The atmosphere of the banquet was warm, but Li Yuanlang was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han Dynasty. With the strong wind outside the window and the thunder and lightning, his heart had already flown to Ruozhou City, hundreds of kilometers away.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Yuanlang looked at the time and estimated that Cheng Yong and the others should have returned to Ruozhou by now.

So I took advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet and called Cheng Yong.

Cheng Yong quickly answered the call and informed him that he had arrived in Ruozhou City and was on his way to the typhoon prevention headquarters located in the municipal government.

Li Yuanlang said take care and hung up the phone.

The banquet lasted for more than two hours before it ended.

As soon as Li Yuanlang returned to the room, he received a call from Liu Dong, saying that Secretary Zhou asked him to come over.

It rained tonight, so Zhou Xujie drank a lot and did not go home. He stayed in his dedicated room in the guest house to rest.

Under Liu Dong's guidance, Li Yuanlang walked into Zhou Xujie's room.

"Comrade Yuen Long is here, sit down." Zhou Xujie sat on the sofa, touched his sparse hair, and said with deep feeling: "The amount of alcohol decreases inversely with age. After drinking a little wine, you will feel dizzy. It's really not what it used to be.

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"Secretary Zhou, you are still young. According to the new algorithm, you are in the prime of life."

"Haha." Zhou Xujie smiled happily, pointed at Li Yuanlang and said, "You can tell the truth with your mouth."

Who doesn't want to hear nice words? The reason why Li Yuanlang nags him is to improve his relationship with Zhou Xujie.

When he takes office in Ruozhou, he must get Zhou Xujie's full support.

Although Lian Mingyu is the provincial governor and someone Yu Jinfeng has trained hard, Li Yuanlang does not want to put all his eggs in one basket.

With many friends and many paths, it is impossible to offend everyone right away.

I was happy, but it was basically impossible to gain a foothold in Ruozhou from now on.

After chatting, Li Yuanlang explained his intention.

According to the weather forecast, the typhoon will pass through Minzhong Province tonight and will first make landfall in Ruozhou.

Li Yuanlang originally planned to rush to Ruozhou in advance to participate in typhoon defense.

But Zhou Xujie changed the conversation time to after dinner. At this time, the typhoon was raging in Ruozhou, and his idea was in vain.

After listening to Li Yuanlang's report, Zhou Xujie persuaded him: "Comrade Yuenlang, don't be anxious. With the climate like Minzhong Province, there are several typhoons passing through every year. The local comrades have experience in this area. You have to believe that they have enough experience."

Contingency plan.”

"Go back and rest early, and go to Ruozhou to take office tomorrow with full energy. It's been a busy day, and I'm really tired."

After Zhou Xujie said this, Li Yuanlang had no choice but to stand up and leave.

When he returned to the room, he was on pins and needles and put his hand on the phone countless times, but finally did not call out.

I guess everyone is very busy. Li Yuanlang has not yet taken office. At this time, he is participating in the command remotely and is just gesticulating.

At this moment, there was a strong wind outside the window and a heavy downpour.

Li Yuanlang was restless and tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

After struggling for more than an hour, I fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but my phone suddenly rang.

Li Yuanlang suddenly sat up. After answering, Cheng Yong's anxious voice came from inside: "Li, Secretary Li is not good, something happened."

"Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

According to Cheng Yong's report, due to proper response, the typhoon last night did not cause much damage overall. However, a five-story building in Ruo'an District collapsed, where all migrant workers from other places living in Ruozhou lived.

Thirty-six people have been rescued so far, 10 were seriously injured, 20 were hospitalized for treatment, five were killed and eight are missing.

The thing I was most worried about happened.

Li Yuanlang was completely sleepless and washed his face to wake up.

When he saw that it was already half past six in the morning, he picked up the phone and dialed Lian Mingyu directly.

After hearing what Li Yuanlang said, Lian Mingyu said: "I just heard about it. We will report it to Secretary Zhou now."

So after the two of them met, they went directly to the door of Zhou Xujie's room upstairs.

Zhou Xujie also received the news and made a prompt decision, suggesting that Li Yuanlang go to Ruozhou to take office first to deal with emergencies.

They also issued instructions requiring the Ruozhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to make every effort to search for missing persons and minimize losses.

They also dispatched Vice Governor Ji Xianlai as the team leader to immediately rush to Ruozhou City together with relevant provincial government departments.

Lian Mingyu also gave Li Yuanlang a few words and reminded him to pay attention to safety.

Li Yuanlang ignored breakfast, boarded the minibus, and rushed to Ruozhou City with Ji Xianlai and others.

Along the way, Li Yuanlang noticed that after the violent storm last night, there were broken trees on both sides of Minchuan Road.

Personnel from relevant departments are conducting emergency repairs.

Minchuan is like this, I wonder what Ruozhou will be like.

Doesn’t it mean that local comrades have experience in this area and take all precautions, but why are there still casualties and accidents?

Although it is a natural disaster, are there any human factors here?

He was so confused that when Ji Xian came to talk to him, he didn't even react for a moment.

"Secretary Li, from what I understand, this building collapse accident occurred because the building here was illegally constructed. The local authorities have come to ask it to make rectifications many times, but the homeowner turned a deaf ear."

Li Yuanlang already knew this from the fax sent by Cheng Yong. He said: "There is no doubt that the homeowner is responsible. However, our relevant departments only came to ask him to demolish the illegally constructed building many times, and no substantive demolition action was taken."

"The top priority now is to seize the time to search and rescue the missing people and seize the golden seventy-two hours. In addition, the investigation into the cause of the accident can be carried out at the same time. Vice Governor Ji, what do you think?"

Ji Xianlai nodded, "I agree."

It was 230 kilometers from Minchuan to Ruozhou. The whole journey was at high speed, and police cars were clearing the way. It took a little more than two hours, and the general outline of Ruozhou City appeared in front of Li Yuanlang.

As the rain has passed and the sky has cleared up, the streets of Ruozhou City have obviously been cleaned up, but there are many more broken trees on both sides of the road than in Minchuan, which is enough to imagine how fierce the wind was last night and how heavy the rain was.

The motorcade drove to the Ruozhou Municipal Party Committee compound.

Mayor Zou Shengxuan, who had received the news earlier, led the city's relevant leaders to wait in front of the building.

Li Yuanlang and Ji Xianlai stepped off the minibus one after another, skipping the pleasantries and went directly to the conference room for a meeting to listen to the report.

The person in charge of the relevant departments of Ruozhou City reported the progress of the on-site search and rescue to the leaders of the municipal party committee and municipal government present via video.

This is a five-story self-built house. The entire building collapsed and was almost razed to the ground.

Currently, three people have been excavated, one of whom died, one died on the way to the hospital, and one is being rescued.

Li Yuanlang ordered into the microphone, asking them to continue searching and not to waste a single second.

Later, we held a meeting with everyone on site to study and hear about the damage caused by the typhoon.

From the beginning to the end, Li Yuanlang frowned and looked gloomy.

When giving instructions, Li Yuanlang said sharply: "Natural disasters are irresistible, but what I want to say is, we have made adequate plans before, why did the tragedy of building collapse still occur? What does it mean? It means that the plans are not detailed enough.

It is far from achieving the purpose of reducing the safety of people's lives and property."

At this point, Li Yuanlang excitedly banged his hands on the table.

Zou Shengxuan's face was ashen and he couldn't help biting his cheek.

Many of the others present lowered their heads.

Li Yuanlang picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After putting it down, he said in a calm tone: "Of course, no one wants to see a serious casualty accident."

"I know that comrades stayed at their respective posts all night yesterday and it was very hard for everyone. But have you ever thought that the seven people who died are seven living lives. They are the children of their parents, the parents of their children, and they are the children of their parents.

The main source of income for a family is the backbone.”

"Losing them will make the family no longer happy, life no longer happy, lack of joy, and lack of reunion. Compared with you, this hard work is nothing!"

"So, I ask comrades to ask themselves and reflect on whether they are doing a good job or not in the process of disaster prevention."

No wonder Li Yuanlang was so angry. After listening to Han Duan's report yesterday, I felt that Ruozhou was well prepared in this regard.

But if a five-story building collapses in strong winds and heavy rain, isn’t it just a shoddy project?

Relevant departments found out and came to the door again and again to propose rectifications. However, until the accident happened and seven people died, rectifications were still just lip service.

After Li Yuanlang finished speaking, he turned his face and asked Zou Shengxuan next to him, "Do you have anything else to add?"

Zou Shengxuan took a deep breath and said angrily: "Secretary Li's speech just now touched me deeply. Since there is an accident involving casualties, no matter how hard you have worked before, how many all-nighters you have stayed up, and how many meetings you have held to study disaster prevention plans.

, revising it over and over again, implementing it item by item, and detailing it to everyone, in the end, it is not worth losing seven lives."

“On behalf of the municipal government and the Municipal Typhoon Defense Headquarters, I fully accept Secretary Li’s criticism.”
Chapter completed!