rebirth against the times

In the early morning, Xiao Zhen, who was exhausted, sat in the meeting room of the town office building again after a brief rest. At this time, he was discussing the next step with Deputy Mayor Zhang, Director Wu and others. He was notified that the maximum flood peak

It will arrive at around 7 a.m. But now the town’s flood control supplies have almost been used up. This is also the result of Long Zaihai’s previous obstruction. Now it is Xiaozhen who has to bear the difficulties. Although he has requested from surrounding towns

Information on supporting and collecting flood control materials from residents has been sent out for a long time, but under the current situation, who can be expected to come up with such scarce materials to support themselves. Now we can only hope that the channel to the quarry will be opened soon. By then

Even if the flood overflows the river embankment, it can greatly relieve the pressure in the core area. At this time, there are still less than 3 hours before the arrival of the maximum flood peak.

Suddenly, there was a commotion downstairs in the town office, and then someone went to the conference room to report to Xiao Zhen. Someone downstairs said that there was something urgent and they wanted to see the town leader. Xiao Zhen quickly asked someone to invite someone to the conference room, but when he saw the person, he

It was Bai Wanhao's son-in-law Liang Ying. When Liang Ying saw Xiao Zhen, she was not polite and immediately walked up to explain her purpose. It turned out that they had heard that the town was lacking flood prevention supplies, and the Bai family happened to be hoarding a batch. Bai Wanting

He took the initiative to donate these supplies to the town, and Liang Ying took the initiative to ask Ying to escort the supplies over.

Xiao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard the news. He held Liang Ying's hand tightly and thanked the Bai family for their generous assistance on behalf of the town. Then he asked Deputy Mayor Zhang to work with Liang Ying to distribute the supplies to critical areas. Xiao Zhen

Then continue to sit in command and organize the safe evacuation of people in low-lying areas.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the biggest flood peak finally rolled in. This time the intensity of the surge was far greater than the one in the middle of the night. The huge flood peak was mixed with the soil, trees, and bricks that had been carried along the way, rushing in like a broken bamboo, with great force

It hit the flood control embankment that everyone had built overnight. Seeing that the flood was getting stronger and stronger, and it was about to submerge the river embankment, Deputy Mayor Zhang immediately ordered everyone to continuously strengthen and raise the river embankment. But the rapidity of the flood was not surprising.

Even if the manpower could catch up, the flood eventually overflowed the embankment of Taigun Bay and rushed towards Baijia Town. Seeing this, Xiao Zhen had no choice but to ask everyone to retreat quickly in order not to make fearless sacrifices. Without manpower to maintain the embankment, Xiao Zhen soon

Another area was washed away, and the floods rushed toward Baijia Town even more violently. Although most residents in the low-lying areas of the town evacuated to higher areas, the property losses caused by such floods to the town were immeasurable.

Many areas in the west of Kuai Town have been flooded, and the water on the ground in the center of the town has begun to grow geometrically. The bottom floors of some low-lying houses have been completely submerged.

Everyone has tried their best. At this time, we have to resign ourselves to fate. Apart from protecting our own safety, there is nothing left to do. We don’t know how many places will be flooded and how many houses will be washed away before the peak of the flood passes.

.At this moment, there was a roar of explosion, and the last obstacle blocking the flood from leading to the quarry in the southeast was directly blown open by the gun. The flood instantly surged through the channel to the southeast. The pressure in the town suddenly eased.

Many people were even surprised to find that the floods in the city were still showing signs of receding. Fighting floods was like fighting a war. Xiao Zhen seized this rare opportunity and immediately organized people to quickly build a flood control barrier outside the town relying on a gentle slope.

Although the barrier was not too high, because the floods found a better outlet direction, this barrier actually prevented a large amount of floods from flowing into the city again.

The peak of the flood finally passed, and the water level in the river began to slowly fall back. Xiao Zhen organized everyone to advance the defense line. After repairing the damaged river embankment, he fell on the river embankment and fell asleep. The residents of Baijia Town saw

This scene impressed the mayor, who was dedicated to the people, and he couldn't bear to disturb him anymore.

At noon, Long Zaihai returned to Baijia Town early after going out for a meeting. And as soon as he came back, he convened a meeting with party members and cadres and core backbones in the town in the name of the town D committee. Xiao Zhen, Deputy Mayor Zhang, Director Wu and others were also tired

Unbearably, he appeared in the council room. The atmosphere in the conference room was a little solemn. Seeing that everyone was here, Long Zaihai suddenly became angry, slammed the water glass in his hand on the table, and then pointed at Xiao Zhen bitterly

He said: "Mayor Xiao, you are always shouting about flood control. I really thought you had some abilities. I didn't expect you to trust me so much, but you actually ended up doing this in the flood fighting and rescue work. I have just been away for a long time, look at it.

What has happened to our town? You, the mayor, have simply failed in your duties?"

No one expected that Long Zaihai would start in such a way. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the conference room was shocked. Except for a few people who followed Long Zaihai and fled overnight, most of the people present had participated in the previous flood fighting.

, even those who did not participate, they all saw how Xiao Zhen was not afraid of life and death and decisively directed the flood fighting work. It can be said that without Xiao Zhen, the existence of the current town office building would be questionable. What's more, in a hundred years

Faced with the rare flood, the overall terrain of Baijia Town, which was already low-lying and close to the Baimeng River, resulted in only some old houses at the west end of the town being completely washed away. The buildings in the core area basically did not suffer much damage.

Some bottom floors of houses in low-lying areas were still flooded, but it was not enough to affect the safety of the houses. The most important thing is that no one died in Baijia Town during this flood. This is actually a great achievement.

. Now Long Zaihai described the flood fighting work in such a bad light. Although he was pointing at Xiao Town, it unknowingly made everyone involved in the flood fighting a little angry.

Long Zaihai pretended to calm down his extremely sad mood, and continued in a slightly lower tone: "Comrade Xiao Zhen, I'm not talking about you. The town has spent so much effort on you to do flood control work, but it's just

Such an effect? ​​It seems that you are still too young. After all, you have just changed jobs and do not have enough work experience. If the city hadn’t emphasized the importance of this economic conference, I should have stayed in the town. I believe this would not have happened.

problem.”

"Yes, when I heard that floods had entered the town, Secretary Long rushed back without even bothering to finish the meeting, but it was still a step too late." The deputy mayor Bai Shuisheng on the side also seemed extremely distressed and agreed with Long.

ocean.

Xiao Zhen sneered in his heart, how could people be so shameless.

"Okay, Comrade Xiao Zhen has no credit but hard work. Let's take a good rest for a while. Now that I'm back, I am naturally responsible for the flood control and disaster relief work in Baijia Town. Now I will arrange the next few steps.

An important task.”

Xiao Zhen finally understood that Long Zaihai was ready to pick peaches after finishing his hat. Perhaps after the flood completely passed, an article titled "The Young Mayor's Unfavorable Flood Control Traumatized the Town, the Wise Secretary Turned the Tide and Averted the Flood"

The article would be circulated everywhere. But Long Zaihai obviously mistakenly underestimated Xiao Zhen's bloody nature. How could a soldier who was highly praised by the leaders in the main force gathered by elites be bullied at will?

There was a loud "snap" on the table, and everyone in the venue was shocked. Xiao Zhen slapped the table with both hands and stood up, glaring at Long Zaihai: "Do you still have the fucking shame? Long Zaihai, I ask you,

You keep saying that I am not good at fighting floods, but can you tell us what we did during this flood, how much damage our Baijia Town suffered, how many people were killed or injured, and how big the affected area was? You

What is the basis for saying that I am unfavorable in fighting floods? To say that I have neglected my duty, where did I fail in my duty?"

After all, Long Zaihai was old and cunning, and was not frightened by Xiao Zhen’s momentum: “Comrade Xiao Zhen, this is a serious town D committee meeting. Any issues can be discussed, but please pay attention to your attitude. Our party has always advocated criticism and self-esteem.

Criticism. You can’t slap the table and scold me just because I criticized you. This is not the quality that a party member and cadre should have.”

It has to be said that Long Zaihai was able to calm down quickly and not only avoided sharp questions, but also found small problems in Xiao Zhen's words to fight back, which indeed showed a certain degree of sophistication.

"Okay, even if what you said makes sense, can you answer the question I just asked you?" Xiao Zhen made it clear that he didn't want Long Zaihai to avoid the question and insisted on asking.

"Everyone knows that I have just returned to town from a meeting outside. Have any of you reported these important things to me immediately? As the mayor, if you don't report to me as the secretary immediately,

To deliver information, instead of questioning me here?" Long said on the beach and glanced at Deputy Mayor Zhang, Director Wu and others, conveying an aura of shock.

Xiao Zhen saw that Long Zaihai not only avoided his negligence in knowing nothing about the anti-Hong work, but also attributed the problems caused by Xiao Zhen and others not reporting to him, which was simply confusing black and white. Xiao Zhen sneered and said, "Okay, since Secretary Long

With that said, I will make a self-criticism and talk about my dereliction of duty. At the beginning, I paid close attention to flood prevention work, but you said that I was not doing my job properly. There are records of all the special seminars. Have you participated in one?

Various flood control projects were blocked by you for no reason, and disaster prevention funds were withheld by you. As a result, the vendors in the underground passage of Qianqian Road in the town failed to evacuate in time, causing unnecessary losses. There are also newly built flood drainage channels.

Because you have been unable to get through the problem, the town's flood control supplies have become seriously insufficient due to your repeated obstruction. This is my dereliction of duty. I just gave you too much face and did not fight with you to the end.

In this situation, I was derelict in my duty; in the face of an unscrupulous official like you who only knows how to form cliques and engage in power struggles, I failed to report and report to my superiors in a timely manner. This was also my dereliction of duty.

Also, when the flood came, you abandoned the people and fled in an attempt to evade responsibility. I failed to stop you in time, which was even more derelict on my part."

"Fart! I was attending an important meeting as required by the city, so why did I run away from the battle? You have to be responsible for what you say!" Long Zaihai was so angry that Xiao Zhen pointed out his painful words, and he couldn't care less about swearing.

"What an important meeting to attend. I didn't pay attention to it before and didn't arrange it, but I rushed to sign up before the flood came. It was only about two hours away, but I had to leave overnight. Is there such a meeting to attend?" Xiao Zhen immediately

Asked back.

"That's because the leader saw that our town didn't sign up and called me personally, asking us to pay close attention to it, so we temporarily filled up the quota. As for starting early, it was because of such an important meeting, and I was afraid that I would be late if there was a traffic jam along the way. Besides, I'm going

Before the meeting, I had no idea that such a big flood would break out." Long Zaihai followed Xiao Zhen's steps in explaining.

"Yes, yes, who knows?" Upon hearing this, Deputy Mayor Bai and Director Ma immediately echoed.

Xiao Zhen snorted and said: "Okay, I don't know, right? It just happened to be such a coincidence that less than half an hour after you left, the official information about the flood was released; it was also such a coincidence that when you left, Bai Bai

Deputy Mayor, Director Ma, your family also moved out of Baijia Town with their valuable belongings."

Long Zaihai didn't know that Bai Shuisheng and Director Ma had actually notified his family to move away from Baijia Town, and unconsciously glanced at them in annoyance. The two of them did not dare to look at him and lowered their heads silently.

Xiao Zhen did not intend to let Long Zaihai go, and continued: "Now that the flood has been controlled, you deserters can actually come back in a big way and want to pick the fruits of victory. Let me ask you, do you know Baijia Town

How much flood control materials are left at present? Do you know how the town's flood control force is composed and distributed? Do you know where the biggest hidden danger is in Baijia Town? Do you know how many disaster-stricken people in Baijia Town need to be resettled? What?

I don’t even know that you have the nerve to come back to pick peaches, and you still have the nerve to arrange flood relief work in a big way. You are treating flood relief and disaster relief as a trifle, and treating the lives of the masses as nothing!”

Xiao Zhen's words were resounding and echoed in everyone's heart. At this time, Long Zaihai's face was flushed, but he was speechless.

“It’s all right if you want to pick peaches, but in order to highlight yourselves, you want to slander the contribution of the people of this town to fighting floods, and describe the white as black. You are trying to make everyone here fight hard from last night.

Where do you put the current party members and cadres? Where do you put the thousands of people who are desperately guarding the front line of flood control? Where do you put your own conscience?" Xiao Zhen's next words talked about those who participated in the flood fight.

In everyone's heart. There have been obvious changes in everyone's heart at this time. Long Zaihai has dominated Baijia Town for many years. In fact, everyone is more afraid of him, or dares to be angry but dare not speak out. Now that he has experienced

During the life-and-death test of fighting the flood, Xiao Zhen's words ignited the passion in their hearts. The eyes of many people looking at Long Zaihai revealed the long-suppressed unwillingness and resentment.

Long Zaihai glanced at the people in the venue slightly, and was shocked. He suddenly realized that he had unknowingly committed public outrage. Through this day's performance, Xiao Zhen had established a good reputation in front of the people of the town with his actions.

A tall image. Long Zaihai suddenly found that he had exhausted all his tricks, but in the end he got himself into a very passive situation. He indeed chose the wrong opponent at the wrong time, and he thought he was smart to launch the attack.

A wrong criticism. Now we must resolve this deterioration of the situation as soon as possible, and we cannot continue to dwell on it.