Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 31 [The Wave Has Arrived]

Prohibition spy is, of course, a new word that did not exist before.

But everyone knows what it means.

"Do you know who he is?"

George seemed worried. He had finally squeezed into this business and paid a huge price for it. He didn't want to lose it, so despite his current lowest status, he still spoke up.

John Holt glanced at him but said nothing. He simply said, "According to my intelligence, the core members of the Prohibition Agents are directly drawn from the Kingdom Security Bureau, and a large number of people have been drawn from the Public Security Bureau's Special Operations Department to fill the gap. It can be said that they are all the best of the best."

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Everyone knows very well what the Kingdom Security Bureau is like.

This can almost be said to be the most mysterious department in the kingdom, and they basically carry out the most important and secretive tasks.

And most of them are foreign affairs, national affairs, and inter-continental affairs.

They have made many well-known achievements, the most recent of which is the Ten-Year War in the Old Continent that ended just a few years ago.

It was they who constantly stirred up disturbances in the Old World that eventually triggered the war, leaving the Old World with no time to look west, ensuring the great development of the kingdom and ushering in the golden decade.

They are the sharpest knives and the most shrewd conspirators. People in the Old World call them the devil's advocates.

As for the Special Operations Department of the Public Security Bureau, it is also an existence that makes all the major underground figures tremble in fear.

Lewis had already embarrassed Ethan before, and now he was sending someone like him to be a Prohibition agent...

"Is it necessary to be so serious? Everyone just wants to make some money. It's just alcohol..."

Haska from the Murrich family complained and said something with some confusion, and did not forget to gently fiddle with her hair to maintain her shape.

No one responded to his remarks. Some people had disdain in their eyes, while others were equally puzzled.

Ethan saw all of this.

Ethan knew very well why the kingdom attached so much importance to prohibition of alcohol.

On the one hand, he had read background information on similar bills in his previous life, and on the other hand, his predecessor had witnessed how the prohibition movement was in full swing in the royal capital.

Not only did the nobles, parliamentarians, and big businessmen stand up for it, but even the princess of the kingdom came out to lead women in protesting against drinking, and there was even a prohibition party.

This is a massive political event, and the kingdom has no choice but to take it seriously.

"Anyway, everyone, please be careful. I will share the latest information with you in a timely manner. When doing business, the most important thing is stability and security."

John Holt made a concluding speech.

Everyone nodded.

at the same time.

In the port of Winster, the boiler of the huge Poseidon has been restarted, thick smoke rises into the sky, and rows of cargo are sent to the ship like a long dragon. The giant ship is about to set sail.

In an inconspicuous place in the harbor, a group of men wearing black leather coats and bowler hats were watching the scene silently.

At this time, one of the men said, "Boss, why don't we take action now? We will definitely find illegal liquor in those goods."

"Shh." As a result, the leading man made a soft hissing sound. He was reading a newspaper. After a long while, he closed the newspaper, revealing his resolute face and the conspicuous purple tie on his collar.

"There's no need to be so anxious. Even if we can find out about the illegal liquor, do you think such a small thing can make things difficult for Captain Charlie? The captain of the Poseidon is not some random nobody. Besides, what if we scare those Winster's snakes, insects, rats, and ants? I've told you many times that the most important thing in doing things is not what we can get at the moment, but what we are going to get in the end. Let's call it a day." He turned around, took two steps, and threw the newspaper in his hand to his men behind him.

"Oh right, let's find this guy in the newspaper first. He's a lost dog. He might be useful."

The wind blew up the newspaper, and the headline on the front page was the one about Ethan's impassioned speech and Lewis's violent law enforcement.

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Ethan didn't know that the Prohibition agent they had just talked about had already infiltrated Winston.

After the meeting, he planned to have lunch and then inspect two moonshine factories.

The most important thing now is the bootlegging business, there is no doubt about that.

"Master, there is something I need to report to you."

Just as he was thinking about where to go for lunch, Anya said something.

"what?"

"I've already checked out the information you asked me to look up last time about Bob Olde."

"What's up with him?"

Ethan hadn't forgotten about it.

Bob Olde seemed uneasy from the first time they met. Later, he got the factory in the southern suburbs of George. Bob was present when the contract was signed, but he was still in a bad state.

"He's fighting for custody of his daughter."

"He's a lawyer?"

Ethan was a little confused. Bob Olde was a lawyer himself. Would he be troubled by such a thing?

"The problem is, his opponent is also a lawyer," Anya said, then added, "What happened is, after Al was attacked, the family was in dire straits. Later, with Sandro's mediation, they were ready to cease hostilities. At that time, everyone thought the Pauletta family was finished, and Bob's law firm thought so too, so they proposed to end their cooperation, and Al agreed. Bob had worked for the family for a long time and had some feelings for them, so he offered to split the business with him to help with some of the aftermath. That's where the problem arose."

Ethan nodded and gestured to continue.

"After the business was divided among him, he was fired from the law firm." Anya's tone was still calm, so that this very dramatic statement seemed natural.

"Then his wife filed for divorce and demanded all of his property and custody of his daughter."

"Is his wife crazy?"

"Exactly not. His wife is very smart. She actually had an extramarital affair with Bob's boss, Murphy Dimel, a long time ago. There is reason to suspect that the business separation, divorce, and the demand for property and custody were a conspiracy between them."

"So, now Bob is likely to become unemployed and bankrupt, lose his daughter and be left with nothing, and the source of this is our family?" Ethan touched his eyebrows. No wonder Bob looked uneasy every time he saw him.

No one can sit still when faced with such a thing.

"Where is he now?"

"According to our investigation, today should be their last out-of-court settlement negotiation. He should be at the Dimel Law Firm right now."

"Let's go and have a look."

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