The two men grew more and more excited as they talked, not even noticing that mealtime had passed.
Xin Sihai and Xin Yifei had arrived long ago. Seeing the two happily conversing, they didn't dare interrupt.
They continued to talk until past one in the afternoon. Xiao Ming couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Boss, are you trying to starve us to death?"
Only then did they stop talking and turn around to see Xin Sihai and his son, Xin Yifei.
"Let's go, Tongxiang. Call those two over, and we'll go eat together." Long Xiao gestured towards the two people who had been recording data earlier.
These two were assistants assigned to Zhao Tongxiang by the Xue family. They were experts in batteries.
Although they had followed Zhao Tongxiang throughout the entire process of building the batteries, even after they were finished, they still didn't understand the principles behind these four batteries.
Zhao Tongxiang looked at the four batteries and said, "Brother Long, I'm not at ease leaving the batteries here."
"They've been here for twenty-four hours. Let's take them down," Long Xiao said.
"No, Brother Long, according to regulations, the battery experiment time is not yet sufficient."
"What's not sufficient? Take the batteries and come with me. I'll find someone to help you apply for a patent. Once we have the patent, we'll mass-produce them immediately."
Mass-producing batteries was not a problem for Zhao Tongxiang. The biggest problem was applying for the patent.
He had read the regulations regarding patent applications. Not only was it time-consuming, but it also involved the leakage of a lot of confidential information.
Zhao Tongxiang trusted Long Xiao completely. Since Long Xiao said so, he began to lead people to dismantle the batteries.
As they started, over a dozen people entered from outside, armed with firearms and pointing them at Long Xiao and the others.
"Take your hands off, and don't touch my batteries," Long Nian said with a smile, looking at Long Xiao.
Long Xiao turned to look at Long Nian. "Long Nian, it's you again. Are you planning a public robbery?"
Long Nian waved his hand. "It's not a public robbery. If you all die, I'll be the one to write the story. You colluded with Xin Yifei to rob my batteries, and I killed all of you. How's that for a story?"
"Long Nian, don't forget, this is the Xue family's battery factory. There are surveillance cameras."
"Hahaha, you're too dim-witted. If I didn't have my people here, would I risk coming here? The entire place is under my control now. The surveillance room and the guards outside are all my people."
While Long Xiao and Long Nian were talking, Xiao Ming had already started licking his lips. The six roast ducks from last time hadn't been fulfilled, and now there were over a dozen more people.
"Boss, one hand for one roast duck."
"No problem. Let's see how many you can snatch this time."
The people standing next to Long Nian without firearms were all experts. It would be difficult to chop off their hands.
Luo Tianshui was still hidden somewhere. Long Xiao had looked for him when he entered but couldn't find where he was hiding.
Just as Long Xiao was about to take out a handful of soybeans from his pocket, Long Nian said sternly, "Long Xiao, it's best not to move, or I'll have someone shoot you full of holes first."
Long Xiao put his hand down. "Long Nian, I've been tolerant of you repeatedly, and you keep targeting me. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"
"Heh heh, you are easy to bully. With just these few people, you dare to go against our Long family? You're simply asking for death."
"The Long family, huh? I don't care what family you are. If you provoke me, Long Xiao, I will destroy you."
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"Time to eat!"
As Long Xiao shouted "Time to eat!", Xiao Ming lowered his head, and the cleaver in his backpack fell out.
Xiao Ming snatched up the cleaver and charged forward, his body swaying unpredictably.
All the gunmen raised their weapons to fire, but Xiao Ming was too fast, and they couldn't lock onto him.
As Xiao Ming made his move, a flash of red light entered from outside the door. The two gunmen closest to the door had their hands and guns severed before they could even fire.
Two of the experts by Long Nian's side protected him, while four rushed towards Xiao Ming.
As Long Xiao shouted "Time to eat!", he reached into his pocket and scattered a handful of soybeans. All the bullets that were shot were intercepted by the soybeans and fell to the ground.
Xiao Ming knew that chopping off the hands of the four experts lunging at him would be difficult, so his target was the gunmen's hands.
Dodging the four experts, Xiao Ming began to compete with Luo Tianshui for the gunmen's hands.
"The roast ducks are mine, don't snatch them."
Xiao Ming's cleaver moved faster and faster. He worried that Luo Tianshui would chop off all the gunmen's hands.
Seeing the speed of the two men, Long Nian's heart sank completely.
He had originally planned that all the experts he brought this time would be enough to surround and attack Long Xiao and Xin Yifei. He hadn't expected the appearance of two more experts like Xiao Ming and Luo Tianshui.
The speed of these two was not much slower than Long Xiao's. It was barely enough for all the experts to deal with these two, and with Long Xiao added, defeat was certain.
"Let's go, quickly!"
Long Nian knew that if he waited any longer, by the time all those gunmen were dead, he wouldn't be able to leave.
Seeing Long Nian lead his men out of the factory, Long Xiao made no move. Xin Yifei and Xin Sihai tried to stop them, but Long Xiao called them back.
Long Nian had repeatedly claimed to be a member of the Long family. Long Xiao hadn't figured out his exact relationship with the Long family, or if he himself had any connection to them.
Ever since Long Xiao learned the "Dragon Treasury" scripture, he knew he had the bloodline of the Long family. As for whether the Long family that possessed the "Dragon Treasury" inheritance was the same Long family as the one in the capital, he hadn't had the chance to clarify.
All the gunmen's hands were severed, and a group of Xue family security personnel also rushed in.
"Young Master Long, I apologize. We are late," said the leader as he stepped forward.
The leader was a young man in his early thirties. Long Xiao looked at him and said, "Call the police. Let them handle it."
The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Is that necessary, Young Master Long? Our Xue family can handle this matter."
Long Xiao smiled innocently. "Really? My people have been here for a few days, and this is what happened. How can I trust you?"
"Young Master Long, believe me, I will handle this matter properly."
Long Xiao took out his phone and said, "Let's have Xue Hu handle it."
Long Xiao called Xue Hu. Xue Hu had returned to the capital. Shortly after, an elder arrived with his men.
The elder was the Xue family's representative in Donghai, dressed in a custom suit with salt-and-pepper hair.
"Young Master Long, I apologize."
The elder apologized first upon arrival and then said, "I will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you an explanation."
Long Xiao nodded. "Alright. I'll leave these people to you. We're going to eat."
Zhao Tongxiang, with the help of his men, removed the four batteries and got into the car with Long Xiao and the others, leaving the battery factory.
After lunch, Long Xiao, along with Zhao Tongxiang and the batteries, went to Luan Jiping's villa, asking the others to return first.
"Sister, these batteries need a patent. You have to help me."
Luan Jiping looked at the batteries on the coffee table and said, "No problem. I'll call the people at the patent office. They can come over now."
Long Xiao had expected Luan Jiping to help him by taking the batteries to the patent office, not by having the patent office staff come to them.
Less than an hour later, an official from the patent office, accompanied by two technicians, arrived at Luan Jiping's villa.
After looking at the battery data, both technicians were filled with disbelief.
"Xiao Zhao, is all this data true?" the patent office official asked.
Zhao Tongxiang nodded. "This data is completely true. I'll stake my life on it."
According to regulations, the patent office staff needed to verify the authenticity of the data.
The patent office official looked at Luan Jiping, who said, "The batteries made by Zhao Tongxiang are of epoch-making significance and need to be mass-produced as soon as possible. Please don't verify them; just process the patent immediately."
With Luan Jiping's word, the patent office official raised no further questions and stated that the patent certificate would be delivered within three days at the latest.