Chapter 346: This kid, he's got tricks

He could only walk over and start discussing with the secretary, bowing and nodding, "Secretary Li, do you think we can leave?"

Secretary Li curled the corner of his mouth into a disdainful smile, "You have a total of 53 people, missing one—I'll notify the police to come to the village and arrest people; you try leaving."

Chen Jinhai looked utterly desperate; it seems today nobody can escape.

The Chen family members stood there like they had lost a parent, their looks at Chen Jinhai also turned unfriendly.

Seeing them like that, Chen Jinhai instantly got angry,

"Why are you looking at me like that? When I said to block the road earlier, you didn't object."

"And, Jinfa, you weren't just feeling great a moment ago, now you're unhappy?"

Chen Jinfa let out a cold snort,

"Now you're being impressive, but when Deputy Township Head Li scolded you just now, you weren't impressive at all—you were bowing and scraping."

"You think you're impressive? If you're impressive, go ahead and take charge; I admit I'm timid, I bow and scrape, but I didn't see you step up."

"You're the village chief, of course you should step up; if I were village chief, I would."

"Fine, that's out in the open, right—you also want to be village chief."

"Exactly, if I'd known you'd talk so much nonsense, I would have taken the position."

Several people immediately started arguing.

Ye Cheng led the way, bringing the two trucks and Deputy Township Head Li all the way to the seaside.

As soon as Deputy Township Head Li got out of the car, he saw crowds of people densely harvesting on the tidal flats, and piles of clams stacked like small hills by the sea; his mood instantly improved considerably.

"This is more like it; this matches the central work of my economic construction."

"Leader, take a look—this is the 50-mu tidal flat contracted by my brother; it's only been a few months, and this is the first wave of harvesting; there should be two more waves later." Ye Cheng followed behind Deputy Township Head Li and explained.

Today's matter, he deliberately invited Deputy Township Head Li.

Having had more contact with government departments in later life, he knows what leaders want.

Actually, most leaders hope to achieve performance during their tenure, especially in the economic sphere, such as attracting investment and rural construction.

Although Shilin Township is coastal, there aren't many seriously engaged in aquaculture; letting Deputy Township Head Li come over is equivalent to handing him the achievement of guiding aquaculture on a silver platter, requiring no effort from the leaders—what leader wouldn't like that?

"Ye Cheng, how much can your 50 mu produce?"

"Leader, we estimate this harvest will yield 100,000 catties, and there should be about the same amount later."

"100,000 catties—quite a lot." Deputy Township Head Li's face lit up with joy; the township hasn't had an aquaculture operation of this scale before, now there's the first one, and he himself is standing here personally—this can make a good article.

"Boss He, shall we go check the quality of the clams together?" Deputy Township Head Li was in high spirits.

"Leader, I've already checked; they're all top-quality clams, have a look." Boss He was also feeling relieved; damn, he felt good after scolding earlier.

Deputy Township Head Li walked over to the clam pile, casually picked up a few, held them in his hand to examine—indeed they were large, with plump meat.

"Hmm, the quality is good; what about the purchase price?"

"Leader, 2.8 yuan per catty."

"That's 280,000 yuan—good, good, good." Deputy Township Head Li nodded repeatedly, satisfied.

At that moment, Ye Guowei was also reminded and came over.

"Leader, this is my brother Ye Guowei, who normally manages the aquaculture farm." Ye Cheng introduced him.

"Good, our Shilin Township needs people like you; look, once this aquaculture farm is up and running, the economy will improve."

"Yes, Leader, this time we hired 50 people for the harvest, each paid 100 yuan and provided meals, so idle labor in the village can also earn money." Ye Cheng added.

Economy, employment—two eternal themes.

Sure enough, upon hearing that, Deputy Township Head Li's eyes shone brighter, his gaze toward Ye Cheng flashing with approval.

This kid, he's got tricks, he's got tricks.

"Big brother, when will the harvest be finished? Boss He is already here." Ye Cheng looked at Ye Guowei.

"Right away, I'll have people load the trucks first; otherwise it'll get late." Ye Guowei, a bit nervous about dealing with leaders, hurried back to work.

Boss He also followed to do the counting, leaving only Ye Cheng and Deputy Township Head Li.

Deputy Township Head Li's smile faded slightly as he glanced at Ye Cheng, "Little Ye, during the election assembly earlier I thought you were a hotheaded rookie, but I didn't expect you to still be quite ambitious."

"It's not without your leadership, Leader; after we finish work, we'll arrange a communal dinner for everyone—would you like to say a few words then?"

Deputy Township Head Li originally didn't want to eat, but upon hearing he'd give a speech, he became somewhat interested.

"Also, I plan to farm crayfish; the site is already selected, construction will start soon—Leader, you definitely need to find time to come over." Ye Cheng threw out the second bait.

"Alright, it's settled—when the time comes, you must call me; if you run into any difficulties, just give me a call."

Here there are plenty of hands; loading the trucks needed no worry—by 5:30 p. m., everything was loaded onto the vehicles.

Deputy Township Head Li stood by the side, not stepping away—this is performance, performance.

After tallying, they harvested a total of 110,000 catties, amounting to 308,000 yuan; Boss He paid the sum on the spot.

Ye Cheng originally wanted to keep him for a meal, but he had no mood to eat now; he hooked up the truck and drove off.

There's no need to worry about leaving the village anymore—Liu Jin assigned two police officers to guard there; today anyone who dares to block the vehicle will be arrested outright.

After a day's work, Ye Cheng had Zhang Guafu hand out cash on the spot—100 yuan each; those who received the money were all happy, as a job paying 100 yuan a day is hard to find, and they also got meals.

The villagers aren't that particular; after finishing work they didn't bother to bathe, just washed their hands and went straight to the table.

Deputy Township Head Li and Liu Jin were seated at the main table,

"Leader, these are just the village's home-cooked dishes and watered-down wine; please don't look down on them."

Having said that, Ye Cheng placed two bottles of maotai on the table.

Such talk is talk, but you can't really serve the leader watered-down wine; there are also dishes, and Ye Cheng specially had Jiang Yunxiang add a few extra dishes.

Deputy Township Head Li glanced twice, said nothing, tacitly agreeing; today is a fine day, and being together with the villagers is also a case of sharing joy with the people.

Once everyone was seated, Ye Cheng stood up and shouted loudly, "Folks!"

Instantly the whole venue fell silent, eyes on Ye Cheng.

Today is the first harvest of our family's breeding farm; thank you all for coming to help. This time we sold a total of 110,000 catties!!!

As soon as the number was announced, the whole venue was filled with astonishment; they themselves never expected to have harvested so much in total.