Chapter 1772 Extreme Measures

"County magistrate, this matter will be difficult to resolve within a week, right?" Zhang Yuguang was a little worried.

"Don't even think about solving it in a week. There's no way to solve this problem right now." Cao Changsheng shook his head.

"This morning I followed your instructions and went to the Environmental Protection Bureau. I also went to the mayor, Liu Xiaoping, and cried and yelled. I was almost throwing a tantrum, but they ignored me completely. Especially Liu Xiaoping, who said I was being unreasonable as soon as I got to him and almost kicked me out of the office."

"They said that the results of the investigation by the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau are very clear. The pollution in Shuitou Village has nothing to do with the Zhongyang Chemical Factory. This is Shuitou Village's own pollution problem. Let us solve it ourselves, and don't bring everything to the city."

"I've seen unreasonable people, but I've never seen anyone so unreasonable. This is clearly a naked bullying of our Yian County, and we have no place to seek justice." Cao Changsheng became more and more angry as he spoke.

"Losing your temper is useless and won't solve the problem. Especially at this time, we need to calmly think of ways to solve the problem."

"The situation is now extremely critical and we are in a very passive position. Yu Gang said earlier that Shuitou Village is a time bomb that could explode at any time."

"This metaphor is very vivid. If the bomb in Shuitou Village explodes, it will be a major event that will kill all of us in the Yi'an County Party Committee and County Government."

"And you have expressed your position today. The time has been determined. It's only one week. If we don't get a result in this matter within one week, this bomb will definitely explode and we can't cover it up no matter what." Qin Feng said while smoking.

"It's useless to say more. We still have to work out a solution as soon as possible. County Mayor Changsheng, please tell me your ideas first." Qin Feng asked Cao Changsheng.

Cao Changsheng was puffing on his cigarette.

"I have an idea. This week I will continue to go to the city leaders to ask them to resolve this matter and to conduct a new investigation. I will bring our investigation evidence to them."

"If the city still takes this biased attitude, we will not stop the villagers of Shuitou Village from going to Tai'an County to cause trouble again in a week." Cao Changsheng said after taking a few puffs of his cigarette, very firmly.

What does "not stopping them" mean? Not stopping them means letting the villagers of Shuitou Village go to Tai'an County to cause trouble.

Given the toughness of the Shuitou villagers, they will not just go to Tai'an County for a simple protest. They will really take hoes and steel pipes to smash the Zhongyang Chemical Factory and surround the Yi'an County Public Security Bureau.

If this happens, it will be a huge incident and no one can cover it up.

If this happens, not only will it alarm the province, it may also alarm the central government. By then, someone will naturally investigate the matter thoroughly.

After Cao Changsheng finished speaking, Zhang Yuguang was very surprised, and Qin Feng was also a little surprised.

"County magistrate, you must not do this. If the villagers of Shuitou Village really go to Tai'an County to cause trouble, the matter will become a big deal. No matter how the investigation is finally conducted, the leadership team of Yian County cannot escape responsibility. If things get serious, none of us will be able to escape." Zhang Yuguang hurriedly persuaded.

"What should we do? If we stick our heads out, we'll get stabbed. If we hide our heads, we'll get stabbed too. The city has no intention of giving us a chance to live."

"Yes, we must bear 100% responsibility for the villagers of Shuitou Village causing trouble, but can we stop them? If we don't solve the problem and try to stop them, the next time they will target us instead of Tai'an County."

"A big incident will also happen at that time, but the responsibility will be entirely on us, and it will have nothing to do with Tai'an County and the city. Instead of this, we might as well let the villagers of Shuitou Village go to Tai'an County to cause trouble. At least we can die together, and we can also take someone with us as scapegoats," explained Cao Changsheng.

"What County Magistrate Changsheng said makes sense and his analysis is very accurate, but I don't think we have reached the point where we will fight to the death with the other side." Qin Feng said lightly.

"I don't support this for two reasons. First, as I said just now, we are not at the point of a life-and-death struggle. We don't need to fight with certain leaders in Tai'an County and the city to the point of mutual destruction. The responsibility for this matter is not ours, and there is no need for us to take the responsibility and become scapegoats for them."

"Secondly, if the villagers of Shuitou Village really make trouble, it will definitely alert the higher-ups. No matter how they investigate and deal with it in the end, the villagers of Shuitou Village have seriously violated the law and will all go to jail. Then the entire Shuitou Village will be ruined. As the parents of the government, we cannot do this. This is harming them and harming three generations of people."

"Third, if something serious happens again, it will have a huge impact on Xiquan and the entire Yi'an County. The booming development of Yi'an County is likely to be interrupted, and the entire Yi'an County will suffer."

"So we can't do this. This method won't work." Qin Feng shook his head.

"I also know that this is an extreme measure, and I would never do it unless it is absolutely necessary. But Secretary, I really can't think of any other way for us to solve this problem."

"If we don't make a big deal out of this, the city will definitely take sides and ignore this matter. The city's attitude is clear. We can't do anything to Tai'an County. What should we do? The people are still making trouble. How can we appease them? There is simply no solution." Cao Changsheng was very excited.