Dayang Country, inside the arms factory.
“Boss, those people have already taken the goods away. Nothing unusual was found nearby.”
Listening to Shepherd’s reply on the phone, Jiang Chuan nodded thoughtfully.
“All right, you guys come back first. Be careful, got it?” Jiang Chuan gave a word of caution, then hung up.
From the current situation, the other party might really just be buyers, not police or anything like that.
If they really were police, they definitely wouldn’t have let this transaction go so easily. Maybe the moment Task Force 141 first appeared in Jiuzhou and dropped off the goods, the police would have already mobilized in full force and started surrounding them.
Of course, it was too soon to say for sure. Just because this transaction went smoothly didn’t mean the next one would too.
After all, to be able to set the transaction location inside Jiuzhou, and in a place like Qingcheng no less, either these people were powerful enough to even have ways to slip past the Jiuzhou police, or they were the police themselves, running a sting operation.
And the only prerequisite for the other party being police was that Zhang Songyang had turned himself in.
Speaking of Zhang Songyang, Jiang Chuan narrowed his eyes.
He still had a Desert Eagle in the other man’s hands. Last time he left Qingcheng and came to the arms factory, it had been a bit rushed, and he hadn’t had time to find Zhang Songyang and get the gun back. When he had the chance, he definitely needed to go back to Qingcheng and at least retrieve that gun.
After all, it was the first gun the system had rewarded him with, so it had important significance.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Chuan stood up. He wanted to go inspect the specific progress inside the arms factory. He absolutely couldn’t let the workers fall behind on the weapons production for the Smaha organization.
Right now, he only had these two big clients. One big client might or might not be a cop, leaving only Smaha, that extremely stable and very wealthy big spender.
If he messed up this client, then the arms factory’s source of income would be cut off.
…
Qingcheng Police Station, conference room.
Jiang Zhuyu, who hadn’t had time to change clothes, took a sip of water and said urgently, “Director Zhou, everyone, from the current situation, the other party’s vigilance is still very strong. It seems he doesn’t want to show himself. Also, to avoid alerting them, I didn’t send people to search too extensively.
But what I can be sure of is that there definitely were Jiang Chuan’s people nearby at the time! However, Jiang Chuan definitely wasn’t among them.”
Wang Hai agreed, “Yes, Director Zhou. I took my friends from the special police, along with our officers, and within a three-kilometer radius, we really didn’t find any trace of the other party.
But I think if we had kept pushing deeper at the time, we definitely could have caught them. The only thing is, once we caught them, Jiang Chuan would have found out too.”
After hearing Jiang Zhuyu and Wang Hai’s words.
Zhou Ran nodded, “Officer Jiang makes a lot of sense. If we act rashly, it will inevitably arouse the enemy’s alertness. Since the other party didn’t show up, what we need to do is catch Jiang Chuan.”
“Director Zhou, then what should we do now?” Jiang Zhuyu asked.
Just as she finished speaking, hurried footsteps came from outside.
Everyone turned their heads and looked toward the conference room door.
Then, an officer knocked on the conference room door and stepped inside.
“Reporting to Director Zhou, that batch of guns has all been inspected!”
Zhou Ran’s eyes lit up, and he pressed further, “How is it? Is the quality of this batch of guns, and their performance in all aspects, up to standard?”
Hearing this, the officer immediately became excited, “Director Zhou, the quality of this batch of guns is excellent! This is clearly the product of a top-tier arms factory. Moreover, after inspection, not a single one of these guns is defective. They’re all brand new, all in perfect condition!
Honestly, some of our previous guns might still have small problems, but this batch absolutely doesn’t have that issue. Master Liu even said that the arms factory that made this batch could rank in the top three domestically!”
Zhou Ran coughed heavily.
The young officer immediately shut his mouth and said no more.
“All right, go get busy for now. We need to discuss some matters.”
After sending the young officer away, Zhou Ran’s expression became heavy.
He had originally thought that the quality of this batch of guns might be average, or at least have some gap compared to top-tier arms factories.
But unexpectedly, Master Liu at the police station was full of praise for this batch of guns.
One had to know that Master Liu was a veteran who had come from an arms factory. Not only was he rich in experience, but his research into firearms manufacturing, including firearms maintenance and illegal modification of firearms, was also very deep.
To receive such high praise from a veteran like him showed that the quality of this batch of guns really was top-notch.
“Director Zhou, could it be that this Jiang Chuan really does have an arms factory?” Wang Hai said in surprise.
Actually, as to whether Jiang Chuan had an arms factory, they couldn’t yet reach an effective conclusion.
It was true that being able to get these four kinds of guns from various countries in such a short time, with 2,500 of each kind, plus a total of 200,000 rounds of ammunition, was not an easy thing to do.
Unless one was a very powerful arms dealer, and also had their own arms factory, the kind of top-tier arms factory that could produce firearms in an extremely short time.
Jiang Zhuyu nodded, “I’m more inclined to believe that Jiang Chuan really might have an arms factory.”
“I think so too. Otherwise, there’s no way to explain how he got so many guns,” Gu Yuan agreed.
Zhou Ran nodded, “Indeed. Then the most urgent matter right now is to think of a way to dispel Jiang Chuan’s doubts, and then find a way to lure him out?”
“From the current situation, that really is the correct thing to do,” Jiang Zhuyu said with a nod.
Then, she took the opportunity to put forward her plan: “Director Zhou, I think we should immediately transfer the full balance to Jiang Chuan, and then continue to place another order with him.
But this order needs to be larger than this one, and it can’t be limited to just guns. We also need to buy some other things.
Because only in that way can we demand that Jiang Chuan deliver the goods in person. And with the success of the first transaction, that alone can already dispel part of Jiang Chuan’s doubts. As long as we increase the transaction amount, it’s not impossible to force Jiang Chuan to deliver the goods himself.”
Hearing this plan, all the officers present felt their eyes light up in unison, and their expressions showed delight.
Actually, they had all thought of this method too, but not as thoroughly as Jiang Zhuyu, nor as practical.
Only Zhou Ran looked bitter, with worry written all over his face.
There was no helping it. Last time, he had promised Director Liu of the provincial bureau that they would definitely catch Jiang Chuan.
Now here they were. Their police station had used its funds to buy a batch of guns, and now they were going to buy another batch, and not just guns either. This time they would need even more funding.
Those who knew would say their police station was running a sting operation. Those who didn’t might think their police station was sourcing goods from Jiang Chuan!
But no matter what, in order to catch Jiang Chuan, he definitely had to go ask his superiors.
At this thought, he sighed helplessly, “All right, I’ll go ask my superiors about this.”
