"He's the boss of the provincial food factory, a big shot. We should avoid offending him if possible... Hey, why are you still here?"
Chen Zhenghe was speechless at Zhang Liunian's fearless demeanor. Just as he was about to say something, he noticed the two henchmen brought by Boss Zhu were still around his pigsty, and their behavior seemed suspicious.
Hearing this, Zhang Liunian looked up and saw one of the youths he had beaten into the pigsty was dusting off his hands. The pale dust floated into the water trough of the piglet pen and disappeared.
"We're leaving, we're leaving." The other youth said, pulling his brother who was dusting his hands, and they quickly left.
However, having been injured by Zhang Liunian, the two couldn't move fast and eventually disappeared slowly from the pig farm.
"Alas, take care of yourself!" Because of the disturbance caused by these two, Chen Zhenghe lost his leisure to continue chatting.
"I won't disturb Director Chen any longer. I'll go back and rest tonight and come back tomorrow." Zhang Liunian timely proposed to leave, taking Zhang Qian and Kong Da brothers back to the car.
"Brother Liunian, wasn't Wu Gudi married? Is she married to the man from today?" Zhang Qian sat next to Zhang Liunian and couldn't help but ask.
But he remembered his mother had said that Wu Gudi was married off by the Wu family to an old man from their side.
Boss Zhu, who they saw earlier, wasn't very old, perhaps in his forties at most. Judging by his attire and accent, he didn't seem to be from their county.
"This is her sugar daddy." Although Zhang Liunian hadn't said much, he could see the relationship between Wu Gudi and that Boss Zhu at a glance.
Dressed in gold and silver, adorned in a gaudy manner, and acting cautiously, she clearly sought to "marry into wealth." And if he guessed correctly, this Boss Zhu didn't take Wu Gudi seriously at all, nor did he consider her his woman.
Their relationship might just be a temporary partnership, and Wu Gudi was merely Boss Zhu's bedmate to alleviate his needs for the time being.
Once this Boss Zhu left, her good days would be over.
"Sugar daddy? No way!" Did Wu Gudi dare to go out and find a sugar daddy? Zhang Qian was shocked.
Zhang Liunian remained silent and led the group directly to the state-run restaurant, ordering a table full of dishes.
At the dinner table, Zhang Liunian inquired about the hybrid wild boar piglets from Kong Da.
"You've asked the right person. We brothers have always been in charge of this area, and we're quite familiar with the pig farming situation in our province.
Let me tell you, boss, besides this Fuqiang Pig Farm, there's a place called Shancun below them. Every household there raises this type of pig, and they've formed a scale for selling piglets. But it's just a village, so the annual piglet output won't exceed two thousand.
And Fuqiang Pig Farm also introduced this breed from them, which is why they call these piglets mountain pigs.
However, with their quantity, it's not enough for us to even get a taste.
But apart from them, I really don't know where else to buy mountain piglet." Kong Da finished his drink and spoke frankly.
"Is it really only available here?" Zhang Liunian's eyebrows furrowed. If it was really only available here, it would be troublesome.
Because he still favored these mountain piglet the most, but all the mountain piglets from Fuqiang Pig Farm were booked by Boss Zhu. He had missed his chance.
If he wanted to snatch this batch of goods, it wouldn't be easy. Because of the breach of contract issue between Director Chen and that Boss Zhu, Director Chen wouldn't give him the goods either.
After much thought, he could only find another way.
"Boss, to be honest, with this mountain pig of ours, which has more lean meat and less fat, people are reluctant to raise it. Only special foods require this kind of pork.
So, pig farms generally don't raise mountain pigs specifically. Fuqiang Pig Farm raises twenty thousand of them annually because of their long-standing relationship with our former boss.
These goods were originally not wanted by anyone except us. It's just that this year, a Boss Zhu appeared.
So, besides here, we definitely can't find mountain piglet.
Why don't you switch to raising a pig with more meat and less fat, like the white-skinned ones? I heard they can grow to three to four hundred jin in less than a year, and they're full of oil and very robust.
After slaughter, meat processing plants will rush to buy them."
Kong Da didn't know what Zhang Liunian was raising pigs for, but based on his understanding, it was nothing more than raising pigs to sell for profit.
Since it was for selling, naturally, one should choose to raise the fatty ones, not the lean ones.
"I'm not raising pigs to sell; I'm doing it for meat sauce, and meat sauce requires lean meat." Zhang Liunian, as if sensing Kong Da's confusion, explained.
"Our Brother Liunian opened two braised meat stores in Nancheng and also sells Zhang Family Pickles. Haven't you heard of them?" Zhang Qian also noticed that Kong Da and his brother seemed to not know what Zhang Liunian was doing, and stood by to remind them.
Kong Da and Kong Xiao brothers immediately widened their eyes, then exchanged glances in surprise.
The new boss is the owner of the booming Zhang Family Pickles and Zhang Family Braised Meat stores in Nancheng?
They really didn't know. They only knew that the factory had changed owners these past few days, but nothing else.
Not only them, but even others in the factory didn't know. They only knew that the factory was given to a hero, but they didn't inquire further.
"So the boss is the owner of Zhang Family Braised Meat Store!" Then everything makes sense. Zhang Family Braised Meat seems to sell meat, so it's reasonable for him to raise pigs, but why pick this breed? He could also raise those with more oil!
"Boss, I've eaten your braised meat, and the taste is truly superb, but I remember your meat isn't from this breed of pig!" Kong Da asked cautiously, afraid of speaking too much and angering Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian smiled, "I'm not just raising pigs for braised meat; meat sauce is the main thing. Meat sauce doesn't need too fatty pork." Too fatty pork doesn't taste as good as lean meat when made into sauce, and it's too greasy. This was a lesson he had learned before.
Kong Da brothers seemed to understand but didn't quite grasp it. They had no choice, as this breed was only available at Fuqiang Pig Farm.
Seeing that they had fallen silent, Zhang Liunian knew that if he wanted this breed, it had to be from Fuqiang Pig Farm.
After eating and drinking their fill, Zhang Liunian took them to the guesthouse to rest.
Lying on the bed, he was still thinking about whether to compromise, switch to other breeds, or wait another two months.
After thinking for a long time, he found a compromise: raise two breeds of pigs. Tomorrow, he could start with other breeds, which would solve the problem of unemployed employees and be beneficial for his subsequent bidding for the Tang family's department store and food factory.
After two months, he would then buy the mountain piglet, and later he could have Director Chen continue to help him raise the piglets.
The only drawback was that he might have to suspend his idea of raising cattle.
Originally, he wanted to make beef sauce, but with two breeds of pigs coming in, there would definitely be no space to raise cattle.
Meanwhile, in another guesthouse room, Wu Gudi was lying on the bed wearing a sexy slip and pulling Boss Zhu into her arms, whispering in his ear.
"That Zhang brat is really too much, actually hitting my little Zhu Zhu. You can't let him off the hook, you must teach him a lesson." Wu Gudi caressed Boss Zhu's plump face with a twisted expression.
Boss Zhu lay on Wu Gudi, enjoying himself with his eyes closed, and grunted, "Of course, I won't let him off the hook. I, Zhu Laosan, am not someone you can hit. That kid surnamed Zhang who dared to lay a hand on me will regret being born and offending me.
Don't worry about this. I've already made arrangements. Tomorrow will be his day of death."