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Chapter 533: Chapter 440: Controlling War (Seeking Subscription!)_1
June 27th.
The sky was slightly lit.
Tang Kai and his party set out, concluding their journey that ’yielded plentiful harvest’.
They came with two trucks, but left with five. As of yesterday, the appraisers from Tang Kai’s company had already finished assessing an entire warehouse worth of goods and took about a half.
Two of the trucks were Tang Kai’s own, for which he had spent all of his $50 million purchase funds. The remaining three were being sold on behalf. Each item for sale had its own serial number and corresponding ’market price’. Each week, Tang Kai would tally the sales and accounts with Leader Ling.
In a bid for transparency, Tang Kai even voluntarily allowed Leader Ling to send two monitors.
For these goods, Tang Kai had long since decided on the customers, and perhaps they could all be sold within a week, a net profit of more than tens of millions. As for his own goods, it would take quite some time to sell them all.
They had had an exciting time here for two days.
Li Kai was somewhat reluctant to leave.
"Old Tang, when can we come back to play again?" Li Kai sighed, looking out of the window. He was no longer as nervous as he was when they arrived.
The experiences of these past few days had been incredibly thrilling. He had met warlords, played with various firearms, tried out various military equipment, and experienced things that most people can’t possibly experience in their lifetime.
He suddenly felt like he had matured a lot.
"You can always come by yourself, but whether you can play with guns depends on your luck. If my second uncle doesn’t come, you won’t possibly touch a gun," replied Tang Qing truthfully. Such an opportunity would not often occur.
"True, if I come alone, no one will probably entertain me. Never mind, playing once is enough." Li Kai dismissed the idea. Playing once was enough, too much of it would become boring. It was better to keep the memory intact and never let it fade.
Li Kai turned and said again, "Old Tang, I wonder what this place will develop into in the future. I’m really looking forward to it. However, if it develops well, Myanmar will definitely not let go of this place. What should we do? I heard that there are several other forces around, and they definitely won’t let go of such a big chunk of fat, will they?"
Tang Qing didn’t expect Li Kai to say something so ’philosophical’. After thinking for a while, he said, "We don’t need to worry about that. Worrying about it won’t help either, Leader Ling must have his own plans or else he wouldn’t promote local construction with such dedication. I assume he must have a solution."
"Right, why should I worry? I just hope this place gets better and better. War is suffering for the people." Li Kai looked out the window at the laboring farmers and commented.
Holding a gun for the first time, he truly understood what it was, a weapon of murder. Feeling the sourness in his shoulder and looking at the various targets in the shooting range all shot to bits, he felt like his perspective on life had somehow elevated.
"..."
Tang Qing did not expect Li Kai to be so ’serious’ today, as if his character had suddenly changed, which he found a bit disconcerting.
He did not respond.
He chose to remain silent.
War.
The ones who suffered the most were indeed the common people. If an ordinary person wanted to take over territories from Naidan and Mara, it would actually result in heavy casualties on both sides and many innocent people would also get involved.
But, the actions of the fighters were meticulously planned decapitation operations, planned for a long time, fast as lightning. Although a few battles had taken place, only a few innocents had been affected. Therefore, he had not directly experienced the cruelty of war, but he didn’t want his territory to become a battlefield, something he could not accept.
To avoid war.
Then... control it.
Tang Qing felt as if he had realized something, yet it was still quite vague.
"Control."
"War."
Tang Qing muttered these two words, pondering their logic.
Suddenly.
Tang Qing’s eyes lit up.
He seemed to understand his previous timidity.
Since he had chosen this path and treated this place as his own territory, there was no turning back. Previously, he had been overly cautious, intending to maintain a balance with Myanmar and the other forces while seeking benefits ’in the crevices’. He adopted a strategy of keeping distant enemies close.
But now it seemed that this method, while not problematic, was too conservative.
Once the territory becomes a prime piece of meat in the future, attracting the eyes of the world, possessing vast wealth and the threat of Asia Dollars, intense conflicts of interest will be inevitable.
There is a high possibility that Myanmar will team up with that power to deal with him. Even if these two parties don’t want to, there will be many people coveting the territory, inciting these two parties to act. Even the road from Thailand might be blocked.
Although Thailand is an independent country, when facing powerful international capital, they are just a local force. If they are given enough benefits, Thailand will not hesitate to sell him out.
If all the surrounding territories ’turn against him’, then he would be in big trouble. Is he really going to wage a modern war to force them all into submission? That’s impossible. By then, this small place might be carved up and divided as part of a plot.
By that time.
What will he do?
Tang Qing couldn’t think of a solution for a while, but he was certain, to ensure the safety of the people in the territory, he might very well compromise, conceding his interests. He could not accept this outcome.
"In my territory, I won’t allow anyone to intrude and steal my things," Tang Qing muttered softly, his voice so low that others couldn’t hear him.
He had made up his mind.
He must increase and expedite the establishment of intelligence and infiltration networks for the forces around his territory.
He does not aim to attack.
Only to protect himself.
That’s all.
All this is for survival.
...
The journey back was long.
The convoy took half a day to return to Bangkok, where Tang Qing went to the fish shop again, bought its fried fish for the day, and started eating gleefully. Having sorted out some things, Tang Qing felt much lighter.
At Tang Kai’s villa.
Knowing Tang Qing was back, Lin Jiaxue, who had been reading, hurried downstairs. Although it had only been two days since they last met, she missed him dearly. She knew it was because she depended on him while living abroad.
As he got out of the car.
Without paying heed to others.
Tang Qing walked quickly up to Lin Jiaxue and held her tight, feeling his lover’s heartbeat. There wasn’t a trace of lust in his heart. Although Lin Jiaxue didn’t speak much and didn’t have a strong presence, her image was deeply ingrained in his heart.
"Brother, aren’t you embarrassed, with so many people here," Tang Nian’er, dressed simply, said, covering her mouth with her hand and giggling. After a few days of interaction, she had already accepted and got used to her brother Tang Qing. She started to joke with him, but she only did this with her family.
Hearing her words.
Tang Qing slowly let go of Lin Jiaxue and instead held her hand.
"Embarrassed, not embarrassed."
"..."
That night.
Command Room.
After listening to Tang Yi’s report, Tang Qing ordered, "Tang Yi, I am allocating you an exchange quota of thirty billion Asia Dollars. Accelerate the all-round infiltration and establishment of intelligence networks with peripheral forces. Some means may be used, but innocent people must not be harmed. We need to improve our influence over the surrounding forces as soon as possible, maintain our local interests, and ensure the safety of the territory’s foreign trade channels."
Thailand.
Myanmar.
As long as these two countries don’t bother him, he can rest easy. Even though they aren’t enemies in the short term, Tang Qing doesn’t want things to become irreparable. When the plan succeeds, the territory will truly become safe.
Tang Qing didn’t like the feeling of constantly being under someone’s thumb.
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