Midway Inn is a very interesting inn. This inn is also the inn with the most foreign travelers and is very famous among foreign travelers.

There is a balcony called "You're so cool" here, and a toilet recognized as "the best toilet in the world".

The Midway Inn is located in the local bay. His guest room is facing Yulong Snow Mountain. When you open the doors and windows, you can see the Thirteen Peaks of Yulong that seem to be within reach. If you eat at night, you can go to the balcony of "You're so happy" to drink and chat, and see the starry sky very comfortable.

It is worth mentioning that the owner of this inn is very fluent in English, and Yang Jing does not have any difficulty communicating with him in English. Moreover, there are really many foreign hikers in this inn, and they are chattering very lively.

As for the inn with a terrifyingly famous "the world's number one toilet", that's not a casual talk. Whose toilet can face the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain?

At the door of the public toilet, there are two wooden signs hanging, one of which says "Let's shit under the window, leisurely see the jade dragon." Below is "The No. 1 toilet in the world", and the signature is "Xia Kexing".

Another wooden sign reads the fonts of "The No. 1 toilet in the world" and "Recognized by the world", which makes people laugh.

The best toilet in the world was discovered by Princess. In the evening, after Yang Jing and the others finished their meal, Princess went to the toilet and found this very stinky toilet. Then, Yang Jing and the others all experienced the style of "the best toilet in the world" - they were all smelly, and this place would not let you pull it just because it was the best toilet in the world. There was no smell when you shit...

The rain stopped the next day, but the weather was still not clear, but the visibility was quite high. This day without the scorching sun is the most suitable for hiking.

Walking on the path that Zhonghu Jumping was excavated from the cliff, climbing the iron ladder that was almost up and down for dozens of meters, admiring the Jinsha River hundreds of meters below, and looking at the towering and vicissitudes of Yulong Snow Mountain from a distance, it really makes people feel an uncontrollable impulse.

I shouted a few times at the sky and Dajiang, and vented the impulse in my heart, and I felt particularly refreshed.

At noon, the four of them did not go to the inn for dinner, but sat in a condescending place, looking at the invincible scenery, eating the food they brought, and sipping beer in small sips. It felt really good.

"The scenery here is so good. If I hadn't come here in person, I would have imagined that there would be such a beautiful scenery." Princess sighed, and Yang Jing and Sun Aoran nodded one after another.

Sun Aoran said: "I didn't expect that there would be such an outstanding place so close to me. If I knew it was so beautiful, I would have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come and have come

Zhao Shuang shook her head and said, "You just see this beautiful place now. Do you know that this famous Grand Canyon is facing the cruel prospect of disappearing now?"

"Vanish?" Princess looked at Zhao Shuang with surprise, "Is it an earthquake?"

Sun Aoran also said: "I know that if I go down a little further, I can see the famous high gorge out of the flat lake. It seems that during the Lijiang earthquake in 1996, the mountain collapsed in Haba Xueshan, forming a landslide lake there, and also forming an excellent scenery. However, such a large earthquake that year did not destroy the Tiger Leaping Gorge, I really can't think of anything else that can make the Tiger Leaping Gorge disappear. Unless a major earthquake of Lishu 8.0 or even above occurred here. But it's best not to do that, that kind of earthquake is too scary."

Zhao Shuang glanced at her boyfriend and said, "Is it only an earthquake that can destroy the Tiger Leaping Gorge? Ao Ran, don't forget what kind of work we are doing now."

Sun Aoran was stunned, then asked with an incredible look on his face: "Do you mean a hydropower station?"

Zhao Shuang nodded, "That's right, the hydropower station almost destroyed the Tiger Leaping Gorge."

After a pause, Zhao Shuang said quietly: "Actually, there are incidents about the construction of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam, which caused a series of incidents at that time and even in the past few years. I remember that I had just entered the new century. At that time, I was still young and was in elementary school. As a result, there was news that someone wanted to build a dam in the Jin'anqiao Generation in Yongsheng."

Sun Aoran slapped his forehead and asked in surprise: "Jin'anqiao? Isn't that not far from our construction site?"

Zhao Shuang nodded in agreement, "I don't know where I heard from at the beginning of the last century, saying that the country has determined that the Tiger Leap Gorge Water Conservancy Project has been listed as one of the major projects recently developed by the country. It also said that the Tiger Leap Gorge drop is as high as 196 meters, which is an ideal hydropower base. Starting from the first bay of the Yangtze River to the Yabi River Estuary in Panzhihua, the Jinsha River, which has a drop of more than 560 kilometers, is as high as 838 meters. It can be built into a cascade hydropower station with a "one reservoir and eight levels"."

When Sun Aoran heard this, his brows immediately frowned. As a power construction worker, Zhao Shuang immediately realized that although this plan was good, it was quite awesome to damage the environment.

Sure enough, Zhao Shuang continued: "In that era, our country was developing faster and faster, and the demand for energy was also getting higher and higher. Due to the low operating costs of water and electricity, fast returns and high returns, it quickly became a high-quality investment project sought after by major banks. Seizing the sphere of influence is also the strategy of major state-owned power companies in China. Among them, Tiger Leaping Gorge, which has natural and excellent geographical conditions, naturally became the first choice for major state-owned power companies."

"Among them, Yanjing Huarui Group, a private power tycoon from Yanjing, set its sights on Jin'anqiao. According to the design of Huarui Group, the Jin'anqiao Dam began construction in 2002 and achieved Jinsha River interception in 2005. In those years, Lijiang's annual fiscal revenue was only about 200 million yuan. If Jin'anqiao Hydropower Station was repaired, this hydropower station alone would increase Lijiang's net income by 400 million yuan in one year! Therefore, at that time, the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government warmly welcomed and attached great importance to Huarui Group's Jin'anqiao Hydropower Project, and regarded it as the number one project, giving the green light to this project from top to bottom."

"But the fact is that the fifth-level hydropower station in the planned ‘one reservoir and eight level’ has not been approved by the State Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Development and Reform Commission. Even after the Jinanqiao Dam broke ground, the talents from the Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Environmental Protection were shocked that this project with an investment of more than 10 billion yuan had not been approved by relevant departments."

"Our local residents are all fighting for the construction of that dam. Although the construction of Jin'anqiao Dam has little impact on Tiger Leaping Gorge, who can guarantee that once this fifth-level dam is built, will anyone continue to covet the Tiger Leaping Gorge upstream of Jin'anqiao?"

After a pause, Zhao Shuang continued: "After the struggle of our locals, and the Jin'anqiao Dam is indeed an illegal project, this project has been delayed for several years. Unfortunately, our struggle is so powerless in front of capital, and the dam finally passed the national approval and was officially operated. Fortunately, Jin'anqiao is still a distance away from Tiger Leaping Gorge, and the construction of Jin'anqiao Dam did not cause a catastrophic blow to Tiger Leaping Gorge."

"However, the successful construction of Jin'anqiao Dam has also allowed those power groups to see the benefits. Now, near Xiazhari, downstream of Xiahuju, the fourth-level dam of "one warehouse and eight levels" will begin to be built. Compared with the Jin'anqiao Dam downstream, we don't know what impact it will have on the Tiger Leap Gorge upstream and even the First Bay of the Yangtze River."

"But according to estimates, if this dam is built, it will at least increase the water level of the river within 200 kilometers of the upper reaches of the Tiger Leap Gorge. By then, 200,000 acres of high-quality arable land will be submerged, and 100,000 people will be faced with the situation of being migrated. As for Tiger Leap Gorge, it is probably impossible to retain the current spectacular scenery. By then, this place will become a huge reservoir!"

Princess was also a little anxious when she heard this, "Then will the country bear to let the Tiger Leaping Gorge and the First Bay of the Yangtze River disappear under the water? Why should the country let such a thing happen?"

Zhao Shuang smiled bitterly and shook her head and said, "This matter is not accurate now, but we locals have been fighting for this matter, but we don't know what the result will be. So, since you are here today, let's take a look at this place more. Maybe when you come here in a few years, you will never see the scenery here again."

Several people fell silent.

Zhao Shuang is all about facts. Even now, you can clearly see the dam under construction downstream of Tiger Leaping Gorge from the satellite map. No one knows what will happen after the dam is really built.

Alas, when is this time? It seems that the country is not short of this energy, right? Why are we allowed to build such a dam that destroys the ecological environment here?

A Three Gorges Dam has already made the Three Gorges no longer have the same glory as before. The series of hydropower stations on the Nujiang River have also turned the Nujiang River into a series of pearls. Isn’t this a lesson?

This sudden topic made several people feel a little heavy, and even they didn’t have much interest in playing.

It’s not that dams cannot be built. The most important thing is whether the dam is built will cause a devastating blow to the local ecology and will it completely disappear in this world-famous tourist destination.

While building a dam to develop the economy, it is the best if the local characteristic scenery can be safe and healthy. There should be a way to have the best of both worlds, but this is not something that the four of them can do.

Although the tour of Tiger Leaping Gorge shocked Yang Jing and the others, the sudden topic on the last day made the trip bear some heavy burdens.
Chapter completed!