"Those damned bastards! They're insatiable! I think we fed them too much before!"
Du Ruhai couldn't help but curse.
The waiter couldn't help but remind him, "Brother Du, are we going to keep putting up with them? The waiters are starting to have a hard time. They even got into a fight during the day. I'm afraid things will get out of hand sooner or later if this continues."
If Du Ruhai hadn't given prior instructions not to cause trouble, and if Tang Huan hadn't issued a prior order prohibiting any residents of Qihuai County from deliberately provoking trouble, these new residents would have been dealt with long ago, regardless of their original status as expelled from Qihuai County.
Everyone has lived in Qihuai County for so many years. Who doesn't have relatives and friends? Who isn't related to the mercenaries?
It's really easy to clean up.
Du Ruhai snorted coldly, "There are no cowards in Qihuai County. We never cause trouble, but that doesn't mean we're afraid of trouble. Take me up there."
The men were overjoyed upon hearing this. After enduring so many days, they had long been fed up with the ugly faces of those people.
The two went upstairs together, and outside the highest-class room, the waiter gave them a look.
Du Ruhai remained silent, but tilted his head in a gesture of respect.
The waiter immediately understood, nodded, walked to the door, and knocked hard.
The clanging sounds immediately echoed down the corridor.
An impatient and irritable voice immediately rang out from the room, "Who is it? Looking for trouble in the middle of the night?"
The waiter said coldly, "Open the door!"
He kept talking, but his hands never stopped moving.
Zuixianju is indeed the best restaurant in Qihuai County, whether it's the location, the service, or the environment.
However, this place is only open to the public, and there aren't many guests on weekdays. These past few days, it's only been people from the neighboring county.
Therefore, the guy wasn't worried at all about making too much noise and disturbing others.
A short while later, the door was opened, and a man in his early forties stood inside, casually wearing a coat.
Upon seeing that the people standing outside the door were the waiter and Du Ruhai, he immediately said disdainfully, "So it's you two. Don't you know what time it is, keeping people up at night?
It was already past midnight.
After the man grumbled and cursed a few times, he prepared to close the door and go back to sleep. Du Ruhai quickly grabbed the door to stop him.
Upon seeing this, the man immediately retorted angrily, "Du Ruhai, are you looking for trouble? Although you are Tang Huan's man, you don't hold any official position in the government. Even if I beat you up today, Tang Huan can't do anything to me."
Du Ruhai did not refute it; what the other party said was true.
But he showed no fear. Instead, he said provocatively, "Yuan Lang, you've gone to all this trouble, you don't want to mess things up, do you? Go ahead and make your move now, I will absolutely not fight back. But you'd better think it through. Even if I don't hold any official position, I will always be Lord Tang's man. If you make a move, he has plenty of ways to deal with you."
Yuan Lang scoffed, "Hmph, don't think that just because others are afraid of Tang Huan I am. He's just a county magistrate, while I'm at least a secretary. I'm not much different from him in terms of official rank."
Du Ruhai forced his way into the room, turned on the light, and sat down at the table.
"Yuan Lang, as the clerk of Baofeng County, aren't you afraid of causing trouble for Baofeng County by getting involved in this kind of thing?"
"Trouble? Tang Huan is the county magistrate, but isn't my master the same? We used to be afraid of you because of that Xie Wu guy, but now he has been demoted and is no longer the prefect of Yingzhou. He even disappeared without a trace. Nobody knows whether he is dead or alive."
Du Ruhai's face darkened; what the other party said was true.
Xie Wu's demotion and disappearance were also one of the reasons why Qihuai County lacked confidence; otherwise, given the relationship between the prefect's wife and the officials, this matter could have been easily resolved.
Even if Xie Wu is demoted, he still knows some people, so dealing with a county magistrate wouldn't be difficult.
"Du Ruhai, don't waste your time. Unless Qihuai County agrees to our conditions, you won't be able to use any of the official roads leading out of Qihuai County. We are going to get a share of the profits no matter what. How can we allow only Qihuai County to make money while we starve?"
Yuen Long's attitude was very arrogant, and he had already made his intentions clear.
All this work is just for a share of the money.
If they are unwilling, then it would be better to cut off the source of income for Qihuai County, so that no one can make any money.
“Yuan Lang, I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it before, so I was very tolerant of you. But you should know what adults are like…”
Yuan Lang immediately burst into laughter, “Du Ruhai, do you really think we’re afraid of a mere Tang Huan? He’s just a county magistrate. He only did that because he was giving Xie Wu some face. If Tang Huan hadn’t relied on his sworn sister, how could he have hooked up with Xie Wu? He’d probably be chewing on tree roots by now in Qihuai County.”
The rise of Qihuai County has always been a mystery, as if it suddenly escaped its past poverty.
Many people attribute all of this to Xie Wu, believing that Tang Huan persuaded Xie Wu through his sworn sister to secretly provide assistance.
Du Ruhai was somewhat angry when he saw Yuan Lang using the past life of Qihuai County to mock him.
He was a native of Qihuai County, and he used to live a life of chewing tree roots and eating rotten leaves. The other party was practically stabbing a knife into his heart.
"Since that's the case, then I have nothing more to say."
Du Ruhai knew he couldn't resolve this matter; the people in Baofeng County didn't respect him at all, and didn't even treat him as an equal.
They never intended to talk.
"Yes, you're not qualified. If you want to talk, then let Tang Huan come to see me in person. You're not even worthy of shining my shoes."
Yuan Lang glanced at Du Ruhai sideways, a contemptuous smile on his face, causing his fat to jiggle.
The waiter was furious and made a move to punch Yuan Lang.
Yuan Lang instinctively dodged, but found that the waiter was blocked by Du Ruhai, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Du, this guy has gone too far!"
Du Ruhai shook his head vigorously.
Hitting someone won't help.
"Du Ruhai, don't say I'm not giving you face. After all, we have some history. How about this, you find a few young girls from the entertainment center and send them to my room. If you please me, I can put in a good word for you with the higher-ups."
Previously, Du Ruhai had been quite patient, but upon hearing Yuan Lang say such things, he almost instinctively swung his fist at him.
The punch was delivered so swiftly that the opponent had no time to react, and their right cheek immediately swelled up.
Feeling the pain in his face, Yuan Lang cursed, "You're asking for it!"
Du Ruhai said coldly, "You want a share of the pie? Then go tell the magistrate that I'm not capable of handling this matter, so let the magistrate come to see you in person."
The waiter exclaimed with delight, "The master is back?"
Du Ruhai looked coldly at Yuan Lang across from him, "I hope you still have the courage to say these words tomorrow."
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