Chapter Fifty-Four: The Gaoyan Bridge

  He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and stared blankly out the window. He had just called Li Gang, who immediately felt something was off when he heard that Wu De was ill, and decided to return right away. He's probably already on his way now.

  Actually, Lijiang has not been idle in Wude these days. In addition to going through the financial route of Tongshi, he also sought some support from the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Party Committee, which can be said to have achieved a lot. Originally, he was planning to visit a tea enterprise, but now that this thing has happened, he had to give up this plan. Although Wude is not a big county, the main leader of the government is not there, in case something happens, he will be held accountable.

  Wu De's move was made, and Zhang Qingyun was quite certain about this point. However, Zhang Qingyun did not expect that Wu De would use such a method to make his move. Just now, Zhang Qingyun did not say out his judgment in order not to disturb Lijiang's mind. After all, it is still unclear what is abnormal, and making an early conclusion is not very convincing.

  After finishing the cigarette, Zhang Qingyun decided to communicate with Wang Ping first. Wang Ping was also a member of the Standing Committee and had a part-time job in the government. The key point was that Li Gang had instructed him before he left to find Wang Ping if anything came up.

  "Green Cloud, you're here! I've been searching all over the world for you. Did he tell you when Lü County is coming back?"

  Zhang Qingyun had just come out of the bathroom when he heard someone calling him. He looked up to see Zhou Gang, Deputy County Magistrate Zhou. Zhang Qingyun's face changed slightly, and he thought to himself that something was wrong, but he said:

  "Director Zhou is fine. As for when Director Li will be back, I'm not quite sure either. He went to the city to look for money, this matter can't be predicted. What's wrong? Is there something going on?"

  "Who said nothing's wrong? Wu County is hospitalized again, and all the people below are throwing the problem at me. You say I'm busy with what now!" Zhou Gang sighed and said.

  "Oh? If County Mayor Zhou feels it's a tricky situation, then it must be a big deal. I'll call County Mayor Li immediately and ask him to rush back." Zhang Qingyun said calmly, he was clear that whether it was good or bad fortune, misfortune couldn't be avoided, since it had come, he would face it head-on, after all, which river in this world can't be crossed?

  Zhou Gang glanced at Zhang Qingyun's calm face and thought he was still in the dark, so he couldn't help but feel a little smug, pretending to be gentle as he said:

  "That's the best, you just tell Lixian that there was a problem with the construction on the Gaobeidian Bridge side. You know, I've always been in charge of rural work, and this kind of communication thing is really not my strong suit."

  Zhang Qingyun almost fainted, his hands involuntarily trembling, and with great effort, he steadied himself and said:

  "What's going on with the Gaoyan Bridge? Didn't experts from the province come to solve the construction problems over there? How can there still be issues?"

  Zhou let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "The construction technology is no problem, but the money is a problem! The bridge piers of the big bridge have been completed, but the first batch of funds from the Road Bridge Company has not been received, they unilaterally stopped work."

  "It's hard being poor, no money, it's tough!" Zhou Gang sighed to himself and slowly went downstairs.

  Zhou had just left when Zhang Qingyun immediately walked into his own office, picked up the phone and began to understand the situation.

  Gaojianyu Bridge is a municipal engineering construction project, which is specifically implemented by the Yongping County Party Committee and County Government. Gaojianyu is located in the central and western part of Yongping County, it is an essential passage for the county town to go to the northwest area of Yongping. There was originally a large bridge here, but due to the construction of a large hydropower station - Yazigou Hydropower Station by the neighboring city Wuling, the original bridge location will be flooded after the completion of the power station, so the municipal party committee and government instructed to build a new bridge nearby.

  The Gaodianyu Bridge was planned in 1996 and was originally scheduled to be completed last year. Because the Yaizi River Dam is expected to close in early 2002, the provincial committee instructed that all supporting projects must be completed one year before the dam closes. At that time, the city also planned it so early, just to be absolutely sure.

  However, the terrain of Gaotai Village is very special. There are two mountain peaks on both sides and a deep ditch in between. The mountains are all sandy soil, which makes it extremely difficult to construct the bridge. The construction period was delayed again and again, until last year, when experts from the province finally solved the technical difficulties, but by then, two years had already been wasted.

  In this case, the construction of Gao Jianyu Bridge must be rushed, the city has given a death order, and the bridge must be completed this year. If not, the provincial acceptance team will come, and the project cannot be delivered. At that time, Yongping County Party Committee and Government will have no way to explain.

  Zhang Qingyun immediately called the Highway Bureau, and the other party replied that the bridge had been suspended for a week. At the time of the suspension, they immediately fed back the situation to the county government office, but they never received a reply.

  Zhang Qingyun hung up the phone with a dark face, and rushed to the county committee office in three strides. As soon as he entered the door, he didn't care whether he had any affiliation with the county government, and pulled Jia Zhenjiao over for a scolding.

  Jia Zhen's expression changed as soon as he heard that something had happened at Gao Jianyu Bridge, and after Zhang Qingyun finished scolding him, he hastily wiped his face with a look of great grievance and said:

  "Director Zhang, calm down. I'm not clear about this matter either. The Highway Bureau sent a written report, and I thought it was nothing major. As for County Mayor Wu, he's been in poor health these past few days, and I've tried to send it over several times but haven't seen him, so it's just been put off like this."

  "You...!" Zhang Qingyun was so angry that smoke was coming out of her head, "You just wait to be punished!" Zhang Qingyun said and turned around to leave.

  Back in the office, Zhang Qingyun slumped into his chair, his mind a jumble. He couldn't shake the feeling that this whole thing was deliberately orchestrated by Wu De, and if that were true, then Wu's cunning would be truly terrifying. If things couldn't be smoothed over, the county committee and government leaders, as well as those responsible, would all have to step down.

  The Gaoyan Yu Bridge is an arch bridge structure. Anyone with some experience in construction knows that the arches of an arch bridge must be closed before the flood season. Now, the project has been suspended for seven days and the flood season is approaching soon. Even if the funds are available now, the road and bridge company can use the excuse of the impending flood season to refuse to start work, making it impossible for the bridge to be completed this year.

  "Bang!" The door was pushed open with a loud noise.

  "Green cloud! When can County Magistrate Lü arrive? Have you heard about the Gaobu Bridge?" It was Wang Ping who entered, his face also somewhat flustered.

  Zhang Qingyun immediately stood up and said: "Lijiang should be on the road now, I'll call again to urge him!"

  "En!" Wang Ping nodded, "Secretary Huang just notified that a Standing Committee meeting is about to be held, you should hurry to Lixian County quickly."

  Zhang Qingyun didn't dare to slack off, and immediately picked up the phone to urge Lai Gang again. Fortunately, Lai Gang also seemed to feel that something was happening and arrived very quickly. Now they were only a few dozen kilometers away from Yongping.

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