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Chapter 145 Referendum (2)

On the day of the voting, Yu Qiuhei brought Semine Yoshi and dozens of acting officials to the scene to familiarize themselves with the process. If the pilot is successful, Yu Qiuhei plans to promote the election in more than a dozen villages. At that time, these acting officials will be responsible for each. Yu Qiuhei's 300 subordinates were also called to the scene to maintain it. For this election, Yu Qiuhei also built a platform like a stage in the middle of the village to give everyone a speech.

A total of five people in San'an Village received enough credits to participate in the election. At the beginning of the first hour of the Chen Shi, it is expected that 107 people who came to vote would reach 105. They all went to the acting officials to register and seal the credits, so that in autumn, they could pay less taxes.

When the voters sat down, the people who had been waiting by the Taiwan side for a long time immediately started to talk. The first one to go on stage was Liuzi's brother.

"My fellow villagers in the village, I am the fifth brother of the East Village!" The brother was not very nervous, and he looked like a typical farmer's outfit. "Everyone must know me, the fifth brother. I have always been the most honest and filial! This time I came to choose the village chief just to do something for the villagers!" Lao Wu patted his chest and said, "The mill in the village will not work for a long time. If I become the village chief, I will definitely help you rebuild the mill!"

"Okay!" "Lao Wu said it well!" Several neighbors and brothers who knew Lao Wu immediately started to cheer, which made the scene seem quite lively.

"Silent!" Chang Pan Beizu, who was responsible for maintaining order, beat the gong and shouted loudly. The people hurriedly stopped whispering.

After Lao Wu stepped down, an elderly grandfather came up. Yu Qiuping learned from the villagers around that he was the oldest in the village now. He was already 54 years old this year and his beard was gray. Yu Qiuping thought that such an elderly grandfather should easily gain everyone's support in this era of orderly seniority and strict hierarchy. However, this old grandfather seemed to be very concerned about face. After he came on stage, he had no worries to say anything and hurriedly stepped down.

The other two later people were also trying to show themselves. They were men in their thirties, patting their chests to promise to help the villagers do something, and they also praised themselves for being honest and honest, or praising themselves for being filial.

However, in Yu Qiuping's opinion, these speech skills are still a little bad, which is similar to the routine of elementary school students' running for class cadres. However, it is much better than the speechless old man.

The last one to play was also Niuwan who was generally optimistic about Yu Qiuping and others. He is 33 years old this year, a wealthy family, and is the richest in the village. Yu Qiuping had heard before that he had invested a lot of money in order to attract votes, and invited dozens of people to visit twice in a row, just for their votes. Although Yu Qiuping was willing to stop such bribery, he thought that the people did not seem to have any other means of canvassing votes, so he had to let it go.

"Men, fellow villagers, I am Niuwan, the richest person in our village!" As soon as Niuwan came on stage, he started bragging without hesitation, "My grandpa, my father, and me, three generations of my family are hardworking and willing to work hard, and have earned so much money for my family! Don't you believe in my level? With me as the village chief, I can let the whole village make a lot of money with me!"

As soon as Niu Wan said this, those who had been treated to him rose up and shouted, and the young men had to come out again to maintain order.

Yu Qiuping looked at Niu Wan's bragging look and smiled slightly. Although this person was too ostentatious, he was not rough in his words. Many businessmen who were running for leaders in later generations basically used this argument to canvass themselves.

After the first statement of the five candidates, Yu Qiuping arranged for them to stand on the stage and put a small box in front of each person. Then Yu Qiuping sent everyone to give each person a vote, let them go downstairs and vote in the box on the stage.

As expected, it is still a society of human relationships, and voting is basically based on human relationships. Most people basically didn't hesitate and immediately stood in front of their relatives, friends or neighbors. There were still more than 20 people who seemed to be not very familiar with people, or they didn't rely on clear rules. They wandered around for a while and then rushed to the crowded team.

As Yu Qiuping signaled that he could start voting, the people lined up with five teams to vote in the ballot box under the supervision of the discipline of the football team. Yu Qiuping showed that even though the old man didn't say anything, he still received a lot of votes. Sure enough, the advantage of age and prestige was still very obvious. The longest team was the team in front of Niu Wan. Yu Qiuping roughly estimated that there were about 40 people, and he was given one-third of the votes in the first round, and he should be elected in the end.

What made Yu Qiuping’s eyes shine was the performance of the old fifth. He was different from the proud Niu Wan and the silly old man. Every time someone voted for him, he would bow in a somewhat exaggerated posture and say "Thank you".

Many people voted after voting and thought the matter was over. They planned to leave in a loud voice, but were blocked by Chang Panbei's teenagers. "There are several rounds of voting, but it is not over yet, brother!"

There were enough people who simply maintained order - nearly three times that of the voters, otherwise the chaos would probably not be able to stop. Yu Qiuping held his forehead deeply and felt a lot of worry about the quality of these voters in front of him. No wonder some African countries are in chaos as soon as they hold referendums. How can they not keep up with their quality?

The results of the first round of votes came out soon. The first one was Niu Wan, with 39 votes. The second one was the old man, with 25 votes. The third one was the fifth one, with 24 votes. The remaining two people received only single digits - even some of the people who gave them a plagiarism voted for them.

After the last one was eliminated, he left the election scene in shame. The votes were sent to the voters again, and the second round of voting began. Yuqiehei, Semine Yoshino and others were paying attention to how those who originally voted for the eliminated voted.

"Oh, Li Erlang lost, who will we give to this vote?" A fisherman dressed in a fisherman asked at a loss, and the few of them looked at each other. Suddenly, a man dressed in a farmer said, "Didn't that old fifth said he wanted to rebuild the mill? He wouldn't go and vote for him again? The mill is really too old."

"Okay." Several farmers catered to it.

"I don't care about the mill, I don't need it." A carpenter shook his head, "I'd better go and join the master. When the old village chief and the others left, I trust the master the most."

"It's easy. Anyway, my uncle can't choose it, so it doesn't matter who it gives it to." Another person responded casually, and found a team to stand closer.

After the second round of voting, the number of votes for Niu Wan became 40 votes, and the old man's votes were still 25 votes, while the fifth brother actually had 28 votes, and the old man had already passed the old man, and the last one was eliminated.

This time, more than a dozen people lost the vote and everyone gathered together to discuss who to give the vote.

"If you don't give it to Lao Wu, Lao Wu is a loyal and honest person. He will definitely not lose money to everyone, nor will he do anything bad by using the position of village chief," one person suggested. "And you didn't see that every time Lao Wu gets a ticket, he will say thank you. He knows the rules so well." An older man suggested.

In the third round of voting, the number of votes of Niu Wan increased slightly, becoming 42 votes. The number of votes of the old man also became 28 votes. The number of votes of the old man actually rose to 35 votes, chasing Niu Wan. After the old man lost the election, he knocked his crutch on the table in disappointment, shook his head and sighed and left. Immediately, more than a dozen people wanted to go with the old man, but were stopped by Chang Pan and his friends.

"We are here to vote for the old man?" A man said in confusion. "I can't believe the others. If you become the village chief, who else can you favor? What else do you want to vote for?"

"Then think about it, who doesn't want to be elected the most!" Shui Yuanzi, who is in charge of this discipline, said seriously, "Since you can vote, you must be worthy of the votes you have! This is the right given to you by my Highness! You must do your part to the village!"

"What this military master said is reasonable!" a man shouted, "I just can't stand Niu Wan's temperament. I can't give him the votes to Lao Wu! I'll vote for Lao Wu, at least Lao Wu is an honest person!"

"It's right!" "Let's go!"

"Did you show up?" Yu Qiuping said to the people around him, "Although the number of votes was very large at the beginning, it basically didn't grow much. The people who voted for him were basically the people he treated to at that time."

"And that old fifth man got a lot of hesitant votes with honesty and humility." Yu Qiuping smiled, "This is worth learning from our experience."

"Hongye is talking about it." Senaya Yoshihiro smiled, "That's true."

The last round of voting was actually decided before counting the votes. The team in front of Niu Maru was still more than 40 people, while the Wu Wu had 60 people. Because of losing face, Niu Maru was angry and shouted that he had won the election, so he invited the whole village to dinner and called Lao Wu a pauper. Such a behavior of not abiding by discipline was immediately scolded by Yu Qiuping. Niu Maru realized that although their lord had not said much before, it did not mean that he would ignore the matter. He was so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed. The final election result was no surprise that Lao Wu was elected as the village chief.

"Friends! My Wu always keeps his word!" The excited Wu went to the center where the whole village gathered for an inaugural speech, "When we have spare money this fall, I will immediately organize everyone to rebuild the mill! If you have any difficulties in the future, you can also come to my house to find me at any time! I will definitely help everyone!"

"Okay!" Many people who originally supported or later turned to the fifth brother cheered happily, and most people also agreed and satisfied with the result, and believed that the election was fair. Only a few other candidates' hardcore were slightly dissatisfied. However, the entire election process was transparent and open, and in the end more than half of the people supported the fifth brother, and they had nothing to say and expressed their agreement.

"It looks good, so let's go to the other villages to promote it." Yu Qiuping smiled and ordered, "Take it slow, three more first, and then continue."

"However, this matter was mainly left to you later on." Yu Qiuping said.

"Oh? Where is Hongye going?" Semine Yoshihiro asked in surprise.
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