Chapter 219 Must Be Defeated

Out of concern for the safety of the sawer and his assistant, Sheng Xiping consulted the production manager and production assistant.

We'd like to discuss not cutting down these trees; it's really difficult to carry out the work.

Production manager Zhao Limin, along with production scheduler Sun Hanwu and safety officer Han Ziwen, arrived at the site to assess the situation. Upon seeing the terrain, they were unsure of what to do.

This terrain makes the operation very difficult and challenging.

The logging task was assigned from above, and Zhao Limin had no say in it, so he reported it to Zheng Xianyong and Wang Jiachuan.

Upon learning the news, Wang Jiachuan and his team brought several experienced sawers from the field to check the situation.

Opinions varied. Some said it was difficult to handle because the terrain was too treacherous and it would be easy to cause an accident if they forced themselves to cut down trees.

Most people said it was fine, and even pointed out where to go up and where to cut the saw. They said as long as you followed their instructions, there wouldn't be any problems.

"Uncle Wang, let's keep these trees. If it's really not feasible, we can deduct the money from our work team's wages. I'm just not comfortable with that."

This logging area has been assigned to the educated youth team, and Sheng Xiping is the team leader, so he definitely has to make a statement.

"Xiping, this really isn't about deducting money from your pay." Wang Jiachuan shook his head and sighed.

"If this were before, there would only be about ten trees. We wouldn't cut them down, we could just leave them there. What else could we do?"

But now the new management regulations have been introduced, which require us to collect one batch, clean one batch, and purify one batch.

In any designated clear-cutting area, all trees must be felled; no one can be missed, otherwise the inspection will fail.

The inspection was not conducted by personnel arranged by the forest farm, but by personnel arranged by the bureau, who conducted the inspection according to the original planning and design drawings.

If the inspection fails, the land will not be allocated to new logging areas the following year.

What does the forest farm rely on to make money? Isn't it logging? Even if they reduce the logging area, let alone not allocate new logging areas, the forest farm will still have a hard time in the future.

"But whether it's a method or a regulation, shouldn't worker safety be the priority?"

Knowing full well that the terrain is bad and prone to problems, why insist on doing it? If that's the case, then arrange for someone to be on site.

"Our team will accept the penalty, but we can't let the saw cutter and his assistant take risks." Sheng Xiping stated immediately upon hearing this.

Although Li Dazhuang is a man who likes to take advantage of others, slacks off at work, and has a questionable character, he still took a human life.

Even if Sheng Xiping had some conflicts with Li Dazhuang, those were all things of the past.

Li Dazhuang stole a wild boar, and Sheng Xiping blew up the Li family's kang (a heated brick bed).

Although Li Dazhuang was unhappy, he didn't cause any further trouble, nor did he do anything to the Sheng family, and the matter was considered closed.

Personal matters shouldn't affect work. Sheng Xiping can't just knowingly make Li Dazhuang go logging, can he?

Moreover, it's not just Li Dazhuang; there are also Wang Jianshe and Zhang Zhijun. If something were to happen to them, it would be disastrous.

"Nonsense, you think you can just pick and choose the jobs at this forest farm?"

Each logging area has been assigned; this is your task. Why are you pushing it onto others?

Before Wang Jiachuan could speak, Zhao Limin, the production manager, was already displeased.

The production manager is in charge of timber production. If the output is not up, it is the production manager's responsibility. If the inspection fails, the production manager will be held accountable.

Zhao Limin also faced a difficult situation; to maintain production targets, he had to play the bad cop.

"I'd like to ask you leaders, if we insist on cutting down these trees, can the forest farm bear the responsibility if problems arise?"

Sheng Xiping didn't care about any of that. He wasn't one of those clueless greenhorns who would be easily fooled and impulsively start working without regard for the danger.

Human life is at stake; we cannot be careless.

In short, he trapped everyone present there.

Forestry production is too dangerous. Let alone this kind of terrain, even in flat areas, accidents can easily happen. Who would dare to guarantee that they will be held responsible if something happens?

"Stop arguing. Let me submit a report to the bureau and see how they respond."

Wang Jiachuan himself still leans towards Sheng Xiping.

The key issue is that too many things have happened at Qianchuan Forest Farm this past year. If something else goes wrong because of cutting down these few trees, he won't be able to continue as the Party Secretary and will have to resign.

And so, the logging by the educated youth team was suspended, pending a response from the bureau.

So Sheng Xiping led his men to begin sliding the accumulated timber down the mountain to the log yard.

Three days later, the bureau replied that the design team had conducted an assessment when they surveyed and planned the logging area.

Although felling those trees is difficult, there is no danger as long as the operation is carried out in accordance with regulations.

Now is the time to support the construction of China and for the whole country to work together to achieve high production. All timber within the planned area must be felled and no timber can be left over.

The reply document has been issued, so logging is mandatory. The forest farm has no choice but to arrange for people to do the work.

Li Dazhuang was a coward; he wasn't really keen on doing manual labor, and he was genuinely afraid of those trees.

But he volunteered to work in this logging area, so that was his job scope; he had no choice but to do it.

When all else failed, Zhao Limin called over Li Dazhuang's mentor, Lao Zhang, to provide guidance, while the safety officer also stood by.

Li Dazhuang began logging with trepidation, and his two assistants, Wang Jianshe and Zhang Zhijun, also worked with great care.

This terrain is not suitable for operations, and the trees are quite large, so only three or four trees can be planted per day.

At this point, no one dared to urge anyone to hurry up and get things done; safety and stability were the top priorities.

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