The car was extremely slow. When Qiao Liang and He Qingqing arrived in Pingshan Township, where Liangshui Lake was located, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.

The township government building on the third floor was brightly lit. When Qiao Liang and He Qingqing's cars arrived, the township chief Zhang Zhenfu and two staff members were waiting in the courtyard. Seeing Qiao Liang's car coming, Zhang Zhenfu stepped forward: "County Magistrate Qiao, you are here."

"Did you start the work of evacuating the people in advance?" Qiao Liang asked as soon as he got off the car.

"It has been started. Now all the cadres in the village have been sent out. Secretary Yan Yu has taken the lead in going to the front line and personally voluntarily relocated and transferred the villagers." Zhang Zhenfu said, the Yan Yu he mentioned was the secretary of Pingshan Township.

"How are the villagers' reactions? Are you willing to cooperate?" Qiao Liang asked anxiously.

"How to say it, some villagers are more cooperative, while others are very resistant." Zhang Zhenfu frowned slightly and said to the truth, "County Magistrate Qiao, this job is probably difficult to do."

"It is difficult to do it, but it needs to be done. According to the analysis and judgment of the county meteorological bureau, the next round of heavy rainfall may be coming. We must race against time to complete the transfer of villagers before the arrival of a new wave of flood peaks and discharge floods to the Liangshui Lake." Qiao Liang said firmly.

"But..." Zhang Zhenfu hesitated.

"Captain Zhang, don't be there. This is the decision of the county team meeting. During the meeting in the evening, Secretary Xiao from the city was also present. He also agreed to the decision of the county, so he must complete the task at present no matter what." He Qingqing said from the side that after becoming the director of the poverty alleviation office, she often went to the countryside and was very familiar with Zhang Zhenfu, so she spoke quite casually.

When Zhang Zhenfu heard He Qingqing's words, his face turned solemn. Unexpectedly, this decision was tacitly approved by Xiao Shunhe. Zhang Zhenfu immediately did not dare to raise any objections.

Qiao Liang had already walked into the office building at this time and said as he walked: "Captain Zhang, do you have a map around Liangshui Lake? Let's study the terrain first."

"Yes, I'll ask the staff to bring it over immediately." Zhang Zhenfu nodded.

Several people entered the office, and the staff had already brought a very detailed map of Pingshan Township.

After spreading the map and putting it on the table, the terrain of the entire Pingshan Township, including the surrounding Liangshui Lake, was clear at a glance. Zhang Zhenfu pointed to the map and said, "County Magistrate Qiao, look, there are two villages under Liangshui Lake and the lower corner. If Liangshui Lake wants to discharge floods, these two villages will have to be evacuated and transferred."

"How many people are there in these two villages?" Qiao Liang asked.

"There are more than 300 households in the two villages, but most of them are left-behind elderly people. Together, there may be more than 400 people at home," said Zhang Zhenfu.

"Then evacuate immediately and don't delay for a moment." Qiao Liang said firmly.

"Well, all the staff in the village have gone down and are mobilizing from house to house." Zhang Zhenfu nodded.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Liang nodded and said, "Let's go down to the village and take a look."

Under Zhang Zhenfu, Qiao Liang and He Qingqing came to Xiajiao Village, which is located directly below Liangshui Lake. Once the flood is discharged, the entire village will be flooded. Therefore, the entire village must be evacuated. When Qiao Liang arrived, he found that the work progress was much slower than he thought. Although some villagers cooperated with the work, they were slowly moving things from the house, as if they were moving, without any sense of urgency. As for those villagers who did not cooperate, there was no movement at all. The cadres in the village were doing their work patiently.

When he heard Qiao Liang coming, Yan Yu, the township secretary in Xiajiao Village, also rushed over.

"County Magistrate Qiao, this is Secretary Yan Yu of Pingshan Township." He Qingqing introduced to Qiao Liang when he saw Yan Yu.

"Comrade Yan Yu, what's the situation now?" Qiao Liang asked in a deep voice.

"County Magistrate Qiao, it's hard to do your job." Yan Yu looked embarrassed. "The villagers have lived here for generations, and many people can't accept it if they move away for a while."

"It is not the time to accept it, but the question of moving." Qiao Liang looked serious. "The water level of the upper river has soared. Once the next heavy rainfall comes, the entire Liangshui River basin may experience a heavy flood. At that time, Liangshui Lake will encounter unpredictable dangers. Therefore, the county decided to discharge the flood in advance. This was a decision made after careful discussion. The villagers must understand that this is an unquestionable decision. What the village needs to do now is to cooperate with all our strength. We must complete the evacuation and transfer of villagers in the shortest time."

"County Magistrate Qiao, we are also working hard and doing our best to do ideological work for the villagers, but this happened too suddenly. It was not possible to do ideological work for the villagers." Yan Yu said helplessly.

"Comrade Yan Yu, I know that there will always be difficulties in doing work, but now is not a time to emphasize difficulties. We must do ideological work that connects the villagers. If it is really not possible, we must use some forced methods. At this critical moment, we cannot do things too rigidly." Qiao Liang said.

"County Magistrate Qiao, it's not good to use forced methods, right?" Yan Yu was startled.

"Comrade Yan Yu, it seems that you still don't realize the seriousness of the problem." Qiao Liang looked sternly and turned to Zhang Zhenfu and others in the village. Qiao Liang realized that the cadres in the village had not realized how serious the situation was, but just completed the county's order with the mentality of dealing with it.

Qiao Liang was about to say something, but at this time a staff member ran over and said in a hurry: "Secretary Yan, it's not good. A small section of the sand embankment on the north side of Liangshui Lake has broken down and the water has rushed out."

"What?" Yan Yu was surprised, "Didn't the people patrolling the dike during the day say that they were fine?"

Qiao Liang, who was standing beside him, also turned serious when he heard this, and looked at the staff member: "Is the situation serious now?"

"The village organized villagers to go up and block the gap, but the river upstream is very large and may be a bit dangerous." The staff member replied.

"Where is the specific location of the dam breaker?" Qiao Liang asked again.

“To the north, located in Shanglin Village.”

Qiao Liang immediately said when he heard this: "We'll hurry over now."

Qiao Liang, Yan Yu and others got into the car and were about to go to Shanglin Village. Seeing that the township chief Zhang Zhenfu was about to follow him, Qiao Liang stopped the other party and said, "Groupe Chief Zhang, you are in charge of Xiajiao Village. Mobilize the villagers to transfer immediately. Take the valuables you carry and leave. Don't move ordinary property. Let the villagers realize the danger. This is an urgent matter. Once the dam breaks, even a small section may cause huge danger."

"Okay, then I'll be guarding the Xiajiao Village." Zhang Zhenfu nodded hurriedly.

"Well, if there is any situation, let's contact us by phone." Qiao Liang said.

He rushed to Shanglin Village with Yan Yu. Qiao Liang said to Yan Yu in the car: "Comrade Yan Yu, the current situation has increasingly proved that the county's decision to discharge floods is correct. The sand dike breaks, which means that the hidden danger has been buried long ago, but you have not discovered it."

"County Magistrate Qiao, during this period, because the water in the upper reaches of the river flowed in, the water level of Liangshui Lake was much higher than usual, so our township also made corresponding arrangements. People were sent to patrol the embankment every day, and people from the county water conservancy department were also asked to check the risks of all dam entrances, but no problems were found." Yan Yu said with a wry smile.

"What does this mean? It means that some of our comrades in the department are just doing their work on the surface." Qiao Liang said with a ugly face, "Forget it, now is not the time to be serious about this, let's go over and see the situation first."

Taking a bus to the village committee of Shanglin Village, Qiao Liang, Yan Yu and others led by the village chief to the dam where the dam was broken. The lake water rushed into the village like a wild horse that broke free. On the road surface of the village, the lake water had already submerged to its ankles. Although the flooding was not very serious, Qiao Liang knew how serious the situation was, because there was still a wave of heavy rainfall upstream, and the river water continued to flow into the Liangshui Lake, which would only continue to push up the water level of the Liangshui Lake. At that time, it would not be a small problem of breaking.

"Now the village has organized all the young and middle-aged people at home and are urgently blocking the slash. The problem now is that there are not enough sandbags." The village chief introduced to Qiao Liang and Yan Yu.

"Use all the available ones, don't care about the rest, and organize the transfer of villagers as soon as possible is the top priority. The county decided to release the flood in Liangshui Lake. In my opinion, you can turn around and open the breach. It saves time to release the flood from here." Qiao Liang stared ahead and breathed a sigh of relief after finding that the breach was not very big.

"Well, the village has organized the elderly and children to be transferred first." The village chief replied.

Qiao Liang nodded slightly when he heard this and asked the village cadres to take him to the village to see the situation in detail. After walking for most of the time, Qiao Liang felt relieved a lot. It turned out that many of the villagers were quite resistant. As a result, when the breakup here made the villagers realize the danger and their cooperation greatly improved. This really corresponds to the saying: Bad things become good things, and nothing is absolutely true.

As time goes by, the lake water that had originally flooded its ankles has gradually reached its calves, especially in the lower terrain in the village, some of which have flooded their knees. More than an hour has passed. Qiao Liang looked at the time and it was two o'clock in the morning. Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for Qiao Liang.

Back at the village committee, Qiao Liang asked the village chief: "Have all the villagers withdrawn?"

"It's almost done, and I will definitely be able to withdraw in another hour." The village chief replied.

"That's good. The villagers who have not left yet, please make them move faster. Look at the speed of the water rise, now it reaches the calf and can quickly flood the knees. You can't delay too much. Now it's not an exaggeration to say that time is life." Qiao Liang said seriously.

Hearing Qiao Liang's words, the village chief Zheng Keyou.

At this time, a village staff member walked over quickly: "The village chief, Aunt Yang, the village head, has always been reluctant to leave. He said that their family is relatively high and cannot be flooded, and he is reluctant to leave."

"Why is this old lady always so stubborn?" The villagers were also old and became anxious when they heard this and walked out quickly.

Seeing this, Qiao Liang followed him and planned to go over and take a look.

A few people came to the village head. The terrain here was indeed higher. The lower terrain in the village had already flooded its knees, but the water here had just passed the soles of its feet.

However, when I saw Aunt Yang's home, Qiao Liang frowned. This was an old house that was at least 30 or 40 years old. In the early days, the house with civil structures, I knew that the family was also very poor when looking at the furnishings in the house.

The village cadres were still persuading Aunt Yang, and the village chief also came forward to persuade him personally. They were almost anxious and became angry, but Aunt Yang was just unmoved.

Qiao Liang looked at the situation in the house and walked forward and said, "Auntie, you really have to leave. Although the water cannot flood you now, you will have to discharge the flood in the county. When the lake water pours down, you will also be flooded. And you see that you have water in your house now. It will be dangerous if you don't leave. Look at the wooden pillars, the bottom part of the pillars is a bit rotten. Strictly speaking, your house is a dangerous house, which is very dangerous."

"Little kid, don't talk nonsense. I have lived in this house for decades. It's very safe. Why is it in danger?" the old lady said with her eyes wide open.

"Auntie, I didn't scare you. Look, the bottom of the pillar is damp and rotten. In addition, this pillar is a stress-bearing beam. Now the bottom is soaked in water, which is very dangerous." Qiao Liang pointed at a pillar and said seriously.

The old lady curled her lips and turned her head to ignore Qiao Liang, obviously not believing her.

Seeing this, Qiao Liang shook his head helplessly, looked at the village chief and asked, "Where is the young man from this family?"

"I went out to work and I was not at home. Usually, this old lady is the only one at home." The village chief replied.

"Then call their young people and ask them to do the job of the elderly." Qiao Liang said.

"Okay, I'll go call." The village chief nodded and walked outside to make a phone call.

When the village chief walked out, Qiao Liang suddenly felt that he had heard some broken sound. At first, Qiao Liang thought it was the sound of water flowing under his feet hitting the pillar. Suddenly, Qiao Liang felt something was wrong. When he looked up, Qiao Liang's eyes suddenly opened and rolled around. He saw that the thick load-bearing beam on the position where the old lady was sitting slowly fell down!

"Auntie, be careful-" At the critical moment, Qiao Liang didn't have time to think too much, and subconsciously rushed up...

"County Magistrate Qiao..." He Qingqing screamed afterwards.

...

At three o'clock in the evening, Ding Xiaoyun and Xiao Shunhe, who were in charge of the dispatching and command center of the county meteorological bureau, had just finished talking about flood discharge. Xiao Shunhe politely declined Ding Xiaoyun's proposal to ask him to rest in the hotel and was about to lie on the table in the dispatching and command center to sleep for a while. At this time, Ding Xiaoyun's cell phone rang.

When Ding Xiaoyun saw that it was He Qingqing's call, he hurriedly answered it.

"Secretary Ding, no, County Mayor Qiao is injured!" He Qingqing's voice was faintly crying.

"Ah!" Ding Xiaoyun was shocked and then asked, "Is it serious?"

"Seriously, the pillar hit the head and is now in a coma. I have to be sent to the hospital immediately. However, the medical treatment in the village is limited. Now the road is flooded and the road is difficult to walk. I am afraid..." He Qingqing said and cried.

Ding Xiaoyun suddenly panicked when she heard this, and didn't know what to say.

"What's going on?" Xiao Shunhe asked in a deep voice when he saw Ding Xiaoyun's face.

"What happened to County Mayor Qiao..." Ding Xiaoyun came to his senses and hurriedly reported to Xiao Shunhe.

Xiao Shunhe was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect something to happen to Qiao Liang, and his injuries were quite serious.

Soon Xiao Shunhe came to his senses and said quickly: "Let them send Comrade Qiao Liang to him immediately

The car drove to the county, and I contacted the troops and arranged for a helicopter to pick it up."

After Xiao Shunhe said that, he took out his cell phone to contact the army. After calling, Xiao Shunhe thought of something and looked solemn. He realized that he had to report to Liao Gufeng immediately.

After looking at the time, Xiao Shunhe hesitated. It was the third update in the middle of the night. Wouldn't it be nice to call Liao Gufeng?

After thinking for a while, Xiao Shunhe gritted his teeth and decided to hit Liao Gufeng now.
Chapter completed!