Chapter 2551 You Don't Seem to Be Living a Happy Life

Chapter 2551

"Old Master Tang is still alive, and the first, second, and third branches of the Tang family are still alive."

"The fourth and fifth brothers are dead, the seventh and eighth brothers are missing, and the ninth brother is also missing."

"It is said that Xiao Jiu was seriously injured and knocked into the river."

"Because the police had caught these people red-handed, they started to hunt them down in the hope that they could extract evidence of the crimes committed by the eldest son of the Tang family and the old man of the Tang family from them."

"Unfortunately, these people either disappeared or died, and not a single one was caught alive."

"The subsequent interrogation may reach a stalemate."

"The National Security Bureau must be worried sick. But these things have nothing to do with me."

Jiang Wan's brow twitched upon hearing this. She looked at Qiao Liancheng beside her, whose expression was also very serious.

But because the occasion was inappropriate, neither of them said anything.

Jiang Wan deliberately changed the subject, asking Hong Ji, "How's your career going?"

"You should be making a lot of money running logistics, and you and your Axe Gang brothers should be doing very well. Why do you seem to be doing so poorly?"

Jiang Wan looked around. The house was very simple, with almost no furniture inside, except for an electric fan that was covered in dust not far away.

Besides, there wasn't even a decent sofa in the room; they all sat on cold benches.

Hong Ji is also a person who knows how to navigate social situations. If her family has a good environment, Jiang Wan wouldn't be able to stop her from going.

The fact that Jiang Wan is now being relegated to this sideline is enough to prove that her condition is not optimistic. After hearing her words, Hong Ji's eyes reddened, and she whispered:

"Sister, it's amazing that you still remember me. Other people probably forgot about me long ago."

She sniffed and whispered, "I listened to you and distanced myself from the Tang family. I also don't have much contact with the Yan family anymore. I took my Axe Gang brothers and went into the logistics industry."

"Things were fine a while ago. We had a good relationship with the people at the railway bureau, so we chartered a railcar to transport fruit from the south."

"They made quite a bit of money."

"But with so many brothers, after dividing it up, there wasn't much left in our hands. Just when we were planning to expand our business, the logistics industry started to flourish in various places."

"The government has also introduced policies regarding train cars; it's no longer like before where anyone could contract them out."

"Now, if you want to contract a train car, you need to go through a lot of procedures. And the roads for transporting fruit from the south to this area are not as easy as they used to be."

As Hong Ji spoke, she drank and mumbled out her current situation.

The only way they can travel now is by train; they can't use road transport like before.

As more and more cities began collecting protection money, many people gathered and blocked checkpoints at highway entrances and provincial and national highways, extorting protection money from anyone who passed by.

If you don't give it to me, you'll get beaten up, or your goods will be stolen!

The problem is that they all form their own factions, and today one is robbing, tomorrow another.

Hong Ji said, "Once, we were hauling a truckload of coal and only traveled through three cities when we encountered nine groups of people demanding protection money. Unfortunately, none of these nine groups were from the same organization."

Jiang Wan asked, "Didn't you report it to the police?"

"We live in a peaceful society now; how can we allow these people to run rampant outside?"

Hong Ji said, "How could I not report it? I reported it after the first robbery, but things aren't as simple as you think!"

“After we reported the case, the police responded immediately, but it seems like they have someone on the inside, or maybe they were on lookouts along the way.”

"Anyway, the robbers ran away before the police cars arrived. Later, we came up with a solution: we made our men carry radio communication equipment and the kind of fireworks devices used in ancient times."

“We would signal whenever we encountered a robbery, but even so, when the police arrived, the people and vehicles were still empty.”

"These people grabbed and ran."

“The police told us that they were also very annoyed. The problem is that these people are from nearby villages, and even if the Public Security Bureau sends a large force, it’s like fighting a guerrilla war.”

"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance. They've really figured out how to play this game."

Her words made Jiang Wan laugh.

This period may be quite chaotic. After the reform and opening up, a group of people got rich first.

However, many people are envious of those who have become rich first, so they resort to forceful and plundering methods to acquire wealth.

The police force on the other side has limited manpower, and there are no surveillance cameras installed in the surrounding area.

It's extremely difficult to arrest them unless the police officers subdue them on the spot.

Most importantly, they are not an organized gang. They are just groups of three to five people. As long as they have some weapons, they can easily intimidate ordinary people.

They grabbed it and ran.

Most people can't catch them.

Even if the police wanted to arrest people, they didn't have the resources to investigate each case individually; it was indeed a difficult problem.

But that doesn't mean there's no way to break the deadlock. We can only manage things slowly and explore gradually.

But this inadvertently caused hardship for small vendors like Hong Ji.

Jiang Wan pondered for a moment and said:

"I can give you two options, see which one you want to choose?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Ji's eyes lit up immediately, and she said happily, "Little girl, I knew you had a way. Tell me quickly, how do you want to help me?"

Jiang Wan was speechless for a moment, then spread her hands and said, "I'm a mother of two now, don't call me 'little girl,' just call me 'little sister.'"

Hong Ji waved her hand impatiently: "As long as you can help me solve this problem, I'll call you 'sister' or even 'mom' if you want."

Jiang Wan was so angry that she laughed.

"Alright, alright, stop trying to get close to me. I have two suggestions for you. The first is for you to change careers and quit this line of work."

"The second method might be a bit old-fashioned, but as long as you can open up this channel as I've described, you'll be safe and sound for at least 10 years."

"How things develop 10 years from now depends on your own understanding."

"If you find me then, I might help you again. I guarantee you'll have another 10 years of life."

Upon hearing this, Hongji's eyes immediately lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Okay, sister, tell me quickly, what exactly happened?"

Jiang Wan said, "The problem now is that you need some skilled people. You can either go to a martial arts team and find some kids who have learned martial arts, or you can cooperate with my security company."

"Of course, you'll need to pay some money, even if you're renting them. Renting them to accompany the vehicles, one person per vehicle should be enough. The rest are people you train yourself."

Hong Ji said, "I know the security company is pretty good at fighting, but my men are pretty good at fighting too."

Jiang Wan said, "They are different."