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"The Yu family sent people to take over all the blood algae fields in the village. The young and strong were all hired by the Yu family to harvest the blood algae. They could earn three to five hundred yuan per trip, provided they could come back alive..."

The old man tapped his pipe on the stone steps, his face shrouded in an indescribable gloom.

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath. Although he had guessed that there was a problem with the blood algae, he still did not expect that the problem would be so serious.

He suddenly realized something: "Since the Yu family has taken over all the blood algae fields, how will those of you who don't grow blood algae survive?"

The old man didn't answer, but slowly rolled up the sleeve of his left hand.

Jiang Chuan's gaze fell on his forearm, and his pupils contracted slightly.

His thin, dark forearm was covered with countless needle marks and bruises, some of which had scabbed over, while others were still slightly bleeding. The whole arm looked like a piece of rotten flesh that had been repeatedly beaten.

"Sell your blood, then."

The old man said it casually.

"Blood algae are very evil. In order for them to grow well, they must be fed human blood regularly."

The old man lowered his sleeves, his cloudy old eyes showing no anger, only a numb acceptance of the cruel reality: "The Yu family set up a blood donation point in the village. Those who didn't want to starve to death and wanted to live had no choice but to sell their blood. We should thank them for that. If it weren't for the Yu family, most of the people in this village would have starved to death."

"The fishermen's living conditions are so harsh, isn't anyone in charge doing anything about it?"

Jiang Chuan's voice had turned cold.

The old man chuckled and waved his hand. "When Lord Wen was in charge, he did come down to investigate twice, but Lord Wen... sigh, Lord Wen has been missing for more than half a year. Now, the one in charge of the city is Deputy Lord Ma, who is in cahoots with the Yu family. He only cares about his own political achievements and doesn't care about the lives of us common people."

He paused, then said, "Young man, judging from your demeanor and speech, you don't seem like an ordinary person. But if you're here for the Blood Algae, you'd better not bother and risk getting yourself into trouble."

Jiang Chuan was silent for a few seconds, then took out a few more banknotes and stuffed them into the old man's hand: "Excuse me, one last question, where is the village chief's residence in Bailang Village?"

The old man's eyes lit up when he saw the banknotes, but after hearing Jiang Chuan's question, he still hesitated.

He asked cautiously, "Young man...you wouldn't happen to be surnamed Yu, would you?"

My surname is Jiang.

Jiang Chuan grinned and forced a smile: "Jiang Chuan, soon this place will remember my name forever."

The old man's face twitched slightly. He thought the young man seemed to have something wrong with his head. He didn't dare to say anything more, pointed Jiang Chuan in a direction, and hurriedly left.

Jiang Chuan walked in the direction the old man pointed.

Along the way.

He saw the blood collection point the old man had mentioned.

The entire setup of the blood collection point had absolutely nothing to do with being "standard." There were staff without any protective gear, reusable syringes, and large vats filled with scarlet liquid placed in the yard, attracting swarms of flies that wouldn't leave.

Jiang Chuan's face grew increasingly gloomy. He had experienced poverty before, but even in the poorest times, his parents had never been reduced to selling their blood to survive.

Tiannan City is poor.

However, the annual fiscal revenue is not enough to leave a mere 300,000 people without food.

Where did the money go?

Jiang Chuan walked to the end of the village and saw the village chief's luxurious mansion, built on a low cliff, overlooking the entire sea of ​​blood algae. A chilling smile appeared on his face.

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The money is here.

The courtyard is surrounded by tall blue brick walls and a vermilion gate with rivets. Two stone lions, baring their teeth and claws, stand guard at the entrance, exuding a majestic aura.

Jiang Chuan stared at the two stone lions for a moment, then kicked the door open.

The rivets flew off.

The latch broke.

The two heavy doors slammed inward with a loud crash, causing the entire courtyard to tremble.

"Who goes there?!"

The courtyard erupted in chaos as seven or eight burly men who looked like guards rushed out from the side rooms, carrying sticks and some with short knives tucked into their waistbands; each of them had a face full of menacing features.

Jiang Chuan walked inside expressionlessly.

"How dare you trespass on the Yu family's residence! You're courting death!"

A bald, burly man who looked like a leader was the first to react. He shouted and swung the iron rod in his hand down at Jiang Chuan's head.

Jiang Chuan simply stomped his foot with slightly more force.

boom!!

A shockwave exploded outwards, blasting all the guards more than ten meters away, one after another crashing into the courtyard wall, their fates unknown in the blink of an eye.

The commotion immediately woke up the people inside, and a fat man with disheveled clothes ran out of the house.

He was still muttering curses under his breath:

"Fuck your mother! Are you trying to tear this house down?! Don't you know I'm doing something important right now..."

He only said half of what he meant.

Yu Laosan also saw the scene in the courtyard clearly.

A handsome young man stood in the courtyard, while the professional bodyguards he had hired lay sprawled on the ground around him.

But his first reaction was not fear.

Instead, he was furious.

"Who the hell do you think you are?! How dare you trespass on my property?! Do you even know whose turf this is?!"

Old Yu had a very loud voice, spitting everywhere, and his fat body trembled as he spoke.

Jiang Chuan raised his eyelids: "Then do you know who I am?"

Old Yu paused for a moment, squinted his eyes, which were squeezed into slits by his fat, and looked Jiang Chuan up and down several times.

The boy looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. He was a complete stranger, dressed in ordinary clothes, and didn't seem like a big shot from the city, much less a ruthless figure from the underworld.

He's not a big shot, nor is he a ruthless character.

What's there to be afraid of?

Old Man Yu's temper flared up again: "I don't care who you are! Do you know who lives in Bailang Village? It's the Yu family! The Yu family of Tiannan City! Go out and ask around, find out what kind of influence the Yu family has in Tiannan City! If you lay a finger on me today, the Yu family can wipe out your whole family tomorrow..."

"It seems you still don't know who I am," Jiang Chuan interrupted him calmly. "It's okay, you'll know soon enough."

boom! !

Without Jiang Chuan making any move, Yu Laosan, who was standing still, was suddenly hit by a cannonball, his whole body rolled into a ball of white flesh, and crashed through the courtyard wall.

A hint of hostility gradually rose in Jiang Chuan's eyes.

He spat.

He cursed, "A bunch of sons of bitches, do you really think I'm here to play power games with you?!"