"Old Zhu, does this boss Xiao have this qualification? Not everyone can take care of water conservancy projects, right?" Lin Xi asked Zhu Guangming.

"What qualifications? Bullshit? That old man Xiao hasn't even graduated from elementary school. He has a no-no qualifications." Zhu Guangming was so angry that he was so angry when he mentioned this boss Xiao.

"Then how did he take on this project?" Although Lin Xi knew the darkness of the officialdom, some people dared to hand it over to an engineering team that didn't even have primary school education to do something big. They were too brave.

"The Water Conservancy Bureau is responsible for the project. Our village cannot get involved at all. It's just that it was Director Zhao of the Water Conservancy Bureau nodding."

Lin Xi thought to himself that it seemed that something was wrong with the Water Resources Bureau, but I don’t know if anyone in the county was involved.

In view of the serious situation, Lin Xi asked Zhu Mingtang to lead the way and rushed to Chengyou Reservoir overnight to learn about the situation.

When he arrived at the scene, with the large flashlight that Zhu Mingtang was carrying, Lin Xi clearly saw that the location of the central part of the reservoir embankment was supposed to be the location of the flood discharge gate, and a gap of nearly 30 meters was washed out. At this time, the flood had already flowed into the Liujian Reservoir downstream, and the washed-out embankment was exposed in front of Lin Xi, and the flood discharge gate washed down by the flood was lying not far from the gap.

Lin Xi walked to the gap and saw that the situation was indeed as Zhu Mingtang said. There was nearly 1 meter thick concrete in front and behind the embankment, and the middle was filled with gravel and mud.

Lin Xi bent down and pinched the exposed concrete. Unexpectedly, the concrete broke when it was hand-breaking. Lin Xi grabbed the fallen concrete block in his hand and gently pinched it, and the concrete block was broken when it was hand-breaking.

Lin Xi reached out and broke the exposed steel bars that were not as thick as chopsticks, but unexpectedly they were broken.

Lin Xi held the broken steel bars in his hand and said hatefully: "What kind of project is this? Even tofu is not as good as tofu. This is a joke to use the lives and property of the 35 people in Qingji County!" After saying that, he turned to Zhu Mingtang and said: "Old Zhu, you can make more concrete and this steel bars on the embankment. Let's go back to the county immediately and hold a standing committee meeting overnight. I must find out the truth about this matter."

Zhu Mingtang called someone, found a woven bag containing more than a dozen pieces of concrete and several sections of steel bars, and told the person to stay on the embankment 24 hours a day to prevent any accidents.

Lin Xi and Zhu Mingtang drove back to the county overnight and convened 11 members of the Standing Committee to hold a meeting of the county party committee to study the flood situation. They also asked Zhu Mingtang, Party Secretary of Yixin Township, Zhao Changyue, Director of the Water Resources Bureau, and relevant personnel to attend the meeting.

The atmosphere in the Standing Committee meeting room was heavy. After Lin Xi explained the relevant situation, he asked Zhu Mingtang to hand over the concrete and steel bars brought back from Chengyou Reservoir to each Standing Committee member. Lin Xi pointed to the concrete and steel bars on the table and said with a blue face: "This is taken from the embankment of Chengyou Reservoir." As he said that, he picked up a piece of concrete, and with force, the concrete turned into slag and scattered all over the floor. He picked up a steel bar and broke it hard, and the steel bars broke again.

"The dam that carries the reservoir is caused by this material. Can it not be destroyed?" The other members of the Standing Committee were all shocked.

Lin Xi shouted: "Zhao Changyue, what's going on? You want to give me a reasonable explanation."

Zhao Changyue stood up with a "ah" sound, but didn't say anything for a long time.

At the flood control site of Liujian Reservoir, Zhao Changyue heard that the Chengyou Reservoir embankment was destroyed by the flood and knew that something was wrong.

Liujian allocated by the Provincial Water Resources Department this time, a total of more than 10 million yuan of special funds for the maintenance and reinforcement of two reservoirs, of which more than 4 million yuan of Liujian Reservoir and more than 6 million yuan of reservoirs. Before the special funds were in place, Xiao Boss, the brother-in-law of Minister Fan of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, came to Zhao Changyue with Minister Fan's note, hoping to take over the maintenance projects of the two reservoirs.

Zhao Changyue didn't dare to agree at first, and said that the money had not been in place yet, so let's talk about it later. He knew that Lin Xi personally went to the province to get back, and the use of the funds would be very strict. Moreover, Liu Jian, the quality of the two reservoirs is directly related to the safety of the county.

He knew the details of Boss Xiao very clearly. Although he had booked several projects in the county and several sections of roads in the county's township road construction, Boss Xiao was able to build water conservancy projects. Moreover, the several projects that Boss Xiao had done were cutting corners and the quality was not up to standard. A section of cement road built two years ago was already in rust this year. Farmers have visited the township many times, and the county reported the situation, but they were all suppressed.

Boss Xiao didn't say anything else and turned around and left.

But unexpectedly, on the day the funds were in place, Minister Fan personally called, hoping that Director Zhao would give Xiao Fugui some care.

Zhao Changyue did not dare to go against Fan Baolin's intentions, and secretly gave Xiao Fugui the possession with more project funds during the project bidding. And Liujian Reservoir was included in a regular engineering company in the province.

Zhao Changyue also took a scruple here. He was really worried about the construction quality of Boss Xiao. He gave the upstream Chengyou Reservoir to Boss Xiao, which was an explanation to Minister Fan. And even if there was any problem with the upstream Chengyou Reservoir, the downstream Liujian Reservoir could be alleviated. Otherwise, if there was a problem, it would be related to the safety of the lives and property of hundreds of thousands of people in the county, and Zhao Changyue could not afford it.

On the night when Zhao Changyue gave the reservoir to Boss Xiao, Boss Xiao went to Zhao Changyue's house and handed him a passbook of 200,000 yuan as the labor fee for this project. Although this money was not the first time Zhao Changyue collected, it was the only thing that this time it was a bit hot.

After a few refusals, Boss Xiao saw that Zhao Changyue didn't want to take over, and was afraid that someone would cause trouble after the project started, Zhao Changyue didn't help, so he told Zhao Changyue that he was not the only one in the city and county to collect the money, and even if something happened, it would not be his turn, the small director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, who took the blame.

Although Boss Xiao did not say who gave the money to, Zhao Changyue could guess that the city was nothing more than Fan Baolin, and the county was probably the friends Fan Baolin had when he was the county party secretary.

After hearing this, Zhao Changyue thought, since there were people in the city and county involved in this project, he would not have to be polite. Even if something really happened, there would be a tall one to hold on.

At this time, facing Lin Xi's questioning, Zhao Changyue didn't know how to speak. It was really like telling the truth? The 100,000 yuan seemed to be a bone spur stuck in Zhao Changyue's throat, making him unable to speak. Not to mention that the project worth nearly 2 million yuan was destroyed by a heavy rain. If he had to bear this responsibility alone, he would probably have to sit in prison.

Seeing that Zhao Changyue was not speaking, Lin Xi turned to other members of the Standing Committee and said, "In view of the serious current situation, I suggest that an investigation into the Chengyou Reservoir Project immediately. What are your opinions?"

When Wang Yongnian, deputy secretary of the county party committee, saw that they did not speak, he first said: "I agree with Secretary Lin's opinion. In this critical link that concerns the lives and property of the people in the county, there are people who have made up their minds. It is simply impossible to tell the truth and should be investigated strictly."

Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee Hao Xuedong, Executive Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tao and Propaganda Minister Guo Xiaojuan also nodded and said yes.
Chapter completed!