Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

As for the issue of going down the mountain, it was under control on the same day. After all, who would be willing to lose a thousand yuan by going down the mountain without reporting it? There are only two opportunities to go down the mountain in a month.

Cherish it.

Of course, some people also say that Wu Yongjie is Zhou Paopi, who came up with this method to exploit workers. But on second thought, he only worked four hours that day...

It's much less busy than most jobs.

After Wu Yongjie's vigorous rectification, the engineering team quickly got back on track. There was also good news on the other side, that is, the houses for everyone to temporarily live in were basically built. In a dozen days, the medical team can move to the new camp with houses first and no longer have to live in tents.

But for Fang Ya and the others, this news was just that. After all, they were in the mountains, and living in a brick-concrete house and a tent would have similar effects. The only advantage was that the brick-concrete house might have a toilet and a bathroom.

At this time, Li Jianguo brought some bad news.

The project has been underway for half a month, and the progress of the tunnel project can be said to be quite slow, as it is all done by manpower. Li Jianguo also observes and monitors the construction site every day.

At this time, the entrance to the cave had begun to take shape, and it was about five or six meters deep. Li Jianguo suddenly shouted to stop.

Wu Yongjie rushed over and asked, "What did you say just now? I didn't hear it clearly. Can you say it again?"

Li Jianguo was frightened by his expression. After a long while, he said, "Boss, the site may be wrong. I suspect that if we dig another two or three meters, we may hit the water-soluble layer."

"What is the hydrosol layer?"

"Boss, there's water ahead. It's an underground river or a water-rich aquifer with water storage capabilities. If we can't determine the water content, thickness, and permeability of the aquifer, continuing construction could cause water gushing.

This has a significant impact on project safety and progress.”

Wu Yongjie pointed at Li Jianguo and after a long while, he repeated his name twice in deep sorrow, "Li Jianguo, Li Jianguo, you..."

Li Jianguo was also feeling extremely guilty this time, feeling that he had let down his leader's trust. He stood there dazed. Anyway, he had reported everything that needed to be reported, and he still had to listen to his boss on how to solve the problem next.

The project was stopped again.

Now not only Li Jianguo, but Ling Fengxi is also having a headache.

The two of them went to a meeting at the county headquarters. In the conference room, County Party Secretary Li Mao was very serious. "So, according to the engineering team's instructions, what should we do next? Or does everything we've done so far count? Do we need to dig a new hole?"

Ling Fengxi glanced at Wu Yongjie. He was fearless on the construction site, but now he was shrinking his neck, pretending to be deaf and dumb as if he couldn't stand the cold.

"It's not completely confirmed yet, and technicians and engineers are considering other feasible solutions. However, there's a high possibility of digging a new tunnel. It's actually quite normal to encounter aquifers during tunnel construction. The good thing is that we discovered it not long after we started excavating, so there's still time to dig a new tunnel. If we discovered it halfway through, we'd have to force our way through, which would be incredibly difficult."

Secretary Li Mao caught the loophole in his words and asked, "Can we break through by forcing our way through?"

Seeing that Wu Yongjie was still pretending to be deaf, Ling Fengxi had no choice but to say, "Regarding the technical issues in this area, we still need to consult Captain Wu. He is an expert in this area."

Wu Yongjie's name was called, and he stood up as if awakened from a dream. He bowed to all the attendees and muttered, "I was so worried that I couldn't sleep all night yesterday. I'm not in a good mood today. I didn't follow the pace of the leaders. Please forgive me."

Naturally, no one would bother with him, because this kind of thing happened half a month after the start of the project. It was an engineering error. No one cared that he didn't sleep well, but only cared about what kind of results he could produce.

Wu Yongjie, of course, understood this. Scratching his head, he said, "We actually had blueprints and had already marked the location for the hole. But later, our engineers and technicians decided it wasn't feasible to drill there because testing revealed soft soil there."

They didn't expect him to start by bringing up the matter of relocating the cave entrance. Actually, bringing this up here would be quite disadvantageous.

You said you want to change, so I can only praise you.

You made the wrong change, what can people say?

After Wu Yongjie spoke for a few minutes, the aura behind him gradually opened up again, and his tone became more stable. "The reason we were so strict about the location of the hole was because it might affect the direction and the number of unexpected incidents like 'aquifers' we might encounter in subsequent projects.

After a lot of in-depth work by our technicians, we determined that the current site of the 14th lot is the entrance to the cave."

"Last night, I also had an in-depth discussion with our technicians about this matter. Actually, when we identified the 14th site as the cave entrance a month ago, we didn't discover this aquifer.

In other words, a month ago, the water level here had not been measured.

This aquifer is likely related to the recent warm weather, which has enriched groundwater and caused water to gush out of the rock formations. Since it's May now, a lot of snow has melted, and the water is flowing into low-lying areas of the mountain, underground rivers, and the rock layers that once held the aquifer, leading to our recent discovery. So, this is actually quite unexpected."

When he said this, everyone understood and thought it made sense.

It is true that in May and June every year, the snow on the mountains gradually begins to melt, and it is normal for groundwater to become abundant.

Secretary Li Mao nodded. "We believe the construction team wouldn't intentionally make this kind of mistake. What you said makes sense. But now that the matter has come to light, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Because the aquifer is so close to where we're currently drilling, we have no choice but to halt construction. Otherwise, if it turns out to be an underground river, it could cause a mudslide or flash flood, which would be troublesome. Our technicians are currently testing the volume, area, and quality of the aquifer.

If the problem cannot be solved or avoided, we may have to change the direction of the entire tunnel or open a new entrance. In other words, it will take at least ten days for us to make a final decision."

Ling Fengxi frowned and said, "Ten days is too long. Where are all these workers lying around waiting?"

What Wu Yongjie hated most was this point about Ling Fengxi. Once he sat in a seat with a sign (a sign with his name on the table), he truly became Secretary Ling.

There is no human touch in his words and deeds, only bureaucratic ones.

He said coldly, "You can also change the location of the cave entrance without waiting. However, finding a new location will also take time. It will take at least half a month to determine the location."

"You——" Ling Fengxi was furious.