Commissioner Ding cautiously asked, "Can't it be sold locally?"
"Coal is produced there, can you imagine getting a good price over there?"
Vice County Chief Gu retorted, and then continued, "Moreover, the county has to consider the situation of coal shortage. If we face the same scarcity of various production materials and price hikes as last year, and our own mines are abandoned, and all our miners have dispersed, what shall we do then?"
Leaders are leaders for a reason; they stand taller and see farther than others.
What they consider is employment and whether the coal supply throughout the county can remain stable.
Commissioner Ding had nothing to say and lit a cigarette, staying silent.
Han Yu believed that Commissioner Ding had a point, after all, the northern section of the Grand Canal was too chaotic, otherwise, his parents would not have been adamantly against shipping goods in that direction over the years.
