Rural Mad Doctor

Chapter 371 Going to Dongcun to Buy a Mountain

Shi Kai was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was drinking alone at home at the moment.

The village representative meeting has just finished.

The representatives were envious when they heard that Hetang Village to the west was running a food factory and doing agricultural planting, and that the villagers' incomes had increased.

Yesterday, four villagers went to the city together to buy an air conditioner. They all work at the planting base.

No household in Shiling Village has air conditioning!

When I get hot, I have to fan myself with a palm leaf fan under the tree roots. My electric fan broke down a few days ago.

During the meeting just now, Cao Erdan was mentioned, and everyone felt a mix of envy and jealousy.

Even the old rogue Shi Dabang wanted to find someone to beat up Cao Erdan, saying that without him, Hetang Village would never surpass Shiling Village.

Surprisingly, there were actually a few people who agreed!

Shi Kai is an upright man.

He knew that the reason his village was not as good as Hetang Village was that the villagers had no sideline businesses.

How can one become rich by simply farming, with only half the year off?

If everyone had a side hustle to support them, their income would be much higher.

But what can you do? Mushrooms and wood ear fungus can't grow on a barren mountain, and even grass won't grow there.

Just then, Cao Erdan came in.

Shi Kai was stunned. He couldn't believe that the little blind boy from before was the same bright and energetic young man in front of him.

"Yes, village chief. I am Cao Erdan."

Cao Erdan got straight to the point.

Upon hearing his purpose, Shi Kai shook his head.

"Erdan, I know you have some money now, but... I'm not looking down on you, but quarrying isn't something just anyone can do!"

Cao Erdan smiled:

"Then tell me, what kind of people did it?"

Shi Kai counted on his fingers and said:

"Even blasting rocks requires obtaining a mining right from the Land and Resources Bureau, and then submitting an application to the Safety Supervision Bureau."

"The county safety supervision bureau will submit the report to the municipal safety supervision bureau's administrative service hall, and revisions will be made after experts from the city and county have reviewed and provided their opinions."

The Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau will approve the project. Then, a qualified construction company will proceed with construction according to the report.

"After the construction is completed, we will apply for expert acceptance. Once the acceptance is passed, a 'Safety Production License' can be issued."

"Even if you pass all the tests, without connections, it will probably take a year and a half to complete this process."

Then look at Cao Erdan:

"I meant they all passed, but it's okay, they usually don't pass."

Cao Erdan smiled slightly:

"Whether it's the city or the county, you don't need to worry about that. I just want to know, what's your village's opinion?"

Shi Kai saw that Cao Erdan looked wealthy and powerful.

I didn't dare to show off in front of him.

"This isn't something I can decide on my own; it has to be decided by a meeting of all the village representatives!"

"Then start now, I'll go with you, and we'll solve any problems on the spot."

Shi Kai smiled wryly:

"You won't get any benefit from going. Some of the village representatives have bad tempers, and if they don't know you, it could easily lead to conflict!"

Cao Erdan was somewhat unhappy:

"I heard that the village chief of Shiling Village is a straightforward and decisive man. Why are you so slow and indecisive? Just hold a meeting and that's it. I've already said that I'll handle everything myself. What are you afraid of?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Kai also turned sour.

"You chose to participate yourself, so don't blame me if you lose face!"

Every time there was a meeting, many village representatives would criticize Cao Erdan for being pretentious, and some even wanted to beat him up. So Shi Kai's decision not to let Cao Erdan participate was for his own good.

But seeing that Cao Erdan insisted on participating, we decided to take him with us.

If a fight really breaks out, I'll have to keep them in check.

This young man is said to be quite good at fighting, but since it's only because the people in his village praise him, there's an element of boasting involved.

He had personally witnessed the stone stick from his own village.

Shi Dabang got into a fight with someone in the town's vegetable market years ago, and he used a big stick to hit people from the east side of the market to the west side.

He took down more than a dozen thugs, which is why he was nicknamed "Big Stick Shi".

Shi Kai witnessed his might firsthand back then.

Although Shi Dabang is now in his forties, his temper remains as strong as ever.

It is said that a tough guy named Cao Erdan came from Xicun and beat up both the village chief and his brother Bi Hu. Shi Dabang was the first to disagree.

He always says he'll give Cao Erdan a good beating sometime and let everyone see.

……

Within ten minutes, the village committee office of Shiling Village was full of people again.

We just finished a meeting, and then I called everyone back. Those with bad tempers started swearing and cursing.

"Shi Kai, what are you doing messing around with all this time? Meeting after meeting, are you going to feed us?"

"Little Kai, are you bored? Can't you just say everything at once?"

This time, Shi Dabang seemed very patient:

"Stop arguing! Maybe Kai has some new ideas that will help us make money!"

Shi Kai nodded:

"Big Stick, you're absolutely right! It's true! If we open a quarry in the back mountains, all the villagers can work there, which will increase their income and boost the economy!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Dabangzi immediately became excited:

“Great! I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. This barren mountain has nothing but rocks, but everyone says there’s iron ore underneath. If we blast the mountain flat, we could mine iron ore! But who’s going to pay for that?”

An old man with a white beard, stroking his long beard, said:

“A quarry not only needs the relevant permits, professional management and technical personnel, but also a lot of equipment.”

Examples include drilling machines, rock drills, rock grabbers, tunneling machines, as well as crushers, fine crushers, dryers, feeders, etc.

These fixed facilities are not all; there also need to be loaders, excavators, and heavy-duty trucks for transportation.

"Getting all this equipment will cost at least tens of millions..."

The person who was initially in high spirits suddenly seemed to have been doused with cold water.

Even if the whole village sold everything they owned, they still couldn't scrape together ten million.

Not to mention tens of millions.

At this moment, Shi Kai pointed at Cao Erdan:

"This young man is willing to pay this much money. If he were to become the boss and start mining, he would prioritize hiring people from our village! Moreover, he would also receive payment for leasing the entire mountain!"

Everyone looked at Cao Erdan at the same time.

Just now, Cao Erdan sat silently behind Shi Kai, and most people assumed that he was the child that Shi Kai had brought.

I didn't take him seriously.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but show a surprised expression when Shi Kai said that.

None of the delegates were young, and none of them knew Cao Erdan.

Shi Dabangzi frowned:

Who is he?

Cao Erdan stood up and smiled:

"My name is Cao Erdan, from Hetang Village!"

In short, it's like throwing a stone into a cesspool.

"boom"

It's like stirring up a swarm of flies.

Some of these people whispered to each other, some talked to themselves, and some directly questioned Cao Erdan.

"You want to lease the whole mountain? What gives you the right to lease the whole mountain in our Shiling Village? Do you think it's your village's sunny slope that you can just lease as you please?"

"No way, I won't give this contract to you, no matter who else I'm offering it to!"

"How much are you willing to pay for the package?"

"No matter how much money they offer, we won't contract him. We people from Shiling Village won't work for people from Hetang Village!"

The two villages are about ten miles apart, but I never expected the people here to be so hostile.

This is caused by jealousy.

Shiling Village used to be better than Hetang Village, so it looked down on Hetang Village.

Suddenly, Cao Erdan appeared in Hetang Village and led everyone to prosperity.

Suddenly, the GDP of Hetang Village was higher than that of Shiling Village, and many villagers began to dislike the people of Hetang Village.

Cao Erdan remained silent, waiting for these people to argue for a while.

Shi Kai remained silent, staring at Cao Erdan.

I thought to myself, "I told you not to come, but you insisted. Let's see how you get out of this door!"