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In the early morning, on the dock of Hailan King City, it was heavily guarded at this time. 【】

Just a few days ago, the patrol ships of the Wangcheng fleet found the bodies of hundreds of tax soldiers on a tax island, and the battleships stationed on the island disappeared, along with a large number of untouchables, which made the high-level of Hailan Wangcheng angry.

The commander of the fleet of the Hailan King City concluded that this was the work of a group of pirates, because ordinary pariahs, no matter how many they were, were not capable of resisting hundreds of tax soldiers. Therefore, during this time, a strict investigation began to be carried out, hoping to find clues related to pirates.

On the docks, all ships entering the port are carefully checked, including everyone on board.

Groups of soldiers from Hailan King City patrolled the docks with great force, carefully interrogating everyone who entered the city. The merchants and ordinary fishermen who came by boat from other city-states to trade were all bitter. These officers and soldiers had to take advantage of this opportunity to extort money, and if they were not satisfied, they would have to be convicted of "suspected piracy" and would be arrested and put in prison at the least, or hanged on the gallows.

Hailan King City is located in the eastern region of the entire human territory, relatively far away from the giant territory, and is less threatened, not to mention that there is also a side by the sea, with a developed maritime trade, peace and trade have given birth to prosperity, but because of this, the ruling class of Hailan King City is extremely corrupt.

At that moment, an inconspicuous merchant ship docked, and the sailors on this merchant ship all looked fierce, but the merchant ship was flying a wave flag.

Immediately after the merchant ship docked, a group of soldiers stepped forward to check on their toes, but as soon as they said a few words, a man in a black cloak walked down from the merchant ship, showed a sign in front of the captain of the soldiers, and after a while, he took it back. It's just that the captain of the soldier immediately changed his face when he saw the sign, and he respectfully saluted the person wearing the cloak, and then escorted the person out of the dock and into Hailan City.

After entering Hailan King City, the cloaked man did not stop, but inquired about the people around him, and then walked towards a street in Hailan King City.

Soon, he came to a building on this street, looked up at the banner at the door of the house, and saw the words "Thorn Firm" written on it.

This Thorn Merchant House is said to be a Comptoir headquartered in the Principality of Chijin, the owner of the Comptoir is named "Scarface", and has a medium-sized mercenary group "Thorn Mercenary Regiment", the current head of the regiment Byron himself is a high-level bronze mage, and there are even several black iron swordsmen in the regiment, which is powerful.

Moreover, it is rumored that this Thorn Comptoir not only has a mercenary group, but also a group of thieves in the secret, specializing in doing some shady business for the firm.

This Thorn Merchant has only appeared in a very short period of time, and has established a stronghold in most countries of the entire human territory, and its business scope is extremely extensive, making people always speculate about who is really in control of it.

The cloaked man smiled at the name of the Thorn Firm, pushed the door and walked in.

At this time, there were only a few customers and a few employees in the firm, and when they saw Li Yunfei walking in, a clerk immediately stepped forward to greet him with a smile and said: "This guest, do you want to buy materials or sell goods, if you want to entrust us to deliver goods, the same is right, our Thorn Firm currently operates business in all countries, and you are satisfied." ”

The cloaked man smiled and said, "I have a business of 100,000 gold coins, and I want to see your manager in Hailan King City. ”

The 100,000 gold coin clerk's eyes widened, and he glanced at Li Yunfei in surprise, and at the same time began to look up and down.

100,000 gold coins is not a small amount, enough to alarm the chief manager. And judging by what this person is wearing, it shouldn't be fake. Especially the eyes and expressions of this person, it makes people feel that what he says is the truth.

"Please come with me. The clerk gritted his teeth, turned and pushed open a side door, and walked in with the cloaked man.

Soon they entered a secret door, and when they pushed it open, there was a study, where a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair was sitting sorting through the accounts.

The clerk whispered what Li Yunfei said to him and left, and the middle-aged manager said to Li Yunfei with a smile: "I don't know what kind of business this guest wants to entrust."

The cloaked man did not speak, but took out a badge and lit it up in front of the steward.

The moment he saw this badge, the chief steward immediately showed a look of shock, bowed deeply and said: "I don't know if it is Mr. Special Envoy from the head office who is coming, I have missed the welcome, atonement for my sins, Mr. Special Envoy has any requirements, please do not hesitate to command." ”

This badge is the badge with the highest authority among the Thorn Firms, and it is equivalent to the presence of the president in person.

The cloaked man lifted his hood and revealed the face of a man in his thirties, it was Li Yunfei.

When he entered Hailan King City, what he held in his hand was the pass token given to Gülen by Lan Sen, the crown prince of Hailan City, so the captain of the soldiers immediately respectfully let him go after seeing it. And now in his hand is the badge of the president of the Thorn Firm.

Speaking of which, he began to make the badge himself, and the branch manager of every megacity would carefully remember the appearance of this badge before taking office, in case of emergency.

Originally, it was just a whim when he subdued Byron to form a mercenary group, and it was also a small matter to accept Scarface to open a trading house in Chijin Mall, but he didn't expect that these two people would develop the trading bank to a certain scale with his secret support, and establish branch bases in all giant cities according to Li Yunfei's plan.

On weekdays, the main role is to do business and find out the news, and when Li Yunfei shows the badge of the president, he has to provide any help unconditionally.

"Give me a briefing on the recent information on the Giant God Continent, especially the current situation in the White Bone King City. Li Yunfei didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered.

The steward took out a uniquely shaped magic crystal, opened a secret door in the wall, and inserted the magic crystal into one of the dark holes.

Hearing a "click", a small heavy metal door opened, but it was a safe room.

The steward took out a stack of parchment rolls from it and respectfully handed it to Li Yunfei.

One of the main responsibilities of the Thorn Trading Company is to collect information, and to organize it regularly, and to issue a briefing to briefly describe the changes in the situation on the mainland.

Since the last battle of the Lionheart Imperial City, the Lionheart Imperial City and the Sky Holy City ordered to attack the White Bone King City at the same time, and the millions of troops gathered, but they have been besieging but not attacking, and have not started to attack. It is said that the reason for this is that it has been preparing for war and preparing to take the White Bone King City in one go.

Of course, this is what the army commander Thunder King Wright and others said, judging from the intelligence network of the Thorn Trading Bank, it is actually simply delaying time.

"These old foxes. Seeing the names of Lei Wang Wright and others, Li Yunfei couldn't help but smile.

After reading the information, he turned his head to look at the alchemy equipment on the side, which was the mysterious video recorder