Cave Refuge-Chapter 152 - 151 Arrival of the Integrity Commission_1

"Rush, rush, rush, rush like hell. I can’t believe it! Can West City District be the only place in Pengcheng with saltpeter? There are so many chemical factories in the East District, can’t a single one of them have saltpeter?

I don’t know if it’s real that they can’t find saltpeter, or they found it but didn’t want to share it with others."

Hearing Zachary Li’s outburst, everyone else in the room lowered their heads, behaving like ostriches.

Seeing the actions of the others in the room, Zachary Li became even angrier: "You tell me, aren’t those survivors cheap? I generously arranged to provide ice in the Refuge Centers.

But not only were they ungrateful, they took the ice out to show off, even sold the ice I provided to you guys for free to make money.

Now look at what’s happened, our superiors found out about this, directly took away most of our saltpeter. Now that we’re out of saltpeter, you guys come to me to regret, blaming me for reducing the ice supply. You knew that this would happen, where were you guys before?

I warned you not to show off everywhere, how did those who stepped down before the disaster get found out? It’s not like you guys don’t know.

Now, things are gone, and you guys know to come to me to complain? Too late to tell you, the proverb ’wealth can’t be revealed’ has been around since ancient times.

You guys, you guys, ah..."

Hearing Zachary’s continuous reprimanding, although some people felt unconvinced, seeing Zachary’s crazed state, they could only lower their heads in fear.

Seeing the reactions of those people, Zachary didn’t know what else to say.

Before he went crazy, Zachary called everyone over with a purpose, but suddenly the tightly closed door opened, and someone was about to ask what was going on.

Then, a person emerged from the crowd: "Hello Comrade Zachary Li, my name is Casey Bi, I am with the Integrity Commission. We received a report.

The report claims that the logistics department you are in charge of is not following warehouse protocol, leading to materials that should have first been logged into the warehouse being taken prematurely. As a result, people who actually need these materials go to the warehouse and find nothing.

We hope you can cooperate with us now and tell us the truth as to why this is happening."

Hearing what they said, Zachary asked the other Refuge Center officials in the room to leave first, then invited Casey and the other members of the Integrity Commission to sit down.

Even though Zachary knew that what they were saying was the truth, he even had a hunch about who made the accusation, and he understood why the high-level officials sent these people over, but at this time, Zachary didn’t want, nor could he tell them the truth.

It’s funny to think about, the more this time comes, the more supervision is needed from Integrity Commission on the moves of the Refuge Center management. After all, this is the special period most prone to corruption.

But with the arrival of this period, the power of the Integrity Commission is the most restricted. At this time, what the officials are asking from the Refuge Center management is not integrity, but control. The high-level officials are turning a blind eye.

This time, the Integrity Commission was sent for this purpose. The high-level officials didn’t care about any discrepancies in the warehouse process of the West City District Headquarters.

If the accuser provided other materials in the report, it would be fine, but saltpeter was noted as the problematic item in the warehouse process, which caught the attention of high-level officials.

Ugly to say, the high-level officials sent the Integrity Commission here not to investigate the incident thoroughly but to see if they could seize the saltpeter mentioned in the report materials and take possession under the pretense of this investigation.

Things to follow don’t need to be rushed, they can investigate it slowly. After all, no one has any expectations about the results of the investigation, and this period is not suitable for announcing the results of the investigation."

They don’t know that some veteran faction members who have been mixed up with officials for generations may not know much about professional things, but they have a good grip on the rules of officialdom.

Although there is a gap between the young generation currently in office and Zachary, facing an external investigation, neither party will deliberately try to trip the other up.

Even though the saltpeter didn’t get into the warehouse, they did all the paperwork flawlessly. All necessary procedures are there, and every instance that requires a signature has one.

In short, even though the saltpeter did not appear in this process, the paperwork was done perfectly.

Zachary ordered someone to bring over the saved paperwork, members of the Integrity Commission first checked the paper procedures closely, then brought over the relevant person in charge to inquire. In the end, they found no loopholes in the entire process, and everything was in proper order in terms of procedure and processing personnels."

Seeing this situation, the members of the Integrity Commission were very helpless. In this situation, they were in no position to demand the surrender of the saltpeter.

In the end, the matter could only be dropped, and the members of the Integrity Commission had no choice but to leave in frustration.

When the members of the Integrity Commission left, Zachary, who had been very angry before, calmed down and had his secretary contact the other main figures in the local faction to have dinner together that evening.

Perhaps the high-level officials didn’t expect their arrangement for the Integrity Commission to inspect would not only fail to expose the rift in the local faction, but instead patch it up.

In this intense heat, there wasn’t a bird outside, let alone a person.

Jade River, which used to connect to Dragon Lake, is almost completely dry, leaving only a trickle of water flowing in the riverbed.

Dong Tianyu, who idled his time away, rode to the east lake of Dragon Lake, but he did not expect that he would see some people in the nearly dried up lake.

Looking from afar, Dong could only see these people occasionally digging up mud from under their feet, covering their bodies with it and even rolling in the mud.

He didn’t understand what these people were doing and why they were covering their bodies with mud in this weather. In this weather, the mud on their bodies wouldn’t last long and would turn into dirt clots.

Going back to clean up would be a great waste of water. If they did not clean up, the bugs and pollutants in the mud would cause those people to get infected or fallen ill.

Curious Dong Tianyu didn’t know what those people were doing bending over in the lake, so he approached quickly on his bike.

When Dong Tianyu arrived at the lakeside, he realized what those people were doing in the lake.

It turned out they were braving the heat in the lake to catch river clams.

Dragon Lake had not been cleared for many years. When the temperature started to rise, the survivors in the nearby Refuge Centers began to extract lake water to store enough water sources.