Swelling Ambition

Inside Dongwu City, several docks lined the river that ran straight through the entire city.

As long as someone could control even one of those docks, the daily profits would amount to no small sum.

Chixue Gang had once suffered an attack from masked fiends, which not only resulted in the deaths and severe injuries of over half their members, but also destroyed many of the buildings that provided shelter.

Afterward, with the help of influential figures, Chixue Gang's suspended docks quickly returned to normal operations.

With their cash flow unbroken, the heavily battered Chixue Gang's strength rapidly recovered, and they gradually showed a momentum that threatened to surpass the other gangs.

"Stop messing around and moving your feet like a turtle, get up and go move the cargo right now!" a fierce-looking overseer swung the leather whip in his hand and barked at a porter slumped on the ground.

"We've been working all morning and we're exhausted, please let us rest for a while!" pleaded the porter, dressed in tattered clothes.

"None of the others are complaining of tiredness or asking for a rest, what makes you think you deserve one... If you aren't willing to do this work, then get lost right now," cursed the fierce-looking overseer with tightly knitted brows and a face full of displeasure.

The porter in tattered clothes had no wish to lose his livelihood, because his entire family depended on this job to survive. Therefore, under the fierce overseer's abuse, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and continued to work with his exhausted body.

Having regrouped and grown stronger than before, the Chixue Gang now exploited the porters under their command with even greater unbridled ruthlessness.

The sounds of leather whips cracking and harsh, furious scoldings echoed endlessly across the dock, drifting far