Chapter 178: Drive Out of Yunshan
Zhao Chunsheng sat on the ground with a dejected look on his face. He had originally wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail someone, but he didn't expect to be exposed in an instant.
"Leader, the truth is out. How should we deal with the person who slandered us?" Yang Qing looked at Hao Zhiguo.
Although they didn't suffer any losses, they couldn't bear this injustice in vain.
Zhao Chunsheng quickly crawled over and said, "Leader, leader, I really have no choice. My wife made trouble yesterday, and they said they wouldn't take my centipede. I didn't have anything to eat, so I did this. I won't dare to do it again."
"If Brother Yi hadn't been monitoring us, wouldn't you have succeeded?" Li Liang said angrily. "Even according to pre-apocalyptic laws, if they don't bother with your defamation charge, you've also committed insulting a corpse and should be sentenced just the same."
"What is the crime of indignity to a corpse? Is there such a crime?"
"Didn't you see him hit his wife on the head with a stone? Even if she's dead, it's a sin to destroy her body."
"I see!"
Hao Zhiguo frowned. No department would sentence him for such a crime in this situation, but he did break the law, and he had been planning to blackmail Leng Yi and the others. He must not be tolerated, otherwise someone would follow his example.
"Return his registration rations to him and drive him out of Yunshan."
Zhao Chunsheng was horrified and knelt in front of Hao Zhiguo. "No, leader, give me one more chance. I will never dare to do it again. I will be a good person. Please don't kick me out. If I leave Yunshan, I will die."
Hao Zhiguo waved his hand, and someone came and pulled Zhao Chunsheng away.
Zhao Chunsheng struggled and begged for mercy, but no one responded.
As the person was dragged away, the sound gradually became lower.
Hao Zhiguo looked at the onlookers and said, "I know that life is tough right now and everyone is having a hard time, but that's no reason to commit a crime. Leng Yi and his wife came up with the idea of exchanging centipedes for food so that everyone can have food to eat."
"So they don't owe you anything, and there's no reason for you to ask them to take things out for free. If you want to live a good life, you have to work hard. There are so many centipedes in the mountains. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely not starve."
"If you still want to live in Yunshan, you must abide by the rules here. If anyone dares to cause trouble, get out of Yunshan. Don't blame us for being ruthless when the time comes!"
Everyone agreed and said they would not cause trouble again.
Hao Zhiguo looked at Yang Qing and Leng Yi, "I have something else to discuss with you."
"Leader, please come in and talk." Yang Qing nodded, and Leng Yi walked into the room with him.
Li Liang and Lin Feng continued to change centipedes outside.
Hao Zhiguo sat down, Yang Qing said something to Lu Lin, and Lu Lin brought in a few apples, washed them, cut them, and put them on a plate.
Hao Zhiguo was very surprised to see apples. He hadn't eaten fruit for a long time. They were really capable people.
"The leader eats fruit." Yang Qing smiled.
Hao Zhiguo nodded, picked up a slice of apple and took a few bites, then said, "It's like this. I want to put the centipede cake processing factory on your mountain top. When the time comes, we will ask them to vacate a villa to use as a factory."
"Send the equipment over, and you'll be responsible for recruiting workers to produce it. I'll pay you."
Yang Qing and Leng Yi looked at each other, and both of them could see that the other was not very willing to take on this matter.
"Leader, I think we should put it somewhere else. We are already very busy collecting centipedes and don't have time to do anything else." Yang Qing said.
Hao Zhiguo was very surprised. He didn't expect the other party to refuse. After all, running a factory involves a lot of power and there must be benefits. Why didn't they want it?
Yang Qing smiled and said, "We moved here to avoid the tsunami, but no one can guarantee that this place is safe. I believe the authorities will find a better place."
"Besides, setting up a factory can create a lot of jobs, and you can recruit the best candidates. If you run it here, we won't be able to control it. If something like today happens again, burning the factory down would be a loss."
"Storing grain is a national priority. I think we should be cautious. It doesn't have to be kept secret, but it should at least be a relatively safe place. Yunshan doesn't have that."
"But don't worry, Boss. We have no shirking our responsibility to collect the centipedes. We will be responsible for this as long as we live here."
After hearing what Yang Qing said, Hao Zhiguo knew that it was useless to say anything more. Besides, she had considered everything so carefully that he had nothing to say.
"In that case, I respect your opinion."
"By the way, we have collected a lot of centipedes these two days, and our house can no longer hold them. The leader will send someone to take them back later. The food may not be enough, and they will be gone in a few days." Yang Qing said.
Hao Zhiguo nodded. "I'll send someone to load it up later. I'll also deliver the remaining 8,000 kilograms of food to you. If it's not enough, I'll apply for more. As for the fees, you can just deduct them from the amount."
"Thank you very much, leader." Yang Qing smiled.
Shortly after Hao Zhiguo left, someone transported away tens of thousands of kilograms of centipedes, and soon another eight thousand kilograms of food were delivered.
Seeing so much food, everyone became more motivated to catch centipedes, and people from District 1 and District 2 also sent over the centipedes they caught.
In just ten days, ten thousand kilograms of grain were exchanged for one million kilograms of centipedes, and the glowing yellow ball in Yang Qing's space also grew from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of an adult's fist.
However, there is still no change in the space. I don’t know to what extent it will be upgraded.
Later, Hao Zhiguo sent another 10,000 kilograms of food, and within a month, he received more than 2 million kilograms of centipedes.
Not only the people in Yunshan, but many people outside also heard that centipedes could be exchanged for food here, so they started catching centipedes everywhere and sending them here. As a result, there were fewer and fewer centipedes in the city.
Hao Zhiguo's centipede cake processing factory also operated in full swing. Two million kilograms of centipede cakes were produced and put on the market. They were fragrant and crispy and were widely praised.
Wei Ming and his colleagues also started collecting centipedes to make centipede cakes, but no matter what method they used, they could not remove the stench of the centipedes. The centipede cakes they made were difficult to swallow and could not be sold at all.
We used so much food to exchange for centipedes. If the centipede cakes are inedible, it will all be wasted.
There was really no other way, so Wei Ming put down his old face and begged Hao Zhiguo, "Old Hao, how did you get rid of the stench of centipedes? Teach us!"
Hao Zhiguo sneered, "Didn't you say your team was amazing? How come it's taken so long and you haven't solved this problem yet?"
Wei Ming couldn't hold back his expression and smiled. "My team is not up to par. We really can't compare to you. Old Hao, for the sake of our long-term colleagues, can you please help me? I can't bear to see so much food go to waste."
Although Hao Zhiguo had a grudge against him, he knew the seriousness of food waste and couldn't help but say, "To be honest, it wasn't actually done by my research team, but by a couple living in Yunshan."
"I don't know exactly how they do it. They buy the centipedes for us, and when we go to pack them, they've already been deodorized."
"As for whether they are willing to help you, I can't guarantee it."
Wei Ming smiled, "As long as you come forward, why would they refuse?"
"That's not necessarily true. Their help isn't in vain. They want to charge a 1% fee. Are you willing to give it to them?"
Wei Ming thought about it and felt that one percent was better than wasting all the food. You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing your own child.
"One percent is one percent. As long as they help us get rid of the stench of these two million kilograms of centipedes, we will give them food immediately."
Hao Zhiguo nodded, "Then I'll go tell them."
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