Shengye Fang in Annan City is very lively, and the foreigners who live here are also closely monitored by the secret agents of the Clothing and Sanitation Division. In the teahouse next to the street, Li Ang and Li Mowen leaned against the railing, looking down at the bustling crowd below.

"The one named Kong Dai, who is used as a cover, is a cloth merchant, and he is very careful, we investigated all the people related to him, and only then did we find out that he has an estate in Greece, Tianfang and other places." Li Mowen's eyes were fixed on the middle-aged man drinking tea at a small tea stall not far from the street, and his expression was a little cold.

"It's only been a month, and you've found out about Haixi?" Listening to Li Mowen's words, Li Ang frowned, it is December now, close to the end of the year, spring will come soon, he does not have much time left, although the whole Chang'an is now arguing about the gang, but as soon as spring begins, the cabinet will definitely announce the news of war against Persia.

"We only found out after checking all of his business partners and making a few quick money transactions." Li Mowen smiled and replied, a person will betray his country, always for the word 'profit', there is no benefit, but it is extremely dangerous, and a person like a traitor will never do it.

"How's his family going?" Li Ang looked at the tea stall, the man who was drinking tea, eating snacks, dressed in gray, and looked no different from ordinary people, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

"He lived in the most lively place, and there were seventeen servants in his house, mainly Persians." Li Mowen seemed to sense Li Ang's killing intent, and his face became solemn, "Our people don't dare to get too close, but it's certain." His house was guarded by Persians. ”

"Can you find out the details of those rats in the dark?" Li Ang frowned, that is called Kongdi. He had to strike a blow and force the Persians to find out the secret stronghold in the shortest possible time, otherwise it would be very troublesome if the news leaked out.

"I can't put too many people in and suddenly there are too many new faces. It's easy to get those people suspicious. Li Mowen replied, his brows furrowed slightly, "I have already contacted the gang here and asked them to keep an eye on it for me." ”

Li Ang was silent, although he didn't like these gangs that oppressed the good, but he also knew the ability of these local snakes, in their own territory, their ability to spy on news was only stronger than that of Jinyiwei, and the secret agents of the Suppression Division.

"What do those gangs say, are they reliable?" Leon asked. All he cares about now is whether these gangs cooperate or not.

"Naturally, they can't ask for it, and they can catch up with our brocade guards. You can sit back and relax in the recent rectification. Li Mowen sneered, the recent gang orphanage incident has been full of turmoil, those old families have jumped out one after another, publicly accusing the cabinet and civilian governance of ineffective, Jing Zhaoyin was dismissed, and the new northern lieutenant began to suppress the large and small gangs in Chang'an. It made those gang bosses tremble.

"It looks like these gangs are smart guys too." Li Ang listened to Li Mowen's words and chuckled.

"Recently, the Sima family issued a reprimand, strictly ordering the children of their subordinates not to cause trouble at will, and those big officials also followed suit, and those gangs have no backers, so naturally they can only hold their tails and be people." Li Mowen thought of the recent cabinet and smiled happily.

"I wonder what will happen to these gangs lately?" Li Ang looked at Li Mowen and asked, although he directly provoked the imperial court to suppress the gangs during this time, but he didn't know how much power the intertwined forces behind those gangs were.

"Do you know the Daqin ticket number and the Cao Chamber of Commerce?" Li Mowen did not answer Li Ang's question. Instead, he asked rhetorically.

"I know, those are royal." Leon replied with a frown. The Great Qin Ticket Number and the Cao Chamber of Commerce can be said to be the largest chaebols in the world in Daqin and even the entire world, and the wealth they earn every year cannot be measured by numbers.

"When Taizu was alive, he personally gave the fief family to have a certain amount of dry shares in the Cao Chamber of Commerce and the Daqin ticket number, even if these families did not have any industry, just the annual bonus from these dry shares was enough for all their expenses, these families were out-and-out high-ranking families, and their loyalty to the royal family could not be described in words."

'Community of interests?' Listening to Li Mowen's words, Li Ang realized that it was not the cabinet or the military hall that really controlled Great Qin, but the royal family and the great families in the community of interests, and they were the real core class.

"But after all, there are not many such families, most of the families and officials are more or less out of the way, and the people behind those big and small gangs in Chang'an are them, so this time the rectification of the big and small gangs in Chang'an will definitely not be over, at most let them be more restrained." Li Mowen laughed self-deprecatingly, "This is the balance, no one can change it." ”

"Is there a topographical map of his house?" Looking at the man who got up from the tea stall in the distance, Leon withdrew his gaze.

"Yes, the well in their backyard is connected to a dark river, if you have any people under your command, you can try to go in and investigate, if you can find their roster, it would be the best." Li Mowen replied, and asked the entourage behind him to take out a map that looked a little old.

"Do people like them leave a roster or something?" Li Ang took the map and shook his head, obviously not agreeing with what Li Mowen said.

"That's not necessarily, he does things for the Persians, he has to leave a way back for himself, and if he has this roster, he will prevent the Persians from killing people in the future." Li Mowen smiled and replied, at this time, Li Ang had already turned around and walked a little far.

The Foundry Department of the Ministry of Industry, where the top craftsmen of Daqin gathered, studied various casting techniques all day long, discussing how to improve the steel to make the weapons of the Great Qin Legion sharper and more efficient in killing.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Works, Li Ang went to the master's office called Fu Li, and a month earlier, he had commissioned the swordsmith with the most famous craftsman in the foundry department to make a seven-foot sword and other things suitable for him.

This is a heavily guarded courtyard, guarded by soldiers sent by the military hall near and far, and through the somewhat noisy lobby, Li Ang went straight into the inner hall. Although Fu Li is known as a master, he is not yet forty years old this year. It's just that the frost-stained temples will always make people think that he is nearly fifty years old.

I saw Leon walking in. Fu Li opened his eyes, he stood up, took out a large box from behind him, placed it on the table, and opened it, and there was a set of light armor inside. A black slashing sword, and more

With a cold aura, he took out the black horse-chopping sword, and his voice was low, "Try it, see if you can take advantage of it." ”

Catching the black horse-chopping sword, Li Ang pulled it out, and the hilt of the sword, which was one foot and seven inches long, was thinly wound with a black rope. It feels excellent in the hand, and the six-foot-long sword has cloud-like lines on it. The blade of the sword does not look sharp like an ordinary good sword, but gives people a restrained and calm feeling.

Leon held the sword, and there was a feeling of flesh and blood, this sword seemed to be an extension of his arm, and he swung a few swords casually, and this feeling became stronger and stronger. He looked at Fu Li, who was always expressionless, with indescribable admiration in his eyes, this man was indeed a real swordsmith master.

"Everyone's center of gravity is different when holding a weapon, and a weapon that suits your own center of gravity is a really good weapon, your sword weighs forty pounds, but if you hold it, you will never feel that weight." Li looked at Li Ang, as if he knew that he was puzzled, and replied.

"Master Duolao bothered." Return the sword into the sheath. Li Ang thanked Fu Li, a good weapon. For a soldier, no less than a second life.

"Don't thank me, that's what I did." Fu Li waved his hand and took out a rectangular black object from the box, and when he looked closely, it was a black crossbow, and the crossbow arm was two pieces of steel, which were attached to the body of the iron and wooden crossbow, and it looked like an eagle with its wings folded.

Stretching out the crossbow arm of the black crossbow, the arm span is six feet long, and the crossbow body is seven feet long, becoming an out-and-out single soldier giant crossbow, looking at the pull of the string, Li Ang has no doubt about the power of this giant crossbow. Fu Li took out a five-foot-long all-steel crossbow arrow from the box, put it into the groove of the crossbow body, leaned on the winch to wind it, and finally took out a scope, mounted it on the crossbow, and handed it to Li Ang.

"It's all done as you want, you have a good idea for this scope." Looking at Li Ang, who was holding a black giant crossbow, Fu Li said, "I have tried, in the case of downwind, the farthest range of this crossbow is as high as 1,500 steps, and it can maintain the accuracy of a person within 1,200 steps, but although there is a winch on the winding, it is not available to ordinary soldiers, and it is only suitable for long-distance sniping." ”

"How's it powering?" Through the polished and smooth scope, Leon found a bit of a front-end gun.

"You might as well try, my walls here are very thick." As he spoke, Li Ang had already pulled the crossbow machine, only to hear a dull sound of strings, and a black light instantly disappeared into the thick wall.

Li Ang looked at the hole with the thickness of his little finger on the wall, and was a little shocked by the power of the black giant crossbow in his hand, the five-foot-long all-steel crossbow arrow actually did not reveal the body of the arrow, and completely shot into the wall, although it was fired at close range, this power was too powerful.

Retracting the unfolded crossbow arm and folding it again, Li Ang noticed that the black giant crossbow was somewhat similar to the shape of a retro rifle, and put the giant crossbow back into the box, Li Ang looked at Fu Li, "Can this kind of crossbow be made on a large scale?" ”

"As long as there is enough military spending, I can produce a hundred of this kind of crossbow here a month, but it can't be compared with the one given to you." Fu Li glanced at the black giant crossbow in the box, and his face was quite proud.

"That set of armor is the mountain armor I beat for you, only protecting the chest, arms and other vital points, the weight is only twenty pounds, you can barely make do with it!" Fu Li said, covering the box, "You can use these things first, and if you think of anything interesting in the future, just come to me." ”

"Then thank you, Master Fu." Li Ang thanked him, picked up the box, and walked out of Fu Li's room, these things in his box are worth 10,000 gold, if they flow to the market, plus Fu Li's name, it will be sold for 100,000 gold baht, and there are many people.

It was already dark at dusk, and in an inn two blocks away from Shengye Fang, Li Ang carried a suitcase into the guest room, and only Li Yanzong was waiting for him in the room. "Lord, I've written down all the maps, so I'll go alone at night!" Closing the door, Li Yanzong walked to Li Ang's side and asked for his life.

"I'll go with you." Li Ang glanced at Li Yanzong and said in a deep voice. At this time, there was a knock on the door, a total of five times, two short and three long, it was the code agreed between Li Ang and Jin Yiwei, Li Yanzong opened the door, and walked in a shopkeeper with a package in his hand.

"Master Li, this is the water you want." The brocade guard, who was dressed as a shopkeeper, walked up to Li Ang, saluted, and unwrapped the package, only to see that there were two sets of blue-black leather water backings inside.

"Got it, go ahead!" Glancing at the water cushion in the package, Li Ang nodded, asked the brocade guard to retreat, and after the door was closed, he took out the set of water cushions from the package and threw it to Li Yanzong, "Wear it." After speaking, he had already taken off his coat and put on the blue-black leather water back that was close to his body.

Opening the box, Li Ang took out two short knives, one handed to Li Yanzong, these two short knives were according to his previous used blades to let Fu Li this famous craftsman beat, although it is not as good as the swords made of special steel in the future, but in this era, it is the best short knife. He took out a few more things and put them in his waist bag, and Leon sat in the chair by the window, closing his eyes and recuperating. Li Yanzong didn't dare to disturb him, so he also sat in the chair on the other side and raised his spirits like Li Ang.

The candle flame slowly burned out, and the dim light gradually dimmed, looking at Li Ang, who was still tightly closed and motionless like a mountain, Li Yanzong couldn't help but secretly say that his qi cultivation skills were too poor, and at the moment when he was distracted, Li Ang's voice was already ringing in his ears, "If your heart can't calm down, you won't have to go later." Listening to Li Ang's words, Li Yanzong's heart sank, and he quickly calmed down, closed his eyes, and asked himself not to think about his actions at night.

In the dark, I don't know how long it took, just when Li Yanzong's body and mind were letting go, Li Ang opened his eyes, he patted Li Yanzong gently, and said in a low voice, "Let's go." ”

"Yes, Lord." Li Yanzong woke up, full of energy, he replied in a low voice, and followed Li Ang out of the room.

At this time, it was almost midnight, Li Ang and Li Yanzong bowed their heads and walked on the dark street, and suddenly turned into a small alley, and when they walked into the alley, they saw that the secret agents of Jinyiwei had been waiting for a long time, and there was a drainage channel under their feet.

Taking off their coats, Li Ang and Li Yanzong put on their hats and jumped down, and the spies of the Jinyi Guard put the lids back on and retreated into the shadows on both sides, silent, as if no one had ever been here in this small alley.