Chapter 1224: Still Young

Wang Yan's life had stabilized.

After all, not many days had passed, and he was still adjusting the industries and personnel under his command, re-establishing rules. Since it was the initial operation, it was inevitable that many problems would arise.

Another reason was that the quality of the labor force in Sanbianpo was too low, the subordinates were uneven, and their ability to handle affairs was relatively poor.

Of course, doing business here didn't require very high quality; it relied on gathering a group of people, using force to snatch resources, and thereby conducting various commercial activities. From this perspective, Fourth Master's subordinates were actually quite capable. Otherwise, Fourth Master wouldn't have been able to be carefree for so many years, until he met the even more capable Wang Mouren, which ended his sinful life.

But Wang Yan certainly didn't hope to do it that way; what he wanted was high-quality operations under the guarantee of force, doing business as properly as possible. In other words, if you honestly do business with me, everyone will get rich together; if you don't do it honestly, I'll make you honestly do business with me, and I'll get rich...

So, besides decocting medicine for Zhao Ziying and occasionally cooking, Wang Yan was basically dealing with all kinds of matters below. He had to regulate his subordinates, and even more so, regulate the partners in the relevant business links.

The result of this was that Xiao Mo Nong had been very unpeaceful recently.

Although it wasn't that safe in the past, because it was close to the country and was a port city, attracting tourists, the whole of Xiao Mo Nong was relatively stable, and people died relatively quietly, always looking safe on the surface.

But now, because of Wang Yan, his subordinates were attacking everywhere, and even occasionally he had to go out and take the initiative to talk to people, which led to the recent turmoil in Xiao Mo Nong, where gunshots could be heard from time to time.

Actually, Wang Yan had already intentionally controlled it. Overall, it could only be said to be unstable, but for ordinary people and tourists coming to play, it had almost no impact.

It was just that the occasional gunshots, and even the gunshots of automatic rifles, and the appearance of people lying dead on the street covered in blood, were really too shocking, making people think that the situation in Xiao Mo Nong was heading toward chaos, and war could break out at any time.

There were mainly two reasons for this.

One was that his subordinates' ability to act wasn't high enough, and they didn't have the ability to solve problems without disturbing others. The second was that Fourth Master's business scale was relatively large, and he had high influence in Xiao Mo Nong and the surrounding areas, and those who cooperated with him were basically various mountain strongholds of all sizes in various places.

Now Wang Yan was regulating Fourth Master's subordinates and partners, which in reality was cleaning up all the forces in Xiao Mo Nong, and was snatching a part of Xiao Mo Nong's power.

After all, as everyone knew, power comes from the people. Wang Yan hadn't plotted politics yet; he was regulating partners, which was controlling people's rice bowls, and in reality, was snatching power.

However, these things didn't have much difficulty for him. From the beginning of snatching the Xinhao Hotel to cleaning up Xiao Mo Nong, it was only about half a month. Those who submitted and those who didn't were all killed until they were obedient.

Only then could he be considered to have officially stood firm in Xiao Mo Nong, operating numerous businesses such as hotels, tourism, casinos, KTV, health massage, restaurants, shooting ranges, forest farms, hunting, finance, construction, jade, wild animals, medicinal materials, proper and improper import and export trade, and even a part of the arms business.

Wang Yan basically took over Fourth Master's power, only stripping away the businesses involving population and shipping goods. He even took the initiative to provide the country with specific traffic shipping information and the list of involved personnel, almost catching them all in one net. He didn't know how the country handled it, but he killed everyone involved in Xiao Mo Nong.

This caused a certain degree of decline in the strength of Fourth Master's legacy, after all, the combat power of that gang involved in shipping goods was quite enough, and the involvement was quite large, so many people were dealt with.

But for Wang Yan, it didn't matter, after all, he was here, so whether there were many or few people wasn't a problem...

If you had to say which of his industries was the most special, it was tourism.

It wasn't that tourism was special; there were many improper travel agencies here, and the street dogs here mainly did this. They switched back and forth between the roles of street dogs, stackers, and pimps, providing all kinds of services to people.

Of course, these weren't regular. They were very bad; they lured guests to gamble, lured them to take loans, and might even secretly kidnap beautiful women, or engage in extortion, etc.

The point where his tourism was special was its regularity.

He bought a proper travel company in the country, undertaking domestic tourists to come to Xiao Mo Nong, staying in his hotel, and eating in his restaurant.

His shooting range and hunting ground were specifically opened for tourists, and he was also developing the surrounding areas of Xiao Mo Nong. He even contacted Chen Hao to open up a safe route to the core area of Sanbianpo in Da Qu Lin, continuously enriching and perfecting the tourism experience.

As for shopping, he didn't have any mandatory requirements; he always took others to make money together. His tourism business mainly highlighted safety and regularity!

This was the hardest thing to come by in Sanbianpo, of course, the price paid for this was also higher, and it wasn't cheap.

It was just that it had only just opened, and the number of guests attracted wasn't many, but as time went on, the advantages of safety, regularity, and rich experience would certainly be displayed, thereby driving consumption. At that time, the first to become active and benefit the most would be Xiao Mo Nong...

Even though it was already the New Year, the conditions Wang Yan offered still attracted a considerable batch of workers from the country, greatly strengthening the manpower of the construction team.

Wang Yan also made some plans for the hotel on the original basis, and personally designed the building, starting construction in an all-around way.

This included sports venues, because the hillside nearby was relatively flat and the location was very good, so a golf course was planned, and because there was plenty of open space, a football field was added, etc.

The construction of basketball and tennis courts wasn't difficult, and they had been completed during this period.

At this moment, Wang Yan was sitting under a parasol by the tennis court, with a cigarette in his mouth, and still carving jadeite in his hand. He was truly extremely idle, and not short of good materials, so his leisure heart came up, and he picked up carving again.

In the court, the Su and Zhao sisters were playing ball, sweating profusely, "bang bang bang bang," every time they swung the racket, they had to shout "ah ya" to exert force, which was quite lively.

Zhao Ziying no longer needed to be put to sleep by Wang Yan, and now it had been over two months. Under Wang Yan's regulation, her body had begun to recover, and she was no longer as pale and withered as before, starting to have some flesh and blood color, and the pain during episodes was no longer as unbearable. What was hard to quit was still her heart stained by poison.

The comfort of being in the clouds in the past was always rooted in her thoughts, hard to pull out...

However, the overall state was still okay, mainly because she was watched closely. Wang Yan was very idle, and Su Su wasn't busy either, so there was always someone by her side. Even if both were busy, they would lock her up and find someone to watch her.

Wang Yan's authority was undoubtedly quite high, and no one under him dared to violate his will, no one dared to listen to Zhao Ziying, let alone go find goods for her.

In fact, after Wang Yan destroyed Fourth Master, the difficulty of finding goods in Xiao Mo Nong climbed up at once. This place also banned drugs, but the actual actions weren't that determined, and the upper and lower levels were in collusion, so the transportation difficulty wasn't great.

But because of Wang Yan's actions, a whole bunch of people were involved, causing the goods here to become tight at once. Of course, this couldn't be maintained for long, and after a period of time, they would still pour in.

The main point was that he hadn't implemented a ban yet, and the strength he controlled couldn't achieve this point, this had to be done slowly...

At the moment, Zhao Ziying read books and exercised every day, and her mental state had begun to recover. Although it was inevitable that she was still a bit mentally ill, she was much better than before.

Zhao Ziying's body was also initially recovering, she couldn't even serve the ball across the net, Su Su wasn't in a hurry, standing there watching her toss about.

Just like that, in less than a few minutes, Wang Yan hadn't even made a few strokes with his carving knife, Su Su, whose face wasn't red and breath wasn't short, walked back and sat there drinking water quietly, while Zhao Ziying was sweating profusely and panting, not even able to sit down, picking up mineral water and gulping it down.

"Alright, today is quite good." Wang Yan pinched the cigarette butt, smiled and gave affirmation, and said, "Walk on the treadmill for a while later, also, that set of kung fu I taught you, ponder it when you're free, Su Su has already learned it, but you're still half-cooked."

Zhao Ziying pouted: "Yes, yes, yes, she's the smart one."

"Don't make trouble, I'm improving your physical quality, you have to be attentive yourself." Su Su said, "I've practiced for several days, it's especially effective, you'll know once you learn it."

"Are you really a kung fu master?" Zhao Ziying blinked her big eyes.

"Just this high." Wang Yan laughed and stretched out his thumb and index finger to pinch a tiny distance.

"You must be humble, otherwise the people you offended would have died eight hundred times already." Zhao Ziying giggled.

"Just know it. So do you know how dangerous you two are now? The supervision of you now, it's not strict, but it's not loose either, you pay attention yourself, don't get sick and can't resist the temptation, and run out to find food yourself, in case you fall into someone's trap, then your death will be ugly."

"I'm not stupid, it's hard to get to now, finally don't have to be like before, not human not ghost, how could I touch those things again? Besides, I'm still waiting for my body to recover, to accompany you well."

While speaking, Zhao Ziying sat on Wang Yan's lap, and her hands naturally wrapped around Wang Yan's neck.

"Acting cheap again." Su Su glared at her.

"You're not cheap." Zhao Ziying didn't show weakness, "I don't know who it is, calling so loudly every night, just afraid others won't hear. Don't you know I need to rest?"

"I'll change your room, you don't go out yourself, blame me?" Su Su had no shame at all.

"I just won't leave!"

"Whatever you want!"

Su Su looked indifferent, making Zhao Ziying's teeth itch with anger, so the sisters quarreled again.

Now the state of the three people was very natural, the sisters seemed to have accepted the matter of the three being together, Wang Yan was sitting back and enjoying the fruits, he certainly didn't care, and it could be considered as forming a family.

Even here, no one felt strange, everyone was quite natural, and the subordinates all knew there were two big sisters-in-law, one whose words were useful, and one whose words weren't.

Unlike in the country, although they might know, and had heard some things more or less, it was inevitably still strange, the liberation of thought was very successful...

Just when Wang Yan was listening to the two quarreling with a smile, Guo Jiwei brought Shen Xing over.

"Brother Yan, Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law." Guo Jiwei greeted people first, and Shen Xing followed to greet them.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile and responded, patting Zhao Ziying's butt: "Go, you two play for a while."

Zhao Ziying stood up obediently, glanced at the two, and went to the court with Su Su to play.

"Sit down." Wang Yan signaled and distributed cigarettes to the two.

Guo Jiwei had also learned to smoke, in such an environment, it was hard for him not to, besides women, almost all the men he saw smoked, and even some children had cigarette butts in their mouths.

Plus his status improved, he was managing the construction team before, now he was transferred to the hotel to continue learning management, every man who flattered him gave him cigarettes, and bit by bit he started smoking.

Wang Yan asked: "Xing'er, no movement for more than ten days, is the wound okay?"

"It's fine, no big deal now, thank you Brother Yan."

Guo Jiwei said on the side: "Brother Yan, Brother Xing fought with Uncle Cai."

Wang Yan nodded, as soon as Guo Jiwei said this, he knew it was Shen Xing who pulled Guo Jiwei over to be a bridge, guessing Shen Xing felt embarrassed.

He didn't have any special expression, just asked cooperatively with a smile: "What happened?"

"Ang Tun is dead! I killed him together with Dan Tuo."

Then Shen Xing talked about what happened in the past two days.

Everything stemmed from Ang Tun sending people to monitor Shen Xing, which made him fearful. And Dan Tuo's side wasn't smooth either, Uncle Cai didn't stand up for him, didn't help his brother avenge and kill Ang Tun.

It just so happened that he also knew Shen Xing's situation, but he didn't tell Uncle Cai. Because he knew, once he said Ang Tun's stupid move, Uncle Cai would definitely call a stop.

But at the same time, he also knew Shen Xing didn't want Wang Yan to take action, after all, Wang Yan was going to force Uncle Cai to kill Ang Tun directly, but Shen Xing didn't agree. So he used Shen Xing's fear of being monitored, and expressed his best efforts to help Shen Xing find his uncle, thereby inciting Shen Xing.

Finally, just like in the original story, Shen Xing sneaked into their warehouse in the mountains, tampered with the fake wine Ang Tun mixed, which was discovered by the drug lords in the mountains, and finally he was turned into a scarecrow, air-dried in the poppy field...

After listening to the process Shen Xing told, Wang Yan nodded and asked: "Then you should be working for that Uncle Cai at this time, why did you come to me?"

"Of course it's because I haven't seen Brother Yan for so long, come to greet you."

"Xing'er, your ability to lie isn't enough. If there's nothing, I guess you'd wish to be eight hundred miles away from me." Wang Yan laughed and scolded, "Don't say useless things, if there's something say it, if not, get lost."

Shen Xing giggled, somewhat embarrassed and said: "This isn't Ang Tun dead, the wine supplied to the mountains is cut off. Brother Yan, you inherited the power of that Fourth Master, right now within a few hundred miles around us, you are the biggest in the border water business. Because we are familiar, Uncle Cai sent me over to talk about cooperation, wanting to buy wine from you in the future. Uncle Cai said, you can set the price, as long as it's reasonable, he accepts it."

"Now he has no wine, the other side is urging urgently, he can't supply, the other side is dissatisfied, and finding a new supplier is too late. Don't make him sound so generous, if he were really generous, he wouldn't have not listened to you speak and stabbed you with a knife as soon as he came up. Xing'er, you still haven't learned your lesson."

Shen Xing smiled bitterly: "I have no way either, Brother Yan, Uncle Cai said he has some connections in Ma Niu Town, the police officer there picked up a tapir years ago and presented it to Ban Long, that's the warlord who drove Sang Kang away. Uncle Cai said he has cooperation with Ma Niu Town recently, and in a while he can contact them, then he can help me ask about my uncle's news. I'm counting on this, if I can't find my uncle, I won't go back even if I die..."

Wang Yan was noncommittal, he puffed out a mouthful of smoke and said: "Jiwei, what do you think of Uncle Cai?"

Guo Jiwei was stunned for a moment and said: "Brother Yan, I think he doesn't respect you. He needs your help now, and it's such a big matter, that's dealing with drug lords in the mountains, if those people are angered, Uncle Cai's life might not be guaranteed, yet he didn't come himself? Brother Xing is on good terms with us, but Brother Xing is Brother Xing, he is him!"