After receiving Zhang Cheng's message, Zhao Daming rushed back to the police station and found Wang Hongzhao, the representative of Wang Village.

"Brother, it's all settled! Someone's buying your herbs: five yuan for Polygonatum and eight yuan for Panax notoginseng!"

When Wang Hongzhao heard this, his eyes widened, and the villagers around him were also in an uproar. This price was like a pie falling from the sky.

But when Zhao Daming added, "We'll each take 300 jin, and we'll pick the best ones," the ecstasy on everyone's faces instantly froze.

"Uncle Hongzhao, there are only 600 jin, what about the rest?" a young man couldn't help but ask.

Wang Hongzhao puffed on his pipe, and after a long while, he finally exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Sell! You couldn't find this price even with a lantern. We'll figure out what to do with the rest!"

After some discussion, everyone decided that if they could sell some of the ten thousand kilograms of medicinal herbs, it would be better than having them stuck in their hands.

Seeing that they had relented, Zhao Daming immediately got on his motorcycle and headed towards Zhang Cheng's Treasury Bond Recycling Center on South Street.

Zhang Cheng didn't personally select the herbs, nor did he call Zhang Da Nao and the others. He found it troublesome and was also afraid of provoking the people in Wang Village.

He went directly to the hospital and asked Zhou Qiyuan to help him find an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor.

More than an hour later, in the courtyard of the police station.

Wearing reading glasses, Dr. Sun carefully selected medicinal herbs from a pile with the assistance of the police.

After selecting 600 jin, the remaining 9,000 jin were of significantly lower quality.

Zhao Daming handed over the 3,900 yuan that Zhang Cheng had given him to Wang Hongzhao, and the money and goods were settled.

"Fellow villagers, I've done everything I can to help."

"The rest, you can take them to the North Street Market to sell yourselves, nobody will bother you." Zhao Daming's voice was quite loud.

"Director Zhao, thank you so much!"

"Yes, we really owe it to the government this time!"

The villagers thanked them all at once, but some still asked with concern:

"If we sell it ourselves, they won't accuse us of speculation and arrest us, will they?"

Zhao Daming waved his hand:

"Sell with confidence. With the current policy, no one will care unless someone reports it. Besides, if your whole village is out selling, who dares to arrest you?"

Having received confirmation, the people of Wang Village picked up their carrying poles and happily dispersed.

"Finally, we've gotten rid of these plagues!" Zhao Daming wiped his sweat and quickly ran upstairs to report this "good news" to Vice Mayor Sun.

At this moment, in the small reception room on the third floor of the municipal government building.

Vice Mayor Sun was passionately describing the grand blueprint for Funing County to two well-dressed businessmen from the provincial capital.

His words implied a desire to attract investment.

The two businessmen bowed and scraped throughout, offering flattery but refusing to engage in conversation.

Vice Mayor Sun sighed inwardly; these days, businessmen are all incredibly shrewd.

"Mayor Sun, besides wanting to purchase a batch of local medicinal herbs, we've come here today..."

My main purpose is to visit the founder of 'Yangcheng Herbal Gift Box'..."

One of the businessmen had just spoken.

"Knock, knock, knock." A knocking sound rang out on the door.

Vice Mayor Sun got up and opened the door with a slight apology, and his secretary poked his head in.

"Mayor, Director Zhao called and said he has helped resolve the issue of the medicinal herbs in Wang Village."

Vice Mayor Sun raised an eyebrow, feeling quite displeased.

He had just made a promise to the people at Tianyao Company that he could help them get the medicinal herbs. Isn't Zhao Daming just making things worse?

He lowered his voice and instructed his secretary:

"Call Zhao Daming back immediately and tell him that I've found a buyer for that batch of medicinal herbs, and tell him not to touch them!"

After dismissing his secretary, Vice Mayor Sun returned to the reception room with a broad smile.

"Gentlemen, great news! The medicinal herb market in Funing County is booming!"

"Oh? What do you mean by that, Mayor Sun?"

"I just received news that the high-quality Polygonatum and Panax notoginseng from all the villages in Funing County have been almost completely sold out!"

"What? They've all been acquired?" The two businessmen's expressions changed slightly.

"Could it be that 'Yang Cheng Gift Box'..."

Vice Mayor Sun waved his hand, feigning mystery:

"There's no need for you two to rush. You're guests from afar, and I've already had someone keep an eye on that batch of medicinal herbs that were 'snapped up'."

"Wait a moment, I'll take you two to negotiate the price with the seller myself."

"That's great! Mayor Sun, let's not delay, shall we set off now?"

"OK!"

Zhao Daming was stunned when he received the call from his secretary.

Did Vice Mayor Sun personally find a buyer?

But he had just sent the people from Wang Village to the North Street Market!

"What kind of mess is this!" Zhao Daming slapped his thigh in anger, quickly hopped on his motorcycle, and headed straight for North Street.

Halfway there, they finally intercepted Wangcun's group.

"Fellow villagers, this is fantastic news! Vice Mayor Sun knows your difficulties and has personally found you a major buyer!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers of Wang Village were immediately filled with excitement, thinking that the government truly cared about its people!

The large group returned to the police station.

Vice Mayor Sun also arrived with two representatives from Tianyao Company.

Looking at the mountains of medicinal herbs piled up in the courtyard and the simple, honest faces of the villagers, Vice Mayor Sun was filled with emotion. The spring breeze of reform has swept across the land!

He warmly introduced the two representatives:

"Gentlemen, these are all wild medicinal herbs that our fellow villagers collected and dried deep in the mountains. Their medicinal effects are top-notch!"

The two representatives exchanged a smile and stepped forward to examine the Polygonatum and Panax notoginseng in the basket.

The more I looked at it, the more I frowned. This is just awful!

One of the representatives, Su Zhengdang, coughed twice and whispered in Vice Mayor Sun's ear:

"Mayor Sun, we can buy all the medicinal herbs. However, the quality is only average, and the price..."

Vice Mayor Sun had no idea about the quality of medicinal herbs; he assumed the other party was trying to lower the price, and his face darkened.

"Representative Su, farmers have it tough. You can't act like capitalists and bully honest people!"

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