The Counties Were All Getting Anxious! This Time, They Came Straight for the Secret Formula!

You City.

Union Town had always been an important grain-producing area.

Its terraced fields were especially famous, and had been developed into a tourist attraction that welcomed plenty of visitors every year.

A paddy field in Union Town had long since been fenced off. Several people were busy inside, and a sign nearby read, "Qinglin Laboratory Experimental Plot. No Trespassing."

A car pulled up not far away.

Chen Li got out. After learning that Qinglin Laboratory planned to test-grow Xiangshui Tribute Rice, he had personally come to inspect the various plots of land the laboratory had leased.

After the upsetting incident in Xiazai Village, he was genuinely worried something similar might happen again.

The town mayor, Jiang Wei San, got out with him.

"County Magistrate Chen, these are the paddy fields leased by Qinglin Laboratory." Jiang Wei San pointed at the fenced-off fields. "After we received the notice, everyone in our town did everything they could to cooperate."

Chen Li nodded. "Make sure you cooperate fully. If Qinglin Laboratory succeeds with its experiment here, your town will benefit in the future."

Jiang Wei San understood, of course. Chen didn't need to remind him. After all, aside from the farmland protected by national regulations, the other land in their town could also be used to grow Qinglin Watermelon.

Their turn would come in the next round.

Everyone knew how profitable Qinglin Watermelon was.

Still, he would keep a close eye on things. The whole county had already heard about the mess in Xiazai Village, and Qinglin Laboratory had put the village on its blacklist.

The people of Xiazai Village were now bitterly regretting what they had done. He had heard that many of them were pulling strings to try to move to other villages.

That might have been possible in the