Lei Zhan strode forward, first showing his identification before explaining his purpose.
Upon hearing this, Chief Tang stood up and asked, "An academician from Yanjing is coming? Fine, he's coming. Why are you making such a big fuss? Anyone who doesn't know better would think you're going to take over our Miao people's orchards."
"Chief Tang, the higher-ups are also concerned about the safety of the academicians who are about to arrive. They hope you can allow us to enter the orchard to conduct a thorough inspection and ensure the academicians' 100% safety upon their arrival."
"You want to enter the orchard? And conduct a search? What are you going to search for?" Chief Tang was displeased.
"Chief Tang, please calm down. We don't suspect the Miao family of any wrongdoing. We just want to ensure the safety of the academicians after they arrive."
“My lord, do you know how many fruits we still have in our orchard? There are over ten million fruits. Moreover, our Miao people’s secret recipe is in the orchard. You want to go in? Who will be responsible if our secret recipe is leaked? If you insist on going in, then bring a search warrant and we will go in with you to investigate.”
"Chief Tang, we truly mean no harm, and we are very disciplined. We guarantee we will not reveal the secret recipe for the orchard."
Search warrant?
If the higher-ups could issue a search warrant, things would be much easier!
"Chief, we can't let them in! They don't know anything. What if they damage our fruit trees and the bottles and jars containing our secret formula? What will we do then?"
"Chief Tang, we can't let them in."
The Miao people strongly opposed it. The orchards were now the lifeblood of their two villages, especially the greenhouse that even they couldn't enter freely. It contained all the secret recipes. If something went wrong, how could their Miao villages ever get rich?
Chief Tang raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet before saying to Lei Zhan, "Our Miao family will always support your work. We understand that you are concerned about the safety of the academicians who are coming soon."
"However, as long as you don't enter the orchard, you can freely inspect for potential hazards outside!"
"If you want to enter the village, you have to drink the welcoming wine offered by our Miao people."
“Official, if you agree, I will have the Miao people make way for you to approach the village. If you don’t agree, then there’s nothing to talk about, and I can only ask you to leave.”
“You can contact your superiors now! Just say what I, Que Dongzhai, said: even guests from Yanjing are not necessarily allowed into the orchard.”
Lei Zhan was truly at his wit's end! If this were the Han people, and they didn't cooperate, they might have further carried out orders from their superiors, but now...
At this point, Lei Zhan could only ask his superiors for instructions.
After discussions with their superiors, they decided that Lei Zhan could only conduct a preliminary investigation outside the village.
Chief Tang also shouted, "Listen up, Miao people of Quedong Village and the surrounding villages! Keep these officials in check. As long as they don't enter the orchard and the road up the mountain, everyone else will cooperate."
"The women in the village prepare delicious food and drinks, and deliver them to these officials at noon."
After giving his orders, Chief Tang dispersed the 10,000 Miao villagers, but he did not let his guard down.
Two hours later---
Lei Zhan's 120 armed police officers searched the surrounding area and discovered that fireworks tubes were buried on various mountaintops.
Moreover, there were also many explosives on the outskirts of the village.
Even though they were just fireworks, they dared not be negligent.
However, while searching for Chief Tang, they also saw many busy people from other places nearby, including those with video recording equipment.
They immediately paid even more attention to it.
At the entrance of Quedong Village, after meeting Chief Tang, Lei Zhan surprisingly proposed to remove the fireworks equipment from all the mountains.
Now, the way the core Miao people surrounding them looked at Lei Zhan and his officials completely changed.
"What? They're going to demolish all those things on the mountain?"
"Yes, Chief Tang, these things are very dangerous, and these things nearby also need to be demolished."
After thinking for a moment, Chief Tang sent someone to fetch the Han man named Lu Rui.
Soon, Lu Rui arrived. After hearing the whole story, he immediately said, "Chief Tang, none of what we've done is dangerous. We're a legitimate company, I can assure you."
"Does Ah Chen know about this?"
“Prince Mu knows, and he asked if there was any danger. We explained it to him in detail.”
During his few days in the Miao village, Lu Rui deeply appreciated the warmth and hospitality of the Miao people.
Having just witnessed firsthand the Miao people's attitude towards these military police officers, I was secretly on edge.
At the same time, they also understood more clearly how high Mu Age's status was among the Miao people.
So, their colleagues from Shanghai were just discussing how, despite the strong resistance from the Miao people against these green-clad police officers entering the orchard and climbing the mountain, as long as Brother Mu gave the order, there would be no problem.
Chief Tang said, "Since Achen has asked, then you can do it with peace of mind! But you still need to check carefully to ensure there are no accidents. If you don't have enough manpower, just let us know, and the Miao people will fully assist you."
"Thank you, Chief Tang. We'll get back to work now."
"Go quickly, just don't be late for lunch."
At this moment, Lu Rui felt a surge of enthusiasm, a feeling of being deeply loved by the Miao people.
Lei Zhan still demanded the removal of the fireworks equipment. This time, not only did Chief Tang object, but other Miao people also voiced their opinions.
"Our Miao Drumming Festival is in four days. Our Guolin has spent three million yuan on this grand event, and Achen has spent more than ten million yuan to make arrangements. If you dare to demolish it, we dare to fight you."
"Yes, the government can't treat people like this!"
"We welcome guests, but if you come to cause trouble, we'll deal with you with our Miao swords."
Immediately, the Miao people were filled with indignation.
Ah Zhuang, who had been silent all along from the Black Crow Village side, spoke up loudly: "Are you jealous of our success? We didn't invite any big shots from Yanjing as guests, so why should you ruin our plans just because they want to come?"
Chief Mu finally arrived. He took a large megaphone from Lu Rui and the others, and stood on a high place, shouting:
“The Miao men.”
"exist."
The response was met with a thousand responses, creating a spectacular scene.
"We Miao people abide by the law, but anyone who dares to disrupt our drum festival arrangements, anyone who dares to dismantle those facilities without authorization, will be chopped up!"
"yes."
Lei Zhan felt a chill run down his spine at the sight!
What on earth is going to do?!
"Chief Tang, who is that old man upstairs...?"
"The chieftain of the Black Miao branch, Black Crow Village, Old Man Mu."
"Chief Tang, what you're doing is really dangerous."
Chief Tang said directly, "We're not dealing in contraband. If you think it's dangerous, tell your guests from Yanjing not to come! Since you're coming, once you're inside our Miao village, we'll have the Miao people protect you."
"But..."
"Your Excellency, your actions have disrupted our normal plans!"
Hearing this, Lei Zhan felt extremely aggrieved.
But then he suddenly remembered what the Miao man had said earlier.
Ah Chen?
They took out over ten million!
In this day and age, 100,000 yuan is a huge sum of money in remote areas like theirs; what does 10 million yuan even mean?
Lei Zhan wanted to find this guy named Achen, but when the Miao people heard that he, the head of the military police, was inquiring about this matter, they gripped their Miao knives even tighter.
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