This battle should have caused a lot of trauma to this little guy. Li Cong could feel it himself. This could be seen from the ability of the silver to absorb. Even at night, he could only absorb less.

30 million taels of silver. 009 over there also came with a lot of silver. At least Li Cong didn't have to worry about the money problem for a while. This little guy tasted really desperate. Now Li Cong

I really hope I can let him eat more, but this little guy went to rest honestly after eating these. It looks like he won't come out in a short time. Li Cong also experienced life and death just now.

It can be said that Li Cong has rarely experienced such things since he became a seventh-level magician. Unexpectedly, he encountered such a thing at the Thunder Gate contact point today.

I don’t really know what is going on here. Are these really the only people here? Or will there be a lot of people? Do their people elsewhere already know about the situation here? Li never knows these.

, so there is no way to confirm it now. Li Cong asked his people to retreat. Even if they stare at such a place, there should be no good results. They are not fools. No one can do anything if something happens.

I won't come here to clean it up. If there are really important things here that haven't been destroyed, someone might come here, but the guy just said it, this place is actually just a facade, with nothing in it, and it's not worthy of the Thunder Gate.

People are here to handle things here, but this clue of mine has been broken again.

"Master, actually you don't need to worry so much. If this contact point here has contact with the outside world, the people from the Thunder Gate in other places will probably have to take action on some of our places in the next two days. At that time, they can always

Leave some clues." 009 said when he saw that Li Cong was a little unhappy. What he said was also the result of analysis by the people in the investigation department. In short, the good days of Cao's Trading Company are coming to an end, and some of their defense forces are not yet there.

It's very strong. If this thunder gate is really used...

"Well, actually I just thought of this. Tracing the news is not our main purpose. Our main purpose is to eliminate them. But we are not that capable yet. We can only do it slowly and step by step.

, with such a big incident happening this time, the people from the Thunder Sect must have contacted the forces around them when they set up this contact point. Now that something like this has happened, they already know who their enemy is.

There are too many things we have to face next." Li Cong said a little haggardly. Saving a life did not make Li Cong very happy, but it made Li Cong see clearly the gap between himself and the Thunder Sect. Just like before

Same. If it weren't for plant life, I might have thrown my head there right now.

"Master, can we shrink it a bit? Our current expansion is very powerful, but we can focus on gathering some valuable things and deploy heavy troops in those places. As for other places, even if they attack, as long as they are

If we can hold on, they can't do anything to us." For the 009 Ropeway, the Investigation Department had already formulated such a plan.

"You just need to arrange this matter immediately, so that some of the businesses below can be maintained. They don't need to make much money. We just spend this period of time recovering." Li Cong said helplessly, taking this step

It was also the step that Li Cong was least willing to take. He didn't expect to reach this step in the end. It was impossible for his training camp to have such powerful figures come out in a short period of time. Even if there were, look at their strength.

, look at your own, it’s not on the same level.

"Sir, I wonder if the Northern Empire can help us?" 009 said tentatively, he didn't know.

"Haha, they have already helped us a lot by giving us a Storm Legion. It is unrealistic for us to continue to ask them for help. They are not fools. If everyone from the Thunder Gate comes out now, it will be impossible for them.

Never mind us, don’t think what these guys say is so good. Politicians are the most hypocritical things in the world. You really can’t believe what they say. These guys, haha, you can’t count on them.

." Li Cong himself is also very clear about politicians. He has dealt with them many times. Although he is not from this planet, he knows them clearly, so at the beginning Li Cong

I never thought of asking them for help because it was useless.

"Then can we hire a huge mercenary group? I believe this can relieve us a lot." 009 thought of another way. In this world, there are still mercenary groups responsible for such security work.

"This method is good, but it is a bit hasty to find it now. It is still a method. You can immediately arrange someone to discuss this with the people in the mercenary group. No matter how much they ask, as long as they send

As long as the people who come out can help us, we don't need to do the rest. They can take care of as much as they can, and don't give them some rigid indicators." Li Cong said, in fact, there is no way to deal with this matter.

The people from the mercenary group explained that no one knows about the Thunder Gate itself. No matter how you tell people, they will not believe that there is such a big organization. If they really believe it, they probably won’t come.

I choose to listen to you. You, the Cao Family Trading Company, can't handle such a large organization. How can we do it? You really think too highly of us. We don't have that ability.

In fact, Li Cong has a very good target in his heart, that is the Tiger Mercenary Group, but I don’t know what happened to their abilities after the civil strife, but at this time, acquaintances will always be better, so Li Cong wrote a

Ask someone to take the letter to Bai Er, and ask Bai Er to go to the headquarters of the Tiger Mercenary Group to ask questions in person, and test their abilities by the way. If it is possible, it is okay to pay a high price. If not, then this

There is nothing we can do. We can only look for it somewhere else.

That night, things took a different turn. In the past, Li Cong was looking for people from the Thunder Sect to carry out some activities, but tonight, Li Cong's Cao Family Trading Company suffered various attacks.

Many people don't understand why the seemingly prosperous Cao Family Trading Company turned out to be like this today. After Li Cong woke up, the report was also in Li Cong's hands, which made Li Cong a little surprised.

The outside forces are out of the door, and it seems that the characters he got are not considered powerful characters at all. The truly powerful characters are still in the hands of others.

In Ta'annan County City, all 413,500 tons of grain in the two large grain warehouses of the Cao Family Trading Company were soaked in water. It is definitely not something ordinary people can do. This is definitely done by a magician. It can make dozens of people do it.

Tens of thousands of tons of grain have been soaked in water. And no one has found out who did it. Except for the magician who has such ability, how can there be others? Ta'annan County is also Li Cong's property.

The most serious loss was the place where Li Cong took an airship to this place three hours after the incident.

A total of four counties and cities have suffered losses this time, but this is the most serious one. And there are also traces of magicians here. It can be said that Li Cong has never heard of any connection between magicians and this place.

, compared with ordinary warriors, the damage caused by this magician is definitely much more severe than them. It is precisely for this reason that Li Cong came here.

The person in charge of the county town, Xi Mei, is a fourth-level warrior in his thirties. This guy is very good at doing business. Under his leadership, all businesses in the county town can really reach a new level every year.

Yes, this guy has also been hinted by the above. If the growth of last year can be maintained today, this guy can be responsible for the sales of a province. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened at this time, don't say

Even if I can be promoted, it will be impossible for me to keep my current position.

"I'm sorry, young master, it was my negligence. I was always thinking about how to develop. I didn't think about safety matters at all. I will bear the mistakes I should bear." This guy was the first to see Li Cong.

That's what he said. Li Cong couldn't say anything in front of outsiders. After all, the Thunder Gate matter was a secret. It couldn't be known to too many people now. He would get on the carriage and talk to this guy in detail later.

That's it, the expression on this guy's face became even more ugly when he saw that Li had never expressed his stance.

"Okay, don't say any more, we'll talk about it later when we get on the carriage." Li Cong nodded and said, in addition to the loss of food, they also lost a lot of things, the total price is estimated to be millions of taels of silver.

The money was not that much, but Li Cong estimated that this was the beginning, and Li Cong held a meeting to discuss it overnight. Their intelligence also drew several other counties and cities that suffered losses on the map. Li Cong made a

A bold guess came out, that is, these guys are not far from Ta Annan County, and it is the people at these two contact points who know the situation here. According to Wuxingjin, each of their contact points is responsible for three people.

The affairs of several provinces are now at most the affairs of these provinces. One of them was killed by Li Cong, so this is the nearby contact point. This is how the Thunder Gate handles things. They will not let outsiders

People contact them casually. In that case, they will lose control, but they cannot be left without any contact, so they can still contact the nearby contact point one by one. This is just a guess, but the final result

What it is, I don’t know yet.

After getting on the carriage, Li Cong no longer needed to keep a straight face. No one knew if there were any of their spies around. If Li Cong continued to chat and laugh as usual, people around him would definitely become suspicious, and there would be many of them.

People don’t know how much profit the Cao Family Trading Company made. They lost millions of money. If their faces weren’t ugly, how could we stop these people from thinking wildly?

"Okay, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with you. How is your defense?" Li Cong said looking at Ximei who didn't dare to raise his head across from him. This guy must be feeling sad.

It won't work.

"Master, what... is going on?" Xi Mei said quickly when she heard what Li Cong said, but thinking of the rules of the trading firm, she shouldn't ask so many things, and the boss asked her just now.

In reply, he quickly said, "The entire defense force of our county is composed of a regiment of escorts from our side. I must tell you that they are very dedicated. They usually don't even

We didn't let something like this happen here. This incident has nothing to do with them." Xi Mei said, and Li Cong nodded. This leader is pretty good. People who are unwilling to take responsibility will definitely not do it.

If they would say that, they would definitely blame the guards for such a thing, but this Ximei didn't do that, which is enough to show that he is not a person who adds insult to injury. The guard commander next to him is very grateful.

.

"Well, what's your name?" Li Cong glanced at the guard commander in military uniform and asked.

"Reporting to the young master, my subordinate Baloli is the commander of the third regiment of the 25th Independent Brigade of the Third Army." You can't stand up in the carriage, but this guy doesn't give any discount when saluting. At first, they didn't like this

The situation is also very uncomfortable. You must know that the army here does not have such etiquette. They all kneel down to speak. Who knows that the young master has created some such methods. I didn’t feel much at first.

Now it seems that this is indeed different from ordinary people.

"Well, very good. You and your soldiers may not get involved in what happens next. Just ask your brothers to have a holiday when you go back. But I don't let them go out to play casually. Everyone

Let me mingle among the common people, whether it is the city guards or some surrounding communities, their role is to go out and find some information. Their weapons and equipment are left in the army. Someone will come to wear their clothes tonight.

, before these people leave, your task is to go out with 50 taels of silver each to find information for me. As long as it is different from before, ask them to investigate. No in-depth investigation is required, as long as it is

As long as you can bring this news back to me." Li Cong said, there was nothing he could do about it. This place did not belong to his absolute control area, and it was not that simple to find those people. He could only let them

Tens of thousands of people have gone out to cast a net, hoping that they can find all the information they want.

"Yes, young master, if there is nothing else, I will get off the car immediately to make arrangements?" This guy is also impatient, mainly because such things happened within his jurisdiction, and the clan is not happy, although the young master said this

The matter has nothing to do with my own people, but can I accept it in that way? That is impossible. At the beginning, several of my classmates in the military academy are now watching my own jokes, and they are taking assessments one by one.

But it's far from my own. But nothing happened over there, but such a big thing happened here. No matter how you say it, it's all your fault.

"Well, remember, even if you find something, you must not do it yourself. I understand how you people feel. You also want to wash away the shame on you. Remember what I told you in the military academy, you are not these people.

Opponent, if you really want to do something, you will not be able to do anything in the end, and what will be lost is your own life. This is definitely not alarmist, so what you have to do is to report to me immediately after knowing the news. This is your

What should be done." When Li Cong saw the glint in this guy's eyes, he knew that this guy would definitely not give up so easily, so he had to give some instructions.

"Yes, I understand that I will definitely not act rashly." The guy nodded and said, and then went out. Li Cong could see that his words had a great impact on this guy.

At least he won't do stupid things.

Xi Mei looked at her boss with some confusion. What was going on? Aren't there dedicated people to do this intelligence work? How could it come to the heads of people like herself? It can be said that people like herself are not responsible for these things.

Yes? Isn't there not enough news now? That's what he was thinking in his heart, and soon Li Cong's words would confirm it for him.

"How is your relationship with some news dealers or people with connections in the county?" Li Cong asked.

"Master, we have a very good relationship with them. We also need them to do things, and they have made a lot of money from us. Master, do you want to talk to them?" Xi Mei said boldly,

He is a very tactful person in doing things. I dare not say that the entire city's community will give him face, but there is probably no problem, and the government is even better. That is the most important thing. People like him are

I will never forget that there.

"Very good, let them check for me the people who have been acting suspiciously recently. These people I am talking about are not people from outside, they are locals. How did they live before and how do they live now? As long as there is

If there is any suspicious place, continue to investigate, especially those stores that no new people have entered for decades or other transactions." This is also very important. Li Cong thought of the situation at the previous contact point, and estimated that this is also the case.

possible.
To be continued...