Chapter 1919

The fisherman said, "Then why did you collect their nets?"

Li Zhongwen said, "Setting nets to catch birds is an illegal act. Why can't we collect the nets?"

Li Zhongwen's words made the fishermen's momentum subside. Lan Laosi was from their own township. Seeing Lan Laosi and the others suffer, they naturally wanted to come up to help, but they also really knew that setting nets to catch birds was an illegal act.

Since ancient times, the fishermen of Yanglan Lake have indeed relied on the mountains to eat from the mountains and relied on the water to eat from the water. Setting nets to catch birds was one of their livelihoods. At that time, everyone set nets to catch birds and regarded this as the most ordinary thing.

However, more than a decade ago, the state designated the Yanglan Lake area as a national nature reserve, mainly protecting these migratory birds, as well as precious protected animals such as finless porpoises in the river. The state also carried out a lot of publicity in the lake area, promoting the concept of protecting wild animals and strictly prohibiting the behavior of setting nets to catch birds and poisoning birds. These fishermen, of course, also knew this.

Since then, the behavior of setting nets to catch birds has moved from public to underground. Those who dared to set nets to catch birds were some unruly people. People like Lan Laosi, who had a relationship with the director of the police station, were a bit blatant. Like other people who caught and killed birds, they generally did this kind of thing at night, and there were not many people who set nets to catch birds during the day.

The fisherman asked, "Who are you? From the management office?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "We are not from the management office."

The fisherman said, "Not from the management office, so why manage this business?"

Su Xinghui said, "For illegal acts, everyone has the obligation and power to manage this business."

At this time, Lan Laosi also caught his breath. He shouted, "Fellow villagers, stop talking nonsense with them. Outsiders came to our Jinxi Township to bully us. Go up, hit them!"

At this time, a shout came from the bird watching enthusiasts: "You can't hit people."

Su Xinghui turned his head and saw that the bird watching enthusiast who made the shout was the young man from Xiangjia County he met at the snack shop yesterday. He couldn't help but smile slightly and nodded to him.

Lan Laosi's shout was quite inflammatory. The group of fishermen was moved and wanted to go up to hit people, but there were quite a few bird watching enthusiasts on the side, and this net-catching of birds was an illegal act after all, which made them a bit hesitant.

Lan Laosi shouted again: "Hit them! If you beat them to death, I will cover it. My cousin is the director of the police station, and his brother-in-law is the deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau. Don't be afraid!"

Just when the atmosphere was as tense as a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment, a few sharp braking sounds came. A few cars stopped on the nearby lake embankment. A person got off the car and shouted loudly: "Don't mess around, this is the county magistrate!"

County magistrate? Everyone looked at Su Xinghui. He is the county magistrate?

Before they could recover, they saw many people get off those cars. They didn't even care about taking off their leather shoes and ran toward this side stumbling. The one in the lead seemed to be Secretary Zhang from the township, followed by a few policemen. Wasn't the one in the lead Mu Xingfa, the director of the police station?

In everyone's stunned eyes, this group of township cadres rushed into the crowd. A few policemen rushed to the front, pushed those fishermen and bird watching enthusiasts aside, and then guarded in front of Su Xinghui and Li Zhongwen, looking loyal.

Shen Hao, who ran over together, introduced to Secretary Zhang from Jinxi Township: "This is County Magistrate Su."

Su Xinghui came in a hurry that day, and Chongjin County didn't have any preparations. Plus, the welcome banquet at noon that day ended unhappily, so Chongjin County didn't even hold a meeting for Su Xinghui to meet the middle-level cadres. This was the first time Secretary Zhang saw Su Xinghui.

Secretary Zhang, of course, also heard about Su Xinghui's banquet-walking incident. He also knew that Su Xinghui was destined not to get along with Yuan Yifu, but this didn't mean he could neglect County Magistrate Su, and even less did it mean he could watch County Magistrate Su be in danger and remain indifferent.

Just now, Shen Hao drove to the township government to report, saying that County Magistrate Su went to collect nets to save birds. Secretary Zhang knew that the situation was relatively serious. He, of course, knew that there were quite a few fishermen in this area who set nets to catch birds, and these people were unruly, bold, and dared to do anything. If they didn't know the severity and beat County Magistrate Su into something, then he, the township party secretary, wouldn't need to do it.

He immediately called the police station, called the reserve management office, gathered a few cars, and more than 20 people followed Shen Hao to the scene.

Secretary Zhang hurriedly nodded to Su Xinghui and said, "Hello, County Magistrate Su, I am Zhang Zhiming, Secretary of the Jinxi Township Party Committee. I'm sorry, I came late and let you be frightened!"

Su Xinghui extended his right hand and shook hands with Zhang Zhiming. He said faintly, "I wasn't frightened."

Seeing the few people lying on the ground, Zhang Zhiming's pupils couldn't help but shrink. He knew that these people were all strong and powerful, and they were used to living in the big winds and waves of Yanglan Lake, fearless of heaven and earth. How could they all be lying on the ground now? Could it be that Su Xinghui made the move?

Lan Laosi, who was lying on the ground, still didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Seeing his cousin Mu Xingfa come, he shouted loudly: "Cousin, it's this guy, he hit us, you hurry up and arrest him!"

Everyone's eyes were cast on Lan Laosi. His finger pointed at Su Xinghui, and his eyes were full of hatred.

This shout was not a small matter. Mu Xingfa only felt that the hair all over his body stood up. A layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was extremely angry in his heart. You guy, don't you have any sense at all? He stepped forward, grabbed Lan Laosi's collar, and gave him two heavy slaps.