"Saline-alkali land?" Secretary Xiao was taken aback. "A place where nothing can grow except grass, what do you need it for?"
"What's it to you? Just tell me if you're going to give it to me or not."
Secretary Xiao frowned slightly: "Although no one wants the saline-alkali land, it's too big, and I can't give it all to you. I can only make the decision to give you the plot to the right of your house."
"Fine, since we've already suffered a loss, it won't hurt to suffer a little more."
Although Feng Ye looked reluctant, as if he had suffered a great loss, he was secretly overjoyed.
The area to the right of his new house is also quite large, approximately 20,000 square meters.
If the land is demolished and redeveloped more than ten years later, wouldn't that amount to at least tens of millions?
It's just a bit of a pity; if we could acquire the entire saline-alkali land, the cost would be in the hundreds of millions.
"Then it's settled."
Secretary Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although we don't know what Feng Ye is up to, at least we've resolved the matter.
"There's no time to lose. You should set sail now, and I'll have the police find you at the dock."
"Go now? It's almost noon, can't we eat first and then go?"
"Sigh, there's nothing we can do. Some people already salvaged a batch yesterday, and we don't know how many more will go today. You'll have to do the work of taking the police officers out to take a look."
"Alright, I'm beholden to those who feed me, and I'm obligated to accept their gifts..."
"Stop dawdling, go quickly."
"What's the rush? I need to tell my mother and wife first, it won't make a difference if it takes a few more minutes."
"Then hurry up, I'm leaving now."
Party Secretary Xiao stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked out, muttering to himself, "Damn it, the sun is so strong, it's unbearably hot..."
After seeing Secretary Xiao off, Feng Ye immediately wore a smug smile.
Although it may seem like you've suffered a loss on the surface, you've actually gained a great deal and made a huge profit.
He walked into the kitchen and greeted Xiao Chunxiu and Ye Qingling, who were busy preparing lunch, with a smile: "Mom, Qingling, I'm going out for a bit, so I won't be eating at home."
Xiao Chunxiu glanced at Feng Ye, then looked down and waved the spatula: "It's so late, what are you still doing?"
Ye Qingling turned her head and asked, "Does Secretary Xiao have something he wants you to do?"
"Yes, Secretary Xiao asked me to cooperate with the work and take those three policemen from the police station to guard that area of the sea and prevent anyone from going down to retrieve anything."
"The food will be ready soon, can't you eat first before going?"
"Never mind, Secretary Xiao is in a hurry, I'll just cook some rice noodles on the boat and have a simple meal."
"The villagers are really something. They know the cultural relics bureau doesn't allow it, but they still insist on doing it. They're just making things worse."
Ye Qingling said with some dissatisfaction, while filling him with a bucket of fresh water and a lunchbox full of stir-fried dishes.
Xiao Chunxiu sighed, "Then you should go quickly, don't keep people waiting. It's the middle of the day and the sun is very strong, be careful not to get heatstroke."
"Don't worry, I'll be careful."
Feng Ye nodded, smiled and agreed, then quickly walked out with the water and lunchbox.
He stopped at the gate of the courtyard. To avoid being bored outside, he needed to prepare something to pass the time.
Fishing is the best pastime in the sea.
He turned around and went back into the house, taking out the homemade, broken fishing rod that he had thrown back home to gather dust and hadn't used in a long time.
When he reached the fork in the road leading to A-Can's house, he thought for a moment and decided to go and look for A-Can anyway.
After returning yesterday afternoon, Ah-chan came to find him, complaining that he hadn't invited him when he went out to sea.
Unexpectedly, Ah-Can wasn't home at all; even his mother didn't know where he had gone.
He had no choice but to give up and went to the dock alone.
Upon arriving at the dock, they found Fang Yi and two auxiliary police officers already waiting there.
When they saw Feng Ye coming, they immediately came up to greet him, saying, "Comrade Feng Ye, you've arrived."
Perhaps because of the heat, Fang Yi didn't say much today.
"You guys go wait on the boat first, I'm going to buy something."
Feng Ye left with a remark and went to Feng Jiafa's shop to buy some live shrimp to use as bait. After returning, he boarded the boat and set off.
More than two hours later, the Rising Sun arrived at the marked area.
There are indeed quite a few people eyeing the underwater artifacts, but Feng Ye doesn't know whether they intend to sell them for money or offer them to Mazu.
He only saw five boats anchored near the buoy, all of which belonged to their village.
There were quite a few people on the boat, and everyone was shirtless, wearing only a pair of shorts.
It's obvious that it had been in the water.
I just don't know if these people managed to get to the bottom of it or if they managed to get anything.
Feng Ye quickly steered the boat over.
Those people were also feeling guilty, especially when they saw Fang Yi, a public security officer, and two auxiliary police officers standing on the bow of the Rising Sun. They dared not linger and waited for the people in the sea to come ashore before setting sail and running away.
Watching the five fishing boats hastily flee, Feng Ye shook his head and did not set sail to chase after them.
Even if they manage to retrieve something, it's difficult to bring it ashore.
Village committee members were already waiting at the dock, and every returning fishing boat would be inspected.
If someone actually manages to retrieve something and remain undetected at the dock, then they're just lucky.
As for those who were discovered, that's none of Feng Ye's business. Didn't you see that the police officer Fang didn't say he was going to pursue them?
Feng Ye stopped the boat without lowering the anchor, letting it drift with the current.
He put on his straw hat, took his fishing rod and the live shrimp he had bought, and went to the side of the boat to start fishing.
I picked out a live shrimp, hooked it onto the fishing hook using the back-hanging method, cast the hook out, and then waited patiently.
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