Northern Myanmar: Bloodshed in the Golden Triangle, Have I Become a General? - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Taking Over Bear King’s Empire, Zhao Renzhou Strikes It Rich

Having dispatched the crazed brown bear, Zhao Renzhou tossed the machete with the golden-threaded handle he had in his hand to one of his subordinates and instructed, “Put it away. Pack it up.”

Observing the jewelry and accessories covered in gold rings and trinkets that Bear King had on his hands, Zhao Renzhou gave another order, “Remember to chop those off. Strip off all the gold.”

He then proceeded to count the finances. Boxes of jewelry and precious items were scattered on the ground.

Unlike the discreet and low-key Dragon Nation people, Bear King’s rugged appearance spoke volumes. There was far more gold here than in Gawei Town. It had all been painstakingly collected.

What was different from Chen Jinlong’s gold-plated revolver was that Zhao Renzhou’s men had also uncovered a semi-finished AK-47 entirely made of pure gold in Bear King’s bedroom.

It seemed they wanted to own a fully golden AK-47, but they hadn’t managed to complete it before Zhao Renzhou wiped them out.

Nevertheless, this gold AK-47 was quite impressive in terms of its level of completion, lacking only a magazine and casing.

Now there was a need for a substantial amount of gold. Zhao Renzhou examined the gold AK-47 for a moment and then tossed it into a box.

It wasn’t of much use in its current state; it all needed to be absorbed eventually. What was practical was the AK-47 he held in his hand.

On the other hand, Zhao Hu had returned after getting his wounds rebandaged.

“Big brother,” he said.

Zhao Renzhou nodded, his eyes narrowing as he surveyed Bear King’s subordinates who had surrendered.

He turned to Zhao Hu and said, “I’ll leave you with 50 AK-47s and eight RPGs. Recruit some people and hold the fort for a couple of days. In a few days, we’ll have another batch to loot.

I’ll have Ah Bao deliver them.”

Bear King was dead, but there were still remnants of his gang elsewhere. Once they got wind of the news, they might come seeking revenge. The second issue was dealing with the regional armed groups of the Dshan tribe.

Politely speaking, they were regional armed groups, but in reality, they were a bunch of warlords, with Bear King being a slightly smaller one in comparison.

“But cleaning up will also cost us a chunk of meat.

And letting the government army take advantage…

So, it’s a win-win cooperation between both sides.

Now that the Bear King is dead.

Zhao Renzhou has no intention of continuing to cooperate.

As for money…

Can’t we earn it ourselves?

If there’s trouble, let’s solve it…After all, he’s still an outsider…

The possibility of buying people’s hearts is very small…

After all, the word ‘Shan’ (referring to Shan State) says it all…

The cohesion of ethnic groups…

He’s not a native Burmese after all…

Can’t feed them…

As for fighting back?

With all this gold on the ground,

We can afford to produce hundreds of AKs…

There are plenty of people.

If they die, they die.

In northern Myanmar, there are plenty who can’t survive.

Recruiting people is easy.

They’ve become expendable…

It’s not that Zhao Renzhou has no concept of human life.

It’s just the way things are here.

In the Shan State region, there are armed warlords and bandits.

They’ve been raising child soldiers with sugar since childhood.

They’re worse than beasts…”

“At the age of seven or eight, they’re already using crystal meth and playing Russian roulette.

This is something you wouldn’t even dare to think about in the Dragon Kingdom.

But here, in those villages controlled by armed groups in the Shan State region,It’s everywhere…

Zhao Hu nodded on his side:

“No problem.”

“Put those RPGs at the base entrance.”

“Let anyone who comes think twice.”

“What about those people?”

Zhao Hu looked towards the crowd of people.

The Bear King’s men and the refinery workers huddled together.

Bowed their heads…

Mainly the Bear King’s men…

Zhao Renzhou glanced at them:

“Have some of them separated.”

Zhao Hu nodded and called a few people.

They quickly separated the Bear King’s men

From the group of refinery workers.

Zhao Hu ran back.

Zhao Renzhou said in a deep voice:

“First, figure out.”

“Who are the leaders among them?”

“What do they oversee.”

“Make them expose each other.”

“After everything is sorted out.”

“And we get some information out of them.”

“The leaders will be taken care of uniformly.”

“As for the remaining lower-level personnel,”

“We’ll keep them without issuing weapons for now.”

“When we have enough recruits later, we can release them.”

“Those who are with us will stay.”

“Those who are not will be sent away…”

Zhao Hu nodded:

“Understood.”

When Zhao Renzhou mentioned sending them away,

Naturally, he meant sending them to meet the Bear King…

No matter what, they had handled guns before.

And they weren’t Bear King’s trusted men.

When the Shan State side comes to attack, giving them guns each would be perfect cannon fodder…

Zhao Renzhou patted Zhao Hu on the shoulder.

Then he walked back to the jeep.

On Zhao Hu’s side, he waved his hand, instructing his subordinates to load the car.

They loaded those boxes of golden jewellery and gems…

And boxes of money…

All loaded into the car…

This was only a small part.

The real treasure was the immovable properties belonging to the Bear King’s men,like factories,like villages.

They hadn’t taken over all of them yet.

But when Zhao Renzhou’s AKMs arrived,

It would be almost complete.