In a flash, it took half a month.

It is already late autumn, and the slightly cold autumn wind blew the leaves on the branches. An autumn rain came unexpectedly, washing away the dust in the sky and flooding the hustle and bustle of the city. The late autumn rain is not as majestic as summer or as drizzle as spring, but it has its unique toughness. The drizzle is wrapped in the autumn wind, tight or sparse, straight or slanted, and unwilling to stop.

Cao Bin had already completely opened up the lane of the abandoned mine, and the remaining 1,800 tons of opium were in sight, but Cao Bin did not say hello, and did not even say hello to Carl Stockton. He simply covered up the goods and placed them there without caring about them.

In the past ten days, Dong Biao was the most busy person. Even the autumn rains were falling, it could not stop him from going out for work. An Liangtang made up his mind to transform and start an industry. Cao Bin accepted Luo Lie's suggestion to open a glass factory. Dong Biao was busy these days with the choice of a location and land to handle various approval procedures.

Luo Lie's insomnia has not improved, but it has become more and more serious. In the past, it was just difficult to fall asleep, but in the second half of the night, he could always sleep for a while. Only a few days or two would have sleepless all night. However, in recent days, sleepless all night seems to have become a habit. Fortunately, there is also Father Simon's class, and Father Simon felt sorry for Luo Lie and took the initiative to apply to the seminary for more classes every day to make Luo Lie sleep more. On Sundays, Father Simon would take Luo Lie to the church to do a prayer, and Luo Lie would not appear in the auditorium, because Father Simon believed that sleeping in the auditorium was a blasphemy to God, so he found a room for Luo Lie next to the auditorium, and could hear the sound of worship in the auditorium, which would also allow Luo Lie to sleep for a morning of peace of mind.

In this way, Luo Lie gave him more time to study.

There is a library in the seminary, and there are many books in the library, most of which are books that are beneficial to religious propaganda, but there are also a small number of other types of books. Luo Lie found a book about glass making technology. This was a treasure for Luo Lie. He hurriedly borrowed it back and spent five whole nights to copy all the important contents in the book.

When the autumn rain continued until the third day, Dong Biao finally completed all the procedures for opening a glass factory. On this day, Luo Lie also completed the copying of the key points of the glass making process, returned the original book to the library, and handed the copied manuscripts with pictures and words to Cao Bin.

Cao Bin is worried about poaching people these days. Although Anliangtang is not short of funds, it is extremely lacking in technology. Cao Bin originally planned to poach a few foreign engineers from the glass factory run by foreigners. However, foreigners are naturally discriminatory to Chinese people and think that doing things under the Chinese boss is a shame. Therefore, Cao Bin doubled his treatment, the foreign engineers who were favored were still hesitating.

But with the manuscript of glass making technology written by Luo Lie, Cao Bin immediately became confident that the foreign engineers would like to come and that the money they saved could be done several more experiments. As long as they were willing to work hard and had correct theoretical guidance, I believe that the glass would be manufactured sooner or later.

It was also on this day that a large number of uninvited guests arrived in Kingsoft.

There were more than a hundred people in this group, and each of them had either written the word "vicious" or posted the marks of cruelty on their faces. After getting off the train, the group of people made some adjustments near the train station, and rented several buses and rushed towards Chinatown.

Cao Bin arranged a plainclothes whistle at the train station, which was originally used to follow Geng Han, but when he saw this, he hurriedly drove back to the hall to report. He happened to meet Dong Biao who had returned from work at the gate of the hall. After hearing the rewards of the brothers at the hall, Dong Biao did not dare to be negligent, so he hurried to Cao Bin's study and happened to meet Cao Binluo Lie and the other two who were studying the glass making technology.

"Brother Bin, interrupt. The brothers at the train station just now reported that there were a hundred Mafia coming to us. It is estimated that it will be there in at most twenty or thirty minutes..." When he saw Cao Bin, Dong Biao, who was still anxious just now, calmed down immediately. While talking, he sat on the sofa, took out a cigarette, and slowly lit it, and then asked: "How should we deal with it?"

Cao Bin calmly put down the pen in his hand, sat opposite Dong Biao with Luo Lie, lit a cigar, and said calmly: "The soldiers come and the generals come to block the water and the soil. If they don't distinguish right from wrong, they will start fighting, so we can only accompany them to the end. Although An Liangtang has decided to withdraw from the world, before leaving, we cannot let others destroy our majesty."

Dong Biao took two more puffs of cigarettes, put out the remaining half in the ashtray, stood up and said, "I understand! I'll make arrangements now."

After Dong Biao left, Cao Bin said to Luo Lie again: "If you really want to fight, Luo Lie, you must remember what you should do."

Before this, Cao Bin had considered the worst result of the Sandero case, which was that the Mafia Gambino family learned that Sandero was killed and had to go to war with Anliangtang indiscriminately. The world has rules in the world. Faced with unreasonable enemies, any explanation will only damage their own face. The only way is to face the battle. Only the side that wins can truly grasp the right to speak. In Cao Bin's worst plan, Luo Lie will never be allowed to participate in the war. Once the battle starts, he must withdraw from the hall in time.

Luo Lie was quite dissatisfied with Cao Bin's arrangement, but due to Cao Bin's majesty, Luo Lie did not dare to talk too much, especially Cao Bin's reason, which made Luo Lie unable to find any rebuttal. "Once a fight with Mafia starts, it will be a melee. An Liangtang must leave behind a living force as a backup plan and not allow you to participate in the war. It is not intended to protect you, but hopes that you can play the role of a surprise soldier, come in handy at critical moments, and turn the tide."

Luo Lie, who could only follow Cao Bin's instructions, nodded reluctantly and agreed. Cao Bin was quite pleased and continued, "You can stay here and wait and see what's going on. Brother Bin will go downstairs first."

Cao Bin came downstairs and ordered the brothers in the hall to bring him the chair Zhang's chair and sat steadily at the entrance of the corridor. After Dong Biao finished the arrangement, he also came to the entrance of the corridor and stood quietly behind Cao Bin.

In just a quarter of an hour, five buses arrived at Anliangtangkou. The car stopped steadily and more than a hundred burly men got off the car.

In the study on the second floor, Luo Lie saw the scene at the entrance through the window and couldn't help laughing. Although he couldn't figure out what kind of routines these Mafia were doing, Luo Lie had already concluded that this was definitely not a battle of fighting after a disagreement. So he quietly went downstairs and came to Cao Bin's side.

"Why are you coming down?" Cao Bin seemed to have a pair of eyes behind him. He let Luo Lie lick on his feet, but he was still discovered.

Luo Lie replied with a smile: "I saw their formation upstairs. It didn't seem like they were here to start a war, but it seemed like they were coming to our Anliangtang Wharf. Since the fight couldn't be done, why am I still staying in the house? How good is it to come out to breathe!"

Dong Biao asked first: "Boy, how did you see that they were not here to start a war?"

Luo Lie laughed and said, "When I was in New York, Simon introduced me to a teacher. I learned some mind reading and hypnosis from him. To put it bluntly, the mind reading technique is to judge what the other person is thinking through the other person's body language and some micro-expressions and micro-movements. Brother Bin, look at them, and drive the car directly to our gate, completely exposed to our firepower. Moreover, the individuals who got off the bus first did not make any precautions at all, which only means that they came to our hall to not go to war with us."

Dong Biao raised his lips, dissatisfied and said, "Then you read Brother Biao's heart and see what Brother Biao wants to do now?"

Luo Lie smiled strangely and said, "Not to say what you are thinking, first, you must not be thinking about what you are thinking. Brother Biao, you must not be trying to give me ten dollars of pocket money now, right?"

Dong Biao shouted loudly: "Wrong! Brother Biao is just thinking about giving you ten dollars now!" As he said that, he took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a ten dollar US dollar bill, and stuffed it to Luo Lie, and said proudly: "Boy, don't brag at any time. You said, how ugly it is to brag!"

Cao Bin, who was sitting upright on the Grand Master's chair, finally couldn't help it and burst into laughter with a squeak.

More than a hundred Mafia got off the bus outside, but did not rush into the hall, but stayed idle in the open space outside the gate. One of them stood up, explained a few words to the group of men, and then walked towards the gate of the hall with two brothers. When they arrived at the door, the man took the initiative to pull out a pistol from his arms, held it high above his head, and stepped into the large iron gate of the hall.

"Tom, you should be Tom of Anliangtang, right?" The man handed the gun to Anliangtang's brother, and then led him to Cao Bin. As soon as he walked around the pool and was more than ten meters away from the entrance of the corridor, the man shouted: "My name is George, George Gambino, and he is Sandero's brother. I know that Sandero has made a great deal with you, and you both trust each other, so, the person who wants to kill Sandero cannot be you. Tom, I came with sincerity, and I hope we can sit down and have a good talk."

Cao Bin nodded slightly and stood up to respond, "George, I am both happy but a little sad to see you like this. Sandero and I eliminated the misunderstanding. We regard each other as friends, but unfortunately, he was actually killed. Otherwise, Sandero would definitely be present when we meet."

George walked up to Cao Bin, hugged Cao Bin, and said, "Please forgive my presumption. Tom, I am worried that there may be a misunderstanding between us, so I took all my brothers to meet you as soon as I got off the train."

Without Cao Bin's instructions, Dong Biao had already arranged the brothers in the hall to set up the tea table and sent an invitation to George: "Hello, George, I am Jack, Tom's brother, I'm sorry to disturb your conversation. Do I want to ask for your opinions, coffee or tea?"

George took a side step, reached out to Dong Biao, and said, "Jack, I have heard your name long ago. You handed over the transfer letter signed by Tom to Sandro, right?"

Dong Biao replied: "Yes, George, but before we have a deep conversation, can you tell me your choice first? Coffee or tea?"

George smiled and said, "Sorry, Jack, I am just concerned about expressing my joy when I saw you and forgot to answer your question. I yearn for the mysterious China and like to taste Chinese food, especially tea. But I don't have many Chinese friends, so it's difficult to taste authentic Chinese tea. If you are willing to entertain me with tea, I will feel very honored."

Dong Biao cursed in his heart, you are a dead foreigner, you can say whatever you want. You are talking so much in a roundabout way, so don’t you feel troublesome? But this is the etiquette of foreigners. When enjoying the other party’s entertainment, you must praise the other party very much, and you must also make your choices as tactful as possible, so that you can look more like a gentleman. The Mafia from Sicily did not pay attention to these things, but after coming to America for a long time, they became subtly involved in this habit.

Cao Bin invited George to the seat, and Dong Biao rushed to the tea quickly. After Cao Bin sat down, he started to attack Luo Lie, and gave a reminder in Luo Lie's ear. Luo Lie heard it, nodded, and then turned around and entered the corridor.

"George, please use tea." Dong Biao finished making the first tea and poured a cup for George.

George picked up the teacup without thinking. After he picked it up, he felt the hotness of the tea. Just as he was about to put it down, Cao Bin also picked up the tea that Dong Biao had just filled him and said, "George, drink Kung Fu tea while it's hot, I'll teach you!" Cao Bin raised the teacup, touched his lips, and then inhale hard. The teacup in the teacup was sucked into his mouth with the airflow, and at the same time, the temperature was lowered in the process. When he reached the mouth, the temperature was right, and the fragrance suddenly grew. George followed the gourd and learned it was quite like that. Unfortunately, he was still afraid of the hot tea and could not master the skills. He sucked it into his body in a big breath, but the teacup in the teacup was not moving at all.

"Tom, you really make you laugh. I don't think I can learn this kind of skill." George couldn't learn the correct tea drinking skills, so he could only use the stupidest method. He put the tea cup beside his mouth, blew a few breaths before he could barely drink the cup of tea. "Oh, this taste is simply amazing. Thank you, Jack, you gave me a wonderful feeling I had never had in my life."

While pouring tea for George, Cao Bin and the other two, Dong Biao said: "George, if you like to drink tea, you can come to me at any time. We and Sandro have become friends. I think we should also become friends."

George said: "I agree with your advice."

Cao Bin made a gesture of invitation, and at the same time picked up the teacup and asked, "George, you just said that you came here after getting off the train. Then, you should not have time to learn about Sandro's situation in Kingsoft, but it seems that you... please forgive me. I am not intending to inquire about the secrets of your organization, I just can't understand it."

Not only Cao Bin has questions, but Dong Biao also has the same questions. Sandero's entire army was destroyed. After that, Cao Bin went to the telegraph company to learn about it. Sandero and the collapse did not send telegrams or call the phone number. So, how did George get such detailed information?

George picked up the tea cup, savored the tea carefully, then pointed to the two brothers beside him and replied: "They are not my subordinates, they are Sandero's brothers. After completing the transaction with you, Sandero appointed them to go back to New York to report the good news, but they stayed in Kingsoft for one more day on their backs. When they were about to leave the next day, they found that all the tickets and travel expenses paid to them were ruined by them. In this way, they saved their lives by accident and saved the truth of the matter."

At this time, Luo Lie came to Cao Bin with a stack of information, handed it to Cao Bin, and said, "Brother Bin, you guys talk. I'll go back to the room to study glass manufacturing."

Cao Bin nodded, watched Luo Lie leave, pushed the information in front of George and said, "This information is the transfer agreement I signed. I got it back from the crime scene. George, the murderer deliberately killed someone with a flying knife. His sinister purpose was to blame me. But now, I will hand over this information to you. As long as you are willing, Kingsoft's casino business will be all yours."

George was surprised: "You mean the deal between you and Sandro is still valid, right?"

Cao Bin nodded and said, "Of course it works. However, if you start a war with me Anliangtang indiscriminately after you arrive at Jinshan, I think I will reconsider this deal."

George laughed and said, "Tom, I think it must be my behavior that caused you to misunderstand. I apologize to you again for my recklessness. In fact, when I knew that Sandro was tempted to come to Kingsoft to compete for territory with you, I was going crazy. With his ability, how could he be your opponent?"

Dong Biao continued: "George, after hearing what you said, it seems that you have studied Tom and our Anliangtang?"

George was slightly stunned, knowing that he had missed his mouth, so he simply pointed out and said: "For us Mafia, Kingsoft is definitely a piece of fat. Ten years ago, my uncle had thought about Kingsoft. Compared to your Mr. Gu of Anliangtang, New York, my uncle thought we still had a chance, but he was always cautious, so he sent me to Kingsoft to investigate Tom."

Cao Bin smiled and said, "Then what conclusion did you finally reach?"

George drank another cup of tea, sighed, and said, "This is how I reported to my uncle when I returned to New York. If I started a war with Tom, we would definitely win openly, but at the same time we would also pay the most painful price. We sent the head coach to Kingsoft to die one by one at Tom's gun. After listening to my report, my uncle gave up the idea of ​​coming to Kingsoft to develop his business."

Dong Biao made the second tea and filled George with it. He replied with a smile: "You are very wise. George, in our China, there is such a advice that strong dragons do not defeat local snakes. And we are the local snakes of Kingsoft. No matter how powerful you are, you cannot defeat us completely. The enemy will definitely pay the most painful price."

George smiled awkwardly and said, "But I really didn't expect that you would give up your territory to Sandero. Tom, Jack, I think you must not be afraid, nor because of Sandero's personal charm. Sandero asked the two of them to tell me that you want to get the man named Hans and a jade seal in his hand, but I always feel that the price you offer is too high."

Cao Bin ordered a cigar, took a sip of tea, and then explained: "It can be seen that George, you are a thoughtful person. Your questions are reasonable. Just the transaction itself, the chips between the two sides are indeed unbalanced. However, you know that the master of our Anliang Hall has made a transformation decision, requiring our branches to gradually reduce the proportion of casino business and ensure that we completely withdraw from the gambling industry within three years." Cao Bin paused, took a cigar, shrugged his shoulders, and continued: "Since I have to withdraw, then I will use it to trade with Sandro first and get what I want. I think this is not a loss, right? George, my friend."

George nodded and responded happily: "This is in line with your principles of dealing with things. Tom, I know you are a visionary person. If I were to change me, I might make the same decision as you." After Cao Bin's further explanation, George completely dispelled his doubts, picked up the stack of information happily, read it roughly, then folded it himself, put it in his arms, and then said: "No matter what, we can successfully get Kingsoft's casino business, and I am still full of gratitude to you. Tom, I have another unhappy request. I want to know who killed Sandero."

Dong Biao snorted and said, "Who else can you do? Isn't it Hans who was used as a bargaining chip by Sandero?"

George couldn't help but frown and turned his gaze to the two brothers behind him.

Cao Bin hurriedly said, "George, you don't have to question them. What they reported to you should be the truth. When the transaction was traded that morning, Hans did fall into our hands, but that was not real Hans. He was just a substitute, and real Hans deceived Sandro and also deceived us. I guess it was real Hans who knew that Sandro used him as a bargaining chip, so he held a grudge. That night, Sandro and the others were neglecting to prevent, so they seized the opportunity by real Hans."

George's expression calmed down, pondered for a moment, and said, "Tom, can you further share the basic information of Hans with me? I think he is our common enemy. I promise that if I can catch Hans, I will definitely bring it back to share with you. At the same time, I swear that I will never be interested in the jade seal in his hand and will definitely hand it to you intact."

Dong Biao took out a cigarette, handed one to George, then scratched a match, and the two lit cigarettes one after another. After smoking the cigarette, Dong Biao responded to Cao Bin.

Dong Biao said: "We don't know much about Hans, and we may not have much information than you, and this information does not seem to have much effect on capturing Hans. Besides, Hans is definitely a master. In terms of ability alone, maybe the three of us are not his opponents. If you have investigated Tom, you should know that Tom is a tracking expert, but in front of Hans, Tom can only return in a defeat."

Cao Bin said, "Hans sent a letter half a month ago, saying that he had given up the goods. Judging from the situation in the past half month, he didn't seem to be joking. Perhaps he had really left Kingsoft. Based on my understanding of him, as long as he is determined to hide, it is unlikely that many people in this world can find him."

George was unwilling to say, "Then is there no other way to capture him? For example, find someone close to him, fully understand his preferences, and correctly judge where he is."

Dong Biao smiled bitterly and said, "Apart from his subordinates, there is no other person familiar with him in the entire United States of America."

George seemed very disappointed.

Cao Bin coughed lightly, knocked away the ashes from the cigar, and said, "It's still a advice from China that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. George, I think the first thing you need to do is to successfully complete the casino business in Kingsoft. As for the matter of avenging Sandero, we can join forces, but we must be mentally prepared to make long-term plans."

George nodded helplessly and said, "Thank you, Tom, thank you, Jack, I accept your suggestions."

Dong Biao said: "Are you so many of you looking for a place to settle in advance? George, if you need help, please speak up. We are friends, so of course we want to help you."

George replied: "No need to be polite, Jack, thank you for your kindness, and even more thank you for your tea. If you two have nothing else, I think I should say goodbye to you."

Cao Bin stood up, shook hands with George, and entrusted Dong Biao to take the trip. Out of politeness, Dong Biao personally sent George to the gate of the hall, watching the more than a hundred Mafia get back into the car, and then turned around and returned to the tea table.

"Brother Bin, what do you think of this George?" Dong Biao lit another cigarette and made the third tea.

Cao Bin smoked a cigar and thoughtfully said, "It's much better than Sandro, but it's still much worse than Geng Han. It would be fine if he didn't provoke Geng Han, but if he gets into trouble, he might end up like Sandro."

Dong Biao made the tea and changed the cold tea in the teacup for Cao Bin, and smiled and said, "In my opinion, those foreigners are like bears and birds, and they look smarter than the other, but in fact they are almost as stupid as pigs."

Cao Bin said: "You can't say that! A Biao, foreigners are indeed less smart than us Chinese, but this kind of intelligence is just a little cleverness. The biggest problem for us Chinese is that we are too short-sighted and we can be too lazy to go further as long as we can eat and wear warmly. On the other hand, look at the foreigners. What kind of advanced technology they are now mastering does not originate from our ancestors? But our ancestors, after invention and creation, stayed in place and refused to go further. But foreigners learned it, can carry forward it and go forward two steps, three steps, or even ten or hundreds of steps. This is why we have today's situation. Foreigners are leading everywhere, while we Chinese are bullies and are bullied everywhere."

Dong Biao didn't read much and knew very little about historical heritage. However, he was used to quarrel with others. When he heard Cao Bin's comment, he subconsciously retorted: "No, Brother Bin, according to your statement, did foreigners learn guns, cannons, ships and trains from our ancestors?"

Cao Bin nodded and said, "We invented black gunpowder in the Song Dynasty. In the late Song Dynasty, there were raids. In the Yuan Dynasty, they invented muskets again. After the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty even carried forward muskets and formed a very powerful combat power. Unfortunately, those emperors were afraid that these weapons would be learned by the people and would pose a threat to his imperial power, so they added more restrictions, breaking the path to further development of gunpowder guns. However, European foreigners secretly learned the production of gunpowder and imitated our ancestors' muskets, gradually developing and improving, which led to the various guns that foreigners are currently at present. As for cannons, the process of guns is similar, and it is also the technology that foreigners stole. But in just a few hundred years, they have far surpassed us."

Dong Biao was still dissatisfied and said stubbornly: "Where are ships and trains? These things shouldn't have been learned from our ancestors, right?"

Cao Bin smiled and said, "Five hundred years ago, the three treasure eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty traveled to the West seven times. What did they ride? It wasn't a carriage? At that time, our ancestors' shipbuilding technology was definitely the most powerful in the world. They were really powerful in the ships! But after that, I don't know what those emperors thought, and they actually began to restrict going to sea, and the shipbuilding industry was in a slump. So they were successfully overtaken by foreigners, and then they invented steam engines and used them on ships, which led to the iron-shelled ships of modern foreigners. As for trains, their core is also steam engines, and steam engines have been invented as early as our Tang Dynasty. However, our ancestors used this invention to enjoy and play, and they never thought it could be used in production."

Dong Biao sneered for a while, and thought of a technique that could be refuted, so he said, "Where is the glass? Brother Bin, you won't tell me that that glass was also the first invented by our ancestors, right?"

Cao Bin couldn't help laughing and said, "The word "invention" is not used, but only discovery. The earliest glass was discovered by people in a place after a forest fire. It was bead-shaped, crystal clear and exquisite. Later, a smart man understood the reason for the generation of these beads. After continuous experiments, he finally burned the glass manually. In this regard, our ancestors were no earlier than foreigners. However, later, our ancestors burned glass and made colorful glass, and named it Liuli. European foreigners rekindled their interest in glass and came into contact with the glass jewelry made by our ancestors."

Dong Biao became stubborn and refused to admit defeat. He held his head with both hands and said, "Don't worry, Brother Bin, let me think about it. There must be something that was invented by foreigners first."
To be continued...