Section 2071 People From the Rivers and Lakes

It can be said that the grand event held by the Southern Empire this time is different from that of a hundred years ago. The Southern Empire was considered very powerful 100 years ago, but what about now? Although it is still the most powerful among the three empires, because such and such things have happened in both the Western Empire and the Northern Empire, but the current international environment is different from the previous one. The Eastern Empire has already begun to fully pay, You must have your own right to speak on the entire road. The most important thing is that there is one more Cao's firm. This Cao's firm has begun to change the entire continent in various ways. Such things make the high-level officials of the Southern Empire feel very happy. Uncomfortable, so this talent selection battle is thinking about making the Southern Empire rise again and showing its brilliance on the entire continent, so what they want is to make their people mix better. In this selection competition Find more capable and talented people to make the Southern Empire shine again.

They approved the participation of the people from the Cao's House of Commerce without even thinking about it, and they even found a special seat for the people from the Cao's House of Commerce below. Comparable, but it can be regarded as admitting that the people of Cao's House of Commerce are a special guest of this competition. It can be regarded as admitting that they are a powerful party on the mainland. If there is no such treatment, this time it is not bad.

Wu Zuoxi has already started some investigations in the Southern Empire, but the power of the people from Cao's House in the Southern Empire is really not very good, and many people in the Southern Empire already feel a little powerless. This is mainly because the foundation of Cao's House in the Southern Empire is not very good. Even if they want to know the news quickly, their level of information is not that high. What kind of person is this killing god? The empire can be said to cover the sky with one hand. Many people retreated immediately when they heard the news that they wanted him. Are you kidding me? Is Killing God an ordinary person? If he was caught, he would be the one who was unlucky, and he could earn a lot of money. But a lot of money can't be earned. Bloody money.

But the death of the third child can't just end like this. When Li Cong arrived in the Southern Empire, the killing god was already waiting for Li Cong. He knew that it would be difficult to pass on this matter to Wu Zuoxi, so he might as well tell Li Cong directly. Just talk. It just so happened that Li Cong hadn't seen this guy for a long time. It feels good to meet and talk about this matter together now. Maybe I can know some news from him, and I'm not sure. As a participant in this talent selection competition, Cao's House of Commerce also has a lot to communicate with Li Cong. The two sides chose a large city in the middle of the Southern Empire as the meeting place.

Uyi, the central city of the Southern Empire, can be said to be located right in the middle of the territory of the Southern Empire. The traffic here can be said to extend in all directions. Apart from the capital of the Southern Empire, this is the largest city in the Southern Empire. It is also the Cao Family Firm. A junction point of the transportation network, the warehouse alone is tens of thousands of square kilometers in size outside the city, and more than four million people manage various transportation networks here. One level, but there are quite a few garrisons here, all of which belong to the elite troops of the Southern Empire. A cavalry regiment of Shashen himself is here. The official forces of the Southern Empire can be said to be firmly in control here. It is impossible for anything to happen here. The high-level officials of the Southern Empire chose this place to hold the talent selection competition, which can be regarded as making people in the entire empire pay attention to this place.

"It's been a long time, Senior Killing God, I really trouble you this time." Li Cong said with a smile after the meeting. If it's a good deal, how can I tell those brothers when I go back, they are all waiting for my good news now, if I tell them that there is no way to do this, I think they will leave immediately, I am already a waste After spending so much manpower and material resources, if you can't get some benefits from them, the previous ones will be at a loss. They still have three tenth-level fighters with combat effectiveness. Even if you want to deal with them, it is not so easy. Things, their ability is also very big.

"Hehe, Brother Cao is much more temperamental than before. I remember that when we first met, Brother Cao's career had just started in the Northern Empire. Now it is completely different from before. Now There are already Cao's houses in the four great empires, and it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to achieve such a thing, but it is so simple for Brother Cao, I really admire it." God also had to be polite to Li Cong here at this time. If not, it is estimated that it would be impossible to break into Li Cong's heart.

Killing God himself is an old man, of course he knows clearly that Li Cong must come here because of the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, Li Cong knows that this guy must have a good argument to deal with him, now he will Knowing what was going on, the Killing God knew a lot in his heart. He told Li Cong all these things, and it was the same as what Wu Zuoxi said. Wu Zuoxi next to him raised his eyes. I can't ask anything, let alone in front of Li Cong, even in front of the emperors of the four empires, it is impossible for him to show his feet, mainly because this guy's psychological quality is really low. That's great, he won't let himself panic at all, as long as he doesn't panic, what can you do? You can't directly say that people have something to do with this matter when they speak normally, right? We suspect that it is okay for others, but it is not allowed to say it directly, and everyone is not a fool.

"Except for the elixir, this time is the selection of geniuses. This time, our rules are as follows. As long as the last ten come out, each of our four empires will have two places, and we can choose among them." Two of you join our empire. You and the other ten large forces can use your own methods to fight for the other two places, of course. There will be no such restriction after the tenth place. If there is no objection, we need to pay 5 billion taels of silver to the royal family of the Southern Empire within three days." Killing God said, there will definitely be many powerful young people who will come out of this genius station, these people are very important to all People are very scarce. The four major empires and some large forces will try to draw these people into their camps, but there are only so many people, so they formed a rule from the beginning. Yes, that is, people from the four empires dispatched troops to ensure the safety of the entire genius war and a series of things. Each of them has two places. It doesn't matter who they draw among the top ten. This must be followed by them. This is the overlord clause formulated by them. Although some other large forces want to change, they have no choice but to unite the four empires. It is the most powerful force on the entire continent. It is impossible for others to adapt their decision. These people also have this idea in their minds, but there is nothing they can do without this power.

Only ten large forces can compete for those two people together. In fact, there are some outstanding guys in the genius station. For the Four Great Empires and some other large forces, this ranking is definitely very meaningful, but for Li Cong, what he needs is not the top one, as long as they are in their echelon. It's okay, Li Cong's need for the top ten is fine, because when most people focus their attention on the top ten, he can completely focus on those behind. Yes, this way you can save yourself a lot of resources, at least you don't need to face those large forces directly, you must know that this will be a cruel struggle.

"It's no problem. We will do it according to the requirements of the conference. It's just that we have to get rid of Lord Killing God. I believe you have heard about our affairs in the Eastern Empire. What I'm looking for are four people, four The tenth-level fighters who are together, I want their news, if Your Excellency Killing God can help me, the people from Cao's House will definitely thank you." Li Cong saw that there was nothing wrong with Killing God's face If you think of this, you just say your own words. This guy's psychological quality is too strong, even if you guess it bit by bit with him here, it will be useless in the end.

"I know all about this. Manager Wu has already told me about it. I will let my people do things after I go back. Brother Cao, don't be too sad. After all, this thing has already happened, and it still takes more time." Pay attention to your own body. Besides, if brother Cao wants to raise a plant life, it is very easy. After all, you have already had a successful one, and your own experience is relatively rich. "What Killing God thought was that it would be great if Li Cong could have another plant life. If so, he wouldn't need to worry about this issue so much. Li Cong could definitely divert his concentration away. At that time Maybe those four people didn't need to hide anymore. Maybe it was just at this time that they just saw their son died, and they just felt uncomfortable, and they might be fine after a while.

"Thank you, but I must find these guys, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable in my heart." Li Cong said firmly, from his resolute face, Killing God felt his own strength. His heart twitched. If he was really so determined, it would be a matter of time before he found them. It seemed that it would be a troublesome thing in the future.

Because of the start of the talent selection competition, the transportation network of Cao's House is also very good. Their income this month has increased a lot compared to last month, and various commercial activities have basically been driven. Li Cong also started a new thing, which is to guess the winner or loser. Every game has its own periphery. Those who want to support themselves can just spend money. If he can win, you This one is definitely a lot, if you lose him this time, then I'm sorry, you can only lose your money for those things before, most people didn't know this thing at the beginning What's going on, but Li Cong believes that after a few days of familiarization, this thing will definitely be very powerful. Just think about the gamblers on the earth and you will know that this is uncontrollable for them.

In the Imperial Palace of the Southern Empire, the four brothers have been staying here for several days, and the third brother's injury is not bad. With those precious medicinal materials hanging, there is absolutely no danger to his life now. But if there is no Nine-turn Resurrection Pill, the future future is not optimistic. This is because this guy's ability is not bad, otherwise he may have died by now, and his injury is too serious a little bit.

"Boss, you said that the old boy who kills the god can't play us, it's been half a month, and nothing has happened in this half month, we still have to allocate part of our consciousness to feel the surroundings. Things, if possible, I would rather not come to these places. This damned third child, I already eat a lot of food every day, why is it not getting better? Do I still have to wait for the Jiuzhuan Resurrection Pill? That guy really Is it that powerful?" The second child glanced at everything around him, feeling that nothing had changed. How did I find this place. Why did he get mixed up with the imperial court of the Southern Empire? In the past, people like them in Jianghu hated those bastards who looked at themselves the most. Now if they don't bully them, there is simply no way to live in this day.

"Although this old guy is quite cunning in handling things in normal times, he should have his own bottom line. I guess his bottom line is that everything he promised should be easy to handle. Otherwise, we will We can only rely on ourselves. We also participated in the talent show back then. This is really nostalgic. In the past, our level was not as high as it is now. People in their thirties can do it. Participating is different from what it is now, only twenty-year-olds can participate, how can these people have so many geniuses?" Thinking of the upcoming genius battle, they also said here, their They are all outstanding people all the time, but compared with these geniuses now, there are still many shortcomings. They all feel that the changes in the world are a bit behind.

The Genius War has already existed since their era, and it has a long history until now. These people also came from it back then, so now they all think of some of the previous glory It's time, they were still very young at that time, but now, each of them has reached the tenth level of fighters, how many years have passed.

"Brother, there are a series of activities before the start of the Genius War. All kinds of auction activities will definitely start. Maybe someone will have the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill in their hands. If that's the case, we will really It’s a big loss, this ready-made one is much cheaper than looking for those bastards from Cao’s House to build it.” The fourth child thought of something, and at the beginning, they were all anxious about the third child’s affairs I'm going to lose my mind, otherwise how could it be over like that.

"Forget it, since we have let the God of Death go to this matter, we can't get those things back. I guess he has already contacted the people from Cao's House, and it is impossible to get them back now. Besides, how could something that hasn’t appeared in hundreds of years appear this year? If it did appear, it’s probably due to our bad luck. That thing has nothing to do with us. It’s all up to us. Fate, from this matter to now I have seen through a lot of things." The boss looked at the sky in the distance and said, since then he felt very guilty every time he saw the third child, if he didn't want to take revenge If you don’t, I guess my brother will not be what he is now. There may be many other things. Sometimes things are like this. If you get it, you will think about what you have lost. Many people will It is said that this is not a person who does big things at all, it shouldn't be like this now, and what should be considered is the future, but who doesn't have any thoughts in mind?

Indeed, at this moment Li Cong also knew that the series of activities before the Genius War were very good. One of the auctions was held by people from Cao's House of Firm. Li Cong wanted to sell some things from Cao's House of Firm at this auction. They are mainly made by Li Cong himself, and most of them are limited editions. In order to add some weight to the genius battle, and mainly to increase the social popularity of the people of Cao's House, Li Cong will auction off 4 million magic arrows , 10,000 pieces of various pills, and various low-level weapons. According to the calculations of the people in Cao's House, the total value is as high as 120 trillion taels of silver. Don't look at the large number, this person's purchasing power But it was very scary, the most promising members of the families came from the major families, if they wanted to buy something, the family would naturally take out the money at the bottom of the box. Today, Li Cong came to his trading house to have a look. Although it was not yet the start of the auction and it would start the day after tomorrow, some things were already ready to be released in advance. Now there are at least a few items in the hall. Thousands of people are buying and selling things. These guys have never seen so many good things in normal times, but now these things are just some numbers in their minds, and they just need to spend money to buy them.

"Young master, this is the best magic arrow. Normally, the Cao's House sells it in limited quantities. Although there are quite a few sales on the whole road, there are only thirty at most when we get there. For advanced archers, it is not enough at all, just like now, if you have such an opportunity, the old slave still recommends that you buy more. And if you buy more of these things, they are also cheap, you see now One is 1.6 million taels of silver, 10 is 15 million taels. Thirty is 40 million taels, and 100 is 100 million taels. Of course, we don’t need to buy a hundred. There are too many, why don't we just buy 30, this amount is affordable for us, these things can increase your combat effectiveness by more than 30%, so that you can improve in the genius battle It’s a very important thing for you and the family.” An old man next to the young master said, he must be the master or the family’s attendant, and he is also the kind of experienced attendant. If there is no This kind of people follow, this young boy probably won't choose this, most of the time they come by their own temperament, they will do things like this.

"Okay, just do what Uncle Fu said. I'll go and see what type of magical arrows I should buy." The guy took out banknotes and said, these things are nothing to his family. In addition, this guy's status in the family is very high, this genius battle is very important, and spending this money on him is nothing to his family.

"Well, after buying this thing, we still need to go to the second floor to buy some pills. Now the young master is stuck at the gate of the fourth-level fighter. Although we are about to break through, the genius battle is coming. At this time, it is only possible to break through the fifth-level fighters. The selection of this medicinal material is very important. If we could wait slowly in the past, but now we don’t have that time. One thing we have to spend, we brought about 200 million silver, and we can buy nearly 100 million elixir for the travel expenses when we go back. I think the second-grade elixir, Giant Spirit Pill, is a good choice Yes, he can make the young master highly concentrate his energy. It is estimated that in three days, 30% of the people can break through within these three days. How is it?" This old man is his half-master and half-servant, young masters in big families are usually like this, this time three people of the same generation came to their house, each of them brought the money Yes, so he has to be the best among the three, otherwise he may not be treated so well after he returns.

The young master nodded. When he came out, his family members had said that he had no experience when he came outside, so he needed to learn from them. If he didn’t have this, he would probably be nothing after he came out. I don’t even know, just look at the dazzling array of products here. These things are all very precious. In the past, you can take out any of them casually and put them in the county where you are, and they will become rare treasures. , but now it is different from before, these things can only be sold on the first floor, you must know that these things on the first floor are nothing.

When Li Cong came in, it was around 8 o'clock in the evening, and now there are the most people inside. There was not such a large trading hall in the past, and the trading volume in one minute is estimated to be the previous day's trading volume. Yes, this also means that I am definitely making money every day at this time. Some small auctions may start at any time. Some of the inventory goods of Cao's House have all been taken out, and many people here are conducting auctions. Looking at the transactions, the number of transactions every day is an astonishing number. Even Li Cong was surprised when he saw it. He didn't expect it to be so powerful.

"Master, this is the person in charge here. Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang, this is our big boss. Tell us about the situation in the past few days. You guys have done a good job. You don't usually I always say that our master can’t see it, but today is here, you all don’t miss this opportunity.” Wu Liu followed Li Cong and said that Wu Liu had been in the Southern Empire before, and the people here Basically all his men. Although now the first-level manager has been replaced by Wu Zuoxi. But he is still very familiar with these people here, just like this guy now, he was the person in charge of a county when he followed him, and it has been a few years now. This kid also relied on his own head to sneak into his current position.

"Greetings to Mr. Cao. Little Tang Tao." said the shrewd guy. Li Cong could see that this kid himself had the ability to be a fourth-level fighter. If he could enter the training camp, he should have a better future, but it seems that this kid prefers these business activities. Cao's House is like this internally, maybe you can develop better in this aspect, but as long as you are not willing, we can't force you, and naturally we will let you continue to be you Things you like, other times, such as when there are insufficient manpower, will be enforced, but there are not many such times, and most of the time you will still respect your own decisions, They are all very clear about this.

"That's right, you've done a great job here. Recently, you've had a lot of people here. How's your turnover these days? I guess there will be other trading houses in the city. How are they doing? "Looking at the bustling crowd below, Li Cong said, looking at the clothes on them, he knew that if the people who could come here didn't have thousands of silver, they really wouldn't come in. These people are all powerful people from all over the world. , and they are all young people, and the family is willing to spend money on them. If there are some older people, or people with no potential, no one is willing to spend money on them, and it is not worth it.

"Master, today is the 15th day that the flow of people in our place has increased. It will take 30 to 50 days from now to the end of the Genius War to return to the previous level. Now the daily transaction volume exceeds Fifty units (one unit of silver in Cao's Commercial Bank is 10 billion taels of silver), if the large-scale auction starts, this number may increase by two to three times, after all, we are all there for some of the more powerful things It was only taken out at the time, and these people who come now don’t have a lot of money in their hands, and most of them need to wait slowly.” This guy thought for a while and said that he was indeed a little nervous when he gave Li Cong a reward. Yes, I met Li Cong once many years ago, and it has been ten years since then.

"Well, it's very good. It is indeed possible to sell, but one thing must be noted, these people must have a lot of good things on them, and we have to recycle these things, although it is possible now that we There is no need to sell him, but after the genius battle is over, it will return to the previous calm. At that time, it is time to sell these things. Tell the employees below that if the matter can be successfully concluded this time, everyone will send three more One month's salary, half a month's vacation, don't be afraid that the boss can't afford this money, as long as you work hard, everyone will be paid one month's salary today, encourage it." Li Cong generally said that as long as he arrives, If you are in a place, you have to give those people some benefits. They work here, and the Cao's Commercial Bank will not care about them. It is okay to release some news, but these news must be let the senior management of the Cao's Commercial Bank You can only see it, for example, what kind of things they got here, and those news merchants who sell them outside can not only get money, but also let more people snap up their goods, this is simply a win-win situation things.

"Give me back my sister, you bastard, give me back my sister..." Just as Li Cong finished speaking, someone shouted from below, and Li Cong saw a teenage child below Surrounded by a few people and said loudly, those people looked at this kid with pity, what's the situation, can't we still trade people here?

"Boy, what are you messing around with? Don't you know where this place is? Damn, you can see clearly. This is the trading house of Cao's House. I really don't know how you, a little bastard, got in here. Did you see the guard over there?" Is it? If you are messing around, they will kill you immediately when they come over. Even the people from the government dare not come over to trouble them. We rescued you on the way and took you to this city, isn’t it? Do you think you don't need to give money? Of course your sister paid back the debt at my house. Otherwise, how could it be so cheap for you? Young master, I don't run a charity shop, you better be careful. "A guy who doesn't look like a good person grabbed this child and said, this child looks like an ordinary person, and this young master is a fourth-level fighter, and he should also be here to participate in the genius battle. What's the matter with his sister? Li Cong also thought of his sister, who hadn't had one for decades. I don't know what happened to them on Earth. He shouldn't be young anymore, thinking of this, Li Cong walked over there. It seemed that his boss was about to fight against him, so Wu Liu hurriedly gave Tang Tao a wink. Let everyone at the door be vigilant. These people must not be allowed to go out.

"You are talking nonsense. It was agreed that twenty taels of silver would escort us here. My sister gave you all the bracelets. If it is not enough, I have another one here, and I will give you all." The boy said from his sleeve He took out an exquisite bracelet, and the people around couldn't take their eyes away after taking a look at it. Damn, these people are really bad, and such a bracelet would cost at least tens of thousands of taels The silver one, if it is the same as the current one, it will only be priced at 20 taels of silver, which is too nonsense. Thinking of this, when they look at these guys, their colors are not very good. Are they thinking about going out and killing these guys? As for the guys, there are quite a few things on them.

Haoshi? Li Cong recognized the bracelet at a glance. This is something a magician dreams of. He searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it. This bracelet is definitely not an ordinary bracelet, it should be a magic bracelet, and Look at the pattern on it, it is definitely not a simple thing, when Li Cong was about to pass by, a magician next to him saw Li Cong's eyes, and immediately walked in front of Li Cong, and a master magician appeared, Many people in this room gathered around. Although magicians are often seen here, it is not very common for magicians to meddle in their own business.

"Let go of this child, if you have anything to say, you can tell me." The magician spoke, and Li Cong knew that he must have taken a fancy to the thing in the child's hand, forget it, and see what it is for himself The thing is, if he can prevent this child from suffering, he won't say anything. If he wants to plunder like those people, he won't be able to.

"What can I tell you, what about you..." This guy usually seems to be used to being arrogant, but now seeing a magician behind him, he swallowed all the words in his mouth, Damn, this is a level 7 Sorcerer's Stone, who can instantly kill himself in seconds, even if he brings two guards of level 7 fighters with him, it's useless, insulting a magician by himself is according to the regulations of the Magicians Union I was wrong, if these magicians really pursued themselves, it would be really fatal.

call! ! Before the guy could continue talking, a fireball technique directly burned the guy's eyebrows. Although the guards around him wanted to come up, they didn't dare to come up when they saw the magician's eyes. This is the privilege of magicians. If they are in the places where no one sees in the Warcraft Mountains, they will naturally dare to do anything, but this is not there. There are so many people watching here. It's fun to be a magician.

"Hmph, you people are simply bastards. Don't you know how much this thing is worth? Twenty taels of silver? Even if it is one hundred thousand times of twenty taels of silver, it can't compare to the real value of this bracelet. You guys People are so hateful, where is this child's sister?" the magician said coldly, and the people around thought that this magician would also take advantage of the fire, but they didn't expect them to say this directly, Li From the bottom of my heart, I also feel that this guy will take advantage of the fire. Now it seems that not all people in the world are bad people, at least the one in front of me is a good person.

"At the Fulong Inn, we are all there, we... let's go..." The young master was already injured, and he absolutely didn't dare to continue to do anything to this kid. It is not so easy for him to leave now, The magician is already standing in front of this guy. It seems that he must take care of this matter, instead of just saying a few words and forgetting about it.

"Do you think I'm a fool? You leave now, can this child see his sister later? Bring someone here immediately, and I'll wait for you in the rest area over there. If you come If it doesn't work, your young master won't have to leave. You can see the wound on his face. If you can't give him a proper treatment in two hours, I think he will be like this for the rest of his life. Well, there will be scars of one kind or another on this face, you can figure it out one by one." The magician took the child and walked towards the rest area, and the people behind him looked at these people fiercely, although Two of his fighters are basically sixth-level fighters, and the young master's guard has seventh-level fighters, but those seventh-level fighters dare not fight. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.

The children glanced at the people around him with some hesitation, but they still put away their bracelets. This is the only thing left to them by their father. On the way, they have already met several people on the street. , it is very good to be able to keep things in this city. Now that the two siblings have separated again, it took him several days to find them. To be honest, this kid's luck is pretty good Now, there are so many people in the city, it is very difficult for him to find them, and now there is a magician to help him, the ancestral grave is really smoked.

Originally this matter ended here, and the magician would definitely propose to buy these two bracelets in the rest area, but Li Cong suddenly thought he had discovered something. He is a space magician, and the people here have pockets If he wants to know what is in it, he can know it. He saw that there were several bracelets in this child's pocket, but they were all fake. Thinking of this, he understood what was going on, hehe, these The quacks have all come to their own territory. This must teach them a lesson. They are really courageous. They dare to lie to magicians. They are really amazing. (To be continued..)