After the Spring Festival Gala was over, Old Master Lu went to his bedroom to sleep. Lu Ling was watching crosstalks and skits on the TV, laughing. Lu Yiwei was invited by the deputy director of the government office, Li Jianwei, to play mahjong with Li Haidong.
The car was back in Lu Yiwei's hands, and the two of them drove to the government quarters. On the way, Lu Yiwei's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was from County Head Zhang Zhiyuan. He thought it was a New Year call, so he picked it up and said humbly, "Happy New Year, County Head Zhang …"
Before Lu Yiwei could finish, Zhang Zhiyuan panted and said, "Lu Yiwei, go to Guiyu Village and see what's going on there. Report to me if there's a fire there. I'll be there right away. "
"Huh?" Lu Yiwei couldn't believe his ears. After calming himself down, he said calmly, "Okay, I'll go now."
After hanging up, Lu Yiwei turned around anxiously, stepped on the accelerator, and shuttled through the festive and joyous night sky. He didn't have time to appreciate it, and hurried to Guiyu Village.
What he was most worried about had finally happened. As mentioned earlier, Guiyu Village was a big forest town, and fire protection was especially important. Coupled with the fact that there had only been one snow in winter, the situation was even more pressing. Before the New Year, Zhang Zhiyuan specially went to Guiyu Village to remind the first and second leaders to do a good job, but they ignored his words. They actually gathered all the people in the county to have a bonfire party on the first day of the New Year. It was a good idea, but it touched the safety line.
Forty minutes later, Lu Yiwei arrived at the border of Guiyu Village. Looking from afar, the raging fire was leaping up with the help of the biting cold northwest wind. It was still on this hilltop a moment ago, but now, it was like a soaring dragon leaping up to another hilltop. It burned fiercely and showed no signs of subsiding.
The raging flames lit up half the sky. When Lu Yiwei saw this, he realized the severity of the fire. This was no ordinary fire. Coupled with the northwest wind, it was impossible to extinguish it in a short period of time.
Lu Yiwei drove the car into the courtyard of the Guiyu Township government office. There were only a few people in the courtyard. They stood there like ants on a hot pan, anxious but at a loss of what to do. Lu Yiwei jumped out of the car. He could feel the blazing heat from a few hundred meters away. He didn't care about that and asked, "Where are Secretary Ma and Mayor Xu?"
That officer didn't know Lu Yiwei, so he angrily said, "How would I know? Can't you see that I'm also waiting?"
Lu Yiwei ignored the cadres and took out his phone to call Ma Tianen, the Party Secretary of Guanyu Village. However, his phone was turned off. Lu Yiwei angrily hung up the phone and called the village head, Xu Zeming. The call went through, but it couldn't be connected.
He couldn't wait any longer. Lu Yiwei made a prompt decision and said to the cadre, "You're from the Guiyu Township government, right?"
"Yes." The cadre said impatiently.
Lu Yiwei calmly said, "Quickly organize people to go up the mountain and dig the isolation belt. We must control the fire tonight."
The cadre's face turned ugly. He patted his new clothes and said, "It's Chinese New Year, and everyone is wearing new clothes. Who's going to put out the fire for you? Furthermore, who are you? Who are you to point your fingers at me? Move aside! "
Lu Yiwei went up and grabbed the cadre's collar. He gritted his teeth and said, "Look at the f * cking time, and you're still so fussy about this. Let me tell you, if the fire tonight can't be put out, you can f * cking go back to prison and wear your prison uniform."
The cadre was still arrogant. He pushed Lu Yiwei away and said, "If you're capable, go and gather people. I'm just an office director, how can I gather so many people?"
Lu Yiwei couldn't delay any longer. He said, "Hurry up and contact Secretary Ma and Mayor Xu. County Zhang will be here soon."
When the cadre heard that County Zhang was coming, he immediately changed his attitude and said hurriedly, "Okay, I'll inform them now."
Unable to gather people, Lu Yiwei could only stand there anxiously. The fire was getting out of control and was burrowing deep into the mountains. The deep mountains were filled with pine trees that had been growing for decades or even centuries.
He looked at Li Haidong beside him and had an idea. He said, "Haidong, quickly go back to the village and gather all the laborers in the village. We'll go around the side of the mountain and dig the isolation belt immediately."
Li Haidong understood the situation and immediately drove to Dongwa Village.
After instructing Li Haidong, Lu Yiwei thought of Niu Fuyong of Beihe Village and Zhou Sanmao of Xikou Village. He immediately called for help and asked them to send people over immediately. He wanted them to do everything they could to protect the precious resources left by their ancestors.
Beihe Town and Guiyu Village were separated by only a mountain. After receiving Lu Yiwei's call, Niu Fuyong and Zhou Sanmao put on their clothes and ran to the Village Committee. They used the loudspeaker to call everyone to go up the mountain to fight the fire. Just like what the cadre said, everyone was wearing new clothes during the Lunar New Year. Who would be willing to go up the mountain? No one was willing. Niu Fuyong saw that only a few villagers came out with tools. To motivate everyone, he made a promise that anyone who participated in fighting the fire would get a subsidy of 100 yuan. This order quickly motivated everyone. They took off their new clothes and put on their old ones and ran up the mountain.
Zhou Sanmao saw this and followed suit. The villagers of Guiyu Village did not go up to fight the fire. Instead, the neighboring Beihe Town sent hundreds of people up the mountain to fight the fire.
After a while, the County Forestry Bureau Chief, Qi Xiaoshan, arrived with a group of people. When he got off the car and saw Lu Yiwei, he was shocked at first, but he quickly regained his composure and shook hands with him. "Yiwei, what's the situation?"
Lu Yiwei shook his head and frowned. "The situation is not optimistic. Look, the location of the fire happened to be in the canyon area. The canyon wind is like a tornado, swirling the fire into the ravine. I'm afraid the entire forest on the mountain will not be able to survive."
Qi Xiaoshan was stunned and fell to the ground, not knowing what to do.
Zhang Zhiyuan had not arrived yet, so Lu Yiwei took over as the commander. He pulled Qi Xiaoshan up and said, "Chief Qi, you can't fall now. We need to think of a solution."
Qi Xiaoshan got up and mumbled, "Yes, yes, we need to think of a solution." But his mind was blank. He had never seen such a big fire before.
Lu Yiwei cursed the group of good-for-nothing leaders in his heart. They usually flaunted their prowess, but at the critical moment, they all gave themselves away. However, he could not complain about this at this time. He said, "Director Qi, isn't there a forest fire brigade in your bureau? Quickly gather them up and bring the tools up the mountain. "
"Oh, okay!" Qi Xiaoshan replied. But the forest fire brigade was on holiday, and he did not know how to gather them up. Suddenly, he turned around and saw his deputy. He shouted, "Quickly inform the fire brigade to gather and rush to Guiyu Village."
"Okay, I will do it now!" The deputy turned and left, but was stopped by Qi Xiaoshan. "Bring me a coat when you come. I am wearing too little."
Lu Yiwei wanted to scold him, but he did not want to waste his breath. Very soon, Guiyu Village's Party Committee Secretary Ma Tianen arrived. He got out of the car and rushed to the front. When he saw that there were no leaders, he heaved a sigh of relief. He sat there panting like a dog.
Lu Yiwei walked up and said in a commanding tone, "Secretary Ma, you need to quickly send people up the mountain. The fire is getting bigger and bigger."
"You … … Let me rest for a while!" Ma Tianen leaned against the wall. He reeked of alcohol. Looking closely, there was a red lump at the bottom of his pants. But because it was too dark, Lu Yiwei did not care about it.
It seemed that no one was in a hurry except for Lu Yiwei. Qi Xiaoshan looked at the fire and sighed. "Seems like this fire cannot be extinguished. We can only let it die on its own."
Lu Yiwei could not bear to listen any longer. Instead of hurriedly organizing manpower and resources to put out the fire, he stood there and made sarcastic remarks. However, he did not have any power in his hands, so Lu Yiwei did not want to waste his breath on them. He decided not to wait for these officials and went up the mountain himself to take command.
When Lu Yiwei boarded the car, he saw Zhang Zhiyuan's car from the rear mirror. He quickly got out of the car and went up to Zhang Zhiyuan. When the other officials saw Zhang Zhiyuan, they immediately went up to him and pretended to report.
Qi Xiaoshan kept on reporting, but he did not say anything useful. Zhang Zhiyuan's face turned green and interrupted him. "Don't talk about useless things. Tell me, where are the people now? Where are the firefighting supplies that the county government gave you? "
Qi Xiaoshan was speechless and lowered his head.
Ma Tianen also went up to Zhang Zhiyuan, but before he could say anything, Zhang Zhiyuan said. "When did you know about the fire in Guiyu Village? Where were you when the fire broke out? "
Ma Tianen said timidly, "I … actually … long ago …"
"Enough!" Zhang Zhiyuan interrupted him and said with disgust. "Go and get the people from the surrounding villages to go up the mountain." After that, he turned to Lu Yiwei and said. "You, follow me!"
Zhang Zhiyuan saw the fire and was not confident. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. He moved to the side and asked anxiously. "Yiwei, how are you going to extinguish the fire?"
Lu Yiwei looked at the fire and sighed. "County Zhang, this fire cannot be extinguished."
"What?" Zhang Zhiyuan almost jumped up when he heard this. He leaned on the wall and said. "Speak!"
Lu Yiwei used his years of experience and said. "County Zhang, look at the fire. It is moving towards the center of the ditch with the help of the northwest wind. There is no way to stop it. Currently, there is only one way: Sacrifice the rook to save the king. "
Zhang Zhiyuan did not expect the situation to be so serious and said. "Continue."
Lu Yiwei said. "The forest here is at least a thousand mu, and half of it is state-owned. The Provincial Forestry Bureau will soon detect it through remote sensing satellites. In order to avoid more economic losses, we can only give up the forest in our county and protect the state-owned forest."
"No! No way! "When Zhang Zhiyuan heard that they had to give up so much forest, his heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife." Is there no other way? "
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