Chapter 128: The Mob [3200]

There is peat under the ground in the back mountain. This is a secret known only to Lu Yang, apart from that bunch of street urchins.

The old village party secretary and the director were polite to those street urchins and did not dare to push them too far, fearing that they would quit, withdraw their investment and leave, leaving the village in a mess.

Lu Yang is not afraid.

Before, he just wanted to sit back and wait, let those people dig, and then report them halfway through, and send those people to jail to pick up soap for a few years.

Of course, he still thinks so now.

However, there is a second option.

If I can really force these people away this time and take over the tea factory myself, the outcome will actually be good.

The matchmaker under the tea mountain.

If you dig it yourself, of course you won't resort to illegal digging. It's a one-time deal. You can go through the formal procedures, spend a little more money, and get a mining license.

Lu Yang remembered that the country allowed private mining, which seemed to have started in the 1970s. Although there were many restrictions, the coal mined had to be taxed, and various red lines were drawn by the authorities, and various additional fees were required. The profit from each truckload of coal might be less than one-fourth or one-fifth of that from stolen coal.

But it's safe!

We can keep working on it as long as the underground coal seams are not exhausted, which is equivalent to catching a golden goose that lays eggs.

From now on, when Lu Yang goes out, he can say to everyone he meets: Please call me coal boss, I am not short of money.

Think about the entertainment industry about two thousand years later, which was dominated by coal bosses waving their money. It was a grand occasion at that time.

It's quite exciting.

However, this idea might be difficult to realize, at least not for the time being. Lu Yang could tell from his own perspective that those street urchins who were desperate for wealth and desperate to get rich finally had such an opportunity to steal coal, so how could they give it up easily?
It would be impossible for Lu Yang to give up. He would continue to work hard even if it meant selling everything he had.

These people had to pool their money together to buy tea saplings worth several thousand yuan, and then they pooled their money together to buy a scrapped truck. It was clearly bought for 1 yuan, but they charged the village 2 yuan. This shows how greedy they are. Now that they are about to see the money and the soil on the surface has been almost cleared, they are driven away and not allowed to dig further. Wouldn't they be crazy?

Well, that’s right, there’s not much time left for these guys.

The village party secretary and the village director looked at each other and said to Lu Yang happily, "That's great. What are we waiting for? Let's go find them now."

Lu Yang is the support.

The village committee straightened up all of a sudden.

Now it is not a question of whether the other party will pay compensation, but how much compensation to pay and whether it can satisfy the villagers and the village committee.

The compensation has been paid.

Then everything is easy to deal with. Let's just be harmonious and make money. It will be the same now as it was before and will remain the same in the future.

What if the compensation is not adequate?

Didn’t Yang Ge’er, the richest man in the village, just make it very clear?
Drive them away!
Take back the tea factory and let Yang Ge'er run it. Working for Yang Ge'er is better than working for those inhumane outsiders.

The villagers' emotions are still simple, and they basically only care about money.

"Let's go find them."

"If you don't give us an explanation today, we will listen to Yang Ge'er and drive them out. We won't let them get close to our Shanghuai Village again. We will beat them every time we see them in the future."

"Hahaha, well said, old village secretary, director, bring the contract, don't forget to bring the contract. Now whoever has money is the boss. We have Yang Ge'er in our village now. Yang Ge'er is one of us. He is richer than those bastards. From now on, the tea factory will be run by our people. We don't care about their dirty money. Give them money and let them go."

It wasn't just the old village party secretary and the village director who straightened their backs.

At this moment, the villagers who heard the three of them talking straightened their backs.

"Oh no."

"The old man, the Party Secretary of Shanghuai Village, has brought people here to cause trouble."

As soon as something happened here, the tea mountain also received the news, and all the shareholders gathered together.

"Brother Bao, what should we do now?"

"Yes, are we still going to close the mountain?"

It turned out that they were preparing to close the mountain. After the Chunsan incident a few days ago, they accelerated the progress to avoid any more trouble. There was still a lot of finishing work that they had not had time to do, so they fired all the workers. The worst that could happen was that they had to work harder and finish the final work.

Today is also the last day.

After the work was done, they prepared to close the mountain and not allow outsiders to enter. Then they could steal coal with peace of mind, secretly transport the coal out and sell it to make a fortune.

But no one expected that something unexpected would happen at this critical juncture.

"Can anyone tell me what this old man is doing up the mountain?"

"This should be the incident a few days ago when some villagers were injured. Didn't we fail to reach an agreement? I guess they have brought more people this time and want to come up the mountain to force us to compromise." "Fuck, this old guy is pushing me too far. Next time I'll find a chance and put a sack on him at night."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and think about what to do. They are about to go up the mountain. If they find out our secret, it will be the end of us."

"No, we must not let them go up the mountain."

"Then what should we do? You can't really let the wolfhounds bite them, right? Or are you going to take out your shotgun to scare them? If too many people get hurt and the matter gets out of hand, all of us will be in trouble."

"Tsk, you're just afraid of trouble."

"Who do you think is afraid of things?"

"Okay, don't be impulsive. We are here to seek wealth, understand?"

Faced with external pressure, they almost fought among themselves.

Brother Guangbei said, "I do have some news. I heard that the guy who runs the garment factory should be home today. With his financial resources, if he helps the injured villager and then instigates the village cadres to make trouble with us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm down. I think we should collect some more money to appease the injured villager and get rid of this matter. Otherwise, I'm afraid something will happen sooner or later."

"It's easy to say, but how can I appease you? Where's the money coming from? I don't have a penny in my pocket. If you want to pay, you guys should pay. I don't have it anyway."

"Yes, my brothers have been tightening their belts for the past six months, so how can we have money? In order to buy a car last time, I stole all the money my parents saved for me and my brother's wife. If we can't dig coal next time, and I take the money back to fill this hole, my parents will beat me to death."

"It's almost the same for me. I stole all the money my wife brought from her parents' home, as well as the betrothal gift my brother-in-law gave to my sister when she got engaged. It was originally with my mother, but I found an excuse to trick her into spending it. If I don't return it in the future, when my sister gets married, my family won't even be able to afford a dowry."

"Okay, this isn't a grievance meeting."

Brother Bao stood up with a sullen face, slammed the table and scolded everyone, "We agreed to make a fortune together, it was your own will, don't act like you've been wronged, will you still feel wronged when we divide the money in the future?
Okay, don't worry about the money, your brother Guangbei and I will find a solution, and you guys should stop standing there and take a shit, hurry up, drive all the big trucks out, block the road, and don't let any of them in, do you understand?"

In the end, it was Brother Bao's people who spoke up and ended the internal dispute.

Send all other shareholders out first.

"What should we do now?"

"Let's pool our money. Brother Guangbei, you put in 1000 and I'll put in 2000. Don't be afraid to spend money now. I have a way to sell all the stolen coal. By then, we will have the channels in our hands, and we will make the most money. We can eat from both ends. These guys are short-sighted, so just leave some soup for them."

"Okay, then I'll think of a way. By the afternoon at the latest, the 1000 yuan should be no problem. I'll bring it directly to the village."

"Well, that should be enough. He's just a little mud-legged peasant, but he only has a broken leg. Even if he has a big appetite, 1000 yuan is enough to get rid of him. I'll save the two thousand yuan for the initial expenses of the factory when I dig coal in the future."

"I'll listen to you, Brother Bao."

"Good brother, I was right about you. You know that we have to rely on our brothers at critical moments. Let's go and get rid of those troublemakers first."

Brother Bao stood up with a smile.

Holding Brother Guangbei's arm, the two of them left the room.

"Compensate."

"Hurry up and pay the money. If you don't, get out of here. Our village secretary said that he wants to take back this tea factory and run it ourselves. Why don't you get out of the way?"

"You caused our villagers to almost jump into the pond and die this morning. You are all black-hearted bosses. Pay the money quickly."

"Oh, you still want to block the road. This is our village's own mountain. Don't we have the right to go up the mountain?"

"Fuck, folks, what are you still standing there for? Pick up some rocks and smash their car windows first. This is too much of a bully."

Once there are more people like this, their courage will increase rapidly, as if they are not afraid of even the king of heaven.

To sum it up in four words: the people’s hearts can be used.

The old village party secretary, village director, Lu Yang, who were following behind the villagers, were also discussing how to ask for money and how much money to ask.
The director asked, "How about 500?"

He looked at Lu Yang again and said, "Last time, your two cousins ​​broke the leg of my cousin's son Ma Sanli, that useless kid. They should have only paid 500 yuan in compensation, right?"

The old village secretary disagreed, "How can it be the same? Last time they fought each other, both sides were responsible, 500 compensation is already very good. Now Chunsan is injured at work, and his family is in such a difficult situation. Look, all the villagers are here. It's rare that our villagers are so united this time. I think 500 is not enough, so let's do 1000. 1000 is about right. Although Chunsan's leg may still be a little lame after he is discharged from the hospital, he should still have a few hundred left, which can be regarded as compensation."

Lu Yang didn't say anything just now.

He had been observing the surrounding environment, especially when he saw a group of people from the other side driving large trucks in a hurry to block the road and prevent people from going up the mountain. They also said that they would close the mountain from today and plant tea trees behind closed doors. They were worried that the villagers were too stupid and would damage the tea trees they planted.

Suddenly I felt certain.

This gang's plan to steal coal has reached a critical juncture.

Then this one is stable.

I met the old village party secretary and the village director, and they were still arguing over whether to ask for 500 or 1000, a small amount of money.

Lu Yang couldn't help but laugh and said, "You two are too much of a jerk to these city folks. 500, 1000 is a bit too insulting to them. I think 5000 is fine. I'll ask them to pay 5000 yuan later and the matter will be settled. It will be barely enough to treat Chun Saner's leg and keep his family from being destitute. Otherwise, just let them go. I'll pay for it. I'll buy the tea factory myself and it'll belong to me from now on."

(End of this chapter)