After Qi Tianxiang finished speaking, his eyes looked at Liao Yong, and he said in a gentle tone: "Let's ask the comrades of the gold detachment to give a brief introduction to the situation of the pollution source first!" ”

Liao Yong saw Qi Tianxiang first look at him, and immediately knew Qi Tianxiang's intentions, so he used his eyes to signal the leader of the gold detachment Li beside him, and did not say too much, but gave orders with his eyes.

Under the guidance of Liao Yong's eyes, Captain Li immediately stood up and saluted the whole audience, especially Yao Bingxin and Qi Tianxiang, before sitting down slowly and said solemnly: "After several days of careful investigation and testing by the cadres and soldiers of our detachment, the main area and pollution source of radioactive materials have been basically determined, and the pollution level within two kilometers around the mining area has reached the hazardous level, especially the radiation concentration in the mine is close to the dangerous level, and it needs to be closed temporarily. In addition, the water accumulation in the roadway has shown a downward trend in the past few days, which is suspected to be caused by leakage in the underground tunnel. This is the basic situation of the mining area. ”

Captain Li's language was very clear and concise, he paused slightly, faced Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin and continued: "Since the ore was crushed and primarily selected in the roadway, it was the main reason for the excessive radiation in the roadway. After the ore is crushed, it enters the selection process, which is carried out in a cave close to the roadway. According to the requirements of the specification, the wastewater and waste residue should be purified in a closed sedimentation tank, and then put into barrels and waste residue together, buried deep on the spot, or drilled and sealed. However, after a joint investigation by environmental protection experts and our detachment, it was found that the company not only did not operate in accordance with the dangerous goods operation procedures, but also discharged the wastewater directly into the Guishui River through a hidden tunnel, and the waste residue was also piled up in the valley near the cave, causing secondary harm to the environment. ”

Seeing Yao Bingxin and Qi Tianxiang's gradually solemn expressions, Captain Li did not hesitate, and then introduced: "The Hongxing Cyanide Plant located on the right bank of the Guishui River, as well as several similar processing plants, in addition to some of the wastewater from the vague cyanide entering the sedimentation tank, there is also part of the wastewater that is directly discharged into the Guishui River. This is how we investigated jointly with the environmental authorities. ”

After Captain Li's report, the conference room fell into a deathly silence, although everyone could think of such a situation, but once Captain Li said it, he still felt shocked and unbelievable, and even Mao Zhigang, who was presiding over the meeting, was stunned and didn't know what to say.

After a short period of dullness, Qi Tianxiang and Yao Bingxin glanced at each other, and then nodded to Captain Li to express their gratitude. Then he looked at Liu Sheng, the deputy director in charge of mineral resources of the Land Department not far away, tried his best to restrain his emotions, and asked slowly: "You can also tell me about the situation!" How much have you mastered in the past few days about the development and destruction of mineral resources? Let's talk about it too! ”

Although Qi Tianxiang's tone was relatively calm, there was fire in his eyes, and the gaze that looked at Liu Sheng also had a sense of compulsion, which made Liu Sheng secretly complain, and he also felt that it was difficult to deal with Qi Tianxiang's persecution and criticism.

After the accident, the director of the department happened to be in rotation training at the Beijing Party School, and the provincial environmental protection department organized an emergency response leading group, which required the leaders of the Department of Land and Resources to come forward to the scene. I didn't feel like a good job, and I thought that the Environmental Protection Agency would come forward to deal with the accident, and I could deal with it.

I didn't expect to know that I was only participating in the emergency team led by the housing construction, and the expert team led by Liu Futian, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Department, who set off in advance, was of the same nature, and Qi Tianxiang would personally go to the scene to lead the disposal work, so that the specifications were raised several levels at once.

When he came to Guishui County, all Liu Sheng could do was to quickly understand the situation. Guishui County found rare metal deposits information, a few years ago when he did not come to the hall, did not know the specific situation, related to the national strategy of mineral resources belongs to the state secret, he is not very clear about the development of the situation after that, just know that Guishui County has gold and associated ore development, because of the low grade, the output is not high, did not attract his attention at all. The initial news was that the cyanide leak had polluted the Guishui River and directly affected the safe drinking water problem in the Qinghe River basin.

But with the development of the situation, Liu Sheng realized the seriousness of the situation for himself, especially after Han Zizai, secretary of the Guishui County Party Committee, and the director of the county land bureau were controlled, Liu Sheng immediately couldn't sit still. The national key mineral resources have been mined for several years, and as the deputy director in charge, he does not understand and grasp these situations at all, and it is certainly difficult to shirk the responsibility for negligence.

Fortunately, after Qi Tianxiang came over, the urgent matter of emergency water supply and figuring out the source of pollution required him to show energy to deal with it, but he did not pay attention to the development of mineral resources, and invisibly gave Liu Sheng a little respite. With a deeper understanding, Liu Sheng's psychological pressure has not only not been relieved, but has become more serious. Many minerals were mined for no reason, and someone from the provincial department provided detailed information and gave practical help, and it also became a link in the chain of interests. Although the mine is mined without a license, it has been instructed and acquiesced by the main person in charge of the department, and the actual owner of the mine has great energy and power, which is difficult for him to shake as a deputy director.

Several times I called Director Wang Quanlin, who was studying in Beijing, and asked him to deal with the strategy, either asking him to deal with it silently, or asking him to leave it alone, and even kindly suggested that he cooperate with the investigation, or report it, without listening to his explanation at all, let alone his idea of asking for a replacement.

In this regard, Liu Sheng is not only helpless, but also patient. The intricate relationship between the department is difficult for him, an outsider who has come from the position of deputy mayor of the prefecture and city, to see through at all, and as the deputy director in charge of geology and mining development, he has no control over the geology and mining bureau in charge. The examination and approval of land and mineral resources, these lucrative departments and industries, is something that the director of the department has always been unwilling to let go, and Zhao Lin, director of the Bureau of Geology and Mining, relies on his age and relationship with the director of the department, and does not take him seriously at all. Although he came to Guishui County with him, no one knows what he is busy with in the past few days. Now sitting next to him, he doesn't seem to care so much about his existence.

Accustomed to being a deputy, Liu Sheng understands how to play a supporting role, this is the case in the city at the beginning, and the same is true when he is transferred to the Land Department, holding a posture of indisputability, secretly accumulating strength, waiting for opportunities, is the attitude he insists on. In this regard, he also firmly believes that cadres like him who have come to this level without roots and bottomlessness can sit firmly in their positions, and most of them will do so. Pretending to be deaf and dumb, letting things go, not fighting for power and not taking care of things, not only will not have conflicts with the number one leader, and can exist in peace and sound, but also an important survival strategy.

But now, an accident that appeared inadvertently suddenly pushed him to the forefront, and in the face of Qi Tianxiang's inquiry, he couldn't hide from it anyway, and he didn't dare to be perfunctory. No matter how tough Wang Quanlin is, he hints that he pays attention to his identity, and even does not hesitate to report that he stands firm, but after all, he is still far away in Beijing, but the current governor is really sitting in the middle of the conference table, and he has more power than Wang Quanlin, and he can't afford to offend.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Sheng turned sideways, looked at Qi Tianxiang, and said with a little caution: "Director Wang Quanlin of our department is studying in rotation in Beijing, and entrusted by him, I and Director Zhao Lin of the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, as well as several experts in the development of mineral resources, participated in the accident investigation on behalf of the land and resources department. ”

Seeing Qi Tianxiang's serious expression, Liu Sheng immediately felt Qi Tianxiang's dissatisfaction, although he didn't understand Qi Tianxiang, the governor, he was neat and pragmatic, but the reputation of being tired of red tape was clear to the officialdom of Hehai, and he had already explained the simple report just now, and his report with shoes and hats like this caused his dissatisfaction to be certain.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng hurriedly adjusted his sitting posture, sat upright, and said cautiously: "After we came to Guishui County, we immediately began to investigate the development of mineral resources. After consulting the case file of the Guishui County Land and Resources Bureau, and through the investigation of the department's examination and approval system, there was no application and approval report for rare metal mining in Guishui County, only the qualification examination report for the approval of gold minerals, and the enterprise did not carry out subsequent annual inspections, and is now in a state of unlicensed mining, which is an illegal enterprise that should be banned and punished. ”

From Qi Tianxiang's eyes, Liu Sheng saw the anger and the incredible look, so he hurriedly explained: "This is a serious consequence of the inaction of the Guishui County Land Bureau, after our preliminary investigation, the Land Bureau and a group of people not only connived at the enterprise to mine without a license, but also crossed the border mining, illegally obtained benefits, has violated party discipline and state law, and has now been controlled to be investigated, the next step we will strictly investigate the corruption and perversion of the law, serious treatment." ”

After listening to Liu Shengxu's babbling story, Qi Tianxiang was very dissatisfied with such a statement, so he said coldly without concealment: "Serious handling is certain, but it is no longer something that your Land Department can handle, since it has violated party discipline and state law, then hand it over to the department with the right to dispose of it!" What you should do now is to concentrate on assessing the mining situation and losses, and come up with a convincing evidence to provide the necessary assistance in dealing with the accident. ”

Looking at Liu Sheng's panicked expression, Qi Tianxiang felt the thoughts in his heart, and knew that he had a lot of things that he couldn't say now, but now he didn't have time to find out about his specific situation, but turned his eyes to Zhang Lijun, director of the Provincial Health Department, glanced at the watch on his wrist and said quietly: "Tell me about your health and epidemic prevention situation!" Be brief, if you feel that you can't finish talking before lunch, you can report to other units, and you can talk about it in the afternoon. ”