Section 1868 Investigation and Counter-Investigation(2/2)
And the airship that Li Cong made also made them very scared. If this thing really started to become popular, Li Cong would probably become a transportation giant in the south. They also wanted to arrange for their own people to sneak in, almost
They had already done their best. But they were still thrown out quickly. This was also very simple. Everyone in the airship drank the genetic potion. The one who didn't drink it was naturally not him.
It was very easy for Li Cong to distinguish this, but the spies didn't know how they exposed themselves.
When Li Cong returned home, the intelligence agency had already collected information about the Qi family.
The Qi family, the imperial merchant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has been in business for more than 350 years. The current head of the Qi family is Qi Tianyuan, the second generation head of the family. His experience is somewhat similar to that of Cao Ke's father, Cao Zheng. Cao Zheng was a companion to the emperor.
This Qi Tianyuan also worked as a handyman in the capital, but he was not with the emperor, but with one of the emperor's younger brothers. This one is the emperor and the other is a prince, so you can know how big the difference in their identities is.
With their minions, they can quickly tell the difference.
The Qi family's hometown is in the southern province. When they came to the south to develop, they were developing faster than Cao Zheng. However, in the later period, the prince passed away due to serious illness, and the support from the capital suddenly
No more. Qi Tianyuan is not an official material, so he can only honestly step out of the officialdom and do business. In the past, he still had some connections. It is no problem to become an imperial merchant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Yes, they mainly deal in restaurants in the south. They have their own branches in 13 of the 18 counties in the southern province. In addition, they often help the concubines in the palace purchase some things. These days are still
Had a very good time.
The Qi family wants to deal with him? Li Cong thought for a while and shook his head. The Qi family is not that capable. The Qi family can be said to be just a chess piece at the front desk. This godmother should have no dealings with Qi Tianyuan. This Qi Tianyuan
In the eyes of ordinary people, it is very remarkable, but in Li Cong's view, this is nothing. It can only be said that this guy is lucky, and this guy's achievements are not worthy of praise at all. Of course, this
From the perspective of Li Cong, from the perspective of an ordinary person, the Qi family is very extraordinary.
The total assets of the Qi family are approximately more than seven million taels of silver, which is considered average among the merchants in the southern provinces. However, the Qi family is an imperial merchant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In this aspect, it has an advantage over others.
, for example, during the last beast wave, all the major families suffered huge losses, and almost all of them needed money from the bank to live. Unfortunately, other families did not get it, and the Qi family got hundreds of dollars at that time.
The loan of ten thousand yuan can support it, otherwise the Qi family may be wiped out.
Huangshang has such benefits. What Li Cong is puzzled about now is what the Qi family does. He doesn’t know why they dare to investigate him. From the beginning, Li Cong just felt that these people might
I took some measures against myself, but now I understand everything. Just now, the intelligence personnel also said that when they were investigating intelligence, they encountered someone who was investigating our people. After the confrontation, the other party retreated because the number of people was relatively small. The direction of their retreat
It was that hotel. Li Cong was more certain of this, but as long as they were in Jiangning City, they were no match for him.
Li Cong's own people haven't grown up yet. For the time being, he can only hire some people to do things. These people are all acquaintances of Liu Qing and Liu Hong, and they are still very good at doing things. Even if
It doesn't matter if the charges are more expensive. After all, these people can help Li Cong get some information. The meeting between the people here and the people over there tonight was completely a misunderstanding. People engaged in intelligence work can easily get it on the road.
You can see your colleagues. Since the other party's people are targeting the people on your side, what else is there to say? Just go up and fight. Li injured two from this side, and one died and was injured from the other side.
Four, now Li Cong's people have blocked everyone in the small restaurant just now, and the people below are also filled with righteous indignation and want to kill those people.
"The people who asked us just need to observe secretly. This time we just have a temporary advantage here. They are not simple people. By the way, you are doing things like this..." Li Cong suddenly thought that His Majesty the Emperor had sent him from the capital the day before yesterday.
A chamberlain came to deliver something to the princess. This man was very competent in his job. His daughter liked to eat a kind of northern fruit, so he sent more than a dozen people to rush over in several months.
In the past, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty used lychees for Concubine Yang, which was similar to this.
Li Cong asked his people to send these people directly to the imperial guards if they found that the other party was coming again. The nostrils of those gentlemen were all pointing up to the sky. It is absolutely impossible to ask them to recognize each one of them.
Possible things, they usually go out to look for trouble when they have nothing to do. Now that things have come to their doorstep, each and every one of them has the ability of a fifth-level soldier or above. Those who are the most capable in intelligence work are at this level. They don't put the entire
It’s strange that Jiangning City has turned upside down. I’m going to fire your hometown at this time tomorrow. Although Li never knows who is behind the Qi family, he can feel that he is a giant and he wants to get rid of it.
Let me show you this stronghold of yours to see what's going on. It's really not a good feeling to be watched like this.
Some time ago, Li Cong thought that he had made such a big noise and brought out such a powerful uncle. This thing would definitely scare you. Who knows, there will still be people waiting who are not afraid of death, and each of them
It looks very powerful.
After arranging these things, Li Cong felt a little guilty towards Li Tie. He had fallen in love with a woman for so many years, but he didn't expect that he was still a spy. He didn't know what he was doing here. But Li Cong soon began to feel at ease.
Fortunately, he knew this. If he didn't know, Li Tie would definitely suffer a big loss if he went in like that. Li Tie's brain was far different from others.
Li Cong has finished arranging things here and is about to go to bed. Who knows, the steward at the door came over and said how many people want to see you. One person said his name was Pig Head, and he was already waiting at the door. He said he was talking to the young master.
Are you an old acquaintance, Zhutou? Where is the kid, Sheeptou? Li Cong was about to ask people to drive them away, but suddenly he thought that there was a guy named Zhutou in Qingfeng Village. Haha, what is this guy doing here? Li Congyi
It was clear. We couldn't spoil them too much at this time, so Li Cong asked the person in charge to go out and said that he had gone to bed. If there was anything he wanted to do, he would discuss it tomorrow. It was not a good time to talk about things today.
When Zhu Tou received the news at the door, he couldn't wait to rush in. However, he also knew that this was in the city now, not in Qingfeng Village in the Warcraft Mountains. Many things cannot be done according to your ideas over there, so he should be honest.
A little is better.
Zhu Tou didn't meet Li Cong until noon the next day. Li Cong didn't show much enthusiasm. Zhu Tou's heart suddenly felt a little cold. He knew how powerful the Bai brother was now.
Yes, those two brothers are completely different now from before. Now the development of the Bai family brothers has far surpassed them. In the past, there were three small towns in Qingfeng Village, and the income and expenditure were basically the same as those of the Bai family.
Twice as much as the brothers, but it has only been so long now. In one month, the Bai brothers have been catching up at a rocket speed. Look at their wealth, it has magnified like a snowball. There are four to five thousand tons every day.
When the grain arrived, he had already bribed a steward of the Bai brothers, giving him 12 taels of silver per catty. Damn it, he sold it to us for 24 taels of silver, a full double profit for his three small towns.
The total floating population and fixed population are hundreds of thousands. Now all the food is supplied by the Bai family. Damn it, there are at least 100,000 kilograms of it every day. Just this one item, these damn people make a lot of money.
I have more than one million taels of silver. This is just one day, and it is just for food. There are many other things. Anyway, in one month, the wealth of the Bai family brothers has increased by at least one billion taels. This is more than before.
The money they could earn in a year was now earned in a month. The more they thought about it, the angrier they became. The boss also meant the same thing. Then Zhutou came to the city to look for Li Cong.
Bandits like them usually don't come to the city easily, not for anything else but because of their heavy blood debts. Even if they come in, they are hiding in Tibet. Although the eighth-level peak warrior does not need to be afraid of the city
There are these agents here, but after all, I am registered with the court's wanted criminals. If someone recognizes me, I will still be in trouble. No one here can control me, but if I am targeted by those damn agents
That's not a good thing either.
"Brother Zhutou came from afar. I should have treated him well, but as you can see, I have too many things to do every day for such a small official. In addition, the recent expansion of our Cao family business is very...
You are so powerful, so I am neglecting you a little bit." Li Cong said with a smile, saying he was sorry, but there was no sign of apology on his face.
"Haha. Mr. Cao's mansion is really beautiful. We bumpkins can't understand anything. But when I look at your home, I know what it means to be a home of a noble man. It looks like the home of those landlords and rich people.
It’s different. I don’t care about it. I also know that Lord Cao is very busy, but I really have something urgent to come to see Lord Cao. I don’t have a big deal in my hands. I want to discuss it with Lord Cao.
I wonder what Mr. Cao means?" Zhutou said with a smile. His attitude was very low. So many of his people have gone to Baijia Town. After a long time, Qingfeng Village has ceased to exist in name only.
, this kind of thing cannot continue. If this is not a low profile, the boss will come next time.
"Business? Well, I would have been very happy in the past, but now I have too many things to do. As you can see, my business here has been queued up for a long time. Over here, I
Maybe I can't care less. The main reason is that I can't go to the Warcraft Mountains recently, and it always feels inappropriate if I can't have an interview for such a big deal." Li Cong said with a smile.
Zhutou is not a fool. He naturally knows what is going on. This is because the boss rejected others before, and now they are starting to make excuses. Zhutou is also very depressed. If the boss had agreed to others at the beginning, how could this happen?
With what is happening now, we may be the ones doing business with others now, how could it be them?
"Haha, Mr. Cao is joking. Who doesn't know that Mr. Cao's business is the best, and the efficiency is also very high. Mr. Cao can definitely handle our small business in one go. In fact, we came to see Mr. Cao
We are also talking about the food issue. As you know, we all buy our food from Baijia Town. They charge us 24 taels of silver. If we can buy it directly from Mr. Cao, wouldn’t it be possible?
It's much cheaper. Of course, we won't let Mr. Cao suffer. It will definitely be a long walk from our place to Baijia Town, but Mr. Cao's thing is very fast. We went out to 18 taels.
How about the money? And we'll take as much as we have." Zhu Tou was anxious. If nothing could be done, there would be no point in coming here, so he directly stated his lowest price.
18 Liang? Suddenly, the profit increased by 50% compared to the profit Li Cong sold to Baijia Town. In the past, Li Cong thought about letting the two of them compete. Only with competition can he be able to control them.
If there is only one seller, you may be controlled by them. This is the way this trade is. Either the upper party controls the lower party, or the lower party controls the upper party.
"Brother Zhutou, you also know that the business between me and Baijia Town has always been very good. I only have ten airships here, and I am very busy every day. It is very difficult for you to do this.
If you extend the distance, there may be problems if you go back and forth every day. Besides, the journey from Baijia Town to your side is inside the Warcraft Mountains. If this does not go well, it may lead to destruction of the machine and life. I think it is better to be cautious.
Better." Naturally, Li Cong would not agree to this matter so easily. Did you think of what happened today when you refused outright? I'm afraid not.
"Master Cao, to be honest, our days have been really sad recently. It's really sad to see people getting rich. In the past, we had thousands of seventh-level warriors, but in the past month,
, more than 40 people have gone to the Bai family town. The Bai family is now extremely powerful. They are recruiting troops everywhere, and several surrounding gathering points will be swallowed up by them. If this happens, they will take a while.
They will become bigger, and then they may bargain with Mr. Cao, don't you need a check and balance?" Zhutou said, if he said these words slowly, he might gain a lot of points for himself.
, but if you say it in such a hurry, even a fool can see your purpose. There is danger there, but it is in the future, and the danger here is right in front of you.
"What Brother Zhutou said is reasonable, but you also know that the deeper we go in, the greater the danger. 20 taels of silver per pound, if you can accept it, I can start on the first day of next month.
, if ten airships are not available every day, I will be in a difficult position. The cost of transporting people and other items back is 50% higher than that in Baijia Town. This is my bottom line, as you know
The manufacturing of that thing is really too expensive. If something goes wrong, I will suffer a big loss here, and I may not be able to make it back even if I work for a year." Li Cong said in embarrassment, the ten people who came from the teleportation array
The airships are already placed in the airship base, and the fuel is also made of the latest high-energy solid fuel produced on the earth. One ton can allow them to travel here to Baijia Town for a year. What is currently lacking
It's the driver, and this thing can't be rushed.
Zhutou was a little embarrassed and calculated. When he came, the boss said it was 18 taels of silver. This added 2 taels of silver. However, considering that he was on the edge of the Warcraft Mountain Range, there were still tens of thousands of miles in it.
If you gather some food, it will be doubled. If you get it here and sell it, you will still get a high income. This business has to be done. The boss gave up once. Now we can't be like the boss.
, a hundred years later, when Zhu Tou came to the capital to retire, he thought of this incident. Everyone was jealous that this guy could cooperate with Master Cao.
Chapter completed!