Chapter 60: Jiaoshan

Chapter 60: Jiaoshan

Chapter 60: Jiaoshan
September passed and time entered October.

Chen Chuan forgot about everything else and focused on practicing the Zhou Yuan Jin method, repeatedly honing his skills in free-hand fighting, and also took some time to learn the basic sword moves that Cheng Zitong took the time to teach him.

On a holiday in early October, Cheng Zitong called him in the morning and said, "Xiaochuan, you can start the assignment now. The teacher has already arranged the details. The person who will guide you is my nephew, who is your peer. You can call him senior or brother.

He is waiting for you downstairs now. There are always many unexpected situations when delegating tasks. He is more experienced, so you can just listen to him when the time comes."

Chen Chuan said, "Okay, teacher. I'll take note of it." Then he asked, "Teacher, what is this fellow's name?"

Cheng Zitong said: "Ren Xiaotian."

Chen Chuanxin said that this senior brother’s name is very wild.

After hanging up the phone, he thanked the dorm manager, went back to his room to get ready, and took the elevator downstairs. When he got out of the building, he saw a gray-green SUV parked not far away. In front of the car was a man less than 1.6 meters tall, about 30 years old, waiting there. He looked serious and solemn. When he saw Chen Chuan coming out, he said briefly: "Chen Chuan?
Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Senior Brother Ren?"

Ren Xiaotian said, "It's me, get in." As he said that, he opened the driver's door and stepped in.

Chen Chuan moved to the passenger seat, opened the door, moved in and sat in. After the door was closed and the seat belt was fastened, the car started.

But unlike the more capable Wei Changan whom I had met before, this Senior Brother Ren had a stern face and didn't say a word for a long distance after leaving the school gate.

Chen Chuan didn't know whether it was just his personality or some other reason, but since others didn't speak, he wouldn't bother them. He also didn't waste the time and just practiced his breathing technique.

But after a while, Senior Brother Ren suddenly asked, "Basic breathing method?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: “Yes.”

Senior Brother Ren fell silent again, and after waiting for a while, he said, "Very good."

Chen Chuan took a look and confirmed that this senior brother didn't know how to chat. After thinking about it, he took the initiative to say, "Senior Brother Ren, where are we going?"

Senior Brother Ren seemed relieved, and then he said, "Let's go to Jiaoshan."

Chen Chuan seemed to be thinking: "Jiaoshan?" He then asked: "What exactly is it doing?"

Senior Brother Ren said, "Go collect something for the client."

Chen Chuan thought about what Lu Ke had said to him before and could roughly guess the destination of this trip.

Senior Brother Ren then handed him a notebook and said, "Take a look."

Chen Chuan took it and flipped through it. There were densely written words on it, all about the assigned tasks, and the key points were marked at the bottom with a red line.

Because the client's money is paid in one lump sum, after confirmation by the entrusting company and the client, no additional remuneration will be given and no compensation will be given, so all excess expenses during the execution need to be borne by the entrusted executor himself.

If any variables arise, the executor will need to handle them on his own. If they are handled improperly or fail, the evaluation will be lowered and it will be difficult to receive decent delegated tasks in the future.

To avoid this, one must ensure the success rate and the other is to save costs as much as possible. He saw a note in bold at the back of this notebook: "Information channels are very important."

He couldn't help but nodded.

What is being compared here is the information channels. One is the ability to quickly find various delegated tasks, and the other is to promptly obtain the information required to perform the tasks. The more detailed and accurate the information, the higher the success rate and the lower the cost. Therefore, it is very important to have connections that specialize in this field.

However, after the sentence "information channels are important", there is another sentence that follows: "protecting yourself is the most important thing."

He was more convinced of this. The assigned tasks were just tools on his way forward. If he couldn't protect himself, then all of this would be meaningless. He flipped through the notebook for a while. The things written in it were both new and old. The very important points were specially marked with red pen, probably for his convenience. He thought: "This Senior Brother Ren is really thoughtful. The person the teacher found is indeed reliable."

The off-road vehicle headed east, and after leaving the city, it crossed the national highway and drove into a wasteland where there was almost no road.

Chen Chuan looked at the desolate scenery outside and felt as if he was suddenly far away from the civilized world, even though this place was not far from Yangzhi City.

However, the six counties of Yangzhi City are concentrated in the west and south. The north is mostly mountainous areas and small towns, while the area in the east near Jiaoshan is really sparsely populated. It is said that only a few illegal organizations exist there.

On the other hand, there are many people living in Jiaoshan who make a living by picking up garbage. In name, they are also citizens of the Dashun Republic, but in fact they do not enjoy any citizen rights and do not even have a household registration, so these people do not exist in any archival records.

He looked at the black ring-shaped mountain in the distance. According to Lu Ke, there were quite a few villages living near the mountain. They did not trust each other and had divided their spheres of influence.

Most of the time, the people in Jiaoshan trade with people in the Zhangshan mountain area and surrounding villages and towns in the northwest, and obtain supplies from there. The Iron Chain Gang controls a large share of the market, but it seems that they are not going there this time.

The journey was very bumpy, but fortunately both of them were in very good physical condition and did not feel any discomfort. After driving for about three hours, they saw an area of ​​charred black soil in front of them. Seeing this and the huge black mountain shadow that was gradually rising across the horizon, they knew that they were about to enter the range of the scorched mountain.

Ren Xiaotian then handed him a mask and a scarf and said, "Put them on."

Chen Chuan took it. He knew that most of the residents in Jiaoshan had lung diseases, which might be caused by the special dust in Jiaoshan. Wearing these was a necessary precaution, so he immediately put on both things.

At this time, a relatively flat road could be seen ahead. It should have been opened by the traffic in the past. After driving along this road for more than half an hour, a simple road sign made of waste tires and metal coils appeared beside the road. At the top, the three big crooked words "Nangou Village" were simply bent with metal wires.

As if because of the sound of the car, a man in work clothes covered in dust came out from behind the road sign. He wore old goggles and a leather hat that covered his ears. He looked around carefully, checked the license plate number, compared it with the note in his hand, and then waved his hands at them.

The SUV drove slowly and stopped not far from the road sign. Ren Xiaotian put on his hat and quickly wrapped himself in a scarf, covering himself tightly and said, "Get out of the car." He opened the door, jumped out of the car, and walked towards the man.

Chen Chuan also got out of the car. As soon as he got outside, he felt gusts of wind mixed with some fine powder. He glanced at the shadow of Jiaoshan Mountain in the distance that seemed to have entered the clouds, reached out to cover his student hat, and followed Ren Xiaotian.

When the two of them came over together, the man trotted over, stretched out his dirty hands to Chen Chuan with a smile, nodded and said, "Mr. Ren, right? Mr. Ren is really young and promising."

Chen Chuan waved his hand and gestured to the side, saying, "This is Mr. Ren."

The man immediately knew that he had made a mistake, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all. He turned around and shook hands with Ren Xiaotian, saying, "Mr. Ren? Mr. Ren is really a man who never reveals his true identity."

Ren Xiaotian said with a straight face: "Are you Lao Mi?"

"Yes, that's me. They all call me that."

"Where is the thing?"

Lao Mi sighed and said, "I had the stuff with me, intending to trade it, but something unexpected happened when I was leaving the village..."

Ren Xiaotian said dryly: "The price can be negotiated, but don't lie to me."

"No, no." Lao Mi waved his hands quickly. "This is what happened. Isn't the village afraid of accidents? The village chief wants to invite you to the village to trade. This way, everyone will feel at ease, right?"

Ren Xiaotian was silent for a while, then suddenly pulled out a revolver from his clothes, pointed it at Lao Mi's forehead, stared at Lao Mi's shocked and panicked eyes, and said in a voice without any emotion: "Give me the thing, or you'll die."

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(End of this chapter)