Lin Xiaoguai could only think of two possibilities: first, the land had been bought and planned as a commercial area, and second, initially no one wanted to contract the land, so the government had to make other plans.
Thinking it over, she felt the second possibility was more likely. After all, rather than saying the government owned the land, it was more accurate to say it belonged to the Military Department. If it indeed became a base for supplying the military with food, the military would never want to let it go. Moreover, according to what Shen Chi had said, the land was originally used for training, and having experienced the devastation of smoke from gunfire, she didn't think the land was very fertile. Yet, the contract fee for this land was much higher than that of the countryside. Native city dwellers wouldn't think of farming, and even those who were from the countryside but had moved to the city wouldn't want to pay such an unreasonable fee.
