CH 22

Walking into the conference room, Lin Wen found that the lights were still on inside. He quietly peeked through the crack in the door and saw Zhao Minggong sitting below, surrounded by many people, including county hall staff, guards, and security personnel from the protection department who were invisible last night. They seemed to have been working non-stop since yesterday, and the conference room had turned into an office.

As Lin Wen was eavesdropping, he heard a cheer from the audience. "Great job, Deputy Zhao! Now I don't have to worry about the food problem in Donghe Town. You're a genius, and the Sheriff has a good eye for talent!"

Lin Wen was pleased with himself. Yesterday's decision was indeed correct. Although he received less merit than he would have if he had personally handled the matter, he would have spent much more merit if he had done it himself. Besides, it was far less profitable than it was now.

As he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed something was wrong. "Hey, where's Feng Chu?"

Only Wolong was working hard, and Feng Chu was nowhere to be seen. This was not good. What if Wolong worked too hard and died again? Lin Wen immediately asked the staff and found out that Feng Chu had said that girls couldn't stay up too late and had gone back to rest a few hours after yesterday's meeting.

What happened to the promised glory and splendor? Lin Wen immediately ordered someone to bring Feng Chu over and found the head of the personnel department to implement the new Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff's assistant's files, positions, powers, and remuneration.

He was originally planning to give Feng Chu a heart-wrenching ideological transformation, but when he saw that he only had a few minutes left, he gave up the idea. He could do it later. After dealing with these miscellaneous matters, Lin Wen immediately turned his attention to the most important task at hand, which was to comprehensively investigate the site selection and planning for post-disaster reconstruction. This was the most important thing for him now, as it involved hundreds and thousands of merits.

Lin Wen recently realized an important truth: the more he knew, the easier the problem would be, and the consumption of "Immortal Guidance" would be greatly reduced. The operation of this spell seemed to be based on himself, obtaining answers in a mysterious way, rather than having an immortal guiding him from behind. Otherwise, Lin Wen would definitely beat him up in the future and calculate the total account. Therefore, in order to better execute the complete plan in the future and obtain more merit, he needed to know more detailed information now, otherwise, the consumption of "Immortal Guidance" would be unbearable.It is precisely because of this that he now has to preserve his spiritual power as much as possible and avoid using spells if he can.

This is all naked good karma.

Lin Wen is a real man of action. He does what he says he will do. Without notifying anyone, he immediately took a special car and headed straight to the temporary resettlement point for disaster victims located in the vicinity of Changle Town and Niujiao Village.

Currently, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of post-disaster work. Sheriff Huang Mingxiao is also one of the few officials who did not attend the meeting yesterday. Their office is located in Changle Town.

Changle Town is a little far from Huai Town, and the road is not very good, but the driver of the special car has been driving here for twenty years and is already very familiar with it. He still managed to get Lin Wen to his destination within an hour.

Changle Town was not affected by the disaster and has not changed much. Most of the people in the town know Lin Wen and warmly greet him, asking where he has been during this time. They still don't know that Lin Wen has been promoted to sheriff.

Little Li rushed out of the mayor's office and burst into tears at the sight of Lin Wen.

"Wu wu wu, Sheriff Lin, where have you been? I thought you died on the embankment after all this time. But they said you didn't die, and you became an empire hero. Wu wu wu wu, I thought they were lying to me. Who has ever heard of an empire hero who didn't die? You haven't been here for so many days, and I miss you so much..."

As she spoke, she cried all the way. Lin Wen also learned about the recent situation in Changle Town. In summary, it can be said that "there are unwanted children."

The mayor disappeared, and no one came to hand over the work or notify anyone. There is only one senior executive, Little Lin, in the entire town, and even the twelve staff members have been transferred away.

Changle Town seems like an isolated island. After losing the mayor, its connection with the outside world has become even more tenuous.

If it weren't for the arrival of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Little Li would have thought they had been abandoned by the world.

But the Ministry of Civil Affairs didn't pay much attention to them either. They just occupied a large courtyard at the west end of the town as the temporary command center for post-disaster reconstruction.

Most of the disaster victims were resettled on the hills to the north, and only those who were injured or sick were temporarily settled in Changle Town.

They didn't want to live in low-lying areas.

Disaster victims were also resettled in Changpai Village and Niu Jiao Village on the hills, especially in Changpai Village, where the embankment near the village had been deified.

Legend has it that it was the immortals who showed themselves to save the people that stopped the flood, and the embankment was the place where they appeared. The person guarding the embankment was the incarnation of the immortals, who descended to save people on the night of the flood.

Because of Lin Wen's unusual behavior, he has legendary qualities, which has led to various mythical stories being popular among the disaster victims, with various versions.In order to stabilize people's hearts, the authorities did not clarify the truth, but instead secretly fanned the flames. Now, the embankment of Changpai Village has become a temple where people offer sacrifices to the gods, and there are countless people who come to worship and make wishes every day.

The embankment guards have become the Renyi Wushuang Dacidi and Da Bei Jiu Ku Jiunan Hunyuan Poguang Zhenren, borrowing the heart of great compassion to guard the lives of thousands of people.

A monument was specially erected for him on the embankment. It was the large bluestone that Lin Wen had originally moved down from the nearby mountain to block the breach, but it was not used because the flood suddenly receded.

There were skilled carvers among the people who carved the bluestone into a monument, with Renyi Wushuang on the left, Dacidi Da Bei on the right, and Jiuku Jiunan on the top. In the middle was the name of the immortal in the mortal world: Hunyuan Poguang.

It must be said that the carver's technique was extremely exquisite, and the bluestone itself was also very suitable. The monument was natural and restrained, as if it had been created by heaven.

So there were rumors that this was the bluestone used by immortals to repair the sky, and it was placed on the embankment to suppress the flood and ensure permanent safety.

This completely confirmed the existence of immortals and gods. The bluestone monument became a divine object, and incense was offered to it every day, with people flocking to it like a tide.

Although the surging river was just a wall away, many people would rather sleep under the embankment or on the open ground than live in the low-lying town of Changle.

The flood that night was like a devil, causing them great trauma.

Only by the side of the embankment guarded by immortals and divine objects could they feel at ease. Once they left the embankment, they could only find shelter in high places.

And on the embankment, it was full of people sleeping every day, even facing the river and enduring the wind and rain.

Many people said that sleeping on the embankment brought peace of mind, divine protection, and good luck. There were even fights over the limited space on the embankment.

This brought many difficulties to the work of the Civil Affairs Bureau. They had to arrange people to guard the embankment to maintain order and prevent too many people from sleeping on it and endangering themselves.

The layout of temporary resettlement points had to be adjusted accordingly, and in the end, they had to be arranged horizontally on the hill between the embankment of Changpai Village and Changle Town.

Transporting supplies also became difficult, but now the biggest problem was not transportation, but shortage.

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About a week ago, the empire had not sent any new supplies, and the construction team had also withdrawn. Now, the temporary resettlement point was facing the problem of food, medicine, clean water, and disinfection and epidemic prevention supplies running out.

Although Little Li had been crying, the situation was explained clearly, with clear logic, clear organization, and a particularly clear understanding of the specific reasons.Therefore, when Lin Wen walked in front of the temporary command department of the Civil Affairs Bureau, he said,

"Thank you for your hard work, Little Li. You will be the mayor of Changle Town in the future."

After speaking, he pushed open the door of the command department.