Chapter 293 Borrowing Troops
Ning Weidong and others withdrew from the construction site and returned to the car.

Zhao Lichun’s face was gloomy, and Li Yuanchao also looked at Ning Weidong with a gloomy face.

An Ning was a step late. He had just said a few more words to Lao Wang at the scene and got into the driver’s seat.

Wang Yuanping stood outside the car.

“Manager, what should we do now?” An Ning looked anxious. Ning Weidong had just said that everything should be done according to the official policy, but she knew in her heart that that was simply impossible.

What to do in the end, there must be a charter.

“Sister An, don’t be anxious.” Ning Weidong responded. In fact, he was also a little confused: “Let’s sort it out first.”

An Ning was impatient: “How can I not be anxious? There are more than a thousand people on our construction site. Not counting other things, their daily wages are several hundred yuan. Add to that other losses, and we really can’t afford to delay!”

Ning Weidong frowned and turned to look at Zhao Lichun and Li Yuanchao: “Director Li came here with bad intentions today. He went to great lengths to make this happen. There is definitely no hope of getting the formalities done.”

Li Yuanchao said: “I never thought that such a small county could produce so many weird things.”

He had never expected it to be so complicated before he came.

Li Yuanchao has grown up with nothing but some setbacks in the past few years, and everything else has gone smoothly for him. No one dares to make things difficult for him.

This time I found that it is not that easy to accomplish something.

Zhao Lichun was even more serious: “Actually, it’s okay to delay a few days of work, but I’m afraid that old man will come up with a plan to wipe out the whole family!”

Ning Weidong reacted immediately: “You mean… they planted the trees themselves and pulled them out themselves? And then they threw the dirty water on us?”

Zhao Lichun nodded: “It’s not impossible. We must be on guard against him.”

Ning Weidong narrowed his eyes slightly: “In this case, can we take advantage of their trick?”

Zhao Lichun understood what he meant: “Are you talking about arresting people and taking stolen goods?”

“That’s what I mean.” Ning Weidong said in a deep voice: “Director Li didn’t come in person today. I guess he wants to withdraw.”

Zhao Lichun pursed his lips tightly. In fact, his political sense of smell was no worse than Ning Weidong’s.

Only Li Yuanchao was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

It’s not that Li Yuanchao is not smart, it’s just that he doesn’t work in an office.

However, Li Yuanchao was a shrewd man. Although he reacted slowly, he did not show any emotion.

Anyway, he didn’t say anything and no one knew that he didn’t react.

Zhao Lichun said: “Today he is probably just waiting for us to get angry and pull out those saplings.”

Li Yuanchao interjected at the right time: “He will not give up until the conflict arises.”

Zhao Lichun said: “That’s why I’m worried that he will do something drastic.”

Ning Weidong suddenly said, “Brother, can you think of a way to transfer some manpower from Second Uncle? Now is a critical moment. If we want to take advantage of the situation, we must have someone on our side.”

Zhao Lichun sighed, feeling a little embarrassed: “I’ll try my best to find a solution, but…”

Ning Weidong nodded but didn’t say anything further.

If there is hope, Zhao Lichun wants to win this game more than he does.

However, Ning Weidong did not pin all his hopes on this.

……

That evening, in Director Li’s office.

Director Li did not go home after get off work. He drank pot after pot of tea in the office and had gone to the toilet several times.

I looked at my watch and it was almost ten o’clock.

At this time Li Xiaoming came in from outside and called out “Second Uncle”.

Director Li looked up, put down the teacup in his hand and asked, “Is everything arranged?”

Li Xiaoming chuckled and said, “Don’t worry. We’ll have the Forestry Bureau go through the formalities tomorrow morning, and then we can report to the city.”

Director Li nodded. It was the first time he felt that his nephew was reliable.

But at this moment, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

Director Li was stunned and wondered who would call his office at this time.

He reached out and picked it up and said “Hello”.

His wife’s anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: “Lao Li, Lao Zhang called home just now…”

Director Li was stunned. Lao Zhang was his comrade-in-arms and served as deputy commissioner of the provincial coast guard.

Director Li hurriedly asked what was going on.

The person on the phone said, “Lao Zhang asked if there was any situation on our side. Tonight, a platoon of soldiers were suddenly withdrawn from their team, saying that they were on a mission and it seemed like they were coming for us.”

Director Li was startled and waited for two seconds before saying, “Xiao Ming! Go quickly and call everyone back!”

Li Xiaoming still didn’t understand what was going on and just stood there in a daze.

Director Li raised his leg and kicked him: “What are you standing there for? Go quickly!”

Li Xiaoming finally reacted and quickly responded.

……

On the other side, in a simple house near the construction site.

Ning Weidong, Zhao Lichun and Li Yuanchao are all here.

During the day, Zhao Lichun called Beijing, and in the afternoon, people from the Coast Guard Headquarters moved.

Ning Weidong raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already ten twenty.

It’s about time that Director Li takes some action.

Just at this moment, An Ning came in from outside, panting and saying, “They’re here!”

The three people in the room perked up.

Ning Weidong asked hurriedly: “Where are we?”

An Ning said: “Behind the small mound in the north.”

Before leveling the land, a lot of earth was pushed out and piled on the north side to form a small mound about five or six meters high, which served as a shelter.

Zhao Lichun at the side also asked hurriedly: “How many people are there?” An Ning said: “Probably more than 200. It’s too dark to see clearly.”

Ning Weidong pursed his lips and said to Zhao Lichun, “Brother, you go and keep an eye on them. Let our people get ready and move out as soon as they come in and start destroying the saplings.”

“Don’t worry, none of them can escape tonight.” Zhao Lichun was full of confidence, his eyes shining.

If he could make things happen this time, he would have completely turned the situation around in the county. Although he wouldn’t be able to overthrow Director Li in one go, he could at least make the other party wary and let more people see that he was not just a figurehead and that he could firmly establish himself as the second-in-command.

However, before Zhao Lichun could walk out, someone else rushed in and almost bumped into him.

Zhao Lichun cried out “Hey” and moved to the side, only to see a young man who was in a panic.

Ning Weidong felt that the person looked familiar; it was someone close to An Ning.

When An Ning saw this, her heart tightened and she asked hurriedly, “What’s wrong?”
When she came back just now, she asked someone to continue watching outside, but now she breaks in. Something must have changed.

The young man swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: “They ran away!”

In an instant, everyone in the room was stunned.

Why are the talented people running away just when they are in place?
Just kidding!
The young man hurriedly said, “Manager An, they just withdrew after you left. What happened?”

An Ning looked at Ning Weidong in confusion.

Zhao Lichun also looked over: “Weidong, what should we do now? Should we take action?”

Ning Weidong thought for two seconds and said in a deep voice: “The situation is unclear, wait a moment.”

Li Yuanchao hesitated and asked, “Could it be that they heard some news over there?”

Ning Weidong didn’t respond, but Zhao Lichun looked unhappy.

This time, he finally managed to transfer some help from his second uncle, but if they come back empty-handed, all his efforts will be in vain.

But Ning Weidong was right. The current situation is unclear and we must avoid acting rashly.

As for the news leaking out, it is not impossible.

Although he had given many instructions for “borrowing troops” this time, he had to try his best to conceal his tracks.

But there is no wall that is impenetrable, let alone in Handong.

Ning Weidong was also quite depressed, as he had the opportunity to hold something against Director Li this time.

Gritting his teeth, he said, “Let’s go and take a look~”

Several people came out of the house and went behind the small mound with flashlights.

With a few flashlights, a mess of footprints and a lot of cigarette butts were immediately revealed.

This shows that quite a few people stayed here not long ago, but now the place is empty.

Ning Weidong gritted his teeth secretly.

At the same time, several people in green military uniforms came over to inquire about the situation.

Zhao Lichun explained the situation to several people.

Ning Weidong took out a cigarette and handed it to Li Yuanchao: “What a fool.”

Li Yuanchao knew that he was referring to Director Li, so he asked, “What should we do now? How about we just do a transplant? Take the opportunity to pull out these trees?”

Ning Weidong shook his head: “No, if we don’t catch them, we won’t be able to prove the truth and they will easily bite us back.”

“What should I do?” Li Yuanchao felt difficult. It was the first time in his life that he encountered such a complicated and unfavorable situation. Nothing would work. He was tied up in his hands and feet.

To put it bluntly, they are used to fighting in a favorable situation and are not used to facing an unfavorable situation.

Ning Weidong was not too impatient: “It doesn’t matter. We didn’t catch the fox’s tail this time. We will take it step by step. These saplings must be pulled out, but we can’t do it ourselves.”

……

At the same time, the county government office.

Director Li’s face looked uglier than ever. It was the first time he felt threatened since the beating of Zhao Lichun.

If Li Xiaoming and his men were caught red-handed on the construction site tonight, Zhao Lichun would definitely be able to make a big deal out of it.

Director Li took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

I calculated the time silently in my mind and thought that I should be able to make it in time.

Just at this moment, the door was pushed open and Li Xiaoming came in from outside.

Director Li immediately asked, “How is it?”

Li Xiaoming was stunned. It was the first time in his life that he saw his second uncle being so impatient.

He didn’t dare to keep it a secret and said quickly, “They have already withdrawn.”

Director Li breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s good that they’ve withdrawn, it’s good that they’ve withdrawn.”

Li Xiaoming was still a little confused and asked, “Uncle, who called just now and what happened?”

Director Li didn’t want to explain at first, but he was afraid that his nephew wouldn’t understand and might cause other trouble, so he gave a brief explanation.

Li Xiaoming was surprised: “The coast guard is here? Didn’t they say that the Zhao family didn’t have Handong?”

Director Li said, “A row of people, just one phone call.”

Li Xiaoming worriedly asked, “Uncle, if these people come…will they stay here for a long time?”

“This…” Director Li groaned, “It shouldn’t be the case, but staying for ten days or eight days in the name of training is not out of the ordinary.”

Li Xiaoming said, “Tsk, that construction site…”

Director Li waved his hand and said, “I hope they can just come and force it.”

……

At the same time, Ning Weidong and others returned to the guesthouse from the construction site.

After all this trouble, it was already midnight.

Except for Ning Weidong, everyone else looked tired.

The two sides fought in the air for half the night.

But this was not the time to rest. Zhao Lichun and Li Yuanchao were both curious about how Ning Weidong planned to break the impasse next.

(End of this chapter)