Gourd of Douluo

Chapter 660 High-end business wars are often plain and simple (Part 2)

The attack on the black market ended with a lot of thunder and little rain.

Just when everyone thought that the giant of the underground world would burst into a thunderous rage, the former unexpectedly fell into an unusual silence. This unusual behavior made many people confused.

The black market side also had a hard time saying it, because the strength displayed by the attacker Wang this time was far beyond their expectations.

Although the black market is the overlord of the underground world, it is usually glorious, but in the eyes of the real strong, this so-called overlord is just a slave who does dirty work for the major forces.

Of course, this is a biased statement. After all, those who can stand in the dark world for hundreds of years must have some trump cards.

There is no shortage of top independent strongmen in the black market, and even strongmen at the title level, but at this level, individuals and forces are equal.

The favors and costs of asking them to take action once are not a small number.

The loss this time was incredibly low.

After the logistics staff surveyed the attack site, the property loss caused by the attack was about 500 gold soul coins, and the most valuable item was just a safe.

This level of loss can only be found at the end of the attack record in the hundreds of attacks suffered by the black market in the past ten years.

For this loss, they took on a lot of favors and a big price to retaliate against a new noble who had a close relationship with the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect and Shrek Academy and was personally awarded by Emperor Xue Ye.

Not to mention that this young viscount has transformed his talent into strength. He can remain calm and talk and laugh in front of the Soul Douluo. Even if he is placed in the entire continent, he can be called a strong man. Anyone with a slightly normal mind will not take the initiative to offend him.

The most important thing in doing business is to be able to see the fire and judge the situation.

After discussion, the black market executives of the Tiandou branch unanimously decided to deal with the matter coldly.

It is not uncommon for the black market to be attacked. After all, it is a place where all kinds of people gather. There is no shortage of crazy people and lawless criminals. They come every ten days or half a month.

No one discussed this matter and it passed quickly.

The spies hidden in the black market brought the data files of Wang Xiaofeng's ability and strength to the desks of the leaders of the top forces at a secret and rapid speed.

As a top figure grows, it will inevitably break the delicate balance maintained by all parties, and resources will inevitably be redistributed.

No matter how surprised, suspicious or dismissive these people in power will be, they will not affect Wang Xiaofeng who has already brought Nitia back to the Zhufeng Territory.

When he walked to the front of the stage to play with the wind and clouds, it showed that he had the confidence to face everything.

Taking advantage of the night, Wang Xiaofeng and Nitia Tengyun quietly returned to the territory.

Today's Zhufeng Territory has become a festive ocean, and the bright red color embellishes this young town like a lantern.

In order to thank Wang Xiaofeng for his contribution to the public and congratulate all the patients who were hospitalized for the fire on their recovery and discharge, the people of Zhufeng Territory spontaneously organized a bonfire party.

Your family contributed two chickens, my family contributed a bag of rice, and those who had no money contributed their labor. Every household contributed to the smooth holding of this banquet.

In this festive atmosphere, many people unconsciously forgot the previous unrest.

Most of the residents of Zhufeng Territory now follow Wang Xiaofeng's footsteps and build the territory from scratch to what it is today.

In their view, with the current strength of Zhufeng Territory, no matter how powerful the noble forces in the imperial capital are, they are still not a big threat to Zhufeng Territory. The reason for this confidence is because of their lord who has never disappointed people.

On the streets of the town, there are long flowing banquets, and dense crowds and countless cheers gather together and rush to the sky.

The central square was full of red sky lanterns, and countless candles gathered into bright flames, which reflected on the snow, making the open space particularly bright.

At this time, it was the most lively moment of the bonfire party.

Wang Xiaofeng pulled Nitia into the crowd, and danced a celebratory dance around the huge bonfire with strangers who did not know each other. Looking at the protagonist of the day who appeared quietly, the laughter in the square became even more intense, and the atmosphere of the party quickly reached a climax.

The lord danced with the people, which was a treasonous thing in other noble territories, but it was nothing unusual in the Zhufeng Territory.

Wang Xiaofeng could laugh and joke with anyone, without any airs, and everyone respected this young lord from the bottom of their hearts.

The blazing bonfire and laughter dispelled the chill of the long night.

Until the bonfire gradually became smaller and the last spark went out, everyone said goodbye reluctantly and returned home.

After the bonfire party, Nitia's interest did not diminish. She was not sleepy at all and took Wang Xiaofeng for a walk on the sparsely populated street.

"Little lunatic, I want to take back my previous evaluation of you. I originally thought you were a hands-off boss who relied on your subordinates to do the work, but now, I underestimated you."

A person who doesn't care about anything will only be sidelined by his subordinates. He will not be loved by the people if he only rules by force.

"Governing by doing nothing is the best governance." Wang Xiaofeng was not modest.

He didn't like the concentration of power in one person. A truly perfect system does not require a lord or king who oppresses everyone.

Rather than expecting an omnipotent lord to solve all problems, it is better for everyone to take a step forward.

If you are poor, you can take care of yourself. If you are rich, you can benefit the world. If you are poor, you will not lose your righteousness. If you are rich, you will not leave the Tao. This is the pride and integrity engraved in the soul that has never been erased.

However, things like systems need to adapt to the economic foundation. The most taboo is to copy and apply them rigidly, not to mention that the productivity of this era is completely insufficient. The result of forced copying will only be like a famous emperor named Wang, becoming a historical joke.

So he used the territory as an experimental field and chose a compromise method. While ensuring a certain amount of power, he decentralized most of the power.

He selected talents in an unconventional way, and selected capable and knowledgeable people from slaves and refugees to fill the grassroots departments to help him manage the territory.

Gref did not understand Wang Xiaofeng's approach, but he did not object, because even if there was a problem, his boss had enough strength to solve it.

In the early stage of the new system, many problems did arise. Power breeds ambition, and there are many problems such as corruption and power-for-sex transactions.

In just one month, more than fifty people were executed and imprisoned.

But people have strong adaptability. As time goes by, the people in the territory gradually get used to the territory system and new laws that are different from the outside.

Although there are bumps and bruises, this management system is still running.

The attack on the territory this time cannot be said to be all bad. At least it proves that this new system adapted to local conditions is feasible at the moment, even if it is not so satisfactory.

"It's a pity that a small number of people have begun to worship me as a god, which is not a good thing." Wang Xiaofeng said slowly.

Nitia was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why do you say that?"

Isn't it a good thing to become a respected and loved lord?

"It's best to believe in your own strength. It's useless to believe in the illusory gods. The spiritual construction work in the territory needs to be strengthened." Wang Xiaofeng's eyes are dim, and he didn't say much else, and walked forward.

This may be a good thing in the eyes of others, and people's will can become a trend, but he doesn't think so. From another perspective, isn't this a kind of "slavishness".

If believing in gods is really useful, then the gods who have spanned the world for tens of millions of years will not let the evil gods enter their backyards to make trouble, and will not be willing to grant them a single grace.

"Obviously, this is very convenient for territory management." Nitia shook her head, wondering why she opposed this "management method".

But after all, he is a "little lunatic". Even if one day he can suddenly read his heart, he will probably be dizzy by his jumping thoughts.

Nitia put her hands behind her back and jumped to keep up with Wang Xiaofeng's pace. The shadows of the two, under the diffuse light, attracted each other and overlapped.

The next day.

The snow was white and the trees were covered with snowflakes, as if they were wearing a layer of white wedding dress.

The snow in the sky is getting more and more intense, but it does not affect the nobles in the city to drive out and go to the suburbs at the same time.

There is a very high-end private party today, and the newly promoted nobles are not even eligible to be invited.

Eden Manor, this place has a history of more than 500 years. This manor located outside Tiandou City has experienced succession of imperial power and still stands today. This is the largest trading point for imperial medicinal materials. Storage, transit, and large-scale sales of medicinal materials cannot be avoided here.

Compared with Eden Manor, more people like to call it the Golden Paradise, because in terms of wealth alone, the rulers here are not much less than the Qibao Liuli Sect, which is rich enough to rival a country.

As the owner of Eden Manor, Count Edior's power in Tiandou City can be imagined. Under the emperor are the nobles. After feeding those nobles, he is not afraid of anyone except Emperor Tiandou.

Even though he inherited the title of his ancestors, he does not have strong strength. But when the middle and lower-level officials see him, they all respect him as Lord Earl.

In the Tiandou Empire, Edio is definitely a man with all-powerful hands and eyes.

Recently, a pharmacist accidentally discovered another effect of the drug: hallucination, which pushed this drug, which has not been raised in price for a hundred years, to the forefront.

Everyone who has tried it said it was good.

Edio immediately saw the huge wealth hidden under the shadow of this drug. This drug is definitely a weapon for harvesting the wealth of the middle class and the nobility.

Such a huge wealth is impossible for the royal family to let go. If he wants to grab a piece of meat from it, he can't do it alone. He needs a lot of allies to be qualified to stand at the table.

So there is today's banquet.

Eden Manor covers a large area. A maid walks through the fields in the courtyard, and the hounds in the cage bark loudly. Trees, lawns, flowers, everything is available in the manor.

Carriages stop in front of the iron gate of the manor. As a guest, it is obviously rude to drive into the manor.

Several servants were welcoming guests, checking the invitations and letting them in politely. However, from their strong muscles, thick calluses on their hands and the occasional fierce eyes, it was obvious that they were not serious waiters.

In the dark, the thugs that Edio kept were chatting.

"In such cold weather, it's torture to stand guard outside. I really envy the brothers on duty in the house."

"Indeed, who dares to come to the manor to cause trouble? There are not enough lives."

While they were talking and laughing, they didn't notice that the hot air exhaled from their mouths and noses, mixed with some invisible blue mist, was sucked into their bodies again.

Two thinly dressed people passed by them, and they were obviously out of tune with the nobles wearing expensive fur coats. However, neither the waiter who was responsible for checking the invitations nor the sentry who was secretly on guard made any reaction and let them enter the manor.

Entering the gate, the first thing that caught my eye was the winding corridor, with flowers and trees on both sides, as if I had traveled through time and space back to midsummer.

At the end of the corridor, the view suddenly opened up, and a series of exquisite buildings came into view, with carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves and corners. Every brick and tile revealed the heavy sense of history and the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsmen. It can be said to be the culmination of Tiandou garden art.

On the road, the nobles were in groups of three or two, either stopping to appreciate the beautiful scenery or talking in a low voice. The two mixed into the crowd. Although their clothes were out of tune with everyone, there was no rookie jumping out to be weird in such an occasion.

Nitia looked around and said curiously: "I didn't expect to get in so easily. How did you do it?"

Wang Xiaofeng said: "Mental guidance and psychological suggestion, combined with a little bit of the recently popular hallucinogenic powder, well, I slightly improved the formula and strengthened the effect."

Nitia rolled her eyes. The powder was improved into a potion, but the hallucinogenic effect was multiplied by who knows how many times.

She only saw Wang Xiaofeng took out a tube of potion, just waved his hand slightly, and dozens of great soul masters who were secretly on guard in the manor were all hit. Such a terrifying effect doesn't seem to be only strengthened a little.

Nitia asked in confusion: "Little lunatic, haven't you been tinkering with the pile of scrap copper and iron picked up from the ruins recently? You are not in the spiritual space. How can you have time to improve the formula, create your own flying soul skills, and optimize the self-destructing water puppet."

"Of course it's because of it."

Wang Xiaofeng smiled slightly, turned his palm, and with a slight sound of lightning, he saw a miniature "brain" floating above his palm.

This micro-brain is only the size of a human fist, with crisscrossing metal neural networks intertwined, and faint flashes of electric light from each neural network in series.

Nitia widened her eyes and exclaimed: "What is this?!"

Although she didn't know what it was, Nitia could feel that it contained complex craftsmanship far beyond the times.

Wang Xiaofeng said: "This is the most valuable core part of the broken copper and iron in the ruins. I repaired it to its current appearance according to my own understanding."

The repair of this micro-brain is entirely thanks to the awakening of the origin fire by the sixth soul ring. Under his subtle operation, the core of the instrument was forged to the greatest extent.

Perhaps even the excavator, who had been completely destroyed, did not expect that the "heir" he found casually could restore the most dazzling pearl on the industrial crown of their era with only the pile of rusty machines and the fragments of knowledge in his memory residue that were broken and unsystematic.

In the spiritual space, the light golden light brain rose and fell in the sea of ​​consciousness composed of spiritual power, slowly nourishing and growing.

Wang Xiaofeng's knowledge is too extensive and too diverse, and the amount is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

However, the more knowledge, the better, especially the knowledge from different worlds and different eras, which will inevitably conflict.

The greatest role of the optical brain is not to improve combat power, but to sort out and calculate.

With the help of the optical brain, the massive amount of knowledge accumulated before was quickly sorted and classified, and through calculation, analysis and simulation, it was innovated and constantly derived new knowledge to nourish itself.

The spiritual library, which had been silent for several months, was injected with new vitality again. Countless words and books collided, either evolved into new books, or dissipated.

Compared with the operation of ordinary electricity as energy in reality, it is also affected by various factors. The optical brain uses mental power in the sea of ​​consciousness to drive it, and the efficiency is more than a thousand times higher.

Although half of the mental power needs to be invested in the optical brain on weekdays to maintain the operation of the optical brain, it is completely worth it.

At this moment, the optical brain in his palm, when it was projected and reproduced in the sea of ​​consciousness, its value in his hand was only a commemorative significance.

Wang Xiaofeng held up the miniature brain in his palm with his right palm, put it in Nitia's hand, and said: "If you can visualize this optical brain in the sea of ​​consciousness, it will be of great benefit to your future cultivation."

Nitia's scalp numbed as she took over this sophisticated gadget that was only half the size of her palm. She really wanted to travel back half a minute ago and slap herself to death for talking about this topic, but seeing Wang Xiaofeng's unrejectable eyes, she could only bite the bullet and put it into the storage bracelet, saying weakly: "I'll try."

"You" Wang Xiaofeng shook his head.

Since Nitia broke free from the inner cage and took off the shackles, the energy in her heart disappeared, and the whole person became a little lazy.

Before she finds her life goal again, she needs to find something to do so that she won't become a salted fish.

The light mist covered the figures of the two people, like two ghosts, silently following the crowd.

The center of the manor is a huge castle.

Walking on the stone road, from a distance, Wang Xiaofeng saw a famous middle-aged man standing on the third-floor platform of the castle, talking happily with several old acquaintances.

The middle-aged man was Count Ediot, who had a beard and shiny hair combed back, which was very charming for a middle-aged man.

The one chatting and laughing with him was Prince Xuexing, who had not been seen for a long time, and Prince Xuebeng was standing beside him.

After not seeing him for a few years, he still looked a bit dandy. Although he maintained aristocratic etiquette, his eyes had already drifted to the maid who was constantly walking in the hall and faintly revealed her beautiful figure.

Wang Xiaofeng's ears moved slightly, and the conversation of several people came into his ears along with the breeze.

". The Wind Chasing Chamber of Commerce is currently unable to take care of itself. The purchase of ingredients for the Shrek Academy cafeteria is temporarily in the hands of Flanders himself. I have dealt with him before. His stinginess is his biggest flaw. He will definitely cut corners on the ingredients. At that time, we only need to unite a few prestigious parents of students to question the environmental hygiene of the cafeteria. The prince will intervene at this time and set up a third-party monitoring team. Shrek will not refuse this suggestion in order to prove its innocence."

"Even if Flanders has a way to get rid of the trouble later, this incident will sow the seeds of doubt in everyone's hearts. At this time, we only need to go with the flow, and the temporary supervision team can shake It has become a permanent supervisory department. " "If there is one, there will be three. As long as the opening is made, if the prince wants to control Shrek in the future, he only needs to start with logistics and slowly infiltrate other departments with money, power and sex. In a few years, Flanders and Yu Xiaogang will be able to be sidelined. "

Count Edior rubbed the walnuts in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face: "Are you satisfied with this gift, Prince?"

After listening to Prince Xuexing, he couldn't help but praise: "It's worthy of Count Edior. This method is really eye-opening."

This is not a sophisticated strategy, but the whole process is reasonable and legal, and it is impeccable.

Xue Beng, who was standing next to Prince Xuexing, was excited at this time. He seemed to have imagined that when he appeared in front of the group of Shrek as a supervisor, the other party would be incredulous, full of anger, but helpless.

Three red wine glasses touched elegantly in the air, making a pleasant and crisp sound.

"Little lunatic, why did you stop and stand up?" Nitia gathered her thoughts and said, "I have checked all the nobles around, and there is no one on the list."

"Don't worry about the chess pieces on the list." Wang Xiaofeng raised his head and signaled with his eyes: "Do you see the middle-aged man on the left terrace of the third floor? That is one of the masterminds behind the black market attack on the territory we are looking for."

Nitia squinted her eyes and looked carefully, "The distance is a bit far. I have never tried to read minds at this distance, and the effect may be unsatisfactory."

After saying that, she closed her eyes, and a hidden mental wave surged out of her body, rushing towards the castle in the distance.

Count Edior and Prince Xuexing were talking happily. He accidentally saw the ring on his finger flashing a charming red light. His face suddenly changed. He immediately found an excuse to interrupt the conversation and left in a hurry, leaving Prince Xuexing and Prince Xuebeng with some doubts.

Edio trotted down the corridor of the castle with a gloomy look on his face, "Damn it, I knew those bugs in the sewer wouldn't miss this opportunity."

Under the wealth that rivals a country, there are piles of bones hidden. I don't know how many people want to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

The ring on his middle finger is a special soul guide that he bought at an auction house at a high price a few years ago. It can not only resist three mental attacks every day, but also flash red light to remind the wearer when attacked.

Mental attacks are hidden and difficult to detect, but since he got this ring, I don't know how many times he has avoided knives in the dark.

Count Edio walked into the bedroom and twisted the ornament mechanism on the table. With a heavy roar, the huge self-portrait on the wall began to flip, revealing a tunnel leading to the underground.

As he walked into the tunnel, the mechanism in the bedroom returned to its original state.

After passing through the long tunnel to the safe house, Edio finally felt a little safe in his heart.

The banquet was temporarily attended by a substitute, while he went from the open to the covert, catching the little mice that had sneaked into the castle one by one.

Orders began to be conveyed from the safe house.

Watching the back of Count Ediot leaving, Wang Xiaofeng turned his head to look at Nitia and asked, "How is it?"

Nitia opened her eyes and shook her head: "It seems that something is interfering with my ability. I can't hear it clearly, but this Count Ediot seems to have a connection with the Spirit Hall in secret."

A large amount of information was deduced in the optical brain. After a while, the golden light disappeared in Wang Xiaofeng's eyes: "Combined with the known information, it is speculated that in the next five years, the Spirit Hall will definitely set off a turmoil in the Tiandou Empire."

"Impossible." Nitia said, counting on her fingers: "With the precedent of the Haotian Sect, as long as the Spirit Hall makes a little move, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family will definitely join forces, and the royal family will not sit idly by. Your speculation is too outrageous."

"It depends on how many cards the Spirit Hall has hidden in its hands after so many years of planning."

The surrounding water vapor began to condense, forming a thick fog that enveloped the entire castle.

Wang Xiaofeng said calmly: "Let's go, don't keep the host waiting too long, I don't want to play the cat and mouse game in such a big castle."