Chapter 250: Planning to deduct money

The next day, a deputy director of the Municipal Water Resources Bureau brought two technicians to the Baishu County Water Resources Bureau. Director Xiong accompanied them to Yangwan Reservoir to check on the spot. After the deputy director returned, two days later, the Municipal Water Resources Bureau approved a special amount of 150,000 yuan. Liu Siyu greeted Director Xiong and allocated 100,000 yuan to strengthen Yangwan Reservoir. The remaining 50,000 yuan was left in the Water Resources Bureau first. At the same time, he told him that the funds must be used for special purposes and that there must be no interception or misappropriation. So when someone came to the Water Resources Bureau to ask for money, Director Xiong took Deputy County Mayor Liu as a shield, which made those who thought of getting some money from the Water Resources Bureau come with hope and leave in disappointment.

Jiang Yuqing knew that Liu Siyu and Director Xiong had obtained 150,000 yuan from the city, so he had some opinions about Liu Siyu. The Water Conservancy Bureau was originally his unit in charge, but now County Mayor Liu actually took the Water Conservancy Bureau to the city to get money back. Didn’t this stretching out his hand too long and slapping himself in the face? He was so angry that he broke two tea cups. As for how he planned to plot against Liu Siyu, it is unknown.

Liu Siyu didn't know about these things, so he asked Chen Liang to follow him to Yangwan Reservoir to supervise the project, and he went online to check the information in the office and began to consider the development zone.

According to Liu Siyu's instructions, Shen Wanxin first established the Yangwan Township Flood Control Command, and then convened all cadres in the township, including the village chief branch secretary, and held a meeting to arrange the reinforcement and maintenance of the Yangwan Reservoir. Unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Wanxin announced the news, several village cadres stood up to object, saying that it was the time of spring farming and farming, and the village could not mobilize villagers to go to the reservoir to work. If they wanted to go, the township would have to pay wages. They also said that the city had allocated all 150,000 yuan for reinforcement and maintenance funds to the county, but it was only 100,000 yuan for the reinforcement and maintenance of the reservoir. It must be that someone in the county had embezzled the money, but came to let us work for volunteer work.

The entire venue was in a mess, and Qin Chuping kept shouting loudly, but the cadres below turned a deaf ear. Seeing that the meeting could not continue, Shen Wanxin had to announce the end of the meeting and then reported to Liu Siyu on the phone about the meeting in the village.

When Liu Siyu received this call, his heart sank. After putting it down, he sat on the chair and was bored for a long time. He called Director Xiong over. Director Xiong also received a report from his subordinates. He knew about the matter at the Yangwan Township cadre meeting and was worried. After receiving Liu Siyu's call, he rushed over immediately.

While waiting for Director Xiong, Liu Siyu's mood had adjusted. When he saw Director Xiong, he pointed his hand and asked him to sit down opposite him. He got up and made a cup of tea for Director Xiong himself. Although Director Xiong was lower than his position, he was already a 55-year-old cadre after all. As a junior, it was also worth pouring him a cup of tea.

However, when Director Xiong saw County Magistrate Liu personally brewing tea for him, he was so moved that he almost burst into tears. County Magistrate Liu had no airs. All cadres in the county knew about this, but Director Xiong was the first to get him to make tea himself. Of course, this was also due to the fact that Chen Liang was not in the office.

Seeing Director Xiong sitting there excitedly, Liu Siyu took out the Chinese cigarette in the drawer and threw one for Director Xiong. He held one in his mouth. Director Xiong didn't dare to sit anymore, but hurriedly stood up and ran over to lit it for Liu Siyu.

Liu Siyu took a puff of cigarette, looked at Director Xiong, and smiled faintly: "What do you think about what happened in Yangwan Township?"

"County Magistrate Liu, this villager is unwilling to go to volunteer work and asks the government to pay them wages. In this way, 100,000 yuan is definitely not enough. It seems that the other 50,000 yuan can only be allocated. Otherwise, if these villagers are unwilling to go to work, the reinforcement and maintenance project of the reservoir will not be able to move, and if time is delayed, they will be afraid of something big." Director Xiong said helplessly.

"Yes, but Director Xiong, I'll handle this matter. You accompany me to Yangwan Township tomorrow. We will start the project no matter what," Liu Siyu pondered for a moment and said decisively.

In the Yangwan Township Government Conference Room, Liu Siyu sat in the middle of the rostrum. On the left is Director Xiong of the County Water Conservancy Bureau, and on the right is Chen Caixin, Party Secretary of the Yangwan Township. The other cadres from the county and several cadres from the township sat on both sides. Below the audience were all the township cadres in Yangwan Township and cadres at the village level.

Before the meeting, Liu Siyu called Secretary Cheng of Shangba Village aside and asked him to talk about his views on the reinforcement and maintenance of the reservoir. From Secretary Cheng's words, he heard that these village cadres were quite in favor of the reinforcement and maintenance of the Yangwan Reservoir. He just heard that the city allocated 150,000 yuan for this project, but why did it only reach the village and the village, but they thought that these officials dared to embezzle even the water conservancy project funds, but asked the people to volunteer, so they had a lot of opinions.

When Liu Siyu heard this, he immediately became alert. How many funds have been allocated in the city? How do the people who are far away from the sky know? It seems that there are still people behind the scenes, but the situation is urgent now, so he cannot let in delve into this matter.

"Secretary Cheng, it is true that the city has specially approved 150,000 yuan for Yangwan Reservoir, and that 50,000 yuan was also deducted by Director Xiong. As for the reason, I will tell you at the meeting later that if everyone cannot understand, I hope you can help me with the work."

When he heard County Magistrate Liu say that the 50,000 yuan was deducted by Director Xiong, Secretary Cheng didn't know why Liu Siyu deducted the 50,000 yuan, he nodded out of trust in County Magistrate Liu.

Seeing that everyone was here, Qin Chuping announced the meeting. He first introduced County Mayor Liu and Director Xiong to the rural community cadres present, and then asked County Mayor Liu to speak to everyone.

The village chief branch secretary sitting below saw that the young man on the stage turned out to be Deputy County Mayor Liu, and his face was full of surprise. However, when everyone saw County Mayor Liu's serious face, they shut up in awe.

After seeing everyone calm down, Liu Siyu said loudly: "Hello, village chief and branch secretary of Yangwan Township, today I asked Secretary Chen to call everyone here, and there is something to discuss with everyone. I heard about the meeting yesterday. It's not your fault. It's because we haven't done our job well and some things have not been explained clearly, which makes everyone wonder. Today I'm here just to share my views with everyone.

As far as I know, when the Yangwan Reservoir was built, irrigation water could be provided to eight villages in Yangjiabazi. That is to say, at least eight villages could benefit from the Yangwan Reservoir. However, five years ago, due to disrepair, large sections of ditches were damaged, and only six villages could obtain irrigation water from the reservoir. Now, it seems that only three villages could obtain water. Do the people in the other five villages do not want to obtain water from the reservoir to irrigate the fields? I don’t think it is, but the water conservancy facilities in our township were damaged on a large scale, and everyone could only watch the cool water flowing through their eyes in vain."

When the cadres of those villages heard Liu Siyu talk about this, they all had a thoughtful expression in their eyes. The village cadres knew the pain of no water in the field. As farmers, they watched the crops they had worked hard to plant and were finally sunburned to death by the scorching sun. This feeling is something that people who have not experienced before cannot understand. This is also the reason why they did not want to volunteer to participate in the reinforcement and maintenance of the Yangwan Reservoir.

Liu Siyu glanced at the rural cadres in the audience and found that some people had already started thinking in their hearts. He continued: "Without water irrigation, we can change to other plants, but I don't know how many of the people here have visited Yangwan Reservoir. Those who have visited Yangwan Reservoir this year, please raise your hands and I'll take a look."

Hearing Liu Siyu's words, more than a dozen cadres raised their hands in the audience. In addition to the technicians of the Water Conservancy Bureau, only Chen Wanxin and Qin Chuping raised their hands.

Liu Siyumo counted and said, "I counted it a little bit. Less than one-third of the cadres who visited Yangwan Reservoir this year, that is, two-thirds of the cadres did not know what the Yangwan Reservoir is now. Originally, the construction of farmland water conservancy was not under my jurisdiction, but this year the county flood control command asked me to contact your flood control work in Yangwan Township and Changling Township. I heard that there is a third reservoir in the county in your township, so I specifically asked your Secretary Chen and Township Mayor Qin to take me to see it. After seeing it, I can no longer sleep well. Why is this? Listen to me and you will know."

Liu Siyu stopped for a moment, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and saw that the appetites of the cadres below the stage were hung up. Then he continued: "The Yangwan Reservoir embankment is more than 30 meters high. If it is full of water, it is enough to be millions of cubic meters, which can maintain the irrigation water for eight villages in Yangwan Bazi for a month. However, comrades, the current reservoir embankment has been disrepaired for nearly 30 cracks in the upper half. If there is a severe rainstorm and a mountain torrent, I asked the technicians of the Water Conservancy Bureau that the flood discharge channel of the dam can't be leaked at all. Moreover, when it is the turn of the flood discharge channel to discharge, the entire reservoir has stored at least three quarters of the water. In other words, there is nearly three million cubic meters of water in the reservoir, and three million cubic meters of water. It may not be clear about how much pressure there is, but I know that the dam now cannot withstand it at all. What will happen if it cannot withstand it? Then there is only one result - the dam collapse. Comrades, if this scene really happens, it will be a disaster for our Yangjia Ba. I asked the technicians of the Water Conservancy Bureau to calculate. If the dam collapse occurs, the lightest ending is that the reservoir will be completely destroyed, and about 30 houses on both sides of the river will be destroyed. The worst ending is that half of Yangwan Street will be washed away by water. Therefore, after reporting to the city, the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau allocated 150,000 yuan of special funds to immediately start the reinforcement and maintenance of the Yangwan Reservoir to ensure that the Yangwan Reservoir will successfully survive this year's flood season.

Speaking of this, some comrades may have to ask, since the city allocated 150,000 yuan, why do we still have to volunteer work? Why should we deduct 50,000 yuan? Yes, that 50,000 yuan was deducted by Director Xiong, so what should we detain this 50,000 yuan? Now let me tell you that if we only reinforce and repair the Yangwan Reservoir, this 150,000 yuan will definitely be enough. In this way, my task will be completed. But this is not possible. Comrades, what is the purpose of our Yangwan Reservoir? Could it be that we have a reservoir in Yangwan Township that allows everyone to go to see the scenery? No, that is to irrigate the farmland, so I decided to deduct 50,000 yuan. During the slack season in the second half of the year, the township government will organize the masses and everyone will take action to repair the original ditches. In this way, next year, there will be at least eight villages in Yangwan Township. When we encounter the heavenly stems, we can divert water from the Yangwan Reservoir to irrigate. However, many people don’t understand. Today, I have made all the words clear. Just now, Secretary Shen, Director Xiong and Township Chief Qin discussed, and now there are two plans. One is to invest all 150,000 in the reinforcement and maintenance of the reservoir. The advantage of this is that you don’t have to organize the masses to go to volunteer work, but the five villages below the Yangwan dam can still rely on the weather to make a living. The second is to use 100,000 yuan to reinforce and repair the reservoir. If it is insufficient, let the people of each village work volunteer work. Use the 50,000 yuan to purchase materials in the second half of the year to repair the original ditches. The advantage of this is that the five villages below the Yangwan dam will not be afraid of the heavenly stems from now on. After I finished speaking, you can discuss which plan to choose by yourself."

After saying that, Liu Siyu lowered his head to drink tea and stopped talking. The cadres below had already talked a lot.

When Chen Wanxin and Qin Chuping heard Liu Siyu's words, they had long disappeared for Liu Siyu's dissatisfaction with Liu Siyu's holding of water conservancy construction funds. Instead, they were deeply admired by Liu Siyu's consideration of the problem.
Chapter completed!