Qingshan Town had recently launched thirty tourism development projects and several real estate development projects.
The town government had also invested a substantial amount of money to expand and rebuild roads, build a new hospital, build a new school, and expand power plants, communication, and other public facilities.
Construction sites were everywhere, with vigorous construction activities presenting a thriving scene.
Not only locals from Qingshan Town but also engineering teams from all over the country had moved in, significantly increasing the town’s population.
As mealtime approached, many people put down their work and hurried into restaurants to fill their stomachs.
Suddenly, someone noticed something amiss. Why were truckloads of farm vehicles, carrying large groups of villagers, heading to the town and straight towards the government complex?
Many villagers from various villages took tractors, three-wheeled vehicles, and other farm vehicles toward the government complex, gathering outside.
Zhang Tao, the head of Qingshan Town police station, had already arrived with more than twenty people to guard the entrance and organize entry.
But the influx of villagers was too overwhelming, with at least seven or eight hundred people, all very excited and seemingly unstoppable. Zhang Tao and his team felt immense pressure.
"Corrupt official Xu Qianli, you sold our mountains, embezzled the money, didn’t give us a dime, and even arrested our village head and secretary! Come out now, we need an explanation today!"
"Xu Qianli, come out, you scoundrel, get out here now! If you don’t come out, we’ll smash everything inside! Come out, hurry!"
"Why bother talking to them? Let’s break in and drag that corrupt official Xu Qianli out. We must beat him to death today..."
Hundreds of villagers were furiously angry, each filled with indignation, shouting as they prepared to rush in, and the situation was on the verge of becoming uncontrollable.
Zhang Tao was already sweating profusely from fear.
The police force in Qingshan Town was already weak, and they had sent some officers to make arrests elsewhere. Now, with just about twenty people left, how could they control the situation?
Right when the situation was about to spiral out of control, Xu Qianli briskly walked out from the government complex.
"Everyone, please calm down and listen to me."
"You’re all here because you haven’t received your land compensation, right?"
"Regarding the land compensation, I can tell you that the compensation money for each village has already been transferred to the village accounts, and I have bank remittance slips here as evidence."
"The ones you should be troubling are not me, Xu Qianli, and definitely not the Qingshan Town Party Committee and government, but your own village leaders, secretaries, and accountants."
"I had village officials arrested precisely for this reason, to protect the interests of the villagers."
"Please calm down, I assure you, I will resolve this issue promptly and ensure that the compensation money is fully distributed to every villager!"
Even knowing the danger, Xu Qianli courageously faced the villagers, trying to pacify them.
With so many people gathered outside, all highly agitated, it was imperative to calm them down to prevent major chaos.
Upon hearing Xu Qianli’s words, someone in the crowd suddenly started shouting loudly.
"Fart, talking utter nonsense!"
"Everyone, don’t listen to him, all the money went into the village, there’s no such thing!"
"That so-called bank remittance slip is definitely fake, completely untrustworthy, everyone be careful not to be fooled."
"It’s this corrupt official who’s embezzled our compensation, not giving us a dime, everyone, get him, beat him to death, kill him!"
Some people took the lead, and many others started shouting and screaming, determined to kill Xu Qianli.
Others led the charge forward, trying to break through the police blockade and storm in.
Seeing this, Zhang Tao quickly fired his gun into the air, and after a gunshot, shouted loudly, "Everyone calm down! Anyone who tries to break in, don’t blame me for being rude, bullets don’t have eyes! Listen to me, Secretary Xu is a good person, the City Disciplinary Inspection Committee has inspected him three times, and found no issues, which shows he didn’t embezzle money. Your money has been embezzled by the village, it has nothing to do with him or the town. You should trust Secretary Xu, he will ensure justice for you!"
"Bullshit, everything you’re saying is bullshit, completely untrustable!"
"Everyone, don’t believe their nonsense, all these corrupt officials are from the same bowl, Xu Qianli embezzled the meat, surely he threw a bone to Zhang Tao, that’s why he’s speaking for Xu Qianli."
"That guy deserves to die too, everyone give it all you’ve got, we have to kill them today no matter what!"
"Come on, kill, kill them!"
People loudly clamored, inciting the villagers to rush forward and break through Zhang Tao and others, desperately lunging at Xu Qianli.
Zhang Tao and the police were knocked down, beaten mercilessly.
The situation completely spiraled out of control, and just as Xu Qianli was about to be beaten to death by the angry villagers, suddenly eight imposing women appeared in front of him, lined up, overturning all the villagers who got close!
Within a short time, three to four dozen people were knocked down, frightening the others to halt, not daring to advance any further.
All eight were Xu Qianli’s bodyguards, led by Qin Ran who shouted loudly, "Everyone, back off! If you dare to trouble our boss again, we will not let you off easily!"
The eight displayed a formidable presence, instantly subduing the villagers.
Zhang Tao and others seized the opportunity, barely scrambled to their feet, and ran to regroup.
Just as the situation seemed to stabilize, numerous cars arrived, bringing hundreds more people.
More and more villagers gathered, many who inside incited murder and chaos, and more and more villagers kept arriving, surrounding the entire governmental complex outer wall, with many scaling the walls to get inside.
Xu Qianli was surrounded by the furious villagers, at any moment his life could be in danger.
At the same moment, from a window on the third floor of the governmental complex, Si Cheng, the Deputy Secretary of the Qingshan Town Party Committee, was smoking a cigarette, coldly staring at Xu Qianli through the glass.
Xu Qianli, you fool, why come to Qingshan Town and mess up the big plans of over twenty tycoons in the city to divide the natural resources, and even try to develop tourism and real estate, cutting off numerous people’s source of income.
All for securing the highest compensation for these villagers, and actually transferring it to their accounts immediately. Now, well, you’ve really shot yourself in the foot.
Surrounded by so many people, even if you have some police and a few bodyguards, what good would that do, this time you’re definitely done for!
Once you’re gone, the plans from those above can proceed smoothly, the tourism project in Qingshan Town will be utterly ruined, and the massive hidden profits of Qingshan Town will be continuously tapped!
Si Cheng was just waiting, waiting to see Xu Qianli get beaten to death!