to provide water to the city. But if it doesn't rain again, the days of relying on the reservoir for water supply will not last long.

The entire province is in a state of emergency, with states and cities all over the country asking for help, and even raising the idea of ​​borrowing water from other provinces.

Because of the extreme drought, the province's focus has shifted to the major issue of drought relief.

Secretary Lu personally presided over two conferences, requiring local governments to ensure people's livelihood needs. Non-essential enterprises should temporarily suspend production. Governor Rong Hai barely touched the ground and rushed around the province to find solutions.

The only city in the province that has not yet experienced a serious crisis is Yuezhou City. But the situation in Yuezhou is not much better. The lake that used to be endless has long since disappeared, and what comes into view is the endless luxuriant grass.

Yuezhou City carried out self-rescue. They spent huge sums of money to lay pipelines and pump the remaining water from the lake back to alleviate the drought.

Even so, it was still a scene of bright red sun.

Che Jun, the leader of the Drought Relief Leading Group, was at a loss. He was pointed at the nose and scolded by Rong Hai at the meeting, but he did not dare to say a word of argument.

After all, a severe drought that endangers people's livelihood may lead to irreparable consequences if not resolved in time.

Xu Yishan has been unable to sleep peacefully for days. The serious practical problem of water shortage in Orange City is before him. Once this city with a population of nearly 8 million encounters water difficulties, it will inevitably cause panic in society.

Although there are three reservoirs around Orange City to ensure that people's water supply will not be in dire straits for the time being. But no one can guarantee when God will rain. If it does not rain for another two months, Orange City's water reserves will be exhausted.

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After weighing the situation, Xu Yishan decided to go to Hengyue to borrow water in person.

As long as Hengyue opens the gates of the dam of the hydropower station, the drought in Jucheng can be alleviated.

Xu Yishan convened a meeting with leaders of the municipal party committee and government and decided to temporarily build a three-meter-high water dam on the Juicheng section of the Xiangjiang River. In this way, after the Hengyue Hydropower Station opens the gate, the water will not flow downstream along the river.

His suggestion was approved by all the leading cadres. After the meeting, Xu Yishan drove directly to Hengyue.

When Liu Sicheng heard that Xu Yishan came to ask for the gate to be opened and the water released, he shook his head like a rattle.

"Secretary Xu, please don't do anything difficult for me. We in Hengyue also have a population of seven million." Liu Sicheng said bitterly: "You also know that as soon as I open the floodgates, the seven million people in Hengyue will have no way out.

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Xu Yishan smiled and said: "Sicheng, are you willing to watch millions of people in Orange City die of thirst?"

Liu Sicheng chuckled and said: "Your provincial capital has a solution. The three war-ready reservoirs can withstand at least a year. I don't believe it won't rain in autumn and winter."

Xu Yishan smiled bitterly and said: "Who knows what God thinks. If it doesn't rain, do we still have to follow the ancients and ask for rain?"

Liu Sicheng said seriously: "Don't tell me yet, maybe if you go to pray for rain in person, a heavy rain may not be impossible."

"Don't say these words anymore. How old are you and you still believe this?" Xu Yishan explained: "Sicheng, I guarantee that after you open the gate and release the water, as long as the water level reaches the Jucheng temporary dam, you will close the gate."

Liu Sicheng flatly refused and said: "You are not the only one in Juicheng downstream. I released water to Juicheng, and Yuezhou came to me asking for water. Should I give it or not? If I don't give it, how can people scold me? If I give it, I am Hengyue.

Do you want more?"

"By the way, Secretary Xu, don't look at me guarding the river and refusing to open the gate. I really have no choice. This severe drought may affect the development of Hengyue in the next few years. If you go

Look at the camellia trees all over the mountain in Maoshan, I believe you won’t tell me why I did this.”

"What happened to the Maoshan camellia tree?" Xu Yishan asked cautiously.

"Well, let me walk with you." Liu Sicheng immediately told his secretary to prepare a car. He wanted to accompany Secretary Xu to Maoshan for an on-site inspection.

On the way, Liu Sicheng revealed the true situation.

It turned out that the first stop of the Provincial Drought Relief Leading Group was Maoshan. As Maoshan is a county under the jurisdiction of the Central Province, it seemed logical that Che Jun would start the first battle in Maoshan.

"I don't understand the provincial party committee." Liu Sicheng complained: "What does Che Jun know? It's a completely random act. Maoshan was originally an area with relatively rich water resources. In this battle against drought, Maoshan was the hardest hit.

Serious areas. In Maoshan now, not a single reservoir or pond in the county has water. All crops have been harvested in the summer, and the autumn is probably going to be difficult. Whether we can continue to sow the seeds, who knows. What’s even more serious is that the camellia oleifera forests in Maoshan can be set on fire.

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Xu Yishan asked with a heavy heart, "How could this be?"

Liu Sicheng smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't it because of Che Jun? He proposed the idea of ​​​​a chess game for drought relief and asked the entire county to implement unified allocation of water sources. This is simply a child playing house. There is not much water left, and he

After tossing it, there won’t be any water left.”

Outside the car window, there were not even a few green leaves visible on the trees on the roadside. Under the scorching sun, the few remaining leaves were almost rolled into tubes.
Chapter completed!