The two elders, Ruan and Gu, understood what their leader meant. They said they would definitely talk to Ruan Ruan about it when they got back.

The main purpose of this meeting was to resolve Tangcheng's funding issues. After the matter was decided, everyone else dispersed.

Immediately after the meeting, Mr. Ruan and Mr. Gu, carrying the documents given to them by their superiors, had their guards drive straight to the street where the Prince's Mansion was located. With the superiors' documents and the prestige of the two old men, the street office quickly processed the transfer of ownership.

After taking the property certificate, they rushed to the Prince's Mansion to take a look, explained the situation to the guards, and said that they should come to the main compound to find them for matters concerning the Prince's Mansion. They also said that their salaries would be paid by Ruan Ruan from now on, and that they should go to Wutong Garden to meet Ruan Ruan after she returned.

The news that the Prince's Mansion would henceforth be Ruan Ruan's private property had already spread before the two old men even returned to the compound.

Upon hearing the news, the two elderly women immediately went home to wait.

Inside the central government building, after receiving the notification, the Minister of Finance immediately convened a meeting in his department. After an hour of discussion, it was finally decided that Lan Chaoyang would be the person to go to Tangcheng this time. Firstly, he was Ruan Ruan's cousin, and secondly, he had worked with Ruan Ruan before, so he should be able to persuade Comrade Ruan Ruan to set up businesses in Tangcheng.

After receiving the order, Lan Chaoyang went home and discussed the matter with his father. Then, he rushed to the outskirts of the city that night to discuss it with Zheng Xuyang.

"How likely do you think it is that Ruan Ruan will open a factory in Tangcheng?" The two sat on the open ground outside the pharmaceutical factory, looking at the sky. In the early August night sky, there were many stars.

At this point, even if Zheng Xuyang was slow-witted, he understood the meaning behind Ruan Ruan's earlier statement, "The main factory of the garment factory has other arrangements."

"Hey, just go tomorrow without worry. When you arrive, just say that the leader knows she likes courtyard houses and has already given her the Prince's Mansion as a reward. Then she'll naturally know what to do."

The thought of how busy he would be in the future gave Zheng Xuyang a headache.

Why is there no one who can help me?

Thinking of this, Zheng Xuyang looked unhappily at Lan Chaoyang, who was sitting to the side and was happy to hear his words. This person was the successor he was grooming. How could he have disappeared after just returning to the capital?

Regarding his idea, the relevant leaders said that they originally wanted to poach Zheng Xuyang, but they were afraid that as soon as they made a move, Comrade Ruan would poison him with a single dose of medicine. Therefore, after learning that Lan Chaoyang had returned to Beijing with the Lan family, they acted immediately.

Since they were all trained by Zheng Xuyang, they can't be too bad.

"Alright, I'll listen to you. I'll head back now; I have to travel tomorrow." Having gotten the answer he wanted, Lan Chaoyang didn't linger and got up to leave.

You know, the railway to Tangcheng is currently impassable, so he'll be driving there himself tomorrow. Just thinking about driving for two days makes him tired.

With the help of the people brought by Sun Hongxin, and the fact that the road had been cleared in the morning, everyone went into the city to clean up in the afternoon.

After sending his wife home at noon, Huo Haocheng went to see Secretary Xu and had a short meeting with them. Secretary Xu's idea was to clear out the factories first and then check whether the machinery inside was still usable. Although they had taken precautions to protect the machinery that couldn't be moved from the factories before evacuating, none of them expected the earthquake to be so big.

If all the machinery is usable, then we can first arrange for the original factory workers to rebuild the factory.

Fortunately, when Huo Haocheng and his team were cleaning up, they stacked the bricks and tiles that could still be used separately, which saved them some costs.

If the machinery is damaged, let a technician come and repair it; we'll try to restore it as much as possible.

Huo Haocheng agreed with the secretary's statement.

So in the afternoon, he had Sun Hongxin lead the 50 people he brought along to join Deng Yi and his group, who brought the original factory workers, to clean up the machinery factory.

It is said that many hands make light work. In just one afternoon, the machine factory was cleaned up. After inspection by the technicians, only a small part of the machinery was intact and usable. The larger machines, even with protection, were more or less damaged and needed to be repaired.

The secretary was satisfied with the result. As long as it wasn't smashed to pieces, it was already good enough that it could be repaired and still be used.

During dinner, Huo Haocheng sat down with the mayor and the party secretary to discuss the matter. Starting tomorrow, they would allow the original employees of the factory to resume work, just like they did with the machinery factory today. They would first clean up the factory and then check whether the equipment was still usable. The party secretary's idea was to repair what could be repaired as soon as possible, and if it was really impossible to replace it, they would find a way to do so as soon as possible, find other factories to issue IOUs for replacements, because they did not know when the central government would be able to send someone over.

They have enough manpower now and can do everything they can on their own. They are gradually recovering from the rest.

Another issue is that it's already August, and the children will start school in September. No matter what, we can't let the children be without classrooms to attend school. So, next, they need to mobilize other unemployed people to rebuild the school.

Huo Haocheng had no objections to the issues raised by the Party Secretary.

However, as soon as they finished their meeting and came out, Huo Haocheng saw Huo Haoshen, who should have been resting, leading someone towards Ruan Ruan and the others' infirmary.

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