Chapter 1978

Su Xinghui said, "You didn't see the scene at that time. If you had, you would have definitely let me go up. Those birds were hanging upside down on the nets, wailing; it was too pitiful."

Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu said, "The people here are too unreasonable. Knowing they are protected animals, they still dare to hunt them, not afraid of breaking the law or hurting their karma."

Su Xinghui said, "This is also because the people here are too poor. Catching birds can make a lot of money. A swan can sell for at least one or two hundred. How much work do they have to do to earn that much? Who doesn't want to earn such easy money? Of course, many people catch birds out of greed."

Su Xinghui's words evoked Xia Zhu's memories. She said, "Yes, when people are too poor, sometimes they are like this, daring to do anything. At that time, wasn't our Menghuling the same? To make money, they didn't care about protected animals. But now, no one does that anymore."

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, like the animal protection cadre I just promoted, he helps the common people increase their income. This is the way to cure the root cause. If we can improve the local people's income and make them realize that protecting these water birds is related to their income, I believe most people will actively protect them."

Yu Ruizhi nodded, "Yes, your words make sense. It seems we can still develop this tourism."

Chu Zheng said, "Developing this tourism seems to only have tourists in winter? What about other seasons?"

Su Xinghui smiled, "This is Yanglan Lake. The four seasons here have their own beauty. Are you afraid there's nothing to play? Actually, winter is not suitable for some other activities because we are afraid of disturbing the birds. In other seasons, we can boat on the lake, fish, eat fisherman's banquets, eat water chestnuts and lotus seeds here, and blow the lake breeze. Isn't it comfortable?"

Everyone looked at Yanglan Lake and nodded. Yes, in this season, the weather in Yanglan Lake is getting cooler, and there are large flocks of water birds on the mudflats. Besides birdwatching, it is indeed not suitable for other activities. If it were spring, summer, and autumn, it would be different.

Yu Ruizhi began to imagine how to develop tourism here with great interest. He had developed tourism in two counties and had very rich experience in this area, and could be called an expert in tourism.

Everyone chatted while walking down the embankment to watch closer to the birds. They didn't have professional equipment like those birdwatchers, so they could see more clearly by being a little closer. Of course, they wouldn't be too close. Now it was the dry season, and the mudflats where the water birds gathered were more than 100 meters away from the embankment, so they wouldn't disturb the water birds at all.

The graceful swans and geese made the ladies marvel. They had no resistance to animals like swans. Thinking that someone would hunt swans to make money made them very angry.

Yu Ruizhi and the others brought cameras and took many photos of these water birds. There were too many water birds here, and any shot was a beautiful photographic work.

While they were watching these beautiful water birds, a voice came from the embankment: "Magistrate Su, are you here to watch birds too?"

Su Xinghui turned his head and saw it was Yu Xun, who was walking down from the embankment. Su Xinghui said, "It's Yu Xun. What are you doing here? Isn't today the weekend? Didn't you rest?"

Yu Xun said, "Today I received a report from the masses that someone was poisoning bait to hunt water birds not far away, so I brought people to check. Sure enough, I saw a few water birds dying after eating poisoned bait. We brought these water birds, and for those hunters who were reported, we are preparing to go to their homes to enforce the law."

Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu asked, "Someone is still poisoning bait to hunt water birds? This is too incredible, right? Who can they sell these hunted water birds to?"

Yu Xun said, "People still eat them. They throw away the internal organs and only eat the meat. And now these people who poison birds can master the dosage. They set the dosage relatively small, so the birds won't die on the spot, so the harm to the human body is very small, basically negligible."

Su Xinghui said, "These people really racked their brains to make money!"

Yu Xun said, "Originally, there were few poisoned birds. After all, poisoned birds are not easy to sell, and at that time, nets could be used, and birds caught with nets were easier to sell. But now the nets have been confiscated, so there are more people poisoning birds. They set poisoned bait at night and pick them up during the day to avoid being hit."

Su Xinghui also knew that Yu Xun had just become the director of the management office, and it was impossible to make all the bird hunters in the county disappear in such a short time. This requires a process, but it is much better now. After all, bird-catching nets have basically disappeared, and there are much fewer people using poisoned bait to catch birds.

Su Xinghui said, "Then thank you for your hard work!" ===== CHAPTER 1980 =====