The liquid rushed towards this guy, and soon all the green liquid on the ground returned to this guy's hand. It turned into a water ball. Damn, this guy can use this attack countless times. This

*** It was a bit too frugal, but Li Cong could see clearly that in this attack, some of the liquid was still gone. He couldn't take it all back 100%. It seems that this thing is also very precious. This

Guys are collecting them everywhere.

Li Cong didn't have time to waste time with this guy here. In his opinion, this guy was a fool. Li Cong passed by with an ice blade. Although there were several fifth-level warriors next to him, they saw Li Cong's hand.

The ice blade condensed so quickly that I knew that the one in front of me belonged to a master magician. If they passed by, they wouldn't be enough to fill their teeth. It was better to be honest.

Li Cong would not give this guy time to attack a 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 just showed his ability.

It's not that Li Cong can't beat this guy, but that this guy's abilities are a bit too mysterious. He doesn't know how this guy deals with him. So it's better to be safer, otherwise he will still suffer the loss.

of.

"Ah..." This guy also noticed the Ice Arrow coming from behind him. He immediately threw out the liquid he had just collected. The liquid quickly formed two circles in front of this guy.

There is a protective wall, but to be honest, it seems that this thing has not rested well. The ice arrow went in with overwhelming force and shot into this guy's body. Half of this guy's body was frozen.

It seems that it is nothing more than that and is no match for Li Cong.

"You...you...you actually killed me. I died...in your hands." This guy looked at his frozen lower body in disbelief. He seemed to have never thought about it.

It is as if he will die, and his death is a very rare thing.

Li never heard what this guy said clearly. A person who relies on such a method to improve his skills is simply rubbish. He is not the kind of savior, but he will never let such a person live.

Yes, you will feel uncomfortable when you see such a person. Since you are already dead, you should die cleanly and leave nothing to this world.

Li Cong glanced at the guards in the distance. They all saw that this guy was dead. 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 knew that many people would use some external forces to improve themselves, but the medicinal liquids of this guy seemed to be alive.

, which I have never seen before.

"If you want to avenge this guy, just come here. If you don't want to, I'm going to leave." Li Cong looked there and said, the place here was already blurry, Li Cong used the burning power

He burned the sinful corpse clean with his hands. What surprised Li Cong was that after he burned the guy's corpse, many of the fifth-level warriors here fell down. Li Cong quickly walked up to a guy.

Li Cong knew that this guy must be dead without even touching him.

What is going on? Li Cong raised his head and glanced at the other fifth-level warriors. They were all frightened and wanted 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, and catching them all was unnecessary. Li Cong flew over and caught a guy who was about to escape.

"Tell me what is going on with these people. You have seen it. I don't care if I kill one more of you." Li Cong stepped on this guy and said. This guy looked like a coward at first glance. If he died, he would definitely find out.

Everything was said.

"I don't know, I don't know anything. I was hired by them. I don't know anything. My job every day is to watch the door and not let them in. They don't know how to do anything else.

Tell me." The guy said loudly. He was already very frightened. He originally thought that guy was already very powerful, but when he saw Li Cong, he felt that Li Cong was actually scarier than that guy. From this

It can be seen from his momentum. Li Cong is indeed very powerful.

"Haha, you don't know, very good, then your right hand is gone, I'm sorry." After Li Cong said, the ice blade suddenly appeared and cut off this guy's hand. Of course, there will be more

It's a powerful thing. "If you don't give me some things I want to know, the left hand I see will also be gone. If a soldier loses one hand, it can still be of some use. At least you can do it in the future."

You have no worries about food and clothing, but if you don’t have both hands, then I think you are not much different from a beggar. Have you thought about it? If you haven’t thought about it, it doesn’t matter. 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 will tell you everything I know." The guy endured the pain and said.

"That's right. If you had said that just now, I think your hand would still be in your hand now." Li Cong said.

"I'm not very clear about some things here. They asked us, a dozen level five warriors, to come here to guard the door for them. Don't let outsiders in, and don't let these girls go out.

We didn’t need to know the rest. Because the money was very generous, we didn’t ask any more questions. Although they didn’t say anything, we have felt something unusual in the past few months.

Yes, all the warriors here seem to be born from the same mother. They all eat and drink the same, so we all guess that the guy you just killed should have controlled these warriors. As for

We don’t know what’s going on. Just like before, if you kill that guy, everyone here will die.” This guy said in a trembling voice. This is really scary. They usually also

Afraid of being controlled.

Li Cong thought about everything just now. Indeed, those fifth-level warriors just came here to kill him, but when they rushed to the middle, they couldn't stand one by one, and then they all fell down. This meant that they were

Just like what this guy said, if the master dies, their slaves will no longer be alive. It seems that this is really a problem that needs to be investigated.

"Have the people who hired you said who they are?" Li Cong said, this may also be a source of intelligence.

"They said they were from Caobang, but I also know some people from Caobang. They didn't know these people. We were also suspicious at first, but the price they offered was twice as much as others, so we just helped them take a look.

It's just a door, we don't do anything, so we won't ask about this matter. Originally, we were all planning to leave after this month." This guy said in a low voice, he was really unlucky, more than a dozen people were there.

It's the same as me, why did I cut off my hand? Others are fine.

"Go away. It's best not to tell anyone about what happened here or what happened to me. Otherwise, you may be in constant trouble for the rest of your life." Li Cong threatened this guy. He knew that all the fifth-level warriors here would definitely run out. They

They will definitely never come back. Such a big thing happened here. They are not fools. Maybe they will go to other provinces. The brave ones may go to other empires. They are not fools either.

, and they all know how they should live their lives.

Li Cong looked around, because the battle just now had turned this place into a waste area, and there was no place where he could get some information. Li Cong looked around, and he could only feel helpless.

I left. I originally wanted to check out this mysterious organization. Who knew that this place would become like this, and so many questions would arise. Who is that guy? He can do so many evil attacks.

There are more question marks in Li Cong's head than when he came here.

This was not the time to think about the problem here. Li Cong looked around and saw that people from the government had already come over. Normally, they would not dare to come over because of the filial piety of that organization. But now that something like this happened, they

Even if it was a routine matter, he still had to come and have a look. Naturally, Li Cong left before they arrived.

Caobang, this thing suddenly appeared in Li Cong's mind. The makers of explicit rules are at the top of the temple, while the makers of unspoken rules are far away from the world. Caobang is an unspoken rule that once changed the division of shipping interests in the four empires.

Framer.

Caogang came from the water transport and has always been in a semi-gray embarrassing position. It obtained legal status thousands of years ago. After obtaining legal status, it rapidly developed and expanded. After reorganization, it went underground. Over the thousands of years, its power has been able to control the government.

There was no choice. During this period, there was even a legend about "the emperor joining the Cao Gang". Of course, this was just a legend. The emperor would naturally not join the Cao Gang. They just did this to promote their abilities. This Li Cong

I don't believe it either. If the Caobang is really that powerful, the shipping they control should be very large, not what it is now.

After returning home, Li Cong began to get to know the Caobang, and the intelligence organization below quickly handed over information on the Caobang. The Caobang in the Western Empire had several obvious characteristics. The Caobang had the following characteristics: it had a single composition.

Mainly proletarian young and middle-aged male boat workers, and absorbing some lower-level scholars, in addition to a large number of dock workers; thirdly, it is tightly organized. There are cruel regulations, family laws, and Jianghu loyalty to maintain the seriousness of the system

, the Cao Gang has strict rules and regulations, which is also an important reason for their development. The third is paramilitary. The flags, code words and gang rules reflect the paramilitary deployment of the Cao Gang, which was originally seen on the river.

There are many associations, but only the Caobang can last for a long time. These characteristics provide a good foundation for the future development of mainstream black organizations on land.

At the same time, Li Cong also learned that the development of Caobang was related to the historical background thousands of years ago.

Thousands of years ago, the canal was relied upon to divert grain from the south to the north. It supplied the capital and border defenses, and maintained water transportation for nearly 6,000 years. Around the collection and transportation of grain, a complex system of unspoken rules has grown up, and the proper name is "cao regulations."

Regulations are private modifications to the legal distribution of benefits. First, the relationship with the farmers is modified, and the farmers are given a few more blows through "floating harvests"; then internal relations are adjusted to distribute the fertilizer as fairly and reasonably as possible. Regulations have been banned in the past dynasties.

"Caokou" cleverly grasped this handle and used it to make a living. This thing has not been banned for many years. Others don't know why, but Li Cong is very clear, that is because of interests.

Caokou is familiar with information channels and has information advantages. They have a mouth that can hurt Caogui. What Caokou earns is the money to keep silent.

Why can Caokou develop? Through research, we learned that small households believed that Caokou could provide a protective umbrella, so they turned to them one after another and asked them to deliver grain to them to avoid official extortion. Caokou was also willing to take over this matter, so it evolved into

"Householder". This is also understandable. It is definitely cheaper for a small household to feed a water hole, and the income of one person eating the water hole is definitely higher than that of a large farmer. This is a win-win situation. But with such a package of water holes, the officials are open to blackmail.

has shrunk, and in order to maintain the original interests, they have to increase the intensity of extortion. Small households that cannot find a protective umbrella are subject to more fierce raids, resulting in a situation where the weight is too low and the weight is heavy, and public resentment boils over.

When the matter got serious, the deadline for water transportation and the quality of the grain would also be affected, which meant trouble for the central government. Therefore, the provincial leaders in charge of water transportation had to deal with the water mouth and calm the situation. The provincial leaders in charge of education thought it was unfair.

, there were serious violations of laws and disciplines in water transportation, and we did not want to correct ourselves, so the slap was slapped on our scholar's butt? The matter escalated, and the imperial edict was issued. While reaffirming the discipline of water transportation, it also required that the expansion of water ports be dealt with seriously. The expansion of water ports was

After a setback, the ecological balance has been restored.

That is to say, all the things at this time created a very good condition for the birth of the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang was born. Among the four empires, these Cao Gangs were unfamiliar with each other, but the Cao Gang in the Western Empire

The Cao Gang is the most powerful. The Cao Gangs of the other empires cannot be said to be soy sauce but can only be used as foils. Because they have been controlled, they have not stirred up anything.

The Cao Gang in the Western Empire is different. Although the big ships are controlled by the big families in the imperial court, what about the small ships? What about the docks, warehouses, and the workers? All of these are controlled by them. Another thing is that the Western Empire

The mileage of the inland waterway shipping is really a bit long. In addition to the Red River, there are many inland waterway shipping that need Caobang to develop. It is easy for Li Cong to find Caobang for information.

Bai Er and Dai Lin helped Li Cong quickly arrive at the Caobang office in their county. There was a small leader of the Caobang here who could do things fairly well. Dai Lin had cooperated with him in the past.

It felt like they could still handle things. On the way, Li Cong glanced at Dai Lin and found that there was nothing on this guy's face. It seemed that Bai Er was doing it very secretly.

The people in the Caobang also want to make friends with the people from the Cao Family Trading Company. They also know that the Cao Family Trading Company has already obtained the part of the Honghe River.

Operation rights, this cannot be offended, and many senior executives came out to welcome him. They knew Dai Lin's identity before, but Dai Lin actually walked behind that young man, which shows that this young man

Much more important than Dailin.

"If Steward Dai has anything to do, just ask someone to call me. Why come to this place in person? It's such a rare visitor." The steward said with a smile. He seemed to be a very good person.

He didn't talk to Li Cong directly, which also saved Dai Lin's face.

"Boss Wu, you are too polite to speak. In fact, it's not me who has trouble with you this time. This is a steward from our Cao Family Firm in the Northern Empire. He came to you to inquire about something." Dai Lin pointed.

Li Cong said that this was also something they had agreed upon before. After all, it was better not to tell anyone about what happened there. Telling it out would also be a challenge to Li Cong's safety.

"Well, this man looks very strange to me. Let me tell you, it turns out he is from the Northern Empire. Let's sit down in the room and talk. We are all friends. It seems too strange to talk outside.

We're divided." The guy said with a smile, and the group followed him in. The Cao Gang's headquarters is quite good, and they all say that their gang leader is a man of great taste, which seems to be true. (
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