Chapter Eighty-Seven: A Hard Collision

  The villagers around saw the middle-aged man walking over and all retreated to one side to give way, while greeting him with their mouths: "Village chief is good, village chief is good......" It turned out that this middle-aged man was a famous entrepreneur in Gu Hong County and also the village chief of Linjiazhuang - Lin Wanlin.

  Lin Wanlin walked up to Liu Li, smiled and extended his right hand for a handshake: "Director Liu, I presume? I'm Lin Wanlin. I've heard that Director Liu has taken office in our Daxing Town, but we haven't had the chance to meet until now. I've arranged a table for lunch today to welcome you, and I'd like to invite Secretary Gao from the town and Mayor Pan to join us. Would you do me the honor of attending?"

  "Village Chief Lin is being too polite, since that's the case, I'll just have to obey humbly." After finishing speaking, Liu Li put away his gun and shouted at Wu Fei and the others standing beside him: "What are you still dazing around for? Load the goods onto the truck! Village Chief Lin is treating us to lunch today, after we finish loading these private goods, we'll go eat!"

  "No... isn't it... Liu Suo, didn't you just agree to have dinner with us? How can you still cancel on us?" Lin Wanlin looked at Liu Li in surprise.

  "I agreed to have dinner together, but what does this meal have to do with seizing goods? These two things are separate, who says having dinner means not seizing these private goods?" After finishing speaking, Liu Li continued to direct the three people to load the private goods onto the police car.

  Lin Wanlin's face flashed with a hint of gloom: "Is Director Liu teasing me? Since you're pretending to be stupid, I won't be polite either. With me here, you can't take away these firecrackers even if you want to. I'm a representative of the Municipal People's Congress, are you daring to point a gun at me?"

  "I don't care about your identity, but I do care about your behavior. If you haven't broken the law, even if you're just an ordinary citizen, I wouldn't dare to do anything to you. But if you have broken the law, your current status may not be able to protect you."

  As soon as the words fell, Liu Li saw that Wu Fei and others did not dare to load private goods on the police car. He came to a big red box next to him, and found no inspection label from the Administration for Market Regulation, nor any explanation, it was obviously private goods.

  Liu Li didn't care about Lin Wanlin's expression, and started shoving the seized fireworks into the police car. At the same time, he scolded, "What are you three staring at? Load them up!"

  Lin Wanlin saw Liu Li continuously moving things into the police car, while the villagers were all staring at him. After gazing at Liu Li for a moment, he instructed a nearby merchant: "Go, call Old Three and have him come here right away."

  More than ten minutes later, Lin Wanmu drove the police car to Linjiazhuang. At this time, Liu Li and others had already loaded a full load of private goods into the police car. Seeing the fireworks in the police car, Lin Wanmu came to Liu Li's side: "Liu Suo, what's going on?"

  "Aren't you busy in the textile mill? You were asked to come earlier but said you didn't have time, how are you free now?"

  Then Liu Liming knew the truth and asked, "What's going on? Can't you see that these are all private goods that need to be confiscated? You came just in time. There are over a hundred boxes of fireworks inside. Let's load them onto the police car together."

  "Wu Fei, Xiao Tian, and Xiao Li, the three of you don't move for now." After stopping Wu Fei and the others, Lin Wanmu pulled Liu Li aside: "Liu Suo, in front of so many elders and villagers, give me some face. After this matter is over, my second brother, my eldest brother, and I will definitely be grateful to you."

  "Deputy Director Lin, I will definitely give you face, but not from here." After saying this, Liu Li looked at Lin Wanmu with a serious expression: "You take a look yourself, these merchants have hoarded more than 200 boxes of unlicensed fireworks."

  "If these fireworks and firecrackers were to have an accident, not only would their own lives be in danger, but also the nearby shops would suffer along with them. If they were to explode, who could bear the subsequent responsibility?"

  "Isn't this a matter of no firecrackers? Liu Suo, I beg of you, in front of so many seniors and fellow villagers, give me some face and first unload these private goods from the car. As for the problem of this store selling and peddling private goods, I guarantee to give you an answer. Let's make them pay a fine, heavily, what do you say?" Lin Wanmu pleaded.

  Seeing Liu Li unmoved, Lin Wanmu wanted to say a couple more sentences, but just then Lin Wansen cut him off: "Forget it, Old Three, don't say any more. Haven't you realized yet? This Director Liu doesn't take you, his deputy director, seriously."

  After a pause, Lin Wanlin shifted his gaze to Liu Li: "Director Liu, we have a saying in China that goes like this: 'When drinking water, don't forget the person who dug the well.' Another saying is: 'One must know how to repay kindness.'"

  I won't bother you about the small amount of money I usually donate to your police station. Let's just talk about one account. When your police station was building an office building before, the funds were relatively lacking, and the former director of the police station, Li Shan, came to me.

  He said that there was a funding gap of 2.5 million yuan for the construction of the police station office building, and hoped that I would sponsor some funds. At that time, I didn't say a word and allocated 3 million yuan to support you. This time, you built an office building, now you are living in a three-story small building, have you forgotten about what happened back then?

  "Is there such a thing? I don't know?" Liu Li pretended to be stupid and looked around, then said: "Village Chief Lin, you just said that the person who asked for sponsorship from you at first was Li Shan, the director of the household registration department. Now he is the head of the department, you can go to the household registration department to find him and ask him to return the money."

  After hearing this, Lin Wanlin shook his head: "I won't go find Li Kechang, I'll just find you guys. Who made you live in the police station building now? If you insist on seizing the fireworks and firecrackers here, then return the funds I sponsored back to me."

  "Haha... Sorry, I've confiscated these private goods. As for that sum of money? I really have no idea about it. If you insist on asking for the money back, I suggest you take us to court."

  "If you win the lawsuit, I will take the court's judgment to the county bureau and ask Director Yu to have the finance department reimburse you. Before that, please do not interfere with our law enforcement."

  After saying this, Liu Li asked Wu Fei to drive the van full of private goods back to the police station, and at the same time, think of a way to call in a double-row truck, because there were too many private goods here, and the police car alone couldn't transport them all.

  Just as he was saying that, Liu Li's mobile phone suddenly rang. After taking a look at the caller ID, Liu Li slightly furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before pressing the answer button: "Hello... Deputy Director Lin, hello, what instructions do you have?"

  The Son of Tianhe River