The city government's comprehensive restrictions on electricity use have had a serious impact on various shelters in the city, and even the city shelters themselves are no exception.
Except for necessary electricity, all excess electricity has been restricted and canceled. Even when city officials hold meetings, they only use emergency lights for lighting instead of electric lights as before.
This is obviously a special experience for the officials, but at this time, no one will say unnecessary words, ask for special treatment, turn on the lights, etc.
Although restrictions on electricity use have had a certain impact on the daily work of the city government, it is not insurmountable. Daily work can still be maintained with emergency lighting.
However, although the current difficulties can be overcome, it does not mean that the problem has been solved.
The impending shortage of coal remains a major problem facing the city government.
The relevant situation has been notified to the provincial government, which has also been urgently allocating materials to support the city. The construction team of the railway department is also conducting emergency repairs on the railway bridge.
But this all takes time, and the situation is still not optimistic.
So right now, the atmosphere in the city government shelter is extremely tense, and everyone is nervously dealing with the things at hand.
Emotional comfort of survivors in various shelters, material distribution, distribution and use of existing coal...
All kinds of complicated work have kept everyone busy. No one mentioned taking a vacation or getting off work. They just took a break when they were tired and then continued working.
From high-level officials to low-level staff, no one is exempt.
The gates of the city hall are still heavily guarded, and the inspections have even become stricter due to previous bomb attacks and railway bridge explosions. Not only do you have to be inspected when you come in, you also have to be inspected when you go out.
As a secretary in the city government office, Secretary Li does not enjoy any privileges. Even if he wants to leave the shelter to go out to do business, he still needs to go through a series of security checks.
"Sorry, Secretary Li, your bag needs to be checked too." Of course the staff responsible for the inspection knew Secretary Li, but at this time, he did not dare to say anything friendly or give Secretary Li any preferential treatment.
Secretary Li didn't mind, just handed his briefcase to the other party, and while letting the other party inspect it, he was also being searched.
There were some documents in the briefcase, and the staff did not take a closer look at them. As long as they were sure that they were not dangerous items or confidential documents, there were no strict restrictions on carrying other things.
After the inspection was completed, the staff member returned the briefcase to Secretary Li: "I'm sorry, Secretary Li, for wasting your time."
"It's okay, you also need it for work." Secretary Li seemed to be easy to talk to. He smiled and took back his briefcase, then passed the checkpoint and left the shelter.
Just watching Secretary Li leave, the staff member muttered to the colleague next to him strangely: "What is Secretary Li going to do? Why don't you take a car?"
"Isn't it strange that he didn't leave our place when he was in the car?" The colleague next to him didn't find it strange at all.
If you are going to other shelters by car, now that the underground passage has been basically opened, you can just take the car directly from the underground garage. There is really no need to go up to the ground and go out through the gate.
The staff member thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he didn't pay attention to it. He stopped the next person who was about to go out and continued his inspection work.
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After leaving the shelter, Secretary Li didn't go too far. He stepped on the snow and walked about a street. He looked around cautiously and saw that there was no one around, so he turned on the flashlight in his hand. Aiming at a nearby building that had not yet collapsed, he flashed the light a few times.
Soon there was a flash of light in the building.
Upon seeing this, Secretary Li looked around cautiously to make sure no one was following him, and then walked towards the building.
Entering the building, in a closed room surrounded by walls, several people whose faces could not be seen clearly were waiting for Secretary Li's arrival.
Seeing him coming in, the leader quickly stood up and greeted him: "Second uncle, you are here!"
"Azu, what on earth do you want to do! Why do you want to blow up the railway?" However, Secretary Li was not polite to the person greeting him in front of him. He took off the protective mask on his face and asked him very dissatisfiedly. With.
"Second Uncle, what do you mean?" The person who greeted Secretary Li heard his question and still had a gentle attitude, but he didn't seem to understand what Secretary Li meant.
When Secretary Li saw this, the expression on his face became even more dissatisfied, so he said angrily to him: "We agreed from the beginning, I am only passing on the news to you to help you avoid being arrested by the city government, not to let you You went to blow up the railway and carried out a bomb attack in front of the city hall! Now that you have blown up the railway, the power supply and heating of the whole city will be affected! Many people will die!"
"What does it matter? This is just a necessary sacrifice." This man didn't seem to care about it. The expression on his face was still gentle, but his eyes didn't have a trace of warmth and looked very cold.
"You call this a necessary sacrifice? What do you think of human life?" Secretary Li looked at the person in front of him, as if in disbelief: "What on earth do you want to do? Azu!"
"All I want to do is to realize my ideals so that everyone can be free and happy. The government is just a yoke that restricts freedom. Only by overthrowing the ruler can people gain freedom! Only then can people gain true freedom. Happiness!" The person called Azu still had a gentle expression on his face, and there seemed to be some smile, but his eyes turned from cold to enthusiastic, and he looked at Secretary Li with sincerity in his tone: "This is me Ideal! What I want to do! Second uncle, come join us! As long as our plan is realized, this city can be managed by you, second uncle, and you will be the mayor. This is not Something you’ve always dreamed of?”
"I want to be the mayor, but this is not the law!" Secretary Li was wavered for a moment, but soon shook his head and refused, and still questioned Azu: "For the freedom you talk about, you plan to kill how many people?"
"Anyone who blocks the road to freedom will be counted as one." Perhaps Secretary Li's refusal angered him, and the expression on Azu's face became grim, and his answer seemed very cruel.
Secretary Li seemed to be shocked, took a few steps back, shook his head and said in disbelief: "Azu, how did you become like this? That's a human life!"
"For freedom, sacrifice is always necessary." Azu didn't seem to want to waste words with Secretary Li, and said directly to him: "Second uncle, you'd better think about it carefully. If you join us, then you are still mine. Second Uncle, when we occupy this city, Second Uncle, you will be the mayor of this city, and this city will be managed by you, Second Uncle.
But if you are still so stubborn, second uncle, then I can only express my regrets. Even if you are my second uncle, my only relative, I can only..."
As Azu said, he took out the pistol from his body, but he did not aim it at Secretary Li. He just pulled out the magazine, then took out a bullet and put it into the pocket of his jacket: "I'm going to pay for this bullet." Second uncle, you keep it."
Secretary Li looked at Azu's movements and understood what he meant.
If Secretary Li is willing to join and become Azu's accomplice, he will use this bullet to kill a person as a surrender.
But if Secretary Li is unwilling to join, then that bullet will be the bullet that sends Secretary Li on his way.
After speaking, Azu glanced at his men: "Send my second uncle out."
Secretary Li seemed to be frightened by Azu. Although he wanted to say something more, he could only be invited out by Azu's men and stumbled away.
"Brother Zu, why are you so polite to him? Even without his help, we still can't do it." Azu's subordinates didn't seem to understand what he was doing, and asked Azu, but what this subordinate said was not It's Chinese, but Vietnamese.
"After all, he is my second uncle. After my parents died, it was my second uncle who raised me single-handedly. If it is not necessary, I don't want to do anything to him." Azu also answered the questions of his subordinates in Vietnamese, and seemed to be talking about it. Give yourself a reason not to kill Secretary Li: "And we are just mercenaries. We are good at fighting and killing people, but managing a city... who of you understands?"
Several of Azu's men looked at each other and couldn't help but shook their heads. These people were all good at killing people and setting fires, but managing a city? They will only steal money and women, and whoever makes trouble will fall apart.
Seeing the appearance of his men, Azu naturally knew that none of these people were qualified for the position of city manager. He shook his head helplessly and said: "So we need professional officials like my second uncle. He is the only one." of people know how to run a city.”
"I understand, Brother Zu." Azu's men nodded to express their understanding, but they also asked a new worry: "But Brother Zu, will he tell the truth? Even if he is your second uncle, it depends on him It doesn’t look like he’s going to join us.”
"Second Uncle, he won't betray me, otherwise he won't be able to escape." Azu seemed to trust Secretary Li, but his next sentence showed that it was not because of family affection: "And Luu will monitor him, he If you really want to betray us, even my second uncle, I won’t be lenient."
Luu is the only female among Azu's men brought over from Vietnam, and the only killer and intelligence officer in their entire team, so Azu placed her next to his second uncle, on the one hand, to protect Secretary Li and to obtain information at the same time. On the other hand, it is to monitor him.
After listening to Azu's words, Azu's men looked at each other and seemed to think there was no problem, so one of them asked: "Then what should we do next?"
