My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 492: Saigon District Planning

After a whole day of playing wildly at sea, everyone was exhausted.

The group rushed back to the villa and found the children sleeping soundly. Zhang Lei quickly instructed his men to take the children back to their bedrooms one by one to look after them.

He casually opened a bottle of red wine, grabbed two glasses, and went straight upstairs to the second floor. As soon as he pushed open Ye Shuqin's door, he saw a woman in a sexy dress standing inside. Zhang Lei smiled, stepped forward, and pulled her into his arms.

At that moment, the person in his arms spoke up: "Brother-in-law, it's me, my sister. Exciting, isn't it?"

Zhang Lei instantly understood—the person in the room wasn't Ye Shuqin at all, but Ye Shuhua.

He looked at Ye Shuhua in front of him and asked with a laugh, "Hahaha, so sexy! Exciting, really exciting!"

Ye Shuhua looked up at Zhang Lei, smiling broadly, "Honey, isn't it beautiful?"

Zhang Lei put his arm around her and chuckled softly, "Beautiful."

He poured her a glass of red wine, and the two chatted as they drank, the atmosphere growing warmer. A night of tender intimacy ensued.

When Zhang Lei woke up the next day, Ye Shuhua was no longer beside him. He wandered around the villa and saw that everyone else was busy with their own things, leaving him idle. Realizing that he couldn't just sit around doing nothing, Zhang Lei called Zhang Zhiqiang over.

"Bring me a map of Hong Kong."

Zhang Zhiqiang immediately handed over a map. Zhang Lei scanned the map and asked, "How much land do we have in the Saigon district?"

Zhang Zhiqiang replied, "Saigon is sparsely populated and we don't have much land. We've only acquired a few docks."

Zhang Lei was secretly planning to simply take over the entire Saigon, but not openly. He changed his instructions and said, "Go and register more than a dozen different real estate companies, and take over all the land in Saigon that you can get your hands on. From now on, Saigon will be our private territory. Also, let the Exploding Sky Gang move in there as well."

Zhang Zhiqiang looked puzzled: "Boss, there aren't many people over there, what are we going to do there?"

Zhang Lei smiled faintly: "Stop talking nonsense, just take it. Tell me when you can get it, and the person will be there in time."

He paused, then added, "By the way, take me to the Exploding Sky Gang later. I need to talk to Zhang Batian about something."

Before long, the car entered the Kwun Tong district. Just as they arrived at the boxing gym, Zhang Lei waved to Zhang Batian: "Get in, let's go check out the Sai Kung pier."

As the car drove along, Zhang Batian followed Zhang Lei and went straight into Saigon District.

They passed through many villages along the way, most of which were inhabited only by the elderly and children. The young people had all flocked to downtown Hong Kong, leaving these villages unusually quiet and almost lifeless. Zhang Lei glanced at the fishing boats piled high with freshly caught fish and couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, how much are these fish?"

Seeing that Zhang Lei and his group were driving a car, the old man knew they were no ordinary people, so he quickly greeted them warmly: "Boss, do you want to buy fish? Our fish is very cheap."

Looking at the fresh grouper, lobster, and scallops, Zhang Lei was somewhat surprised: "How's the price?"

When the old man quoted the price of the live fish, Zhang Lei was so shocked he almost dropped his jaw. The price was so low it was practically free. He asked in bewilderment, "Grandpa, why are you selling it so cheaply?"

The old man sighed: "You're from out of town, aren't you? Hong Kong is by the sea, you can fish anywhere. Sai Kung is remote, and there are few young people, so it's just us old folks who rely on fishing boats to make a living. There's no market, so we can only sell them cheaply, or we'll just eat them ourselves."

Zhang Lei nodded, looked at the vast sea in the distance, and smiled: "Old man, if you had the chance, would you be willing to leave here and live somewhere else?"

The old man paused, then said, "Why wouldn't I? But at my age, what can I still do?"

Zhang Lei slowly began, "If I gave you enough money for your retirement, would you be willing to sell the land?"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "There's such a good thing?"

Zhang Lei looked at him and said, "They say fallen leaves return to their roots, aren't you afraid you won't be able to come back?"

The old man waved his hand: "In Hong Kong, fallen leaves return to their roots, isn't that what fallen leaves are like? Besides, these days, all the young people want to be gangsters. If we expect them to be filial, we might not even have anyone to collect our corpses in the future."

Zhang Lei visited several villages, and the situation was similar in all of them.

He turned to Zhang Batian and Zhang Zhiqiang beside him and said in a deep voice, "We need to take over all the land in Saigon as soon as possible. Zhang Batian, take the Zhatian Gang to negotiate with these small villages. Use both carrot and stick tactics, pay them the right amount, and get them to move out and take back the land. From now on, Saigon will only be our territory, and no outsiders will be allowed. I want to build an enhanced version of Tazhai here."

Zhang Batian nodded quickly: "Boss, I'll do as you say."

Zhang Lei waved his hand, signaling him not to interrupt: "I will allocate 10,000 men to you. These 10,000 men are all ordinary soldiers with guns."

Zhang Zhiqiang looked surprised: "Boss, your abilities have improved?"

Zhang Lei nodded: "It has improved. Now we can mobilize an unlimited number of people. As long as we have money, we can have people."

Excitement flashed in Zhang Zhiqiang's eyes: "Boss, what are you planning to do?"

Zhang Lei slowly said, "Didn't I tell you before? You first register a dozen shell real estate companies and acquire land separately. I'll provide you with all these people, and I guarantee their absolute loyalty to me, so don't worry about that. Once you have the land, you can directly negotiate with the government about planning and preferential policies, and re-plan the entire Saigon, building roads and skyscrapers. At that time, I'll give you 200,000 ordinary laborers and 100,000 skilled workers, and have them all, along with their families, be registered under these dozen or so real estate companies to participate in the development of Saigon."

He then looked at Zhang Zhiqiang and said, "When the time comes, once you've established the construction company, all the skilled workers will be registered under the company's name."

Zhang Zhiqiang was a little worried: "Boss, won't having so many people all of a sudden arouse suspicion?"

Zhang Lei shook his head: "No. You can recruit people under the guise of these dozen or so real estate companies recruiting workers for building construction and opening shops. They will come to Sai Kung in batches from various parts of Hong Kong, and no one will notice. Once Sai Kung is built, we can let them settle down here. After that, we will build a shipping company, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and everything else."

Zhang Zhiqiang grew increasingly alarmed as he listened, never expecting Zhang Lei to have such a grand scheme, involving hundreds of thousands of people in a single move. Although the number of people was staggering, the simultaneous development of Sai Kung by more than a dozen real estate companies was also a political achievement for the government, so they naturally welcomed it.

He quickly replied, "Don't worry, boss. I'll have the CEOs of these dozen or so companies simultaneously curry favor with the government, and they'll definitely support us. The more prosperous Hong Kong becomes, the more they can profit."