Wu Liang shook his head, his face stern.
"This time, I can't help you."
Tang Bowen frowned deeply, looking puzzled.
"Huang Ming is just a lowly County Magistrate. Are you seriously afraid of him?"
With a cold snort, Wu Liang's tone turned icy.
"Afraid of him? Not at all. Huang Ming asking you to cooperate with Xie Shan is perfectly reasonable. You yourself used to run illegal coal mines, and Qingshi County is Huang Ming's territory. Building a good relationship with him is definitely a wise move."
Seeing Wu Liang sticking up for Huang Ming, Tang Bowen was momentarily at a loss for words.
Cooperating with Xie Shan and splitting the profits fifty-fifty would be fine.
The issue was having to share part of the profits with Wu Liang later on—this kind of disparity was hard to accept.
The next day, Tang Bowen visited Huang Ming in Qingshi County again.
He expressed willingness to cooperate with Xie Shan.
Even after finalizing the deal, he remained sullen and unhappy.
