The Queen They Buried

Chapter 572

Just then, a glass hit the table with a loud thud as the village chief’s voice sounded, “Mr. Wilknow you’re from Rithol City and you’re a big

shot, but I bet you’re not the only important person who’s come here, right?”

The village chief’s small, cloudy eyes flashed with a flicker of cunning. He was certain that the two outsiders at Josephine’s place were definitely not just fruit merchants.

He thought, ‘I heard the demolition project was restarted, but hardly anyone had come to the village so far. I guess they just brought in the big shots directly.

‘For all I know, those two outsiders at Josephine’s place might be from Rithol City too!

“If you’re not willing to cooperate, I’m sure plenty of others would love to get involved,” the village chief taunted with a sly smile.

As the chief smirked, Santiago quickly tried to smooth things over, “Mr. Wilson, please don’t take it the wrong way. Honestly, who wouldn’t want to grab the demolition money and get out of this dump? It’s just that we’re all sitting on a gold mine, am I right?”

Bryan let out a low chuckle, “What I mean is, let me take over the gold mine. I’ll pay you a lump sum for it.”

The village chief’s expression darkened, and he questioned, “Mr. Wilson, wouldn’t that be a huge loss for me?”

have the guts to open up that gold mine yourself?”

The mine was hidden in the back mountain, on land owned by David. The village chief had secretly struck a deal with David, and they had agreed that he would stir up the orchard farmers to resist the demolition, while David would help him sway the rest

20% cut once the gold mine started operating, and David agreed. That was the real

The village chief couldn’t mine the gold on his own, and he couldn’t find any parties who had the

plan, “Look, it’s not like you can mine the gold yourself anyway. Why not just take a lump sum and keep quiet about it? I can use the redevelopment project in Ridgehaven

kept changing, but none of them looked

I can do anything with the gold mine besides sitting on it. Getting a lump sum isn’t a bad deal either. But… how could I

it go so

end, you still need my input on

green light, I guarantee

really was a sly old fox, and he immediately came

he thought. ‘If I can’t get a good deal, then no one else

walk away

brings wealth. Let’s do business amicably and we will both profit. How about we each take

compromise. You give us 20% of the gold mine’s profits. The land where the mine sits actually belongs to one of our village’s biggest fruit

as for the county