Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 58 Taking the blame

When it comes to attracting investment, everyone in Jinshan County, including Yi Xuexi, admires Li Dakang.

After weighing the pros and cons, everyone could only follow Li Dakang's idea and continue working at this intensity.

Upon hearing the news, Qi Tongwei shook his head helplessly. It seemed that the scene could not be stopped after all.

...

Old Taotou is the village party secretary of Taojia Village. He is 52 years old but looks like he is 60 years old and has a head full of white hair.

As the village party secretary, although he is nominally in charge of the command work, in reality he is no different from a middle-aged laborer. In his simple thinking, the village party secretary is the one who takes the lead in doing the work.

Recently, people in the team have been falling ill, villagers have started to complain, and some have even started to cheat and be lazy.

Old Tao had no choice but to turn a blind eye to the affairs of his fellow villagers. However, such tacit approval was tantamount to indulgence, and slowly more and more people began to hide.

When the sun is at its strongest, the entire open space is empty and Lao Tao can only do more work himself to motivate everyone.

The villagers tried to persuade Lao Tao to take a break, but he continued to work with his head covered. Some people felt embarrassed and came back to continue repairing the road, but most people couldn't stand it and hid when the sun was high in the sky.

Li Dakang has been here many times, and every time he saw this situation, he would curse loudly. Later on, this construction site even became the focus of Li Dakang's attention.

The scorching sun was high in the sky, emitting terrifying flames that were bound to dry up the earth.

The roar of the jeep sounded, and Li Dakang came again.

As expected, there were only a dozen or so people on the construction site.

"Old Taotou, do you really want your village to continue to be poor? Ah!" Li Dakang came to Old Taotou.

Old Tao tried hard to keep his eyes open, stopped what he was doing, and prepared to listen carefully to Li Dakang's instructions.

But this time, he only saw Li Dakang's lips moving up and down constantly with an angry expression, but he could not hear any sound.

Li Dakang was still chattering and didn't notice anything unusual about Secretary Lao Tao.

Passing over Secretary Lao Tao, Li Dakang started to lecture the villagers who were hiding in the shade.

He had just opened his mouth for a few words when he heard the sound of something huge hitting the ground. He turned around and saw that Old Taotou had fallen to the ground.

Li Dakang was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately called the driver, and the two of them hurriedly lifted Lao Tao into the jeep.

When he lifted the man up, Li Dakang felt that Lao Tao's body was incredibly hot, as if he was cooked.

However, Li Dakang was not too worried about this kind of common heatstroke. He calmed the rioting villagers and ordered them to continue working before the jeep drove to the hospital.

In the car, Li Dakang was still chattering while giving him the righteous water, "Old Tao, you can't fall down. Without you, the construction site will have to stop working. Then I will punish you!..."

Old Tao opened his eyes slightly and looked at Li Dakang, whose lips were touching his. He wanted to say that he was very tired and hot, but he couldn't open his mouth...

After sending Lao Taotou to the hospital and handing him over to the doctor, Li Dakang didn't care and continued to get on the jeep and travel back and forth between various construction sites.

...

At the county committee meeting.

All classes and departments of Yixuezhenghe County Party Committee emphasized that they must actively cooperate with Li Dakang, make the construction of roads in Jinshan County the primary task, and provide good logistical support. Mung bean soup, Zhengqi water, and some anti-heat straw hats and other tools must be properly distributed.

Especially in this hot summer, we must not conflict with the masses, but try our best to calm everyone's emotions and persist in winning this battle.

Suddenly, a county party committee staff member ran in and whispered something in Yi Xuexue's ear.

Yi Xuexi's eyes widened. "What? When did it happen?"

"just now."

Yi Xuexi slammed the table hard, scaring the leaders present.

They knew that Secretary Yi had always had a good temper, and he was even tolerant of Li Dakang, his second-in-command who often opposed him. Now something serious must have happened.

Knowing that he had lost his composure, Yi Xuexue controlled himself and calmed down, saying with a heavy face, "Just now, the hospital sent a message that the village party secretary of Tao Village had a severe heat stroke and died."

dead!

A thunderclap sounded in everyone's mind, and then exploded!

Human life is more important than anything else. No one can escape a safety accident.

Yi Xuexue instructed, "Now everyone should return to their posts immediately and calm everyone down. Secretary Lin Liang should go to the Taocun construction site first to calm everyone down."

"Yes, Secretary Yi."

After a pause, he added, "In addition, we must always pay attention to everyone's physical condition. Starting from today, we will stop working according to the time I originally set, from 11 to 4! Meeting adjourned!"

When everyone stood up and prepared to leave, Yi Xuexue called out to Wang Dalu, member of the county standing committee and executive vice-county mayor.

"Dalu, something went wrong this time, do you have any good suggestions?"

"I suggest that Li Dakang's position be suspended first and he be handed over to his superiors for handling."

"It's easy to deal with Li Dakang, but what about the people of Jinshan County and the half-built road?"

"Secretary Yi, what do you mean? I don't understand. Someone has died. Someone has to take responsibility. If he hadn't acted on his own, there wouldn't have been such a consequence."

Yi Xuexi pointed out Wang Dalu's mistake, "This is the result of joint discussions between the county party committee and the county government, not Li Dakang's problem alone."

"but…."

Yi Xuexi interrupted Wang Dalu and sighed, "Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if we took down Li Dakang?

By then, Jinshan County’s funds will be cut off and the road cannot be built. Not only will our superiors hold us accountable, but the people below will also scold us, and all our previous efforts will be wasted.

Moreover, Li Dakang is the secretary of Vice Governor Zhao and is responsible for Vice Governor Zhao’s political achievements.”

Yi Xuexi did not say the following words explicitly, but Wang Dalu already understood them all.

A higher-ranking official can crush people to death, let alone a deputy governor.

I am afraid that all the main leaders of Jinshan County will be suppressed in the future.

"Secretary Yi, what do you think we should do?"

"My idea is that this time the responsibility will be borne by both of us."

One of them was the top leader and failed to perform his supervisory duties, and the other was Li Dakang's deputy and also held corresponding responsibilities.

Of course, it is not impossible to set it aside. After all, Yi Xuexue had already raised his objections at the time and had received everyone's approval. It was Li Dakang who insisted on his own way, and all of this is recorded.

Wang Dalu tapped the table lightly with his fingers, his brows furrowed, and he kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

He discovered in despair that he was very likely the biggest victim in this incident.

Even if he gets rid of the responsibility, his future will come to an end. If he affects Vice Governor Zhao, how can he still want to make progress?

Even Yi Xuexue, who has a bright future, is willing to gamble his future with me, so what else can I say?

Wang Dalu clenched his fists, a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes, and then disappeared again, "Comrade, let's do as you say."