Chapter 40: Leave a line in everything, so we can meet again later, Brother Liu

Li Jiaci said goodbye to Xiao Cui.

Then he arranged for a few brothers to each take a car, while he himself drove a minivan to lead the way.

The journey took five hours.

After many days, the group of four finally returned to the factory.

By then, the factory was completely different from how it had been a few days earlier when they left.

Not only were the weeds in the courtyard cleared away, but the gate and windows had been freshly painted.

Of course, the woodworking machines had also been painted, looking just like new.

And Liu Jiang did not disappoint; in just a few days he recruited over a dozen workers.

They were all hired according to Li Jiaci's request: half experienced, half newcomers, both men and women.

Seeing Li Jiaci and them return,

Liu Jiang immediately arranged for everyone to start helping unload the trucks.

Twenty-odd trucks, carrying a full three hundred tons of logs, they unloaded from morning until afternoon before finishing.

The previously empty courtyard was now filled to the brim with those three hundred tons of logs.

Looking at the logs piled up like a mountain before him,

Li Jiaci casually wiped the sweat from his forehead, then turned to the workers and said, "Everyone see that, our raw materials have all been brought back now."

"We'll start work first thing tomorrow morning."

"The men will handle the wood splitter and saw, the women the planer, plus cleaning up wood shavings on the ground."

"But everyone must remember one thing: safety first. If you're tired, take a break; if you feel unwell, come ask me for leave. No matter what, you must not hurt yourself."

"Did you hear that clearly?"

"We heard it clearly!"

"If you heard it clearly, you can knock off now; come early tomorrow morning!"

After the workers had all dispersed,

Li Jiaci then said to Liu Jiang, "Didn't I tell you to keep the drivers' phone numbers?"

"When you go back tonight, give them a call, tell them where our new factory is, and let them know they can come haul timber tomorrow noon."

"Okay!"

……

In the evening he returned home.

Li Jiaci fetched a basin of water, heated it, and hastily wiped himself down.

The continuous busyness of recent days and today's fatigue really made him feel he could barely keep going.

He also prepared to go to sleep early, to brace for the work ahead that promised to be many times harder.

However.

He had just lain down in bed when someone knocked on the door.

Li Jiaci pulled open the door to look.

It was Lu San.

And behind him followed Liu Qisheng.

Seeing this scene,

Li Jiaci couldn't help frowning and asked, "What do you want?"

"Nothing much."

"Just came to chat with you!"

Lu San shoved Li Jiaci aside as if he were worth 2.58 million and walked into the room.

"Oh dear!"

"Our boss Li hasn't made a lot of money, has he?"

"How come he's still living in this rundown place?"

And things had come to this point.

He could hardly fail to see that Lu San had come to cause him trouble.

What he hadn't expected was that Liu Qisheng would dare to come along as well.

You know.

Last time Lin Zhong had helped scare him once.

With his brain as stupid as a pig or dog's, he shouldn't have figured it out so quickly, right?

And at this moment.

Liu Qisheng also gave Li Jiaci a contemptuous glance and said, "Don't look at me with that damn look."

"I used to think you'd made it big hanging out with Wang Zhen."

"But when I asked around there, I found nobody who knew you."

"Damn it, after all that, you only know Lin Zhong, right?"

"If it's just Lin Zhong alone, he wouldn't be scared."

After all, he also has a boss.

Moreover, he doesn't believe that, no matter how he treats Li Jiaci, Lin Zhong would go looking for trouble for him.

"Today I'm not going to waste your time with a lot of talk."

"Just on this matter, explain it clearly to me."

Liu Qisheng glanced at Li Jiaci and said, "Are you using my name to contract Lu San's timber mill?"

He heard these words.

Li Jiaci's brow twitched.

He glanced at Lu San, then at Liu Qisheng.

This Lu San is truly petty-hearted; being unhappy himself, he told Liu Qisheng about it, hoping Liu Qisheng would also be unhappy.

Li Jiaci shook his head and chuckled, then said: "The matter of contracting the timber yard is true, but I didn't use your name, Brother Liu; I paid for it myself."

The purpose of his saying this.

Nothing more than to tell Liu Qisheng.

This matter has nothing to do with him; he should stay out of it.

Or rather, not get involved.

Is that still Liu Qisheng?

After Liu Qisheng heard Lu San say this, he immediately came running without stopping.

As for what to do, is there even a need to say?

Moreover, there's no need for Liu Qisheng to speak.

The nearby Lu San blurted out: "You're full of shit!"

How much is your face worth?

If it weren't for giving Brother Liu face, I could contract the timber yard to you for a hundred thousand.

Liu Qisheng chuckled: "Look, you heard that too!"

Brother Liu isn't unreasonable either, and I'm not asking for too much from you!

He stretched out a hand, opened his five fingers, and waved them at Li Jiaci: "Give your Brother Liu fifty thousand of the earnings, how about that?"

Fifty thousand?

Li Jiaci almost laughed in anger.

First.

I didn't use Brother Liu's name.

Second, I didn't have Brother Liu send anyone to do work.

Li Jiaci said: "Yet you open your mouth demanding fifty thousand—isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Isn't it inappropriate?

Liu Qisheng curled the corner of his mouth: "I think it's fine."

Besides, I've heard you've made quite a bit of money, kid.

Brother Liu hasn't asked for more from you—just fifty thousand—and you won't even give that?

Liu Qisheng narrowed his eyes: "Last time Lin Zhong was around, I couldn't teach you manners; this time Lin Zhong isn't here—are you really planning to let me properly teach you how to write the two words 'manners'?"

Liu Qisheng saw Li Jiaci merely looking at him, and also didn't speak.

Liu Qisheng's face also grew a bit colder.

Kid!

Now I'm speaking politely to you, giving you a chance—don't fail to cherish it.

Liu Qisheng stood up, stepped closer to Li Jiaci, and said: "You know Brother Liu's methods; if you make Brother Liu angry, this matter won't end well."

I'll ask you one last time!

Fifty thousand—will you give it or not?

Along with his words,

The four men he brought also surrounded Li Jiaci from all sides at the same time.

Seeing this scene,

Li Jiaci shook his head and laughed.

In his previous life, after Li Jiaci returned from Dongnan ya,

he was taken notice of by another local faction in Pingzhou called the Old Drifters.

After serving a few years as a red stick, he rose again, becoming the third-in-command of the gang, and held the position of hall master in that gang for a full ten years.

Originally, four red sticks under him worked for him, and the number of enforcers was countless.

Someone like Liu Qisheng, who at most could be called a gang leader of enforcers, in his previous life didn't even have the qualifications to speak to Li Jiaci.

In this life,

Li Jiaci originally also didn't want to get involved with him.

But this person turned out to be ungrateful, actually bringing people to extort him.

Li Jiaci took a deep breath, stared straight at Liu Qisheng, and said: "Brother Liu, leave a line in everything, so we can meet again in the future…"