Chapter 133: Chapter 133 I’m Doing This for Your Own Good
Listening to Liu Baishun’s words, the entire scene suddenly grew completely silent.
The excited expressions on people’s faces now turned somewhat dull.
Indeed, everyone had been excited for nothing.
Now they had discovered that getting their share of the money was impossible.
As for building roads, that too seemed like an unreliable prospect.
Liu Zheng turned his head to glance at Liu Baishun, a cold sneer rising in his heart.
He knew that this old guy must be upset and certainly didn’t want the ninety thousand yuan to end up in someone else’s hands.
A cunning glint flashed in his eyes as he thought to himself, "Old man, this time, I’ll make sure you end up trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice."
Afterward, Liu Zheng’s face became serious, and with a hint of confusion, he looked at Liu Baishun next to him and asked, "Village chief, isn’t there something wrong with this? Think about it, the total rent I paid was only ninety thousand yuan, such a small amount of money is not enough to build roads! Since that’s the case, why won’t you agree to distribute the money to everyone?"
He didn’t say much, but his words directly pushed Village Chief Liu Baishun into the eye of the storm.
Initially, the villagers were all targeting Liu Zheng, and at the beginning, they all felt they had a windfall to gain, so they were all quite excited.
But.
What they hadn’t expected was for the village chief’s single remark to douse their hopes completely.
The problem was, the fire Liu Zheng kindled directly ignited anger within the crowd.
All of a sudden, everyone’s guns were pointed at Liu Baishun’s side.
"Aren’t the entire villagers the collective? Why isn’t the contract money from leasing the wasteland distributed to us?"
"The facilities in the village now, I think, are fine and don’t need renovation. Plus, we’re already used to them!"
"Damn, do you think Liu Baishun, this old guy, wants to embezzle the money? That’s unacceptable."
For a moment, in the village committee courtyard, there were all sorts of comments, but most of them questioned Liu Baishun.
Listening to the villagers’ discussions, Liu Baishun’s face grew darker, and his sullen complexion seemed as if it could drip water.
His gaze toward Liu Zheng became even more sinister.
This kid was clearly setting me up, turning everyone’s spearheads towards me.
But do you think you can outsmart me just like that?
Heh, what a joke!
At this point, with a dark expression on his face, Liu Baishun couldn’t help but sneer, "You’re still too green, too full of yourself."
With this in mind, Liu Baishun coughed and put on an elder’s demeanor before he began to play the card of interest.
"Look here, Xiao Zheng! How can you be so shortsighted? Just think about it, if you grow medicinal herbs in the village, and if the herbs do grow well, won’t they need to be transported out? Transportation is a big deal! Therefore, building roads would be extremely beneficial for you."
He smiled slightly and spread his hands as Liu Baishun continued, "Actually, I’m not saying we must build roads and not distribute the money. But just think, if your medicinal herbs are ready to be transported and damaged the village roads while being moved out, won’t you still have to repair them?"
To say the least, Liu Baishun was indeed an old fox, his mind certainly quick on the uptake.
With a few deflecting remarks, he directly shifted the crowd’s blame back to Liu Zheng.
Moreover, he made it clear that it wasn’t that he didn’t want to distribute the money, but rather he wanted to benefit everyone and help Liu Zheng.
At this time, the matter of dividing the money was shifted onto Liu Zheng.
In this maneuver, it must be said, he played it brilliantly.
Hearing the words of this old bastard in front of him, Liu Zheng really wanted to go up and slap his damn face twice.
But he didn’t, because he knew it was pointless.
Just think, usually the village’s roads were fine with grain trucks coming and going, and there seemed to be no issues with the road surface.
But now.
The moment he needed to use a vehicle to transport his own herbs, which were quite light, this guy made them out to be the main culprits destroying the road. Was there any justice in this?
However, now was not the time to be angry.
Getting angry was useless.
The most direct method to defeat Liu Baishun, this old rascal, was to work on the villagers.
The key was the interests of the villagers, as long as they stood to gain, everything would be easy to handle.
Clapping his hands, Liu Zheng made everyone’s gaze turn toward him.
"Everyone be at ease, what’s the big deal about fixing a road! Let me tell you, I didn’t leave university and return to our village to just spend my whole life here in these mountains."
Liu Zheng spoke passionately and swung his fist as he said, "I came back to Yuanbao Village primarily to lead our fellow villagers to wealth and prosperity."
He pointed outside the courtyard and said loudly, "Contracting thirty acres of wasteland is just laying the groundwork for future plans; I’m also experimenting. If I do well, my next step, Liu Zheng’s plan, is to selectively contract some of the villagers’ farmland."
His gaze swept over the faces of everyone in the village, and Liu Zheng waved his arm again, saying, "Remember what I say, this is Liu Zheng speaking. If things develop well, if they pick up, I will fix the roads for everyone free of charge, and I’ll turn all roads in the village into concrete surfaces."
Liu Zheng’s words, undoubtedly, were a heavy bomb that exploded among the villagers.
The sounds of people’s discussions grew louder, and they clapped their hands with extreme joy.
"Oh my God! This is great news, a really big deal!"
"My heavens! My land has been barren for a long time, and nobody has been planting anything. If I can rent it out, that would also be a way to make money."
"Pie falling from the sky, hahaha, I can make money off my land now."
"I’ve always seen Liu Zheng as someone meant to do big things since he was a kid. I truly didn’t expect that right after he graduated and came home, he’d work so hard to make everyone rich. I support him."
"Holy smokes! I really underestimated Liu Family’s second child before. This kid is responsible, has ideas, and can get things done. I think it would be better if he became our village chief."
For a moment, all the villagers’ discussions suddenly made Liu Baishun’s face darken.
Originally, he had just wanted to use this incident to teach Liu Zheng a tough lesson.
In such a situation, he also wanted to let him know who was in charge of the village, who was the real boss.
In that case, this kid would likely behave himself, and obediently do as told when he saw him in the future.
But now.
What he hadn’t expected was that the situation had developed beyond his prediction.
Now, even his own position as village chief might become Liu Zheng’s.
