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Chapter 259 Please Call Me Village Chief Zhai
"... Councillor Feng will definitely help us get justice when the time comes!"

Zhai Yuan walked through the front yard of the ancestral hall and heard Zhai Xiaoyong's passionate and generous speech inside.

He almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

There are no good people with the surname Zhai.

Zhai Xiaosheng had just swindled the villagers of their land and then "absconded for fear of crime," and now Zhai Xiaoyong has come out and is trying to cheat the villagers of their votes.

Supporting the village representative from Tai Sang Wai to run for councillor? This bastard has received a lot of money from Feng Guifa.

But I also want to take advantage of this year's expansion to elect a group of councillors...

It hit, hit hard.

On March 1985, 3, not long ago, Hong Kong held its first unified District Council election. The number of councils increased to 7 and the total number of councillors increased to 19.

At this point in time, Zhai Xiaosheng was thinking about making political achievements by building new towns with Hong Bin, hoping to be elected as a member of the parliament through the creation of additional seats, and then further enter the Legislative Council.

Nowadays, the title of Justice of the Peace alone is not valuable. It has to be combined with the status of a member of parliament to be valuable. If elected to the Legislative Council in the future, one can be directly responsible for monitoring the administration of the Hong Kong government.

There are over a hundred candidates running for the two district councils in Yuen Long this year, but only a handful of them can actually get the seats.

There are nearly twenty villages in Xintian Township, and the most powerful ones are only two village representatives: Feng Guifa and Zhai Xiaosheng.

Now that Zhai Xiaosheng is gone and Xiawan Village is leaderless, Feng Guifa naturally set his sights on the hundreds of votes in the village.

Zhai Yuan is a kind-hearted man. How could he watch the Zhai family's ancestral property fall into the hands of outsiders?

After listening to Zhai Xiaoyong's speech in the front yard, he turned around and said to Shangguan Yonggan and the others, "I'm going to go in and show off. Please protect me. If things go wrong, run away with me first."

The Five Patriarchs of Shaolin: "Hit!"

Zhai Yuan took the lead.

Pass through the shrine of Wenwu Quxing in the central courtyard and go straight into the backyard of the ancestral hall.

At that time, a villager said at the right time: "Uncle Yong, why don't you run for election? We support you to be a member of parliament..."

Zhai Yuanren's voice came before he even arrived: "Pick! How can he be qualified to run? Of course, I, the young man of the Zhai family with a good family background, should be the councillor. The old man should retire early!"

The atmosphere in the entire garden fell silent, and everyone looked behind them.

Zhai Yuan stood outside the threshold of the garden. He took out a cigar from somewhere and put it in his mouth. He flicked the lighter in his hand and lit it. Without even looking at the eyes of people around the garden, he lowered his head and moved closer to the flame.

"Fuck off! Who dares to let you enter our Zhai Family Ancestral Hall?"

Before Zhai Xiaoyong opened his mouth, the young and strong man next to him couldn't hold back and started shouting curses in a very aggressive manner.

Zhai Yuan then raised his head and squinted at the other party, blowing out a puff of smoke provocatively, and said in a sighing tone: "Foshan... No! Xiawan Village, Zhai Jingyuan."

I thought that I got a little carried away while discussing the plot of "Once Upon a Time in China" with Xu Qi recently, and I almost exposed myself.

A group of villagers in the garden looked at each other, obviously having no impression of the name Zhai Jingyuan.

Zhai Xiaoyong looked at Zhai Yuan, and then glanced at Shangguan Yonggan who was standing behind him like an iron tower. Seeing that Shangguan Yonggan kept grinning at him, he frowned unhappily and said, "No one in the village has ever heard of a young man like you. Who is your father? You broke into the ancestral temple and did things without following the rules. Tell your father to come and see me!"

"My father only comes out twice a year, once during the Qingming Festival and once during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's very troublesome to see him."

Zhai Yuan grinned and suggested to Zhai Xiaoyong: "But you can try to find a fortune teller and ask her to go down there and ask a dead ghost named Zhai Xiaokang to come up for you."

The young and strong people in the crowd were puzzled, but those who were a little older, like Zhai Xiaoyong, changed their expressions when they heard the name Zhai Xiaokang.

"He is Zhai Xiaokang's son?"

"It seems that his name was indeed A Yuan at the beginning..."

"Why did he appear suddenly?"

The older generation in the garden whispered to each other and looked at Zhai Yuan again with astonishment. They vaguely recognized some of Zhai Xiaokang's shadow in his face.

Zhai Xiaoyong was also stunned, and murmured, "How could you be Zhai Xiaokang's son..."

"If I'm not, then are you?" Zhai Yuan bit his cigar and looked at the crowd arrogantly, "Stop talking nonsense. Zhai Xiaosheng killed my father back then, and none of you old losers had the guts to say anything. You deserve it for being swindled out of your land deed by him today! But I won't hold it against you. I spent 230 million to redeem the land deed of Xiawan Village worth 200 million from HSBC..."

Zhai Yuan patted the black suitcase in his hand and said, "Everything is here. I, Zhai Jingyuan, am now the largest landlord in your village."

Everyone's attention was instantly attracted to the black suitcase in his hand.

Zhai Yuan opened the box, and a number of signed land transfer contracts were placed in front of him. The villagers in the garden immediately had a gleam of evil in their eyes.

Some cunning villagers have already started to take advantage of the situation and walked towards Zhai Yuan, saying eagerly, "A Yuan, I already knew that Kang Ge's son is not an ordinary person. Thank you for helping us get the land deed back..."

As soon as this passerby opened his mouth, the surrounding villagers came closer, as if they were going to take away their own land deeds.

"Pick that mother! How can she be even more shameless than me?"

Zhai Yuan slammed the box shut and stared at the excited people in front of him: "I spent 230 million to buy the land deed back for charity? You are so old-fashioned! My family was driven out of the village back then, and you were not so enthusiastic! Listen to me clearly, this piece of land is mine now, and it has nothing to do with you, return it all!"

The villagers who had come close looked at each other, and the smiles on their faces gradually faded.

An older man stepped forward with a fake smile, staring at the black suitcase in Zhai Yuan's hand, and said with a grin, "Ah Yuan, that's not the way to put it. The land deed was swindled away by your uncle Zhai Xiaosheng. Who knows if your family colluded to do this... Two hundred and thirty million? Tell me! You may not have even finished school at your age, do you know how much two hundred million Hong Kong dollars is?"

Seeing this, Zhai Xiaoyong, who was standing in front of the ancestral hall, felt relieved.

This young man who suddenly appeared was obviously not the same kind of person as him. He had a quarrel with the villagers, especially when he dared to show the land deed in public. He didn't even understand the principle of not showing off wealth. Young people are young people after all.

Zhai Xiaoyong narrowed his eyes and added fuel to the fire: "I don't care if you are Zhai Xiaokang's son or not. Since you brought the land deed here today, just return it to everyone honestly. This can be regarded as atonement for your uncle Zhai Xiaosheng."

As soon as the words left his mouth.

The villagers in the garden looked at Zhai Yuan with something strange in their eyes again, and gathered around him, ready to fight.

"Young man, return the land deed to us, otherwise you won't be able to leave Xiawan Village today!"

When Zhai Yuan saw this scene, he bit his cigar and smiled, then silently took a step back to make way for the Five Patriarchs of Shaolin behind him.

The garden gate was not big, and when he stood at the gate, Shangguan Yonggan behind him blocked most of it. Only then did the villagers see the five people behind him.

The young and strong man in the crowd sneered, "Bring a few eggs here to scare ghosts..." Halfway through his words, his voice stopped abruptly as if someone had strangled his throat.

Shangguan Yonggan and his group of five stepped over the threshold one after another, protecting Zhai Yuan behind them, and all of them drew their shotguns, which were polished to a shine with gun oil, and the black muzzles were already pointed at the villagers who were about to pounce.

The crowd instantly fell into deathly silence, and everyone froze in place as if they were frozen in place.

After a few seconds, there were a few gurgling sounds of swallowing saliva.

"Who just spoke so loudly that I cannot leave Xiawan Village?"

Zhai Yuan's arrogant voice sounded again. He pushed away the satellite and stood in front of the crowd again. The cigar in his hand, which was emitting sparks, almost poked the faces of the people closest to him: "You? You? Or you?"

The villagers who were named took a few steps back in horror and shook their heads.

"puff--"

Shangguan Yonggan was amused by Zhai Yuan's smug look and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhai Yuan turned around and kicked him angrily: "Be serious! What are you laughing at? I've just found my mood!"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the villagers in front of him, dragged out a long "uh" and scratched his head: "Where the hell was I talking about just now?"

Zhai Yuan decided not to bring Shangguan Yonggan, the drag, out next time as he ruined the atmosphere.

"Forget it, I'll start from the beginning."

Zhai Yuan sorted out his thoughts and said, "I spent 230 million to buy the land deed from HSBC. I can't give it to you for free. The purpose of my return this time is very simple. Next, I will build a factory in the village. Whoever is sensible will leave on his own. I, Zhai Jingyuan, will take care of the villagers and let his whole family work in the factory in the future..."

He paused, looked up at Zhai Xiaoyong in front of the ancestral hall, and then said, "Those who refuse to withdraw will block the villagers' financial path. At most, I will lose some money and sell the land deeds to HSBC. By then, not only will you not get the land rights, but Xiawan Village will not develop for at least ten years!"

When Zhai Xiaoyong heard the word "factory", he looked at Zhai Yuan with a suspicious look in his eyes: "The people from Xinji outside said that the real estate developer in the city is you?"

Zhai Yuan shrugged his shoulders without comment, ignored him and said to the villagers in front of him: "If everyone has no objection, my factory will start construction next week."

After that, he looked at Zhai Xiaoyong again and said in a tough tone: "Also, give up your position as village representative and let me join the township committee."

The corners of Zhai Xiaoyong's eyes twitched a few times, and he laughed, "Ayuan, with these long dogs of yours, whether they are real or fake is uncertain, I'm afraid they can't scare so many of us..."

Zhai Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he hooked his finger without even turning his head.

Shangguan Yonggan behind him grinned, raised his shotgun and pointed it at Zhai Xiaoyong, who suddenly froze with a smile on his face.

Shangguan immediately raised the muzzle of his gun bravely and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

Bang! A gunshot rang out!
The men in the garden cried out in fear. The timid ones just covered their heads and hunched over. Zhai Xiaoyong was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

After more than ten seconds, he looked down fearfully and found no wounds on his body.

The other villagers looked behind them.

The century-old plaque hanging in the Zhai family ancestral hall was holed by a single-headed bullet, and the four large gold-painted characters on it were covered with cracks.

Strengthen family ties and get along well with relatives.

Zhai Yuan remained calm, staring at Zhai Xiaoyong who was sitting on the ground and cursing, "Fuck you! Do you think no one knows that you accepted 100,000 yuan from Feng Guifa and helped him to cheat the villagers' votes? I bought the land and built the factory to take care of the people with the surname Zhai in Xiawan Village, which is better than you, a jerk who colluded with outsiders!"

Zhai Xiaoyong was still in shock: "I confiscated 100,000 yuan from him, only 50,000 yuan is left..."

The villagers in the garden were in an uproar, and when they looked at Zhai Xiaoyong again, there was anger and contempt in their eyes.

Zhai Yuan curled his lips and said, "Actually, I don't know how much money you received from him. I'm just guessing."

Zhai Xiaoyong almost gasped when he heard this.

"Now I think everyone has clearly distinguished who is a human and who is a ghost."

Zhai Yuan stopped looking at the werewolf who revealed his identity on the ground and looked around at the villagers: "Anyway, the land deed is in my hands. If you support me in building the factory this time, I will eat meat and everyone will have soup in the future. Otherwise, everyone will bear it together. I will not build the factory, but if you are brave enough to sow on my farmland, or build a new house on my Dingquan, there is no need for the Lands Department and the police to come. I will let the group of scoundrels from Xinji drive the excavator over to teach you how to do things. This account will be easily settled. After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

As soon as the words fell, the five Shaolin ancestors raised their guns again, aiming at the villagers in the garden...

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After a gunshot, two police cars appeared at the entrance of the village. The police were on high alert. Shen Wei took all the information about the Yaan Security Company and went back to the police station to sue them. The Five Patriarchs of Shaolin did not even show up.

After Zhai Yuan had friendly negotiations with the villagers, he came out of Xiawan Village picking his ears and swore at Shangguan Yonggan: "Brother Yonggan, next time you shoot, try to shoot farther from my ears, okay?"

The five rough guys burst into low laughter.

Walk to the entrance of the village.

The two brothers Xu Jiaqiang and Xu Jiasheng came forward and said, "Mr. Zhai."

Zhai Yuan said seriously: "Please call me Village Chief Zhai."

Before Zhai Xiaoyong, the village representative, could even get comfortable in his position, he was tricked into telling the truth by a gun. Even Feng Guifa from Dashengwei was scolded by the villagers.

Zhai Yuan paved the way with a shotgun and naturally gained a group of supporters.

What's more, Xinji had already subdued more than half of the villagers. With the fall of Zhai Xiaoyong, the group's original wavering and wait-and-see mood disappeared completely.

Anyone who is foolish enough to jump out and oppose now will be blocking everyone's path to wealth.

"After submitting my application in two days, I will probably be included in the Rural Committee as the youngest village representative in Yuen Long."

As Zhai Yuan was driving back in the car, he was thinking about this matter.

More than twenty rural committees in the New Territories form the Heung Yee Kuk, which is mostly composed of councillors, special councillors and co-elected councillors.

Finally, the only ones left are newcomers like Zhai Yuan, who are privately called "candidate members of parliament."

Zhai Xiaosheng held the title of "candidate" for more than ten years, and finally waited until the additional seats for members of parliament were added in March this year, but ended up making things difficult for Zhai Yuan.

"But if we want to be elected as a councillor, we still have far too few votes to count in Xiawan Village."

Zhai Yuan stroked his chin and thought for a while, then took out his phone and dialed a long-lost number: "Boss He Zilang, where have you made your fortune recently? Of course I know that your former boss is planning to emigrate, it's all in the news. Hey, you're not planning to leave too, are you? Yes, we are Chinese! It's good that you don't leave. This is what's going on. I just got the identity of a village representative and plan to run for a councillor in Yuen Long. You have the most experience in this area, so why don't you just come and help me. Before October this year, let the villagers of San Tin Township cast their sacred votes for me..."

(End of this chapter)