"Watcher?" Gu Yuan looked at Hu Maoming in astonishment. Of course he understood these three words, but he never imagined that his grandfather would actually be a watcher.

Hu Maoming said seriously: "Yes, is it hard to believe?"

"I didn't believe it at first. It wasn't until your grandfather rescued me and learned that I was a geologist that he agreed to act as a tour guide for me."

"Those few days were the most eye-opening time for me. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, who would have believed that poaching in the Wolong Mountains, which is not well known, was so rampant, and there were many private mining activities."

"Private mining? How is this possible? Why don't I know?" Gu Yuan said in disbelief.

Although Wolong Mountain is surrounded by border mountains and is prone to poaching, how can such a large project as private mining be concealed?

Hu Maoming looked at Gu Yuan's reaction and said with a smile: "Of course you don't know that you are studying abroad, otherwise how did the rocky beach in Mao'er Mountain come from?"

Gu Yuan opened his eyes wide: "You mean, the rubble beach is the rubble left by mining?"

Hu Maoming nodded: "Yes, I heard from your grandfather that Mao'er Mountain was a good mountain with green mountains and green waters decades ago. It was because someone mined privately in Mao'er Mountain that the ecology of Mao'er Mountain was destroyed.

, turned into what it is now.”

"Why did they do this? Mao'er Mountain is a rocky mountain, what is there for them to peep at?" Gu Yuan frowned.

"Of course, everything cannot be taken at face value, especially in our geology."

"As a Longgang person, you should know what Longgang is most famous for, right?" Hu Maoming suddenly asked.

Gu Yuan replied without thinking: "Of course Longgang Iron Art"

Hu Maoming nodded: "Yes, Longgang iron art occupies a quarter of the national market share and is the pillar industry of your Longgang economy."

"The most famous among them is Longxi Iron Art. It is not only the leader in iron art, but also the leading enterprise in Longgang."

“But you don’t know that Longxi Iron Art’s annual shipment volume and market share only account for two-fifths of the total output value of Longgang Iron Art!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan noticed something fishy and said in surprise: "It's only two-fifths, what about the rest?" After saying this, Gu Yuan understood.

"It's a private mining workshop"

Hu Maoming gave the answer for Gu Yuan.

"Three-fifths of the iron products in Longgang have no formal procedures. They focus on the low-end market and mainly focus on various daily necessities. Such products have a simple process and loose supervision, and are then transported through external channels, forming a

A huge underground manufacturing industry chain”

"Therefore, places like the Wolong Mountains that no one cares about have become supply areas for private mines. To exploit private mines here, you only need to pay extremely low mining costs, but you can get a steady stream of profits. Of course, they are flocking to it."

"Isn't there anyone who cares about it?" Hearing this, Gu Yuan felt a huge anger. No wonder the ecological environment of Wolong Mountain has become worse and worse in the past ten years. Dozens of villages with Wolong Mountain as the main gathering place,

The days are getting worse every day!

It turns out that these people are the culprits.

Hu Maoming sighed deeply, looked at Gu Yuan with complex eyes and said: "Control? Of course someone will take care of it."

"Your grandfather once stood up and stopped it, but you should know the result."

"The administrative level of Wolong Town has been revoked, and your grandfather has changed from the head of a town to the head of a village. This is the price for standing up!"

Gu Yuan's mind went blank when he heard this. He originally thought that Wolong Town was canceled because the village was too scattered and difficult to manage, as the Second Master said!

I never thought it would be such a reason!

No wonder grandpa often sighed and became more silent since Wolong Town was evacuated. Until his death, his eyes were full of unwillingness and loneliness. It turned out that all this was because of the Wolong Mountains!

"How could this happen? Are they just covering the sky with one hand and trampling on the law?" Gu Yuan clenched his fist and roared angrily.

Hu Maomin patted Gu Yuan on the shoulder and said: "This is the magic of profit. The Maoershan iron mine alone affects the huge iron products industry chain."

"What's more, there are more than just iron ores in the Wolong Mountains?" Hu Maoming suddenly said seriously.

"I don't know about iron ore? What do you mean?" Gu Yuan was stunned. Wolong Mountain is where he grew up. Although the scenery is beautiful surrounded by mountains, it is said that there are not many resources that can be exploited. The most is iron ore.

, this is also the fundamental reason why life in dozens of villages near Wolong Mountains is difficult.

Although it is said that it relies on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water, but with a bunch of mountains without minerals, it can only eat dirt.

However, Hu Maoming shook his head, took out an old map from his arms and handed it to Gu Yuan.

When Gu Yuan took the map and looked at it, his eyes immediately shrank because he actually saw his grandfather's handwriting on the map.

"This is?" Gu Yuan looked at Hu Maoming in disbelief.

Hu Maoming explained: "Yes, this is your grandfather's map. It contains instructions marked by your grandfather over the past decades based on each hilltop and geological characteristics of Wolong Mountain."

"Over the years, your grandfather has mailed me some collected rock specimens from time to time. After my preliminary testing, I found that there are at least a dozen rare metal resources in Wolong Mountain!"

"Not only that, in addition to the metal resources that have been measured, Wolong Mountain also contains many kinds of precious medicinal materials, as well as various wild animals and plants."

"Your grandfather lent me this map for reference when I came here last time. I wanted to return it to him when I came back this time, but it's a pity!"

Hu Maoming said with a sad look on his face. He had great admiration and respect for Gu Kaishan. If life and being a human being were a kind of knowledge, there was no doubt that Gu Kaishan was his teacher.

"Grandpa!" Gu Yuan looked at the neat little characters on the map, and the image of Gu Kaishan when he recorded these contents appeared in his mind. He must have had hope and a smile at that time.

At this moment, Gu Yuan really understood his grandfather's intentions and expectations for him to inherit the position of village chief.

Gu Yuan carefully folded and put away the map, then made a decision and said firmly to Hu Maoming: "Teacher Hu, I will take you to Wolong Pit."

Hu Maoming looked at Gu Yuan in surprise and said, "Will you take me there?"

Gu Yuan nodded heavily and said: "Yes, don't worry, Teacher Hu. I am very familiar with Wolong Pit and I will not make mistakes. Moreover, I can do what grandpa can do!"

When he said this, Hu Maoming saw the firmness in Gu Yuan's eyes, and in a daze, he seemed to see the tall and serious old man in Gu Yuan's body.

"Well, he is indeed the grandson of Uncle Gu! Well done." Hu Maoming patted Gu Yuan's shoulder hard.
Chapter completed!