It was a little after two in the morning at the mayor's residence.
Li Mingsheng sat in the small study on the first floor of his house, squinting his eyes at the terrorist team soldiers walking back and forth outside, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.
This night was the most difficult night for Li Mingsheng since he entered politics. He knew very well that with things getting to this point, there were countless people in the regulatory committee and the upper echelons of the hostile party, racing against time to figure out how to kill him.
The people from the regional security patrol department will not be able to fly to Longcheng until at least tomorrow morning. During this period of time, anything could happen.
Gunfights, assassinations, and even small-scale armed conflicts may occur at any time in this high-ranking official compound, just like the original War of Independence, which seemed to have started suddenly.
Although Li Mingsheng is a civil servant, he is a tough guy. Just as Li Yuan said to Su Tianyu at the beginning, this man wanted to do something when he was young, and he was even willing to risk his political career.
He didn't want to wait here for the result from the higher-ups. Even if it meant death, he would fight to the last second.
Li Mingsheng slowly stood up and immediately waved towards the outside.
Outside the study, Li Yuan, who was always paying attention to the leadership's movements, immediately pushed the door and walked in.
Li Mingsheng glanced at Li Yuan's face and asked softly, "Still not used to it?"
Li Yuan paused and said, "I have completely adapted to it."
"The special envoy from the upper level is estimated to arrive in Longcheng around 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. During this time, we must make all preparations." Li Mingsheng said to Li Yuan with his hands behind his back, "Find someone to contact the navy of Tianhong Port and ask Lao Lu to send someone over. Wait for news at the door."
Li Yuan nodded: "Okay."
"The situation over there isn't stable either. Those people in the police department are opportunistic and may well order some radical actions." Li Mingsheng paused and added, "Go out and tell Jin Maohui to dispatch two teams of terrorists to put pressure on the police department with armed personnel. Without guns in their hands, the masses are likely to gather and disperse out of fear. The protesters must not be dispersed before tomorrow morning."
"I see."
"Go ahead." Li Mingsheng waved his hand.
Li Yuan turned and left. After thinking for a long time, Li Mingsheng picked up his mobile phone and dialed the number of Wen Zhanbo, the brigade commander of the garrison.
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Half an hour later, at the regulatory headquarters.
The new president, Lille, sat in the small conference room with a serious expression and anxious eyes as he smoked a cigarette. He was also waiting for orders from his superiors.
Lille is 61 years old this year. He was doing well in the regional council, eating steak and singing freedom songs. But he was suddenly parachuted to Longcheng some time ago. The reason was that Zhao Weihu was involved in a major case here that shocked the whole of Europe. The former chairman of the regulatory committee stepped down because of taking the blame, so he temporarily took the vacancy and came to Longcheng.
Lille took over a mess. The public support and credibility of the regulatory board continued to decline due to the Zhao Weihu incident. Various negative impacts also put this absolute power institution, which is usually low-key, under the spotlight.
After Lille arrived, before he could start dealing with various incidents, a mining accident happened inexplicably, and the incident escalated again and again due to the continuous game between the upper management. So he felt very uncomfortable and wronged sitting in this position at the moment.
If handled well, the result will naturally be ideal, but if there is even the slightest mistake, his fate will not be much better than that of the previous president.
After a careful review, Lille found that he had actually bought a March experience ticket for the supreme power in Dragon City, but the price might very well be the complete ruin of his political career.
Thinking of this, Lille, who was somewhat overwhelmed, almost pooped in his trouser pocket out of anger.
After a long wait, there was finally a response.
The phone on the conference table rang, and Lille picked it up immediately: "This is the Regulatory Committee, this is Lille."
"I am Ouyang Zhen, the director of the regional security inspection department. Regarding the incident in Longcheng, I need to remind you. Li Mingsheng is the mayor of the autonomous city appointed by the region. His personal safety will be closely monitored by the upper level, and the supervision will be obliged to protect his governance and personal safety." Ouyang Zhen said in a stern tone: "I will land in Longcheng at 8 o'clock in the morning. All conflicts and disputes can be discussed after I arrive."
"You are being arrogant, Mr. Ouyang. The Regulatory Commission...!" Lille frowned and was about to retort, because the other party's department did not have leadership power over the Regulatory Commission, and he did not need to give face to the minister.
"If the incident tonight escalates again, my inspection department may mobilize teams from outside the district to enter the city to maintain stability for the sake of Mayor Li's life. That's it." Ouyang Zhen threw down a sentence and hung up the phone directly.
“Bang!”
Lil slammed the phone, stood up with his hands on his hips and cursed: "Stupid son of a bitch! I hope he crashes on this bad night...!"
"Mr. Riel, the parliament is calling."
"…!" Lil walked to the side angrily and reached out to pick up the microphone.
"The people from the inspection department will be there mainly to negotiate. You should be prepared and listen to their conditions first." The voice of a middle-aged man was heard on the phone.
"Damn the Inspection Department, they actually claimed that they would send troops to Longcheng...!" Lille was very excited and shouted nonsense while holding the microphone.
Next to him, the secretary looked at Lear's buttocks, immediately reached out and picked up a suit, frowned and walked over to put it around his waist.
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Around 8:10 in the morning.
Outside Longcheng, about three kilometers away from the Baolong Mining Area, a civilian ranch was suddenly flooded by a rising natural lake, and a large amount of wetlands, ranch equipment, and feed were destroyed.
Due to heavy rains for several days in a row, various natural disasters could occur at any time, so the Longcheng City Water Conservancy Department, rescue team, and geological survey department all rushed here after work for routine inspections.
A team of more than 20 people found the flooded natural lake and surveyed it inside and out.
A Chinese leader of the water conservancy department stood on the hillside, looking at the lake depression where water was rushing out, and looked down at the instrument recording the average terrain height: "I guess it's still the underground river. The terrain here is too low, and the accumulated water inside caused the underground river to rise, which opened up the natural cave, so the water flowed here."
A person nearby glanced up the hillside and scanned the direction of the mining area. "It's not far away. I think it's the underground river."
“Let’s start level three monitoring, recording the water flow speed and density… I personally feel that the water stored inside is not enough to endanger the surrounding residents and cause a natural disaster. The water has been rising for two days, and it is estimated that the water will almost flow away.” The middle-aged man gave an order and walked down the hillside.
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at the same time.
After Ouyang Zhen arrived in Longcheng, he rushed to the housing estate for senior municipal officials' families.
The people from the regulatory committee didn’t know the other party and still wanted to stop them.
Ouyang Zhen's secretary pointed at the other person's nose and cursed: "Open your dog eyes and see which department's work ID card is hanging on my chest!"
The people from the supervisory committee scanned their credentials and gave way on the spot.
Five minutes later, Ouyang Zhen walked into the mayor's mansion. Li Mingsheng came out to greet him and immediately said, "Protect the association first."
In a word, the two major official media outlets in Longcheng, affiliated with the Civil Affairs faction, rushed to the Shengli District Police Department as soon as possible, and Su Tianyu also received a call from Li Yuan, who told him in detail how to deal with the media.