Chapter 122: Trial by Three Judges (Part )

"Xu Qiang, please sit down first."

After seeing Xu Qiang enter the room, Zhao Xigui motioned him to sit down, then winked at the two people behind him, and the door was immediately closed.

"Village Chief, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Seeing the situation in the room, Xu Qiang had already guessed something, but he still asked calmly.

"Don't you know what I want to talk to you about?" Zhao Xigui asked back.

"What should I know? I just got back from get off work and you called me here. I haven't even had dinner yet..." Xu Qiang said with a look of disapproval.

"Don't play dumb with me, kid!" Zhao Xigui's face suddenly darkened and he said loudly, "Let me ask you, have you done anything illegal recently?"

"What's illegal?" Xu Qiang also looked innocent. He said, "I work in the factory during the day and come back to eat and sleep at night. How can this be considered illegal?"

"Then let me ask you, what have you done in the village recently?"

"You know what I did. I bought a tractor and a water pump some time ago. Now it's autumn planting time, so I rent them out to make some money. I use my own machines and oil. Is there anything wrong with that?" Xu Qiang spread his hands and continued, "I am also helping the villagers. It's helping the farmers. Logically, you should praise me..."

Facing Zhao Xigui, Xu Qiang started to play Tai Chi. As long as he didn't admit it voluntarily, the other party would have to produce evidence.

Xu Qiang had expected this day to come since the first day he started his business, but now that he has started cooperating with Xiazhuang Village, all his previous worries have been swept away.

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Zhao Xigui was so furious at Xu Qiang. He didn't expect this kid to be so sharp-tongued. Not only did he not admit his mistake, he even boasted about it in front of him. It was simply unjust.

"What else is going on?"

"Let me ask you, are you reselling fertilizers privately and engaging in speculative business?" At this point, Zhao Xigui suddenly got to the point. He took out a bag of humic acid fertilizer from behind and said with a smug look on his face, "I've noticed that something is wrong with you. You've been missing in the village all day. I found out that you've built a few small houses in the back mountain to do fertilizer business. The day before yesterday, your accomplice Liu Jun drove a horse-drawn carriage to sell fertilizer outside, but we stopped him. These bags of fertilizer are the evidence!"

"Ok?"

When Xu Qiang saw the bags of fertilizer piled on the ground, he was stunned for a moment.

It was obvious that his peat field was targeted by Zhao Xigui and others. Xu Qiang had anticipated this, so he had not produced any fertilizers during this period. He only let Liu Jun and Erhu rent pumps and tractors to make money.

However, there are still dozens of bags of humic acid fertilizer in stock at the peat field that have not been delivered to the town, and Xu Qiang had dinner with Liu Jun yesterday, so it is estimated that when Liu Jun was delivering fertilizer to the town during the slack season today, he was stopped by Zhao Xigui.

"Where is Army Man Liu?" Xu Qiang asked.

"Don't worry about him. Talk about your business first!" Zhao Zhiqiang, the village accountant, said to Xu Qiang in a serious tone, "Just tell me what those houses you built on the back hill were used for, and who allowed you to resell fertilizers privately!" "Where did you start?"

Hearing what Zhao Zhiqiang said, Xu Qiang was immediately relieved. The other party only said that he was reselling fertilizers but did not mention the production of fertilizers. This shows that Liu Jun should be very tight-lipped and did not mention this matter.

Besides, Zhao Xigui probably doesn't know about the affair between him and Wang Zhong, otherwise, he wouldn't have called him here today and let Wang Zhong sit next to him.

"Need I say more? We've caught you red-handed. These bags of fertilizer are the evidence! Also, several people in our village said that they saw you often driving fertilizer to the town to sell it, and that you usually came back with an empty carriage. The carriage is yours now, and you two are often together. We have witnesses and evidence. What else do you have to say?" When Zhao Xigui said this, there was a bit of pride on his face.

"Yes, the carriage is indeed mine, but I don't resell these fertilizers. I tried to refine them myself," said Xu Qiang.

"You can also produce fertilizers?" Zhao Xigui was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, I also heard some information about the method of extracting humic acid fertilizer from other places, so I started to try to produce it in the back mountain." Since the other party already knew about his small workshop in the back mountain, Xu Qiang didn't need to hide it. He just continued:

"I sell these fertilizers to help farmers. The fertilizer market is so tight right now that many people can't buy them even if they have money. This has greatly affected our local agricultural production. We are all farmers who rely on the weather for our livelihood. If the harvest is not good, it will affect the survival of the whole family... So I use traditional methods to extract some humic acid fertilizers based on the idea of ​​helping farmers, so as to alleviate our local farmers' demand for fertilizers..."

"You fart!!"

Hearing Xu Qiang say this, Zhao Xigui finally couldn't help but swear.

He didn't expect that Xu Qiang was so cunning. Not only did he not admit his mistake, but he started to take credit for it. What's more, what he said actually made some sense, so much so that Zhao Xigui was unable to refute it for a while.

"Old Zhao, don't be angry. We are just discussing the matter at hand. Things are what they are. Black can't be turned into white. No one can change this."

At this time, Wang Zhong, director of the town supply and marketing cooperative, finally spoke.

"Right, right, right! Director Wang is right. Black is black. No matter how you argue, it's useless!" Hearing Wang Zhong's advice, Zhao Xigui's face suddenly brightened, and then he said: "Director Wang, how do you think Xu Qiang's reselling of fertilizers should be characterized? This is an act that seriously disrupts the market..."

Supply and marketing cooperatives in various places have always been the most active units in cracking down on speculation and profiteering. After all, the things sold by small vendors in the market compete with those of the supply and marketing cooperatives and are often much cheaper, which undoubtedly cuts off the supply and marketing cooperatives' source of income. Therefore, they often organize crackdowns and report on vendors who engage in speculation and profiteering. In this matter, they are the absolute main force.

Now that Zhao Xigui cannot argue with Xu Qiang, Wang Zhong, director of the town supply and marketing cooperative, becomes his savior in his eyes. He has known Wang Zhong for several years and knows that Wang Zhong is a top student in university. As long as he takes action, Xu Qiang's case will surely be resolved!
"I think..." Wang Zhong glanced at Xu Qiang and continued, "On the surface, Xu Qiang is indeed engaged in speculation. After all, he did not produce and sell fertilizer products through formal and legal procedures, which is wrong in itself..."

"That's right! Director Wang is really good and can see the problem at a glance!"

When Zhao Xigui heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he praised repeatedly.

"but……"

(End of this chapter)