Chapter 2988
, Part 9: Not a Fat Sheep
Chapter 2988 The Nine Departments Are Not Fat Sheep
The city of Sijiu, nine departments.
At lunchtime, Yang Xiaotao and Li Hongfeng walked into the cafeteria together carrying basins, and then they smelled a strong aroma of mutton.
"We actually got to eat it today."
Yang Xiaotao smiled, and Li Hongfeng smiled too.
"Old Chen said that he brought back a lot of lamb and beef offal this time, and the factories downstairs all got some. They've probably already started eating it."
"But speaking of which, does Kazakhstan really have that many cattle and sheep?"
Li Hongfeng was very curious.
Yang Xiaotao shook his head, "I don't know if Kazakhstan has that many cattle and sheep, but the Union definitely does!"
"What do you mean?"
"Li Shengli sent word that several of the republics surrounding Kazakhstan have sent us goods as soon as they heard that we were going to import these things."
"A lot has already piled up at the Northwest Red Star Machinery Factory."
"It's fortunate that it's cold now, otherwise this flavor alone would be enough."
Li Hongfeng shook his head, "What's the big deal? As long as we eat quickly, why worry about the food spoiling?"
"If all else fails, we can make canned goods. The cannery will be starting up soon anyway."
Yang Xiaotao nodded. "Li Chengjun also thought of this, but there are too many things, so we need more machines."
"Oh, right, we also need to buy a batch of equipment from Kazakhstan. Our models are not quite compatible with theirs, so they can only be used for small-scale processing."
"We still need to use their equipment first for large-scale equipment."
The two discussed the Northwest Cannery, and then went to the canteen to queue up at the food serving window.
Before long, they arrived at the window.
"Sister Meng, is mutton offal soup all you have today?"
Yang Xiaotao looked up and saw that steam was still rising from the two large iron barrels.
Meng Yanli shook her head, "Minister Yang, no, no."
"Well, we were worried that some of our comrades wouldn't eat mutton, so we opened a window over there to serve other dishes."
Hearing this from behind, Li Hongfeng laughed and said, "There are still people who don't eat mutton? That's strange."
Yang Xiaotao handed over the large tea mug, saying, "If there are too many people like this, they won't be able to stand the taste."
"However, more people actually like this flavor."
As they spoke, Meng Yanli handed the enamel mug to Yang Xiaotao, which was sprinkled with chopped green onions and cilantro.
Yang Xiaotao took three small pancakes, each about the size of a palm, from the side and walked to the table to eat them.
I broke the small cake into pieces and put them into the mutton offal soup, then took a delicious sip.
Li Hongfeng sat down opposite him and also took a sip of mutton soup.
"Old Li, when is your wife coming back?"
"Him? Probably next year. The railway there is almost finished, so he can come back next year."
"Aren't you coming home for Chinese New Year?"
"I'm not coming back!"
"Why don't you go back?"
Li Hongfeng looked up, then shook his head. "It's too much trouble to go back and forth. Let's wait until next year."
To be honest, he hasn't even seen his eldest grandson yet, and it would be a lie to say he doesn't miss him.
But I really can't leave these nine departments right now.
Hearing Li Hongfeng say this, Yang Xiaotao didn't say anything more, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"By the way, have you heard the message that Lao Zhao sent back?"
Suddenly, Li Hongfeng spoke up and asked.
After the project was launched, Zhao Gang led the discipline inspection team to the Northwest, accompanied by two squads from the security department.
Of course, the main purpose of these two teams is to protect the safety of the inspection team members.
"I checked it, and there's nothing wrong with it."
Yang Xiaotao thought for a moment and said casually, but Li Hongfeng put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "I think there's something wrong with this."
"what is the problem!"
Yang Xiaotao also put down his chopsticks and looked at the other person.
Li Hongfeng said softly, "I still think there's a problem with the way the compensation was given."
"Of course, I'm not against compensation. We've given this money, which is a good thing and will ease the burden on local farmers."
"But how to give it, and according to what standards, I think we still need to discuss it carefully."
Yang Xiaotao remained silent and continued listening to Li Hongfeng.
Seeing this, Li Hongfeng disregarded the fact that they were in the canteen and said directly, "When I was building railways, there were no standards at all back then."
“An engineer comes from above, looks at the map, goes to conduct an on-site inspection, draws a line, writes a report, and the matter is settled.”
"Then we started working along the route designed on the map."
"Back then, there was no talk of subsidies. Everyone just followed along. There weren't many issues with the land and forests used along the way."
"But things are different now."
Li Hongfeng took a deep breath. "We've set this compensation so high, what do you think the people below will think?"
"And how were these lines even constructed?"
"It was planned by people, and there are many intricacies involved."
"I mean, in case, in case someone gets the wrong idea, right?"
"So I think we need to consider how to prevent this kind of thing from happening."
"I reckon Old Zhao must have discovered something wrong, which is why he reminded us."
After Li Hongfeng finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao fell into deep thought.
Then I thought about the conflicts that arose in later generations when railways and highways were built, and demolitions were carried out, all due to compensation issues.
"Let's let Lao Zhao understand the situation, then we'll summarize it and come up with a unified solution."
Yang Xiaotao had no better options and could only take it one step at a time.
Li Hongfeng nodded in agreement. Right now, they were just feeling their way across the river, with no experience to draw upon.
"Okay, I'll let Lao Zhao know later."
After finishing their business, the two continued eating.
Northwest, the inspection team's temporary base.
Zhao Gang ate a cornbread and drank plain water while listening to the report from investigator Zhang Guangmu in front of him.
"Director, based on our visits and investigations in Baishui Village and Lvliu Village, it is true that someone has conducted surveying on the land in both villages."
"Then we found the technician in charge of surveying, named Wang Lei, who was promoted to the Geological College and had worked there for fifteen years."
"As per our request, Wang Lei also brought four students to provide support, making a total of five people, who will form a surveying team to be responsible for the work in Anshui Town."
Zhang Guangmu gave a brief explanation of the personnel involved.
He then began to recount what had happened.
"According to the village secretary of Baishui Village, their village was the first to contact Wang Lei and his group and cooperated in conducting surveying near the river."
"Moreover, Wang Lei gave an accurate result, saying that the gas pipeline would pass through their village."
"But just two days later, Wang Lei led a group to Luliu Village on the other side of the river to conduct surveying, and then it was announced that the gas pipeline would go through Luliu Village instead of Baishui Village."
"So the people of Baishui Village began to suspect that there might be a 'transaction' involved, and then the matter was brought up in Anshui Town."
"But the town couldn't find a solution either, and in the end, people from both villages started blaming each other, and things escalated very quickly." After Zhang Guangmu finished explaining what he knew, Zhao Gang finished eating his cornbread, drank a couple of sips of water, and then said to the people in the room, "See, I predicted this kind of problem would occur."
The other members of the investigation team nodded silently, because Zhao Gang had raised several potential risks during a meeting with them before they set off.
And what we have now is to choose one of them.
After listening to Zhao Gang's explanation, Yan Xiaochen hurriedly asked, "Director, how should we handle this?"
Zhao Gang did not answer, but instead asked the people present, "What do you all think?"
"Share your thoughts."
After listening to each other, everyone looked at each other, and then Yan Xiaochen spoke first, "Director, legally speaking, our compensation is to be given to the Anshui government, so the situation of these two villages, no matter who gets it, is ultimately a matter for Anshui Town."
"We only need to supervise the payment of compensation; we have no power or obligation to interfere with local matters."
After Yan Xiaochen finished speaking, everyone present immediately began to discuss it. Then Sun Yan spoke up, "Director, I think this matter shouldn't just be a matter for Anshui Town."
"Since our ninth department bears the main responsibility for the project, it is necessary to thoroughly implement the project and take responsibility for any problems or situations that arise during the project."
"I think we must handle this kind of dispute properly, otherwise we will just copy this solution if similar problems arise again."
"Ultimately, they will all push the responsibility onto the local departments, which is not only bad for the image of the Ninth Department, but may also have a negative impact on other areas."
Sun Yan's thoughts were completely different from Yan Xiaochen's.
The group started discussing it again.
Finally, Zhao Gang spoke up, saying, "I agree with Director Sun's opinion."
"However, we cannot interfere in local affairs; we can only solve problems after they arise."
"Furthermore, we must address each issue on its own merits and not rigidly adhere to regulations."
“For example, this time it seems simple, we just need to choose one of the two villages, but we must come up with accurate reasons and give the people an explanation.”
After Zhao Gang finished speaking, he basically gave the direction of the event, and then everyone started a discussion based on that.
"Director, I think the surveyor Wang Lei's two different results need a clear explanation from him."
Zhang Guangmu spoke up from the side.
Zhao Gang nodded, "Yes, this point is very important."
"Director, we need to verify this. We can't just listen to the surveyor's one-sided statement. We need to find someone, preferably an authoritative figure, to verify it. That way, it will be more convincing."
Yan Xiaochen offered her suggestion.
Zhao Gang nodded again, "That's a good idea."
"There must also be punitive measures to prevent the spread of bad behavior."
Sun Yan added.
Soon, everyone summarized the results of their discussion and, urged by Zhao Gang, they began to take action.
This was also the first official appearance of the inspection team.
However, the impact of its unveiling on the natural gas project was enormous and far-reaching.
The next day, the investigation team sent people to find Wang Lei and his students who were surveying and began to interview them.
When asked about the discrepancy between the two results, Wang Lei calmly replied that there was an error in the previous survey, which was then corrected.
The investigation team had anticipated this.
The investigation team then began questioning about the specific errors that occurred.
Wang Lei gave accurate answers to all of them.
After questioning Wang Lei, the four students were questioned as well.
As it turned out, the four were just beginners and not familiar with surveying work, so they could not provide effective suggestions.
After questioning the five individuals, the investigation team then investigated their recent activity patterns.
Afterwards, Wang Lei and his colleagues continued their work as usual, while the investigation team was greeted by an expert group sent by their superiors.
This expert group was led by Zhao Dongliang, the deputy head of the technical team.
After receiving Zhao Gang's request, the technical team realized the potential problems involved and took it seriously.
Xie Jiarong will soon return to Beijing, so Zhao Dongliang was tasked with forming an expert group to specifically address the technical issues and provide feedback.
When Zhao Gang handed over Wang Lei's survey data to Zhao Dongliang, Zhao Dongliang did not rush to draw conclusions, but instead led people to the two villages to re-survey the data.
At this moment, the security officer in charge of monitoring Wang Lei reported that Wang Lei appeared somewhat flustered.
Of course, it's normal for students to be nervous, just like when a teacher checks homework.
Zhao Gang simply instructed people to keep a close watch, but did not take any action.
Then, after Zhao Dongliang and his team of experts remeasured the data, they gave an answer that surprised everyone.
Both villages are on the official road, so it doesn't matter where they are.
If I had to choose, Baishui Village would be better, because the village is on the south bank of the river, where the terrain is higher, which can prevent flooding and water damage to the pipes.
Zhao Gang accepted the result.
Then the question arises: why would Wang Lei choose to give up the more advantageous Baishui Village?
With this question in mind, Zhao Gang had Wang Lei brought back and questioned him again.
At first, Wang Lei still insisted on what he had said in the beginning, feeling that Green Willow Village in the north of the village was more suitable.
As for the expert panel's opinion, it can only be said that my own knowledge was insufficient.
But as time went by, Wang Lei, under increasing pressure, became more and more nervous.
At this moment, a student who was following Wang Lei provided some information.
Recently, Wang Lei has been going out at night frequently. One night, when he went to the toilet, he encountered Wang Lei returning from outside and noticed that Wang Lei had grass clippings on his body.
When the security department learned of this information, they found it useful and deliberately lied during the questioning.
Once his psychological defenses were breached, Wang Lei immediately confessed what had happened.
It turned out that after the first survey, the village head of Lvliu Village came to him, expressing his disappointment that the line had not been taken in their area, and then asked Wang Lei where he had lost.
Wang Lei didn't hide anything, and also wanted to avoid conflict, so he explained why he chose Baishui Village.
The other party then invited him to drink and eat, but he got drunk after drinking.
When I woke up, I was in the widow's bed.
What happened next is something Zhao Gang and the others already know.
When the matter was handed over to the Ninth Department, Yang Xiaotao only saw the simple results of the investigation.
However, the underlying conflicts of interest that Zhao Gang mentioned are the most thought-provoking.
So after discussing it with Zhao Gang, we informed all project team members about the matter and used newspapers, radio broadcasts, and other means to alert everyone involved.
We encourage everyone to actively report these problems when they are discovered.
It also gives those who accidentally fall into the trap a chance to take the initiative.
Report proactively to avoid punishment.
In addition, Zhao Gang also submitted the compiled "thirteen points to note" to headquarters.
It covers precautions for pipeline materials, precautions for the allocation of personnel and labor, precautions for the protection of personnel and materials, and safety hazards during the work process, listing the potential problems and hidden dangers in each item.
Of course, this is just one of the thirteen points to note; there may be more to come.
This clarifies the direction of the investigation, discouraging anyone who might attempt to manipulate these areas.
At the same time, the release of this report also reveals a fact to everyone.
That is, the Nine Departments are not easy prey.
If you follow the requirements of the Nine Departments, then eating meat and drinking soup behind them won't be a problem.
But if one were to set their sights on the Ninth Division, thinking that this fat sheep could be used to make mutton soup and eat mutton.
Then you have to be prepared to be ripped off.