"What kind of tricky situation?"
Wang Yu frowned slightly. The matter he had asked Feng Daochun to investigate was the incident where their order for Qinglu Group was intercepted on the road during a previous rush job.
The interception occurred at the border between Sanshan Province and Guǎnjiāng Province, an area with complex geography and human environment. At the time, due to a lack of time and energy to deal with it, Wang Yu had specifically borrowed the steel trains from the Ice Bear Kingdom and transported the goods by rail.
Later, after the fact, Wang Yu had asked Feng Daochun to investigate and handle it.
Generally, such interception incidents were not easy to deal with, which was why Wang Yu had assigned the tactful and shrewd Feng Daochun to handle it. Judging by his current demeanor, he should have already reached a conclusion.
"What's going on? Tell me," Wang Yu instructed Feng Daochun, then glanced at Wu Lingling.
They were still in negotiations. Seeing the veins bulging on those people's foreheads, they were likely infuriated by the terms Wu Lingling had offered. Especially the oldest among them, Du Mosheng, who looked as if he might pass out from anger at any moment, which was quite concerning.
However, despite their anger, no one had flipped the table and walked away, indicating that the terms were still within an acceptable range. Therefore, there was no issue, and they could continue to haggle.
"Mmm, the group who intercepted us is from Ping'an Village on the border of Sanshan Province. Their leader is a middle-aged man named Nie Gaocheng," Feng Daochun whispered to Wang Yu.
"According to our investigation and information gathering, the people who acted were young men and villagers from Ping'an Village, and it seems there's a shadow of the Metallurgy General Plant and Fang Zhongtian behind them. It's very likely he was instigating them!"
Hearing Feng Daochun's words, Wang Yu's brow twitched slightly. Why was that scoundrel Fang Zhongtian everywhere? He was truly omnipresent and a persistent nuisance!
"Have you reported it to the public security bureau?" Wang Yu inquired.
"This... no!" Feng Daochun hesitated before replying, "There's a very tricky problem here. All of those people, including their leader Nie Gaocheng, are disabled!"
"What? Disabled? How could something like this happen!"
Wang Yu was stunned and seemed disbelieving.
"You're saying the people who intercepted and robbed our convoy were disabled? How is that possible!"
A group of normal people were robbed by disabled individuals. Was this some kind of international joke?
Hearing Wang Yu's reaction, Feng Daochun gave a wry smile.
"I didn't believe it at first either, but after I looked into it, I finally understood.
Although they are disabled, not all of them have completely lost their ability to work. For example, their leader Nie Gaocheng is deaf in one ear and blind in one eye, but this does not affect his remaining eye and ear. He can still lift his arm and punch someone, right?
And for example, he has a subordinate with a cleft lip, but that doesn't stop him from being a strong young man who can take on three people."
At this point, Feng Daochun sighed slightly.
"Of course, those who are more like normal people are a minority. The vast majority of them are severely disabled. For example, some have difficulty moving and can only act as lookouts or pass messages... In short, they are all pitiable people!
Because they are from Ping'an Village!"
Ping'an Village!
Upon hearing Feng Daochun's words, Wang Yu immediately understood and sighed helplessly.
Even Han Jun and Brother Hu, who had leaned in to listen to the news, nodded and sighed in unison.
So they were from Ping'an Village... Wang Yu now understood why Feng Daochun hadn't reported it to the public security bureau.
They were aware that Ping'an Village in Sanshan Province was not far from the border of Jiangyang County in their Guǎnjiāng Province.
Historically, it had been a base for various inhumane biochemical experiments by a certain country. Due to these experiments, the water and land around the village were polluted.
As a result, almost everyone in their village, from birth, suffered from severe congenital disabilities. The variety of unimaginable and strange deformities could not simply be described as pitiful!
For example, some people were born deaf, mute, and blind; some had muscular atrophy in their hands and feet, rendering them unable to exert force; and some were naturally dwarfs, less than three feet tall...
"But if there was such severe biochemical pollution, why didn't the villagers leave the village?" Brother Hu interjected, asking.
"In the past, it was due to ignorance. The simple villagers simply didn't understand what biochemical pollution was; they just naively thought they had offended heaven, which was why they were like this," Wang Yu explained helplessly. "And now... it's because they are poor! They are poor, so they can't leave. Anyone with some ability has already fled Ping'an Village. The remaining villagers are those who lack the ability to leave and can only resign themselves to fate!"
"Ah! So, does that mean their descendants will also have various congenital disabilities?" Brother Hu shivered. The feeling of having one's destiny predetermined before birth was simply too terrifying!
"Unless they are willing to abandon their homeland... Even if they have money, they might not leave," Wang Yu shook his head and sighed helplessly. It was the sentiment of attachment to one's hometown, a deep-seated mark ingrained in the hearts of Chinese people!
"In the future, if we have the opportunity, let's try to help them if we can. For now, Old Feng, tell me, how did these people get involved with Fang Zhongtian and their Metallurgy General Plant?"
Wang Yu asked Feng Daochun, looking around cautiously before slowly speaking.
"It's because the Metallurgy General Plant previously hired a large number of villagers from Ping'an Village... they hired them knowing they were disabled."
"Ah? Would those scoundrels be so kind?" Brother Hu was surprised and asked curiously, "With their conscience, which has been eaten by dogs, they wouldn't do such a good deed!"
"Do you even need to ask? There must be a motive!" Han Jun snorted from his nostrils.
"That's exactly right. The Metallurgy General Plant hired so many disabled employees in order to receive government subsidies. There are relevant regulations that provide various preferential treatment and policies for enterprises that employ disabled workers. The Metallurgy General Plant was after these benefits and policies.
Then, after receiving these policy subsidies, they crossed the bridge and burned it, firing them. Not only did they forcibly dismiss them, but they also failed to pay them the wages they had worked for months... Then, at Fang Zhongtian's instigation, they were told that if they wanted to get their wages back, they had to rob us, which led to everything that happened later."
Feng Daochun smiled wryly and then looked at Wang Yu.
"So, Little Factory Manager, if we report it to the public security bureau, it would be unreasonable, and if we let it go, it would be against the law... I, Old Feng, really don't know what to do! Please give us your advice!"
After he finished speaking, everyone's gaze fell on Wang Yu.