Yun Dazheng sneered, "Boss Xiao, you're really trying to be sincere, trying to fool me like a fool. I'm sorry, Boss Xiao, but even if you offered ten times the price, I wouldn't sell my rice, let alone if you only raised the price by 30%."
Xiao Desheng also put on a stern face, deliberately feigning righteous indignation as he looked at Yun Dazheng, and threatened him, "Brother Yun, you have to be reasonable and have a clear conscience. This rice of yours was originally grown from my seeds. I didn't ask you to return it, nor did I blame you for planting it haphazardly, making it difficult for me to save the seeds. I had to find a way to cultivate it again, and I even paid a high price to buy it. I, Xiao Desheng, have done right by you."
"Strictly speaking, those seeds were born by me, Xiao Desheng. I just gave you the wrong ones when I brought them to you, but they are still mine. At most, I'll just compensate you with a normal season of rice. If I'm being generous, I'll give you a little compensation for your trouble. Everything else is mine. Even if I just had someone come and haul them away, that would be my due."
"I was just thinking about our fellow villagers; it wouldn't look good if things got ugly. I, Xiao Desheng, am a respectable businessman who believes in making money through harmony, which is why I specially brought gifts to your door to discuss things amicably with you."
"Of course, you can compare your backing with mine. But I'm not afraid to tell you that I, Xiao Desheng, am not without support either. Since I can run a stable seed business and have connections to get these super-quality seeds from foreign research institutes, I also have powerful backers."
"Of course, I, Xiao Desheng, am a legitimate businessman, and I speak with reason. Now, our country is implementing new policies, and the 'government' advocates that we should abide by the law, not rely on fists or powerful connections."
"But Brother Yun, I'm not afraid to tell you, legally speaking, I, Xiao Desheng, am in the right in this matter. Even if we go to court and let the judge decide, I, Xiao Desheng, should win. Because this thing is mine. It's no use relying on anyone else."
Xiao Desheng was actually just making things up. He was just thinking that Yun Dazheng, an old farmer, would definitely be afraid of seeing officials and going to court. He figured that if he threatened him, Yun Dazheng would back down.
As for... the Yun family's backers: Lord Leopard and the county magistrate.
Once he gets his hands on the rice seeds, what kind of powerful backer can't he rely on? Why would he be afraid of a local tyrant or a county magistrate?
At worst, once he gets his hands on the rice seeds, he'll immediately transport them out, to the provincial capital, or even to Beijing. If all else fails, he can sell them to foreigners.
The Chinese won the war with the help of foreigners. If they had foreigners as their backers, would they be afraid of a mere Black Panther or a mere county magistrate?
Who knows, he might become the boss of a large trading company, and he won't even have to be afraid of high-ranking officials when they come!
As for who would get the rice seeds out for him, he had already decided before he came.
He San, who used to drive a truck in Chang Le Town, not only broke his leg because of the Yun family girl, but he was also forbidden from driving. Now, his leg seems to have healed, but the truck is just sitting at home rusting. He San, under threat from Boss Leopard, doesn't dare do anything to the Yun family girl. But if he can afford it and dispel He San's concerns about Black Leopard, he doesn't believe He San won't follow him.
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