Chapter 75: The Chen Clan Is Too Ancient, Worried It’s A Dangerous Building!
Hearing what Uncle said, Chen Han smiled and said, “After the Five Offerings Flower Sea is built, besides ticket checking, we will probably need another ten or so people to maintain it. Just put them all under your Work Hall. Call these people together. If there are not enough hands for planting, then recruit more temporary workers.”
“This is no problem, but you have to tell me where the planting will be,” the smile on Chen Lin’s face grew wider. With more than ten people added to the Work Hall, it was about to become strong and well-manned. His position as Hall Elder was becoming more and more satisfying.
“Let’s go take a look,” Chen Han nodded.
The location really needed to be checked.
Whether it was the flower beds inside the Chen Clan or the two-thousand-square-meter Flower Sea location.
Xiao Mi and Xiao Yu were also very much looking forward to the Five Offerings Flower Sea. After all, what girl does not like a sea of flowers? They even took the initiative to handle ordering the flowers.
Chen Han took the three of them around for a walk.
He called Uncle over, and together they walked around inside the clan, looking for suitable places. In the end, Chen Han chose a two-thousand-square-meter open space at the foot of the mountain by the Ancient Architectural Complex as the place to plant the Five Offerings Flower Sea.
This whole plot was Chen Clan’s own reserved land, so there was no need to go through the Village for handling. The positions of the flower beds between the Ancient Architectural Complex buildings were also decided one by one. All the locations were just right. After being renovated with Spirit Plant Dew Water, people passing by would definitely be attracted, whether by the appearance of the flowers or their fragrance.
After confirming the locations, Chen Lin immediately started recruiting in the Patriarch group chat, once again recruiting more than ten people. The group chat became lively again, with everyone asking questions at once, especially the older clan members who stayed behind in the clan and those working in the county.
Chen Han did not pay attention to this matter and felt at ease leaving it to Uncle.
In the afternoon, his junior sister hurried into his courtyard again. “Senior brother, come quickly with me to welcome the people from the county. They are almost at the Village Entrance, and it is the County Culture and Tourism Bureau Director personally coming. Back then, it was he who approved a tourism development fund for Master, which led to the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex tourism.”
Hearing this, Chen Han was a bit surprised.
But for the audit and inspection of such an activity application, there was no need for a Culture and Tourism Bureau Director to come in person, right?
Thinking this, he was already being pulled outside by his junior sister, heading to the roadside on the outskirts of the Chen Clan to wait.
A White-haired Dog and several Stray Dogs were playing by the roadside. When they saw Xiao Yu, the White-haired Dog barked twice and actually ran over to rub against her foot.
Chen Han recognized it. Wasn’t this guy the unlucky one from the Dog Demon battle? Every time he instigated two groups of dogs to fight, this guy was always the first to get beaten. The key was that even after being beaten, he never learned his lesson, like an idiot.
“Xiao Bai, go play over there!” Xiao Yu said with a smile, lightly nudging it with her foot. After all, they were about to welcome people; having stray dogs nearby would not look good.
What surprised Chen Han was that the little white dog actually obediently ran aside after hearing his junior sister’s words.
So obedient?
Out of curiosity he tried, “Xiao Bai, come here.”
The little white dog seemed to react. It looked back at him, and its tail instantly went stiff, then it turned and ran into the Distance. It barked twice, and the other Stray Dogs all bolted off together.
“???” Chen Han felt awkward.
He had just been ignored by this idiot dog that never remembered its beatings?
At this moment, he also saw two cars driving over from a distance.
“They are people from the county,” the junior sister said immediately.
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Inside the car not far away.
Chen Kai also saw the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex from afar. In these past days he had seen the video of that Chen Family Head, and after seeing the activity application, he decided to come in person.
Now was the era of tourism economy. Culture and tourism departments everywhere were making efforts. For promotion, some directors had even put on women’s clothing.
Linhe County did not have much to promote in terms of culture and tourism, just some ancient buildings, as it was one of the five great Ancient Counties.
Thinking of this, he recalled some people from previous administrations. Among the five great Ancient Counties, the other four, because they preserved their Ancient Buildings in their original state and vigorously developed tourism, had already made a name for themselves in culture and tourism, leaping from backward counties to wealthy ones.
Only their Linhe County, under some people from previous terms, felt that the county had no trace of Modern Architecture and even planned to apply to become a county-level city, then heavily develop Real Estate. They messed it up completely.
The key point was that the county-level city application failed, and the county ended up over 15 billion in debt, suddenly turning into a backward county.
Now tourism economy was flourishing, and since Linhe County was also a major county for agricultural planting, the county wanted to enjoy the bonus in this area too. But with the county already a scattered mess, neither ancient nor modern, there was no way to achieve what the other four Ancient Counties had done.
Even with hard promotion in the past two years, the results had been minimal. So, when he saw that Chen Family Head unexpectedly became popular, and now had also stirred up the popularity of the Feng Shui Room, and crucially all of this was in their own county, he seemed to see a bright light, especially when he saw the Chen Clan’s application for a National Style Event. If it succeeded, it would definitely be a great help to the county.
As for why he came in person, there were two reasons. One, naturally, was that he had an origin with the Chen Clan. Back then, the county also wanted to tap into the Tourism Dividend and approved a sum of money to freely support tourism projects within the county.
At that time, the Chen Clan was actually not in the plan, since the place was too remote, and most of this free support was given to tourism projects with county investment. For external family-style projects like the Chen Clan’s, although there were quotas, everyone understood how those quotas worked; the higher-ups had already given instructions.
Yet somehow, he ended up being persuaded by that Chen Family Head.
The other party’s words seemed to have magic power, making him sign. Afterward, when he heard that the other party had died in a debris flow, he felt some emotion.
He had not expected that a signature back then would now turn into good karma.
The other reason was that he had read the information on the Chen Clan Ancient Architecture. It had truly existed for a very long time and could be traced back to dynasties long ago.
So this was a genuine Ancient Building.
Precisely because of its age, there must be many problems with the buildings. Even though every generation of the Chen Clan had done repairs, once entering the new era, for some reasons, there was a break in the Chen Clan’s continuity.
That earlier free tourism support fund had not been enough for repairs.
Simply put, after discussion, the people in the Bureau all suspected that some of the ancient buildings at the Chen Clan might be dangerous structures, or at least had potential crises.
Under normal circumstances, it was still manageable. Judging from the Chen Clan’s situation, there had not been many tourists. But holding an event was different. Dangerous buildings, even with only potential crises, could erupt once there were many people.
That would absolutely be a huge scandal. Not only would the Chen Clan be in trouble, but the county would also be affected.
However, the Chen Clan had become popular, and the county could not let such an opportunity slip by.
He had to personally inspect the situation. If, after testing, it was not genuinely at the level of dangerous buildings, and only had potential crises, then he could take the risk of helping to cover it up and directly let it pass.
As long as they did good protective preparations, there should be no problem. After the event, the county would then approve another sum of money for the Chen Clan to complete the repairs.
Thinking of this, he gave instructions to the person beside him. “Xiao Kang, when we get to the Chen Clan, show me the test data first after it is done. Do not let anyone else see it.”
