Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 877 - 504: Testing Drugs? This Matter Isn’t Simple!_2

Chapter 877: Chapter 504: Testing Drugs? This Matter Isn’t Simple!_2

The opponent didn’t hesitate to fire a shot, and it really scared him stiff. He hastily hid under the carriage-way and didn’t dare to show his face again!

Although this area occasionally experienced robberies or brawls, people typically didn’t go so far as to commit murder.

After all, everyone knew that killing was a serious crime.

But Logan Jenkins could tell that had he talked back even a little more, the gun-toting guy would have truly dared to shoot!

Riley Montgomery hadn’t expected Elijah Hastings to be so "decisive." He felt scared thinking back on it but was also relieved that he had never harbored any bad intentions from the start—if he had, he might have been the one with problems!

"This Logan Jenkins is very troublesome, who knows what other schemes he might cook up," Riley Montgomery cautioned.

"Don’t worry, just make sure you sort out where those pieces of wood need to go. Leave the boss’s side of things to me," Elijah Hastings stated indifferently.

Riley Montgomery didn’t say anything more, but he did become more vigilant.

Of the seven pieces of wood he had, three were to be left here, as promised to the Tribe. They were planning to develop the area a bit.

The remaining four pieces of old mountain sandalwood would be sent through channels back to China—after all, his main business was still within China.

Now, even though the Indian side had the raw materials, the main market for rosewood consumption was still inside China.

To maximize benefits, sending the old mountain sandalwood back home was the best choice.

However, after what Elijah Hastings said, he would have to consider his channels carefully.

He had sold some scraps of old mountain sandalwood on the market, and with the funds, he had purchased some supplies.

With Elijah Hastings being in town, the people around Riley Montgomery became much more subdued, knowing that he had connections with both a major boss and the nobility of the prince state. They wanted to do business, but did not dare to overstep.

After wrapping things up, Riley Montgomery still felt unsettled by Elijah Hastings’s warning, so he made a phone call.

His original plan had been to send the four pieces of wood back to China in one shipment, but now he decided to divvy it up into two shipments, two pieces each, through two different channels.

Once everything was settled, the two of them drove the pickup truck back with their items.

That night, Riley Montgomery received a phone call.

"What? The goods have been detained?"

Upon hearing this news, Riley Montgomery darkened immediately.

That was two pieces of old mountain sandalwood!

Although not completely dried, weighing in at over two tons and still a bit moist, they were no less valuable!

And just like that, they were detained?

"I couldn’t do anything about it..." the person who had arranged the channel sounded helpless, "Who would have thought that they would stage a sudden inspection when usually a little greasing was enough to get by—

Riley, I think you should check if there’s been a leak on your side. I’ve also suffered a hefty loss this time!"

It was clear that the other party wanted to shrug off the responsibility, and Riley Montgomery was so angry he nearly smashed his mobile phone!

The person he had chosen was because he trusted the stability of their channel, and they had a long-standing relationship. He had helped the person out when they were down on their luck.

When they had decided on this channel, the person had assured him with the utmost conviction that he would deliver the goods, and he would take responsibility if any issues arose.

Now that the goods were detained, he was making such excuses!

How could Riley Montgomery not be angry?

But he couldn’t do anything to him—the man controlled the channel and wasn’t around, so to give him trouble, he would need to plan carefully.

Suddenly, he remembered what Elijah Hastings had reminded him about yesterday—could it be that the person he had previously trusted was unreliable?

Could he at least hope that the next two pieces were more reliable? If those two could make it, at least he wouldn’t have lost everything.

The person Riley Montgomery contacted later was a channel he had paid for, a direct exchange of goods for cash.

Therefore, he couldn’t guarantee that there wouldn’t be any problems with it either.

He hurriedly made a phone call, but the mobile phone was turned off.

Anxiously waiting until the second day in the morning, he finally got a call:

"The goods have been delivered to Port in China, and our people have received them. You’d better coordinate over there!"

No sooner had the mobile phone been hung up than a female voice from China called him:

"Riley, the goods have arrived, but why are there only two pieces? Weren’t there supposed to be four?"

"The other two were detained..." Riley Montgomery sighed with relief, "Let’s just work with the two we have. There’ll be more later."

As long as the channel was open, wouldn’t more wood keep coming?

"That’s true. Two pieces are enough for our East Mountain revival! Riley, you did a great job this time!"

After ending the call, Riley Montgomery felt that all the hard work of this period was finally worth it!

He was energized and even excited when leading the Indigenous people to cut wood.

Over the next few days, they harvested over two hundred pieces of wood.

However, this time the number of old mountain sandalwood pieces had dropped to forty-four, while a few pieces of eaglewood emerged, along with some phoebe zhennan.

"Mr. Hastings, should we send these pieces of wood directly to the warehouse?" Riley Montgomery inquired.

"No, just dry them here," Elijah Hastings waved off, "Keep cutting. When to send them, wait for notice."

When Riley Montgomery’s wood encountered problems, Elijah Hastings immediately sensed something was wrong.

He divided the tasks with Douglas Cooper: he would stay at the Manor while Douglas started investigations.

After all, losing two pieces of wood was a minor issue for Riley Montgomery.

But they had over seventy pieces of wood in the warehouse, and now there were forty more on-site, not to mention other valuable woods.

If everything were to be taken, the loss would be substantial!

What they did not know was that the snitch behind this was Logan Jenkins.

"If I can’t have it, then destroy it!"