Chapter 157 Indolence

After An Ze City led his troops into The Dragon City Rises, he really acted as a hands-off shopkeeper. He set up the Second Office of his army next to the garrison headquarters, reading books and taking walks during the day, and looking for Tan Hengqiang for a couple of drinks in the evening.

Almost all matters, large and small, of the troops were discussed and decided by the military officers and the staff department at all levels. He would sign what needed to be signed, and approve what needed to be approved, without asking about the specific details.

In short, Lao An's lying flat wasn't just talk; he was truly and thoroughly slacking off, and didn't want to get involved in anything in Dragon City at all.

In the evening, Tan Hengqiang arrived on time for the dinner and had a few drinks with An Ze City again.

...

Tianhong Port, at the entrance of the dockworkers' association.

Sitting in the car, Su Tianyu said into the phone to Gu Baisun, "Okay, I'll have Brother Wei go over to pick up the money later, yeah, that's it."

After ending the call, Su Tianyu pushed the door open and got out of the car, quickly walking into the dockworkers' association compound, "Brother Wei!"

"Here!" Wei Xiangzuo waved from the second floor.

Su Tianyu strode into the hall and went up the stairs to the second floor, "Got something to talk about."

Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand, signaling the brothers around him to leave, and took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Su Tianyu, "What's the matter?"

Su Tianyu scratched his head, "Gu Baisun's side is starting to spend money, he's going to take away more than ten million tonight."

"Yeah, I know, he told me." Wei Xiangzuo nodded, "It's only right to give them a little something for getting people to vote."

"Brother, I'm not talking about spending money." Su Tianyu picked up his teacup, pondered for a long time, and then said bluntly, "Let's be frank, whether it's the Tongji Society, or the leaders, the purpose of attacking the dockworkers' association with all their strength is to put you in charge."

"I know that, I'll take over first, and then work for Lao Li." Wei Xiangzuo summed it up succinctly.

"So, how this money is spent, and where it's spent, you need to grasp it yourself." Su Tianyu said with a serious face, "Because I'm not a member of the dockworkers' association, and the rumors outside are so tight right now, there are some people I can't contact conveniently, you can only talk to them privately, do you understand what I mean?"

Although Wei Xiangzuo had a straightforward personality, his brain wasn't empty, he looked at Su Tianyu and asked softly, "You don't trust Baisun, do you?"

"When it comes to trust, the Tongji Society definitely doesn't trust him." Su Tianyu didn't mince words, "We only trust you. The reason we let him get involved is because he can play a role, and he did reveal a lot of information to us before."

"Hehe." Wei Xiangzuo grinned; "These words don't sound like your style? Did Yu Mingyuan find you?"

Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment, "No! He's not in charge of the association right now."

"Liar!" Wei Xiangzuo didn't believe it at all, he just slowly got up and said, "Okay, I know what to do."

"We brothers don't beat around the bush, just understand what I mean." Su Tianyu stood up and grinned, "Tonight, you two go to Li Yuan to get the money, it's all cash."

"Okay!" Wei Xiangzuo nodded.

After the two finished talking, Su Tianyu left the compound. After getting into the car, he sent a message to Yu Mingyuan: "I've finished talking here."

"Good!"

Yu Mingyuan quickly replied.

...

Inside the chairman's office of the Tongji Society.

Zhou Tonghui, Kong Zhenghui, and Yu Mingyuan were sitting around the tea table, drinking tea.

"Are you really going to move this batch of arms?" Zhou Tonghui asked, holding his teacup.

"Unless something unexpected happens, we're definitely going to move it." Yu Mingyuan crossed his legs, "The Chi Army has also agreed, they're very thirsty right now."

"Then let's do it." Kong Zhenghui agreed.

Yu Mingyuan thought for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to ask Kong Zhenghui, "Did you compile the membership data I asked you to compile?"

Kong Zhenghui blinked, "I don't even understand how you want me to compile it?"

Yu Mingyuan looked helpless, "I won't tell you again, compile the membership data of your two subordinates! To put it bluntly, it's how many people are working for you two now, how many people you two manage, and what proportion of the association they account for."

Zhou Tonghui didn't say anything when he heard this, just calmly took a sip of tea.

"Then I really haven't compiled it, tomorrow, I'll give you the data tomorrow." Kong Zhenghui replied.

"Okay, as soon as possible." Yu Mingyuan responded, then turned to look at Zhou Tonghui again, "Last time... when I talked to you about borrowing people, did you tell your family?"

"I told them, people can come at any time." Zhou Tonghui put down his teacup and asked with a smile, "What exactly are you going to do?"

"It might be used to handle this batch of goods. It's better to have more people from outside the district, just in case!" Yu Mingyuan said lightly.

"Okay." Zhou Tonghui nodded.

"Okay, that's it." Yu Mingyuan slowly stood up, "I'm going to make a trip outside the district."

The two looked at each other, and Zhou Tonghui also stood up and said, "Let's go, I'm going to the mining area too."

...

Sina Lo, Hua Lei Life Town.

Zhao Weihu sat in the headquarters, looking at A-Hua in shock, "What... what did you go through?"

A-Hua was wearing tattered clothes, her hair was disheveled, her face was covered in mud and dust, and her lips were cracked. She looked like a refugee fleeing famine, "Things are too chaotic here now. Robbers, drug dealers, deserters running around... none of them are doing good things! We had no choice, we couldn't drive in some places, so we had to make ourselves look like this and walk all the way from the mountains."

A-Hua hadn't rested on the road for the past few days, she brought two of Fei Guantou's brothers and walked almost all the way from the border, because there were rebel forces and warlords everywhere near Hua Lei Life Town. If they weren't careful, something really could happen.

"You've worked hard." Zhao Weihu admired this woman in his heart.

"Commander Zhao, let's not talk politely. My Lao Fei has already gone to gather the brothers. If you can confirm that we can do it here...!" A-Hua started to discuss the details with Zhao Weihu according to the lines that Lao Fei had given him.

...

Dragon City, behind a certain financial company.

Wei Xiangzuo and Gu Baisun sat in the car, watching more than a dozen brothers from the building carry out four large money bags, which were filled with cash.

The money was transported to the car. Li Yuan stood on the second floor of the company without showing his face, only waving to Wei Xiangzuo from the window.

"Beep!"

Wei Xiangzuo signaled the driver to honk the horn, and then left with Gu Baisun.

In the car.

After pondering for a long time, Wei Xiangzuo turned his head and asked, "Is Yu Zheng reliable?"

"Hehe, what's wrong?"

"It's better to be clear about money matters." Wei Xiangzuo said lightly, "The accounts should be recorded in more detail, so that we can match them up when the leaders ask."

Gu Baisun grinned, "Okay, you'll be there when we give the money to someone, won't you?"

On the way to the mining area.

Zhou Tonghui asked with his hands in his pockets, "What exactly does our chairman want?"

"Can't understand." Kong Zhenghui shook his head, "Ever since he divorced Wen Xiaorou, I haven't been able to understand him."