Just as Li Weiguo visited Liu Jianzhang, in Chongming County, under the planning and instruction of Xiao Yang, the head of the Xiao family, Xiao and Huang families sent people to quietly dig the Yangtze River embankment in the middle of the night. Tens of thousands of migrant workers who participated in the construction of the embankment were caught off guard and were hit by the sudden flood, causing heavy casualties.

Wu Yong, a household resident who was in the county government's governor's work-for-relief operation, learned that the Yangtze River broke the dam, and hurriedly mobilized all the personnel of the county government to go to the scene to save people. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the county government, Xiao Yang sent dead soldiers to the granary warehouse of the county government and burned the 200,000 stone of grain used for disaster relief.

"Wu Yong misled me!"

After Li Weiguo heard the news, he immediately scolded Wu Yong for being useless. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Wu Yong that Chongming County had just stabilized and that he must be careful to prevent those who are interested from destroying it.

Li Weiguo trusted Wu Yong and originally planned to use Wu Yong more afterwards this time, and would take him away when he was transferred to Shanghai in the future, but Wu Yong still took the enemy's way and ruined the good situation that Li Weiguo had just stabilized.

Zhang Xiaoliu advised at this time: "Young Master, you can't blame Wu Yong for this matter. After all, he has tried his best. I heard that he was attacked by someone and is still seriously injured and unconscious."

"What? Wu Yong was attacked?"

Li Weiguo was shocked. Although he blamed Wu Yong for making mistakes and scolded him for being useless, he was also very guilty of his talent.

Zhang Xiaoliu explained: "Wu Yong learned that the Yangtze River broke the dam and immediately took people to save the people. As a result, he was attacked by a group of unknown enemies on the way and was seriously injured. If his subordinates had not tried their best to save them, they would have been killed."

Li Weiguo's face was as deep as water, the Yangtze River broke, tens of thousands of migrant workers were killed, the county government's granary was burned, 200,000 stones of disaster relief food were gone, and more than 100,000 victims were threatened with hunger. In addition, Wu Yong was attacked, all signs showed that there was a mastermind behind the scenes manipulating this incident, and the target was clear, which was to stop the labor-for-relief action being carried out in Chongming County.

"Old man Xiao Yang, you are so crazy to deal with me!"

Li Weiguo sneered, and had guessed that it must be Xiao Yang.

He was furious and ignited the urge to kill for the first time after he was reborn.

"Prepare the Clippers, we will return to Chongming County immediately."

"But now tens of thousands of migrant workers have suffered heavy casualties due to the broken dam of the Yangtze River, and 200,000 stones of disaster relief grain have been burned. More than 100,000 victims in Chongming County may be making a fuss. It is probably unsafe to go back at this time. Why don't you wait for two days to avoid the limelight?"

Zhang Xiaoliu looked worried, but Li Weiguo waved his hand and said, "I must rush back immediately if I am afraid that the victims will make trouble. Otherwise, it will lead to civil unrest. Wouldn't it just be a good example of Xiao Yang's old thief?"

Seeing that his master insisted, Zhang Xiaoliu stopped persuading him and hurried to look for the fast ship to accompany Li Weiguo across the river as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Li Weiguo sent someone to say hello to Su Song Taidao Liu Jianzhang and truthfully reported what happened in Chongming County last night.

Liu Jianzhang has been in the officialdom for many years. Without Li Weiguoming's words, he knew that it must be Xiao Yang's fault. Xiao Yang was so sad that he ignored the lives of more than 100,000 people. Liu Jianzhang was also very angry about this and immediately ordered someone to reply to Li Weiguo, so that he could go back and stabilize the situation. If necessary, Liu Jianzhang would make all preparations.

An hour later, Li Weiguo took Zhang Xiaoliu and his guards to cross the river by fastboat to the South Gate Wharf of Chongming County.

A yamen runner had received the notice and came to the dock in advance to wait.

After Li Weiguo got off the ship, he immediately called the yamen runners to ask about the incident in detail. He learned that the area of ​​the Yangtze River burrowing was just near the Fuhu District. The four families of Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan suffered heavy losses. On the contrary, the three families of Xiao, Lu and Huang seemed to have been prepared for a long time and the losses were minor.

The yamen runner continued, "Sir, the county government has been surrounded by tens of thousands of victims, so I asked the adults to give them an explanation. Before the villain came, Wuhu's house had just woken up, but he was too seriously injured to get out of bed to see the adults, so he told the villain to bring a message to the adults and ask the adults not to go back to the county government. Xiao Yang learned from the last lesson and gathered nearly a thousand slaves from Xiao, Lu, and Huang's families to mix with the refugees and spread rumors and cause trouble. Many of the refugees' relatives participated in the adults' work-for-relief.

They planned to die in the flood last night. They were instigated by those who were interested and had lost their minds. They blamed all the crimes on the adults. At the same time, the granary was destroyed and 200,000 stones of disaster relief food was lost. These refugees were even more hungry and turmoil. As long as the adults appeared, they would cause civil unrest, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Wu Hufang said that he failed to be optimistic about his family. I am sorry to him. He will bear the consequences for this death and apologize for his crimes. He only asked the adults to forgive his faults and take good care of his family."

Li Weiguo sighed. Wu Yong was the first talent he won over. Although he made a big mistake this time, he was willing to bear the consequences and apologize for his death. This kind of spirit is worthy of respect and has made Li Weiguo very angry.

So he ordered: "You should inform Wu Yong when you go back and tell him not to do stupid things. You just need to keep the county government and let me decide everything."

At the same time, Li Weiguo sent people to invite the heads of the four families of Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan.

Li Weiguo said calmly: "Everyone, I guess there is no need for this county to explain. You should also know the mastermind behind this incident!"

The heads of the Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan families were also angry at this moment. They lived in Chongming County for a long time and just needed to send someone to investigate and understand.

The four of them looked at each other. At this time, they had completely torn their faces with Xiao Yang and his gang, and had no room for reconciliation. They could only tie Li Weiguo's small thick leg and walk to the end with Li Weiguo. So they said in unison: "Please make the decision for us!"

Li Weiguo said decisively: "The old thief Xiao Yang was crazy and his heart could be punished, and his crime should be executed. Our county will uproot Xiao Yang and his followers. I hope that all the heads of the family will help the county. After the matter is completed, there will be no more seven major families in Chongming County, but only the four major families of Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan!"

Li Weiguo immediately made a promise to Su, Zhou, Zan, and Yan, and immediately won the support of the heads of the four families.

"I wish to listen to the orders of the Lord and go through fire and water for the Lord!"

The heads of the four families ordered to kneel down to Li Weiguo and swear allegiance.

Li Weiguo was overjoyed. He was no longer fighting alone. With the full support of Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan families, he was more confident in dealing with Xiao Yang.

Li Weiguo ordered: "Wait and get together the staff, send some people to get involved in the refugees first, keep an eye on the people from Xiao, Lu and Huang. When the time comes, cooperate with the officers and soldiers to take them down in one fell swoop to prevent civil unrest. Gather all the remaining staff, bring all the tools and supplies to build the dam, and follow me to block the breach."

Although the heads of the four Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan families did not understand why Li Weiguo wanted to block the breach of the dam first, they had completely defected to Li Weiguo and could only follow him.

Li Weiguo led his team to the south, and after walking less than ten miles, he arrived at the Yangtze River embankment.

The river embankment is only three meters wide and is made of soil and rock structure. Walk along the river embankment. The river embankment is bumpy and full of dead grass, making it difficult to walk.

The guard was leading the way, and Li Weiguoshen followed behind with one foot and one foot. He soon heard the roar of the flood that broke the dam, which was obviously not far from the breaking point.

The next moment, Li Weiguo saw a huge hole in the Yangtze River embankment being washed away by the surging river water, about a few hundred meters wide. The swelling Yangtze River water rushed into the gap like a wild horse. Looking north from here, the original fertile land was already a piece of the country.

The Yangtze River water continues to wash away the gap, making the gap bigger and bigger.

At this time, there were still many ordinary people near the dam. Last night, the Yangtze River broke the dam and destroyed their homes.

At this time, although these ordinary people looked sad, they were all standing by and watching, and no one was going to take the lead in saving and breaking.

Li Weiguo came to them and shouted, "Everyone, the Yangtze River breaks the dam to destroy your home. Can you just keep watching like this? Why not go down together and block the breach?"

Everyone looked at Li Weiguo. Seeing that he was wearing official uniforms and was not old, he only thought that the young master of a certain official passed by here. At this moment, these ordinary people have become refugees, their homes were destroyed and their relatives were missing, and they all looked numb. They would never think that the boy in front of them would be their parents, the county magistrate, so they didn't take him seriously. Someone even sneered and said, "Clogging? What do you know, a boy who is not dry? What should you use to block the river in such a hurry?"

Someone else said: "The noble young masters of these wealthy families are all of their virtues and they can daydream in broad daylight!"

Everyone burst into laughter, obviously thinking that the spoiled young master would be useless.

Zhang Xiaoliu was furious and stepped forward and shouted: "Bold and unruly people, how dare you be rude to my young master! Tell you, let me stand up and listen. The person in front of you is the new Chongming County Magistrate Li Weiguo and Li, don't be arrogant!"

When the county magistrate came here, he was so scared that the people around him fell to the ground. The people who spoke wildly before were even more frightened and trembled, and repeatedly begged for mercy.

"Please ask, those who don't know will not be guilty!" Li Weiguo would not have been skeptical about them, so he asked, "Are there any river engineer among you? Who is the person in charge?"

At this time, a slightly older middle-aged man hurried over and said, "Huang Liang, a staff official, has met Lord Li."

The workshop was one of the six wards in Chongming County. As the workshop clerk, Huang Liang surrendered to the tyranny of the chief clerk Xiao Yang and followed the other five wards to "strike him sick" to "strike him" together.
Chapter completed!