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The elder also took a look at Li Cong at this time. Once upon a time, he could release his breath to make such a chaotic scene clear, but now he no longer has that ability, and now he even improves his luck. He doesn't have any abilities anymore. He is a little envious of Li Cong now. At the beginning, he was not as beautiful as Li Cong now, nor did he have such a time when he was young. m

"Dare to ask if this gentleman is Mr. Cao, the owner of the Cao family firm?" said a magician behind Wutong. There are absolutely no such powerful young magicians in the Western Empire. There are only a few hundred magicians in the Western Empire. It can be said that the senior magician basically knows the magician who speaks. The magician of this age in front of him is obviously a strange face. A person with such strength must be Cao Ke. There can be no others. This magician is not a random person either. He came here today because the alliance gave them a price that they couldn’t refuse. Sometimes money can be omnipotent, but sometimes this money can’t allow you to do things casually. If the person in front of him is really that person, he must not be an enemy of this person. He is the next president of the Northern Empire Wizards Guild, and this reason is sufficient.

"It's right here, I don't know what your Excellency is pointing down." Li Cong stretched out his body, then sat down in his seat comfortably, his answer made the troublemakers take a breath. , Damn, I thought the help was exhausted, so I came to pick up the bargain. Who knew that the Caobang had invited such a great god. Seeing their appearance, they should have been eating just now. What is the reason for eating? Does he have a good relationship with Caobang? Although it may have been good some time ago, in our posture, this surnamed Cao should understand that it is best to leave now.

"I don't dare to teach me. I have something to ask Mr. Cao below. It is the matter of the Red River Alliance and the Caogang. Mr. Cao intervened like this. I don't know what you mean." said the magician. This is what he said. Most people want to ask. Even the elder was looking forward to Li Cong's answer. If Li Cong were to leave, it is estimated that the Caogang might really be removed today, at least he is unable to turn the tide.

"What do I mean? Haha, I am a guest of Caobang today. I know that you have some grievances with Caobang to be resolved. It's better to tell me directly. The elder is the senior man I admire, and I am in his body. You have learned a lot, and you are also a magician. Like me, there should be a lot of hatred with the black magic potionist. The great elder is injured because of the black magic potionist. Do you feel that you are a little bit better when you come to the door at this time? What about martial arts?" Li Cong said. His words really made the two eighth-level magicians feel a little bit unable to raise their heads. When they came, they wanted to catch the water gang all at once, so they didn't think that this matter would spread out in the future. of.

Li Cong's return made the people of the Red River Alliance really feel uncomfortable, but they all looked at the two magicians one by one. This is a matter between your magicians. Did you come to a break?

The people of the Caogang are all excited at this time. If Li Congken is on the same line with them, this matter can be solved. At least the Caogang will not be destroyed today. I just wanted to negotiate terms with others. A few immediately lost that idea, and even now they have to reduce their own conditions a lot. For nothing else, it is because they didn’t leave a few of them and ran away at the most dangerous time. enough.

"In that case, we understand what you said. Our brother is nothing more than asking for money. There is no need to be an enemy of you. Let's go." The talking magician turned and left, although several people in the Red River Alliance saw it. I told them, but the magician is a magician. There is no need to explain to you. What happened to you as a ninth-level warrior, and we are also an eighth-level magician. Everyone is not bad, what happened to your deposit? What's wrong with not refunding your deposit? This is how we are. If you want your money, you can go directly to the Mage Guild to find Lao Tzu, as long as you have the courage, this deposit is the appearance fee.

"Hey...this...what's going on...what's going on here, how could you just leave like that?" Wutong turned around and said, the two magicians also stopped because of his words.

"My brother, this is how our brothers do things. This Mr. Cao is a nobleman in our wizards' union. We can't afford to offend, so we have to go. As for the deposit you gave, I think... Forget it, you also understand. Yes, if you are not convinced, just come to the Mage’s Guild to come to me and be with you at any time.” Although the mage stopped, but did not turn his head, it can be seen that he has become arrogant to a certain extent.

"Wait, what do you call your brother, Cao remembered what happened today, and I will pay it back in the future." Looking at the two magicians away, Li Cong said, but the people over there did not respond to Li Cong, just waved With his own hands, Li Cong secretly remembered the appearance of those two guys in his own heart. This personal debt is the most difficult thing to change. If he has the opportunity, he must repay them well.

"Huh, Master Cao, our brothers have also heard of your name and admire you very much, but today we have so many people in the seventy-five provinces, if we leave because of you, our face will be There is really no place to put it. Just tell me what you have today, how can you leave the Caogang now." Wutong behind turned around and said, others are afraid of Li Cong, but he is not afraid, even if it is. He was afraid that he would have to do that too. The whole thing was done by this guy. He knew that if the water gang can't be killed here today, it will be even more difficult in the future. The chance of turning over, then I will definitely not have a chance to turn over in this life. Even if the elder doesn't find anyone, he will have to kill himself, so today you definitely can't let the Caobang people just go out like that.

"Hehe, I don’t know you very well, and I don’t want to talk to you like you. Although you are also a ninth-level fighter, I don’t feel how capable you are. Find someone who can talk, and I’ll see you What does it mean." Li Cong didn't have any interest in people like Wutong, so he didn't even give face to him. When Li Cong walked over, he directly turned Wutong away with a ring of fire. The people around him were dumbfounded. Li Cong was an eighth-level magician, but he could actually let the ninth-level warrior leave his side. This *strange thing is really too much. It is absolutely true that such a person defeated the Black Magic Apothecary.

Li Cong's words changed Wu Tong's face. Although he is not such an important role, he is also a ninth-level fighter anyway. There is also a large society with a population of more than one million, so he is not qualified to talk to you. If you say that. It is estimated that more than half of the people here are not qualified to talk to you. When Wu Tong just wanted to get angry, he felt the pressure from around him directly. What was going on, this was Li Cong's mental attack. This is something that Li Cong only recently explored. In fact, this is a kind of space magic, but after Li Cong’s improvement, it has become a mental attack. It’s not clear whether a tenth-level fighter can see Li Cong. But Li Cong was absolutely certain that it was impossible to see the level 9 fighters, just like the current Wutong, he could not see it.

Wutong tried his best to stand firm. As a ninth-level warrior, he had accepted how to fight the magician's attack a long time ago, but now he suddenly felt that he was a little confused. Those things that I have learned before seem to be useless now. Isn’t it true that as long as you are stronger than the opponent, you can not be afraid of the opponent’s attack. Now it seems that such things are a bit unreliable, and you are not that big. Is your concentration? Impossible. Although the eighth-level magician is similar to the ninth-level warrior, it is also the actual battle. Generally, such a spirit can only suppress oneself against the magician. It is impossible to fail oneself. Around Wutong The people also felt the pressure from Li Cong. They saw that the smiling young man in the distance seemed to be carrying out a mental attack. After looking at the expression on Wutong’s face, they knew it clearly, as expected. This guy was receiving mental attacks. One by one, he was afraid of threatening himself, and they all avoided. This also made Li Cong and the elders see that as long as they can win Wutong, their alliance is basically There is no threat, they are not a whole, they are just a bunch of scattered sand, that is, they look great.

Half a minute later, Li Cong is still the same. With Li Cong's current mental power, it is indeed very difficult to oppress the ninth-level fighter in front, but it is difficult. Li Cong can also do it. Who calls it? As for the Space Mage, the Space Mage adds super-spiritual power. It is possible to attack a person like Wutong with a mental attack. After a minute, Wutong vomited a mouthful of blood and fell directly on the ground. Now, everyone around was taken aback. No matter what the alliance or the Cao Gang, they all looked at Li Cong like a monster. What kind of magician this *is, it’s a bit too powerful, it’s true in history. I have never heard that an eighth-level magician can defeat a ninth-level fighter directly by relying on his own mental attack. This is the first time such a thing has appeared, and even the face of the great elder is admirable.

The two magicians in the distance who should have left are also looking over there at this moment. Although it is 1,500 meters away, the magicians are born with a strong feeling for spiritual power. They are two now. I was relieved. Fortunately, I didn’t stay there just now. Otherwise, I’m going to fight against someone that I’m afraid of right now. Before the battle, the magician’s mental attack on the magician is normal. If the two of them confronted the terrible person, it is estimated that each of them would be seriously injured now, but it would have allowed the **** Wutong to escape. The two looked at each other. This Wutong must be If you are seriously injured, the people inside will also take advantage of the fire. Instead of cheapening those people, we should go and take down the Wutong community first. Hehe, who told you that you guys are out of luck.

Wutong is also gambling. If he can win, his society can be expanded by at least ten times. Of course, if he loses, these two magicians can leave him with nothing.

"Hehe, it's okay to be in the beginning, but if you don't have the ability to be tough, this will be the result, gentleman. I don't know if you think you are qualified to talk to me equally now?" Li Cong smiled Said, he walked towards Wutong step by step, and for some reason, he would be shorter than Wutong if he took one step. The magician's mental attack had to concentrate his own spirit, now it seems that Cao Ke It’s really surprising that such a person can cast his own mental attacks while walking. In the end, how many hole cards this person has is useless. No one in the alliance will ever ask about Wutong’s life and death. What they think is what kind of excuse they should use to leave here later. Otherwise, you might not be able to get out. After returning home, there are only two roads. Either live in a group or stay incognito.

Wutong lifted his head very hard, and Li Cong had already walked in front of him at this time. He has never lowered his head since he became a ninth-level fighter. He didn't expect it. Today was supposed to be a day for me to show off my ambitions, but now I was stepped on my feet. This thing really changed a lot. He never thought that there would be such a day. He wanted to say a lot, but now he was under tremendous mental pressure, and he couldn’t say a word. He didn’t even dare to open his mouth. If it was opened, it was estimated that his blood might be spit out.

"Kill" the two guys next to Wutong directly drew out their own swords and killed them. Others felt that this magician was too courageous. You are a magician, not a warrior, how can you follow you? The enemy is so close, isn't this a death hunt? The people in the Cao Gang were also very nervous. Only the elder smiled and played a close attack with Li Cong. I was really impatient to live.

The person who almost came out of his eyeballs just because of surprise is now back to the state he was just now. Li kicked the guy on the left right away from flying. That person is an eighth-level fighter, a Wu I don’t know how much blood he had on his hands, but now he’s been kicked off, just like that. The other one stopped directly because of this. He didn’t want to be kicked off himself. , But do you think you can go without attacking this thing? It is impossible. Li walked slowly to this guy. This guy had an unknown premonition in his heart. Sure enough, a moment, Li There was an extra ice blade in Cong’s hand, one end was in Li Cong’s hand, and the other end had blood. The other seventh-level fighter had no reaction time at all and was pierced. This is his ending. ....

"Everyone, I know that you are all people with great backgrounds. Today I am here. You can't make trouble here. You can go wherever you come from. Caobang is already a partner with our Caojia Commercial Bank. I think you didn’t think clearly about your actions today, and the Caogang won’t pursue what happened today. Can you get out now?” Li Cong looked at the rest of the people and said, there are still others. There were dozens of masters, but Li Cong didn’t pay attention to them at all. The Cao Gang’s people were also hardened at the moment. The emotion of failure just now has been wiped out. They looked at Li Cong one by one. That is really respectful.

The Great Elder was a little puzzled that Li had already taken the lead now, how could he let these people go so easily. Suddenly the Great Elder understood that Li Cong is still holding on, he can’t let these people. Seeing his weakness, if these people are allowed to see it, it is estimated that things will go bad tonight. These guys had better be restrained by Li Cong's unique skills just now, otherwise it would be the real crisis.

"Haha... I'm sorry, Master Cao, today we are not thinking carefully, but now we can understand it, and this thing is done by Wutong, it has nothing to do with us, there is actually There are a lot of things, so I won’t bother you..." If you have the first one, there will be a second one. I don’t know what these people are doing when they go back, but they don’t even look at them one by one. OK, this is all down. They feel that they stay here as if they are uncomfortable. At least you can know how this guy deals with you when you are fighting with others, but it is not at all with the magician in front of you. I know, they just used mental attacks to abolish the guy Wutong. Although his skills are a little better than Wutong, he can't deny how good Wutong he is.

Li Cong is still standing next to Wutong. In fact, Li Cong does not feel any discomfort in his body now, but Li Cong also has to make some disguise. I gave myself a mental attack, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the side of Wutong. The elders hurried over to support Li Cong. No one else knew what was going on. Only the elder felt himself. The guess just now is correct.

"What are you looking at? When is this time? Help me down." The elder yelled angrily when the people around him didn’t know what to do. After hearing the words of the elder one by one, he hurriedly went to work. Li Cong went down slowly, and the few people who followed Li Cong stayed by Li Cong's side. There is nothing else in their minds. Just thinking that Li Cong must not be allowed to have something to do. If Li Cong has something to do, they will definitely not live one by one. This is what they really think. The elder took a look at Li Cong’s subordinates and his messy subordinates. . There is really no way to talk about them. One by one is not worth talking about.

Rested for more than half an hour. Li Cong also took his own healing gallbladder, which was a little better. In fact, Li Cong himself didn't have much to do. This was mainly for the elders. Otherwise, it will definitely arouse some people's uneasiness. If they don't want to deal with them, it's strange. They are already very eye-catching. If they are stronger than others, those people will probably sleep. Unknowingly, those guys will feel that they are insecure, especially most of the ninth-level fighters. Although Wutong is not a very good person among the ninth-level fighters, he is still very powerful. He is like him. He got a serious injury without having to do it, and he was able to walk and talk. If he didn't walk or talk, he would probably be able to kill a tenth-level fighter. Other people must think so.

"No one is allowed to tell me about Master Cao, otherwise, come and see you." Seeing that Li Cong had recovered, the elder walked out and said to the people in the Cao Gang outside. He was afraid of the things he had under him. People go out and talk nonsense one by one, and Li Cong will encounter the same situation as himself. It is because he has lost the combat ability of tenth-level fighters that these guys have the opportunity to take advantage of them. In fact, the news is basically. There are hundreds of people here. No one can guarantee that their mouths will be so tight. If there are few people, it is estimated that the elder will be killed immediately, but these hundreds of people are the elite of the Cao Gang, it is impossible. Do that.

"This rescue will definitely be remembered by the top and bottom of my Caogang. In the future, Master Cao will say something directly. If there is one of our Caobang who dares to frown, I will chop him immediately." Ping Yulong was also beaten just now. He was seriously injured, but this kid was somewhat loyal. He saw Li Cong's help to Caobang with his own eyes. This also admired Li Cong very much. Li Cong smiled and nodded his head, showing his weak appearance. It's pretty good.

"Oh, if my body is intact, you won't be able to fall like this." The elder said after entering, the whole Cao Gang really owes others, and the debt is really not small.

"Elder, we'd better go out and let Master Cao take a good rest here." Ping Yulong glanced at Li Cong, but he was speechless, and they didn't have any effect here.

"Also, I will arrange the manpower to watch this place well, and will not let anyone in. You take a good rest here." After the elder said, Li Cong nodded and took the water to help. If someone goes out, they must be reorganized after going out. The outsider knows that the internal news of the Caobang will definitely have something to do with the people inside. If you don’t go out and manage it properly, you may not have it in the future. Cao helped.

Li Cong's eyes became more energetic when the Cao Gang was gone. "Bring pen and paper." Li Cong said, and his men immediately brought him pen and paper.

After this battle, the original influence of the Cao Gang will definitely be greatly weakened. Although it is the honeymoon period for both sides, no one can tell what will happen in the future, just like the Wutong. The kid said that in the past It can be regarded as raised by the Caogang. What's going on now? It's not like raising a wolf. Such a guy is not so easy to deal with. Such a guy will definitely appear in the Caogang in the future, and he must have his own. The plan is that in the future, inland shipping will be a major source of profits for Li Cong. The development of the entire Cao’s house may need to be dealt with here, so no contradictions can arise. This safety issue must be properly grasped. In his own hands, of course, the problem with Caobang can't be random. What Li has to do now is to inform the 16th-level fighters he brought with him. With the support of millions of ordinary people, they will quickly seize the control of some small communities along the Red River. For example, we don’t have that ability in big ports. We can take over the small ports. We can take over the places they don’t want or don’t like. If they are all taken over, it will be a big force. Even though they can’t be compared with the Caobang people, we can do it. There is no problem at all. Will anyone pay attention to this? Yes, I saw it, and there must be people with the same vision as me. So you must start early to be strong. Now is the best time, no matter what alliance the Caobang just now, they dare not make a move easily now.

Li Cong had already adapted the intelligence organization before coming to the Western Empire, just like on Earth. Their name is called the Investigation Department. It's just because of the vast territory on this planet. From the beginning of its establishment, the investigation department was much larger than that on the earth. It would be great if some advanced things could be transported from the earth, but Li Cong knew that the matter was nonsense. Even if it is shipped, no one will use it. It is impossible for oneself to have so much time to look at the instruments. Intelligence work is very important, but in many cases the development of the entire business is more important. Now the development of the business I can't say that I have entered the orbit, I have to watch.

It took a day or so to rectify the Caogang up and down. Good guy, there are more than 30 spies from some alliances at the total rudder, but they are all relatively low-ranking people. If there is a high-level person, they will probably know the news of Li Cong's arrival. As long as they are not fools, they will not choose to do it at this time. It is quite relieved to see people who are not high-level enter the elder.

On the second day, Li Cong was still the same, unable to talk to the elder who came to see Li Cong and the others. The elder and the others had asked someone to get some medicinal materials, but after they saw Li Cong’s pill I didn’t dare to take it out. The things I collected can’t be said to be **** in front of Li Cong, but they are almost the same. People’s masters are pharmacists. Naturally, they don’t like them. It is understandable that Li Cong can only be better for Li Cong in terms of food and clothing. I hope to make up for Li Cong's help to these people in these aspects.

They absolutely never thought that the sick guy lying in bed had already started his plan on both sides of the Hong River. The Caogang's site would definitely be eaten away bit by bit because of this negligence.

On the fifth day, the chief rudder of the Cao Gang came to the Cao’s business. Li Cong was naturally the same, but the Cao Gang had changed. Except for the elders and Ping Yulong, they still came to see Li from now on. Everyone is already invested in the sale of Dukang Liquor. Why is it that Dukang has become a full advertising slogan. I don’t know what Cao Cao would think if he knew it. Li Cong gave his poems to Carry forward, at least billions of people now know what he wrote, which is several times larger than on the earth, and there may be tens of billions of people who know what’s going on in the future. This is the bad thing. Things have a relationship with commerce. You must know that literati and businessmen are opposed at all times, at least on the surface, but I don't know what it looks like in private.

The first batch of Dukang wine delivered by Cao’s commercial firm has arrived. The general rudder of Caobang received 300,000 boxes of wine, all of which were delivered by big ships. They don’t know where the brewery is, but right now. No one cares about this. What they care about is whether these things can be sold as Li Cong said. The time for gangbanging is very long, so the relationship with some of the society is the best. When the brothers of Gang didn't spread it out that they had the most authentic dukang wine in their hands, good guys, the owners of trading houses and restaurants in this city came right away.

"Tou Wang, our relationship hasn't been a day or two. From the time you were here as a helper, I opened a restaurant in this city. I have opened five restaurants, and you have also become here. It’s a dipper. We have been in this relationship for forty years. Whatever you say about this matter today, you have to take care of me. What does that mean in front of you, why can only one person buy fifty boxes, brother, five? At the restaurant, you brought fifty boxes. Isn’t this not a shame to your brother? Over the years, if you have anything to do with you, as long as you find your brother, when did your brother deal with it for you? Tell me..." a hotel owner pulled The person in charge of the Caobang in this city began to suffer.

"Oh. Brother Lu, this matter is really not because the brothers don’t give you face. Let’s look up and see when we lower our heads every day. If I have something like this in my hand, can I not give it to you, but this time we will come here as the rudder. Not much wine, fifty boxes per person, which is quite a lot. I heard that the bosses hundreds of miles away are coming in with cars, and I can’t do it. Don’t you just watch I have five people and six people. There is a special person in charge of this alcoholic stuff. It is managed by the people of the rudder. I can't get it." This king is not a fool, it is explained by the above. After coming down, the goods must be spread out for the first time so that people everywhere have the opportunity to buy this. This is what Li Cong told them. Don't just throw your brain into a city directly. Although a city has this ability, it is better to be separated.

"Tou Wang, what you said is not so good. Our brothers are all really related. You can give me some more for my brother, otherwise I will have no time to transport it back for a day. I will make a profit. The money for the fart, so, a little bit, smile, smile." This guy said and took out a five hundred taels silver note, but the king's head didn't take it up as before.

"I said, Brother Lu, you have to put this thing away. Now our place is different from before. The sales of this dukang wine really has nothing to do with me. If you give me a silver ticket, this But it really took the life of my brother. How many people are watching this. This thing can’t be done like that. It’s explained above. Who dares to take a tael of black money? This is a stick. You know us. The family law of the Caobang, these five hundred taels of silver, you are killing me, you should put it away, so it’s good, the next time the goods will come in these few days anyway, I will definitely How about keeping your share?" The little boss hurriedly asked the restaurant owner to collect the money, just like what he said. Now the Caobang has an extra supervision department. If this is taken Qian has no good days by himself.

The owner of this restaurant is dumbfounded. The tried and tested method of giving money doesn't work? What's wrong with the people in Caobang now? He had no choice but to go out honestly, good fellow, this thing is 50 taels of silver for himself, and when he goes back, he can only buy 120 taels of silver for takeout. Where to find such a business, this city only needs It’s someone with a bit of family wealth who doesn’t want to drink some good wine. A hundred and ten taels of silver is an income for many years for ordinary people, but it’s nothing to these wealthy people. Now it’s nothing to entertain guests. Is a dukang wine fair? The other wine sections were directly scolded. I got a box a while ago, but I attracted a lot of customers. Now although the 50 boxes can hold up for a while, there are so many things. Who will be rare? I originally wanted to get 200 boxes to go back, but I didn’t expect that they hadn’t yet. I came here with silver. It’s really rare these days that there are goods that can’t be bought with silver. It was the first time I met, no, this guy just walked to the door, something even more rare came.

"Sir, how do you sell these wines to me? There is a bottle of 50 taels of silver in it. I have 70 taels of silver here. You don’t have to spend any effort. This bottle of kung fu is worth 20 taels of silver. One box is 200 taels of silver. You can get your fifty boxes with 10,000 taels of snowflake silver. There is nothing better than this kind of business in the world." Boss Lu arrived at the door of Caobang. I encountered this kind of thing in a hundred meters, good fellow, but there are more than a dozen people sitting on the side of the road who are doing the same business. Boss Lu patted his head, why I didn't think of this way.

"Haha, how much did you collect? How about it? I have collected yours for a bottle of 80 taels of silver, and you do nothing. Give me all this stuff, and you can make a lot of money." Lu The boss glanced at Dukang behind this guy. At least there were several cars. It seems that this kid really bought this thing during this period of time. Why didn't I think of it a long time ago. If I think about it, I can meet a few different things. Guy with open eyes.

"Insane." The guy who talked to him happily just now changed his face immediately. He knew that he hadn't received a bit of wine, and this guy might become his own competitor too. What kind of face can they have? Like boss Lu, they all run hotels, and their profits are also the highest. Those who run businesses can only sell seven or eighty taels of silver in their own shops. The added value of the hotel’s profits is slightly higher. Many traders also want to cash out immediately, but soon they will regret it, because next time it is not so easy to get the goods, the goods are not at the current price.

Soon, this boss Lu also started his own acquisition career. By the end of the night, this guy had good luck. He received 2 boxes for 60 taels, one box for 65 taels, and 70 taels. I received 5 boxes, 80 taels of silver and three boxes ~www.readwn.com~ Two silvers received 5 boxes, a total of 14 boxes, although not a lot, but it is better than it was, he was very satisfied with the result , But after knowing the news that the goods will be available at least a week later, the joy of this immediately disappeared, one by one can’t wait to curse the 18th generation of the ancestors of the Caobang boss, they are still good. Knowing that a province has 200,000 boxes, they bought them clean in this province and city, but the people around them suffered a lot. When they came, they only had less than 20 boxes per person. Take care of the big reason for casting the net, otherwise there may be none of these.

These merchants sent the minions in their homes to transport their things back. They just stopped leaving and lived here. Damn, this one time and again is not enough time on the road. Anyway, they didn’t go back. Just stay here for anything. The hotel prices in Caobang Zongruo have risen by 20% for a while, but this amount of money is simply not worth mentioning for their profits.

Caobang Shangxia was stunned by this sale. How could there be such a thing? Two hours, shit, two hours, sold 200,000 boxes, and one hour in the afternoon, the remaining ten Ten thousand boxes have been sold. Although the reports from other provinces around have not yet come up, they should be about the same. The profit per box of this thing is 150 taels of silver, and the net profit of tens of millions of silver has come? Everyone seemed to dare not believe it much, but the white money could not be faked, and they were all thrown in the warehouse. (To be continued...)