Golden Fishing Village

Chapter 1098 1105. Walking on the Mountain Road (15)

Yang Shuyong and his party were also anxious when they learned that the trees on Dalong Mountain had been cut down.

Since the millennium, the local government has begun to focus on controlling the problem of deforestation. The slogan "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" was put forward at that time.

This slogan was implemented smoothly in the local area, because the wild animals and birds on the mountain had been almost caught by the villagers. In the 1980s and 1990s, the economy was liberalized and the fishermen became bolder. When they were free from fishing at sea, they would go to the mountains to set traps and release dogs to catch whatever they came across.

That period of time caused great harm to the long-lasting Dalong Mountain. In the early years, there were wild boars and wild goats on the mountain. From the fact that there are still wolves in the mountains today, we can see how rich the ecological chain of this mountain was.

After a decade or two of tossing and turning, Dalong Mountain became a dead dragon mountain. Not to mention wild boars and wild goats, even wild rabbits and pheasants were rarely seen.

When Ao Muyang was a child, there were still plots of land under the bamboo forest on the mountain. Later, the plots were dug up completely. It was only this year that they were discovered to have quietly repopulated underground.

If there are wild animals, they catch them. If there are no wild animals, they cut wood. Fishermen are also very desperate to make money to support their families.

At that time, the municipal government, county government and even township government saw that the situation was not right and quickly closed the mountain for afforestation.

In the following years, some people still went up the mountain to do some illegal things intermittently, but there were very few of them. The wild animals were gone and there was no catch. The trees were useless after being cut down. In the past, they could be sold to forest companies to make extra money. Now these small workshops have been shut down by the government. The cut wood has no other use except making rafts.

Of course, trees can be used to build houses, but who builds houses all year round?

Even after more than ten years of closing the mountain for afforestation, the ecology of Dalong Mountain has not recovered to the level before the 1980s, so Longtou Village has to buy wild rabbits, pheasants and wild goats for breeding and then release them into the mountains.

In fact, doing so is very wasteful. It is difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild. Many free-range chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigs, and lambs will starve to death, freeze to death, or fall to death.

In order to ensure the survival rate of free-range species, Lao Ao had to add gold drops to their food to increase their adaptability to nature and vitality.

In addition, he also arranged for villagers to go to the mountain to scatter beans, corn kernels, wheat grains and other grains at irregular times and in irregular areas, so that chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigs can occasionally have a meal.

He spent a lot of effort to make Dalong Mountain full of vitality again. Now tourists can occasionally encounter wild animals and wild birds when they go up the mountain, which adds novelty and fun to them.

Protecting the mountains and forests is not only the responsibility of Ao Muyang and the fishermen in Longtou Village, but also the responsibility of the surrounding villages. Everyone has benefited from the tourism industry and has unconsciously developed this awareness.

As a result, they are protecting the mountains and forests, but some people are cutting them down indiscriminately. Isn’t this bullying?

Dai Zongxi was still very loyal. He told Ao Muyang the approximate location of the land where the trees were cut down, so a group of them went to find this place together.

Dalong Mountain refers to the mountainous area backed by several villages such as Longtou Village, Wangjia Village, and Longwangzhuang. In fact, it is only a part of the entire mountain range.

This mountain range is quite long and is the largest mountain in the Hongyang Peninsula area. Ao Muyang and the villagers usually wander around the developed outer areas. In fact, there are deeper mountains further in.

However, there are no mountain roads, and no one can go deep into them at ordinary times, especially after the mountains are closed for afforestation, which is even more uninhabited.

If the trees were cut down in the deep mountains and forests, Ao Muyang would not care. Anyway, it has little to do with them. He just needs to call the police and let them take care of it.

However, the loggers will not go to the deep mountains and forests to cause damage, because even if they can cut the wood, they can't transport it out. This time they cut down the trees on the back slope of Dalong Mountain and used the newly built ring road to transport them out.

Although the location is on the back slope of Dalong Mountain, it is still some distance away from Longtou Village, so the group followed the path over the mountains and ridges.

Yang Shuyong said as he walked: "After this mountain road was repaired, I knew that someone would come to steal wood. Damn it, you see, I guessed it, didn't you?"

"What's the use of guessing this? Did you guess who did it?" Long Deshui said unconvinced.

Yang Shuyong glared and said: "I am a village cadre, not a half-immortal. How can I tell fortunes? Even if I invite a half-immortal, I can't tell it!"

The two quarreled, and Ao Muyang didn't care. The mountains in winter were too cold, and some noise was good.

Ao Fugui, Ao Mudong and others were also chatting. Ao Mudong said: "Do you know that Erdeng's grandson is back?"

"Oh, he still has the face to come back?"

"He has a fart face, and he has a butt on his head! But he does know a little shamelessness and sneaked back at night." Ao Mudong laughed.

"Auntie let him in?"

"What else can we do? They are a family after all."

The group chatted for a while. Seeing that Ao Muyang didn't say anything, Ao Fugui walked up to him and asked, "Yangzi, how did you get this news?"

Ao Muyang said, "The city leaders told me that this matter was actually framed on my head, or it was to put the blame on our village. Someone reported that I took people to cut wood to reinforce the dock."

Long Deshui immediately said, "This is really slander."

Yang Shuyong glanced at him and said, "Did you do it, Brother Long?"

"What kind of fart are you talking about?" Long Deshui yelled anxiously, "Trouble comes from the mouth, don't put the blame on others."

Yang Shuyong curled his lips and said, "It's just a guess. Anyway, you are the best at stabbing people in the back."

"Did I stab you?" Long Deshui said dissatisfiedly.

Yang Shuyong sneered and said, "Haha, last winter, someone threw manure in our village. Who do you think did it? Don't deny it first, I have checked it anyway."

Long Deshui's eyes jumped, and then he asked in surprise, "You suspect I did it? Oh, this is really unfair, Lao Yang, you need evidence for this matter. You can't talk nonsense without evidence. It's easy to cause big things in the two villages."

Yang Shuyong really didn't have evidence. If he had evidence, he would not just talk, but would definitely lead the team to fight.

After walking through mountains and ridges for two and a half hours, the group finally saw a crooked forest at the foot of a mountain. There were a lot of dead branches and leaves scattered in it, and there was an empty area outside, which was left after the trees were cut down.

Yang Shuyong covered his eyes with his hands and looked around, pointing to the front and said: "Isn't there a road there? Damn, if we had known earlier, we would have driven here. It would only take 20 minutes at most, and it would save effort!"

Ao Muyang said: "I want to take the mountain road to see if there are other cut-down forests."