Chapter 755: Chapter 755: The Relocation of the County Town
After seeing the situation in Shisong County, Ji Yang realized that there wasn’t much left for the government to do, as most of the decent land had already been occupied by various forces.
From what he understood, not to mention the area around the ancient city, the land where the government was located had already been acquired by a family, and even that place had caught the eye of others.
The county leaders were all sitting there, reporting on the county’s situation.
“Mayor Ji,” he said, “from the current situation, the land where our county town is located has almost all been taken by various forces, and some even want our government to relocate so they can have this land,” a deputy county chief in charge of land sighed.
Today’s meeting was to discuss this matter, and Ji Yang naturally had his own ideas. He looked at everyone and said, “This place has already been taken over by various companies, and the number of tourists is increasing daily. Indeed, the operation of our government offices is indeed causing many inconveniences. My thought is to simply relocate and find another place.”
Cui Mingwu said, “I agree with this idea, but where to relocate is also an issue.”
Ji Yang had someone hang up a map and pointed to a location, “This place where Jiaping Gou is located has a very large dam, even larger than where our current county town is situated. I think it would be great to move the county town there.”
Wen Zhonglin said, “Mayor Ji, we’ve also researched that place. It’s indeed large, but historically, there was never a city built there. One critical reason is that it’s surrounded by mountains which make it very inconvenient to access. There’s a village there now, and that village is almost cut off from the outside world. It hasn’t been easy for us to establish contact, but thankfully, after installing a telephone, we’ve begun to communicate. The villagers are quite poor.”
Ji Yang said, “I’m aware of the situation. I’ve been there myself. The village is very ancient, with five families relying on the land there for their livelihood. When talking about poverty, they don’t have issues with food or anything, just a lack of modern lifestyle amenities.” The rightful source is n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
One deputy county chief said, “I’ve also been there, and as Mayor Ji said, after being cut off from the outside world, they have no worries about food and drink. It’s just that some daily necessities need to be brought in from outside.”
Ji Yang pointed at the map and said, “This dam is large enough to accommodate a county town inside it. Moreover, you should see that behind this mountain is a large natural reservoir. Getting water in wouldn’t be difficult. If we build a road tunnel through these two mountains, what do you think this place could become?”
Everyone looked seriously, and someone exclaimed, “Indeed, if we break through from the mountain on the west side, that leads to Shengyang County, a poor county as well, and we could potentially cooperate.”
Ji Yang said, “My thought is simple, to find partners through investment attraction, offering them benefits in the county’s construction, letting them fund the tunnel construction. The two tunnels and the water project, we could hand over the entire construction of the county to them, developing it into a commercial-type county town. What do you think?”
Regarding this matter, naturally, no one objected since the needed investment was significant, and if done well, it would benefit the county.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Ji Yang asked the relevant departments to start drafting a plan and to begin the work of attracting investment.