Chapter 29: The Black Market

Li Mochen didn't bother to speak, and only slowly pulled out the demonic steel sword. And just when the faces of several black-clothed men around him were gradually gloomy, a young man's voice suddenly came from the side: "Okay! I know this guy, let him in." ”

Li Mochen squinted his eyes and looked at the source of the voice, and found that it was a young man in his mid-twenties, with brilliant blonde hair and facial features as handsome as the sun god Apollo. Especially the sky blue eyes that were staring at him with great interest were impressive.

Li Mochen snorted disdainfully, and stuffed the half-drawn sword body back into the sword bag.

How can there always be people in this world who like to do a lot of things, hindering him from punishing demons on behalf of heaven and punishing Xiaoxiao?

However, when Li Mochen walked into a noisy underground space under the gaze of several black-clothed men, and withdrew from the state of 'Tianxin Shenzhao' according to the psychological hints he had reserved in advance, he couldn't help but touch his forehead with his hand, and his eyes showed helplessness.

This secret method of the mind, until the actual use of the sense, I feel all kinds of inconvenience. For example, just now, isn't it good to hide your identity?

He is now in the state of the tiger falling into Pingyang, what kind of fairy king is he still serving? When it is time to pretend to be a grandson, he still has to pretend to be honest.

And the blond young man, he did have some impressions. When Franks of the Teutonic Cross came to find the original owner that day, the young man seemed to be following Franks?

Li Mochen couldn't help but rub his eyebrows speechlessly, he didn't want others to know his whereabouts today, but the result was diametrically opposed to his will.

But the wood is already in the boat, no matter how annoyed Li Mochen is, it will be useless. He could only sigh, and then looked around, looking at the black goods market that had been converted from an underground garage.

The area here is not large, but there are many people inside, and there is an endless stream of people everywhere you look. On both sides of the original driveway, those parking spaces have been transformed into storefronts, and there should be more than 60 in total.

According to the original owner's memory, there are about 70 shops and a large number of mobile stalls on the second and third basement floors of this garage, which is more prosperous than several famous commercial streets in Atlanta.

It is also one of the three largest black markets in the whole of Georgia, and the Teutonic Cross does not sell drugs or sit in the skin and meat business, but they still live more comfortably than other gangsters, on the one hand, they monopolize the smuggling channel of 'Southern America', and on the other hand, they rely on the market's commission. The latter accounted for at least one-third of the Teutonic Crucian's income.

So here, Li Mochen doesn't have to worry about safety. After all, this is the foundation of the Teutonic Cross, and for an American black market to always be thriving, the first thing is safety, and the second is credibility.

The first thing Li Mochen found was a store that dealt in precious metals, which mainly sold magic metals such as adamantite gold and Mithril, as well as a small amount of alchemy products, and also purchased all kinds of alchemy raw materials. Gold is also one of them, especially the high-purity gold that has been refined with the true fire of Samadhi in Li Mochen's hands.

"The purity is not bad. ”

The shopkeeper pinched it casually, leaving a clear fingerprint on the gold ingot, and this person's eyes also showed a little joy: "What price do you want?"

Li Mochen responded without hesitation: "1 gram of 65 gold dong, I want to trade in cash." ”

"It can't be!"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's too greedy BOY, the market price of gold outside is only forty-two gold guilders, and it will be taxed by the government." I can only give you 38 gold dong at most, which is the highest purchase price on the black market on Laurel Street,"

"But 38 gold shields can't buy 10 million pure gold, can they?"

Li Mochen sneered, picked up the gold ingots on the table without any nonsense and left.

The so-called 10 million pure gold refers to gold with a purity of 99.99999%.

There is an idiom that says that no one is perfect, and 100% pure gold does not exist. The reason is that one is the refining technology, and the other is that in the process of processing, gold jewelry or gold bars will inevitably be mixed with mustard dust and the like.

And in this world, even the most brilliant gold purification technology can only reach 99.9999%, that is, the level of millions of pure gold.

If it is more than 10 million pure gold, it can only be refined by the demigods and the gods of the nations. But these high-status existences, who has the leisure to spend time and effort refining this kind of thing? Even if they occasionally make a move, most of them are for their own use. Therefore, the amount of tens of millions of pure gold is still very rare in this world, and it is also widely used.

Sure enough, before Li Mochen walked out of the storefront, the shopkeeper shouted loudly: "Hey, little boy, you have convinced me, I will add you to forty-five gold guilders one gram, OK? forty-eight, fifty-two, damn it! Sixty gold guilders, this is the final offer, if you don't agree, take your baby and get out!"

Li Mochen obediently walked back to the store, and the shopkeeper scolded unwillingly: "The God of Light is above! I have never seen a little ghost as difficult as you." I lost at least 3,000 gold on this deal. ”

"You're lying!"

Li Mochen replied lightly: "I saw the signboard of another alchemy shop in front of me, are you worried that I will sell it to them? It can be seen that you should urgently need these things." ”

"Damn, you won, boy!"

After the shopkeeper snorted, he put a large stack of banknotes in front of Li Mochen: "This is 52,000 gold, I have already given everything I have, and all the cash in this store is here." I'll allow you to pick something equivalent from here to offset the payment. ”

After Li Mochen heard this, he couldn't help but look at you suspiciously. The shopkeeper immediately exploded: "What kind of eyes are you? I didn't lie to you, who would carry a large pile of cash in this place? In the black market of Laurel Street, we can entrust the goods to the Teutonic Cross for safekeeping, except for cash." Since six months ago, they have encouraged customers to deposit money in their banks and spend money on the black market. I'm sure you're not going to get more money than that, no matter where you go to buy it. Damn, this must have been the Teutonian Cross compromising with the IRS, and they had to do everything they could to tax even drugs and stolen goods. ”

Li Mochen knows that this IRS is powerful, and the IRS is the Internal Revenue Service, which is the American Internal Revenue Service. This is a government violence unit with 300,000 tax inspectors and 100,000 armed men. In the two hundred years before he was born, legend has it that at least a dozen large gangs had vanished under the violent taxation of the IRS.

The Americans have a proverb: "In this world, only death and taxes are eternal." ”

At all levels of society, the IRS is pervasive and has been hailed as "America's most feared government department," surpassing the Department of Defense and the CIA.

Indeed, as the boss said, if you use cash to trade, it is indeed the best way to avoid taxes. If you take the bank's accounts, you will inevitably leave roots.

However, Li Mochen felt that the purpose of the Teutonic Cross should be more than that. The gang was clearly ambitious and began to prepare to get involved in money laundering and finance. But this has nothing to do with him, Li Mochen ignored the shopkeeper's complaints, and looked around in this small shop.

In fact, even if he doesn't say it, he wants to buy something here. And although this alchemy shop is small, the variety is still very complete, and it is rare that the owner of this shop is not the type that is difficult to deal with.