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Chapter 1364 Apology and Reconciliation, Newcomers on the Dam

"Woof woof~!" Just as they were about to head towards the planting site, Xiao Huang barked twice in Lin Hao's direction.

"That's over there!" Engineer Chen said immediately when he saw Xiao Huang pointing towards the Wind-Suppressing Divine Tree. "It seems something happened at the Wind-Suppressing Divine Tree!"

"It should be!" Yu Zhenglai said with some worry.
"Just in case he's not here, let this car go to the planting site, and we'll ride horses to the big tree!"

The land in the direction of the sacred tree is severely desertified; if you drive there, you're very likely to get stuck.

Before long, the group finally arrived at the big tree and met Lin Hao and the people who were being controlled.

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, what's wrong?" Yu Zhenglai asked excitedly as he stepped forward.

Before Lin Hao could even speak, he saw Feng Cheng lying on the ground and then shouted, somewhat losing control of his emotions:

"Feng Cheng, Feng Cheng, Feng Cheng!"

Seeing that Feng Cheng didn't react, he quickly asked Lin Hao, "Lin, what happened? How did Feng Cheng get injured?"

Lin Hao shook his head inwardly, then calmly said, "Director Yu, don't worry, the matter is like this..."

Lin Hao then recounted how Feng Cheng was protecting the big tree and was attacked by Zheng San'er, finally pointing at Zheng San'er and his group and saying:
"When I arrived, Feng Cheng was already injured. I subdued Zheng San'er and the others, and treated Da Shu's wounds. That's the situation!"

At this moment, Zheng San'er saw the forestry bureau officials approaching, and this time he was truly frightened, so he quickly begged for mercy:
"Boss, boss, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly before, I was a little agitated!"

Yu Zhenglai looked at the villagers in front of him seriously and shouted sternly:
"Where are you from? Who gave you permission to cut down these trees? Don't you know this is forestry bureau property? Cutting down these trees is damaging state property and is illegal!"

"Leader, we...we are villagers from Bashaquan Village!" several villagers quickly explained.

"Boss, we didn't know cutting down trees was illegal, and this tree has always been a wild tree; everyone for miles around knows that!"

Zheng San, the leader, quickly said that he did not know that cutting down trees was illegal and wanted to claim that ignorance was no excuse.

"Yes, yes, yes!" several villagers echoed, "Even if you're from the Forestry Bureau, you can't just come here and accuse us of breaking the law, can you?"

Yu Zheng glanced at the four villagers in front of him, feeling somewhat conflicted, and finally stared at Zheng San and said.

"Are you Zheng San? Zheng Laopi's son?"

"Oh, yes, boss, you know my dad!" Zheng San was overjoyed; he had run into an acquaintance.

It seems that this way, even if there are mistakes, they can be overlooked, and one can even boast about knowing important people.

"Of course I know him! How could I not know him? There isn't a single elderly person within miles of here that I, Yu Zheng, don't know!"

"Go back and tell your father that Yu Zheng is coming to ask him to go to Weichang County for a meeting the day after tomorrow. The Forestry Bureau will issue a notice!"

After confirming the information, Yu Zheng didn't say anything to Zheng Sanduo, but instead asked him questions and then issued a notice to him.

Yu Zhenglai seemed to have thought of something and looked at Qu He again.

"Old Qu, I'm leaving the task of informing the other village chiefs to you. We'll have a meeting the day after tomorrow for all the village chiefs in the dam area to get the information down!"

"Make it clear to them that this tree belongs to our forestry bureau. Not only this tree, but all the other trees in the dam area are also under our forestry bureau's jurisdiction!"

"Once the notice is issued, any act of cutting down trees will be illegal!"

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back and prepare!" Qu He nodded, but after glancing at Yan Fengcheng, he said:
"But what about the fact that they assaulted someone?"

At this moment, Zheng San'er saw the leaders from the Forestry Bureau arrive, and this time he was truly frightened, so he quickly begged for mercy:
"Boss, boss, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly before, and I was a bit emotional!"

"And I really didn't know this tree belonged to your forestry bureau. After all, this tree has been here for over two hundred years. I was just thinking of cutting it down to build a house..."

Yu Zheng frowned and looked at Feng Cheng: "Feng Cheng, how badly are you injured?"

Feng Cheng glanced at Zheng San'er, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious, just superficial injuries!"

Yu Zheng thought about it and decided not to escalate the situation, as it would strain relations with the local authorities and hinder his work. So he said sternly:
"Given that our forestry bureau did not issue any notice, and the villagers were indeed unaware beforehand, and given that Feng Cheng's injuries are not serious, we will not pursue the matter this time!"

"But if you cause trouble again, we will punish you severely next time and show absolutely no leniency!"

Knowing that he had finally passed the test, Zheng San'er quickly assured him, "Yes, yes, I, Zheng San'er, promise that there will absolutely be no next time!"

"Then, leader, can we leave?" the other three villagers asked timidly.

Hearing Yu Zhenglai say this, the group finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked him.

"Alright, you hurry back and deliver my message!" Yu Zhenglai said sternly to Zheng San.

"Yes, yes, boss, I'll go right away!"

Lin Hao didn't bother with what happened next. Yu Zheng and the others escorted Feng Cheng back to the hunting grounds, and Lin Hao went down the dam with them.

After arriving at the Forestry Bureau, Lin Hao, Yu Zhenglai, and Lao Liu sat together, had dinner, and discussed the follow-up planting and experiments.

Of course, this was just an excuse for Lin Hao to go down to the dam. Lin Hao's real purpose was to arrange an identity for Tang Qi.

Lin Hao used the excuse of going to Chengde to buy some daily necessities, but in reality, he took Tang Qi to Chengde Agricultural College.

After arriving at the school, Lin Hao used his hypnosis skills to successfully help Tang Qi obtain the status of a vocational school student, and even helped her complete all her files.

She moved into the school dormitory and altered the memories of all the students in the class, making them feel that Tang Qi had been their classmate for two years.

He also reminded her to apply for support for Saihanba next year. After spending the night with Tang Qi, he returned to the dam amidst her reluctant gaze.

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"Knock knock knock~!" Back in his dormitory at the Forestry Bureau, Lin Hao was preparing to go to the dam the next day when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door later that evening.

When Lin Hao opened the package, he saw that the person who had come was none other than Feng Cheng, whose eyes were bloodshot. He was holding a bottle of wine in his left hand and a bowl in his right.

There was still half a bowl of meat left in the bowl. After putting down the wine, Feng Cheng said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Brother Lin, I'm here today to thank you for saving my life the other day!"

Seeing that Feng Cheng wasn't there to cause trouble, and that one shouldn't hit someone who's smiling, Lin Hao smiled faintly and said:

"It's alright, don't worry about it too much. If anyone had seen it that day, they would have stopped them, saying that the debt of saving their lives was too serious!"

Feng Cheng shook his head, poured Lin Hao a glass of wine, and said, "It's not just about the life-saving grace you gave me; that's only one aspect!"

"I've come to see you today to apologize for my previous attitude."

"I originally thought I could grow trees well just by reading a few books, but after actually planting them myself, I realized it's not that simple..."

Feng Cheng rambled on and on, mainly expressing his gratitude to Lin Hao for saving his life, acknowledging Lin Hao's planting abilities, and apologizing for his previous underestimation.

To be honest, Lin Hao hadn't expected Feng Cheng to be so able to let go and admit his shortcomings. This significantly changed Lin Hao's opinion of Feng Cheng. Of course, it's also possible that he had a sudden change of heart after learning of Tang Qi's "death."

However, Lin Hao wasn't too concerned. He was happy that Feng Cheng was willing to reform himself, and he didn't want to be on guard against this and that all the time.

Besides, Tang Qi has already changed her identity, and there is no longer a Tang Qi in this world, so there is no point of conflict.

Well, that's what Lin Hao thinks anyway.

Then Lin Hao said magnanimously, "Alright, no matter what, we are all contributing to building a beautiful country. We are all revolutionary comrades. Let bygones be bygones!"

"Brother, this drink is for you! Let's drink until we drop tonight!"

"Alright, let's drink until we're drunk!"

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The next day, Lin Hao came to the office, and Yu Zhenglai said:

"Our planting experiment in the Bashang area has been basically successful, so what are the next steps?"

Lin Hao said seriously, "Although saplings can be grown on the dam, that's only possible for me personally, and it took a lot of my energy!"

"Almost all the saplings planted by Feng Cheng were lost. The few that survived were drought-resistant shrubs planted using straw checkerboard."

"On the one hand, we need to increase the scale of the experiment, and on the other hand, we also need to consider the issue of seedlings."

"Obviously, these saplings cultivated below the dam have poor adaptability to the environment above the dam. Just think about it, the living environment at an altitude of over 200 meters is completely different from that at an altitude of over 1400 meters."

"Just like people, most people from low-altitude areas will experience altitude sickness when they go up to the plateau. Therefore, I suspect that the saplings cultivated at the foot of the dam may not be able to adapt well to the environment at the top of the dam!"

"Then what should we do?" Yu Zhenglai nodded, then frowned and asked.

Although he didn't know anything about planting, Lin Hao's words made him instantly understand why the saplings he had previously tried to grow on the dam.

Lin Hao concluded, "Here's what I'm thinking: since the saplings cultivated down below the dam aren't being used, why don't we cultivate them up above the dam?"

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Yu Zhenglai's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he immediately praised it.
"If we can cultivate the saplings on the dam, they will definitely be able to adapt to the environment there!"

"Here's what I'll do: I'll arrange a group of people for you to come and assist you with your nursery cultivation plan. Is there anything else you need?"

Yu Zhenglai was overjoyed, thinking to himself that he had really struck gold. Although there were many people in their hunting grounds, they only had one expert.

Although Engineer Chen is also an expert, he is an experienced professional, while Feng Cheng is also an expert, but he is a logging expert.

In a true sense, Lin Hao was the only one who made a real contribution to their hunting grounds.

At the same time, he was also thinking about whether to ask the higher-ups for more experts. One Lin Hao was already remarkable. If there were a few more experts like Lin Hao, then the construction and maintenance of the forest farm would only be a matter of time.

Lin Hao thought for a moment and, since he didn't have any other plans for the time being, said, "Let's leave it at that for now!"

The next day, Yu Zheng sent people over, and Lin Hao saw five people waiting.

The burly man in the khaki suit was none other than Zhao Tianshan from the advance team.

Zhao Tianshan ran up to Lin Hao and Feng Cheng, saluted, and said with a smile, "Expert Lin, Zhao Tianshan from the Saihanba advance team is reporting for duty!"

"Captain Zhao, long time no see. This is Feng Cheng!" Lin Hao nodded and then introduced Feng Cheng to the person next to him.

I met Zhao Tianshan, the advance team member, once when Lin Hao came to report for duty, and I haven't seen him since. I heard that he went to other tree planting sites.

Then, he introduced Feng Cheng: "This is Zhao Tianshan, the captain of the Saihanba tree-planting advance team!"

Feng Cheng thought he was just there to see Lin Hao, but Lin Hao introduced him to the visitor instead.

"Hello, hello!" Feng Cheng then shook hands with Zhao Tianshan and greeted him.

Feng Cheng looked at the newcomer and immediately recognized him as a veteran with a military bearing. He wondered if the man was also one of his father's subordinates.

"Hello, Expert Lin, Hello, Technician Feng, Director Yu sent me to assist you in seedling cultivation in the dam area."

"There are five of us going up the dam this time. Engineer Chen said he needs to arrange two more days before we can go up the dam, so he asked me to pass on this message to Expert Lin!"

Upon meeting Lin Hao, Zhao Tianshan introduced himself, then saluted Lin Hao and Feng Cheng again before explaining the mission.

"You don't need so many formalities in the future. Feng Cheng will lead you from behind. But your task now is to build your dugouts!"

"With five more people added all of a sudden, we have to rebuild everything from scratch," Lin Hao said.
"Let's go meet the other team members!"

"Yes!"

Lin Hao and Feng Cheng arrived at the office and saw the four people standing there.

"Let's introduce ourselves. From now on, we're family."

Lin Hao looked at the four people. They were dressed very casually and didn't seem to be from the bureau. They were probably recruited from nearby villages.

"My name is Zhang Fulin!"

"My name is Wei Fugui!"

"My name is Wang Xiaonian!"

"My name is Cao Erdan!"

Lin Hao nodded, then said:
"Okay, I'm the head of our dam planting advance team, and this is Feng Cheng, the tree planting technician!"

"We don't need to go into the specifics yet. Right now, we need to get to the dam first, and we'll have plenty of time to get familiar with it later."

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Then everyone got into the car and headed to the seedling nursery.

The seedling nursery isn't actually far away; it's still located in the original small lake—no, it's now shrunk into a pond!
The location was right between Lin Hao and Feng Cheng's dugouts, where there was a low-lying ravine that provided shelter from the wind, making it suitable for seedling cultivation.

Lin Hao then arranged for them to build dugouts first, otherwise they would have nowhere to stay at night. As for Lin Hao's underground house, Lin Hao did not intend to contribute it for the time being.

Then Lin Hao said to Feng Cheng:

"By the way, Feng Cheng, bring your Xiao Liu along, and I'll bring my Xiao Huang. Let them meet everyone so they don't get bitten if they don't recognize him!"

After saying that, Lin Hao then addressed the group:

"We have two more dogs here, one is Xiao Liu, which belongs to Feng Cheng, and the other is Xiao Huang, which belongs to me!"

"When Xiao Huang and Xiao Liu come back later, I'll let you recognize them, so you don't get bitten!"

Lin Hao trained Xiao Huang to be a hunting dog. Besides accompanying Lin Hao on patrols, it could also go out hunting for a meal when it was free.