Fifty million a day, trapped in the county town, can't spend it all.

For the next two days, everything proceeded as planned.

The renovation of Moore Department Store has entered the water and electricity rerouting phase. According to the progress report sent by Ye Mei, the first phase of demolition has been completed, and the water and electricity rerouting is 70% complete. It is expected that the ground paving will begin in a week.

The tea factory is also operating normally. The first batch of ordinary green tea has completed the withering and rolling process and is now undergoing the final process in the drying machine.

The intangible cultural heritage workshop on the east side has also been set up. There are six independent studios, and several master craftsmen have already moved in, each working on their own tools in their studios. Zhang Yang has entrusted the entire intangible cultural heritage tea business to Lin Qiao, after all, she has a legitimate background and unique business acumen.

Everything is going in the expected direction.

Zhang Yang was quite free today, sitting in his office, pondering his next move.

Zhao Yongchang has been quiet for the past two days, but Zhang Yang knows he won't stop and is probably up to something bad.

Zhang Yang was too busy the past few days to deal with this matter, but now he should think about it carefully. To be honest, it's not his style to always be the target of people's attention.

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and went through the whole story in his mind. Zhao Yongchang was in the building materials business because of his network of connections. Networks of connections require personal relationships to maintain, and behind personal relationships is money. He had investigated Zhao Yongchang's supply chain. The building materials market had to receive and ship goods every day. He didn't have his own fleet of vehicles and relied entirely on outsourcing.

This is Zhao Yongchang's most vulnerable point.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but smile. He had an idea in mind, took out his phone, and dialed Chen Rou's number.

"Please help me check the situation of local logistics vehicles in Mou County, who is using them, and which companies they are affiliated with."

"What are you going to do?"

"Book it."

"Understood."

Soon, Chen Rou gave Zhang Yang information about several large logistics fleets in Mu County. Coincidentally, most of the business was in the hands of Liu Quanyou and Zhou Jimin, who practically monopolized transportation in the entire county.

Zhang Yang was almost laughing to death. Zhao Yongchang sent Liu Quanyou to gather information, but unexpectedly he inadvertently provided Zhang Yang with a clue. Was this handing him a knife?

......

In the evening, at Cangmengyang Private Kitchen, in a private room.

Zhang Yang had arranged to meet Liu Quanyou in advance, saying he wanted to discuss a business deal with him. He had only been there for less than ten minutes when Liu Quanyou arrived as well.

"Mr. Zhang, you've made a hasty appointment today." Liu Quanyou sat down with a smile. "I was still unloading goods over there, and I rushed over as soon as I got the call."

"Have some tea first." Zhang Yang poured him a cup of tea. "No rush, let's eat and chat."

As the dishes were served one after another, the two started eating, but did not immediately get to the point. Liu Quanyou was a patient person and did not ask any questions, but chatted casually while eating.

After the waiter cleared away the empty plates, Zhang Yang put down his chopsticks and lit a cigarette: "Mr. Liu, I've been thinking about what you mentioned last time for a long time."

Liu Quanyou had a big smile on his face.

"Please speak."

"In Mou County, one person really can't do much; we still need everyone to work together." Zhang Yang leaned back in his chair. "My tea factory is already in production, and the products will be shipped to various places. Moore Department Store will be renovated next month, and the volume of goods being procured, distributed, and handled will be huge."

Liu Quan nodded: "I understand, you mean..."

"I've done the math, and relying on finding a car on the spot is too inefficient." Zhang Yang opened his phone, pulled up a document, and pushed it over. "I had the company's legal department draft a contract. Take a look."

Liu Quanyou took the phone, glanced at a few lines, and exclaimed in shock, "A yearly subscription?"

"Yes, it's a long-term contract, all vehicles are leased annually, half of the freight is prepaid, and the price is 10% higher than the market price."

"Once the contract is signed, these vehicles will be at my disposal for the next year; you can no longer use them to take on other business."

Upon hearing this, Liu Quanyou pondered for a moment.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Yang wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he added, "Mr. Liu, my decision to come back and invest this time wasn't entirely my own. Someone from above gave me a heads-up, saying that Mou County was short of fresh capital and asked me to come and test the waters."

"Up there?" Liu Quanyou asked in surprise.

Zhang Yang didn't answer him further, but just looked at him with a smile.

Liu Quanyou lowered his head and continued to look at the contract.

"Mr. Zhang, I can't refuse your offer."

"Then come to my company tomorrow to sign the contract. I hope we can cooperate smoothly."

"OK."

Liu Quanyou felt somewhat incredulous; they'd already signed the contract?

"Mr. Liu, there's also Boss Zhou Jimin behind us. Could you go and talk to him and get him to offer the same terms as you?"

"Okay, Mr. Zhang." Liu Quanyou stood up and extended his hand.

Zhang Yang grasped his hand: "By the way, Mr. Liu, there's something you two should discuss. Could you park your cars together? Centralized management would make scheduling easier. Let's find a place to set up a parking lot; I'll cover the cost."

Liu Quanyou thought for a moment: "Then we need to discuss it with President Zhou and the others."

"No rush, let me know when you've made your decision."

Zhang Yang escorted Liu Quanyou to the door, watched his car disappear into the night, and then turned and got into Xiao Li's car.

In the car, he sent Wen Yining a message: "Prepare a few contracts tomorrow."

"Don't worry, everything is ready."

After a moment of silence, Wen Yining sent a message: "That was a pretty ruthless move of yours."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "People die for wealth, birds die for food!"

......

The next day, Liu Quanyou and Zhou Jimin signed a long-term freight contract. When they left, they were both very polite. After all, the market had been bad for the past two years, and they had often had to stop operating. Now that they had signed a yearly contract, they were sure to have business for at least the next year.

At this point, Zhang Yang had secured a long-term contract for the largest freight truck in Mu County, all of which Zhao Yongchang was unaware of.

At the same time, at the Chengnan Building Materials Market.

Zhao Yongchang was in a great mood today and was on the phone in his office. The person on the other end was the purchasing manager of one of his long-time clients.

"Mr. Zhao, that shipment must arrive by Friday, otherwise our project here will be halted."

"Don't worry, it won't delay your schedule," Zhao Yongchang said confidently. "I'll arrange a truck; it will be loaded on Thursday and arrive on Friday."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Zhao."

You're too kind.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yongchang dialed Liu Quanyou's number.

"Boss Zhao."

"Mr. Liu, please arrange two cars for me to make a trip to the provincial capital on Thursday."

Liu Quanyou paused for a moment: "Boss Zhao, my cars haven't been able to move recently."

Zhao Yongchang frowned: "Where's your car?"

"A long-term contract was signed, and the project has been outsourced."

"Who did you give the bag to?"

"What about General Manager Zhang?"

"Okay, then I'll go find Zhou Jimin."

After hanging up, Zhao Yongchang called Zhou Jimin again and received the same answer.

"Damn it! What is that little bastard Zhang Yang trying to do?"

Zhao Yongchang slammed his fist on the table, feeling that things had exceeded his expectations.

He scrolled through his phone to Zhang Yang's number, his thumb hovering over the dial button. He hesitated for a long time before finally pressing it.

The phone rang once and was then hung up.

"Hold!"

Zhao Yongchang's chest heaved violently. He then threw his phone on the table, picked up a cigarette case, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

The shipment is about to be arranged. If it is not delivered on time, the penalty for breach of contract will be huge. But right now, the entire transportation in Mou County is in Zhang Yang's hands, and no one is taking his jobs. If he were to transfer a vehicle from another place, the cost would be so high that there would be almost no profit left. So what is he still doing?

If Zhang Yang continues this blockade, isn't he just facing a slow death?

Why did things suddenly develop like this?

Zhao Yongchang dared not gamble with the career he had worked so hard for over decades, so he hurriedly took out his phone from the drawer and made a call.