When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 80 The world is so big and filled with wonders

Canghai City is located in a coastal area. If you go straight for about 350 kilometers from the port, you will reach the waters of Yingguo.

Therefore, Canghai City and Ying Kingdom have always had commercial exchanges.

It is understandable that Japanese warriors would travel by sea to Dongxia and then disembark at Canghai City.

Incidentally, the coastal city that received the donation of 30,000 origami cranes was Canghai City, so it's understandable that Canghai City would donate origami cranes to Japan this time.

Bai Ze was a little surprised that he had just finished talking about Japan, and soon after, a Japanese warrior wanted to meet him. Speak of the devil, and he appears.

Forty-five minutes later, a black sedan stopped in front of the villa. A man in his thirties, wearing a black suit, got out of the car and said to Bai Ze, who was standing at the villa entrance, "Hello, Officer Bai, I am Lu Zhiping, a specialist from the Canghai City branch of the Martial Arts Association."

"Hello."

Bai Ze shook hands with the other party and asked, "Could you tell me what's going on? Who are these people?"

"The visitors are students from Alford Academy in Japan. They are on a mission to investigate smuggling. They heard about Agent Bai and decided to have him as their assistant."

Lu Zhiping explained, "The other party is also a student, and we can't be weak, so we wanted to ask Officer Bai to step in."

Alford College, a famous martial arts university in Japan. That's right, this college, which sounds like a Western Union, is actually a martial arts university located in Japan.

After Japan became a peninsula, the Western Alliance used high-tech steel landmasses to fill in the sunken land, preventing the Japanese from being displaced. Because of this, the Western Alliance has been in control of Japan ever since.

Due to cultural reasons, the Western Alliance lagged behind the Eastern Xia in martial arts in its early days. Although it later caught up with the new martial arts, the upper echelons of the Western Alliance still preferred to practice the True Martial Arts.

While new weapons can become stronger by spending money, the risks are extremely high, and in terms of extending lifespan, they are definitely inferior to true weapons.

Therefore, Alford College came into being.

Yingguo also belongs to the Dongxia cultural sphere. Although its adaptation to Zhenwu was not as good as that of Dongxia, it was definitely much better than that of the West.

The Western Union students at Alford College aim to learn about the culture of Japan, understand Zhenwu, and then find a way to combine Zhenwu with Xinwu.

From this perspective, the Western Alliance and the Eastern Xia Federation share similar ideas; while developing their respective strengths, they have not forgotten another point.

From Bai Ze's perspective, these guests were less about carrying out a mission to investigate smuggling and more about wanting to see how Mu Yaoguang was doing next.

It seems that I have quite a reputation, which has even spread overseas. I'm nothing like the protagonists in online novels.

I remember in the online novels of my past life, no matter how famous the protagonist was, he was just a nobody outside a certain area. But here, my foreign friends specifically asked to see him.

Or is it that I didn't get a lead role?

Bai Ze thought about it somewhat nonsensically, and asked, "What's the situation with that mission? Since we've come to Canghai, it must be related to Canghai City, right?"

As they talked, Bai Ze and Lu Zhiping got into the car.

Lu Zhiping sat in the driver's seat, a strange look on his face reflected in the rearview mirror. "Indeed...it's related to us. I understand that someone has established a channel in Canghai City to smuggle...rice into Yingguo."

"What is that?" Bai Ze couldn't hold back any longer.

He had considered vehicles, elixirs, and even some contraband, but he never expected it to be smuggled rice.

The world is truly vast and full of wonders.

"You heard me right, it's smuggled rice."

Although Lu Zhiping already knew about it, his expression remained tense. He said, "Rice and vegetables are very expensive in Japan, and with the recent disaster and shortage of supplies, they have to import rice from other countries. However, Japan's tariffs on imported rice are unusually high, so some people have thought of smuggling rice." "I've heard... I really have heard, that smuggling rice is quite profitable, now even more so than smuggling contraband. Many martial artists in the coastal areas have gotten involved."

The saying "the poor study literature, the rich study martial arts" is not just a saying. Although in this day and age, even children in orphanages can practice martial arts, if you want to go far and high in the martial arts world, you still need money and resources.

Throughout history, nine out of ten martial artists who have gone astray have done so for money.

Bai Ze could imagine how excited some cash-strapped martial artists would be after hearing about this.

Rice is easy to obtain, the profit is not low, and the punishment for being caught is not serious, and you won't even feel guilty.

Bai Ze immediately understood the cause and effect, but he still felt it was quite abstract.

"So..." Bai Ze asked hesitantly, "What is the association's view on this matter?"

"Let them leave quickly. As for smuggling... it's not easy for anyone," Lu Zhiping replied.

Simply put, it's garlic bird garlic bird.

Furthermore, Dongxia, Yingguo, and even Xilian have little to no relationship and even have significant conflicts. The fact that they allowed you to investigate the case is already a favor; the Martial Arts Association would never do something that would harm its own interests to appease outsiders.

"Understood," Bai Ze replied immediately.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Bai Ze wasn't the kind of person who was all-powerful and righteous, he still felt uneasy about having to arrest those martial artists who had committed crimes.

Even from a purely profit-driven perspective, Bai Ze's actions were thankless and ultimately damaged his reputation.

Thus, the two sides reached a consensus.

The car drove from Wuying District into the city center and arrived at the Wushu Association branch.

Lu Zhiping led Bai Ze through the association's main hall, down a long corridor, and into a room.

Judging from the outside layout, this should be a reception room.

Lu Zhiping raised his hand to lightly knock on the door of the reception room, when a voice just happened to pass through the door and reach the ears of the two people outside.

"That so-called number one young genius of Dongxia has quite a reputation, but I wonder how strong he really is?"

His tone was a bit strange, and it was clear that he wasn't from Dongxia, but he spoke Dongxia language quite well, with clear pronunciation, not the kind of colonel-level language proficiency that Bai Ze had imagined.

"You'll know how strong you are once you try," another gentle voice rang out.

"I'm afraid he won't dare," the voice said earlier.

Lu Zhiping stopped knocking and looked at Bai Ze.

As soon as they arrived outside the door, they heard provocative words. This was either a coincidence or the other party knew in advance that someone was coming back, and that it was Bai Ze, and deliberately said these words.

How to respond depends on Bai Ze's decision.

Seeing this, Bai Ze smiled slightly and went straight to open the door.

(End of this chapter)