41: Chapter 41 Xu Qianli’s thunderous rage!

41: Chapter 41 Xu Qianli’s thunderous rage!

Under Xu Qianli’s command, the villagers quickly surrounded the burly man and pinned him down to the ground.

“Let me go, all of you let me go.”

“Although I’m not from your Wang Family Village, I pitied the people of your village, felt injustice on your behalf, that’s why I infiltrated here, purely with good intentions.”

“But look at you, why do you specifically listen to this guy who has made so many of your Wang Family Village homeless?”

“He’s no good, you can’t listen to him, hurry up and let me go, you should be getting rid of him instead…”

Despite being pinned down, the burly man continued to be unruly, bellowing at the top of his lungs and trying to incite the villagers to kill Xu Qianli.

Village Chief Wang Dazhu said, “Shut up, we don’t even know where you come from, and you want us to kill Director Xu.

If we really killed him, we’d be the ones getting shot, why don’t you do it?

I’m sure there’s something wrong with you, tell us, who exactly are you, and what are you here for?”

Wang Dazhu, in his fifties, was short and stocky with a somewhat simple face, but he was no fool.

Just by observing the burly man’s behavior, he was sure there was a problem.

Questioned by Wang Dazhu, the burly man was not willing to confess and continued to vehemently differentiate himself.

Xu Qianli stepped forward and loudly said, “Brothers and sisters of Wang Family Village, listen to me, no matter what happened to your village, I, Xu Qianli, am willing to risk my life to help you solve it today!”

His simple, straightforward words greatly excited the villagers of Wang Family Village.

If he really could solve the problem, it would be better than anything else.

For a moment, the crowd finally calmed down completely.

Wu Kai couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.

He had thought the situation was about to spiral out of control, but didn’t expect Xu Qianli to be so fierce and take control of the situation so forcefully, it was amazing.

But speaking of which, it had been quite dangerous just now; if not for Xu Qianli’s clever move to throw the spray can and subdue the troublemaking burly man, the situation would probably have been out of control by now.

Anyway, the situation was still under control.

Whether the issue could be resolved would depend on the upcoming negotiations between Xu Qianli and the representatives of Wang Family Village.

Wang Family Village quickly selected a few key figures, including Village Chief Wang Dazhu, and Xu Qianli led them into the County Government’s conference room.

Given the severity of the situation, Deputy County Magistrate Zhang Kuisan should have been present, but he was not in the office.

The person directly responsible for the urban construction department and the Wang Family Village relocation work, Deputy County Magistrate Ding Biao, was also nowhere to be found.

So, with no other choice, Deputy County Magistrate Sun Yan, in charge of the culture and education department, was pulled by Xu Qianli to make up the numbers and bolster the scene.

However, the actual situation was that even though Sun Yan held the highest position, the person responsible for negotiating with the representatives of Wang Family Village on behalf of the County Government was still Xu Qianli, who took the lead.

Naturally, Xu Qianli wanted to understand the specifics of the issue first, and after some inquiry, quickly grasped the ins and outs of the matter.

Wang Family Village was situated in a low-lying area that was almost always flooded during the rainy season.

Over the years, the villagers had suffered tremendously and had frequently reported the situation to higher authorities.

Upon learning of the situation, the old County Magistrate applied for some poverty alleviation and relocation funds from the city, which, combined with a contribution from Wang Family Village itself, finalized the entire relocation and resettlement project of the village, or it could also be said, the complete moving of the entire village.

Initially, things were progressing smoothly.

After getting the agreement of the vast majority of the villagers, the resettlement work was officially settled at the beginning of the year.

After rigorous surveys and site selection, expert analysis concluded the location for the new village, which was followed by an open tender to select Hehua Real Estate as the construction firm.

With funds in place, the relocation and resettlement work began a month ago.

Just as the villagers were filled with anticipation, a major problem arose.

Hehua Real Estate had not adhered to the agreement to build the new village first and then demolish the old one; instead, they demolished many houses in the old village without even starting construction on the new one.

Not to mention building new houses, even the land had not been broken ground for leveling.

Now, the situation in Wang Family Village was that many villagers had paid their money, their homes had been demolished, but there was no sign of the new village.

They could only lodge in the yet-to-be-demolished houses of other villagers, casting a shadow over the entire Wang Family Village.

Moreover, with the rainy season approaching, and meteorological experts have said that Zhongzhou City might face a hundred-year rare torrential downpour this year, the villagers of Wang Family Village were terrified, everyone was on edge.

Wang Family Village, including Village Chief Wang Dazhu, had not stopped bringing the situation to the higher-ups’ attention, but alas, to no avail.

Today, they had no choice but to resort to this last-ditch strategy.

Upon understanding the specific circumstances, Sun Yan, as a woman, was so angry that she slammed her hand on the table.

“This is detestable, utterly detestable!”

“The construction party, Hehua Real Estate, is truly lawless, how dare they commit such an act!”

“And the relevant departments also bear inescapable responsibility.

What exactly have they been supervising this past month?”

Sun Yan could imagine how miserable those poor villagers were, without money, without homes, staying in others’ houses, and with floods looming.

Hehua Real Estate, who won the bid for construction, was despicable, and the several supervisory departments were even more despicable.

How come they did not report the problem to the County Government?

Suddenly, Sun Yan thought of some possibilities.

The problems that surfaced in Wang Family Village a month ago coincided with the time when the old County Magistrate died in a car accident, Zhang Kuisan became the acting County Magistrate, and Xu Qianli was stripped of all his duties and pushed to rock bottom.

Could this matter be related to Zhang Kuisan?

If it was related to Zhang Kuisan, the issue would be troublesome.

As a Deputy County Magistrate in charge of culture and education, she truly had no authority over it.

Not only because she was responsible for culture and education but also because as a Deputy County Magistrate, her power was no match for Zhang Kuisan.

Not to mention arm-wrestling with him, she did not even have the qualifications to challenge him.

Xu Qianli also thought of Zhang Kuisan, wondering if the issue was related to him.

But right now, what was most important was to solve the problem for Wang Family Village.

The villagers’ plight was critical; it had to be resolved quickly.

“Village Chief Wang, and all the representatives from Wang Family Village, I have now understood the situation of your village,”

“The current bottleneck is with Hehua Real Estate having issues.

Let me first contact Hehua Real Estate to see what exactly is going on.”

Just as Xu Qianli was about to contact the person in charge of Hehua Real Estate, Wang Dazhu’s mobile phone rang.

When he checked it, his face immediately turned pale.

“County Magistrate Sun, Director Xu, something terrible has happened.

While most of our people from Wang Family Village were away, Hehua Real Estate gathered a dozen excavators and forcefully demolished our village.

They’ve already torn down dozens of houses, and it looks like they’re going to level our whole village!”

With a rush, Xu Qianli sprang up.

“No time to talk, follow me to Wang Family Village!”

“Wu Kai, you lead the way with the police car, bring the water cannons; I want to see if Hehua Real Estate really is the law unto themselves and if nobody in Jiang City can deal with them!”

With rage boiling to his crown, Xu Qianli, beckoning Wu Kai, hurried onto the car with the people from Wang Family Village and drove straight to Wang Family Village.