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Director Sun nodded and said to Mu Guoxing, "Secretary Mu, this is the driver of our bureau. The young man is very angry. I will definitely criticize him when I go back."

"For people like this who don't care about national property, I don't think it's enough to just criticize. What do you think? Director Sun!"

After Mu Guoxing finished speaking, he opened the car door and sat in, and told Xiaotian and Director Sun: "Let's go." The car drove out of the county party committee compound!

The road leading to Shanhou Township was also bumpy and bumpy. Fortunately, the off-road performance of this car was very good, and several people did not feel too uncomfortable.

The car arrived at the township government of Shanhou Township, and saw a person standing at the door rushing in, and after a while, a large group of people came out.

Director Sun jumped out of the car first and opened the car door for Mu Guoxing. Mu Guoxing got out of the car and saw the group of cadres with dark faces, unkempt faces and silly smiles to greet them.

A very thin man wearing a sheepskin jacket and a white towel around his head left

Come over, Director Sun introduced: "This is Wang Tiezhu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanhou Township"

Wang Tiezhu wiped his hands vigorously on his body, held Mu Guoxing's hand with both hands, bared his big black teeth and said, "Welcome Secretary Mu to come to our township for research and inspection work."

Mu Guoxing looked at the group of beggar-like township cadres in front of him, shook hands with them one by one very emotionally, and then said loudly: "Comrades have worked hard! It is not easy for you to persist in working in such a harsh environment. I On behalf of the county party committee and the county government, I would like to express my condolences to you."

When the township cadres heard Mu Guoxing's words, they wiped their eyes with their sleeves excitedly. It has been five years, and neither the secretary of the county party committee nor the county magistrate has been here.

Just a few days after taking office, the young secretary of the county party committee came to this forgotten township, and even gave everyone a replacement salary. Can everyone not be excited?

Text Chapter 123 Going to the Countryside for Research

When Mu Guoxing came to the compound of the township government, he saw more than a dozen green brick houses in the front and back rows.The front row is the office of the township government, and the back row is the office of the township party committee. Except for the secretary of the township party committee and the head of the township, each of whom has an office, the other deputy secretaries and deputy head of the township have an office for two people.

A female cadre in her 30s greeted her. Although her clothes were a bit worn out, they were well washed. She had short black hair and a dark red face, giving off a very sophisticated look.Wang Tiezhu, secretary of the township party committee, introduced: "Secretary Mu, this is the head of our township, Comrade Shi Cuilian."

Mu Guoxing stretched out his hand and shook the female township head's hand, it felt like holding it on a rough tree root.

A group of people came to the conference room under the leadership of Secretary Wang and Mayor Shi.The so-called conference room is made up of four tables, surrounded by long wooden benches.When the mayor Shi saw it, he rushed back to his office, moved a chair and placed it in the main position of the meeting room, put a clean white towel on it, and said to Mu Guoxing: "Secretary Mu, our The conditions are like this, please sit down!"

Mu Guoxing looked at the capable female mayor, picked up the white towel and handed it to Mayor Shi, saying, "Major Shi, I also grew up in the countryside, so I don't need towels, thank you!"

"Everyone, please sit down!" Mu Guoxing said and sat down first, and when everyone found their seats, they all sat down, looked around everyone and asked, "Are there only a few main leaders in your township?"

Secretary Wang Tiezhu smiled and said embarrassingly: "It turns out that there is a deputy secretary in our township. Last year, because he couldn't bear the hardships here, he quit his job and went out to work. There is also a deputy head of the township. Because my family is in the county, I haven’t come here for a long time. Now it’s just me, mayor Shi, and deputy mayor Zhao Meng working in the village. Mayor Shi is still in charge of the women’s federation, family planning, education, and the Communist Youth League. It can only be used by a few people. The deputy mayor Zhao Meng is in charge of the affairs of the village. There are still more than [-] people in the whole town including the three of us. Others who have connections have found ways to transfer them away. Those who are capable also go out to work.”

Mu Guoxing looked at the three township cadres, and said to everyone seriously: "It is not easy for you to persevere under such harsh conditions. In the past, the county party committee and county government did not care enough for you. Here

I want to say sorry to everyone. "

After listening to the reports from Secretary Wang and Head Shi, Mu Guoxing had some preliminary understanding of the situation in the village.This township now has a population of less than 1, and is distributed within a radius of tens of kilometers. The main cash crops are potatoes, which are called yam eggs locally, and a little bit of drought-tolerant miscellaneous grains.The lack of water is the root cause of poverty in this township.Since this township is located at the junction of two neighboring provinces and far away from the county seat, it has become a forgotten corner.The cadres in the township are basically isolated from the outside world except for going to the county town to receive relief funds a few times a year.

After hearing these reports, Mu Guoxing asked: "Isn't there a Yellow River in the north of your township? I heard from others that a tributary of that Yellow River once passed through our county. Why is it gone now?"

Secretary Wang said: "Secretary Mu, the original river, when I heard the old people talk about the Republic of China, there was a big earthquake here, and the river stopped flowing."

When Mu Guoxing heard this, he remembered that Sun Shuting had also introduced this river, and felt that this matter was already on the right track, so he said to Secretary Wang: "Secretary Wang, I may stay here for a day or two. let you give me

Find a guide, and I will go to the old course of the river to see if I can find a way to let the river flow back. "

"Secretary Mu, you don't need to look for this guide. We, Deputy Township Chief Zhao Meng, are the most suitable. He has followed his father on a sheepskin raft on the Yellow River since he was a child. He is very familiar with the situation there. Let him take you there. "

At this time, a man in his 50s was showing his head to visit at the door, and Secretary Wang asked the man, "Old Zhou, are you done?"

The old Zhou rubbed his oily hands and said, "It's been done a long time ago, where are you eating?"

Secretary Wang asked Mu Guoxing: "Secretary Mu, our village is poor and there is nothing to entertain us. We heard that you were coming, so we killed a sheep. Do you think we should eat first? Let them eat after we eat." Arrange a place for you to rest!"

Mu Guoxing nodded, and the Secretary Wang said to the old Zhou: "Bring it here!" After a while, the old Zhou led two people to bring in a big black earthen basin to fill it up. A pot full of lamb stew.The other two came in with a plate of scrambled eggs and a plate of fried potatoes

Silk, and a dozen white flour cakes.

Secretary Wang smiled awkwardly, and said to Mu Guoxing, "Secretary Mu, we didn't say that we couldn't grow vegetables here, so we can only eat this.

Mu Guoxing asked Secretary Wang: "Don't you produce wheat here? Why do you still have white flour cakes?"

Secretary Wang smiled and said to Mu Guoxing: "This is some white flour brought back by our village head Shi, a man who served as a soldier outside, during the Chinese New Year. I didn't want to eat it. I heard that you were coming, so I brought it from home!"

Mu Guoxing finished the lunch with a heavy heart, and then watched Sun Shuting move several large plastic buckets of clean water from the county into the meeting room from the car. Sun Shuting said to Secretary Wang: "This is what Secretary Mu gave you from the county. Bring sweet water!"

Secretary Wang was very happy to see these large buckets of sweet water, picked up a big bowl, poured a full bowl and gave it to Mu Guoxing, then drank three bowls in a row, and finally said: "Long time no see Drink such sweet water!" Then he said to the mayor Shi and others: "Drink it too! Mayor Shi, take a bucket of water, and it will be worth your flour money. That bucket of water will be given to you." Old Zhoutou

For his sheep money.Let the rest be used by Secretary Mu in the township government. "

Seeing Zhao Meng who drank several bowls of water, Mu Guoxing said: "Vice Chief Zhao, let's go after you drink the water! When you come back at night, this water will make you full." Zhao Meng put down the bowl and touched it with his hand. He touched his mouth, nodded honestly and agreed.

Under the leadership of deputy mayor Zhao, Mu Guoxing came to the old road of the tributary of the Yellow River.I saw a high mountain ridge separating the Yellow River from this tributary. After looking at the deputy head Zhao, he asked, "What is this mountain called? Is there a way up here? Let's go up and have a look!"

Deputy Township Chief Zhao looked at Mu Guoxing and said honestly: "This mountain is called Laoniu Mountain. There is a small road up the mountain, but it is difficult to walk. I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to go up the mountain!"

Mu Guoxing smiled slightly: "Vice Chief Zhao, you really underestimated me, why don't we have a competition to see who can reach the top of the mountain first!" Then he said to Sun Shuting and the driver Xiaotian: "Don't come with you two, just go Wait at the bottom of the mountain!" After speaking, he returned to the car and changed into the sneakers he brought, and said to Zhao Meng: "The competition has begun!" After speaking, he took the lead and walked up the mountain!

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At the foot of the mountain, Mu Guoxing found that in the valley at the foot of the mountain, a piece of vegetation grew particularly lush, so he asked Zhao Meng behind him: "Why is this mountain called Laoniu Mountain, Deputy Township Chief Zhao?"

"This mountain will make a sound like an old cow when the Yellow River floods. After a long time, people will call it Lao Niu Mountain! When the old cow screams, some people still catch a foot-long one in this place. Where's the big Yellow River carp!"

When Mu Guoxing heard this, he was keenly aware that the change in the earth's crust cut off the tributary of the Yellow River, which may have formed an underground river. When the Yellow River flooded, the water level of the underground river rose and broke through the surface layer. Feet long fish.

Mu Guoxing came to the top of the mountain, looked at Deputy Township Chief Zhao who was panting behind him, smiled, and saw the mother river at the foot of the mountain under the west slanting sunlight.I saw this turbulent river rushing from my left front, rushing towards this old cow mountain, and then turned a sharp bend and flowed downstream.It's just that the river flowing down has become much gentler.These observations have strengthened my judgment that there is an underground river here.

Thinking of this, Mu Guoxing pointed to the bend of the Yellow River at the foot of the mountain and asked Zhao Meng: "Have you ever been to this place?"

"This place is the famous ghost gate, also called Laolongkou. The whirlpools below are connected one by one. The sheepskin rafts will be eaten by the dragon king when they arrive here."

Hearing this, Mu Guoxing carefully observed the terrain in front of and behind the mountain. He already had an idea in his mind, and walked down the mountain slowly, only to see that the sky had already darkened. At the foot of the mountain, Sun Shuting and the driver Xiao Tian were waiting. I was anxious, and when I saw Mu Guoxing and the two coming down the mountain, I hurried up to meet them and asked, "Secretary Mu, have you finished your investigation? Shall we go back to the township government now?"

"Going back to the hometown government will have to wait for a while. Now the three of you are divided into three directions, and you will walk [-] steps forward and wait there. No one will be let go!"

When Sun Shuting heard Mu Guoxing's strange order, he looked at it with a puzzled face, and without saying anything, he took the lead and walked along the road he had come from.The other two also looked at each other and walked away with their backs facing each other.

Mu Guoxing saw that the three of them had gone far away, so he found a gentle place and sat down slowly on the ground.He only knows that he can see the future by opening his eyes, but he doesn't know if he can see through the underground.Anyway, since we're here this time

At this point, I have a little understanding of the situation here, so I will try it with my eyes open. It is better if I can succeed, and things will become much simpler.It doesn't matter if you can't succeed, at worst, invite someone from the geological department to investigate and see where the underground river is located?

At this time, Mu Guoxing slowly mobilized his skills, fixed his eyes on the place with lush vegetation and opened his eyes.After a while, a scene immediately appeared in my mind: under the surface that is not too deep, a torrent of water is flowing in the direction of the Yellow River....

Text Chapter 124 Trouble with Line X

When he came back from Shanhou Township, it was already the afternoon of the third day. As soon as Mu Guoxing returned to the office, he saw Deputy Secretary Gong of the County Party Committee following in like a thief.

After closing the door, Deputy Secretary Gong said to Mu Guoxing: "Secretary Mu, you have been away for a few days, but you have panicked the investigation team in the province. The director of the Disciplinary Inspection Office from the X line is afraid of running away several times a day. Come to the county committee and ask when you will come back!."

"Oh, they were willing to show up, but we didn't invite them to come, and they didn't greet us after they came. They obviously didn't take our Baohe County Party Committee and the county government seriously. It was a small matter, but they really What's the point of making it so complicated, so mysterious? What are they saying now?"