Chapter 1739 Natural Enemies

"What happened last night will definitely happen again, and next time, the target of public outrage may not be Tai'an County, but our Yi'an County Party Committee and County Government."

"So I remind everyone here to treat this matter with caution and regard it as the top priority of our county party committee and government in the near future."

After Qin Feng finished speaking, everyone nodded.

"Okay, you guys go out first, and we'll stay and continue the meeting." Qin Feng said lightly.

After Qin Feng finished speaking, the director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, the director of the county hospital, and Wu Bo left the meeting room.

"County magistrate, how much money do you estimate the county will have to spend on resettlement and post-disaster relief?" Qin Feng turned to ask Cao Changsheng.

"This amount will definitely be quite large. First of all, it is to ensure the health of the people. For example, the physical examination of all villagers and the treatment of sick villagers will not be a small amount. The specific amount will depend on how many villagers fall ill after the physical examination."

"The second issue is the livelihood of the people. Shuitou Village was already poor and the people had a hard life. Now the rice is contaminated and all the fish in the ponds have died. Other crops are also inedible and cannot be sold. The people's livelihoods have been completely cut off."

"To ensure that the livelihoods of the people are not affected, we need to compensate for all the losses suffered. I estimate that this item alone will cost at least several million," Cao Changsheng continued.

Qin Feng nodded.

"In addition, as of now, the groundwater is likely to have been polluted, which means that drinking water has become a problem for ordinary people. I need to organize experts and relevant departments to conduct detailed research on this issue. If it is permanent, we may have to relocate all of them in the end, and the cost will be huge. Even if we tighten our belts, we can't afford it. Of course, this is only the worst case scenario." Cao Changsheng continued.

"No matter how difficult or hard it is, we have to do it. The safety of people's lives and property is more important than anything else. We cannot calculate the economic cost of this matter, we can only calculate the political cost."

"Of course, what we are doing now is just advance payment. All compensation must be borne by the responsible party. This is the principle and bottom line. Our Yian County government cannot pay for them." Qin Feng said coldly.

"So, Deng Yong, let me emphasize again that your work is very important. You must prepare for the subsequent legal proceedings between us and the other party. At the same time, you must now prepare a compensation plan, and it must be a compensation plan that is supported by evidence, reasonable and well-founded, and can stand the test, to prepare for our negotiations with the other party." Qin Feng turned and looked at Deng Yong again and said.

"If everything is taken into account, the compensation amount may not be less than 50 million in the end. Will the other party accept it?" Deng Yong was a little worried.

"You have to understand the principle of asking for a high price and then paying a low price. Besides, it is not up to them to decide whether to admit it or not. We must protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people."

Deng Yong understood what Qin Feng meant and nodded.

"Xie Jiankai, now you have said what you didn't say before. Is there any secret in this Zhongyang Chemical Company that cannot be told?" Qin Feng turned and asked Xie Jiankai.

"Indeed, but these are not official information. They are all unconfirmed news heard from ordinary people." Xie Jiankai explained in advance.

"Just tell me, is there anyone who wants to hold you accountable?" Qin Feng scolded with a smile.

"It is said that this Zhongyang Chemical was previously in the neighboring city, but due to severe pollution, its first connection was shut down. After the closure, the boss ran back to the mountains of Tai'an County and opened Zhongyang Chemical. It is said that the then deputy mayor, the current mayor Liu Xiaoping, attracted the investment."

"Zhongyang Chemical has been in Tai'an County for many years. The pollution is very serious. The local river water is all smelly, and the crops in the fields can't survive. Many people have cancer. The villagers have reported it for years, but there has been no response. Instead, those who reported were beaten. In the end, no one dared to report it anymore. The local people moved away if they could, and dared not speak out."

"Last year, the provincial environmental protection inspection team came to the chemical plant for an unannounced visit and brought up the problems of the chemical plant. In the end, it was said that the chemical plant carried out comprehensive rectification. For this reason, the municipal government specially allocated a sum of 30 million yuan to support the chemical plant's environmental protection transformation."

"After the renovation, the local environmental problems have indeed improved a lot, and it has successfully passed the acceptance inspection of the provincial environmental protection inspection team." Xie Jiankai told what he had heard.

Xie Jiankai said that there are actually only a few key points. The most important point is that this chemical plant has a close connection with Liu Xiaoping. The second is that this chemical plant has a strong background and someone above is protecting this company.

“It seems that the 30 million was not used for the renovation. They just used secret means to discharge the sewage originally discharged on site through underground pipes from deep in the mountains into the rivers in the mountains, and then discharged it downstream to our Yian County.” Cao Changsheng snorted coldly.

Although Cao Changsheng snorted coldly, he didn't say anything else.

After Xie Jiankai finished speaking, the expressions of the other people present became very serious and no one dared to speak.

After listening to this, Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It seems that Liu Xiaoping and I are natural enemies. God just wants me to be against him." Qin Feng sighed in his heart.