Chapter 630

Su Xinghui said, "Such things happen quite often in Pengjiawan. I've even heard in Meng Hu Ling that some truck drivers have been extorted. This kind of thing still needs to be cleaned up, otherwise, it will affect the economic development of our county."

Zhang Kaishan nodded and said, "It does need to be cleaned up. By the way, Peng Qiang, you are from Pengjiawan, right?"

Peng Qiang nodded while driving, "Yes, County Magistrate Zhang, I am from Pengjiawan."

Zhang Kaishan said, "Peng Qiang, then tell me about the situation in your Pengjiawan."

Peng Qiang said, "Pengjiawan is indeed very chaotic now. Like the scamming thing Township Head Su mentioned just now, it's usually done by the 'Thirteen Guardians'."

Zhang Kaishan said, "Thirteen Guardians?"

Peng Qiang said, "Yes, they are a hooligan gang in Pengjiawan. They watched too many Hong Kong videos and decided to become sworn brothers. There are thirteen of them in total, so they gave themselves this name. They often stir up trouble on the streets of Pengjiawan. They do this scamming thing often; they rely on this to cheat people out of food and drink."

Zhang Kaishan said, "Is there no one who can manage this group of people?"

Peng Qiang shook his head and said, "There are many gangs like them in Pengjiawan. Many of them are even relatives of the town leaders. Who would manage them?"

Zhang Kaishan was shocked, "You're saying there are many gangs like this in Pengjiawan?"

Peng Qiang nodded and said, "Yes, there are also the 'Five Tigers of Peng,' the 'Three Dragons of the Yang Family,' the 'Eight Great Vajras,' the 'Eighteen Arhats,' and so on. These were all people who hung around the streets every day a few years ago. I haven't been back much in the last two years, so I don't know what other characters have emerged."

Zhang Kaishan looked at Pengjiawan outside the car window. At this time, the daylight was already bright, and the land on both sides of the road was black and oily, extremely fertile. The wheat and rapeseed growing on the land were growing gratifyingly. On such a fertile piece of land, everything planted would have a bumper harvest.

Zhang Kaishan sighed and said, "No wonder. Pengjiawan is such a good place, yet its economic development is always unsatisfactory. Now I finally know where the root of the problem lies."

Su Xinghui said, "Has no one told you about these things before?"

Zhang Kaishan shook his head and said, "Isn't it popular in officialdom now to report the good news but not the bad? Who would report these things to me? I have been to Pengjiawan a few times, but every time I come, the town leaders have made preparations in advance. Of course, there won't be any problems with what they let me see. I knew that Pengjiawan developing into this must have some problems, but I haven't been able to free up my hands to clean it up. I didn't expect the problem to be so big!"

Su Xinghui said, "This can't be blamed on you either. Ice three feet thick didn't freeze in a single day!"

Zhang Kaishan said to Peng Qiang again, "Peng Qiang, what about the 'Five Tigers of Peng' you mentioned just now? Do you have any relationship with them?"

Peng Qiang said, "Of course there's a relationship. It's Pengjiawan, after all. Peng is the largest surname, so there are many people surnamed Peng. The 'Five Tigers of Peng' I mentioned are from the same village as me. They are five brothers. Their father is our village head, and their uncle is the deputy secretary of the town. Come to think of it, the 'Five Tigers of Peng' are even of the same generation as me."

Zhang Kaishan joked, "Since you are brothers of the same generation, why didn't you hang out with them?"

Peng Qiang said embarrassedly, "To be honest, County Magistrate Zhang, I also liked watching Hong Kong videos when I was a child, and I almost went to hang out with them. Fortunately, I became a soldier later, and now I know that what they are doing is wrong."

Zhang Kaishan nodded and said, "It's best if you can think this way. If you had gone to hang out with them, you wouldn't have had any future."

Peng Qiang nodded and didn't say anything else, just focusing on driving.

The car drove to Qingyu Township. Zhang Kaishan asked Peng Qiang to drive in, letting Su Xinghui go to pay New Year's greetings to his uncle-in-law. Su Xinghui saw that his uncle-in-law and aunt were both in good health, so he felt relieved.

Su Xinghui stayed at his uncle-in-law's house for less than ten minutes before saying goodbye, saying he had to go to Jiangcheng to handle some business, and the car was still waiting outside.

Although his uncle-in-law and aunt wanted to keep him for dinner, they also knew that Su Xinghui's work was quite busy now. Therefore, they didn't force him to stay and saw Su Xinghui off at the door.