"Let Ziyue rest, I will talk for her!"
Chen Xiaobao nodded and walked out with Bai Xiaoli.
After going out, I saw several people wearing Miao costumes waiting there.
These people were barefoot, had dark skin, and had knives on their waists.
"Brother Xiaobao, let me introduce you. This is the son of the head of the Li family village, Sang Yi. His full name is Li Sang Yi, Mr. Li. This is Chen Xiaobao, the chief research expert of our Dongsheng Group, Mr. Chen!"
Bai Xiaoli had met Li Sangyi once before and took the initiative to introduce the two parties.
"Hello!"
Chen Xiaobao took the initiative to extend his hand to Li Sangyi. Li Sangyi glanced at Chen Xiaobao but did not extend his hand. Instead, he looked at him with a somewhat hostile look.
"We want to see that woman, the woman who can make the decision!"
Li Sangyi said in a strong tone.
"Our General Manager Chen is pregnant and feeling unwell. Expert Chen can take care of the situation!" Bai Xiaoli said quickly.
The mountains and forests near Lijiazhai are very important. If the people of Lijiazhai are unwilling to rent the mountains and forests to Dongsheng Group, Dongsheng Group will have to look for land deeper in the mountains and forests to establish plantations.
By then, transportation, management, and personnel arrangements will all be big problems.
Therefore, Chen Ziyue really hopes to rent the mountains and forests near Lijiazhai.
"Okay then, but you have to go to the village to sign. Our leader won't come out!" Li Sangyi said stiffly.
"But there's a big fire on the mountain, and the road is difficult to travel on!"
Bai Xiaoli looked at Chen Xiaobao hesitantly.
Lijiazhai is located in the mountains and the roads are difficult to travel on. Not to mention being far away from the city, it is even very far away from their current town. Even Bai Xiaoli is daunted by the mountain road.
Chen Ziyue promised that if Lijiazhai was willing to rent the forest to her, she would help Lijiazhai build a road.
"If you are not sincere, the chief said the land cannot be rented to you!"
After these Miao people finished speaking, they turned around and prepared to leave without any room for negotiation.
"Wait, I'll go with you!"
Chen Xiaobao suddenly said.
"Brother Xiaobao, there is a fire on the mountain!"
Bai Xiaoli said worriedly.
"Zi Yue attaches great importance to the medicinal materials base. If I don't go, she will definitely go there in person. Instead of letting her go, it's better for me to go!" Chen Xiaobao said.
If Chen Ziyue knew the news, she would definitely make this trip. She is pregnant now, so it would be better for Chen Xiaobao to do these things.
"Okay then, I'll go get some help!"
Bai Xiaoli also knew that Chen Xiaobao was right. If they didn't go, Chen Ziyue would definitely go anyway, so they might as well go and sign the contract.
If you go today, you can almost be back tomorrow.
After a while, Bai Xiaoli called everyone together. A group of people, including Chen Xiaobao, Bai Xiaoli, people from the company's legal department, the driver, and other staff, about ten people in total, drove three cars and followed Li Sangyi and the others into the mountains.
When Li Sangyi and his friends came out, they took a ride from the plantation. Now that they are going back, the plantation will naturally arrange a car for them.
Several cars drove into the mountains along the asphalt road. After a while, the highway turned into a dirt road with very poor road conditions.
"Xiaobao, look!"
Bai Xiaoli suddenly pointed into the distance.
Chen Xiaobao looked over and could see a smoking hilltop not far away hidden among the mountains. On that hilltop, the wildfire had burned everything, leaving only a pitch-black area that was still emitting thick smoke.
That was one of the hills where the plantation burned.
After getting on the dirt road, the car continued along the winding mountain road for more than two hours, and then the car could not move forward.
The driver parked the car on the side of the road, packed up his things, and started walking into the mountains.
"Xiao Tao, how long will it take to walk?"
Chen Xiaobao looked at the endless forest in front of him and asked.
"Expert Chen, it will take two or three hours. It will probably be dark by the time we get into the mountain!"
Before Bai Xiaotao could answer, a driver named Li Dayong next to her answered with a smile.
"If people in their village want to go down the mountain, do they also go this way?"
Chen Xiaobao asked.
"They have donkeys. In recent years, the wealthier families in the village have motorcycles. They may not have ridden motorcycles this time!"
Li Dayong looked at Sang Yi and the others strangely and shook his head.
"In that case, Lijiazhai shouldn't be rich, right?"
Chen Xiaobao said.
"It's not rich, and there are many children in the villages who don't go to school. Lijia Village is relatively good, but there are some villages that are even more remote, and the people in the villages may not be able to go down the mountain once in their lifetime!"
Li Dayong said with emotion.
"Then why is Lijia Village unwilling to rent the forest to Dongsheng Group? With this money, the lives of the people in the village can undergo earth-shaking changes!"
Chen Xiaobao asked curiously.
The rent for one acre of forest is one hundred yuan a year, and the rent for one hundred thousand acres of forest is ten million yuan a year. Even if there are hundreds of households in the village, each household can get one hundred thousand yuan on average.
A household can earn 100,000 yuan a year and can also work on a plantation. Not to mention moving to the city, it should not be difficult to move to a town, allowing this generation to get out of the mountains and the next generation to keep up with the times, right?
“Some people just don’t want the lives of the people in the village to change drastically!”
Li Dayong said meaningfully. "I heard that the reason why the head of Lijia Village rejected Mr. Chen was because he was afraid of angering the mountain god. Who knows who the mountain god is speaking for!"
"What's the meaning?"
Chen Xiaobao asked with a frown.
Li Dayong shook his head and glanced at Li Sangyi who was leading the way in front, but did not explain.
Boom!
At this moment, a loud thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.
Dense, dark clouds began to gather, and a slightly cold wind blew over.
"It's going to rain, we have to speed up!"
Li Sangyi suddenly turned around and said something, then began to speed up on his own.
Chen Xiaobao vaguely felt that Li Sangyi and the others seemed to be somewhat hostile towards them. Perhaps this was just hostility towards strangers. Chen Xiaobao did not think much about it. He supported Bai Xiaoli and quickened his pace to catch up with Li Sangyi and the others.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on, but fortunately there was still a road. After trekking for more than an hour, we saw the rain falling from a distance.
Once it rains, the mountain road becomes muddy and it will be even more difficult to walk on.
"Hurry up, we'll be there soon!"
Li Sangyi shouted in front and sped up again.
The group tried hard to move forward. After the raindrops fell, the mountain road quickly became muddy. Fortunately, after a while, they finally saw a group of houses in the valley.
This is Lijiazhai.
“We’re here!”
Li Sangyi shouted and took the lead to run into the village.
After a while, people from the village came running over with umbrellas to greet them.
"Welcome, welcome, we welcome our distinguished guests to Lijia Village. Let's go to the headman first and have dinner at his house tonight!" A middle-aged man with black teeth smiled and hurried into the village with everyone.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the houses in the village were shielded from the heavy rain.
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