56: Chapter 56 Wushu Village 56: Chapter 56 Wushu Village Ji Yang and his team were headed to Wushu Village, a village deep in the mountains.
The village head, Wu Changshan, was a simple and honest middle-aged man who had very little to say during the journey.
In addition to him, the village’s party branch chief, Wu Laofu, also joined the meeting.
Ji Yang introduced to Chu Shuyuan, “Secretary Chu, this village has a large ancient tree called the Wumu Tree.
No one knows when it started, but everyone in the village began to use Wu as their surname.
Later, even outsiders who moved here had to change their surname to Wu.
As you know, in the past, to avoid the chaos of war, people fled to their village, and to survive, they changed their surname to Wu.
Therefore, everyone in the village has the surname Wu, but it’s not passed down from a common ancestor.”
Chu Shuyuan expressed her curiosity, “So, you mean to say that they are actually a naturally formed settlement that was later reorganized into an administrative village.”
“That’s exactly right.”
Wu Laofu smiled and said, “It’s changed a lot now.
In the new society, some people who live in other places and move to ours no longer need to change their surname.”
Zhang Feng added, “Wushu Village is known for its beautiful women.
Several attendants we hired all come from their village.”
Chu Shuyuan’s expression darkened.
She was aware of the role those girls played—they were used by Lu Shijie and others for trading power and sex.
As this was said, Wu Changshan’s face also changed color.
He had been unaware of the situation, but after such a significant incident, they had come to realize that the girls working at the guesthouses were involved in such activities, which was a total loss of face for their village.
Seeing the situation, Ji Yang said, “Fortunately, we discovered the situation in time, and the girls haven’t been harmed.
Now, they are working legitimately at the guesthouses and there’s no need for concern.”
The two from Wushu Village looked much relieved.
Chu Shuyuan said, “Mr.
Ji Yang, you must pay more attention in the future and ensure that nothing harmful to the community happens.”
“Please rest assured, leader.
Now everyone is keeping an eye on it.
Nothing will happen,” he replied.
“Secretary Wu, what is the current situation in your village?”
“Speaking of food, we’ve got enough crops for ourselves, but life is tough.
Buying anything is not easy, and transportation is inconvenient.”
Zhang Feng, realizing he had spoken out of turn earlier, tried to make amends by saying, “Secretary Chu, you can see the biggest problem of their village right away.
To get from here to their mountain, there’s a huge canyon in the middle.
When people visit, they have to descend one mountain and then climb another, and it takes too much time.”
Indeed, everyone could now see the deep canyon for themselves.
Chu Shuyuan frowned as she looked at it, then turned to Ji Yang, “What’s your view?” Content originally comes from n̷o̷v̷e̷l̷f̷i̷r̷e̷.net
Already having given it some thought, Ji Yang said, “I’ve done some research on the villages in our county, and as far as I understand, many of them settled in seclusion during the times of conflict to avoid discovery, something Secretary Wu and his colleagues are very clear about.”
Both men from Wushu Village nodded vehemently.
Ji Yang continued, “Aside from that, take Wushu Village for example, they live up in the mountains.
Fetching water requires traveling a long distance, and they mainly rely on the collection of rainwater.
Now with concrete water tanks, the situation has somewhat improved.”
Everyone looked at the two men who seemed to agree.
“Moreover, the terrain where they live is mountainous and steep; many areas can’t be used to grow crops.
Although there are plenty of mountain products, harvesting them is incredibly challenging due to the difficulty of entering the mountains,” Ji Yang added.
“What are you getting at?” Chu Shuyuan asked Ji Yang, looking in his direction.
“What I’m getting at is that we have several such villages in our county, as well as many scattered residents.
If we let them stay where they are, the first thing to do would be to build roads.
However, building roads to these places isn’t a great solution since the cost is high and the effects are minimal.
My idea is to open up an area here, to relocate everyone as much as possible from deep within the mountains, and develop various industries to smooth their path out of poverty.”
This statement prompted everyone to ponder seriously.
It was something no one had considered before.
“Secretary Wu, what do you think?”
“It’s just that everyone is used to living in the mountains, so persuading them to move out is difficult.” Both men frowned.
Ji Yang explained, “The main reason people are reluctant to move is that they are accustomed to their way of life.
However, everyone wants to live well.
If we can create some conditions for them, I believe they will come around.”