I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

Everyone here was a farmer, especially the brothers from Zhao Village, who had never seen so much money before. Now, seeing the bundles of Chinese currency and rolls of silver dollars in the cabinet, how could they possibly control themselves? Their eyes widened, and they wished they could hug them all and cherish them!

Mancang's rebuke startled everyone. Now was not the time to celebrate; the battle had only just begun and was far from over!

Outside the courtyard, seven or eight rooms still had lights on. The group quickly dispersed, gripping their crossbows and guarding the doors of each room. Just as Tiger was about to kick down a door, Manxiang stopped him, knocking twice on the door.

"toot toot"

"Who is it? Manager Li isn't finished yet!..." a shop assistant said, poking half his body out of the door.

"Whoosh!" A crossbow bolt pierced his chest, the fletching disappearing completely. Before the man could fall, Manxiang quickly rushed forward, steadied him, and dragged him out. Looking inside, he saw two old opium addicts lounging on the kang (heated brick bed), puffing away on their pipes, completely oblivious to the commotion at the door. He quietly closed the door and locked it from the outside, gently tossed the man's body into the courtyard, and headed to the next room.

Seeing how swiftly and efficiently a man had taken down a worker, the others followed suit. Soon, knocks were being placed on the doors of every room, and one worker after another reluctantly came out, only to be turned into a corpse and lie in the courtyard after being shot with an arrow!

Awesome! Taking down these guys so easily brought a sense of relief to everyone. The Japanese soldiers were fierce, but the puppet troops and these servants were no match for them. Even with careful planning, they were no match for these unsuspecting men.

"Search them out, but don't disturb the opium addicts. Collect all the opium, opium pipes, and money. Don't hold back when you encounter these servants!" Zhao Mancang ordered.

The men in all eight rooms have been apprehended; only the bathhouse at the front of the courtyard remains unsearched. All the unlit rooms must also be searched; when you raid an opium den, you can't leave them any weapons behind.

Soon, Da Zhao returned from the bathhouse carrying the corpses of two men. Gou Mao was also carrying a cloth bag, which was half full of something unknown.

The group searched several other unlit rooms and found a bunch of tobacco pipes, oil lamps, and other similar items, but nothing else.

Tiger held up a piece of opium and directed his two hunting dogs to sniff it. Soon, the two dogs lay down in front of a house. After prying open the door, the two dogs darted inside and then sprang to a large wooden crate and lay down. Tiger and Dog Hair followed closely behind. They turned on the light, and this wasn't a wooden crate at all; it was a genuine coffin! Several bamboo baskets filled with tattered clothes and other unremarkable items were piled on the coffin lid, covered in dust.

The two exchanged a glance and hurriedly stepped forward to throw away the messy things on top, pushed open the coffin lid, and the light shone into the coffin, revealing a coffin full of soot wrapped in oil paper!

"My God! There's so much hidden here! How many people will this harm?" Tiger was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth. He'd already seen enough opium in the half-cabinet in the break room, but he hadn't expected there to be so much more here! And hidden so well! If it weren't for the two dogs, they would have escaped!

Without delay, the two told their brothers to find bags, pack everything up, and take it with them.

"Uncle Cang, what should we do with all this stuff? Should we take it with us?" Tiger asked, pointing to the pile of opium pipes, oil lamps, and opium he had collected.

"Take them all away and destroy them. Brothers, don't even look at them. These are harmful substances. Once you're infected, your life will be ruined. You won't even be able to have children! Anyone who tries to keep them will be dealt with harshly!" Man Cang emphasized solemnly.

"Don't worry! We brothers know what we're doing!"

"We're not going to touch this harmful stuff!"

Everyone expressed their agreement, saying that after this period of training, they all obeyed this man's every word and would naturally not disobey or disobey him.

"Pull all the arrows off the corpses and take them with you, along with the spoils!" After scanning the area and finding nothing missing, he decisively ordered a retreat.

"What about those smokers?" Tiger asked, pointing to the room with the lights on.

"Never mind, let them fend for themselves!" These people are business owners from the market or local residents. They were all locked in their rooms and no one recognized them from beginning to end. There's no need to kill them all.

Soon everyone packed up their spoils, opened the door, and left, leaving the courtyard quiet again.

"Hahaha, that's great! This is way too easy! Those opium den guards are utterly useless!"

"Awesome! This crossbow is so easy to use, even better than the Japanese Mauser C96, it's completely silent! Awesome!"

"That's right! Anything produced by Master Cang is guaranteed to be top-notch!"

Once outside the market, everyone couldn't help but marvel at how successful their first appearance had been, as easy as taking candy from a baby.

"This haul is incredible! We've got tens of thousands of yuan in legal tender alone! And all those silver dollars! Opening an opium den is so profitable! Why don't we find a place to open one too? It's such a waste to destroy so much opium!" Mangui said, patting the bag on his shoulder.

“You dare stop! What’s the difference between us running opium dens and those traitors? We fight the Japanese to protect our hometown folks from being bullied by them. How can we turn around and harm the people?” Manxiang quickly rebuked.

"Haha, I was just saying..." Mangui said awkwardly.

“Manxiang is right. We can’t touch this stuff ourselves, let alone sell it to harm people! When we get back, I’ll draft a set of military discipline rules, and the first rule is no smoking! Tomorrow morning, find some quicklime and boil all this opium. We also need to smash all the opium pipes and hand the metal over to the blacksmith to make weapons,” Mancang said solemnly.

Now that the unit is established, military discipline must keep up, otherwise they will just be a rabble and will collapse in no time without the Japanese attacking them.

"Why bother with all that? Why not just set it on fire? Why bother with quicklime?" Tiger asked, puzzled.

"Haha, that won't do! Opium is meant to be lit and smoked, which produces a lot of smoke. If people or animals inhale it, they will be poisoned or even addicted. That would be no different from smoking opium. Inhaling too much can even lead to death on the spot. Only boiling it with quicklime can completely destroy it," Mancang explained.

During the Humen Opium Destruction, the traditional method of "burning opium mixed with tung oil" was used. However, residues would seep into the ground, and addicts could still obtain two or three tenths of the opium by digging up the soil. Therefore, Lin Zexu devised a second method: the "seawater immersion method." This method involved digging two pools on the coast, lining the bottom with stones, and nailing boards around the edges to prevent leakage. A ditch was then dug. Saltwater was poured into the ditch, flowing into the pools. Next, the opium was cut into quarters, added to the saltwater, and soaked for half a day. Then, lime was added; the lime boiled upon contact with water, dissolving the opium. Soldiers continuously stirred the water with wooden rakes to ensure the opium was completely dissolved. At low tide, the water was drained into the ocean, and the bottom of the pools was washed clean, leaving no trace.