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Chapter 308: The Shen Family is in Trouble
The order to declare war has such power!

Giving people and money when asked for, isn't this intentionally condoning separatist forces within the city and annexing other forces to grow stronger?

The most unfortunate among them are the individual warriors and the wealthy businessmen who run their own businesses with weak strength.

Zhou Youting listened to everyone at the table talking as they described the changes brought about by this aristocratic family order.

First, Song Fugui complained bitterly that the oil shop he opened had become a lucrative piece of cake for various parties to exploit, and they forced him to provide oil and money.

As we all know, oil is a very important consumption item in any battle to defend a city.

Oil poured on the ground can make the enemy unstable and make climbing the city wall as difficult as climbing to the sky. Lighting a fire can spread the whole field and bring devastating damage.

Song Fugui no longer dared to open his oil shop. If he continued, he would suffer huge losses.

Small businessmen like him have more or less suffered from extortion and blackmail, and can no longer do business.

As for the warriors, those who have the support of a martial arts gym need to follow the gym owner to the top of the city wall to stop the enemy. Those who don’t have a backer will be in a miserable situation. They will be dragged away to serve as heads and will most likely become cannon fodder.

People like Jiang Hua and Shi Gaofei belong to the Jianxiong Martial Arts School and are protected by Wang Lao Hu's order to start a war.

As soon as the order to war was issued, the game of big fish eating small fish was played out everywhere. With the tacit approval of the aristocratic families, all parties were plundering money and resources, conscripting young men to fill the void, and expanding their influence.

This is the last madness before the war, a twisted feast.

Unfortunately, the Shen family business has become the bait of other big sharks and is about to be swallowed up, leaving nothing behind.

"War order?"

Zhou You was thinking about something, and Jiang Hua reminded him, "Brother Zhou, you have to be careful. If someone forcibly recruits you with a war order, things will be troublesome."

If he was still a martial arts school disciple, he would be immune to other war orders, but he is now a free man.

Being free means having no one to rely on and being a wild source of soldiers to be recruited when a war is declared.

Since this order was jointly issued by the two great families, it has supreme effect in Gongliang City.

If anyone dares to disobey the order to fight, the gang will be destroyed like a thunderbolt.

In fact, dozens of warriors had refused to be recruited and were killed, their properties confiscated and their families exterminated by the holders of the war order.

There were also wealthy businessmen who were unwilling to lose everything and tried to find ways to escape, but they were also thrown into an irretrievable situation.

Before the enemy attacked the city, there was already chaos inside.

These friends were worried that someone would take advantage of the situation to deal with Zhou You and use war orders to pressure him.
"War order? I have this thing too!"

Zhou You slapped the table and the food plates and wine jugs were separated into two sides.

War order!

Shi Gaofei opened his lazy eyes and recognized that this token was exactly the same as the one Wang Lao Hu brought back to the martial arts gym.

This token is a high-end prop that ordinary people have never heard of, let alone forging it.

Who could have imagined that the supreme power of the order to war, which everyone was lamenting and condemning just a moment ago, now appeared before their eyes.

They were a little confused and didn't react for a while.

"Mr. Zhou, I will follow you from now on."

Song Fuguitong knelt on the ground, hugged Zhou You's thigh, and said, "Rather than letting other bastards get their money's worth, I'd rather give it to you."

During this period, he was really furious because of the blackmail. He was asked for money and oil everywhere, but he didn't give any attitude.

They just treat him as a fat sheep to be slaughtered!
He was certain that Zhou You was one of their own and would not treat him unfairly, so he immediately expressed his allegiance.

Song Fugui is not alone, he also has the huge influence of his wife's family, including his wife's brother-in-law Liao Daheng's mountain goods business.

In this day and age, if you can get the protection of the war order, life will be much better. Since Zhou Zhouyou publicly displayed the war order, it was not a simple whim. He also needed material resources and manpower, not only to defend the city, but also to break out of the siege after the city was broken.

"I'm sorry, Junior Brother Zhou, we have to follow Master, so we can't help you."

After being amazed, Jiang Hua and Shi Gaofei expressed their apologies.

The relationship between master and disciple is of utmost importance. Even though they knew they would be treated better if they stayed with Zhou You, they had to continue to follow the order to start a war from Jianxiong Martial Arts School.

but···
"My neighbor has a Qi and Blood Warrior who will be arranged to meet you another day."

"What a coincidence. I have a distant cousin who lives in the countryside and recently moved to the city. He is recruiting disciples and teaching boxing in the countryside. He has more than a dozen apprentices. Could you help me take care of one or two of them?"

Song Fugui also remembered something. Liu Bing, who had lived in the same room with him, had also moved to the city.

This roommate was eliminated from the gym that year. After returning to his hometown, he relied on his strong fist skills and practiced boxing and fighting with a group of brothers. They competed with other villages for water sources and farmland, and made rapid progress through training.

Now, he is also a wild strength warrior, and his strength is proficient.

"Well, tell him to bring some people over. I don't mind having too many people here."

Zhou You estimated that Liu Bing had extraordinary perseverance as he could practice to this level despite the lack of supplies in the countryside. As long as he was given some secret medicine, breaking through his qi and blood would not be a problem.

The banquet was not in vain, as his friends helped him to complete the basic team to start his own business.

"Everyone, while we are still in high spirits, let's go support Senior Brother Shen and solve the problem."

Zhou You grabbed the order to start the battle, drank his wine glass, and called on his friends to follow.

Shen's Business...

Shen Sijing and Xu Ying stood side by side, looking angry but their trembling shoulders revealed their weakness.

The business was about to be taken over, and all the hard work they had put into maintaining it for so long was wasted.

Under the righteousness of the war order, they had no room to resist.

Zhang Hongmao is a tycoon in the city. He usually keeps more than a dozen Qi and Blood warriors. Now he has received the war order issued by the Xu family. He quickly recruited soldiers and horses, and still expanded into a behemoth.

When he said he wanted to requisition the Shen family's business, no one objected. Even his business partners and even the respected seniors in the business did not dare to say much.

Seeing that the closure of the business was inevitable, Zhang Hongmao actually went even further.

A fifty-year-old man actually wanted to forcibly marry Shen Sijing's sister. You must know that Shen Siying called him uncle.

Mr. Shen's hair turned white with worry, and he begged others to intervene, but no one dared to do so.

It is truly a miserable scene where no one can get help from heaven or earth.

"Brother Shen, if it really doesn't work, abandon the business house and take the master and the young lady and run away."

Xu Ying said fiercely, "I will fight them."

"No."

Shen Sijing had thought about fighting to the death, but he couldn't afford it. The enemy's spies were everywhere at the entrance of the business and around his home, waiting for them to make a noise so that they could have a reason to kill the whole family and confiscate their property.

Zhang Hongmao holds the order to start war and has the power of life and death. Now he only lacks a reason to take action.

Shen Sijing didn't even tell Zhou You, because he knew that his junior brother was in trouble as well. Perhaps thanks to Qi Fengzhang's relationship, he could escape the call to war, but now he had to be careful and keep a low profile.

Originally, he could have taken refuge in Jianxiong Martial Arts School, but for the sake of his own business, he had already cut off ties with the school.

Nowadays, even if you want to take your property and join Wang Lao Hu, you can’t find a way.

He did ask several of his fellow disciples to plead for mercy, but Lu Jianqing was the one in charge of the martial arts school now, and they coldly refused.

(End of this chapter)