Chapter 2169

Ke Zhifang asked, "What is the area of water fields affected by the disaster in your whole county?"

Su Xinghui said, "According to incomplete statistics, the area of water fields affected by the disaster in the whole county is at least over one million mu."

Ke Zhifang took a breath of cold air. The figure of one million mu is too terrible. However, he knew that the area of Chongjin County was originally large, and the cultivated area of the whole county was mainly water fields, so it was normal to have such a large affected area.

The disaster situation this time is too serious, and the estimated reduction rate will reach more than 80%. The pressure of post-disaster reconstruction in Chongjin County is indeed very great!

Ke Zhifang asked, "Are there any remedial measures?"

Su Xinghui said, "After the early rice is harvested, we will organize farmers to quickly replant late rice, hoping to minimize losses as much as possible, and then organize post-disaster reconstruction work and distribute relief to the masses whose disaster situation is relatively serious. The county has already canceled agricultural taxes and retained funds, which can also reduce the burden on farmers."

Ke Zhifang nodded. Su Xinghui's work ideas are still very clear. While carrying out flood control and disaster relief, he did not forget the subsequent production work. Having such a county magistrate is the blessing of Chongjin County.

Ke Zhifang is now extremely glad that he transferred Su Xinghui to Jiangyou Province. As soon as he came, he helped him open up the situation and did so much work in Chongjin County.

If Su Xinghui were not in Chongjin County, what kind of scene would Chongjin County be now? Ke Zhifang didn't even dare to think about it.

Ke Zhifang said, "Let's go to the village to have a look."

The group followed Ke Zhifang to the village. The village cadres were organizing villagers to clean up garbage, especially some collapsed dangerous houses. Those bricks, tiles, and purlins had to be transported away, otherwise, a ruin would be too ugly.

The village director saw a group of people who looked like big cadres coming, so he hurriedly greeted them. He recognized Yuan Yifu and Su Xinghui and hurriedly said, "Secretary Yuan, County Magistrate Su, why are you here?"

Yuan Yifu said, "Today, Provincial Governor Ke came to inspect the disaster situation, and we are accompanying Provincial Governor Ke."

Upon hearing that the middle-aged man surrounded by everyone was Provincial Governor Ke, the village director was very excited and hurriedly shouted, "Provincial Governor Ke, hello!"

Ke Zhifang cordially shook hands with him and asked, "How many houses collapsed in your village? Are there any casualties?"

The village director said, "Provincial Governor Ke, more than thirty houses collapsed in our village, but there were no casualties."

Ke Zhifang frowned and said, "More than thirty houses collapsed, and there were no casualties? You didn't fool me, did you?"

The village director said, "How would we dare to fool you? This is mainly the credit of County Magistrate Su. He saw it far. As soon as the heavy rain started, he asked us to count the dangerous houses in the village. Anyone who had the danger of collapsing had to move out, either to a relative's house or to the village committee, so there were no casualties in our village."

The village director's words made Ke Zhifang a little surprised again, and he couldn't help but look at Su Xinghui happily again.

To tell the truth, for this major flood, Ke Zhifang was still a little worried about the flood control and disaster relief work in Chongjin County. He was not worried about anything else, he was just worried that Su Xinghui was too young and lacked experience in flood control and disaster relief work, so he would make some mistakes.

Ke Zhifang's worry is not unreasonable. Although Su Xinghui is a genius in many aspects, he is too young after all. He has only been working for six years in total. Even if he participates in flood control every year, it is only six years, not to mention that there were a few years when he did not need flood control and disaster relief.

Flood control and disaster relief work is a job that requires a lot of experience. Many things cannot be known if you have not experienced them personally, so Ke Zhifang was worried.

But coming to Chongjin County this time gave Ke Zhifang a huge surprise. As the commander of the Chongjin County Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters, Su Xinghui arranged the flood control and disaster relief work of the whole county in an orderly manner, covering everything, and basically there were no omissions. In such heavy rain, so many houses collapsed, but there were no casualties. This is simply a miracle.

It can be said that even those veteran county magistrates who have worked for decades would not perform as well as Su Xinghui.

Ke Zhifang went to express his condolences to the masses whose houses collapsed. The mood of these masses is still quite good now. Although the houses at home collapsed, after all, their whole family is safe and sound, and the county promised to help them build new houses.

Such a big cadre as Provincial Governor Ke came to express his condolences to them, and they were all very happy, thanking Provincial Governor Ke for his condolences again and again.

After seeing Gangdong Village, Su Xinghui took Ke Zhifang to Jingbao Village in Jinxi Township to have a look. The terrain of Jingbao Village is lower than that of Gangdong Village, so the disaster situation here is more serious. Most of the rice has fallen, and in some places, the water has not yet completely receded.

Ke Zhifang frowned and said, "I think the disaster situation here is more serious."

Su Xinghui said, "Provincial Governor Ke, this was originally the lake area of Yanglan Lake. Later, the lake was enclosed to create farmland, and this village was built. So the terrain of this village is lower and more low-lying, and the disaster situation is naturally more serious when a flood occurs."

After Ke Zhifang came to Jiangyou Province, he did study the history of Jiangyou Province and also learned something about the history of enclosing lakes to create farmland. Upon hearing that this village was also created by enclosing lakes to create farmland, he looked at the lake embankment not far away and said, "This whole village was created by enclosing lakes to create farmland?"

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, the whole village's thousands of mu of fields were created by enclosing lakes to create farmland."

Ke Zhifang said, "Then how much area in your whole county was created by enclosing lakes to create farmland?"

Su Xinghui said, "About one hundred square kilometers. Otherwise, the water this year would not be so big. In fact, according to the amount of water, the amount of water this time is not as big as that in '54, but the water level is already higher than that in '54."

Ke Zhifang nodded slowly. He knew that the area of enclosing lakes to create farmland in the entire Jiangyou Province reached more than 1,000 square kilometers. If there were this 1,000 square kilometers of lake surface, the water level of Yanglan Lake could be at least one or two meters lower. In that case, the pressure on the lake embankment would be much smaller.

And if the water level of Yanglan Lake were lower, the water of the Yangtze River could also be diverted more to Yanglan Lake, and Yanglan Lake could better play the role of flood diversion and storage.

Ke Zhifang said, "The truth is the truth, but things are already like this, and thinking more is useless. You should still do a good job in flood control and disaster relief. The most important work at the current stage is this."

Su Xinghui said, "Provincial Governor Ke, I think that after this year's flood ends, we should put returning farmland to lake on the agenda."

"Returning farmland to lake?" Ke Zhifang looked at Su Xinghui with some surprise.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, it is returning farmland to lake. I think that as long as it is a place where lakes were enclosed to create farmland, it should be returned to Yanglan Lake."