Chapter 4757

Zhao De, who was sitting in the back, heard these words from Sister Wu and was also shocked. He couldn't help but curse inwardly: *Damn it, talk about bad timing. Now everyone is most worried about mass petitions, and I didn't expect it to happen at this very moment. *

"No, absolutely not!" Wu Min's tone became serious, "Guide and educate them, but absolutely do not allow forceful expulsion! Mayor Zhang is estimated to arrive in another hour. You must disperse the petitioning crowd, and you must absolutely not use violence!"

After hanging up, Wu Min's face became increasingly ugly. This was the first time Mayor Zhang Dewang had come to Chanba District to inspect work during her tenure. If something went wrong at this time, whether someone was injured on the petitioning side or Mayor Zhang was surrounded, these were things that could not happen. Not only might she, the District Committee Secretary, be implicated, but the upcoming District People's Congress would also be affected.

This was an imminent matter that had to be solved well. Thinking of this, Wu Min turned her head and said to Zhao De, "Xiao Zhao, you go take a look. The public security system is currently a mix of good and bad, and I'm a bit suspicious of Chief Huang's ability to handle things. You go and make deployments. No matter what, you must stabilize the petitioning crowd. Nothing must go wrong. Just say it's my order!"

"Yes, Sister Wu, I'll go right now." Seeing Wu Min's anxious expression, Zhao De hurriedly nodded and agreed.

"Good, call me to report if anything happens," Wu Min said, then added, "I believe in your ability."

Hearing this from Wu Min, Zhao De was truly between laughter and tears. This was also his first time facing such a sudden incident; she was overestimating him! However, since Sister Wu trusted him so much, Zhao De felt he had to stabilize the situation. On the way to the scene, Zhao De couldn't help but feel that this matter seemed a bit suspicious. Mayor Zhang's inspection was strictly confidential, and only a very small number of people knew about it. It was only notified temporarily this morning; how could the textile factory workers know in advance? How could they organize hundreds of people to come to the government to petition early in the morning in such a short time? Could someone have deliberately leaked the news just to create a chaotic scene? What good would that do for the informant?

Zhao De felt his head swelling and hurriedly focused his thoughts on how to settle this mass petition. His secretary, Xiao Zheng, seeing his helpless expression, reminded him, "District Head Zhao, I know those women from the textile factory are hard to deal with. Could it be them who organized it?"

"Who knows? Let's go take a look first and act according to the situation." Zhao De sighed and suddenly thought that Secretary Xiao Zheng had worked in the district for so many years and should be familiar with the situation at the textile factory, so he hurriedly pursued the question: "Xiao Zheng, you know the situation at the textile factory well. Tell me, who likes to take the lead in making trouble?"

"There are mainly two people who like to take the lead in petitioning at the textile factory. One is Liu Aifang, who is in her thirties and has a sharp personality. She's the woman who was shouting along with that Ma Lianlian among the dozen female workers the other day. The other is Xu Jun, a technician at the textile factory. He has some skills in technology, so he has high prestige in the textile factory," Secretary Xiao Zheng said.

Zhao De silently noted the names of these two people. He hadn't paid attention to that Liu Aifang the other day, only remembering Ma Lianlian. He didn't expect that the one leading the trouble wasn't Ma Lianlian, but this Liu Aifang. However, he didn't know what kind of person this Xu Jun was.

"Xu Jun is quite handsome. Besides being good at technology, he can also sing and play instruments, so he is also liked by the young wives and girls in the textile factory. This person is quite lecherous. I heard he also has an affair with that Liu Aifang, though whether it's true or not, I don't know," Secretary Xiao Zheng continued to tell Zhao De what he knew as he saw Zhao De remain silent.

After listening to Xiao Zheng, Zhao De pondered for a while and had already formed a general plan in his mind. *Damn it, to shoot a man, first shoot his horse; to capture the bandits, first capture their king. * His current plan was to first find a way to control these two people, and the situation would temporarily subside. However, without using force, how could he subdue these two people? How could he use their weaknesses? Zhao De hadn't thought of a good way yet.

The car drove onto the main road of the district. Just as they turned onto Chanba Avenue, Zhao De saw a large group of people holding a banner, marching toward the District Government in a grand manner. Leading them were a man and a woman. Most of the parade were women, all talking and laughing. Some were even holding knitting needles and knitting sweaters while walking, as if they weren't going to petition, but rather going to a market. However, the dozen public security officers and joint defense team members walking beside the parade all had nervous expressions, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Zhao De drove the car directly toward the District Government and met Public Security Bureau Chief Huang Feng at an intersection. He was directing a group of public security officers and joint defense team members to form a human wall on the street. Zhao De knew that this intersection was the only way for the parade to reach the District Government. Seeing that Huang Feng had no other good tricks and had to adopt this clumsy method, he wondered: could this human wall block the impact of over a hundred people? Especially that group of women—once they started making a scene, they could do anything shameless, like scratching faces or taking off clothes.

Seeing Zhao De get out of the car, Huang Feng, who was shouting on the side, hurriedly came up to meet him. Ever since Zhao De became acting district head, Huang Feng had immediately changed from his previous arrogant attitude to being very respectful.

"Chief Huang, Secretary Wu asked me to come take a look. How is the situation here?" Zhao De didn't engage in any pleasantries and asked straight to the point.

(Chapter 2576: Problems Behind the Scenes)! ===== CHAPTER 4758 =====