Meanwhile;
At the entrance of Ma Niu Town.
Li Ding and Cai Shu paced back and forth at the town entrance.
After a moment of hesitation, Cai Shu asked: "Commander, the Chamber of Commerce seems to have gone too far this time."
"This Mao Pan, he's a big troublemaker for not following the rules."
"But the Chamber of Commerce is not from our local area, it's too troublesome to deal with."
"I also think it's not a good time to take action against them completely now."
Li Ding smiled: "I understand Cai Shu's concerns, but this may not be a bad thing."
"Mao Pan has caused such a huge mess, at least in the future, during our negotiations with the Chamber of Commerce, they will no longer have any capital."
Cai Shu nodded: "Yes, Commander sees far ahead."
After hesitating for a moment, Cai Shu said again: "Commander, there's also the matter of this batch of goods."
"I originally thought the supplier was a warlord from a neighboring country, but it seems not."
Li Ding smiled and shook his head: "Cai Shu, you don't need to investigate these matters."
"Just know that this batch of goods is just the beginning."
"There are more deals to come, that's why I took action myself to secure control of this area's roads as quickly as possible."
Li Ding's words made Cai Shu fall into deep thought.
Before, he was more concerned with expressing loyalty to Li Ding.
He didn't expect that the supplier had changed.
Now that he thought about it, Cai Shu realized the supplier's sudden increase in orders was too abrupt.
Many of the goods in this batch were sensitive items, and if it was a regular warlord.
It would be difficult to acquire such high-quality goods.
Now Cai Shu realized that Li Ding must have been involved.
It's likely that everything was planned by the Commander from the beginning.
Perhaps there's a bigger force secretly supporting him.
Thinking about this, Cai Shu admired Li Ding even more.
Previously, there had been no news about these matters.
But seeing Li Ding's plan, it was so meticulous and farsighted.
As the two were talking;
Several military trucks drove into Ma Niu Town.
"From outside the forest?"
Looking at the direction from which the military trucks came, Cai Shu said in shock.
These military trucks all came from the direction of the Federal Government's army.
This shocked Cai Shu greatly.
After all, even the Chamber of Commerce's timber transport trucks couldn't get out or in.
At such a sensitive time, the Bobei Army could still pass through the Federal Government's checkpoints so smoothly.
This further proved the Bobei Army's extraordinary strength.
Then, some Bobei Army soldiers jumped off the trucks.
However, they were not the elite soldiers from the warehouse outside the pass.
But some ordinary Bobei Army soldiers.
Dan Tuo had informed Cai Shu about the situation outside the pass by phone.
He also mentioned the mysterious elite Bobei Army.
Now, seeing these Bobei soldiers with ordinary equipment, Cai Shu understood.
The Bobei Army's hidden forces within the Federal Government's territory were probably far larger than he imagined.
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"You hurry up and release me! Do you know who I am! My uncle is... Ow!"
When Mao Pan was dragged off the truck, he was still bragging shamelessly.
The soldiers didn't give him any face and slammed their rifle butts into his nose, smashing his face bloody.
"I'll make you pay! My uncle won't let you go!"
At the same time, Shen Xing's car followed behind and returned to Ma Niu Town.
Li Ding saw that Dan Tuo had a bandage on his face.
He naturally knew about Cai Shu's men being injured by Mao Pan.
"Cai Shu, leave these matters to you."
"We have to teach the Chamber of Commerce a lesson, so they don't think we're easy to bully."
Li Ding finished speaking and turned back into the house.
He was too lazy to deal with Mao Pan and simply left him to Cai Shu and his men.
"Don't worry, Commander." Cai Shu replied and walked to Dan Tuo and Shen Xing's car.
The two hurriedly got out of the car.
Looking at Dan Tuo, whose chest was bruised and whose face was still bandaged, Cai Shu raised an eyebrow: "How are you, do you want revenge?"
Dan Tuo grinned: "I do!"
Cai Shu waved his hand, Dan Tuo and Shen Xing understood and took Mao Pan from the Bobei Army.
"What are you doing!" Mao Pan yelled in terror at Dan Tuo who was holding him: "My uncle is President Chen! You…"
Before he finished speaking, Dan Tuo had punched him in the abdomen, silencing him: "Come on, you'll learn how we Daban treat our esteemed guests!"
"I... My uncle won't let you go!"
In a civilian house in Ma Niu Town, Mao Pan, covered in rags, was hanging in the middle of the room.
Even though he was bruised and swollen, he still glared with one eye and bragged shamelessly.
"Do you know who you've messed with! My uncle... is... the president of the Xianglong Chamber of Commerce!"
He kept repeating these few sentences, making the Daban brothers on the side extremely impatient.
Cai Shu stood by the window of the room, smoking.
Looking at Mao Pan, he was speechless.
Cai Shu couldn't help but say to Shen Xing beside him: "I thought you were naive enough, but there's someone even more naive than you."
Shen Xing scratched his head, he didn't dare to look at Mao Pan's pitiful state.
"A Xing, when your uncle wanted to take you away, I agreed."
Seeing Shen Xing's appearance, Cai Shu suddenly said seriously.
Hearing this, Shen Xing looked at Cai Shu and said: "I know, Cai Shu..."
"You don't know."
Cai Shu narrowed his eyes at Shen Xing: "You're not ready yet."
"But I tell you, since you chose to stay at Sanbianpo, these..."
He pointed at Mao Pan and continued: "are things you must experience and accept."
Shen Xing forced a smile on his lips: "I just... want to follow Brother Tuo and you, Cai Shu."
Cai Shu placed his hand on Shen Xing's shoulder, he handed Shen Xing a dagger and said: "A Xing, your... personality is rare."
"I like your innocence too, but you have to know, at Sanbianpo, if you're not ruthless."
"It will only bring disaster to you, and to those around you."
With that, Cai Shu pushed Shen Xing, pushing him to Mao Pan's side.
"I know you..."
Mao Pan could only open one eye to look at the figure beside him because one of his eyes was swollen shut.
Yet, even in this pitiful state, Mao Pan still grinned ferociously: "Little punk, don't let grandpa catch you, otherwise... I'll make you, I'll make all of you pay!"
Shen Xing's hand holding the knife trembled slightly.
"A Xing! Do it!" Cai Shu suddenly said coldly, looking at this scene.
Shen Xing stood there, not moving!
Whoosh!——
Dan Tuo suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the knife from Shen Xing's hand, and then stabbed it into Mao Pan's shoulder.
"Ah!"
Amid Mao Pan's screams, Shen Xing fell to the ground with a thud.
Cai Shu frowned and looked at Dan Tuo.
Dan Tuo put the knife away and then lowered his head to explain: "Cai Shu... A Xing... he's not ready."
"Not ready..." Cai Shu sneered, then turned and left the room.