Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1089 - 576: Be prepared on both hands, both must be tough!

Chapter 1089: Chapter 576: Be prepared on both hands, both must be tough!

In Little Town, a group of locals had Mary Powell and a dozen team members surrounded with no way out.

"Translator Powell, what are they shouting?" Squad Leader Rainee Thomson, holding a gun, had everyone backed up against the wall. She watched the crowd warily while asking Mary Powell.

"They’re saying we should get lost and return the land to them," Mary Powell was extremely scared, looking at the villagers wielding batons with ill intent. She feared for herself and the team members getting overwhelmed by these people.

"Don’t be afraid, Translator Powell," Rainee Thomson was not scared at all and comforted Mary, "Our boss made it clear when he came that safety is our top priority! As long as these people dare to take action, we will definitely shoot!

Once a gunshot is heard, they won’t have the courage to confront us anymore!"

As she spoke, Mary looked at the automatic rifles in their hands, and her courage grew. She shouted at the villagers:

"The land here was bought by our boss. Our boss said, as long as you are willing to work, he will hire you to labor in the fields! The wages you’ll get will definitely not be lower than before..."

"He’s talking nonsense!" Someone in the crowd incited, "Those Japanese people said when they left that they didn’t want these lands anymore, and they belonged to us now! Whoever occupies the land, it is theirs! Those who come wanting the land are swindlers!"

"Right, swindlers!"

"Kill them!"

"We can’t let them deceive us!"

Under the instigation of those with agendas, the villagers holding agricultural tools inched closer and closer—Mary was truly terrified!

"Don’t be provoked by those with ulterior motives; they must have been paid off!" Mary looked at several dodgy and smug figures in the crowd, had a flash of inspiration, and immediately shouted:

"They don’t want you to work and earn money; they have unspeakable goals! We’ve already shown the paperwork to the Mayor, these lands were sold to us by the Japanese at a high price! The Japanese want you to fight with us, they are not good people..."

Mary’s words made many villagers hesitate.

Their nature was actually quite kind. Once land was sold, it belonged to someone else naturally. As long as they are willing to work, they could still earn enough money to feed themselves.

However, now with the enticement of free land, who wouldn’t want to take back what was originally theirs?

"Don’t listen to him!" Someone in the crowd, realizing Mary had seen through their scheme, immediately shouted in objection, "They just don’t want you to reclaim your land, they want to exploit you. We must be united; they don’t dare to shoot..."

"Bang!" Before he could finish speaking, Rainee Thomson shot him in the arm!

"Ouch!"

That person, along with the group, did not expect Rainee to suddenly shoot.

They thought the guns were just for show. Driven by those few, they also forgot the danger of guns.

Now that a shot had been fired, the crowd realized that guns could truly harm people!

"We’ve already discussed with your Mayor; we will cultivate these lands! We will also hire locals! Don’t be used by those with ulterior motives! We’re informing you now, if you continue to make trouble, once the military police are dispatched, you will all be arrested!"

The sound of Rainee’s gunshot startled Mary, but it also gave her a sense of security. She immediately shouted at the villagers:

"If you don’t believe me, you can ask your Mayor!"

Mary looked around and indeed saw the Mayor watching the commotion from a distance on the street.

"Mayor, come here and vouch for us!" As Mary pointed towards him, the villagers turned their gaze to the Mayor.

The Mayor, who had been keen to watch the excitement, now found himself exposed and, having taken money, steeled himself to walk over and then loudly said:

"Everyone, pay attention! What Mr. Powell said is true. These lands indeed belong to their boss, and they have also said, they will truly hire our villagers to work..."

Upon hearing this, the villagers put down their items.

But Rainee Thomson took the opportunity to quickly assign tasks to her team members:

"Go, arrest those few troublemakers!"

The team members saw the villagers retreating, the crisis already averted, and when those few tried to escape, they immediately took up their rifles and dragged them back.

"Why are you arresting me? On what basis?"

"Exactly! There’s been violence! Murder!"

Someone yelled.

No one dealt with the man who had been shot, but Rainee called someone over, took a first aid kit out of the backpack, and started bandaging him up.

"It’s them, they were deliberately causing trouble!" Mary immediately pointed at the few people and shouted, "Think about it, weren’t they the ones who incited you to come here? These people just can’t stand to see you have a good life!"

"It was him! Rumment, he used to work for the Japanese. After the Japanese left, he was the one who said in the village that the Japanese didn’t want the land anymore and gave it to us for free..."

"And this one," a middle-aged uncle stepped forward and kicked a curly-haired youth, "Joyce Ford, he said once you arrived, you would drive us all out, take our houses, leave us homeless..."

As the villagers came to their senses, more and more began to speak out about how they had been deceived.

"Alright, now that everyone’s clear. It’s these bad people who confused you, inciting you against us so that they could profit from it!