Chapter 811: Retreat First as a Courtesy

In the morning, the Denuo State Police Department Director made another phone call to Sheriff Ma Xiu.

After sleeping for a night, he was still a bit uneasy. Since Lansi was determined not to reconcile with them, they not only had to prepare for defense but also for counterattack.

"Remember, don't go anywhere during this time, just stay in the sub-station."

"As long as they dare to attack the police station, counterattack immediately!"

"Tell the officers not to lock their weapons in the weapon cabinet or put them in places they can't easily reach. Let them be ready to counterattack at any time."

According to the regulations of the police station here, things like rifles and submachine guns must be properly kept when not in use.

They had a logistics department specifically for managing these firearms. When needed, with the Sheriff's approval, officers could then receive these weapons.

Usually, they were locked in a metal weapon cabinet, and only a few people could touch them.

After he gave some more instructions, he said, "This matter won't last too long. I'm lobbying. Isn't Lansi trying to smuggle alcohol into Denuo State?"

"I'm lobbying some local gangs to unite against Lansi, not to do anything to him, kill him or anything, but to drive him and his people, along with his goods, out of Denuo State."

"As long as he still wants to enter the market here, he must talk to us!"

"Force them to negotiate with us, and then your problem won't be a problem."

This was also a feasible method the State Police Department Director thought of last night: police, plus gangs, double pressure on the Lansi family.

Either he completely gives up the market in Denuo State and then rolls away, or to enter the market here, he compromises on these issues.

He believed Lansi would eventually compromise. The reason was simple—

No one would go against money.

From the transportation of alcohol worth millions by Lansi, his business should be very large, and his ideas here would also be very large.

If he didn't want to give up his plan, he could only do this.

Sheriff Ma Xiu heard this and said gratefully, "I don't know how to express my gratitude..."

The Director interrupted him. "If you stop causing trouble that we can't clean up, I'll thank God!"

"Alright, that's it. I still have to lobby those gang leaders."

"If there's any situation, contact me again."

The two hung up the phone. The Director did start to contact those gangs, talking about the consequences of the Lansi family's strong "invasion," and talking to them that if they could drive the Lansi family out, he would come forward to coordinate with the police station directors in various places to appropriately relax the management system for gang wars.

To put it simply, they could have gang wars at any time, and the police would only appear after the gang war ended.

At the same time, the police would only arrest the Lansi family's people, not their people.

And if they did this, he would consider letting the police station directors in various places provide some convenience for crimes to the gangs that contributed.

For example, they should have been arrested, but this time they wouldn't be, or they would be tipped off in advance.

As the State Police Department Director, he still had this ability.

After hanging up the phone, Sheriff Ma Xiu stood up and walked back and forth several times. After smoking two cigarettes, he decided to fully obey the Director's arrangement.

After this matter ended, he would give the Director a sum of money to thank him for his help. This was the simplest and most effective method he could think of.

He returned to the desk and dialed the phone at home. "Honey?"

"Yes... I've encountered some trouble recently. You'd better tell the children not to run around."

"Ask for leave for the two younger ones, let them stay at home with you, don't go anywhere."

"Let the older one not come back at school. Remember, I'm not joking with you!"

"You can go to the garage... Yes, the second drawer of the repair cabinet. The key is in the small blue bucket on the flower room tool table."

"There are weapons and ammunition in the garage drawer. Put them in a place you can easily reach. I will also send a few officers back to help you."

"... Don't worry, everything will get better. The Director also knows about this. In half a month, a month at most, we will see each other again."

After he said these words, he hung up the phone directly. At this moment, his heart was filled with incomparable regret.

A moment of greed let the situation develop to this uncontrollable point.

But if it came again, he would very likely still make the same choice.

The reason was simple: too much!

Now he had done everything he could. Next, just wait quietly!

In Red Stone City, in a luxury villa area, a lady who looked like a noblewoman put down the phone worriedly. She stood up restlessly, but soon sat back down.

After thinking for a while, she dialed her brother's phone.

Because she married Ma Xiu, her family also obtained convenience that did not belong to their class.

Sometimes you don't go deep into the layers of this society, and you can't feel the malice that this world is full of for ordinary people.

Also considered "bottom-level workers," a police officer and a worker on an assembly line, from the social salary system, might only differ by a few dollars.

But their quality of life, the income they can actually obtain, is many times different!

A supervisor on an assembly line might be able to afford a villa after working for a lifetime, but a Sheriff of a highway police sub-station of the State Police Department easily bought two villas and had massive savings and wealth.

Even his wife's family could obtain significantly better opportunities because of him.

It can only be said that the people are still too kind. As long as there is something to eat and they won't starve to death, they won't make trouble.

Ma Xiu's wife quickly got through the phone. "Can you come over now?"

Her brother opened a strip club in Red Stone City. Because of the care of Sheriff Ma Xiu, the police basically didn't come to check this small club.

They used to sell alcohol, but with the implementation of the prohibition, they interrupted for a period of time.

Knowing recently, grape bricks became popular, and there were legal loopholes.

They started selling sparkling fruit juice again, the kind they produced themselves, some "spoiled" fruit juice, the kind soaked from grape bricks.

Although it was a bit turbid and the taste was sometimes not very good, the price was cheap, and the club's business was not bad.

If the Bureau of Hazardous Materials wanted to check, someone would secretly notify him first. Looking at the face that everyone was a law enforcer, their management of this club was not too strict.

This also made this young man a figure in his own social circle.

"Sister?"

"What happened?", the young man sat in the office, half-lying on the chair, a stripper was serving him.

Because the business here was good, there was no shortage of strippers; instead, they had to be scheduled before they had a chance to go on stage.

For these girls, they wanted to make money. Besides those guests, the most critical thing was still on the stage.

Truly rich people wouldn't really fancy these "dirty girls," so the income brought by ordinary guests accounted for a large part of their overall income.

"Can you come over? I'm a bit worried. Your brother-in-law might have encountered some trouble, and he told me some very inexplicable things..."

The young man pushed away the girl in front of him as soon as he heard this. He stood up while pulling up the zipper. "I'll be there right away. Don't go anywhere, just wait for me at home!"

He put down the phone, glanced at the girl with a longing face, nodded slightly, "I'll have them arrange two shows for you tonight."

Ignoring the surprise smile on the girl's face, he opened the drawer, took out a pistol and put it in his pocket, then called two thugs to follow him to the villa area.

Soon he met his sister in the villa. Every time he came here, he would have a deep envy. He also longed for one day to live in such a large mansion!

"What happened?", he walked to his sister's side and held her hand.

She told him everything Ma Xiu told her. The young man with some "social experience" soon realized that this might be related to gangs.

He pondered for a while. "I'll go pick up the two children now."

Ma Xiu's wife pulled his hand. "What about the oldest?"

The young man shook his head. "Gangs don't dare to mess around in the university. They will cause public anger!"

The gold content of the university in this period, as well as social influence, was still very good, far harder to get into than later when you could sing, dance, cook, or use an oven.

Hard to get into meant higher social attention. Gangs almost never messed around in such places.

Ma Xiu's wife quickly agreed. These were the same as what Ma Xiu said.

The two children didn't know why they didn't have to go to class suddenly. They were also very happy about the arrival of this "uncle." This uncle often brought them many delicious and fun things, and would secretly give them a lot of pocket money.

In this family, the first one they were close to was their mother, then this uncle, and the third was Sheriff Ma Xiu.

After all, Sheriff Ma Xiu was not at home for a considerable period of time every month, and as a father, he had to maintain his family authority. He wouldn't easily joke and play with the children.

On the contrary, this uncle was like a good friend to them, so they happily returned home with their uncle.

Ma Xiu's three children, the oldest was already in university, now in the first semester of the second year.

The first child was born a few years after he got married and his work stabilized.

At that time, he was only a Deputy Sheriff, not high, not low, couldn't make much money, and was busy with work all day.

At that time, the Sheriff always pushed a lot of work to him.

There were people above managing, and the people below didn't listen to him much. The work not going smoothly made him have no mind to have more children.

Another seven or eight years passed, he was promoted to Sheriff, and then he had the children behind.

The oldest was a boy, the second was a girl, only fourteen years old, the third was a boy, only eleven years old.

The two children laughed and returned to greet Ma Xiu's wife, then went to the garden to play.

Their uncle returned to Ma Xiu's wife's side, soothing her emotions.

"Nothing will happen. I know that State Police Department Director. He is a very capable person and has a good relationship with the Deputy Governor."

"Sister, here, there is no problem that big figures like them can't solve. Trust me!"

"I will live here these few days. When Ma Xiu comes back, everything will be the same as before, and there will be no changes..."

With her brother's comfort, and the children at home, Ma Xiu's wife finally let out a sigh of relief.

In the evening, her brother called a few more thugs over. If it wasn't for maintaining the security of the strip club, he would have called everyone over.

But even so, there were six thugs here.

Two of them were also equipped with pistols.

In the evening, the villa was brightly lit. The bright light seemed to dispel a lot of fear in people's hearts. The family sat on the sofa watching the programs on TV, temporarily forgetting their worries.

And at this time, on the interstate highway, two motorcades were driving rapidly into Red Stone City.

One motorcade was led by Elvin, the Lansi family.

And another one was the six police officers sent by Ma Xiu.

It wasn't that he wasn't willing to send more, but the highway police sub-station only had forty or fifty police officers in total. Sending too many would make work unable to be taken care of, and he also needed to keep some confidants on his side.

These six people were also considered his staunch supporters, people who stood on his side.

The two groups of people followed two completely different highways, moving rapidly toward Red Stone City.

A bit later, Mero made another phone call.

"What happened at home?", Lansi was a bit confused when answering the phone. Mero was a very steady person. If there was no matter that must contact him, he definitely wouldn't call.

This would affect his mood when doing things outside.

This was like a person participating in a gambling game outside. If his family called him for no reason, it would definitely make him irritable, unable to concentrate on the card game, his mind not flexible, and thus lose the card game.

Although Lansi wasn't playing cards, he was doing things with greater risks outside!

Losing a card game was just losing money. If he lost outside, he would be injured at best, and shot at worst.

Mero laughed twice. "No, everything at home is normal. You know, nothing will happen here."

"Just now Cole called me, asking if their goods had problems, and asking if there were our people in New Jincheng. He said someone saw our people."

Lansi frowned when he heard this. "What else did he say?"

"If he only said these, you shouldn't have called me."

Mero still said unhurriedly, "He also asked who was here, if it was Enio, and asked me for the phone number to contact you."

"I didn't tell him, let him call me tomorrow."

Lansi closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. "Sounds like it's not a good news, although I don't want to think so."

Mero agreed with his view. "Coming to ask for the phone number and contact information at this time, it's too coincidental."

"Do you need me to arrange more people to go there?"

Lansi thought for a while. "No, no need. Coming again would be too obvious. I have already let Elvin take most of the people away. They don't know I'm here, and they don't know how many people there are. I will find the right time to leave here."

"Are you thinking, they might... collude with those people?", Mero's tone was a bit uncertain. In fact, he already had an answer in his heart, but he himself was a bit unwilling to admit it.

All along, the leader of the Imperial gang had cooperated well with them, and Lansi was also willing to support the Imperial gang to develop in various places.

After all, everyone was a fellow townsman. If they didn't huddle together in this foreign land, they would only be bullied. Seeking common ground while reserving differences was not such a simple sentence, but huddling together with fellow townsmen was simpler.

He considered that some people would be face-to-face but not heart-to-heart with them, and he was also prepared, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

Even he didn't have a conflict with the local Imperial gang, and he was willing to support them, but it didn't work. This made Lansi very disappointed!

Speaking of this Cole, he was the leader of the Imperial gang in New Jincheng, an Imperial person in his forties, who had been here for more than ten years.

From the information sent back by Enio and Bolton, and the photos he saw, this was a guy who looked a bit fat and always full of smiles.

Looks a bit... smooth.

But from his behavior this time, he didn't seem so smooth.

The victory or defeat had just begun, and he had already taken sides?

"He will call you again tomorrow, you just say our people have left, and you don't need to say anything else."

"If he asks about me, you just say I went to Jinzhou."

After hanging up the phone, Lansi shook his head slightly. He didn't know how much benefit the State Police Department Director or Ma Xiu gave this Cole to make him betray these people.

But he knew, this Cole was dead.

Lansi let everyone not go out, and if they went out, change into a set of casual clothes.

The next morning, the people who went out to see the situation had returned. The news they brought back was the same as Lansi guessed.

Now there were many gang members on the street, and they seemed to be looking for someone.

The cars Lansi and the others drove were local license plates, so they didn't attract the attention of these people. Some out-of-town license plates, especially Lika Lai State license plates, would be focused on by them.

They couldn't stay here.

Lansi didn't think about taking risks or anything. Taking risks was something only idiots would do. He had already passed the starting stage that required a desperate fight.

Immediately, he took people and drove directly out of the city circle, all the way east from New Jincheng.

Lansi was laughing all the way. Someone asked him why he was laughing, and what he was laughing at.

He said, this was the first time in recent years that he had taken his brothers to "flee" in a sorry state...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 812 =====