Chapter 2758

Luo Quanyou was so happy he didn't know what to do. He really hadn't expected that Su Xinghui would bring such distinguished guests to them today, giving their township such good luck. He kept rubbing his hands and said, "That's great, that's really great!"

The group wandered around the mountain of Niutouyu for about an hour or two, especially the hot spring. Su Xinghui focused on looking at it. The water temperature of this hot spring was very high, at least sixty or seventy degrees, and it gave off a strong smell of sulfur. The Village Party Secretary said that the people in their village often soaked in this hot spring, and it was very good for the body after soaking.

In any case, the people of Niutouyu had very good skin and relatively few illnesses. This could be seen from the complexion of the local people, and there were really quite a few beautiful girls here.

Yu Ruizhi said, "This hot spring is also a treasure here. Let's take the water from this hot spring for testing. If it is really beneficial to the human body, it will surely attract many people to come here to soak in the hot spring."

Yu Ruoqiu and the others all nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the time was approaching four o'clock, Su Xinghui told Xing Guodong that he was going back to the Yinshan County seat. Although Luo Quanyou wanted to keep these distinguished guests here for a while longer, he also knew that the conditions in their Funiu Township were too poor, and it would be too rude to let the distinguished guests stay here for a night. Therefore, he could only send Su Xinghui and his group down the mountain.

When they returned to the Yinshan County seat, it was almost six o'clock. Xing Guodong entertained Su Xinghui and his group at the County Party Committee Guest House and arranged for them to stay in the guest rooms of the guest house. The guest rooms arranged for them were, of course, the best guest rooms in the guest house.

That night, Su Xinghui first met Xing Guodong in his room. He said to Xing Guodong, "Guodong, work hard. These investors are all very capable. Since they said they want to invest in the tourism industry here, they are definitely not talking big. You must grasp this opportunity well and let the face of Yinshan County have a big change."

Xing Guodong of course knew how important this opportunity was to him. As long as he made political achievements, Su Xinghui could naturally speak for him, and his efforts would not be buried. This was the benefit of having someone above.

Xing Guodong nodded and said, "Mayor Su, don't worry, I will definitely not let you down. I will definitely treat this matter as a top priority."

Su Xinghui said, "There is one more thing that must be treated as a top priority, and that is the matter of school buildings. If there is a problem with this matter, then I will really hold you accountable!"

Xing Guodong said with a serious expression, "Mayor Su, if there is any problem with this matter, I won't need you to say anything; I will resign and go home myself."

Su Xinghui nodded slightly and asked again, "Guodong, I heard that there are many mines in your Yinshan County. Why didn't I see them today?"

Xing Guodong said, "This is because Funiu Township is too far from the county seat, the road there hasn't been repaired, and the mountains are too high. Investing in mines there requires too much investment, so there are currently no mines invested there. The mines in Yinshan County are mainly in several townships relatively close to the county seat."

Su Xinghui said, "Then you must protect the environment of Funiu Township and don't develop any mines there. Otherwise, there won't be anyone going there for tourism."

Xing Guodong of course knew about this. Yinshan County had silver mines, gold mines, and lead-zinc mines, and copper mines. The silver mines were mainly associated minerals of these types of ores. Yinshan County had started mining silver since ancient times, and Yinshan County got its name from this.

Now the mines in Yinshan County were mainly mined by private bosses. The mining and smelting methods used by these private bosses were backward, and the grade of gold and silver mines in Yinshan County was getting lower and lower. In order to obtain gold and silver, these bosses had to mine hundreds or thousands of tons of ore every day, crush them into ore powder, and finally use the cyanidation method and other methods to extract gold and silver.

Such a mining and smelting process naturally caused huge damage to the environment. First was the process of mining ore. The amount of ore mined was too huge. First, it destroyed the vegetation on the mountain, and then it had to strip the mountain body. This caused huge changes to the terrain and landforms.

And then the ore had to be ball-milled and crushed. This process would produce huge dust pollution.

And the most serious pollution was of course the smelting process of the cyanidation method. This process used cyanide to separate gold and silver from the ore, and the toxicity of cyanide was severe. Wherever it passed, no grass would grow, and this pollution was difficult to recover for many years.

Fortunately, Funiu Township was far from the county seat, the road hadn't been repaired, and the natural conditions on the mountain were harsh. Wanting to mine there required too much investment, which was not something ordinary people could afford. Therefore, no one was mining there for the time being. This could be considered a kind of luck.

Xing Guodong said, "Mayor Su, don't worry about this. If we want to develop tourism there, I will definitely protect the environment there well."

Su Xinghui said, "Have you been to those mines?"

Xing Guodong said, "I have been to a few mines."

Su Xinghui said, "How is the situation?"

Xing Guodong said with a heavy expression, "It's not optimistic. The pollution of these mines to the environment is indeed too great."

Private mining in Yinshan County could be said to have a hundred harms and no benefits. It was no wonder Xing Guodong had this expression.

Those who could privately mine were naturally people with extraordinary status, either relatives of this leader or friends of that leader. Many mines had the shares of leaders in them. Therefore, expecting these mines to pay much tax was a joke.

And since these people had the relationships of leaders, they naturally wouldn't seriously engage in any environmental protection facilities. They made the local natural environment a mess. After they finished mining, if they wanted to restore the environment, the county would have to spend a lot of money to govern it.

In addition, these mining bosses had deep conflicts with the local people, which was also very normal. The bosses made money and left a mess of an environment for the local people. The usual dust pollution was also unbearable for the local people. Could they have no opinions?

Therefore, fighting and conflict incidents caused by such things were common in Yinshan County. Xing Guodong had only been in office for half a month and had already heard of several. This was also a huge hidden danger for the county's public security, making the county's public security environment a mess.

Su Xinghui was also very clear about these situations. He asked, "Then what do you plan to do?"

Xing Guodong's expression was still very heavy. He knew that this matter was not easy to handle. The mines in the county were all related to leaders. If he dared to manage it, he would offend almost all the leaders in the county, and the people in the functional departments below might not listen to him.

However, it wouldn't work if he didn't manage it. Now these mines had become a tumor of Yinshan County, causing a huge impact on the economic development of Yinshan County. If he let it go, he could be said to be unable to move an inch in Yinshan County.

Conversely, if he could eradicate this tumor and successfully solve this problem, he could establish Xing Guodong's prestige in Yinshan County in one fell swoop. After all, not everyone had an interest relationship with the mines. On the contrary, the vast majority of people in the whole county hoped to eradicate this tumor.

Thinking of this, Xing Guodong said to Su Xinghui, "Mayor Su, I think these mines must be rectified. If they are not rectified, it is a huge hidden danger for Yinshan County. With these mines here, the economy of Yinshan County cannot develop."