Chapter 287: Sun Chengjun Responds to a Police Call

"What's going on? We already had an agreement with Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical today, and we were about to sign the contract—what trouble are you causing?" The speaker was exactly Chen erzi's nephew, Chen er gou.

Because today, after considering all factors, the people from Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical decided to locate the site on the land where Chen er gou and their sworn brothers meet.

After the decision was made, they immediately went to find Chen erzi to sign the contract; all that remained was to pay Chen erzi and his group.

However, at that very moment, Du lao er, having received the news, came with his people, and behind them, the people of Jiang da tou's clan also followed.

However, for the time being, they had no intention of intervening.

These people are lazy and gluttonous, just waiting for this bit of money to support their families—who would want to see such a huge chunk of meat fall into someone else's mouth?

Moreover, if they had to earn this money by working odd jobs, they might not make it even in ten years.

Du lao er gave a heh-heh laugh and said, "Er gou, don't say I'm not giving you face—if we want to take your land, it's not impossible. But we must treat this land as village collective property; after receiving the money, the village will divide it equally according to population."

"Then we'll give you a little extra afterward."

"This chunk of meat can't be monopolized by you—don't think that just because the Chen family is numerous and powerful, others dare not speak against you."

"I, Du lao er, am not afraid to go barefoot even if you wear shoes—if you disagree, don't blame me for stirring up trouble."

"I'll put it bluntly: either you give us a share of the money, or today we'll see blood."

Du lao er said while brandishing the cold, gleaming sickle in his hand, making two slashing motions.

Chen er gou may not be a rascal like Du lao er, but he's no pushover either; moreover, they are originally the big households of the village, numerous and strong, and they simply don't put these twenty-odd petty rascals in their eyes.

He coldly said, "Damn, you think you're being given face? Before, when you jumped around in the village, we just turned a blind eye and didn't take you seriously, yet you actually think you're somebody?"

"In all of Huatian Town, you've kicked widows' doors and dug up graves—how often do you do such things? Others fear you because you're a bunch of lowly, stinking rascals. But here you're nothing—get lost right now, or don't blame me for getting violent."

"If we really see blood, I can have you die right here."

Du lao er revealed a yellow tooth and said coldly, "What do you think? Relying on numbers to bully people? When I first started playing with knives, you were still wearing split-crotch pants and mud—don't think your numbers matter; if we get serious, I guarantee you'll all end up lying here."

Then you said to the people behind you, "Listen up—if we don't achieve our goal today, we won't back down. If we don't hack down a few, I'm not Du lao er's brother."

The gang of scoundrels behind him shouted loudly, "It's a must—we can't let them eat all that meat."

"Exactly, this is a village collective matter—when did it become their call? Jiang da tou hasn't even shown up to fart; what rank does he think he has?"

Chen er gou heard these people and, surprisingly so domineering, waved his hand and said, "Fight—beat them to death; if anyone dies, I'll take responsibility for my second uncle."

The second uncle he referred to was Chen erzi; if Chen erzi heard this, he'd surely thank his eighteen generations of ancestors and send greetings to all the women in his family.

After his words fell, the old bachelors and young men behind him, who had long been unable to restrain themselves, brandished their weapons and prepared to charge forward.

Although Du lao er's side had few people, they were skilled at everyday street brawls; raising the objects in their hands, they were ready to fight.

At that moment, Sun Chengjun, who had received the police report, arrived with several officers and a dozen or so volunteer militiamen, and he bellowed, "Everyone, stop!"

"Do you still have any sense of law in your eyes? Do you know what the consequences of fighting and brawling are?"

"This is still mass brawling—once you're caught and locked up, you'll never get out for the rest of your life."

Chen er gou and Du lao er, upon seeing the police from the Paichusuo arrive, involuntarily stopped their actions.

Although these people basically have no legal awareness, they are still somewhat afraid of the police. Especially Du lao er, who has often engaged in petty theft and scavenging while fighting outside, has been locked up twice; he knows exactly how unpleasant the treatment inside is, so he instinctively stepped back a few paces.

Sun Chengjun saw that he had intimidated these people, then said, "What are you wildly making a fuss about here? Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical is an investor—they chose the site, so that's where it is."

"What right do you have to cause a ruckus here? If they don't build the factory and withdraw investment, you won't get a single penny of benefit."

"Now you all disperse immediately—go about your business, or don't blame me for being rude."

Upon hearing this, Chen er gou became even more self-righteous and said, "Du lao er, did you hear that? Chief Sun said not to cause trouble here without reason, or else he'll have you sit on the tiger bench."

The people behind him also shouted at once, "Scram right now! The public security comrades all said this is the land chosen by Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical—what business is it of yours?"

Although Du lao er was timid, this was nevertheless a heap of silver—if he really just shrank back like this, then he would have nothing to do with this money at all.

This was far quicker money than stealing chickens and dogs to go fight; so he steeled himself and said, "Chief Sun, we're not causing trouble—we just want fairness. Although this land was selected by Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical, the land belongs to our village; these fields are not owned by the Chen family, merely contracted to them."

"Therefore I demand that we take out a share of the profits and distribute it evenly among the villagers; otherwise, the other villagers will certainly not agree."

"If that's the case, even if Four Seas Biological could build a factory here, there would be no guarantee of what might happen in the future, and even if you could stop me today, you can't be sure that Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical's people won't see the factory one moment and have it burned down the next."

Upon hearing this, Sun Chengjun flew into a rage—these past few days, because of these troublemakers, he had barely slept, almost living at work in the village.

In his mind, it didn't matter whose family these benefits fell to, but the project had to get underway.

Although the investment wasn't brought in by Su Yang, it ultimately counts as an achievement for Huatian Town, and as town mayor, Su Yang's main work is developing the economy.

He was doing this out of anxiety for Su Yang, so he could tolerate these matters even less.

Don't say someone called the police—even if no one had reported it, he would still actively rush over to handle and resolve it.

He shouted, "Du lao er, don't you know whether your own rear end is clean or not? Do you really want to go in and try it out?"

Saying that, he directly flashed the handcuffs. Because he clearly knew that to settle such matters, you must immediately apprehend the ringleader, and the others would surely scatter; these past days he had handled things this way, and since the earlier disturbances weren't that serious, he hadn't needed to make arrests.

Du lao er's heart had already gone cold; he knew full well how much he'd done, and if they really went in to dig up his past, he'd be locked up for three to five years.

At that moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Second brother, don't be afraid of him—he can arrest one of you, but could he really arrest all of us? I don't believe these twenty-odd of us could all be arrested."