At the start, I had to choose one of four options, and I immediately picked the Brahmin from the cou

Zheng Hao was so excited on the other end of the phone that he shouted, "Brother Xiao, if you can get this done for me, you'll be my second father! Once my old man gets my new car, I'll take you for a drive."

"Stop with the nonsense, get back to your work and I'll let you know if I get any updates."

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiao smiled helplessly.

It was Uncle Zheng who was resourceful. He knew to ask Zheng Hao to play the emotional card with him. That old fox from the Zheng family had been struggling in Jiangyang County for half his life. How could he really be helpless against a mere few million in start-up capital?

This is clearly a case of Xiang Zhuang performing a sword dance with the intention of targeting Liu Bang.

Knowing that his father was preparing to make a big move, he deliberately wanted to use Zheng Hao's relationship with Li Xiao to let his son show his face in public, and also to test Zheng Hao's importance to him.

and many more!

Li Xiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered the 3-point "Lucky Dice" he had rolled last night.

A moderately lucky event? Could it be related to the land Zheng Hao mentioned?

If he remembered correctly, in his previous life, it would have been within two or three months after the college entrance examination this year that a top-secret official document would have been issued by the province.

The once barren land south of Jiangyang County was suddenly officially designated by the province as a provincial-level high-tech industrial development zone.

Back then, the province allocated nearly 150,000 square meters of land in one go, turning the entire southern part of Jiangyang County upside down.

The civil engineering work continued from autumn until the following autumn, with pile drivers working day and night, directly ramming several eight-lane asphalt roads into a barren land.

Later, the light rail plan was also adjusted, and the original plan to bypass the city was changed, with a transfer hub station set up in the core area of ​​the new district.

The reason Li Xiao remembered it so clearly was not because he was particularly sensitive to policy, but because the incident had caused such a huge uproar in Jiangyang County back then.

When the new district plan was first implemented, land prices in the south of the city increased nearly tenfold overnight. Unfortunately, that area was just wasteland with no one living there; otherwise, who knows how many more millionaires would have been created.

Li Xiao quickly reviewed the situation in his mind. In his previous life, the planning documents for the provincial high-tech development zone were issued around the end of August, which was only about two and a half months ago.

The wasteland in the south of the city is currently seen as a worthless piece of scrap by everyone. Even the Zheng family thinks it's barely enough to use it as a building materials warehouse. But once the official document is issued, the commercial value of that land will skyrocket from dirt cheap to astronomical.

The land directly above the light rail transfer station is so valuable that even if you don't build a warehouse there, just leasing the land to developers will provide enough rental income for Zheng Hao to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

And now, Zheng Hao was just worried about not having anyone invest money, and the system just happened to deliver this message to him. Medium luck? This is practically targeted feeding!

Although it's uncertain whether things will go wrong in this life, a few million isn't a lot. If there really isn't an official document, we can just sell this land to his father. Anyway, he's unlikely to lose money.

Having figured everything out, Li Xiao took a deep breath, suppressing the increasingly rapid beating of his heart, picked up the phone on the passenger seat, found Zheng Hao's number, and dialed it back.

I answered the phone after it rang twice.

Zheng Hao was still at the construction site, and the sound of pile drivers in the background never stopped.

"Hey? Brother Xiao, why did you call back again? Has there been a change in what happened on Wednesday?"

"no."

"You just mentioned your dad wants you to get investment for that warehouse land. I happen to have some spare cash on hand right now—not much, but enough for start-up capital. Tell your dad we don't need to ask anyone else; we can do it ourselves. What do you think?"

After a long while, Zheng Hao's trembling, cracking voice finally broke through the noisy background noise.

"Holy crap! Brother Xiao, you're not kidding me, are you? That's land in the south of the city. Even if it's cheap, it'll still cost at least several million after the initial construction! Uncle Li is being way too good to you."

Li Xiao didn't explain any of this. "Rat, listen carefully. I can cover all the money, but I have one hard condition."

"Brother! Don't mention one condition, I'll agree to ten! You're my god of wealth right now!" Zheng Hao excitedly declared over the phone.

"Regarding that land, whether your dad originally planned to rent or buy it, there's only one thing: we must find a way to firmly hold onto the property rights. Even if it costs more upfront, we must sign a fixed-term contract to buy it outright. We absolutely cannot give anyone any room for breach of contract or disputes. Do you understand?"

"In addition, hold off on the warehouse planning drawings for now. Just build a few simple prefabricated houses to make do. Don't waste all the funds on civil engineering."

Zheng Hao paused, clearly not following Li Xiao's leap of thought. "Huh? If we're not building a high-standard warehouse, then what are we going to do with that godforsaken land? We can't be building houses, can we?"

"You don't need to worry about this. I would never harm you."

Should I confess to him that I have a copy of the almanac from my past life in my head, allowing me to predict provincial planning documents in advance? Or should I say that I was actually reborn and also happened to be bound to a system that can rewrite reality?

Even if Li Xiao did tell, no one would believe him.

"Just think of it as me taking a liking to the feng shui of the south side of the city and wanting to hoard some land for fun. Anyway, I'll arrange for the funds to be deposited into the joint account tomorrow. Go home tonight and tell your father that I, Li Xiao, am taking over this project."

"Since Brother Xiao has said so, I'll call my old man right away."

"Okay, let's play it safe. See you at the usual place at eight o'clock tonight. Remember to bring me the preliminary letter of intent, the land boundary map, and all the relevant approval documents that your old man got. Let's finalize it in person," Li Xiao added as a final instruction.

"Alright! Brother Li, just you wait and see how I perform." As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Hao hung up the phone in a hurry, obviously to send a message to his old man.

Jiangyang County is neither very big nor very small.

Although the Zheng family may not be considered top-tier in the area, they have deep connections in the local building materials market and among local bullies.

Having Zheng Hao handle the land ownership negotiations with higher authorities, leveraging the name of the Zheng family patriarch, and processing the buyout and transfer of ownership is definitely more low-key than having the only son of the Li family, who is too conspicuous, personally get involved.

Although his intervention might be faster, the impact of the two actions is quite different.

The Li family rarely gets involved in the real estate industry; they usually focus on the real economy and political and business resources. If they rashly enter the land market, it could easily lead to speculation.

But the Zheng family is different. They've been running the building materials market in the county for over a decade and are so well-connected with the land and planning officials that they're practically inseparable. If they handle the buyout and transfer of ownership, the paperwork goes smoothly, and outsiders won't suspect anything.

Once the official document outlining the future light rail plan is finalized, the die will be cast. Even if powerful figures from the city or province want a piece of the pie, they'll have to defer to them, as it's as if no one has any connection to them.