Free Web NovelChapter 2127: Chapter 2087: Bought
Since ancient times, local clan forces have always been very powerful, which is also why things were so strictly controlled in this regard back then. Compared to the past, local clan forces are much more scattered now.
Only in the Jiangnan area are local clan forces still relatively strong, belonging to a more united type.
However, now that one after another of the Zhu Family Grave descendants’ connections in officialdom have run into trouble, it has left those descendants of the Zhu Family Grave and others somewhat unable to believe it.
In this environment, if you want to keep yourself completely clean, it’s actually really quite difficult.
But now news has come out that the descendants of the Zhu Family Grave are actually planning to spend two hundred million to buy up a large stretch of mountain land to lavishly bury their ancestral grave, which makes many people feel that those Zhu Family Grave descendants who became officials must have embezzled a lot of money, otherwise how could they possibly have that much?
Nobody expected that something would blow up this fast.
Ye Qiu returned to Ye Family Village to check on the current state of the road construction.
Because work was going on day and night, with more than a dozen bulldozers and excavators operating, the road from Ye Family Village to the Longkou side had already been cleared to a width of over ten meters. It would be built into a four-lane road, looking no worse than those ordinary national highways.
And trees would be planted in the middle and on both sides of the road.
Of course, these things couldn’t possibly be done in just a few days.
Right now the main task was to get Ye Qiu’s grandfather’s grave built properly.
So at the moment, inside Longkou, more than a hundred people were doing earthworks and building the tomb, following the standards used to construct an Imperial Mausoleum.
Ye Qiu had even asked his father to go buy many burial accompaniments and bring them back.
Back when the family was poor, his grandparents’ burial items might have been just some clay jars and such, basically worthless.
But now it was different. Ye Qiu had his grandfather buy many valuable things to serve as burial goods for his grandfather.
"Ye Qiu, what if someone comes to rob the grave?" Ye Weidong said.
After all, grave robbers were so rampant these days.
"Rob the grave? Whoever dares, let them go down there and keep my grandpa company."
Since Ye Qiu was doing things this way, he would certainly have the village assign people to watch over the grave.
"We’ll hire people from the village to keep watch, three thousand yuan a month in wages."
Three thousand yuan a month?
Plenty of people would be willing to do that.
"I’ll discuss this with Third Uncle and the others then."
Now even Ye Weidong found it strange; Ye Qiu seemed to be making things bigger and bigger, which didn’t feel like Ye Qiu’s usual low‑key style at all.
Still, Ye Weidong didn’t ask.
Anyway, this time, he felt it was worth it.
After checking the situation at the grave, when Ye Qiu headed back to the village, he unexpectedly found that Village Chief Ye had come over again.
And now, the way Village Chief Ye looked at Ye Qiu carried a lot more fear and respect.
"Ye Qiu, those village cadres have come again."
"Are they trying to make trouble for me?"
"Of course not, they definitely wouldn’t dare."
"Then let’s go take a look."
Ye Qiu followed Village Chief Ye over.
Sure enough, it was still the village chiefs from nearby villages, the village cadre representatives, and the heads and representatives from the forestry farm. They had all heard that it wasn’t just that the Zhu Family Grave had been blown up—on top of that, the descendants of the Zhu Family Grave in officialdom all seemed to have gotten into trouble.
Originally they’d also heard that yesterday Ye Qiu had been taken to the county detention center and beaten badly. They hadn’t expected that after just one night, all those officials in officialdom who were descendants of the Zhu Family Grave would already have been taken down.
Even that Deputy Director Zhu at the police station had been taken away.
At this point, those people already understood Ye Qiu’s capabilities; who would still dare provoke this young man?
Now, even if Ye Qiu really took over that stretch of mountain land at Longkou, they probably wouldn’t have anything to say.
After Ye Qiu sat down, he asked, "What do you want with me?"
"Mr. Ye, regarding that stretch of mountain land at Longkou, we can still negotiate the price."
"Didn’t I say I wouldn’t give a single cent?"
But?
The faces of those village cadres turned ugly all at once.
Because a few days ago, they had told the villagers that once they sold that piece of land, each household would be able to get several hundred thousand. They hadn’t expected that now, all of a sudden, there wouldn’t be a single cent. What were they supposed to do then?
"We were somewhat in the wrong on this matter," one village cadre said.
"Then I’ll buy the whole thing for ten million. From now on, that land at Longkong will have nothing to do with you or your descendants, and without the permission of the Ye Family, no one from your villages can bury their dead there in the future. If you think that’s acceptable, go back now, talk it over with the villagers, have them sign and stamp their fingerprints, then bring it over. I’ll transfer the ten million to you."
No connection for generations to come?
That meant Ye Qiu was going to buy it outright.
Once it was bought, it would indeed belong to the Ye Family, with no further relation to anyone else.
"Alright, we’ll go back."
As those village cadres were leaving, Ye Qiu turned to Village Chief Ye and said, "Chief, I’ll have to trouble you with this. I need you to help me handle it properly."
"Ye Qiu, no problem."
Village Chief Ye said.
Ye Qiu then left the village committee office.
Back at Third Uncle’s place, Ye Weidong wasn’t there, but Chen Fang and the others were. When they heard that Ye Qiu had already decided to buy up that whole area and was spending ten million, Third Uncle and the other cousins’ families really hadn’t expected that Ye Qiu wasn’t joking.
By lunchtime, there were nearly a hundred tables of people eating together again.
After the meal, when there was nothing in particular to do for the moment, Ye Qiu knew there was only one matter left unresolved.
However, for now Ye Qiu planned to take Liu Lingxiu and the others, as well as Luo Yang and his group, to look around the nearby area.
Aside from Mount Huang, Huizhou’s other Huizhou‑style buildings were almost integrated into the local scenery, and the rural villages here really were very beautiful and distinctive.
The scenery in Ye Family Village counted as pretty good too; it just hadn’t been developed.
Ye Qiu and Luo Yang drove off, planning to look around nearby and come back in the evening.
Now Ye Qiu and Song Ying were driving, and Liu Lingxiu, Li Qianqian, Lin Xiang, Li Qianqian’s two girlfriends, plus Xia Tiantian, Ling Fei and the others had all come out.
"Ye Qiu, look at all those rapeseed flowers, they’re so beautiful!"
The rapeseed flowers in October covered all the fields and the mountainsides; looking out over them, it really was very beautiful.
Over these past days, the business with the Zhu Family Grave had left Ye Qiu in a foul mood. Coming out here now to get some air really felt good.
He parked the car by the roadside and got out, planning to stroll around with these young ladies.
"Ye Qiu, I didn’t expect your hometown to be this pretty!" Liu Lingxiu said.
Is this place pretty?
It really was quite nice.
The pastoral mountain scenery of Huizhou was like something out of a poem or painting.
Of course, those who knew Ye Qiu’s true background all knew that his real hometown was actually in Capital City; it was just that Ye Qiu refused to acknowledge it.
"I want to take pictures," Xia Tiantian said.
As Xia Tiantian pulled Ling Fei and the others over to take photos, Lin Xiang and the rest followed along as well.
