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?
.
"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.
I want to make more money here. My goal in the past was really superficial.
With this pass, it will be easy for Li Cong and others to come in. There is still about ten miles from this checkpoint to the front, and all the dead people here are hanging. According to the people inside, these people are
It violates the rules set by the three major organizations. But when you ask the three major organizations what rules they have, their answer is also very simple. That is, the interests of the three major organizations are the biggest rules. In addition to this, the three major organizations
Large organizations don't have any interests, and they don't even have a standard.
Li Cong made a rough estimate. There must be five dead people in a distance of about one meter, and ten miles is 5,000 meters. Damn, this is definitely a large number. There are tens of thousands on both sides of the road alone.
According to what they said, there are more bones in the distance. Thousands of people are publicly executed here almost every day. The rules of the three major organizations are laid out by these heads. A place like this
There are several others inside. It is estimated that these three major organizations kill tens of thousands of people every day. This number can only increase but not decrease. Sometimes it is ruled by benevolent government, but here, it is absolutely ruled by
To control this area through violence, most people would probably be frightened by this when they come here.
Li Cong and the others did not come in alone, so they had nothing to fear from these things. Besides, Li Cong really didn't pay attention to these three organizations. Although the people under these three organizations were worth hundreds of millions.
, but they are just a bunch of rabble. They say they have their own organization, but these people came here because they broke a lot of laws. The rights of the empire are stricter than what you have formulated, but is it useful? It is of no use at all.
No. None of these guys will comply at all. They are in your name just to have a temporary place to stay. If it goes on for a long time, this will not be possible. If this continues
If this happens, everything here will become a place of chaos. In fact, Li Cong was right. Many of the people he killed were their own people because they violated the rules of the three major organizations.
Soon Li Cong saw the gathering point in front of him. This was probably the largest gathering point that Li Cong had ever seen. The various houses here were dilapidated, but they were all peripheral. Looking over from here
, there is a good place about a few kilometers away. According to the news from 002, this forgotten land is divided into three areas. Among these three areas, third-class people live, and the outermost layer is also
This is what Li Cong saw. This is the largest area. There are about two billion people in the outermost layer. The outermost layer extends thousands of kilometers to both sides from the place in front of Li Cong.
Surrounding the entire forgotten land, they are poor people who have no money, or are injured, or have no ability. No matter where they are, there will be poor people. In a word, they are the poor people here, and their houses
They are all shabby, of course, a shabby house is still very good, and about a third of the people can only use some branches and some shabby clothes to build temporary tents for themselves.
This is their home. It is better to survive here than to be arrested by the court. Their lives are also the most insecure. The three major forces have no regulations at all in this place. In order to
Food and other necessities of life may be terminated by others every day.
This level is the middle class level. People here basically have certain assets. No matter how they get their money, they still have a certain status and there are many rules here.
One thing is clear, at least fighting in public places is not allowed here. Of course, if your background is very strong, or you have a lot of money, or you have a godfather who is a powerful figure in the three major organizations, then all
The regulations have nothing to do with you. This is also the busiest place in the entire Forgotten Land. There is a three-meter-high wall surrounding this place. Nearly 10 million people died when this wall was built.
Yes, you can imagine how huge this project is.
The innermost area is naturally the most high-end part of the place. This area has the smallest number of people, but it is the most luxurious area. Walking inside, you will definitely feel that this is actually a place in the Northern Empire.
In a prosperous city, fighting is absolutely not allowed here. As long as you are discovered, no matter what your identity is, you will definitely be killed.
There are two ways for people on the outer two floors to enter the innermost area. If they want to live there, they must either bring certain benefits to the three major organizations. Or they have enough money. It is said that they must spend 200,000 yuan now.
You can only get in with two gold coins. Of course, the money is still yours, but you will definitely have to spend something after entering. They just want to see whether you have the ability to live there.
There is naturally a wall between the innermost inner city and the second link. The height is much higher than the one outside. In addition to the 5-meter-high wall, there are also many soldiers patrolling back and forth.
, if you want to go in without a pass and they catch you, your body may be found on both sides of the road. These are definitely possible things.
Another situation is to go in to sell things. There are some fixed places inside. You can go there to sell your things, but no matter what you sell, one-third of the turnover is what you should pay.
Yes, in addition, you have to pay a transaction fee of 30,000 silver when you enter. This is the harsh part. Many small businessmen cannot afford this fee, so most people can only do it in the middle.
Those who buy and sell, they all understand that the profits here are very different from those outside.
Soon Li Cong's motorcade reached the outermost area. Before Li Cong had time to react, many people began to surround him. Naturally, Li Cong's guards were not afraid of these so-called desperate people.
They are idiots. Their threat may be very dangerous to ordinary people, but to these high-level warriors, these guys are not a threat at all. I am just standing there and letting you chop. I guess you don’t have the ability to do that.
What to do to us.
"Damn, there's food in their car. It's really food..."
"Yeah, it's actually grain. Damn it, there are hundreds of carts of it. Asshole, this is the first time I've seen such grain." For the people here, grain is what they dream of.
But there is no food production here at all. Everything is traded. There are basically two sources of food here. One is some transactions between the Northern Empire government and the three major organizations here, such as the Frozen Forest.
They need to risk their lives to get some of the things in there. As long as you can get them out, we can give you a lot of things, the main thing is this food.
The second is to trade with Li Cong bringing grain. The price of grain in the northern part of the Northern Empire is about 25 cents per catty. It is not very expensive, but it is a little more expensive than in the south. But now Li Cong’s grain
The cost has reached 50 Wen per catty. If Li Cong sells it here, he can get 70 Wen per catty. If he enters the middle link, he can get 100 Wen per catty. If he can transport it to the innermost circle,
It is estimated to be 0 Wen per pound. Of course, if you want to sell in the innermost area, it must be the best kind of grain, and Li Cong's grain is the best grain.
"Damn, there are good things, brothers. After passing this village, there is no such store. Come on, everyone..." Li Cong knew that there were more and more people on the roadside, but he never expected that each of these guys would
This guy actually started to rob openly. Damn it, I really underestimated this forgotten place. These people are indeed extremely vicious people. There is really nothing to say about these guys, but every one of these guys also thought wrong.
, they thought that the one in front of them was an ordinary caravan. If it were an ordinary caravan from the Cao Family Trading Company, it would definitely be robbed by these guys, but there are still Li Cong's guards here, and it is impossible for them to come up.
matter.
Several seventh-level warriors sneered. The tallest among them were two first-level warriors. The others were just ordinary people. Also, anyone with some ability would not let themselves be in this place. They would definitely
When they arrived in the inner city, the two seventh-level warriors used their full strength and roared loudly. The sound contained huge lethality. The two first-level warriors were directly shocked and their meridians were severed.
Well, as for other ordinary people, they are naturally dead. If you don't use strong force in a place like this, these people will come to trouble you next time. This time you can deal with them all at once.
Hundreds of people around him died in an instant, and the remaining hundreds of people immediately stood still. Damn, they had participated in such things before. In fact, they were not really trying to rob.
I hope this merchant is not willing to lose one person and just throw them a bag. I didn’t expect this one to be so powerful. One guy yelled for help and then ran away. The rest of the people were not fools. They could kill them with just a roar.
There are hundreds of people who are definitely not someone they can afford to offend. It is better to leave quickly. If they continue to stay here, they will die here too.
Many sacks were stained with blood. But this was good, and it also allowed people in front to see clearly. The news began to spread in the forgotten land of Li Cong as if it had spread. Here it comes.
A powerful caravan seemed to be called the Cao Family Trading Company, and there were even seventh-level warriors escorting them. Hundreds of people at the entrance wanted to take advantage of them, but they died without even touching the grain.
There were hundreds of people. Although people were dying here every day, it was still big news that hundreds of people died in one moment. The Cao Family Trading Company also became famous in one battle.
"Damn it. I don't know how bad the atmosphere in this place is. 002, ask the people below to divide into three teams and go to three levels to sell our products. Finally, we will look at the profits and then allocate future sales shares." Li Cong looked at it.
He said to the guys around him. The people around him looked at him pitifully, but poor people must be hateful. Li Cong would not pity them.
After the distribution, Li Cong was about to take a walk in this forgotten place. Who knew that a group of cavalry came over immediately? Looking at their clothes, Li Cong knew that these guys should have come from the inner city. They were still trained.
It's okay, but each one of them has his own fierce look in his eyes.
"Sir, these people are one of the three major forces called the Canaan Group. Their boss is a ninth-level warrior. He has dominated this area for decades. He is probably the second most powerful among the three major forces." 002 immediately said
He said to Li Cong, "The sentries we met just now are their people. It must be the guy who just reported our news. Hundreds of thousands of tons of grain suddenly appeared, which is already a big deal for them."
It's quite a large amount. They should be here to discuss business with us." 002 said, Li Cong nodded, he did not expect that he might contact these people so early.
"Who is your leader? Our boss has invited you." The leader of the dozens of cavalrymen who came stood up and said. He looked like he was either here to invite people or to give alms. Regarding his expression, Li Cong
It's very unpleasant.
"If anything happens to your boss, he can come directly. Why did you ask me to go to his place?" Li Cong said with a smile.
"Who do you think you are? Our boss is looking after you when he invites you. Don't you know who my boss is? Our boss is the commander of the Canaan Cavalry Regiment, and he is considered the number one figure in this forgotten land.
." People around heard that he was actually the commander of a cavalry regiment. This is an extraordinary person. In this outermost place, let alone the commander of the cavalry regiment, even an ordinary member of the regiment.
They are incredible guys, they are very capable.
"Haha, I thought he was the leader of the Canaan group. He speaks in such a loud tone. Our master is not an ordinary person. Even the emperor of the Northern Empire has to make an appointment first if he wants to talk to us. You, the leader of the group, we
I really don’t take it seriously.” 002 said arrogantly, and everyone around him nodded, yes, now Li Cong does have this qualification, the emperor of the Northern Empire has a higher status than Li Cong.
But he had to discuss some matters involving Li Cong with Li Cong, otherwise there would be turmoil.
"You bastards, you are so shameless. Come here, arrest all these bastards and confiscate all their belongings." This guy gave an order and dozens of cavalrymen around him pulled out their swords.
Some of the soldiers also came over, there were only a hundred or so of them, but there was no look of fear on their faces. Li Cong's guards had at least thousands of people. With just a few of them, they wanted to kill Li Cong.
If they were arrested, wouldn't this be talking in sleep? They didn't expect anyone to resist them.
"Haha, it's my first time to visit someone else's place. Killing so many people is definitely not a good thing for our future cooperation. Just one arm per person will be fine." After Li Cong said, the two seventh-level warriors turned into two.
The shadows are, of course, mainly those that ordinary people cannot see clearly. For people like Li Cong, they can still clearly see the movements of the two of them.
In just 39 seconds, these two men chopped off the hands of all the hundreds of people in front of them. Many people even stepped on and felt their own hands when the two men returned to their original positions.
The hands were no longer on his body. Some of the guys who were so arrogant just now were immediately dumbfounded and screamed. Damn, these people went too far. They cut off their hands when they came.
We are members of the Canaan Cavalry Regiment, how dare they do that?
Li Cong knew that it was unwise to move forward after such a thing happened. It would be better to wait for the people here who could speak to come to him. He immediately asked his people to start moving freely. Of course, the scope should not be too large.
Although the people on my side are powerful, after all, the surrounding area is also their territory. The right time, place and people are all standing. I am a strong dragon, but sometimes I have to consider the local snakes.
Of ability.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, the sound of horse hooves was heard from the inner city. The number of people hearing the sound was at least a thousand. Some people on both sides quickly took their few salutes and went further.
If you are encountered by those guys, you will lose your skin even if you don't die. Although you have nothing left, there will be no benefit at all from encountering them.
Li Cong himself is a space magician. He can feel that the people coming across are very capable. Each of these guys has the ability of a first-class warrior. Such cavalry regiments are rare in the mainland.
Even in his own cavalry regiment, there are only a few who have such ability.
.."Tell the brothers to prepare to fight. Now is different from the past. These guys are a bit more capable." Li said to 002 in a low voice. Since he wants those people to respect him, he must respect himself.
You have to show your momentum, otherwise these guys really won’t take themselves seriously. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support.