Chapter 891: Triggering Strong Backlash

We signed the contract at noon, and I arranged for Li Jia to quickly transfer the deposit.

After sending it over,

Tian Xian personally led people to start surveying the land around Zhuzi Mountain.

Actually, this place is far from the county seat, and much of it is uncultivated mountain wasteland.

As soon as they heard someone wanted to develop here, the villagers rushed over to have a look.

Tian Xian led us around Zhuzi Mountain in a circle,

then he issued a notice to the local village, announcing that this area would be developed,

the land would be requisitioned, and the trees, land, and graves on the mountain would be registered.

The work here is being carried out by people sent by Tian Xian.

What we need to do urgently is,

first, to put up a large billboard on the spirit road tree in front of the Geng family ancestral tomb,

especially to create a picture of a tiger descending the mountain,

This tiger is in the zoo,

they, the Geng family, upon seeing it, couldn't say anything, and we're not targeting them.

I'll leave this matter to Xiao Shitou to handle.

Xiao Shitou found a large advertising company in Jiaonan,

to make the billboard.

I had Li Jia follow Tian Xian to see how much land needs to be requisitioned,

and how compensation should be carried out.

I won't worry about this here.

I then took Shi Jinhe to the stream below Zhuzi Mountain.

From the mountain top the stream looked small, but when we went down to the bottom we found this stream is over three meters wide and nearly two meters deep.

Because there had been a heavy rain a few days earlier, the stream still had rushing water.

I looked at this stream,

I said to Shi Jinhe, 'Jinghe, figure out how to divert this stream, and then build a wall at this spot.'

I pointed it out to Shi Jinhe.

This spot is ten meters from the outer wall of the Geng family ancestral tomb.

Even if the Geng family comes looking for us, we're not afraid, because our work hasn't touched their courtyard wall.

We've just built another wall outside their courtyard wall.

Shi Jinhe smoked a cigarette and examined it carefully,

then he said,

'Brother, this wall is easy to build; the main issue is that the stream has water, so we must find a way to draw the water elsewhere.'

I said to Shi Jinhe, 'That's easy; at this spot we'll make a water storage pit.'

First we'll draw the water from the stream here.

Once it's full of water, that's sufficient. But we must definitely not touch anyone's courtyard wall.

Shi Jinhe nodded,

'Brother, that's easy; I estimate we can start construction tomorrow.'

I'll have someone take measurements now,

I'll soon go to the local construction equipment rental market to rent some gear.

We'll break ground tomorrow.

'Okay, Jinghe, you must make a big show of it. During construction, you need to set off cannons, understand?'

If locals ask, you just say directly,

'We're diverting the stream and then building a water reservoir.'

If anyone wants to take photos, let them do so.

'Definitely avoid any conflict with the locals, understand?' I instructed Shi Jinhe.

Shi Jinhe said, 'Brother, I understand; your meaning is to surround their family's tomb and turn their water into dead water.'

I smiled,

'Jinghe, see through it but don't speak of it.'

Shi Jinhe also smiled.

My phone rang,

I saw it was Li Jia calling,

Li Jia said on the phone,

'Mr. Zhao's matter has been settled,'

'we can use it; the money matter, we'll compensate through their county staff.'

'the local villagers have no objections.'

'That's good; by the way, you have another matter,'

'that is to promote our zoo.'

'You'll soon make a flyer or something, mainly explaining our zoo's plan in detail.'

'Don't worry about anything else; the most crucial part is that the Tiger Enclosure must be right in front of this family's tomb, and face the gate of their tomb.' I arranged this with Li Jia.

'Okay, Mr. Zhao, I'll go handle this now.' Li Jia hung up the phone.

Xiao Shitou called again,

Dad, the billboard matter is already decided; I'll send you the image later to have a look.

"Okay, Xiao Shitou, send it over." I said.

Soon a photo was sent over,

I opened it and examined it carefully.

I think the fierce tiger is still too small; it must be larger so that people can see it at a glance,

This tiger opens its big mouth, facing the Geng family's spirit road.

I believe the Geng family will pass the news on to Geng Ping.

I then said to Xiao Shitou: "Xiao Shitou, overall not bad; we still need to enlarge the tiger, the tiger must open its big mouth,

and it should be in the posture of a fierce tiger descending the mountain,

we mainly promote the tiger; only then will the zoo be attractive."

"Okay, Dad, following your instructions, how high should we make the billboard?" Xiao Shitou asked again.

"Five meters high is enough; it must be big so the promotion will be effective. We must start installation tomorrow." I said.

Xiao Shitou: "Dad, to be that urgent, I'm afraid the advertising company can't manage it."

"Add money, Xiao Shitou; this matter is rather urgent, give them more money so they can erect the sign tomorrow. As long as the funds are in place, they'll work out a solution." I said

"Alright, I'll try." Xiao Shitou said and hung up.

What I want is speed,

Tomorrow I want the area around the Geng family ancestral tomb to undergo a big change.

The next day Shi Jinhe quickly rented various construction equipment and began construction amidst firecrackers.

Our construction faced no obstruction.

We have already completed part of the land acquisition work.

As long as compensation is paid in full, nobody will cause trouble.

Xiao Shitou erected the billboard in the afternoon.

The most obvious thing on it is a tiger; this tiger is even larger than the zoo, it opens its big mouth, and from a place ten meters away it faces the Geng family ancestral tomb's spirit road.

At a glance, sensible people see there is talk about the zoo's plan.

After Shi Jinhe set off firecrackers,

he used an excavator to start digging the canal, to reroute it.

Li Jia also printed the flyers and began promoting the zoo in the rural county town.

Everything proceeded according to my requirements.

The Geng family members quickly noticed,

behind their ancestral tomb someone was digging the canal and also building a wall.

at the gate of their ancestral tomb stood a large billboard.

They began asking around what had happened.

Then the county people explained to them that outsiders had merchants investing in the zoo.

They watched all this but could find no other reason to cause trouble.

We didn't touch their ancestral tomb at all; indeed we were working ten meters away from it.

But they felt something was off.

So someone took photos with a phone.

They photographed our construction site, the billboard, and the flyers.

We also didn't bother to stop them from taking pictures.

After taking photos, the Geng family also invited a local famous feng shui master to have a look.

No need to ask; they were also looking down from Zhuzi Mountain.

After looking,

the Geng family people became unsettled.

They discussed wanting us to stop construction.

Shi Jinhe completely ignored the Geng family people and continued construction.

The billboard asked us to change location, but we didn't move.

The Geng family members united to cause trouble, not letting us construct.

The county quickly sent people to arrest them on grounds of disturbing investment, preparing to take action against the Geng family.

The matter blew up big.

Anyway I'm not afraid; Tian County supports us behind the scenes.

We then sped up construction, not only pulling up the wall but also digging a big pit at their ancestral tomb.

Believe the Geng family people can't take it anymore; they started contacting Geng Ping. Hope Geng Ping can step forward to resolve this.