Chapter 1223: Achieving a Phased Victory!

The Yechuan County Strategic Dongjin Land Acquisition and Demolition Office is located in the core area of Dongjin—Dong'an Town.

Inside the meeting room of the Dong'an Town Government, a group of citizen representatives arrived one after another.

Accompanied by government staff, Tang Ye walked into the meeting room.

The crowd was whispering and discussing.

"This person looks so young!"

"That just shows your lack of experience. This is County Magistrate Tang of Yechuan County, the youngest county magistrate in the entire Huai Province."

"I wonder why County Magistrate Tang called this meeting today?"

"It must be to mobilize for the demolition!"

"We want to be demolished too, but wasn't it said that the scope of the land acquisition and demolition would be adjusted?"

"If the scope of the land acquisition and demolition is adjusted, wouldn't that mean they won't be demolishing our area anymore?"

"Actually, you can't blame the government; the costs for those four gardens were just too high."

"That dog Chai Zhenkun really has caused a lot of harm!"

Li Yongan picked up the microphone and coughed, "Dear fellow villagers, we invited you representatives here today mainly to provide a status update on the strategic Dongjin land acquisition and demolition work.

Thanks to our preliminary efforts, the land acquisition and demolition work has made great progress, and all of this is thanks to everyone's understanding and support.

The demolition is intended to introduce capital into the Dong Qu of Yechuan County and bring more development opportunities. The government is also striving to improve compensation standards.

However, in this process, we have also encountered many obstructions.

For example, some people deliberately raised their demands, and if we didn't agree to them, they refused to sign. We fell into a dilemma.

Demolition requires fairness; we must treat everyone equally.

Therefore, in the face of these unreasonable demands, we did not compromise.

Because once we compromised, our work might have sped up, but the collective interest would have been harmed.

At today's meeting, we have invited several representatives.

We would like to ask them to share their thoughts with everyone."

After Li Yongan finished speaking, a young woman pressed the button to turn on the microphone in front of her.

"Dear fellow villagers, my name is Chen Li, and Chen Garden, located in Dong Qu, is my family's ancestral home.

Several months ago, Zhenao Group learned of the demolition news in advance and came to my father to propose buying it.

Chen Garden is an old estate that has been passed down in my family for hundreds of years.

Naturally, my father refused to agree.

To make my father agree,

Chai Zhenkun not only arranged for people to block our door but also arranged for people to beat my father. One of my father's legs was crippled as a result.

Under their coercion, my father had no choice but to sell the garden at a low price of two million.

Subsequently, Chai Zhenkun had people buy a few ancient trees and demanded a land acquisition and demolition price of twenty-five million from the government.

After the government learned of this, they immediately took action and negotiated with Chai Zhenkun.

In the end, Chai Zhenkun was found to have broken the law and has already been arrested.

And the ownership of this garden has been returned to our Chen family.

Here, we sincerely thank the government!"

After Chen Li finished these words, she bowed sincerely to Tang Ye, her face covered in tears.

If the government had not stepped in, his father's injuries would have been suffered in vain.

Moreover, compared to his father's injury, the forced occupation of the ancestral home was an even greater regret and source of resentment.

Tang Ye hurriedly stood up and bowed back to Chen Li.

Subsequently, the original owners of the other two gardens also spoke one after another.

The content was more or less the same, expressing gratitude to the government.

They thanked the government for helping them reclaim their ancestral homes from the hands of Chai Zhenkun.

The villagers below whispered in discussion.

"I had heard long ago that these four gardens were snatched by Chai Zhenkun. I didn't expect the government to be so capable, directly helping them get them back. The key is that Chai Zhenkun was arrested. It's truly gratifying!"

"These four gardens were returned to the original owners. Does that mean the scope of the land acquisition and demolition will be adjusted?"

"I don't know! Let's hear what the County Magistrate says!"

Seeing that the noise below was loud, Li Yongan had to give a reminder, "Please pay attention to meeting discipline and keep quiet. Next, we invite County Magistrate Tang to speak!"

Tang Ye picked up the microphone and said in a relaxed tone, "Dear fellow villagers, you can discuss freely down there. The louder you discuss, the more valuable this meeting is, because you are talking about things you care about.

This meeting today is mainly to ask you to serve as witnesses.

The government is going to sign land acquisition and demolition intentions with the owners of the four gardens. If they agree to the land acquisition and demolition, then our scope will remain unchanged.

If they do not agree, we will submit an application to the province to modify the scope.

Of course, we have added a condition to our land acquisition and demolition terms.

Although we are acquiring their gardens, in the later planning, we will use these gardens as a foundation for preservation-oriented development.

In other words, the gardens will belong to the state, but the main parts of the gardens will be integrated into the planning and will become a part of the new Dong Qu."

Tang Ye finished saying this.

Chen Li immediately stood up and stated, "County Magistrate Tang, we are willing to sign the land acquisition and demolition agreement."

Others also echoed, "County Magistrate Tang, we are willing to sign the land acquisition and demolition agreement."

For the owners of these four gardens, the meaning was different—the joy of recovering what was lost, as well as the government's recognition of their families.

Li Yongan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged a look with Chen Shan.

There was no script for today's meeting.

Before the meeting began, both of them were worried that the owners of these four gardens would refuse to agree to the demolition.

However, their current worries were entirely unnecessary.

Under the witness of the crowd, they readily signed the demolition and relocation agreement.

Subsequently, Chen Shan said in a highly inflammatory tone, "Fellow villagers, the biggest difficulty in today's demolition and relocation work has been solved. Please do not hesitate any longer; what is being given to everyone today is the best policy. If you have any objections, you can find County Magistrate Tang to provide feedback, and those with ideas can contact the staff directly."

The people below could no longer sit still.

"I want to sign the agreement!"

"Sign it quickly; if you don't sign now, it might never be demolished."

"Chai Dragon King refused to sign and was dealt with by the Government. Is your head harder than Chai Dragon King's?"

The demolition staff were quickly surrounded by everyone.

Those who had previously watched from the sidelines were no longer hesitant at this moment.

Tang Ye walked out of the conference room.

Chen Shan remarked with emotion, "County Magistrate Tang, thanks to you this time, otherwise our work would have been very difficult to complete. Those invited here today were all quite troublesome holdouts. Once they are willing to sign, there will be no obstacles for the subsequent work."

Tang Ye said modestly, "You have worked very hard; I only appeared at the critical moment. A lot of time was wasted earlier, so we must speed up the progress later."

"Understood, we will definitely work harder to catch up on the progress," Chen Shan promised in a deep voice.

The next morning.

Just as Tang Ye started work, he received a call from Chen Shan.

Chen Shan's tone was very excited.

"County Magistrate Tang, I am reporting good news to you.

The Dongjin demolition and relocation work has achieved a phased victory.

Last night, we completed all the signing work. The demolition and relocation work has come to a perfect conclusion!"

Tang Ye felt relieved and affirmed, "County Magistrate Chen, you have worked hard. Tell the comrades that I will arrange a dinner for everyone tonight to celebrate."