Section 1918 Cao Gang

"I said you are hanging around there, don't you know where this is? Everything here belongs to us. If you feel uncomfortable, just come over here. I'll see if I don't beat you to death." Li Congzheng was preparing Going forward, there was already a conflict ahead, and three people in this organization scolded a scholar who passed by here.

"Hey, don't you people know that there is a word "Wang Fa" in this world? Here is a bright and bright world, why is it yours? You can say that the two sides of this road belong to you, but this road was built by the imperial court. , I can walk as I want." Such a scholar is really rare, Li Cong stopped to see how the scholar taught these guys with the sage's words.

"Hehe, today I met a formidable kid. Why didn't I realize that this kid was so talented before? Every day you pass by me every day, so I wonder why your brat is so courageous." How big? Aren’t you afraid that we’ll fix you up?” said a shout, waving his arms, and it seemed that they were all acquaintances.

"I don't have to pass here every day. It's true that the road behind is blocked by you. Naturally, we people can't go there. If you can move those things away, we will definitely I won't pass in front of your door, who would want to come to a place like yours, people really don't have old hearts." The scholar sighed after finishing speaking, this kid looks like he deserves to be beaten, if he doesn't beat him As far as the kid is concerned, these people are probably not gangsters anymore. Those who talk too much will be beaten.

"Damn, what are you talking nonsense, I'm going to teach you a lesson today, what's going on behind? Who's going to pass on the fucking road, no one dares to go there since I put those goods there , you are quite a coward, damn it, you dare to make irresponsible remarks to me, I will kill you today." The guy slapped the scholar on the face after he finished speaking, and the scholar naturally I don't have that ability. It was overturned to the ground immediately.

"You, you... I am a person of fame, how dare you do anything to me casually, you people are simply too lawless, I want to go to the county government with you to have a good talk with the official." After being beaten, the scholar was not in a hurry to run for his life, but even mentioned this. No one came here to meddle in the affairs of the world he was talking about at this time. Except for Li Cong standing on the side and watching. The other people ran away when they saw the situation here, they were not fools, if this matter happened to them, they would be out of luck.

"What kind of fame do you have? Damn it. Isn't it just a poor scholar? I didn't study hard back then, otherwise you would have been carrying shoes for me. Don't be so damn long-winded here. Let me tell you, If you don't leave, I'll take off your arm today." The big black man changed his tone, the tone just now said that he had to beat this guy up, and suddenly There was no such thing, and now he saw four carriages coming from a distance, so there must be something wrong.

"What are you looking at, shit, I've never seen an accident and beating someone, get the hell out of here, we have something to do here,

Get the fuck out of here, if anyone tells me to see you, I will break your hands and feet. "The people around hurriedly left one by one after hearing this guy's vicious words. They were sure they could do it, and they all ran away quickly one by one.

Li Cong also walked around with the flow of people, but it would be impossible for Li Cong to just leave like that. Li Cong was watching the situation here not far away. What's the matter, the escorts are all fifth-level fighters. If it's ordinary goods, you definitely don't need these people to escort it. It can be said that the above things are definitely not simple.

"Hurry up, go in quickly, the hall master has been waiting for a long time, let's hurry up, otherwise this batch of goods will not be able to be delivered." The big black man just said commandingly, and the people behind listened After hearing his words, he hurriedly helped to transport all these things in. From the very beginning, Li felt that this matter was a bit strange, so he must see what it was. From his point of view, these people must not be doing it. It's serious, but I don't know what the goods are.

Li Cong jumped in naturally. When he saw the three big cars coming in, he read and pulled towards a small building. The yard looked nothing from the outside, but it looked very good from the inside. Li Cong didn't know how big it was inside. Sure enough, the outside was just a cover-up, and the intelligence department didn't have enough ability to come in. From here, Li Cong also knew that it would be difficult to just recruit some ordinary people to help him with intelligence. The news I got was really not good, and I had to ask some powerful people to help me get information. This was okay, otherwise I would never have a good intelligence department.

Just when Li Cong was wondering, the cars behind them all opened up. Damn it, there are real people on them, and all of them are young and beautiful women. These bastards are doing such a business, Li Cong I knew that there would be human trafficking, but I never thought they would do it so boldly. These people must not look like slaves. The imperial law stipulates that they can only be slaves. If they dare to sell free people This is not a trivial matter, these guys are really courageous, their organization is a county organization here, and there are dozens of people at once, how can their entire organization be paid?

"Hehe, you've all been tired in the car for the past few days, well, your life will be easier next time, you can all get out of that sea of ​​suffering, and soon your life will be a waste of money, I will give you all Send it to a good place, of course, the premise is that you are obedient and obedient, every day you are making your own money, and we are also making money, if you are obedient, you may still be able to go out in the future, if If you are disobedient, then I am sorry for you, and you will have to taste your delicate skin and tender flesh." The big black man looked at the girls in front of him and said, each of these girls had fear on their faces, they I don't know what my future is, or even how I got here.

The girls were escorted in one by one, and the man and a leader who came were also talking in a low voice. Others couldn't hear what they said, but Li Cong's ears could hear what they said clearly .

"I said, your boy's performance is really good. I think they can guess that we are sending them to the kiln with your statement. Although each of them is unwilling. But it will not be too big. Response." The escort captain said, Li Cong was also surprised when he heard it, what else could it be if it wasn't sent there? Is there any other use?

"Hehe, how much have I dealt with this. This is already the fifth batch. Lord Mulian is already at the last moment of his practice. Otherwise, he would not have come to a small place like ours in person. These days Hundreds of people go in almost every day, but you can see nothing coming out. Fortunately, Master Mulian only needs girls to practice. If you need men, I think all of us will die here. Master Mulian also needs girls. I don’t know what kind of skills they are practicing, but they need so many girls.” The man said in a low voice, when he said the words Lord Mulian, he and the captain would have a cold war, this person is theirs A high-level person in the organization is said to be someone who even wants to give face to their president. This person can feel the biting cold all over his body when he looks at himself. Such a person will not give himself more face.

"Boy, it's better to talk less. We can talk about people like Master Mulian. I heard that if Master Mulian succeeds in practicing kung fu this time, none of the ninth-level fighters will be the opponent of Master Mulian. A seventh-level It's really surprising that a super magician can have such abilities." The captain had also heard of Master Mulian, and said in a low voice.

"I also know about this, just to tell you, I don't have the courage to tell others. It is said that Master Mulian relied on a book he got by accident, and we don't know about that book. What is it called? It is said that there are some weird things on it. As long as you can get it, you can become a master. It has been five years since Mr. Mulian got that book, and he has changed in these five years. It's simply unimaginable to become a seventh-level Sorcerer's Stone," said the man.

"This is not easy. We don't have that ability. If we also have that ability, Master Mulian is nothing. I heard that he just wants to absorb the air of those girls. If a person loses his air, he will be like The dead are the same." The captain of the team looked around, shrunk his neck and said, what he said was based on hearsay, it may not be true, but the man just now saw it with his own eyes. After all, when he talked about this matter, he wanted to spit it out a little bit.

That day was also when this guy was on duty, and he sent three girls into Master Mulian's room. Who knew that Master Mulian would send a few more in less than five minutes, even if your old man is an iron man. , it is impossible to need so many girls in such a short period of time, the man followed slowly, and what he saw made him dumbfounded.

Lord Mulian didn't do anything to these girls, but threw them on the ground, and then sat in the middle of the room. The girls were naturally scared and ran around, but they could only run for two minutes. It’s just the upper part, because there is an enchantment around here, and the next thing is what makes this guy afraid. There is some black air coming out of Master Mulian’s mouth. When he saw this, the guy directly I ran away in fright, and nothing came out of this room. From the beginning to now, at least hundreds of women have entered this room, but no one has ever come out. Where did it go? This is also a question that the guards here have, but they dare not go over and ask.

After hearing what they said, Li Cong was also thinking about what was going on. Even if those people died, there would have to be corpses. Now there is nothing. This is an unusual thing. Could it be that People eat all of them? That's impossible, even ninth-level fighters don't have such a big appetite, and this is a couple of hundreds of people. Besides, even if he eats and finds a place to poop, it is not a small amount. It is said that this kid has not eaten or drank since he entered.

The leader of the team chatted with the man and both of them were sweating. They both looked around. Although the sun was still shining as before, they could feel that it was a bit cold at the moment. Li Cong in the distance also felt a little different, he is a space magician

It is a place where he can feel that others cannot. He feels that the surrounding space seems to have changed a little, but it seems to be a little empty. This is really strange to say. I have never encountered such a situation before, what is going on? Li Cong's doubts are getting bigger and bigger than before.

Li Cong looked around. Although the fifth-level fighters were on guard all the time, it was too easy for Li Cong to bypass these guys with his skills. Li Cong used his own teleportation in two or three strokes. It went directly to the area around the secret big house. I was about to put my eyes up to see what was going on, but I didn't expect that the room would explode directly, and Li Cong was exposed directly. Li Cong knew that he must have come to let the people in the room feel it, no need to ask, with such a perception ability, this guy must be a magician, other than that, other soldiers can't feel it .

"Haha, such a powerful ability must belong to a magician. I haven't tasted what it's like to be a magician. Boy, you broke in by yourself. I don't care who you are, or what you have Background, I just want to eat you, haha." What? After eating Lao Tzu, Li Cong looked at the distance, and he was a guy who looked like a child, at most five or six years old, but this kid put a lot of pressure on himself, and he couldn't see the strength of this kid at all. Tou, how is this possible?

After the house exploded, a lot of black smoke came out. At this moment Li Cong also felt that the black smoke had a strong corrosive ability, so Li Cong quickly avoided it. Although this thing did no harm to him, it was still a bit of a pain to stand inside. Uncomfortable, Li Cong glanced at some corpses not far away. They were all incomplete. They were all the corpses of some women. These women's bodies were corroded, and each of them seemed to be ants crossing the border. Yes, the rest of the parts are incomplete. Li Cong now understands what is going on. It turns out that this guy uses the black smoke to corrode the human body, and the human body is naturally corroded to one-third of the body. If you are lucky, your head will be corroded first, and you will die immediately. There will be no pain in this way, but if you are unlucky, half of your body will be alive. dead.

"Dirty things, I don't care what kind of kung fu you practice. Since you have killed so many people, I will kill you today, which can be regarded as comforting those who died. It's ok." Li Cong looked at the child and said, this guy is just a child who looks like a child, but in fact this kid is not a child, and there is no one who can be stupid so many people are not eye-catching. Believe it, Li Cong has absolute confidence in his ability. At this moment, Li Cong's magician ability is a seventh-level magic stone, and the attack power of a whole series of seventh-level magic stones is equivalent to that of a ninth-level magician. In addition, this guy's fighter skills are at level nine, even if these are useless, he still has the real body of the five-clawed golden dragon. After this period of devouring, now the five-clawed golden dragon is already capable of a tenth-level fighter up.

Speaking of swallowing Li Cong, the flesh hurts. This guy eats precious medicinal materials and precious metals. Now he can’t even eat gold. He will eat platinum directly. Every meal costs two tons If you don't have six or seven tons of platinum in a day, you can't get through it at all, so you can only expand a little bit every day. Li Cong feels that after a while, he can't eat this platinum anymore.

"Dirty? This adjective is really good. I like this kind of thing. What can you do to me? Let me tell you, those people have only been at my level after practicing for a lifetime. Now I will let you see mine It’s your job, haha, maybe you’ll never know how you died, so I’ll let you, a damn magician, see it today.” After speaking, the guy took out a thing that was dripping with green liquid from his pocket, The thing looked so unspeakably disgusting that Li Cong was about to vomit.

"Go to hell." After the guy finished speaking, he threw this thing towards Li Cong. Can this thing kill Li Cong? Don't be too funny, okay? Li Cong was about to flash over, and at this moment, the thing suddenly magnified dozens of times, and Li Cong's surroundings were immediately covered with such green. Li Cong knew the power of these green liquids very well. He saw The corpses not far away turned into blood before they touched these things. Although his body is very powerful, he will definitely be injured if he touches these things. That guy hasn't felt that Li Cong has left yet.

"Hey, why is there no one else? Could it be that this guy was melted? No way. I had already reduced the potency of the medicine a lot. If this guy was really killed, I wouldn't be able to absorb any energy. It’s too wasteful.” This guy slowly walked forward, it’s strange to say that he wasn’t corroded when he walked on those green liquids. On the contrary, those green liquids rushed towards this guy. Soon all the green liquid on the ground returned to this guy's hands. Turned into a water polo, shit, this guy can do it countless times with an attack like that. It's a bit f*cking frugal, but Li Cong can see clearly that some of this liquid is still missing in this attack, and he can't take it back 100%. It seems that this thing is also very precious. This guy collects everywhere.

Li Cong doesn't have time to waste time with this guy here. In his opinion, this guy is a fool. Li Cong passed by with an ice blade. Although there were a few fifth-level fighters beside him, they saw Li Cong The ice blade condensed so quickly that he knew that the one in front of him was a master magician. If they passed by, they wouldn't be enough to put their teeth between them. It's better to be honest.

Li Cong would not give this guy time to attack for the second time. The two ice arrows passed directly. The ice blade in his hand was used by Li Cong for self-defense. To be honest, this guy showed his ability just now. It's not that Li Cong can't beat this guy, but that this guy's ability is a bit too mysterious. I don't know how this guy is going to deal with me, so it's better to be on the safe side, otherwise, I will be the one who suffers. of.

"Ah..." This guy also found the Frostbolt coming from behind him, and he immediately threw out the liquid he had just collected in his hand, and the liquid quickly formed two forms in front of this guy. A protective wall, but to be honest, it seems that this thing hasn't rested yet. The Frost Arrow went in like a bamboo shoot, and shot into this guy's body abruptly. Half of this guy's body was frozen. It seems that it is nothing more than that, not Li Cong's opponent.

"You...you...you actually killed me, and I died...in...in your hands." This guy looked at his frozen lower body in disbelief, as if he had never thought about it. As if he would die, his death was a very rare thing.

Li Cong didn't understand what this guy said later. A person who relies on such a method to improve his skills is simply rubbish, and he is not the kind of person who is a savior, but he will never let such a person live Yes, seeing such a person makes me feel uncomfortable. Since you are already dead, then die cleanly and don't leave anything for this world.

Li Cong glanced at the guards in the distance, and all of them saw that this guy was dead. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that he had done something terrible, didn't he just kill a scumbag? What's so great about such a guy, but this guy's attack method is really unpredictable. Li Cong knows that many people will use some external force to improve themselves, but the medicinal liquid of this guy seems to be alive , this is something I have never seen before.

"If you want to avenge this guy, you can just come here. If you don't want to, I'm leaving." Li Cong looked there and said, the place here has been blurred, Li Cong used the burning gun He burned the sinful corpse with his hands. What surprised Li Cong was that after he burned that guy's body, many fifth-level fighters here fell down. Li Cong quickly walked to a guy Li Cong knew that this guy must be dead without touching him.

What's going on, Li Cong looked up at the other fifth-level fighters, they were all terrified to escape, if Li Cong wanted to do it now, it would be very simple to catch them all, but now Li Cong just needed an answer. It is unnecessary to catch them all, Li Cong flew over to catch a guy who was about to escape.

"Say, you've seen what's going on with these people, I don't care if I kill you alone." Li Cong stepped on this guy and said, this guy is the kind of coward at first glance, if he is going to die, he will definitely know himself Everything is said.

"I don't know, I don't know anything, I was hired by them, I don't know anything. My daily job is to watch this door and keep them from coming in. They don't know anything else Tell me." The guy said loudly, he was already very frightened, he thought that guy was already very powerful, but he saw Li Cong. He felt that Li Cong was actually more terrifying than that guy. It can be seen from this momentum. Li Cong is indeed very powerful.

"Hehe, you don't know, it's good. Then your right hand is gone, I'm sorry." After Li Cong finished speaking, the ice blade suddenly appeared and cut off the guy's hand. Of course, there will be more Great thing, "If you don't give me some things I want to know, I will lose my left hand. A soldier without a hand can still be useful, at least you can do it in the future If you have no worries about food and clothing, but if you lose both hands, then I don’t think there is much difference between you and a beggar. Have you thought about it? It doesn’t matter if you don’t think of it, I can help you , For example, your two legs, these can help you remember, I will try my best to help." Li Cong said with a devilish smile.

"No, no, don't cut my hand, I said, I said, I'll tell you what I know." The guy endured the pain and said.

"That's right, if you said that just now, I think your hand is still in your hand now." Li Cong said.

"I'm not very clear about some things here. They asked us a dozen or so fifth-level fighters to come here to guard the door for them. Don't let people from outside come in, and just don't let these girls go out. Well, we don't need to know about the rest, because the money given is very large, so we didn't ask any more questions. Although they didn't say anything, we have also felt something unusual in the past few months Yes, all the fighters here seem to be born of the same mother. They all eat and drink the same, so we all guess that the guy you killed just now should control these fighters. As for We don't know what's going on, just like just now, if you kill that guy, everyone here will die." The guy tremblingly said, this is really scary, they usually Fear of being controlled.

Li Cong thought about everything just now. Indeed, those fifth-level fighters were going to kill him just now, but when they rushed to the middle, they couldn't stand one by one, and then they all fell down. Just like what this guy said, if the master is dead, these slaves will not be able to live. It seems that this is really a problem that people need to investigate.

"Did the person who hired you say what they are?" Li Cong said, this may also be a source of intelligence.

"They say it's from the Cao Gang, but I also know some people from the Cao Gang. They don't know these people. We were skeptical at first, but the price they offered was double that of others. We just helped them take a look. It’s just the door, we don’t do anything, so we don’t inquire about it, and we were all planning to leave after this month.” The guy said in a low voice, he was really unlucky, a dozen people It's the same as me, why did I cut off my hand, others are fine.

"Get out, it's best not to tell the things here and the things you've seen me, otherwise you may be in constant trouble for the rest of your life." Li Cong threatened this guy and said, he knew that the fifth-level fighters here would definitely run out, they They will definitely not come back. They are not fools after such a big incident happened here. Maybe they will all go to other provinces. Those who are timid may go to other empires. They are not fools either. Yes, and they all know how to live their lives.

Li Cong looked around, because the battle just now has turned into a waste area, there is no place where he can get some news, Li Cong looked around, he could only be helpless I left because I wanted to investigate this mysterious organization. Who knows that this place has become like this, and there are so many doubts, what kind of thing is that guy, and there are so many evil attack methods, Li Cong has more in his head than when he came More question marks.

This time is not the time to think about problems here. Li Cong looked around, and the people from the government had already come. Normally, they would not dare to come if they were filial to that organization, but now something like this happened to them. Even if it is a routine matter, you have to come and have a look. Li Cong naturally left before they arrived.

Caobang. This thing suddenly appeared in Li Cong's mind. Ming rule makers are at the height of the temple, hidden rule makers are far away in the rivers and lakes. Cao Gang is an unspoken rule maker who once changed the division of shipping interests in the four great empires.

The Cao Gang came because of the water transportation, and has been in an embarrassing position of semi-grey. Gained legal status thousands of years ago. After obtaining legal status, it rapidly developed and expanded. After reorganization, it went underground. For thousands of years, power has been able to make the government helpless. There was even a legend of "the emperor joining the Cao Gang". Of course, this is just a legend, and the emperor would naturally not join the Cao Gang. They just want to promote their abilities for this, and Li Cong doesn't believe it either. If the Cao Gang is really that powerful, the shipping they have mastered should be very large, not what it is now.

After returning home, Li Cong began to understand the Cao Gang, and the intelligence organization below quickly handed over the information of the Cao Gang. The Cao Gang in the Western Empire has several obvious characteristics. The Cao Gang has the following characteristics: a single composition. It is dominated by proletarian young and middle-aged male boatmen, and has absorbed some low-level scholars. In addition, there are a large number of dock workers; again, it is tightly organized. There are cruel Cao regulations, family laws, and Jianghu loyalty to maintain the seriousness of the system. The Cao Gang has strict rules and regulations. This is also an important reason for their development, and the third is paramilitary. The semaphore, code words, and gang regulations all reflect the quasi-military deployment of the Cao Gang. There were many associations on the river, but only the Cao Gang could last for a long time. The development has provided a good foundation for mainstream black organizations on land.

At the same time, Li Cong also learned that the development of the Cao Gang has something to do with the historical background thousands of years ago.

Thousands of years ago, relying on the south-to-north transfer of grain by the canal, it supplied the capital and border defense, and maintained water transportation for nearly 6,000 years. Around the collection and transportation of Cao grain, a set of intertwined hidden rule system has grown up, and the proper term is "Cao Regulations". Cao regulations are private modifications to the distribution method of statutory benefits. First of all, modify the relationship with farmers, and use "floating income" to scrape farmers a few more knives; then adjust the internal relationship, and distribute fertilizer as fairly and reasonably as possible. Cao regulations have been banned in all dynasties. "Caokou" grasped this handle wisely, and used it to settle down. This thing has not been banned for many years. Others don't know why, but Li Cong is very clear that it is because of the relationship between interests.

Caokou is familiar with information channels and has an information advantage. They are a mouth that can hurt Caogui. What Caokou earns is gag money.

Why can Caokou develop? Through textual research, it is known that small households believed that Caokou could provide a protective umbrella, so they took refuge in them one after another and asked them to hand over Caoliang to avoid extortion by officials. Caokou was also willing to take over this matter, so it evolved into a "package household". This is also understandable. It is definitely cheaper for small households to feed one caokou, and it is sure to be more profitable than the fat if the caokou is eaten by one person. This is a win-win situation. However, with such a package at Caokou, the scope of extortion by officials has been reduced. In order to maintain the original interests, they have to increase the intensity of extortion. The small households that did not find the umbrella were searched more fiercely, resulting in a situation of unusual severity, and public grievances boiled over.

If things get worse, the deadline for water transportation and the quality of grain will also be affected, which means trouble for the central government. Therefore, the provincial leaders in charge of water transportation have to deal with the water mouth to calm the situation. The provincial leaders in charge of education thought it was unfair, serious violations of law and discipline in water transportation, and they didn't want to correct it, so the board hit our scholar's ass? The matter got into trouble, and the imperial decree came down. While reaffirming the discipline of water transport, it required that the water port be dealt with seriously. The expansion momentum of Caokou was frustrated, and the ecological balance was restored.

That is to say, at this time, all the things created a very good condition for the birth of the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang was born. In the four empires, these Cao Gangs were not familiar with each other, but the Cao Gang of the Western Empire The Gang is the most powerful. The Cao Gang of the other empires can't be said to be soy saucers, they can only be a foil, because they are already under control, so they haven't caused anything.

The Cao Gang of the Western Empire was different. Although the big ships were controlled by the big families in the court, what about the small ships? The wharf warehouse, the workers, all of these are under their control. Another thing is that the mileage of the inland waterway in the Western Empire is a bit long. In addition to the Red River, there are still many inland waterways that need to be developed by Cao Gang. Yes, it is still very easy for Li Cong to find the Cao Gang to find out the news.

Bai Er and Dai Lin helped Li Cong to the Cao Gang office in their county. There was a small leader of the Cao Gang here, and he was able to do things well. Dai Lin had cooperated with him in the past. I feel that they can still do things. On the way, Li Cong glanced at Dai Lin, and found that this guy's face was nothing. It seemed that Bai Er was still very secretive.

The people from the Cao Gang also want to make friends with the people from the Cao's Commercial Bank, and they also know that the Cao's Commercial Bank has already obtained the part of Honghe

Right to operate, this cannot be offended. At the moment, a group of high-level executives came out to welcome them. They knew Dai Lin's identity before, but Dai Lin actually walked behind that young man. This shows that this young man Much more important than Daelin.

"If Manager Dai has anything to do, just ask someone to call me. Why do you have to come to this place in person? It's really a rare visitor, a rare visitor." The manager said with a smile. He didn't speak to Li Cong directly, which was also to save face for Dai Lin.

"Steward Wu, you are too polite. Actually, I am not looking for you this time. This is a manager of our Cao's House in the Northern Empire. He came to ask you about something." Dai Lin pointed Li Cong said, this is what they said before. After all, it is better not to talk about things over there. It is also a challenge for Li Cong's safety to say it.

"Well, this gentleman looks very unfamiliar. I said, it turns out that he is from the Northern Empire. Let's all sit down in the room and talk. We are all friends. It seems too unfamiliar to talk outside. Divided." The guy said with a smile, and a group of people went in, the headquarters of the Cao Gang is still very good, and everyone said that their leader is a person of great taste, which seems to be true. (To be continued..)