Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Qi Bensheng, deputy secretary of the Quanshan County Party Committee, always believed that in the historic winter of the 1990s, when he led 240,000 migrant workers from 32 townships in Quanshan County to the banks of the Damo River, he truly understood what "magnificent waves" and "magnificent waves" are. People's War".The majestic and majestic scene left Qi Bensheng with an unforgettable memory, and made Qi Bensheng suddenly discover the greatness of the power of the people and the insignificance of the individual life of the leader.Looking at the overwhelming crowd in front of him, Qi Bensheng thought at that time that these surging black backbones are a piece of solid land, and it is this piece of land that supports Pingchuan's promising future and the dawn of our Republic. .

The turbulent flow of people and vehicles was noisy and roaring, rushing from all directions to the construction sites designated by the Pingchuan Water Conservancy Project Headquarters.Not only the 240,000 migrant workers from Quanshan County, but also about 400,000 transit teams from the three surrounding counties flocked to the main roads, small roads and field ridges in Quanshan.As soon as Qi Bensheng's engineering command vehicle set off from Quanshan Town, the county seat, it was engulfed by the flow of people on the road.Along the way, colorful flags fluttered, people cheered and horses shouted, it was really like the decisive battle back then.Qi Bensheng also noticed that there were overturned cars, carriages with broken axles, and walk-behind tractors that had broken down along the way.As long as there is a problem with these means of transport, they are immediately thrown into the ditch under the road so as not to hinder the flow of vehicles and people.The Damo River in Qiqu Twelve Bays has since lost its calm, and the most revolutionary page in the history of water conservancy in Pingchuan has also been unveiled.

At that time, standing on the military jeep with the command flag flying, feeling the fiery atmosphere, Qi Bensheng became very poetic, and impromptu wrote a poem: Thunder on the flat ground and Mohe, thousands of troops and horses and iron flowed by. If you don't believe that the east wind can't be called back, the water flows from south to north and clear waves. Back then, Zhou Ji tried his sword in a small way, but now the decisive battle is even more magnificent. In his old age, Xuebin asked his grandson: Who made a page of history? In this way, Qi Bensheng, in the name of the commander of the county's water conservancy project, led 240,000 Quanshan children to the 47-kilometer contracted construction site.From the first day he went to the construction site, Qi Bensheng kept a clear mind. He knew that the Damohe construction site was not the small reservoir in Zhouji Township back then, and he had a heavy burden on his shoulders.What's more, I am the youngest deputy secretary of the county party committee in the entire Pingchuan area, and the youngest county-level engineering director on the 300-kilometer construction site, which is likely to make many old water conservancy look down on me.

Sure enough, when the first meeting was held at the Municipal Water Conservancy Project Headquarters, Chen Zhongyang asked Qi Bensheng by name with a dark face in front of a roomful of people: "Secretary Xiao Qi, why doesn't your old water conservancy Qian Mazi come here?" ?” Qi Bensheng said hesitantly: "Our county magistrate Qian is already 57, how can we still work on the river?" Chen Zhongyang said: "I'm already 59, am I still working on the river? You can tell Qian Mazi what I, Chen Zhongyang, said, let him come to the construction site, he can quit the job, and just be your consultant in Quanshan."

It was obvious that he didn't trust Qi Bensheng, but Qi Bensheng was not angry, so he nodded and agreed to Chen Zhongyang. Instead, Bai Yulong, the deputy mayor and chief engineer of the project, said a few words for Qi Bensheng. Bai Yulong smiled and said to Chen Zhongyang: "Secretary Chen, you may not know our secretary Xiaoqi very well. He built a small reservoir when he was the secretary of the township party committee in Zhouji, and it worked out pretty well!" Chen Zhongyang waved his hand and said, "I know about this. However, that kind of petty fighting is not the same as our decisive battle today! I don't think there is any harm in asking Qian Mazi to advise this young man."

Faced with Chen Zhongyang's stubborn distrust, Qi Bensheng thought at the time that the Quanshan section under his leadership must not lose face.Let the facts prove that young does not mean inexperienced, let alone incompetent. By coincidence, when Chen Zhongyang brought the words to deputy county magistrate Qian, deputy county magistrate Qian found cancer in a physical examination, and it was impossible to go to the construction site again.Chen Zhongyang had to face a 28-year-old county-level engineering commander who had never worked on a river project; Qi Bensheng also had to work under the questioning eyes of a city-level commander-in-chief.

Chen Zhongyang's questioning gaze is a kind of pressure, and at the same time, it is also a kind of motivation, which urges Qi Bensheng not to relax for a moment in his work, working hard day and night, working silently, and walking in the forefront of the 300-kilometer front in everything.From the quality of the project to the progress of the project, the comrades of the Municipal Water Conservancy Project Headquarters and Chen Zhongyang himself have nothing to say. Later, Chen Zhongyang's attitude changed, and he always talked about Quanshan in meetings; when scolding those slippery old water conservancy workers, he always used Qi Bensheng from Quanshan as an example: "Look at Secretary Xiao Qi, look at Quanshan, don't you blush? Are you still old?" As for water conservancy, I think it’s an old fritter! The good style is almost lost, and the experience of making tricks and tricks is all left behind!”

As the commander-in-chief, there is another thing Chen Zhongyang particularly appreciates, which is Qi Bensheng's consideration of the overall situation. The 1.87 million people in the eight counties and cities of Pingchuan fought together, the project funds were generally insufficient, and the conditions were so difficult, various contradictions were inevitable.The most prominent contradiction is the dividing line between counties and counties. No one wants to use their own funds and manpower to make progress for others, but wants others to do more for themselves. The dividing line has become a dividing wall. .Later, more and more remained on both sides, and the dividing wall became a section of no-man's land narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.In order to redistribute these no-man's lands, the experienced old water conservancy personnel quarreled and cursed one after another, and the migrant workers below started beating and even beating people to death.At such times, Chen Zhongyang's Municipal Water Conservancy Project Headquarters had to come forward to coordinate until the order was issued.

There has never been a similar problem at the boundary between the two ends of Quanshan County, let alone the Municipal Water Conservancy Engineering Headquarters and Chen Zhongyang for the boundary wall.Based on the principle that he was at a disadvantage, Qi Bensheng handled the conflict very well, and was praised by the Municipal Water Conservancy Project Headquarters several times. Once, Chen Zhongyang went to the Quanshan construction site to inspect the work. When talking about this issue, he asked Qi Bensheng casually: "Why is your secretary Xiao Qi so tall? Is it because you have no experience, or can you not beat those old fritters?"

Qi Bensheng smiled shyly and said: "Secretary Chen, do less work and be less burdened. This requires experience?! Who doesn't know?! If you want to talk about fighting, I can fight, and I can also fight. Secretary Chen , as you know, our Quanshan folk customs are fierce." Chen Zhongyang said: "Yes, I know. In the 1960s, when I went to the river to work, the most troublesome thing for me was your Quanshan. Your old county magistrate Qian Mazi was a general of water conservancy, but he was also a good fighter in the civil war. He was the deputy secretary of the commune at that time. People fight! I have been scolded a lot for this."

Qi Bensheng said: "But it's so noisy, fighting, is it worth it? When our project is finished, the water from Daze Lake is drawn in, and the sky and sails are floating on the Damo River. When later generations praise the hard work of our generation, we Don't you blush at the thought of these quarrels? Who remembers them back then?" This made Chen Zhongyang quite moved, and he also said with emotion: "Yes, from this point of view, you younger comrades are more far-sighted." However, Qi Bensheng's lofty attitude cannot resolve the conflict between the inner and outer villages of Quanshan County.As the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the project director, Qi Bensheng has changed from a person in charge to an adjudicator, so he has to express his position, and he has to do the work of both parties. On the day Chen Zhongyang gnawed radish heads and ate raw rice in the desert, there was a boundary conflict on the Quanshan side. The six-mile-long river section in Zhouji Township and the five-mile-long river section in Liuwang Township stopped work at the same time.More than 18,000 migrant workers from the two townships climbed to the banks of the rivers on both sides to sit and bask in the sun from 10:00 a.m., and none of them went to work on the muddy river bottom. Qi Bensheng became anxious when he heard the report.Spring plowing and spring sowing are approaching, and the construction period is already so tight that it is too late to catch up with work on a moonlit night. How can we bask in the sun in broad daylight?So, I first ordered Ye Chunshi, the mayor of Zhouji Township, by phone to ask him not to make any demands, but to do the work first.Later, he rushed from the county headquarters to the Zhouji construction site. After all, Zhouji was the place where Qi Bensheng used to work. The mayor Ye Chunshi and the migrant workers gave Qi Bensheng a lot of face. Although they were emotional, they went down to the bottom of the river to work after receiving Qi Bensheng's phone call. When Qi Bensheng arrived at the scene, it was already past 11:00 noon. Most of the migrant workers from Liuwang Township had their meals on the river embankment, and only the migrant workers from Zhouji Township were working lazily at the bottom of the river.After looking at it again, I found that the Zhouji people who obeyed the order had really suffered: the project had reached the stage of dredging the river bottom, and whoever dredged first would mean that whoever would increase the workload.If you don't do it, the silt on your boundary has just been dug, and the silt on his boundary has flowed over again. No matter how much you do, it will be in vain. No wonder the migrant workers in Zhouji Township have emotions. Qi Bensheng asked Ni Wuben, the mayor of Liuwang Township, and Ye Chunshi, the mayor of Zhouji Township, to have a meeting on the embankment. He asked these two headed family members who could almost be his father in terms of age: "In the face of this In such a situation, what do you think should be done?" Ni Wuben squatted on the ground and said with a bitter face: "Secretary Xiaoqi, you know that our progress in Liuwang Township is slow, and the widening of the river channel has not yet been completed, which has dragged down our county, so we must hurry up. I think Lao Ye and the others can do whatever they like, and we won't interfere much." Ye Chunshi yelled: "Major Ni, you are playing tricks on us by talking like this! You people from Liuwang Township don't go down to dredge the silt, we clean it here, and drain it on your other side. When will we finish the work?!" Ni Wuben said unhurriedly: "If you are afraid of losing money, then stop and wait for us for a few days, okay? As long as Secretary Xiaoqi agrees, we have no objection." Qi Bensheng saw that Ni Wuben was playing tricks at a glance, thought for a while, and said: "Old Ni, don't talk about it, I think you'd better concentrate on dredging together. Starting today, the five and six of you two The river section of the kilometer area is cleared at the same time, and 7,000 people from each side will go down at the same time, and come up together until the clearing is finished. Is it okay?" Ye Chunshi said: "It's fair, we agree." Ni Wuben said: "Our township is a five-mile river, and the head of Ye Township is a six-mile river. There are 7,000 people in each. Aren't we losing money?" Ye Chunshi was straightforward: "Then I'll add another 1,000 people, and we'll get 8,000 people." Ni Wuben still played tricks: "Now that the boundary walls have been removed, we can't tell the difference." Qi Bensheng said: "I can tell the difference. I, the deputy secretary of the county party committee, will stand on the middle line and be the boundary marker between your two townships. It’s alright if you don’t go ashore, right?” Ni Wuben had nothing to say.That's exactly what it did. From 13:00 noon that day to 23:00 the next night, for a full 34 hours, 15,000 migrant workers from the two townships, under the direct command of Qi Bensheng, launched the most difficult and longest battle on the 300-kilometer front. Continuous combat.In order to facilitate contact, Qi Bensheng allocated more than a dozen sets of telephony machines on the five to six-kilometer-long river section. Five meals in 34 hours were eaten standing in the dirty river mud.Migrant workers from the two townships came up and down alternately, only Qi Bensheng was soaked in the mud all the time. After the dredging was over, the young county-level commander with a baby face fell softly on the warm and humid new soil at the bottom of the river while holding the talking machine. car. Chen Zhongyang later said when he met people: "Among my water conservancy generals, the youngest one is Qi Bensheng, and the best one is also Qi Bensheng. This living pillar stuck in muddy water for 34 hours continuously separates the sublime from the despicable... ..." Fifty-five "Fire the cannon—" "Fire the cannon—" Accompanied by the loud and loud shouts of the security guards on both sides of the river embankment and the sudden sound of sharp whistles, the migrant workers approaching the blasting site lazily hid behind the embankments on both sides of the river as usual.But there are always some stunned young people who are afraid of walking too much, but are not afraid of death. They protect their heads with big baskets and hide from the cannon at the bottom of the river with their buttocks pouted.This caused Shang Dequan the most headache. Shang Dequan, who had seen the dead in the county committee meeting room, did not want to see the dead in his commando again.Therefore, Shang Dequan gave death orders to all the gunners, and they must not light the guns without seeing the small red flag in his hand waved down three times in a row. This time, during the safety inspection before firing, Shang Dequan found two heroes who are not afraid of death at the bottom of the river: one is the young old Youtiao Zeng Sancheng, and the other is the leader of the fifth team nicknamed Zheng Tuzi.These two are real treasures, lying together under a broken scooter full of dirt, smoking and talking head to head. Zheng Tuzi was very guilty, and asked Zeng Sancheng: "Little San, is this one so close to the gun's muzzle, is it safe?" Zeng Sancheng said: "Why is it not safe? We are under the car, there is still dirt on the car, not to mention dodging guns, I think you can even dodge atomic bombs! Bald brother, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I have experience." At this point, Shang Dequan came over, pushed the broken scooter away, exposing the two heroes, pointed the heads of the two with the small red flag in his hand, and said: "I say, you two, have you lived enough?! If it is true If you have lived enough, you can lie on the rails and jump into the river, but don't commit suicide on our construction site!" Zheng Tuzi was extremely ashamed, got up quickly, and repeatedly complained to Zeng Sancheng: "It's all about your mistress, it's all!" Then he said to Shang Dequan with a smile on his face: "Secretary Shang, we admit our mistakes, admit our mistakes." Shang Dequan thought that Baldy Zheng was an honest man, and he didn't say much when he did this kind of thing for the first time. He only caught Zeng Sancheng's death sentence: "You little Zeng, do you want to harm someone? If you are killed alone, that's all. , you still pull one for your back! I might have to take responsibility for you too! It’s not the first time you’ve been taught repeatedly. Why is your skin so thick?! I think your thick skin can withstand an atomic bomb! " Zeng Sancheng knew that Shangde was all cadres who made mistakes, and he knew what the mistakes were, so he smiled and said: "Old Shang, I would rather die here than in the conference room of our county committee. Die here, no matter what, I will die here." It can be regarded as dedicating one's life to the water conservancy project. Wouldn't it be in vain to die in the conference room? Old Shang, don't you think so?!" Shang Dequan was so angry that he trembled all over, but he was speechless for a while. But Baldy Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, and cursed: "Little San, you bastard! After all, Secretary Shang is doing it for our own good, so what are you talking about!" Zeng Sancheng rolled his eyelids at Zheng Baldy and said, "What is Secretary Shang? Where did Secretary Shang come from? The old Shang is just like us now, with a white board and an ordinary commoner. No matter how hard he works, he is still just a model worker. You Brother Bald says 'Secretary Shang' every single time, is he sarcastic?" Only then did Shang Dequan approach Zeng Sancheng step by step with a livid face, and said to Zeng Sancheng: "I, Shang Dequan, am not the secretary of the Hetian County Party Committee, but now I am your captain. I want everything here, including your lives. Be responsible! You Zeng Sancheng told me: run now and get out, take a step slower, I will break your leg!" Zeng Sancheng was frightened, he first backed away, and then ran with Zheng Baldy. After inspecting the entire construction site and making sure that there were no potential safety hazards, Suntech stood outside the safety line closest to the artillery position, and waved down the small red flag repeatedly to Hu Jun, the artilleryman who was preparing to blast rocks at the bottom of the river. Hu Jun lit the Yao Nianzi, stooped, and ran all the way to Shang Dequan's side.The expected earth-shattering explosion did not appear.Hu Jun looked at Shang Dequan and said, "Maybe the twigs are wet, I'll light the fire again." Shang Dequan confessed: "Be careful, and move quickly!" Hu Jun went, and after a while, he lit the fire again. The fire is back.The explosion still hasn't happened. Hu Jun was in a hurry and wanted to go down again, but Shang Dequan grabbed him and said: "It may be a squib, it's too dangerous, let me go and have a look!"