Chapter 984

Su Yang observed every change in everyone's expressions, which matched roughly what he had guessed. It appears that basically everyone here is involved; otherwise they wouldn't wear such expressions. No wonder no one has reported this all along; this is truly a community of shared interests.

Ma Su is not working in this town.

Yang Kang was by the river.

Su Yang said: "I also heard some comrades say that in our kind of place we live off the mountains, live off the water. Places that live off the mountains are many, after all there are big mountains everywhere, but places that live off the water are few. We are all in arid areas; some places even have difficulty with daily water use."

"But our place does have a river; I heard before that one could even wash clothes here. Our county is now fully pushing investment attraction and economic development, to see if this place can become a developable area. We have few resources, but whatever can be developed must not be wasted."

Yang Kang wondered in his heart, thinking: "What development could this broken place have? I also came here thinking to do some planting or breeding industry; if there is water in the river, that could be another matter. But it's already been done, what use is it?"

Wang Yinxiang is in Sha He Town.

The deputy secretary, the town party committee secretary, and the town mayor are in the town.

Department Head Yang is at the Sha He River.

Hearing Su Yang's words, not only Wang Yinxiang, but Yao Lichun and the others all breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Su Yang doesn't go now, they have a chance to handle the situation over at Sha He, at least letting those currently sand-mining there withdraw first. That way, even if Su Yang goes to look, it's fine; later they'll have hundreds of excuses to gloss over the scene.

But unexpectedly Yang Kang said: "This comrade is our town's Deputy Secretary Wang Yinxiang; since we've decided to go, let's go—what's there not to go? This isn't anyone's private property, and I also happen to want to go over for a walk and a look."

What kind of person is Yang Kang? Su Yang going to investigate surely means there's something up, and judging from Su Yang's attitude, it's definitely not aimed at him; there must be some other reason.

Wang Yinxiang and the deputy secretary encountered a malicious incident in the town's city.

As soon as he said that, everyone's expressions changed again—what is this? Is this rubbing salt in someone's wound?

Wang Yinxiang hadn't even recovered from this huge blow when someone else hit him on the head again. His position was indeed removed, but everyone needs an adjustment period, right? You can't just start calling him Old Wang right away—how could he accept that? But at this point he couldn't care less about that; the most important thing is how to get through this crisis.

Wang Yinxiang and County Magistrate Su went to the town on a motorbike.

Su Yang said: "Don't worry, so many people have gone back and forth for years—how would my trip be unsafe? Just drive there; if there's a problem, we can stop the car and walk the rest."

At the Sha He River, he used a mobile phone and a landline.

But Su Yang wouldn't allow anyone to go ahead at all; everyone could only hang their heads and follow his vehicle to Sha He. They started thinking about how to cover up the sand-mining affair. Of course there were also some quick-witted ones who, when Su Yang said he'd go to Sha He to investigate, had already sneaked off, riding motorcycles ahead to Sha He.

After getting in the car, Su Yang leaned back and closed his eyes, which made Wang Yinxiang, who was in the same car, relax a bit. Although the Town Government has many people, the main leaders certainly have to accompany Su Yang, but the others don't necessarily have to.

He drove a Santana and an off-road vehicle.

Even so, the motorcycle was still faster, after all the driver wasn't that familiar with the road conditions.

Yang Kang's car was stopped by Town Mayor Miao Wei and Deputy Town Mayor Yao Lichun.

They worked at the sand field.

Miao Wei said: "The notice will certainly arrive in time, but this site probably won't be so easy to clean up. However, it doesn't matter—if we're really discovered, we'll just say it was innocent Common People illegally mining; seeing so many of us coming, they'd have scattered long ago."

I think that way, County Magistrate Su wouldn't think this is connected to us; don't worry—even if the sky falls, it's the tall ones who will bear it.