Chapter 59 Moving Mountains to Make Way!
Lan Weiming had received a phone call from a colleague on the road, saying that Li Zhong had arrived at Shanyan Village and had even started a conflict with the people of Shanyan Village; thus, he hastily asked the driver to speed up, fearing every second of delay.
He had heard all about the situation from his colleague: setting up digital television lines was a huge favor.
He had not received any notice beforehand, which indicated that arranging the wiring was personally organized by Li Zhong, showing the importance of the matter.
"Li County, I'm familiar with Shanyan Village; leave this matter to me."
Initially, Li Zhong wanted to scold Lan Weiming, but upon hearing this, he nodded in agreement. If this issue could be resolved, it would save his face.
"Li De, come out here!" Lan Weiming stood in front of the people of Shanyan Village and shouted loudly.
The only explanation for these villagers' rioting was one: the village head Li De, his brother-in-law!
Li De, with his fat cheeks and slightly squinty eyes, looked somewhat crafty as he smirked and stepped forward from the crowd: "Brother-in-law, you're here too."
"Li De, give me some face, hurry up and disperse the crowd."
"Brother-in-law, have you lost your mind? That kid from Osmanthus Village, Haozi and Jianzi, it's because of him they were …"
"Enough, Li De! What happened to those two is in the past now, I believe when they return, they will surely change completely. The current issue is to disperse the crowd!" Lan Weiming directly interrupted Li De. He was furious with his brother-in-law. If it weren't for the uniform he was wearing, he would really have clenched his fists and punched him.
"Brother-in-law, you're putting on quite the airs. This is not your office building; this is Shanyan Village!" After saying that, Li De spread his arms wide, and the people of Shanyan Village immediately roared in support.
"Luo Cheng!" Faced with Li De's interference, Lan Weiming roared furiously. Moments later, a dozen officers quickly descended from the police car parked behind, led by Captain Luo Cheng, whom Xia Liu had met before.
Seeing the police arriving, Li De also became somewhat panicked; he knew Lan Weiming was serious this time.
But he also had a secret weapon. Just as Luo Cheng and his team were about to reach them, all the villagers of Shanyan Village stepped back, and then an old man with white hair and a cane slowly walked onto the ridge: "If you want to touch my land, it will only happen over my dead body."
The appearance of the old man took Xia Liu, Li Zhong, and Lan Weiming by surprise, indicating that Li De was determined to resist with everyone.
"Li County, let's call off the people. Even if we manage to install it today, the line will often break in the future. There's no need," Xia Liu said slowly after a pause.
"Haha, the lad from Osmanthus Village, you really know your place. Scram!"
"Yeah, scram right now!"
Scram …
Once again, Li De led the crowd in a loud chant, leaving Li Zhong, Lan Weiming, and others feeling extremely embarrassed; after all, they were prominent figures of Hejing County, and now they were being silenced by a village tyrant.
Helpless, with Xia Liu having spoken, the two had no choice but to comply.
As Xia Liu and the others got back into their car, the people of Shanyan Village clapped and cheered as if they had driven away enemies.
"Since you from Shanyan Village want to play it this way, then don't regret it!" Coldly glancing back, Xia Liu started the car and quickly drove back to the village.
Li Zhong and Lan Weiming hurriedly followed, while Luo Cheng and his team went back ahead of them.
It was now after five in the afternoon, and the villagers had already finished their day's work. In the center of the village, Zhang Xiaoman and Zhang Xiaoxue were distributing money to everyone.
The people were becoming more fond of Xia Liu, Zhang Xiaoxue, and Zhang Xiaoman, joking that since the sisters were so close, it would be amazing if they both married Xia Liu; they often found themselves teased until their faces turned crimson.
After the money was distributed, three cars entered the village, and when Xia Liu, Li Zhong, and Lan Weiming got out, everyone happily gathered around them.
"Brother Liu, I am really sorry about today,"
"It's all my fault. Pinglan Town is under my jurisdiction, and Li De is my wife's younger brother. It's all my responsibility." Even with villagers around, Li Zhong and Lan Weiming did not hesitate to apologize to Xia Liu.
The two took turns speaking, leaving the villagers astonished, all wondering what exactly had happened for Li Zhong and Lan Weiming to be apologizing to Xia Liu!
"County Chief Li, Town Chief Lan, this is actually quite alright; you don't need to blame yourselves," Xia Liu said, his gaze fixed on the distant mountains.
Yes, this was quite alright. Even if the lines were properly drawn, given Shanyan Village's nature, it was likely the electricians would often have to come and connect the wires. Why bother?
"So now..." Li Zhong couldn't do more, facing those old, weak, sick, and disabled, he couldn't enforce anything.
"It's very easy to handle now." Saying this, Xia Liu extended his hand forward: "Move the mountain to make way!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhong and Lan Weiming's pupils sharply constricted. Moving the mountain to make way was an idea too bold to imagine.
"Move the mountain to make way? Xia Liu, what's going on here?" Li Zhi had been observing them all along, unable to understand their conversation, but he caught what Xia Liu said. If the road was fine, why go through the trouble of moving a mountain to make way?
Faced with everyone's questions, Lan Weiming explained everything clearly.
"Damn that Li De! He actually instigated Shanyan Village to block the wiring!"
"That guy is just a local tyrant; even before Xia Liu returned, he dared to block roads; now, he won't even allow the wires to pass through!"
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Knowing the reason, everyone started to complain.
"Actually, this is quite good. Now we have the resolve to open a new path, a shortcut to the town and the county!" Xia Liu was not sad at all, even happy. He had planned to pave a cement road from the village to the national highway, but now it could be avoided altogether.
Since Shanyan Village maliciously hindered them, viewing Osmanthus Village as an enemy, why should Osmanthus Village still try to please them!
"Heh, this is actually a good thing! But opening a road will definitely require a lot of funds."
"Yes, Brother Liu, moving this mountain is a huge project, I probably won't be able to get the application approved without special conditions," expressed Li Zhong, both helpless and embarrassed as this was when he was most needed, yet he could not help at all.
"County Chief Li, everyone, don't worry, I will cover all the expenses!" Xia Liu smiled triumphantly; he had accumulated over two million these past days, and that was his confidence.
Two million might not be enough, but he still had twenty thousand chickens!
Those chickens had always been fed with Spiritual Energy-infused feed; in about twenty days, they had already grown to over five or six pounds each, selling at eighty a pound, one chicken could go for four hundred, ten thousand chickens would be four million!
Two million plus twenty thousand chickens, moving mountains and paving roads, should be enough!
"Ah! Brother Liu, please think it over; this is not a small sum, it could easily take tens of millions." Upon hearing this, Li Zhong was the first to offer consolation, knowing such a project would be huge and expensive.
And since Osmanthus Village was still the poorest village in the county, how could they possibly afford it, even if it was Xia Liu, he didn't have that much money...
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