Walking on the street, Ye Li thought about it and then randomly found a vendor to ask about the situation of the Chamber of Commerce.
The vendor seemed to be used to seeing outsiders and answered Ye Li's questions enthusiastically.
Ye Li immediately learned that there was only one chamber of commerce in the city, and that was the Li family of Baowang Pavilion, the largest force in Hongxi City.
The Li family of Baowang Pavilion controls all the business in Hongxi City. All the shops here, including the peddlers, have to pay taxes to the Li family as long as they do business here. However, the Li family also guarantees that they can get a relatively fair market and guarantees their safety.
After knowing that Li's Chamber of Commerce was in the city center, Ye Li began to look for the intelligence base of the Five Sacred Alliance.
The intelligence base of the Five Saints Alliance is easy to identify. That is the place with the words "Victory Five" on it. Whether it is an inn, a pharmacy, a cloth shop, or a grocery store, it may be the intelligence base of the Five Saints Alliance.
Ye Li strolled around the city, starting from the outermost circle, and soon found a place called Shengwu Tofu Shop in an inconspicuous corner.
From the outside, this shop looks like an ordinary tofu shop opened by an ordinary person. In addition to selling tofu, it also sells various soy products. It looks extremely mundane.
Ye Li observed from outside the store and found that the shop assistant and the shopkeeper were actually just ordinary people. If he hadn't seen the hidden giant turtle mark on the wall of the store, Ye Li would have even thought that this was just an ordinary store that happened to be called "Shengwu".
As he walked into the store, the shop assistant came over with a big smile on his face and said, "Sir, do you want to buy tofu? We have fresh tofu, which was ground and made this morning. It tastes great.
In addition to tofu, our dried tofu and tofu skin are also excellent, would you like to try them? "
Ye Li glanced at the waiter and said, "I won't buy tofu. Do you have octopus soup?"
Hearing Ye Li's words, the waiter's expression suddenly changed. After his smile froze for a moment, it immediately returned to normal and said, "I wonder how the customer heard that our shop has octopus soup?"
Ye Li said: "I heard from the old Shengwu store in the north that you have octopus soup for sale here."
What Ye Li said was naturally from the perspective of the Five Sacred Alliance.
In fact, the Five Saints Alliance’s approach is very simple. No matter what store it is, just go in and say octopus soup.
When the waiter asked, the answer was that he had heard it from an old store in the north, so he could immediately match the recipe.
The waiter really showed an understanding expression when he heard this, and said: "Sir, you are indeed our old customer, but we no longer sell octopus soup. The old shopkeeper who knew how to make octopus soup has also retired, and the shop has been given to his son, who is our current shopkeeper.
If you want to eat octopus soup, I can take you to see the old shopkeeper. If he is willing, he may make a bowl for you.
But sir, you still have to let me know your identity so that I can inform the old shopkeeper."
Upon hearing this, Ye Li walked over to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper naturally heard the conversation between Ye Li and the waiter, and looked at Ye Li with a serious expression.
Ye Li walked to the table and the waiter followed him. The three of them stood at the back of the store, blocking the table in front of them.
Ye Li took out his token and placed it on the table.
When the shopkeeper and the clerk saw Ye Li's token, they were immediately shocked. After all, Ye Li was an elder and had enormous power.
"Liu Er, Zhao Qi meets Elder Ye!!!"
The two of them greeted Ye Li softly, and Ye Li nodded casually.
Zhao Qi was the waiter who had just spoken. His expression immediately returned to normal and he said, "Sir, I will take you to see the old shopkeeper right away. He will definitely be very happy to see you."
While talking, Zhao Qi led Ye Li to the back room of the shop.
After entering the inner room, Zhao Qi took Ye Li and quickly walked out of the back door and entered the backyard.
In a room in the backyard, Zhao Qi took Ye Li into an underground secret passage, and then walked in a winding path underground for almost an incense stick of time.
They finally reached the end of the secret passage, where there was a stone staircase.
After the two men walked up the stone steps, they came to a house in the east of the city. The place where they came out was the woodshed of the house.
As soon as he came out of the woodshed, two men who looked like servants immediately surrounded him. Both of them were talisman masters. Ye Li knew at a glance that they were guards of the intelligence base.
"This is Elder Ye, he wants to see the boss!"
The guy said to the two of them.
The two were stunned when they heard this, then quickly nodded and bowed to Ye Li.
Without saying much, the two of them took Ye Li into a side room. An old man was sitting at a table writing and drawing, and no one knew what he was doing.
Seeing someone enter the room, the old man quickly raised his head and looked over. Seeing the waiter bringing Ye Li in, his eyes immediately fell on Ye Li.
After looking at Ye Li twice more, the old man was startled, then ran out from behind the table, walked in front of Ye Li, bowed and said: "I am Cui Fan, greeting Elder Ye!!!"
When Ye Li heard the other party calling out his name, he was stunned and asked, "How... do you know me!?"
Cui Fan smiled upon hearing this and said, "I am actually from the Traveling Merchants Association and have met Elder Ye many times in the past.
It’s just that I was just a nobody at that time, so Elder Ye didn’t recognize me! ”
When Ye Li heard Cui Fan say that he was from the Traveling Merchants Association, he immediately felt a sense of favor in his heart, and he looked at the other party with a much more friendly look.
"I didn't expect you to be from the Traveling Merchants Guild. It's possible that we have met many times before!"
Ye Li said to Cui Fan with a smile.
Cui Fan nodded when he heard this. He had indeed seen Ye Li many times, but Ye Li didn't know him.
"Elder Ye, do you have anything to tell us this time? You can tell us your needs and we will do our best to assist you!"
Cui Fan said to Ye Li.
Ye Li said: "Actually, I just want to find out about the situation of the Tianhun Society and see if there are any unusual moves in the Tianhun Society recently.
I know that your intelligence bases all share information, and you must know the recent movements of the Heavenly Soul Society."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Cui Fan hurriedly said, "Elder Ye, we do know the recent movements of the Heavenly Soul Society, and I will report to you right away.
The Tianhun Society has been focusing on accumulating strength recently. It seems that they are planning to suppress or attack our coalition headquarters in Qilin Mountain in the north.
However, we have just received a piece of information saying that the Tianhun Society recently found a relic, which is said to be related to Mount Prajna, and is now preparing to explore the relic.
This relic is not far from our Hongxi City, in the Red Stone Ridge, a hundred miles south of here." (To be continued)