Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 104 [New Year is coming]

time flies.

Before we know it, the New Year is approaching.

During this period, the Kingdom Security Bureau's investigation into Lauren Ross came to an end.

They didn't seem to find anything useful.

The sealing of the bluestone building has been completed, and Ethan even sneaked in to take a look.

There is a hidden basement inside.

But everything inside had been emptied out, and there was nothing left.

The only thing that can be seen is that Lauren Ross should be a believer in Poseidon.

Because there are many traces of sea god worship in the basement.

As for the vacant position of president of Winster University after Lauren Ross's disappearance, the board of directors of Winster University has not yet made a final decision.

However, with Ethan's operation, El really became the candidate with the best chance.

The board is now leaning towards having him serve as acting principal after the New Year.

This news made El ecstatic. After hearing the news, he went to the Pauleta Manor as soon as possible.

He knew very well who was behind this opportunity.

After the case of Lauren Ross seemed to be over, Ethan had been paying attention to the attitude of the Kingdom Guard towards Ned.

But as of now, the Kingdom Security Bureau has no intention of taking action against Ned.

I don’t know if there are still no clues, or if Ned is in a high position of power and cannot be moved lightly.

Ethan has no plans to change his allegiance for the time being.

Anyway, the real investment matters of San Quanti will not begin until after the new year.

What he has been concentrating most on these days is the plan to liquidate Aberlin.

Shadow has quietly arrived in Winster and has taken up residence in a secret safe house belonging to the Pauletta family.

In the days that followed, Ethan would not expose this card to the sun.

The shadow is happy to live in the shadow.

Vincent was already familiar with Aberlin's real name's weaknesses and his living habits.

These days, he has been constantly scouting and observing.

Just waiting for an opportunity.

Finally, it’s about the King of the North Sea.

Although Gustav was a historian, he did not know any information about the King of the North Sea.

However, he had been in the capital for many years and had some connections. All the people he knew were academic geeks, so if he really wanted to find someone who specialized in the history of the northern part of the kingdom, he could find one.

But his friend was in the royal capital, and it would take some time to send the telegram back and forth.

At present, there is no information on this.

That day, Ethan finished the modified version of "The Persistence of Memory" at home.

Because Anya had already checked, the man named Jackson Motherwell was indeed a very famous art collector and had some influence in the capital.

Ethan even contacted Pubol, who was collecting materials in the central region, and confirmed from him that he had talked about himself with Jackson.

I learned that Jackson had arrived at Winster and was interested in representing Ethan's works.

Pubol also said readily, "Since Jackson has found you, then you should give the painting to him. He's not as good as me when it comes to painting, but I'm not as good as him when it comes to promoting it. However, I have only one request: I want to be the first to see the painting when he brings it back to the capital."

Ethan naturally had no reason to refuse this request.

Even though Jackson is a great art collector, it would definitely be a great help if he had a master like Pubol to help him promote his works.

So he worked on the painting as quickly as possible.

His idea was to get it out around the New Year.

But he does have a lot of trivial matters to deal with now.

Just as he was making a few moves, the phone rang. Anya answered it and came over to tell him it was Sofia calling.

He could only answer the call despite Anya's rolling eyes.

"Ethan, the New Year's Eve party is in two days. I don't know what to wear that day. Can you help me pick it out this afternoon?"

"Of course."

Now is not the time to fall out with Ned, so Ethan naturally did not refuse Sophia's invitation.

As for the New Year's Eve dinner, it is the New Year's Eve dinner held by the City Hall to thank those who have contributed to Winster in the past year.

With Ethan's current status, he is definitely among those invited.

And Vincent chose the right time to take action.

It was on the day of the New Year's Eve dinner.

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January 28th.

The day when the old year turns to the new year.

Although both the New and Old Worlds have adopted the new calendar.

But when it comes to the actual festival algorithm, both sides still follow the oldest tradition.

So even though the new year has been over for almost a month, the real New Year has just arrived.

On this day, the whole city of Winster was decorated with lights and the festive atmosphere was everywhere.

The only thing that is a little less interesting than previous years may be the wine.

Even though bootleg liquor is rampant now, it is not something that can be put on the table.

But it doesn’t matter, because now there is the best alternative: grape bricks.

Grape bricks have become Winster's most popular product recently.

Or in other words, grape bricks are becoming popular not only in Winster, but also in nearby cities such as Itasca, Butan, and even cities further away.

This undoubtedly brought more benefits to Ethan and his team.

Especially with the New Year approaching, many people want to get some wine to celebrate.

The bootleggers have been operating almost 24 hours a day, but there is still a shortage of supply.

So much so that the production of moonshine became somewhat lax.

But fortunately, thanks to Vincent's supervision, nothing went wrong in the end.

That morning, the last batch of old year's bootleg liquor was completely produced. After being loaded onto the truck, Vincent personally transported it to the dock.

This batch of wine was different because it was not transported and sold using the routes previously used by the Porretta family.

It used the smuggling line it had taken from the Corleone Family.

A few days ago, after the only daughter of the Corleone family, Lady Talia, successfully arrived at Fengcui's hometown in the Old World, this clue was completely handed over to Ethan.

This time, it was the first time that the goods of the Poletta family were transported via this line.

Ethan takes it very seriously, and Vincent is no exception.

After he personally delivered the goods to the dock, he watched the boatmen load all the goods onto the ship box by box.

These boatmen are all skilled workers left behind by the Corleone family and are very familiar with the smuggling business.

This shipment of illegal liquor was naturally not sent to the Old World, after all, there was no shortage of liquor there.

This time, they used their routes to go out to sea, delivered the goods to those in need at sea, and then transported them back to the kingdom.

As for them, they continued to head towards the Old World and brought back new wine.

Watching the big ship slowly disappear in the harbor, Vincent turned his head to look at the bustling city.

New Year is coming.

(End of this chapter)