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As soon as he entered the office, Liang Penghua ran in with a flustered expression."Village Chief Zhao, something bad has happened! Foot-and-mouth disease might have appeared in our area!”
Zhao Tiewei didn't know how serious his illness was. He slowly brewed tea for Liang Penghua and said,"What is foot-and-mouth disease? Is it a disease of livestock?”
Liang Penghua's hands trembled as he held the water. His facial features were all twisted as he said with a trembling voice,"If this disease is confirmed, all the cattle, sheep, pigs, and all the small animals in the entire township, or even the entire county, will be exterminated. This is a huge loss!"
Dumbstruck, dumbfounded, and thunderstruck! No words could describe Zhao Tiewei's feelings at this moment. This was not only related to Zhao Tiewei's investment of one million in cash, but also his hard work over the past year. The rapid development of the farming industry in the village was like a child that he had carefully nurtured himself. Now, if he wanted to burn this child to death, it would be a huge blow to him.
"Tell me the ins and outs of this matter in detail.”
Zhao Tiewei tried his best to control his anxiety. He realized that his palms were covered in sweat and wiped them on his pants.
"A child suddenly came to the township hospital these two days. He has blisters on his hands, feet, and mouth. The village hospital couldn't take care of him and transferred him to the county hospital. The county hospital suspected that he was infected with the foot-and-mouth disease virus and had already isolated him. He might have to be sent to a big hospital in the city for examination.”
"What's going on with this foot-and-mouth disease? How serious is it?”Zhao Tiewei was a layman in medicine and knew nothing about it.
Liang Penghua took out a cigarette from Zhao Tiewei's box and put it into his mouth. When he lit it, his right hand that was holding the lighter was obviously trembling.
Zhao Tiewei knew that there were dozens of sheep in the village that were raised by the villagers for his good friend Hua. Once there was a problem, it would completely cut off his source of income. These sheep were enough to make his good friend Hua's family live a well-off life. His anxiety was genuine and came from the bottom of his heart.
Liang Penghua took a deep puff of his cigarette and blew it out."Foot-and-mouth disease is an acute infectious disease. It usually occurs in livestock and occasionally spreads to humans. When livestock were infected with the virus, blisters would appear on the skin of their mouths, tongues, lips, jaws, hooves, and many other places. They would quickly corrode and then the disease would occur. The mortality rate of this kind of epidemic was quite high, and the infectious nature was even more terrifying. The newly infected epidemic area had an incidence rate of nearly 100%. The virus was mainly transmitted through the digestive tract and respiratory tract. The most terrifying thing was that the virus could be transmitted through the air. The wind could spread the virus dozens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers.”
Zhao Tiewei's palms began to sweat again. His forehead was also covered in sweat as he looked at Liang Penghua intently.
" The infection rate between humans is very low, so it's almost certain that humans are infected by livestock. If the child is confirmed to be infected with the foot-and-mouth disease virus, and the local livestock are found to be infected with the disease, in order to control this highly infectious and fatal epidemic, the municipal government will immediately go to the county and the village and issue a ban order without mercy. They will block the traffic in the village and the surrounding areas and prohibit entry and exit. At the same time, they will kill all living things in the area except for humans and bury them later.”
Zhao Tiewei felt his entire body tense up and goosebumps rose all over his body. His breathing quickened as well."Is it impossible to hide it?"
"We can't hide it. Once it's confirmed, the city and even the provincial health, epidemic prevention, animal husbandry, and other departments will intervene. They will directly force the local government to issue a ban!”
"Why did this virus appear?”
"Since this year, the village has bought too many ewe. They must have mixed in the infected sheep.”
"Have you found any sick sheep with foot-and-mouth disease?”
"Not yet. Sheep farmers generally know a little about this disease. Once they find a single case, they will quickly bury their cattle, sheep, and pigs deep and not make a sound. Otherwise, their livestock and even the area will be finished.”
Zhao Tiewei leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.
"Is there a way to remedy this?"
"Yes, the entire village will be secretly surveyed. Those who are sick will be killed, burned, and buried. Those who are not sick will be immediately injected with the vaccine. All the farmers had to do a thorough disinfection. If the epidemic had not developed, it was possible to control it. If it developed, it would be useless to do anything.”
"Do you need a lot of money?"
"No need. It's enough for a household to have dozens of yuan at most a hundred yuan, but there must be someone to supervise it to prevent people from fooling around.”
"Call Lu Dong immediately. Let's go to Nanpei's new village head for an emergency meeting.”
After Liang Penghua left, Zhao Tiewei's legs went weak when he stood up. He cursed in his heart, Useless, isn't it just a million? If it doesn't work, we can start over!"
The emergency meeting lasted for more than two hours. Wei Pingshun and Nan Peixin were stunned by the sudden bad news, especially Nan Peixin. He was the head of the administration and knew very well that if such a big thing happened, if he didn't handle it properly, his political fate would end and he would even be blamed.
It was rare for the two leaders to reach a high degree of agreement. They used all the cash in the small treasury of the township's financial department, more than 60,000 yuan, and under the banner of " celebrating a clean Spring Festival," they quietly carried out a large-scale disinfection and reorganization of the entire township, eliminating all garbage and eliminating hygiene blind spots.
Secretary Wei Pingshun sat down and gave instructions." Don't mention the disinfection. As for hygiene, just publicize it appropriately. When you do it, you have to risk your life. You have to be thorough. If you don't have the money, you can add more.”
Everyone knew that if something happened, the villagers 'eyes would turn red with anxiety. They would probably vent their anger on the township government.
All the village officials were assigned to different tasks, and each village had a few officials supervising it. All of a sudden, the entire village's tractors were loaded with a large amount of quicklime, and the smell of formalin disinfectant floated in the air above the entire village. All the human and animal feces were covered with quicklime. The only two cows found with mild foot-and-mouth disease symptoms were killed alive. They were poured with gasoline and burned into bone dregs at night. They were buried deep in quicklime.
Such a big commotion in Reliance Village immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding villages and towns. The veterinarians knew what they were doing when they smelled the disinfectant and saw the way the quicklime was used. Something might be happening. The other villages also quietly moved. They were all holding the banner of a clean Spring Festival. No one wanted this terrible infectious disease to befall their hometown.
Although there was no mobilization from the higher ups or administrative orders, the people in each township were surprisingly proactive. For a time, formalin became a hot commodity. Quicklime could only be bought in neighboring counties dozens of kilometers away.
The undercurrent of " celebrating the Spring Festival cleanly " and the abnormal disinfection attracted the attention of one person. This person was Zhao Jie, the deputy chief of the publicity department of the county party committee, who was in charge of publicity.
Zhao Jie had been paying attention to Zhao Tiewei's movements. Once a person started to fight, it was often a knot that could not be solved. It was like a feud, sometimes it was a lifelong grudge.
Zhao Jie's brain was definitely enough. He sent two people from the department to investigate this matter and quickly found out the ins and outs. They even found out about the incident where they killed two cows in Reliance Village and lit up the sky lanterns at night. Zhao Jie knew that Zhao Tiewei was the deputy head of the livestock breeding industry in Kaoshantun Village. He must have been hiding something from the village's large-scale disinfection and the two cows 'sky lanterns.
His acquaintances at the He County Animal Husbandry Bureau understood immediately after asking around. Those who knew what the village was doing knew at a glance that it was to prevent the terrible foot-and-mouth disease. With such a huge commotion, it might have gone beyond the scope of " prevention " and entered the actual stage of " treatment ". That meant that the disease had already appeared. It was a big mistake for the village to hide it and not report it. Zhao Tiewei was the deputy head of the village. As long as there was a sh * t basin because of this matter, it would definitely be blamed on him.
Zhao Jie kept thinking about how to find this shit basin and how to pin it on Zhao Tiewei. A fly would not bite a seamless egg. When Zhao Tiewei had a crack, Zhao Jie would bite. However, he did not expect to shoot himself in the foot.
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