Chapter 1208: Digging Three Feet Deep, A Small Harvest

When the foreign enemy invaded, some of them were even a little happy, thinking that the men from the outside could improve their status.

But the result was not like that.

The people from the outside were even more excessive than the women of the Ji Family.

They were slaves before, and they are still slaves now; the difference is that before, they didn't need to do heavy labor like digging, but now they do!

The people above demanded that the Ji Family be dug up three feet deep, and that the Treasure must be found at any cost.

Consequently, the Ji Family became what it is now.

Because they were digging for the Treasure, not something else, they could not use large mechanical equipment; it was basically all done by people using pickaxes and shovels to chip away little by little!

Manual digging is slow, but the demands were very urgent, so these people were forced to work by the overseers, regardless of day or night.

As some were digging, their bodies suddenly tilted and they collapsed.

"Someone come here, it's bad, someone has fainted."

The people around him shouted and yelled, and as they shouted, one suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Retribution, this is all retribution, it is the retribution for us betraying the Ji Family, hahahahahaha... we should be struck by lightning, traitors never have a good end, hahahaha..."

The overseer came over and took both of them away.

Some fainted, some went crazy!

Scenes like this have been playing out frequently at the Ji Family these past few days.

Monitoring Room.

Zhu Qingrui sat in the executive chair, his brows locked tight as he watched this scene, and he let out a heavy sigh!

The number of people working is getting fewer and fewer.

Every day, several people faint, and adding in those who don't know if they are truly crazy or just faking it, the labor force has plummeted!

But there is still not a shadow of the Treasure; at this rate, when will they ever finish digging?

He issued an order—let the overseers and guards on the island work together with everyone else.

Now Liu Quan was not having it.

The overseers and guards on the island were all his people; how could his people do the work of slaves?

Isn't this bullying people?

The reason Liu Quan's subordinates were so loyal to him was precisely because he "protected his own."

Liu Quan and Zhu Qingrui had a video call.

"Zhu Qingrui, you little brat, aren't you bullying people too much? You have no one to use, so I kindly sent people over to help you, yet you make them do menial labor? Do you not hold me in your eyes?"

He started off with a scolding.

Zhu Qingrui was not convinced, but his attitude was still good: "Uncle Liu, please don't be angry. How would I dare to bully your people? You might not understand the situation here; let me explain it to you and you will know..."

He put on the appearance of a junior, humble and respectful.

This demeanor of Zhu Qingrui's was very effective on Liu Quan, and his anger indeed diminished by a lot.

When he heard that the men of the Ji Family were useless, lazy, and shirking their work, and that there was truly no one else to use, leaving Zhu Qingrui with no choice but to have his people work, the fire in his heart had already mostly dissipated.

"Sorry, nephew, it's all my fault for being muddled with work lately, which is why I let this bunch of subordinates fool me. Don't worry, from now on these goods belong to you; don't just say let them work, even if you kill them, they won't say a word of complaint..."

He hung up the phone.

The butler said to Zhu Qingrui: "Young Master, you cannot listen to everything that man says; he is very cunning."

He rubbed his temples wearily and said to the butler: "I know, but what other choice do I have now? We don't have enough manpower on hand, we can only borrow his influence."

Liu Quan is both stupid and evil, and also suspicious.

Zhu Qingrui didn't think much of him at all, but there was no other way.

They don't have much money now, and even fewer people!

They can only rely on Liu Quan, hoping to achieve their own goals.

Actually, Liu Quan is the same.

He has money, power, and many brothers willing to go through fire and water for him, and he also has greater ambition!

It is a pity that for the past few decades, he has always been working for the benefit of others.

But ever since he connected with Zhu Qingrui, the two have complemented each other's strengths and weaknesses, and along the way, everything they have done has been exceptionally smooth.

It was just here at the Ji Family that they hit a hurdle!

For the sake of the Treasure, Liu Quan made a concession for the first time, letting his own people do the work of slaves and getting involved in the labor himself!

Don't say it.

There really was a harvest.

The "Treasure" was dug up.

It wasn't exactly dug up; during the construction process, Liu Quan's people accidentally triggered a switch and discovered a secret room, in which there were two boxes of gold bars and some diamonds.

"We're rich, we're rich!"

"Great, this money can buy a lot of guns and ammunition, we can replace them with the newest and best equipment."

"We found the Treasure, can we leave this place now?"

Liu Quan's subordinates were in a frenzy, thinking that their mission was accomplished and they could finally leave this place to reunite with their families.

But Zhu Qingrui poured a basin of cold water on them.

"You people are truly ignorant, thinking this little bit of stuff is the Ji Family's Treasure? This is just money to maintain the daily operations of the Ji Family; the real Treasure is hundreds, or even thousands or tens of thousands of times this amount."

"Really?"

"Then what are you standing there for, brothers, get to work!"

"Right, keep working."

His words were truly encouraging; these people were suddenly like they had been injected with adrenaline, working even more desperately.

However, three days passed.

A week has passed.

The Ji Family residence has been dug up three feet deep, yet not a single cent more was discovered!

There was no so-called Treasure map, nothing at all.

When there were no new discoveries, the two boxes of gold bars and diamonds found a week ago became particularly important!

The conflict between Liu Quan and Zhu Qingrui erupted.

Liu Quan ordered people to transport the gold bars to L Country to be used as military funds.

After Liu Quan took over, L Country became even more chaotic!

He ruled the country with violence and needed more military funds to suppress those who opposed him.

But Zhu Qingrui had his own ideas; he wanted to use this money to recruit talented experts from all over the world to decrypt the programs on the Ji Family's computers and find the real Treasure based on various clues.

What he wanted to do was, in Liu Quan's eyes, complete nonsense!

Useless, a waste of money.

The two had serious disagreements, so they started to argue.

The final result was, of course, as expected—Liu Quan had more men and greater influence, so he forcibly transported the gold bars to L Country for military funds.

When the guns roar, ten thousand taels of gold are spent.

The two boxes of gold bars looked like a lot, but they didn't last long at all and were quickly squandered away.

When Liu Quan ran out of money, he suspected that Zhu Qingrui knew the whereabouts of the Treasure and was deliberately keeping it from him.

Zhu Qingrui had long since harbored the intention of setting up his own operation, but he suffered from having no men and even less money; having the intention was useless!

Jiangzhou.

Liu Fengchao returned to the country and was warmly welcomed and received!

Sheng Hanyu held a welcome banquet for Liu Fengchao at the best hotel in Jiangzhou, and all the employees who went to L Country with him were rewarded according to their merits—heavily rewarded!

This time, they had performed great service.

Everything the Sheng Family lost in L Country was basically earned back through this trade.

Protests broke out continuously within L Country; people had no heart for work or production, but they still had to eat, wear clothes, and take medicine when sick.

Yet these items were not sold in domestic stores at all; they were in extreme shortage!

The goods that Liu Fengchao and his team transported through special channels were undoubtedly a timely help.