Chapter 554 For Whom the Bell Tolls

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy snowfall.

The world was white.

It seems that someone has been wronged and rehabilitated.

Today is my grandma's birthday. Before Zhang Xiaobai was twenty years old, every year on this day, my grandma would cook a pot of Laba porridge.

In front of the dim and warm oil lamp, the old and the young, each with a big bowl, sucked this bowl of delicacy from the world.

When Zhang Xiaobai was 20 years old, his grandma disappeared, and his Laba porridge disappeared.

That dilapidated but warm home is gone too.

Zhang Xiaobai will never forget that day. It was raining heavily outside and her grandmother was dying. At the last moment, she used up her last strength and said to him: "Xiaobai! I am sorry for you! I promised to wait for you to grow up and enjoy the blessings. But grandma can't wait for that day!"

"Grandma is gone, go down and reunite with your grandpa and mother. This is a good thing. You can't cry! Our house is broken, but you must guard our house! When we miss Xiaobai, we will go and see , without a home, you can’t find your way!”

At that time, Zhang Xiaobai was full of tears and nodded vigorously in agreement.

Then there was a roar that resounded through the sky.

However, on the third day after grandma disappeared, the family disappeared.

In front of the grave of Bai Shulin, Zhang Xiaobai stood blankly, like a statue.

Looking at the grave, Zhang Xiaobai said: "Grandma, it's been five years. I've waited for five years and endured it for five years. Today, I must seek justice!"

After speaking, Zhang Xiaobai turned around and left.

After getting in the car, Hu Liang took out his mobile phone to make a call.

"Mr. Li, our big boss wants to see you!"

"Okay! I'll go back to the mine right away!"

Li Pingyuan hung up the phone, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

Hu Liang's address has changed. He used to be called Brother Li, but now he is called Mr. Li, and his tone has also changed. There is no smile or politeness, just like a pool of stagnant water without any emotional waves.

These days, Li Pingyuan is so worried that the iron powder from the ore dressing has piled up into several hills, and he has rented a lot of land to put the iron powder.

Whenever Hu Liang was asked about it, he said that he was not in a hurry, and now he was hurrying to deliver goods from other places.

But this time there was no news.

Li Pingyuan was also suspicious, but after drinking with Hu Liang a few times, seeing that there was nothing suspicious about him, he dispelled his worries.

Not long ago, Hu Liang once said that the big boss admired Li Pingyuan very much and wanted to meet him if he had the opportunity.

Li Pingyuan was so excited at that time that the mysterious big boss was finally going to show up.

Despite the heavy snow, Li Pingyuan rushed to Pingyuan Stone Mine.

Arrived at the destination after an hour.

There were three people standing in the compound of Pingyuan Quarry, who had become snowmen at this moment.

Li Pingyuan quickly got out of the car and said, "Mr. Hu, why are you outside? Come in!"

Then he saw the other two people clearly, they turned out to be Zhang Xiaobai and Niu Er.

Hu Liang said blankly: "Let's talk about it here."

Li Pingyuan frowned, "Where's your big boss?"

Zhang Xiaobai took a step forward and said, "Li Pingyuan, I am the big boss!"

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The heavy snow like goose feathers fell on Li Pingyuan's face, but he didn't even feel the slightest bit. At this moment, his mind was in a mess, as if he was stunned by that sentence.

After a long silence, Li Pingyuan finally came to his senses, looked at Zhang Xiaobai with red eyes, and said through gritted teeth, "It's actually you!"

I thought about it before, the worst possibility is that Zhang Xiaobai gets the appreciation of the big boss, and then cuts off his own goods.

But no one could have imagined that he turned out to be the big boss.

How can it be?

He is just a mud-legged guy from Wolong Village, how could he be the big boss? How can you control the five major steel mills? How can they control all the small processing plants in Tangcheng?

Li Pingyuan suddenly shouted: "You lied to me?"

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Hu Liang's mouth, "Mr. Li, you say you won't cry when you don't see the coffin. It's good for you, you still don't admit it when the facts are in front of you!"

Li Pingyuan only felt dizzy, his body swayed but he still kept his mind, "Hu Liang, are you acting in everything?"

Hu Liang spread his hands, "Thanks to you, my acting skills have improved a lot, otherwise I wouldn't be able to fool you, an old fox!"

Li Pingyuan laughed wildly, laughing at himself foolishly at being stupid, laughing at himself as a big idiot!

Looking at Zhang Xiaobai, Li Pingyuan asked, "Zhang Xiaobai, what do you want?"

Zhang Xiaobai said: "If nothing else, you won't be able to open a mine in Wolong Village!"

Li Pingyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Zhang Xiaobai, even if you are the big boss, can you still manage my mine?"

Zhang Xiaobai smiled and said nothing.

Hu Liang said: "Mr. Li, let me ask you, where do you send the iron powder after you open the mine?"

Mining requires the production of iron powder, which has to be transported to the steel mill. Now Tianyi Material Trading controls all the beneficiation resources, so naturally there is no place to sell your iron powder.

If you can't sell anything, why open a mine?

Li Pingyuan looked at Zhang Xiaobai as if looking at a fool, "I have to say, I really underestimated you, I never thought you would be able to develop to this extent. But you are too high on Tianyi Wumao, right? Zhang Xiaobai, no Only Tangcheng has a steel factory, so I would rather make less money than fail to sell it!"

Zhang Xiaobai looked at the time, and made a shh gesture with his fingers around his mouth.

Li Pingyuan frowned.

After a while, a domineering car drove up quickly, and a fat man trotted over, seeing Zhang Xiaobai nodding his head and bowing his waist, looking like a slave.

The fat man is Li Hong, the boss of Hongtu Iron Mine.

"Brother Bai, I'm here!"

Li Pingyuan knew Li Hong, and he was also the No. 1 person in Lai County. The Hongtu Iron Mine was much larger than the Pingyuan Stone Mine.

It turned out that Hongtu Iron Mine sent iron powder to Ruihua Iron and Steel. Because it offended Tianyi Material Trading, Ruihua Iron and Steel cut off the cooperative relationship, and then sent the iron powder to other places.

Li Pingyuan didn't understand, why did he come? Obviously there is no need for Tianyi Mart anymore, why bother to treat Zhang Xiaobai like this?

Zhang Xiaobai said: "Let's talk to Li Pingyuan!"

Li Hongmao bowed his head and nodded, then turned to Li Pingyuan, his expression changed suddenly, and he finally took on the attitude of a big boss.

"I'm talking about Lao Li! Are you stupid? You don't understand how powerful Brother Bai is? Don't say that you can't open a mine, it's easy to make you unable to get along in Tangcheng!"

Li Hong, who was so much older than Zhang Xiaobai, yelled one after another, and the one he called was smooth.

Li Pingyuan sneered and said, "Mr. Li, to be clear, what's going on? Didn't you let him bully you and run away? Why did you come back and be a dog to him?"

Li Hong didn't mind his ridicule at all, and said: "Li Pingyuan, you really don't want to give you a face! Don't you just want to transport iron powder to the outside world? To tell you the truth, any steel factory around Tangcheng You can't even deliver the goods, they all have a cooperative relationship with Brother Bai!"

"You big fool!"

Li Pingyuan woke up after reacting for a long time, and murmured: "Impossible, impossible, how can he have such great ability?"

Li Hong poohed on the ground and ignored him.

At this moment, Li Hong felt as if a bell was ringing in his ears, making him dizzy and buzzing.