At this moment, a middle-aged man holding a sickle pointed at a young man and said loudly: "Liu Ermeng, what are you doing? The reeds here have been growing from ancient times to the present. Why do you say they belong to your family?"

The weather in Wanghai County in June and July has begun to become hot. The middle-aged man is naked and his dark skin is shining with sweat. He has to sweat a little when he says something.

"Why, let me tell you, this place is my duck. If you cut off all the reeds, what should we do with our duck?" The young man wearing a camouflage shirt opposite said fiercely: "You black-hearted guys, after taking the money from outsiders, come to cut off my reeds. You have to pay for my ducks and our land."

"Liu Ermeng, don't be unreasonable. When will your family raise ducks? Even if you raise ducks, the reed beach outside is so big, just find a place to raise them." The middle-aged man sweated again and said to the people next to him: "Also, how can this land belong to your family?"

"I don't care. This is where our ducks are raised. If you want to cut reeds, you must pay me money, otherwise you will get out of here." Liu Er waved his fist viciously.

There were several young people beside Liu Ermeng, and they all started to make a fuss. There were also several middle-aged men standing there, and there were several middle-aged women holding sickles around. A woman walked up and pointed at Liu Ermeng and scolded: "Liu Ermeng, you black-hearted ghost, you are not ignorant of your conscience! If you want money, use a sickle to cut reeds. There are ten yuan a day."

"Hehe, Aunt Liu, it's not your business. You just need to let the big boss from eastern Guangdong come forward." Liu Ermeng seemed a little scared when he saw this middle-aged woman and said with a chuckle.

At this moment, someone suddenly found Bao Feiyang and Tu Xiaoming in the distance, and shouted: "Look, the boss of Fangxia Paper Company is here!"

At this time, Tu Xiaoming also found a familiar face in the crowd, and walked over with big strides. He frowned and said to a man in his forties or fifties who looked very thin: "Captain Wu, what's going on?"

"Tu, Mr. Tu. That's the case. Liu Ermeng was a gangster from Liu Xu nearby. When he saw us cutting reeds, he said that the reed land here was raised by his family ducks and did not let us cut reeds. He also said that he wanted to ask the boss to compensate you." The thin man was also the village chief of Xinhe Village, a nearby village named Wu Changguang. Because their Xinhe Village is closest to the land of Fangxia Paper Company, Tu Xiaoming gave them the work of cutting reeds. Because he needed to clear out 100 acres of land at once, Xinhe Village got a considerable income due to labor fees.

Perhaps because the news spread in the nearby village, Liu Ermeng, another gangster named Liu Xu Village, brought a team of people here to stop the people from Xinhe Village from cutting reeds. The two sides were confronting each other and a conflict was about to occur.

"Ye, are you the boss of the Xia Paper Company in East Guangdong?" Liu Er turned his head and looked at Tu Xiaoming: "It's good that you are here, hehe, let me tell you that the reed land here is where our family can put ducks. Now if you want to cut off all the reeds here, you must pay me a fortune."

Tu Xiaoming frowned and glanced at Liu Er with a sudden glance: "Are you putting ducks here? Why didn't I see ducks here before? I haven't seen any ducks here now?"

"Hey, I said, why are you, the boss, so unreasonable? You guys, of course, scared away all the ducks in my house, so I asked you for money for my ducks." Liu Er tilted his neck and said loudly.

Bao Feiyang was about to speak, when Tu Xiaoming made a gesture to him, then looked at Liu Ermeng and laughed, "What if I don't pay?"

Tu Xiaoming may not have much work experience, but his knowledge is very broad. If you know that the other party is quarreling or satisfying the other party easily, the other party will definitely be more and more arrogant. So you can't give in from the beginning.

"If you don't compensate, don't think about cutting reeds if you don't compensate, don't leave. Let your second master teach you how to be a human being." Liu Ermeng held a wooden stick in his hand, gently tapped his palm, and suddenly took two steps forward and forced him to face Tu Xiaoming.

Here are Bao Feiyang and Tu Xiaoming. How could Bao Feiyang let Liu Erfeng behave? He stepped forward and was about to stop Liu Ermeng. Unexpectedly, Liu Ermeng had already taken action in advance, so he reached out and grabbed Tu Xiaoming's collar.

"Feiyang, you don't need to do this kind of shrimp!" Tu Xiaoming saw Bao Feiyang about to get started, so he waved his hand to Bao Feiyang. He was a soldier, so why would he be afraid of a gangster like Liu Ermeng? His body flashed, letting Liu Ermeng's arm, then reached out to grab Liu Ermeng's wrist and twisted it violently.

"Ah——" Liu Ermeng screamed, Tu Xiaoming twisted his arm and arched his body into a big shrimp.

"Hey, hey, how can you hit someone!"

"Stop, let go quickly." Several people rushed up behind Liu Ermeng and said in a verbal manner.

Seeing that these people were holding guys in their hands, Bao Feiyang was worried that Tu Xiaoming would make any mistakes. So he took two steps forward, stood beside Tu Xiaoming, and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop, I am the deputy county magistrate Bao Feiyang, what are you doing?"

"Deputy County Magistrate?" These people were startled at first, and then looked at Bao Feiyang with suspicious eyes, and couldn't help but laugh: "Take it down, you said you are the deputy county magistrate's secretary and someone else believe it. Mao didn't look like pretending to be the deputy county magistrate. Do you think our eyes are blind?"

Bao Feiyang signaled Tu Xiaoming to release Liu Ermeng and took out his work permit: "This is my work permit, you can take a look."

Tu Xiaoming let go of Liu Ermeng, Liu Ermeng hugged his arms and glared at Tu Xiaoming fiercely. At this time, several other young people looked at each other. One of them took Bao Feiyang's work permit and looked at him, and a look of surprise and doubt appeared on his face.

These young people are almost in their twenties and thirties, and most of them are idle gangsters in the village. Although they have never seen the county government's work permit. However, when they saw the national emblem and the red official seal on it, they subconsciously felt that the work permit was real, and the photo above was exactly the same as Bao Feiyang in front of them. I think this young man would not have made a fake work permit in advance to deceive them.

And they already knew that Tu Xiaoming was the rumored boss of Guangdong Dongfang Xia Paper Company. The young man who looked a little too young and Tu Xiaoming was with him. His identity should not be fake. But if he was really the county magistrate Bao Feiyang, would he be a little too young?

"Brother Meng, yet, is he really the deputy county magistrate?" Several people gathered together and muttered a few words, then handed Bao Feiyang's work permit to Liu Ermeng.

"What's wrong with the deputy county magistrate? The deputy county magistrate cannot be disreasonable." Liu Ermeng hugged his arm and glanced at the work permit. He felt a little timid, but he refused to give in. He deliberately made a dissatisfied look and said with a crooked neck.

"You're right!" Bao Feiyang smiled and said, "Don't talk about the deputy county magistrate. Even the county magistrate and the county party secretary cannot be disreasonable when they come. Right? Since they all have to be reasonable, then can you tell me now that you are holding these guys and blocking the people in Xinhe Village and not letting them cut reeds. What is the reason?"

When Bao Feiyang first spoke, his face was still smiling. After talking, his face couldn't help but sink. Liu Ermeng and others suddenly felt a little cramped and no one dared to speak. Finally, Liu Ermeng mustered up the courage and said, "Mr. Bao, since you have to reason, then, let me ask you, are the people from Xinhe Village here to cut reeds, did you agree with Fang Xia Paper Company?"

Bao Feiyang nodded: "Yes, we agreed. Since you are from the nearby village, you and your companions should also know that Fangxia Ceramics Group in eastern Guangdong will build a carton factory in our county, which requires this land. Therefore, Fangxia Paper Company hired villagers from Xinhe Village to cut out all the reeds on the plot, and then leveled the land, built factories, and carried out production. At that time, there will be a large enterprise in Wanghai County with an output value of over 100 million yuan. The enterprise will purchase raw materials, daily necessities and services from us, and will also recruit workers. The farmers in Wanghai County will not have to go to Shencheng and Dongdong to work in the future, and can work next to their own homes to earn money."

These young people want to quarrel, and they all seem to be idle gangsters in the village. Such people are very common in Wanghai County. On the one hand, there are personal reasons and on the other hand, there are social reasons. Because Wanghai County is underdeveloped in industry and commerce, most of these young people graduated from junior high school, and they stop studying before they even finished junior high school, and they cannot find jobs, so they "distance" in society. If there are more employment opportunities, the number of idle young people in rural and townships will definitely decrease a lot.

Sure enough, when he heard Bao Feiyang say this, the young people moved their expressions and exchanged glances with each other. At this time, Liu Ermeng waved his arm: "County Magistrate Bao, you said this very nicely. But you deceived others, but you can't deceive me. How can you not know what you officials do? What is the use of Fangxia Paper Company's project? Even if it is great, it can really fall on us ordinary people? Let's talk about these reeds. Why can only get money from Xinhe Village, but the people in our Liuxu Village have no money? Didn't the people in Xinhe Village just say that these reeds are not my Liu Ermeng, they are unowned, so why can you Xinhe Village get money?"

"Xinhe Village was able to get the money because he helped us cut reeds. Our Fangxia Paper Company had to pay their wages." Tu Xiaoming said coldly, and he was very disgusted with the gangster who took the lead in causing trouble in front of him. Liu Ermeng and others were simply destroying the reputation of Wanghai County. Tu Xiaoming certainly knew that as an investor, he hated the most about encountering gangsters and extortion.

"Wage, it sounds nice!" Liu Er sneered: "I don't believe it. It's obvious that even if you buy reeds, there is one in Xinhe Village, and our Liuxu Village must also have one."

"Liu Ermeng, you are making trouble. Didn't you just say you raised ducks here? Now you say you want to share money? I only understand now. It turns out that our Xinhe Village cut reeds and got money, and the people in your Liuxu Village are jealous? It's okay to want it. Please let your village chief Liu Baolin come over. I see if he has this face!" Wu Changguang, the village chief of Xinhe Village, jumped and shouted.

Bao Feiyang looked at Liu Ermeng thoughtfully. He had seen now that Liu Ermeng was probably not just a quarrel, and he should have some other ideas.

"Okay." Bao Feiyang waved his hand suddenly, no matter what Liu Ermeng's other ideas were. His current approach was unacceptable: "Liu Ermeng, no matter what your ideas you have, you should not obstruct the people in Xinhe Village cutting reeds, because they are hired by Fangxia Paper Company; you cannot hold these sickles and shoulder poles. If you hurt someone, no one of you can afford it except the problem."

"No, why can they get money in Xinhe Village? We Liu Xu don't have it?" Liu Ermeng saw Bao Feiyang blindly explaining to him, and his timidity gradually disappeared. The ruthless spirit came up. He tilted his head and said dissatisfied.

Bao Feiyang glanced at Liu Er and turned his head to Wu Changguang and said, "Captain Wu, please send someone to inform Liu Xu's village branch secretary and village chief immediately. He said that Bao Feiyang from the county government is here. Let him come here immediately."

Wu Changguang quickly agreed: "Okay. I'll arrange someone to inform you now."

Seeing Wu Changguang walking beside him and ask someone to inform the village party secretary and village chief, Liu Ermeng approached Bao Feiyang two steps and asked seriously: "Are you really County Mayor Bao?"

Bao Feiyang said: "Yes. If you have any ideas, you can tell me directly. I hope to hear the real situation."

Liu Ermeng hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll wait for our village chief to come, I can't explain it clearly."

Bao Feiyang couldn't help but smile: "It seems that your actions were indeed premeditated. Does your village think that Xinhe Village has money, but you Liu Xu don't, so you want to get a share of the pie through destruction?"

"Hey, how do you know so clearly?" Liu Ermeng looked at Bao Feiyang in surprise.

Bao Feiyang smiled and said, "It's not difficult to guess. Village Chief Wu said it just now. But no matter what your reasons are, I cannot obstruct the construction. If there is such a thing next time, I will definitely be punished severely and severely."

Bao Feiyang beat Liu Ermeng hard, and Liu Ermeng's heart had just calmed down and beat the drum again. The dong dong dong kept ringing, but he refused to admit defeat on his face and deliberately made a disapproval expression.

Bao Feiyang was too lazy to say anything to someone like Liu Ermeng, and stood aside with Tu Xiaoming with his arms in his arms.

The village branch secretary and village chief of Liuxu Village are both Liu Baolin, and he is actually hiding not far away. Hearing someone shouting, he soon appeared in front of Bao Feiyang. Bao Feiyang pointed to the endless sea of ​​reeds and said to Liu Baolin: "Secretary Liu, what do you think of this sea of ​​reeds?"

Liu Baolin smiled dryly: "Haha, this is the most precious resource in our Wanghai County. I heard that it can be used to make paper?"

"Yes, reeds can make paper, but we don't have a paper mill in Wanghai County, so these reeds are useless at all. Fortunately, Fangxia Paper will invest in the construction of paper mills in our county, and these reeds will soon be useful." Bao Feiyang said: "The implementation of the Fangxia Paper Project is of great significance to Wanghai County. It is also a great opportunity for Liuxu Village and Xinhe Village."

"Yes, thanks to County Mayor Bao's introduction of this project, County Mayor Bao, you are the life-saving benefactor of our Wanghai people." Liu Baolin said with a smile, and he looked like a versatile and calculating person.

Bao Feiyang beat Liu Baolin a few words and also figured out that Liu Ermeng's obstruction of Xinhe Village to cut reeds is indeed not just a quarrel.

Chengang Township is the lowest-popular township in Wanghai County. It has a vast tidal flat, but the population is only tens of thousands. Usually, the scope of an administrative village is relatively wide, and the land in Fangxia Paper Circle is relatively large. The plots are mainly concentrated in Xinhe Village, Liuxu Village and other places. However, the land for the first phase of the project is mainly in Xinhe Village.

Unlike farmland, although these mudflats are also in the areas of each village, these lands are strictly not collective, but national, so the cost of land acquisition is very low because there are wastelands everywhere, and these wastelands do not require land acquisition costs. Conversely, Xinhe Village, Liuxu Village and other village groups did not get much benefit from land acquisition.

The land for the first phase of Fangxia Paper Industry is mainly in Xinhe Village, so Tu Xiaoming reached an agreement with the village to organize people to harvest the reeds on the plot, and Fangxia Paper Industry will pay the wages, which is a huge amount of tens of thousands of yuan.

Tens of thousands of yuan are not a big deal, but for a village like Liuxu, tens of thousands of yuan can do a lot of things. Therefore, the people in Liuxu Village are unwilling to accept it and favor Xinhe Village, so Liu Er came forward to make trouble. They just wanted to get some money from Xinhe Village in this way.

Unexpectedly, Xinhe Village refused to give in, so it almost caused a bloody conflict. Fortunately, Bao Feiyang arrived in time.

"County Magistrate Bao, we also know that this is wrong, but the people in Xinhe Village can cut reeds, and we from Liuxu can do it too. Why can only the people in Xinhe Village have money to get it, but we don't have it? We can also send people to cut reeds!" Liu Baolin said.

"Secretary Liu, you want to take the initiative to do your job, which is very good. But I said just now that no matter what you think, don't interfere with the smooth progress of the project. You can go through normal channels or directly report to the county. The county will definitely consider making corresponding arrangements." Seeing that Liu Baolin wanted to speak, Bao Feiyang waved his hand and signaled him to finish the conversation first.
Chapter completed!