The intelligence team of 10 people, including Michael Benson and Gillon Borg, came back one after another.

Nearly four weeks had passed since they set off. All useful and useless information was gathered into Sean's hands.

After sorting and analyzing it, he gave a briefing to Lieutenant Colonel Horns.

"Benjamin Tang has been roaming freely in the Black Forest for more than ten years, so there will definitely be clues leaked out. First of all, the gold coins he robbed need to be spent, otherwise his robbery business is meaningless, and the money spent is the real wealth.

Based on the sales of several high-end brands of cigars and wine in the Black Forest region in the ten years from 1820 to 1830, I listed ten towns. The sales of tobacco and alcohol in these towns have increased steadily in the past ten years.

At the same time, excluding the taxes on tobacco and alcohol, the tax revenue of these ten towns did not increase, remaining the same in 1830 and 1820."

"You mean these ten towns are under the protection of Benjamin Tang and at least maintain friendly relations. Without these towns, he would have nowhere to spend money?" Horns nodded.

"This is just a suspicion. I checked the local second-hand jewelry acquisition situation in recent years. By the way, Michael visited many places in the Black Forest pretending to be a jeweler. He was generous and spent real money. When he came back to settle the accounts, he found that he

He actually made money. Well, consider this as his hard work fee.

This won him a lot of favor, and several towns expressed their welcome to Jewelry Michael to visit him next time. There are neither big nobles, big businessmen, big landowners, nor other prosperous economic sources, which shows that these towns are very

It may be the place where Tang sold his stolen goods, otherwise the source of the jewelry cannot be explained, and it is almost the same as the list of ten towns I just mentioned. If we successfully encircle and suppress the gang, I believe we will definitely hunt down all his informants and associates.

" Sean continued.

"What about weapons? Where did Tang get his weapons?" Horns asked, and Sean's careful analysis made him very emotional.

"Giron-Borg mentioned one thing in particular to me. There is a small town called Eyad, with a population of only two hundred households. Although it is a transportation station, this town has a large shotgun shop.

.”

"It's not surprising. The people there are all good hunters. Besides, it's not peaceful there. Passengers passing by need to buy a gun just in case. Is there anything special?" Horns asked.

"That store has been robbed three times. Coincidentally, the owner of that gun store was robbed each time after purchasing large quantities of goods."

"Then he hasn't gone bankrupt yet? Are you saying that he is basically a member of Tang's group, and that being robbed was just an illusion, but in fact he was secretly losing arms." Horns asked.

"So we can start from this store." Sean said.

"What's your plan? If we arrest everyone in that store and torture them, I believe we will get useful information, but that will definitely alert the snake." Horns said.

"Except for the gun shop, the Black Forest area has never been harmed by Tang. He only targets businessmen, and he probably knows that rabbits don't eat grass near their nests. To a certain extent, the people there are all his accomplices.

So we couldn't find a guide, and we couldn't send people deep into the black forest to look for him.

But we can lure the snake out of the hole. We pretend to be a caravan, bring the luxury goods they need, and lure Tang to rob through the spy boss of Tang’s gun shop. The route is of course planned by us. In other words, if everything goes well,

If so, Tang will ambush us on our preset battlefield."

"Letting the enemy operate on the designated battlefield is a very good plan. Sean, I thought you would fight hard, but your performance surprised me. We will definitely do a great job this time.

"Horns nodded approvingly and expressed his approval, "We will discuss the specific plan, how to respond, how to contact, how to carry out counter-ambush, and how to contact the enemy, and we will make sure nothing goes wrong."

"yes!"

Three days later, a small caravan entered the small town of Eyad.

This small town is located in the middle of the Black Forest. The local area is mainly engaged in hunting, fur and timber business, and all food and other necessities are imported from outside.

Fortunately, this place is one of several main roads that run through the Black Forest, and there is no lack of commercial atmosphere.

As soon as the caravan arrived, the town became lively. Residents were curious to find out what the caravan was selling and whether they could trade.

"Go away and take your dirty hands away."

Quinn Ennick jumped off the horse. He was wearing half a shirt, with a full beard and a dusty appearance. In fact, he was Sean's subordinate, pretending to be a caravan clerk.

The resident who was scolded by him asked sarcastically: "Sir, don't you want to trade?"

"These are high-end goods shipped to the city of Als. Can you poor people afford them?" Enike said sarcastically, "You are as poor as our boss. You wish you could exchange a shilling for a gold coin. But you also love face, so it's swollen.

He still looks fat."

"Quinn, shut up. I didn't hire you to make you complain. If you don't do it, get out of here now." Boss Sean quietly appeared behind him, "As for the wages, didn't we agree?

"

"But, Master Bill, before you came here, you said this trip went well. Since entering the Black Forest, I have heard from the locals for the last time that it is not so peaceful here. We are taking risks, and you have to pay more!" Quinn -

Enike argued, "At least give us a good gun in case it comes in handy.

?Your cargo is worth at least five thousand gold louis. When it is shipped to the city of Ars, which is short of goods, the officers and their women are not looting it? You can make at least a thousand gold louis in net profit on this trip, so good guns are expensive even though they are expensive.

A little bit, but in comparison, it is more important that you keep your own goods."

The onlookers listened intently.

"Okay, there happens to be a gun shop in town. I'll go take a look, but I've agreed not to raise any conditions," Sean said.

He then kicked a guy who was in heat and was chatting passionately with a girl.

"Idiot, hurry up and find good horse feed. You have already cost me two draft horses."

"Master, it's not my fault. The truck is too heavy. I suggested you hire two more carriages, and you are reluctant to feed them with concentrated feed." The boy complained.

"roll!"

Sean wandered around the town for a while, pretending to buy some supplies, and then walked into the only gun shop in the town.

"Welcome, dear guest!" the shop owner smiled broadly.

Sean looked around the store. There were all kinds of weapons hanging on the walls, including various straight swords and sabers. The cheapest one was a matchlock gun, which was just a toy and very impractical.

Let the boss call himself Rom, and he sells his weapons very hard.

"I don't know what kind of weapons the customer needs to buy. Although the probability of a vicious incident happening in the Black Forest is not high, buying a weapon is buying peace of mind, especially for a big deal like this."

"Recently, an improved rifled gun has become popular in the Holy City. It is produced by Bass Company. I wonder if you have one here?" Sean asked.

Sean was dressed gorgeously, in the style currently popular in the Holy City, with charming perfume on his body. He raised his chin and looked sideways at people, exactly the kind of contempt an upper-class member from a big city would have when looking at country people.

In true aristocratic families, such people are rare. This is not to say that aristocrats do not have dandies and prodigal sons, but because most of the aristocrats rely on the land to make a living and are directly engaged in disgraceful activities such as commodity retailing, which hinders their status as aristocrats and will only make them

Your own agent comes forward.

Of course, wine, tobacco, perfume, etc. are excluded, because the operation and sale of these commodities are the prerogatives of the nobility. Discussing the nuances of the taste of different varieties of wine is a reflection of the taste and cultivation of the aristocracy. In the north, if there is not a winery, it is

Incompatible with noble status.

Those who can sell valuables all the way from the Holy City to Northern Xinjiang, especially when the population of Northern Xinjiang dropped sharply after the war and the people were generally poor, are either doers who have sales channels and can guarantee the goods are sold; or they are adventurers who

Making a fortune by thinking unexpectedly; there is another way to be a prodigal - failing to predict possible risks.

Rom immediately made a judgment. This was clearly the kind of young man who came from a business family, but was just starting out and had a very high self-esteem.

"Oh, I'm sorry for my ignorance, but I haven't heard of any improved bass. I have the 1825 bass here. It's good for hunting. It's very accurate, but it's too expensive. It's not very good for self-defense."

"Is the shot accurate?" Sean asked knowingly.

"Because the reloading is too slow, you fired two shots, and I have already fired the third shot. This is very fatal in a battle." Rom said with a smile.

"I see. Boss, this gun seems to be very good." Sean asked.

Sean was referring to a small and graceful firearm with a beautifully engraved stock. This is actually a women's self-defense pistol with a very short range.

"If the price is right, give me four, and each of my four men one, each with 40 rounds of projectiles and the same amount of gunpowder."

Roma was a little distracted for a moment, and it took him a long time to react:

"Each gun costs 20 gold louis. A total of 80 gold louis. Since you take good care of our business, I will give you the ammunition for free. What do you think, sir?"

"Then let's do it." Sean said.

"Thank you sir for your generosity!" Rom looked very excited.

While the man was preparing guns and ammunition, Rom asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Is this your first time to our town of Eyad, sir?"

"Yes, it's my first time here. A relative of mine serves in the Als Military Region. I took advantage of his line and purchased a lot of goods from the Holy City and planned to sell them there. If it weren't for the sake of money,

, I don’t want to come to this remote countryside, there isn’t even an inn that provides free bathing water.”

"In summer, people here, men, women, old and young, all go to the river to bathe. This is our custom." Roma shrugged.

Sean's eyes lit up. Rom smiled and said:

"It's not what you think, young sir. Of course, a handsome man like you will be kept by an enthusiastic girl and become a son-in-law. Your property will also become her property, and your children will follow her."

surname."
Chapter completed!