Chapter 57: So Poor That The Pot Can't Be Opened!

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  After three gunshots... Liu Binghua had already jumped onto the police car!

  At the critical moment, Liu Bihua took decisive action! He's not a fool... Being beaten like that by others is nothing? If he sacrificed himself like this, he wouldn't even be considered a martyr! So, he decisively fired his gun! The gun in his hand wasn't just for show! Scaring the ordinary people would be okay, right?

  As expected, the on-site civilians were all shocked by the gunfire! The gun barrel is where power comes from... In our country, guns represent rights! The civilians still have some awe for guns!

  Liu Bihua stood on top of the police car and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, please quiet down for a moment!" Liu Bihua was speaking in the local dialect of the Hanjiang Economic Special Zone! The dialect here is very difficult to learn, fortunately Liu Bihua had learned it after two lifetimes as a human being!

  Here in the Hanjiang Economic Special Zone, there is a strange habit - exclusion! If you can't speak the local dialect, then you are an outsider! As long as you are an outsider, you will be excluded and attacked!

  Among the crowd... several leaders communicated with each other: "Hey, didn't we mistake? I heard that the new police station chief is from another province! How can he speak local dialect?"

  "Who knows... the Public Security Bureau, my relatives gave me a photo... is this Liu Bihua in front of us? Take a look, don't move for now, listen to what he has to say." Now those few leading brothers also hesitated.

  Liu Bihua knew that as long as he spoke the local dialect, his personal safety would be guaranteed! The ordinary people of Hanjiang Economic Special Zone generally wouldn't make things difficult for cadres who speak the local dialect. This was also a convention!

  The police officers at the station finally breathed a sigh of relief! Who would have thought that their captain could speak the local dialect! That made things much easier! The old captain used to rely on being a local and speaking the local dialect to resolve one incident after another.

  Liu Bihua put away the pistol... then said loudly: "Fellow villagers, our police station is only responsible for cracking down on crime and maintaining social order! How could we possibly be involved in digging up ancestral graves? You can't believe rumors! Besides, building a warehouse... requisitioning land... didn't the government provide compensation? Why are you still making trouble... it's unreasonable!"

  The leader among the locals said: "You're the new deputy director of the police station, Liu Bihua? Aren't you from another province? How come you can speak our local dialect?"

  Liu Bihua's eyes rolled and said: "My parents are locals! They went out to be soldiers in other provinces, now I'm back in my hometown... Are they outsiders? Is there such a reason?"

  "Ah...... So that's how it is! That's one of us then......" The common people soon recognized Liu Bihua as "one of their own".

  The big brother shook his head... Knowing that it's impossible to mess with Liu Bihua today! Liu Bihua's local identity is a protective charm! But, we have to stir up some trouble anyway?

  "The government owes us money... We voluntarily asking for it is not against the law... Why are you, the police station, coming out to block us?" The leading brother decided not to let go of the opportunity to make things difficult for Liu Bihua.

  Knowing that his safety was no longer a problem... Liu Binghua felt much more relaxed! The body is the capital of revolution, if one is beaten for no reason... then all grand ideals and heroic words are empty! One is not a superhero or a great hero, thinking of ways to resolve the issue without paying the price is the best strategy!

  Coughing, Liu Binhua said: "Fellow villagers, the government has decided to build a free trade zone, which is beneficial to everyone! Why don't you understand? Think about it, Hanjiang Economic Special Zone is one of the few economic special zones in the country! In the future, our economic development speed will be the fastest! As long as the economy develops, everyone will become rich! I know fellow villagers are reluctant to give up their land... But the land for our free trade zone in your hands is just farmland! Or it's barren land for grazing cattle and sheep! These lands are worthless to you! They have no value at all!

  However, the bonded area takes out these lands to build warehouses, factories, companies... and do business with foreigners... These lands can increase their value by hundreds of times! Can bring a lot of money to our country! Is there anything wrong with that? The country is rich and the people are strong... I think everyone knows this truth, right? As for your delayed land compensation payment... It's because the foreigner's money hasn't been given to our bonded area government yet! Our bonded area government can't even pay the salaries of its employees now! Everyone is poor now! Why are the employees poor? What makes them not have a salary... and still work hard to build the bonded area? Isn't it just for you ordinary people to live a happy and stable life?

  "What have you done? You're causing trouble! The cadres are trying to make you rich, they want the free trade zone to prosper... but you're causing trouble! You don't want to get rich yourselves. Are there any stupider people than you under heaven?"

  Liu Bihua knew that the bonded area's finances were quite tight during this period... and indeed, wages couldn't be paid, the police station hadn't paid wages for over two months... so Liu Bihua decided to make an article out of this! If he could turn a bad thing into a good one... that would be even better!

  Liu Bihua did not know that when he said this, a middle-aged man in the distant crowd was looking at him with an appreciative gaze. This person is Chen Youchao, the deputy director of the Free Trade Zone Management Committee! Chen Youchao has been working in the Free Trade Zone for a short time and specializes in handling mass incidents and petitions. Today, he received a report from the police station in the Free Trade Zone, saying that 500 or 600 people gathered to make trouble... He was dizzy! When such an incident occurs, the government should come out to take a look, right? But Chen Mintian, the director of the Free Trade Zone, would not show up at all... So he had no choice but to put on a brave face and go himself!

  When Chen Youchao arrived at the scene, he felt that things were going to be difficult! This time, the common people seemed to have made up their minds! They looked determined and unwilling to give up... When the crowd started attacking Liu Bihua, Chen Youchao was anxious but unable to intervene. Before he could think of a solution, Liu Bihua suddenly fired his gun, shocking the crowd, then jumped onto the police car and gave a passionate speech. It seemed that the situation had been temporarily brought under control! Liu Bihua's actions left Chen Youchao in awe.

  What Chen Youchao admired the most was that Liu Bihua actually used "the government department cannot pay salaries" as a trick to gain sympathy! How come others didn't think of this?

  I heard that the government department is so poor that it can't even afford to open a pot... The onlookers started whispering among themselves! If these officials really want to make the free trade zone prosperous, if they really want the common people to become rich... then isn't what they're doing now unjustifiable?

  One of them, a burly man, said indifferently: "Who believes what you say? You officials are all corrupt and embezzling... Can't even pay wages on time?"

  "Everyone can go and investigate if you don't believe me! What I just said is the truth! As a human being, one must have a conscience! The bonded zone government is so poor that it can't even afford to open its doors... yet it's wholeheartedly serving the people, wholeheartedly developing the bonded zone, and wholeheartedly wanting you common folks to get rich... does everyone think we're doing this with a clear conscience?"

  The common people immediately started discussing and gossiping... It seems that a considerable number of people think they have made too much trouble! The government is not easy to deal with... They are so poor after all!

  At this time, the leader said: "As long as you can prove that the government department really cannot pay wages... we will not make trouble!"

  As soon as the words fell... several public security police officers from the police station immediately shouted loudly: "We can prove it! We haven't paid wages for three months! So poor that we don't even have money to buy cigarettes!"

  The leader of the group shook his head and said: "Your police station's proof doesn't count! You're all just looking out for each other!"

  Liu Bihua and the public security police at the police station were at a loss for words... But what they said made sense. The personnel at the police station proved that the director of the police station was unfair and unjust!

  "I! I'm here to testify!" A man pushed through the crowd and came before Liu Bihua.

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