Chapter 206: Stone Coffin Dug Out at the Construction Site

As soon as the contract with Sun Demao was finalized, Qian Youyu couldn't wait to come in to develop the water plant. Guo Wei was extremely excited all day long, and the good things in recent days made him seem to see a golden light in his future.

The relocation of the new government was related to the national economy and the people's livelihood of Suxi, and the whole township was mobilized. Three days after the contract was signed, Sun Demao drove three large excavators in to level the land. The people of Laoyingzui Village watched helplessly as the excavators uprooted century-old trees, watched the ponds being filled, and the hillsides being shaved and leveled. In less than half a day, the wild land that was originally overgrown with weeds gradually revealed its shape.

This piece of land was adjacent to the township highway, backed by the Laoyingzui mountain pass, and in the middle were three small pools, like three drops of tears. By the side of the pond stood a land temple, half a person high, but with a hundred-year history, and incense was burning all year round. It was said that the land god in the land temple was very spiritual, and if you prayed for wealth or children, you would get everything you asked for.

The people of Laoyingzui Village had planned to build a larger land temple in the early years, at least one that could accommodate a person to enter sideways to offer incense, but in the end, it was opposed by Zhao the Half-Immortal, who said that the land god was a small god, and small gods living in small temples was a rule set by the Jade Emperor. If the rule was broken, the land god could only move away.

When the villagers heard this, they believed it deeply. Zhao the Half-Immortal was, after all, a half-immortal person, and his words were better to be believed than not.

This matter was delayed until the time when it was requisitioned by the township government.

This place was half a mile in circumference, with trees, grass, and ponds, but not half an acre of paddy fields. In those years, my aunt's husband's troops were stationed on this land. Once the land revealed its outline, the momentum became generous and magnificent.

The people of Laoyingzui Village held the agricultural-to-non-agricultural quotas in their hands. From the moment the excavator came in, they stood in groups and watched. When they saw the boundless flat land in front of them, they couldn't help but marvel one by one. This piece of land was actually so good-looking.

Sun Demao squatted by the side of the road, with a blueprint spread out at his feet, several construction workers squatting beside him, and the villagers of Laoyingzui surrounding him, watching Sun Demao point out the country. "Build the town government building here, five stories, glazed roof," Sun Demao pointed to the blueprint and said. "Build a street for the agricultural trade market here, three stories. And build two government family buildings here, each seven stories."

The crowd seemed to see a new town, and everyone praised it one by one. They couldn't move their feet even more, as if they were afraid that if they turned around, a city would rise behind them.

Sun Demao was full of ambition. He had spent a lot of thought to win this project. Originally, Guo Wei didn't want to give him the project. Sun Demao inquired everywhere that Guo Wei liked calligraphy and painting, and spent a lot of money to buy a genuine work of Yan Zhenqing from a collector. The characters, slightly larger than two palms, cost him 100,000 yuan. Although it hurt, when he showed it to Guo Wei, Guo Wei's look of not being able to put it down made him understand that the money was worth it!

Guo Wei told him that there was no money to pay for the project, but Sun Demao didn't care. Doing this project was dealing with the government.

In this day and age, those who do projects want to deal with the government the most, but are also most afraid of dealing with the government.

As long as there are people in the government, you are not afraid that the government will not pay. Unlike some shell developers, who don't have enough money in their pockets to drink a pot of wine, they dare to pull a construction team to start work. When it comes time to pay, there are many people who wipe their butts and slip away. Even if they don't slip away, they are also drooling, ignoring you. If you want money, continue to do it, and pay after it's sold. If you don't do it? Fine, pull it, I won't accompany you. Want money? Go hit the sky with stones!

Sun Demao had encountered many such people in the past few years, done many half-finished projects, didn't get the money, and suffered a belly of anger, gradually dying of this heart, and thinking about finding government projects to do.

It happened that his sister-in-law, who drove a bus at home, heard that Suxi Township was going to relocate, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he tried every means to find Guo Wei and performed a play of giving good calligraphy to an expert.

Guo Wei received such a heavy gift, of course, he had to return the favor. Knowing that he had no money in his pocket, he gave the project to Sun Demao. If he couldn't get the money later, I'm afraid he would even talk about the calligraphy and painting.

Sun Demao patted his chest and said, "Secretary Guo, don't worry. I, Old Sun, do this project, first to ensure quality, and second to contribute love to my hometown. It doesn't matter if there is no money, I, Old Sun, can also advance some funds. Since the township government is relocating, it shouldn't be without a penny to sing an empty city plan. No more words, one sentence, rest assured."

Guo Wei wanted to say something but stopped. Sun Demao took the initiative to ask to advance funds. This was the only person he heard who was willing to advance funds after looking for several famous construction companies. Other companies just said one sentence: want to advance funds? No way!

Sun Demao had a bottom line in his heart and was not afraid that the township government would owe money and not pay. How much income the township government had from the annual retention and coordination, he, Sun Demao, knew better than anyone. To kill a pig, you have to pay a slaughter tax, and to plant a few fruit trees, you have to pay a special product tax. As long as the township government needs money, there can be as many names as stars in the Tianshan Mountains.

They all say ghosts are smart, but Sun Demao is smarter than ghosts. He won't make a losing calculation!

Sun Demao pointed for a while and said to the villagers around him, "You are still watching the fun? Think of a way to build a house on the agricultural trade street, so it will be easy to do business in the future."

When the crowd heard this, they remembered that the township government had a promise at the beginning to allocate a piece of land for each family on the agricultural trade street to build a house. But since solving a quota for each family, this word had never been mentioned again. Solving the agricultural-to-non-agricultural quota meant each family got a household registration book, plus a red-covered grain and oil certificate, and nothing else had changed.

These two books exchanged for the compensation for the land requisition for the highway, and each family only symbolically received 1,000 yuan. Hearing Sun Demao say that they wanted to build a house, the tone was obviously asking everyone to take out money. The people of Laoyingzui had relied on the sky for food for generations, where would they have spare money to build a house? The more they thought about it, the more they felt they were at a loss, so the crowd shouted and ran to the excavator together, demanding to stop work!

Sun Demao's one sentence brought about such a result, and he hated himself so much that he slapped his own mouth. He hugged his fists and begged his grandfather and grandmother, but no one paid any attention to him. While he was talking, he stepped into the newly dug pit, fell into a mouth of mud, and grabbed around with his hands, wanting to climb out of the pit. With one grab, a stone slab was revealed, with characters carved on it, so he shouted loudly, "Don't argue, there is an ancient tomb."

When the crowd heard this, they all stopped talking, their eyes fixed on Sun Demao in the dirt pit, watching him scramble with both hands, gradually revealing the appearance of a stone coffin.

Someone shouted again, and the crowd scrambled to jump to the bottom of the pit, stepping on the people below and howling. After a busy mess, the crowd dug away the mud, revealing a complete stone coffin, and someone wanted to pry the coffin lid. After a lot of effort, there was no movement at all. Someone shouted, "Hurry home and get tools!"

Sun Demao was, after all, a person who had seen the world and knew that this was a cultural relic, and if it wasn't handled well, he would lose his head. So he threw himself on the stone coffin, refusing to move his body even if he died, saying that he had to wait for the government to come, and must not open it casually.

The crowd couldn't hear his words at all. With a shout, they lifted him off the stone coffin and threw him to the side. Four or five young and strong men surrounded the stone coffin, saying that the land was given to the township government, but the things under the ground still belonged to Laoyingzui Village.

Sun Demao saw that the situation was not good, climbed up from the bottom of the pit, took out his mobile phone, and called me.

As soon as I heard that an ancient tomb had appeared at the construction site, my first reaction was to call the police station and ask Hao Qiang to lead all the police force to rush to the Laoyingzui construction site immediately to protect it.

By the time Guo Wei and I drove to the scene, the stone coffin had already been brought to the ground by the excavator.

When the crowd saw the two of us, they quickly made way for a path. At the four corners of the stone coffin, a policeman stood at each corner. Hao Qiang was so nervous that he was sweating, and two small policemen had their hands on their waists, ready to pull out handcuffs to arrest people at any time. Liu Hongyan also stood at one of the corners, her legs trembling.

Guo Wei and I walked around the stone coffin, but couldn't see what era it was from. Sun Demao, who was following behind, said, "There are characters on the coffin lid, I saw them."

Guo Wei and I lay on the stone coffin, carefully sweeping away a layer of fine soil on it, and sure enough, we saw a line of characters, but we didn't recognize half of them.

The situation was serious. Not knowing the origin of this stone coffin, of course, we didn't dare to open it.

Guo Wei and I discussed and decided to report it to the County Committee, requesting the county to come and open the coffin.

That night, Guo Wei and I didn't dare to leave the stone coffin for even half a step. We called Zhao Dequan to find something to eat and arranged for a few young and strong men to guard the stone coffin together, waiting for the county to send someone to see it the next day. ===== CHAPTER 207 =====