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Chapter 4197 4199 [East Factory Secret Library]

After Xiang Nan sneaked into the East Factory, he slowly searched for the whereabouts of Tianxiang Doukou.

He first went to the most important headquarters of the East Factory, which was also the place where Cao Zhengchun discussed matters with his subordinates.

It is equivalent to the Hulong Hall of the Hulong Villa. On weekdays, Cao Zhengchun discusses matters with the heads of the East Factory and the commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, discussing how to expand their power, suppress court officials, and deal with the Hulong Villa.

It just so happened that when Xiang Nan arrived, he caught them discussing Duan Tianya and Haitang going to Minzhou to investigate the Giant Whale Gang.

"Master, I have already found out that the Giant Whale Gang is colluding with the Fuso Iga Clan and the Yagyu Clan to smuggle goods, sell private salt, and privately stockpile armor and weapons, and have evil intentions." One person said, "If we don't eliminate them in time, they will become a big problem in the future."

"The Giant Whale Gang is just a minor problem, not worth my concern at all." Cao Zhengchun sneered, "The reason I want to deal with it is because Shen Hou supports it. Since he wants to support it, then I have to oppose it.

It would be best if one or two of the inner court spies were killed this time. By then, the Hulong Villa would be seriously injured, and I wonder what Zhu Tiedan can do."

"In that case, Governor, should we send someone to do something?" Someone asked immediately after hearing him say that.

  "That's not necessary." Cao Zhengchun waved his hand and said, "First of all, your martial arts may not be their match. Pi Xiaotian and the more than 100 black-clad arrow teams are no match for them. It's useless to send a few people.

Secondly, the Giant Whale Gang is led by Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and his daughter. Both of them are among the best masters in Fuso, not inferior to Duan Tianya and Haitang, so they may not be able to gain any benefits.

The most important thing you should do is to find out where Su Xin is hiding in Tianshan, and also to find that gangster Cheng Shifei.

He is actually Gu Santong's apprentice, and has also learned the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art. This person is much more useful than Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang."

Although the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard have a large number of people, they do not have many experts available.

Because the East Factory has a bad reputation and is composed of a bunch of eunuchs without any testicles, no experts are willing to cooperate with them.

Not to mention famous and upright sects like Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, and Kongtong, even evil sects like the Demon Cult, the Witch Gang, and the Five Poison Sect are the same.

Ordinary people were no match for the Imperial Secret Service, and sending a few hundred people would basically be a waste of effort. So Cao Zhengchun was unwilling to send anyone there, lest they die in vain.

As for right and wrong, he was very interested.

In fact, he also wanted to learn the Vajra Indestructible Divine Kung Fu and the Absorbing Power Great Method, but he was no match for Gu Santong, so he failed to get it from Gu Santong.

Now that Gu Santong has a successor, and Cheng Shifei does know the Vajra Indestructible Art, he naturally wants to capture Cheng Shifei.

By then, he would be forced to tell the secrets of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Power Absorbing Technique. Why would he bother practicing the Boy's Kung Fu?

"Yes." Everyone stood up and answered in unison.

"Go." Cao Zhengchun waved his hand and ordered everyone to leave.

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After hearing this, Xiang Nan couldn't help but admire Cao Zhengchun, who was very good at grasping the main contradictions.

For Huolong Villa, even if the two secret spies Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang died, it was not a big deal.

Because the backbone of Huolong Villa is the Iron-Hearted Divine Marquis Zhu Wusi, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang are just tools in his hands.

If a tool is broken, just replace it with another one. It is not as difficult as you think.

But if he finds Su Xin, the woman that Shen Hou loves most, he will be able to control Shen Hou and will never have any rivals again.

This shows Cao Zhengchun's vision and cunningness. As expected, it is not easy to become the supervisor of the East Factory and compete with the Godly Marquis.

Xiang Nan then left the meeting hall and continued to look for Tianxiang Cardamom.

Because he did not find the whereabouts of Tianxiang Doukou in the council hall.

This is no wonder. People come in and out of the meeting hall every day. It is impossible to leave valuables here, otherwise they may be taken away.

It is just like the saying goes, "The bigger the den of thieves, the more we need to strengthen anti-theft work."

Therefore, Xiang Nan then went to the treasure house of the East Factory.

The eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty had enormous power. They could supervise the military, monitor taxes, and even the imperial farms in various places were managed by eunuchs.

The East Factory was a secret agency set up by the emperor to monitor civil and military officials. It could monitor and arrest subjects at will without going through interrogation by the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, or the Dali Temple.

Therefore, many eunuchs sent by the imperial court to various places to supervise the military, taxation, and imperial farms, as well as civil and military officials at all levels across the country, wanted to curry favor with the East Depot.

All gold, silver, jewelry, rare treasures, delicacies, silks and satins were supplied first to the East Factory, especially to the Governor Cao Zhengchun.

It can be said that although Cao Zhengchun was no longer on the throne, the wealth and glory he enjoyed was still greater than that of the emperor.

For example, the best pre-rain tea was given priority to Cao Zhengchun, and the emperor drank the aged tea; the best Suzhou embroidery was given priority to Cao Zhengchun, and the emperor wore inferior goods; the loquats, mangoes, lychees and other fruits tributed from the south were also eaten by Cao Zhengchun, and the rest were given to the emperor...

Therefore, the Dongchang treasure house not only occupies a huge area, but also contains rich treasures, including gold, silver, valuables, rare treasures, etc.

For example, there are walnut-sized night-shining pearls, coral trees more than four feet high, whole ivory tusks nearly two meters long, golden boats inlaid with jewels, and Buddha statues carved from a whole piece of Hetian jade...

These are rare treasures rarely seen in the world, but Xiang Nan is not interested in them. Wealth and honor are like dirt to him.

These gold, silver and jewelry are very valuable to ordinary people, but they are almost worthless to him.

But he was soon moved because he saw many rare medicinal herbs.

For example, there are ginseng weighing more than one pound, bezoar the size of a duck egg, Polygonum multiflorum the size of a baby, ambergris more than two feet long, and even rare spiritual objects such as dog treasure, pig sand, donkey treasure, centipede inner elixir, and spider inner elixir.

These medicinal herbs are extremely precious and often cannot be bought even with money. They can even save lives at critical moments.

Therefore, Xiang Nan did not hesitate and immediately used the copy spell to copy all the herbs. Then he put the genuine ones into his own storage room and put the fake ones back into the medicine box.

Anyway, the shapes, colors, smells, etc. are all the same, so it's hard to tell them apart.

In fact, the Copying Spell is a very advanced form of Transfiguration. The more you know about an object, the more successful the Copying Spell will be, and the more similar the copied object will look to the original.

Therefore, many people in the wizarding world know how to use the Copying Spell, but not many can use it skillfully, and even fewer can copy it accurately. Therefore, most wizards cannot use the Copying Spell to make a profit, or even save money.

For example, even though the Weasleys had no money to buy new books, they had no way of using the cloning spell to copy a new book from Flourish and Blotts.

Because there is so much content in the book that not everyone can remember it completely, so the copied book will definitely be full of typos and cannot be used at all.

But Xiang Nan's medical skills were amazing, and he was quite knowledgeable about Chinese medicinal materials, so the medicinal materials he copied with the copy spell were very realistic. Even a medical expert might not be able to tell the difference.

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