Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"Okay, Secretary Lin, I can transfer the money as you instructed!"

Seeing that Chen Dong agreed, Lin Deying smiled and reached out to shake hands. Chen Dong grasped Lin Deying's hand and said, "Secretary Lin, as long as you coordinate with the Foreign Investment Committee of China and get a document from the central bank, I can immediately arrange for Hong Kong Bank or Citibank to transfer the funds!"

"Okay, I'll personally go to the Municipal Party Committee to communicate and have them negotiate with the Provincial Party Committee to quickly coordinate with the Foreign Investment Committee. I'll give you the Swiss Bank account details then!"

Just as Chen Dong was talking with Lin Deying and others, while Tian Chulian and Huang Bingkun sat quietly listening, a villager rushed into the village office and said to Tian Chulian and the others, "Secretary, a lot of Jiefang trucks have arrived at the village entrance. The trucks are too big to enter our village. The police came and told us to have Zai Dong go and sign for them!"

Chen Dong stood up with a smile and said to Tian Chulian, "The engineering equipment I purchased from Japan has arrived. It was delivered from Tuogang. I thought it wouldn't arrive until tomorrow, but it arrived today."

Tian Chulian excitedly asked Chen Dong, "Zai Dong, what kind of equipment do you have?"

"Bulldozers, excavators, pile drivers, and basically everything else you might need for road construction and factory building. I know a company in America, and it was through that company that I made these special purchases!"

"Great!" Tian Chulian slapped his thigh and stood up, saying to Lin Deying, "Secretary Lin, let's go to the village entrance to greet them!"

"Alright, we should go and greet them!"

Chen Dong, Lin Deying, Tian Chulian, and others, along with the villagers who had not yet left after the meeting, marched in a large group along the village road toward the village entrance.

The 25 Jiefang trucks of the Tuogang Transportation Team, along with the wheeled engineering vehicles behind them, lined up on the dirt road outside Lianzhai Village, blocking half of the road that was originally wide enough for two vehicles to pass side by side. Some villagers from the neighboring village who were passing by in oxcarts stopped to watch curiously when they saw so many large trucks parked at the entrance of Lianzhai Village.

Chen Dong and his group arrived at the village entrance, where a captain of the Tuogang transport team handed Chen Dong a list issued by customs for him to sign. "There are three excavators, five sets of parts... six bulldozers, parts..."

Chen Dong carefully checked the list one by one, and together with the team leader, he checked the number of parts and engineering vehicles in the truck bed and the convoy behind. When he saw several people who were tied up in a Jiefang truck, Chen Dong looked at the team leader in confusion.

Chen Dong feigned surprise and asked the captain, "My list doesn't say there are four more people."

"Haha, Comrade Chen, you're joking. This isn't for you. These four petty thieves were robbing people on the way, and we caught them. We were planning to send these to you first, and then take them to the county police station," the captain laughed.

"Hey! You scared me! I thought I made a mistake when I ordered. They even sent me a person from Japan!"

"Hahaha!"

As Chen Dong was joking, he inadvertently glanced at the four people hiding in the carriage. Upon closer inspection, he realized, "Hey! They look familiar. Aren't these the three people who tried to knock on my car window on the dirt road the day I arrived?"

The three men, Fan Ge, Tu Shu, and Zhu Gan, who were tied up in the carriage, all recognized Chen Dong and quickly turned their heads away, afraid that Chen Dong would recognize them.

"Chief Wang, I've seen these three before," Chen Dong said to Chief Wang Yan, who was walking over. "When I first entered Nanshan County, I took the dirt road to the county seat, and these three ambushed me halfway there, trying to hijack my car."

"Luckily I managed to escape back then. I didn't expect these three to try the same trick again. I ran into a brick wall and got caught by you, Officer Wang!"

When Fan Ge and his two companions realized that Chen Dong had recognized them, their hearts sank. Now, their punishment was compounded.

"They even robbed your car, Comrade Chen. They must be repeat offenders." Wang Yan had already sentenced these four men to death in his mind. In China at that time, highway robbers were usually punished severely if caught.

The government even encourages the public to kill these armed highway robbers on the spot if they encounter them. Not only will they not be punished, but they will also be rewarded afterward, which shows how much they hate highway robbers!

Don't underestimate the martial spirit of the local people in China during this era. Not only did the local militia have guns, but some veterans who had returned from military service also had guns hidden in their homes. Even on the black market, if you could afford the price, you could find one for them.

Gun control is stricter in cities, but in rural areas, as long as you don't get caught, it's fine. Sometimes, two villages will fight over a small conflict, and each family will come out with guns to confront each other, and accidental gunfire is common.

Chen Dong smiled and didn't talk about the arrested people anymore. After speaking with Tian Chulian, Tian Chulian directed the villagers to clean up some debris at the entrance of the village road. The wheeled engineering vehicles then drove into Lianzhai Village in turn.

The lively scene at Lianzhai naturally attracted people from the neighboring Shangzhai. Liu Guoliang mingled in the crowd and watched Chen Dong standing next to a man in a Zhongshan suit, saying something from time to time and laughing out loud.

Liu Guoliang pulled over a young man he knew from Lianzhai Village and asked, "Where did all these trucks and excavators come from? Were they transported from the county?"

"What county? This is our Lianzhai!" the young man said proudly. "Our village is going to have roads built and factories constructed. In the future, our Lianzhai will become the most important village for miles around!"

Seeing the young man's smug tone as he gave a thumbs-up, Liu Guoliang asked, "Is what they're saying true? Is my sister-in-law's cousin, Zai Dong, really planning to invest in and set up a factory in Lianzhai?"

Upon hearing this, the young man looked at Liu Guoliang with disdain, "Don't mention this in Lianzhai. The Chen family would love to break the legs of your family, Liu Guoliang. Things are different now; the Chen family is really going to prosper!"

"You'd better take it easy in the future!"

"That's my sister-in-law's family. I, her brother-in-law, can't even mention her family? We're all relatives, how could we become mortal enemies!"

"Hehe, Zai Dong is standing there right now, why don't you go over and say hello!"

Encouraged by the young man, Liu Guoliang was momentarily tempted, and stubbornly insisted, "Fine, let's go! We're all relatives. Does the Chen family think they can just ignore my sister-in-law's in-laws now that they've become successful?"

The young man just kept smiling, his eyes seemingly saying, "Then why don't you go and say hello to Chen Dong?"

Liu Guoliang was annoyed by the disdainful look from this young man, so he mustered his courage and walked towards Chen Dong. When he was about five or six meters away from Chen Dong, just as Liu Guoliang was about to speak, Chen Zaixing rushed over.