After seeing Chu Jiangnan off, Xie Wan devoted himself to the planning of the new city in An County.
During the time she was away, the Construction Bureau had already prepared a preliminary draft of the plan.
After reading it, Xie Wan raised objections to the arable land that would be occupied as part of the plan.
“The location of this piece of land is really good, close to the county town, most of it is flat land with few hills, the development cost will be lower, and transportation will be convenient in the future.
But there are a few problems.
First of all, I disagree with your plan to demolish the Cao family compound on the edge of the county town.
I have visited that compound. Although it is now home to a hundred households, it used to be the residence of a top scholar in the history of An County.
The mansion was later bought by the Cao family in the old society and was continuously expanded, forming a complex of ancient buildings.
In the past, there were not many ancient buildings that could be preserved intact. In the future, these ancient buildings will become more and more precious.
That area needs to be preserved and repaired, and when the time is right, it can be developed into a tourist attraction.”
Xie Wan thought of the ancient towns and streets in later generations, which, after becoming popular tourist attractions, could also boost the surrounding economy.
She didn't want to develop that area right now, mainly because there are still many such ancient streets and ancient buildings. Most of them have been taken over by the Housing Management Bureau as public housing and accommodated a large number of residents.
Not to mention the difficulties in relocation and resettlement, even after the development, few people are willing to come for tourism.
After all, tourism is an industry that will only flourish after ordinary people become financially independent.
Unfortunately, in future urban reconstruction, a large number of ancient buildings will be demolished and destroyed and rebuilt into reinforced concrete houses. Ancient building complexes like the Cao Family Courtyard will become very scarce.
Have you checked the soil quality of this land and the records of grain contributions over the years?
Zhang Xi, director of the Planning Bureau, nodded and said, “It is indeed very difficult to demolish the house here.
But even if the Cao family compound is not demolished, the land in the nearby Hongqi Township and Qingtian Township is basically enough.”
Xie Wan shook his head:
"Hongqi Township and Qingtian Township are both places with the best soil in An County, and they are also the two richest townships.
Rural urbanization is an inevitable trend in the future, but we are a country with a large population and the per capita arable land area is inherently small.
Such a large area of fertile arable land should never be wasted easily.”
Zhang Xi was in even greater trouble.
Ever since the new city plan was announced, all the communes and brigades in An County were alarmed, and the threshold of their Construction Bureau was almost broken down every day.
People from Hongqi Township and Qingtian Township were the most excited.
These two townships are closest to the county seat, produce the most talented people, and have many people coming to lobby.
Everyone knows that once their land is included in the new city plan, local villagers will have the opportunity to transfer to urban household registration.
In this era, it is quite difficult for farmers to change their status to non-agricultural ones.
They also heard that County Magistrate Xie planned to build several factories in the new city.
As long as a factory is built, workers will definitely be recruited.
These farmers dream of becoming workers and getting a stable job, and no one wants to miss such an opportunity.
Even the county party secretary Zhong Liqin called Zhang Xi to his office and gave him a lecture.
Zhong Liqin's father-in-law is the brigade secretary of Hongqi Township.
Zhang Xi felt it necessary to hint to Xie Wan that this was Secretary Zhong's intention.
"Xie County Magistrate, how about you discuss this with Secretary Zhong?"
Although he said it tactfully, Xie Wan understood it. She was stunned for a moment and curled the corners of her lips. She was mentally prepared that any work she wanted to carry out would involve relationships and interests from all sides, and there would definitely be considerable resistance.
But she didn't have time to think about that.
She did not answer Zhang Xi's words, but continued:
“My opinion is to temporarily ignore a few wealthy townships and choose a location in an area with relatively poor land and backward economy.
This not only avoids wasting land resources, but also leverages the radiation effect of the new city to drive the economic development of surrounding towns.
Do you have any other alternative addresses?"
There are definitely alternative addresses.
Ever since the last time the big pie of new city construction was offered to their Construction Bureau, Zhang Xi specially invited Zhang Tao from the Transportation Bureau to dinner. His main purpose was to inquire about what he should pay attention to when working with Xie Wan.
Zhang Tao told him that County Magistrate Xie was very capable and had an active mind. He might come up with many ideas at that time, so he must be fully prepared to respond.
So during this period of time, Zhang Xi took his subordinates from the Planning Department and traveled almost all over An County.
If Zhong Liqin hadn't said hello, he would have given Xie Wan at least three more options.
But now that Xie Wan has asked, there is no way Zhang Xi can say that he has not prepared a backup plan.
He winked at the head of the planning department.
Section Chief Qin took out several more surveying and mapping drawings from his briefcase.
Seeing so much preparation, Xie Wan nodded approvingly: "You work very hard."
While Xie Wan was looking at the blueprints, he was listening to the chief of the planning department explaining the conditions of those plots of land.
After discussing for two hours, Xie Wan had a rough idea in his mind.
She took out a survey drawing and said, "Let's temporarily decide on the area centered on Tianjiaba."
The head of the Planning Section questioned: "But this piece of land is not flat enough, it is very undulating, there is a river, it is a bit far from the county town, and transportation is not convenient."
Xie Wan also initially considered building a new city near the county seat.
But after returning from the Middle East this time, she was able to see a lot of online information from later generations in her space.
Many lessons learned from later generations reminded her that she must pay attention to the protection of arable land and avoid excessive urbanization.
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