Chapter 1 The Sixth Day of the New Year

Yu Jinrong took advantage of the last day of the holiday to host a banquet for many friends at home, with Yu Mingyuan accompanying them throughout. The topic of discussion revolved around the "Association" plan proposed by Su Tianyu.

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While the Yu family was trying every possible means to break through their current predicament, the Ma Gang (dock gang) and Changqing Company had also reached a complete agreement behind the scenes.

It was a little after four o'clock this afternoon.

Inside warehouse No. 02 of the Ti Hong Port dockworkers' association, more than one hundred and thirty people had gathered, playing cards, drinking, and generally making a lot of noise.

"Boss, are we going to do it tonight?" a young man asked with a smile.

"Of course, we're doing it!" The Ba Tou (foreman) under Wei Xiangzuo, sitting in a chair, said with a yawn, "Changqing is working with us on this."

"Is it a free-for-all, or is there a plan?"

"Don't know yet. The Zuotang (chief) hasn't come to tell us yet. Just wait." The Ba Tou lit a cigarette and shouted, "You can drink, but don't drink too much. We have to do some work later."

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At the Longkou district dock, inside a large entertainment city, all four storage rooms downstairs were full of people, at least sixty or seventy at a rough glance.

"Customers will be here soon. Don't wander around in the front hall and affect business. Just wait in the room!" A middle-aged man walked into the foremost room and frowned as he shouted.

"Got it."

"Have fun!" the middle-aged man said and turned to leave.

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Inside the garbage plant under Changqing Company.

Lu Feng sat in his office, looking askance at two of his underlings and saying, "If the higher-ups want to do it, then don't mess around. Pick some decent people to go. We're showing off our formation; we need to make the Ma Gang look strong."

"Got it, Boss." The underling nodded and asked, "Are you going?"

"I'm not going. I'm going to meet a temple master to chat for a while." Lu Feng was restless if he didn't chant scriptures for three days: "Damn it, I'm wholeheartedly devoted to Buddha, but this bloody martial world can't do without me!"

The underling was speechless, "You have a great vocabulary, Boss. You speak like a sage."

"Get out!" Lu Feng waved impatiently, "Get out, I need to make a call."

The two underlings turned and left.

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At seven o'clock in the evening.

Xu Hu called Gu Tongshan: "Shifu (master), the pieces are in place."

"Do it then." Gu Tongshan threw down the sentence and hung up the phone.

Hearing this, Xu Hu stood up and waved his hand, shouting, "Move out, into Zha Nan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall, thin man walked in. His name was Zheng Wei, a Ba Tou (foreman) of the Longkou district Ma Gang (dock gang) and Gu Tongshan's recently accepted little apprentice.

Rumor had it that Zheng Wei was extremely malicious. He had opened four entertainment cities in the Longkou area, and the girls inside were all undocumented Chinese immigrants, numbering over a hundred, all of whom were under his personal control and addicted to "gold bricks" (heroin).

"Shixiong (senior brother)!" Zheng Wei said sweetly after entering the room, "Where should my fifty or sixty men charge?"

"Where do you want to go?" Xu Hu asked.

"Aren't they saying the Su family is being difficult? I'll just take care of the Su family." Zheng Wei said, tilting his head. "I'll definitely put in the effort for your matter!"

"Can you handle it?"

"Damn, if I can't handle them, I'll quit." Zheng Wei replied proudly.

"Alright, then go." Xu Hu nodded, patted Zheng Wei on the shoulder, and said, "If something happens to the Zha Nan Ma Gang (dock gang), most of the people in other districts will just watch. I'll remember this favor."

"We're brothers in the same sect; is that even a thing?" Zheng Wei flattered back, "Is that settled then?"

"Good!" Xu Hu nodded.

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After a round of organization by the Ma Gang (dock gang), it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Inside warehouse No. 02 of Ti Hong Port, Wei Xiangzuo finally arrived. He stood in front of the crowd and shouted, "The Zha Nan Ma Gang (dock gang) is one family. Xu Hu's business is everyone's business. He's not convinced and called for a showdown, so we have to support him! Tonight, let loose. Even if the police show up, don't be polite. With so many people going out, even if they wanted to arrest you all, the detention center wouldn't be big enough. Moreover, the docks will step in at the right time. Everyone remember, this is a group event, not a street fight!"

"Understood!" The Ba Tou (foreman) leading the team stood up and replied.

"Let loose and do it!" Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand and shouted, then turned and left.

"Come on, bring the truck in."

The Ba Tou (foreman) waved his hand and called out.

Dozens of seconds later, a semi-truck backed into the warehouse. Hundreds of Ma Gang (dock gang) members pulled a large number of weapons from the truck: knives, sticks, and clubs, but no firearms.

After distributing the weapons, the crowd immediately rushed onto the truck and headed straight for the Zha Nan district.

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Around nine ten in the evening.

Inside the Bai family's garbage plant, a dozen workers who had just finished their shift were eating dinner in the cafeteria.

"Weng Weng!"

Outside, the sound of car engines roared. Two SUVs led the way, followed by three semi-trucks, rushing into the courtyard at high speed.

A worker washing dishes at the entrance of the cafeteria looked up at the convoy rushing into the courtyard and asked, "Are there any more goods to clear today?"

"Bang!"

The car door was pushed open, and one of Lu Feng's henchmen, with a red cloth tied around his arm, rushed down with a large machete in his hand: "Revenge time, motherfuckers! Make this as big as possible, beat them!"

From the SUVs and semi-trucks, a large number of thugs jumped out with weapons and charged towards the main building.

Seeing that things were not good, the workers of the Bai family scattered and fled. Some hadn't even finished their meals and jumped out of the cafeteria windows.

At this moment, let alone the workers, even the core members of the Bai family wouldn't be stupid enough to fight dozens of people. They also rushed out of the office building and ran in all directions.

Dozens of people rushed over in an instant, surrounding the workers who hadn't escaped, and beat them savagely.

The surrounding buildings, warehouses, cafeterias, and other places were also surrounded and smashed by the Changqing Company's thugs. The courtyard was in complete chaos for a time.

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Around nine ten in the evening.

The duty rooms of the city police department and the district police department began to receive a constant stream of transferred emergency calls. The duty officers were overwhelmed.

All the information gathered pointed to one problem.

Tonight, there was a major gang fight in the Zha Nan district. The Ma Gang (dock gang) was fighting the Zang Bang (dirty gang), and incidents of smashing, looting, and assault were occurring in many areas.

The deputy director of the police department on duty immediately mobilized the riot squad and ordered them to quickly enter the Zha Nan district.

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At the same time.

Zheng Wei of the Longkou Ma Gang (dock gang) led seven or eight cars to the vicinity of the Su family's garbage plant.

After getting out of the car, Zheng Wei lowered his head and put on white gloves on his left hand, and with a sinister smile on his face, he shouted, "We're not doing anything else tonight; we're just digging up Su Zhengcai's ancestral grave."

"That's a must!"

"Get out of the cars, do it!" Zheng Wei waved his hand and roared.

In this way, dozens of people from the Longkou district also rushed into the Su family's garbage plant.

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Inside the Su family's courtyard.

Su Zhengcai jumped up and down, roaring at Su Tiannan, "Forget about the plant, let our people run out first, hurry!"