After executing these guys, Li Cong was not willing to stay in this place for a minute. Why did he find a thunder gate? The intelligence agency under the Cao Family Trading Company has been in full operation in the past few days, and they are all looking for a thunder gate.

They didn't know some of the characteristics of the place called the Thunder Gate. Anyway, everything related to this place had been collected. However, a few days passed, a lot of money was spent, and no one could trust it.

There are few, but there is no news about this organization.

Gu Hongye also used his own rights to search in the court's database for a long time, but did not find this so-called Thunder Gate. Some forces in the world also started to look for this thing because of the reputation of the Cao Family Trading Company. The natural result was

Similarly, there was a clue, but this clue was cut off because of himself, and there was no news about this thing.

"Master, we are just wandering around like that mindless fly. There will be no good results if we continue like this. I think we must change our approach. We have basically done everything we should do in the recent period, but

There is still no news." 002 felt a little tired after not sleeping for two consecutive days, but it was not time to rest yet, so he had to give Li Cong an explanation, otherwise what would happen?

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"Well, I feel it too. Ask our people to go underground and carry out this as a long-term mission. I will personally write letters to the Great Elder of the Cao Gang of the Western Empire, Prince Zheng, and Mr. Sha Ru of the Southern Empire. Take a look.

Do they have some information about this Thunder Gate? It seems that it is impossible to find this information from the society." Li Cong nodded and said, he knew that his opponent this time should have a lot of background.

Yes, but I didn’t expect it would be so big. With the current size of the Cao Family Trading Company’s intelligence department, they had been investigating for so many days without any clue. Either my own people were stupid, or they were awesome. Compared with these two points, Li

I am more willing to believe that it is the latter, their people are indeed very powerful.

"Yes, Master. Then I will go down first." Because there is no news about this matter, 002 also feels that he has no face in front of Li Cong. Normally, he would always say that the intelligence department has gone through this period of time.

The growth has been very good, but when I actually used it, I found that this thing was of no use at all.

Li Cong sat in a chair and slowly thought about the Thunder Gate. He believed that they had restrained themselves a lot recently. Since he came here, his escorts have not encountered large-scale conflicts. It seems that their power

The range should be around here, not the entire continent. Otherwise, if I get here, other places should also have troubles one after another. But looking at it now, there is nothing at all in other places.

Troublesome.

The Frozen Forest is a large forest in the northern part of the Northern Empire. It is about 4,000 kilometers away from the border of the Northern Empire. Between the border of the Northern Empire and the Frozen Forest are some permafrost areas, where a large number of people who were killed by the Northern Empire live here.

The people expelled from the empire are all criminals or the descendants of criminals. They were very weak at the beginning. But after tens of thousands of years of development, the people here have become very powerful.

Part of it has already given the Northern Empire a headache. Now the prisoners of the Northern Empire will no longer be deported here. For those criminals, if they can be deported here, it will not be a punishment for them.

.In fact, it is a kind of forgiveness. Most of the criminals with problems will use half their life savings to exchange for being sent here. In the past, officials who wanted to smuggle money would really get them here, but now it is easy.

According to the strict orders from the central government, absolutely no one can come here.

This place is called the Forgotten Land by some mercenaries, which means that this is a forgotten place. No one would think of this place. Most people don't know what it looks like here, that is, because of their

Only when the government is strong will they attract attention, but apart from trimming some defensive walls, there are no other measures. They are also very conscious and know that even if the government throws them here, they cannot attack.

The government. If the Northern Empire really dislikes them and the army comes directly, they can only be broken into pieces. Because the Northern Empire has seen this, they have not directly stepped on it for so many years.

They sent troops to suppress it because in their opinion it was a waste.

Most people think of wasting their own soldiers. In fact, there is another meaning besides this. The tens of millions of dollars in bribes every year in this forgotten land are also very important. No one will feel that there is a lot of money.

Some people will take part of the money they earn and give it to a few people in power here so that they can participate in activities with the Northern Empire, so that this place can continue to exist. Until now, it has grown into a

There are already a gathering area of ​​3 billion people. Even if the Northern Empire wants to annihilate this place, it has to consider it. That is because their scale has increased, and the people in power here have also adapted their plans to attack the imperial side.

Not only did they not increase the intensity of bribery, but they also reduced it. Although the emperor was dissatisfied, seeing their current strength, they still did not have the courage to take action against them.

According to the information Li Cong got from them, the Thunder Gate is located in this place. After many searches but no information, Li Cong decided to come to this place to have a look. It is said that the sect appearing in such a place should not be something Li Cong should worry about.

The place is a mixed bag, and it is absolutely impossible for there to be any large-scale forces. With the ability of the Cao Family Trading Company, as long as Li Cong throws out a large amount of money, it should be no problem to destroy a sect in this place, but

Li Cong still doesn't know what the other party's purpose is, so he has to find out what's going on in person to avoid making any mistakes himself.

Before Li Cong came here, a large number of brothers from the Investigation Department had already thrown the place into a frenzy, but there was still no news. Li Cong could not bring his airship to a place like this. Here

There are a lot of people and experts, and they don't have any rules at all. If any damage is caused by then, it will be Li Cong's fault, so Li Cong asked the airship to send him to the northernmost county of the Northern Empire.

After the city, prepare to ride over to have a look.

Going in with great fanfare is not to find news, but to make enemies of the big brothers inside, so Li Cong will never do such a thing. So Li Cong took 30 guards with a cargo or something.

The law of the Northern Empire prohibits any trade with such a place, but this prohibition has not been implemented from the day it was issued until now, so Li Cong only paid a certain amount of money.

, these things were brought out smoothly.

Li Cong brought a lot of iron tools, salt and some grain. Although the soil here is pretty good, most of the people here are desperadoes. Let them grow food? This seems a bit strange.

Just kidding, they would never do such a thing. In their opinion, they are not here to do this job. They can only do things they think are right, such as eating, drinking, and having fun. They seem to be born into this world.

It's the same as doing this. Of course, doing these things requires money, but what they don't care about the most is money. One hundred and ten taels of silver is a lot of money to others, but to them,

As long as you can risk your own life, this little money is really nothing.

After riding a fast horse for about an hour, you can see the small town in front of you, and it's very close.

"Master, ahead is the first checkpoint in the Forgotten Land. This Forgotten Land is also occupied by divisions. They have done a very good job at this checkpoint. There are three largest forces in the Forgotten Land. They occupy the Forgotten Land.

There are several checkpoints with the most fertile land. They only charge some past fees and they are already very rich. Young Master, don't look at it. This is just a small checkpoint. The money he collects every year is more than a provincial city in the Northern Empire.

I don’t know how many times it will take to go out." 002 said from the side.

"Haha, this is the only way to contact the Northern Empire. Of course they know the value of this place. Our goods are only worth 200,000 silver at most. But when we left the city just now, we paid nearly 000 silver in taxes.

, This still depends on the face of our Cao family business. If this were not the case, I estimate that the tax would be doubled. Are there any other checkpoints after passing the previous checkpoint?" Li Cong said with a smile, Li Cong was very concerned about these.

You understand, 002 said this because he was afraid that Li Cong would be impulsive because they wanted more money. That would be bad.

"The management here is very good, and there is no phenomenon of arbitrary charging. These guys all pay attention to this. They also know that if there are repeated charges, the economy of this place will not be better, but they

This place is also very ruthless in collecting money. Each of the three factions charges a week. No matter whether it is good or bad, it is all at their own discretion." 002 said, his words made Li Cong laugh again, each of these criminals

Now we know how to develop the economy. At least the people here are much better than the local officials in ancient China. They don't know what it means to develop the local economy. If there were more businessmen, they would probably have to know how to develop the local economy.

The last two sighs said that the world is getting worse.

As the two people talked, they arrived at the checkpoint in front. Compared with some checkpoints in the Northern Empire, this place was much simpler, but Li Cong knew that the armed forces here were much stronger than all the checkpoints in the Northern Empire.

Yes, except for some important checkpoints with hundreds of people in the Northern Empire, there are only a dozen or so people at most. However, there are thousands of people defending here, including two seventh-level warriors here. From this armed force

It can be seen from going up that the people here attach great importance to this checkpoint. After all, there are no other sources of income here, so they should attach great importance to it.

"Stop, everything must be inspected, and then you have to pay money to get in. If there are any prohibited items, I'm sorry, we will have to confiscate them for you." A leading guy came over and said.

"I wonder if this brother can tell us what prohibited items are?" 002 smiled and handed a twenty-tael silver ingot into this guy's hand. He didn't hear anything about it during the last investigation.

Prohibited items.

That guy's nostrils were pointing upward just now. Now that he saw the twenty taels of silver, he no longer looked like he was before. He was so arrogant just to have the money. If every group of people gave themselves two taels of silver every day,

With ten taels of silver, I guess I can go back and enjoy it soon. There is no need to worry here. It is said that these people are wanted criminals in the Northern Empire, but if you leave here, it will be better to go to the other three empires.

It is much better to be in such a sinful city. First of all, there is no safety here at all. Everyone is a very vicious person. Although the government will not do anything to you, it is really unsafe. Sometimes you may be punished just because of a sentence.

There will be quarrels and other quarrels. This is not just a broken nose or the like, but the head may be knocked off directly. As long as the person being beaten is not someone from the three major forces, they will not care. It can be said that

There are just no rules.

"Haha, these prohibited items are constantly changing every day. Even the ones from the previous hour are different from the ones this hour. As long as we are missing something, these items are prohibited items. Of course, this is just one situation.

If you don't give me enough filial piety, it might be a prohibited item." This guy said roguely. Li Cong has seen many greedy people, but he has never seen anything like the one in front of him. Why?

I can tell.

"We also have some ironware, grain, etc. How much tax do you think is better?" This time the gift is not twenty taels of silver. It is twenty taels of gold. 002's subordinates are here

I have been asking around here for a long time, and I find that these people will do anything for you no matter what happens above, as long as they have a lot of money in their bags.

"Haha, boy, you are very handy. To be honest, the two things you transported are things that we are relatively lacking here. If you were asked to transport these things, you might make a fortune here. Many times we

I don’t even know how to deal with these things, and you know it too, but for the sake of being so kind, I’ll give you two choices. Either you keep one-third of the goods, or you pay ten

Ten thousand silver." This guy said with a smile. This guy is really a big talker. The value of these things from Li Cong is only 200,000 silver. Of course, they will be sold at a high price outside, but what he wants is this one.

The silver was also one-third down. Just as 002 was about to say something, Li Cong came over. He was naturally at the back.

"One-third of the goods are yours. Keep this. Next time we will cooperate for a long time, but the goods must be set at one-fifth each time." Li Cong said, and the man also felt that Li Cong was a big shot.

, I didn’t even realize what Li Cong said at first, but I soon realized that this guy is talking nonsense, one fifth, isn’t this fart, we have never had this ratio, this

If the higher-ups found out, he would not be able to afford it.

"Don't be too busy objecting now. I'll give you 3,000 taels of silver every time. If you want, you can let them in next time the vehicles with the Cao Family Trading Company's logo come in and do as I say." Li Cong said with a smile,

Now this guy doesn't say anything. Damn it, I can make hundreds of taels of silver here in a month, but now I can get 3,000 taels of silver in a single transaction, and the goods they deliver are all hot-selling goods.

, the quantity they transport is also quite large, this business should be good.

"But we work in shifts every three weeks," the guy said awkwardly.

"It doesn't matter. My people will get in touch with you. Whenever you come here to work, my people will come here. How about it?" Li Cong said, this place is also a good place. It's his own

There is no reason for a commercial bank not to do business here. Even if you pay such and such money for goods worth 200,000 silver, you can still make 200,000 silver in the end. Such a 100% profit business can be done in Li

From the looks of it, it’s just a matter of doing a little bit of long-term trading.

This guy happily agreed, even deducting a lot of Li Cong's goods this time. This guy is just a temporary partner. Li Cong doesn't think that one person can only take care of hundreds of people.

The guy is my partner. My people can transport the goods from the Northern Empire. Many merchants cannot transport them. Of course, I will definitely have to discuss it with the government in the future. What about this iron?

If you are not allowed to transport food, you can transport food completely. Your own food sales and trading houses must be opened here. With billions of people, this is definitely not a small market.

The little boss also jotted down the name of the Cao Family Trading Company at this time. He didn't know what this thing would mean in the future, but now he knew that this trading company could give him a lot of money. Maybe he should be there.
To be continued...