Chapter 576: Those despicable rich people, I'm so envious.
"You won't even give us one yuan out of 15 yuan! You only give us 8 mao! And you only take the best items!"
"It's been convenient since you helped the boss with the acquisition, and we're happy for you to earn some hard-earned money! But not like this! You get all the meat, while we don't even get a sip of the soup! We can only lick the bowl clean!"
“In previous years, when you didn’t buy our produce, we would take it to the county and give it to the boss ourselves. We would get at least five yuan, and sometimes as much as ten yuan. We thought it was because there were too many people growing it and it was hard to sell. You are the children we watched grow up, but instead you cheat the villagers!”
"You're sucking our hard-earned money to buy RVs, houses, and keep mistresses! Are you even human?!"
May you all be struck by lightning!
Xu Laoliu struggled again: "He's lying! He's telling a lie! We didn't! They're just changing the subject! Don't be fooled by them!"
Secretary Zhou smiled and said, "I have the phone number of a boss from out of town. What a coincidence, he happens to be one of our pharmaceutical factory's suppliers. Would you like to speak with him?"
Ignoring Xu Laoliu's opinion, he directly connected to the video call, which was quickly completed.
Secretary Zhou turned the video over, and the onlookers took a closer look and confirmed that it was indeed the medicine merchant who had purchased medicinal herbs in their county back then!
Seeing Xu Laoliu being suppressed, the herb merchant sighed and said, "I don't manage the purchases here. You've always been in charge. We arrange for drivers to pick up the goods, and the prices are all set. I even factored in your price difference, one yuan per jin. After all, I buy tens of thousands of jin each time, and other bosses do the same, buying once every six months. You've already made a lot of money, so why are you still cutting prices for the herb farmers! Greed knows no bounds. You'd better watch yourself."
Secretary Zhou hung up the phone, and Xu Laoliu's face turned ashen.
The herb farmers are outraged!
"We're working ourselves to the bone, and in the end, we're all just working for you!"
"I'm 80 years old and still working in the fields! All for my grandson's tuition! I can barely walk! How dare you bully us, a widow and her orphan! You're not human!!" An old woman sat on the ground and cried out.
The people around them also joined in cursing Xu Laoliu and his group.
"You make so much money, why don't you just eat yourself to death! You bunch of animals!"
"Who knows where their house is! Let's smash it up!"
"Arrest them! Put them in jail for life!"
Old Xu, covered in vegetable leaves from being pelted with them, couldn't help but shout, "Do you think we make a lot of money?! We take 15 yuan per jin, and 10 yuan goes to the Bai family! If it weren't for Bai Jingtian from the Bai family helping us, how could we dare to do this! It's no use coming to me! Go find the Bai family if you want to find someone!"
“That’s right! We have to give them a bribe every time we buy medicinal herbs! If we don’t, we can’t buy the herbs! If you want to blame someone, blame the Bai family! This year, Bai Cuishan lost a lot of money gambling, so they’re asking for even more bribes. We have no choice but to lower the price of the herbs! It’s not our fault!” Maozi also started to retort.
Gu Yin shook her head: "You're all the same, snakes and rats in the same nest."
"That's right! You're all the same! You all deserve to be struck by lightning! Let's go! Take them to the Bai family! Make them pay!"
"Yes! Pay up!"
"Let's go! Everyone grab your weapons!"
After saying that, he grabbed Xu Laoliu from the police and dragged him away, ignoring his cries.
Minister Bai looked at Jia Nian: "Captain, you take your men and go with them. Don't let things get out of control."
Jia Nian nodded: "Okay, I'll go first then."
Zhou Wansheng looked at Secretary Wang: "Shall we continue walking and taking a look?"
Secretary Wang sighed and nodded: "Let's go. By the way, when did Mr. Zhou investigate Xu Laoliu and his group?"
Zhou Wansheng laughed and said, "Just as they were about to make their move..."
Everyone: "......" Those damn rich people! I'm so envious!
As they walked, County Chief Zhang said, “Our town used to grow apples. Out-of-town buyers would come and collect them, and the prices were very high. Later, it became local buyers, and the prices dropped year after year. Everyone knows they get kickbacks, but we had no choice. We didn't have our own sales channels, so we had to sell to them. Sometimes, at one or two in the morning, the buyers would call and ask us to pick apples, saying they'd be ready to take them away at dawn. We'd happily get up, work until daybreak, and neatly pack them up for them. But by the afternoon, the buyers would say the quantity was too large, they couldn't take that many, and their trucks couldn't hold them all. But they were kind enough to offer to help us sell them elsewhere.” But the out-of-town boss offered far more. He said apples were everywhere and worthless, and that the out-of-town boss had brought them abroad, so while others got two yuan a pound, we only got ten cents. You wouldn't believe it, those baskets of apples filled up the river in our town! The farmers were furious! They'd rather dump them than accept that worthless money! From that moment on, I decided I had to study hard and never let anything like that happen to my parents and the villagers again! Later, after graduating, I returned to town and personally took charge of these matters. I contacted my classmates to find distribution channels, and after a year of hard work, we finally managed to raise the price. It was because of this that I was promoted here—a truly important and far-reaching responsibility!
Gu Yin couldn't help but think of those videos online that helped farmers in her previous life. The price difference was really huge, and in the end, the only ones who suffered hardship and toil but still couldn't make money were the farmers.
Looking at Dabai Mountain, Secretary Wang said in a deep voice, "This matter will be resolved this time. Mr. Zhou, look at Dabai Mountain, look at this soil, it's the perfect place to grow medicinal herbs."
Zhou Wansheng did not give a definite answer: "What you say doesn't count. I need to have professionals come and test the soil on-site. You don't want me to be idle after a year or two, do you? I hope Minister Bai can resolve the issues with the villagers and herb farmers. I don't want to have to be on guard all the time when I'm on the road."
Minister Bai nodded solemnly: "Mr. Zhou, rest assured! We will handle this matter tonight!"
Zhou Wansheng pointed to the red house not far away: "What is that place? Is the enclosed area so large?"
Minister Bai looked over and said, "That's Bai Province's medicinal herb base. If you want them to leave, you might have to contact the province."
Zhou Wansheng nodded: "Let's go, let's go and see what's different about that place compared to other places."
After saying that, the group walked in that direction.
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