Chapter 723: Priest’s Choice Question [666+5]
The priest’s eyelids twitched. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“Everyone in this town knows that I have been single for many years. I am a devout believer…”

Before he could finish his words, he felt someone grabbing his hair from behind, and he instinctively wanted to turn his head to look back.

Suddenly, he felt a huge force coming from behind his head, and he was unable to resist. He bent forward and hit his head on the table.

With a bang, the small coffee table between the sofas jumped and the priest groaned in pain.

Hiram put the gun back into its holster and fished a folding knife from his waist. He pulled out the blade and grasped the priest’s little finger, pressing it against the edge of the table.

The priest seemed to realize what the madman was going to do. There was a hint of ferocity in his eyes. “Are you fucking crazy?”

Hiram didn’t care whether he struggled or not, he just cut him with a knife.

It wasn’t cut off, but it was cut.

The torn flesh split to the sides, and one could even see a white mark on the periosteum slowly splitting. He had cut the bone, not the joint.

Blood slowly flowed out from the flesh on both sides. Although the speed was slow, it was still scary to look at.

“Fake!”

“If you’re fucking mentally ill, go see a doctor!”

“I told you, I’m the only one in the house!”

Until this moment, he thought that these people were looking for the girl, and he had already made up his mind that the girl was too dangerous, and after he got rid of these people, he would get rid of the girl as soon as possible!
“I am a priest, a priest in the church. Everyone can testify for me that I would never do the things you imagine!”

“I need a doctor, I need help, help!”

Hiram grabbed the dagger with his backhand and thrust it into the low table. “If you scream again, I’ll cut off your tongue.”

He paused as he spoke, then moved closer to the priest and sniffed him several times with his nose like a pervert!

“You smell like what you just did. You’re lying, Father.”

“How does God deal with people who tell lies?”

“You are a priest, you should know better than me, tell us.”

The priest stopped talking because God does not like liars and there are several ways to punish them, including “purification.”

Now he was in a dilemma, he thought these people were looking for the girl.

He could imagine what would happen to him if they discovered the girl’s plight.

He regrets now that he didn’t have a few bodyguards here.

But nothing like this has happened in all these years, and it’s too late to think about it now.

Faced with the current dire situation, he seemed unable to do anything better except remain silent.

Alan led his men to search room by room. Since Hiram confirmed that there was another person in the room, there was a high probability that this person had already hidden himself.

They searched the same place again, and a young man noticed that the entire area under the stairs was empty when he was going downstairs, so there should be a space inside.

The priest closed his eyes as he watched the people starting to circle around the stairs.

He recited the Bible silently in his heart, as if only the Bible could help him now.

It didn’t take long for them to find their way under the stairs and see a pull ring on the ground.

“There’s a cellar or basement or something.”

Hiram gave Alan a look, and the latter drew his weapon and led his men down to the basement.

The basement looked like an ordinary basement, with some miscellaneous items piled up in it, and it looked like there was no place for anyone to hide.

But this place was very clean and tidy, which made Alan feel a little strange.

After searching carefully, he found another strange wall.

He took out a dagger and smashed it against the wall.

“There’s a secret door in here!”

Listening to the sound coming from below, the priest sighed!

A few minutes later, they brought up a girl in clothes, and it was obvious that the girl’s mental state was not right.

Hiram originally thought that the priest had a little lover, a little nun or something like that, but the situation now seems… a little different.

He pointed at the priest, walked to the phone, picked up the receiver, and soon Lance’s voice came from the inside, “Did you find the person?”

“I found it, but…” He glanced at the girl sideways, “There’s a little surprise!”

Two minutes later, Hiram shook his finger and said, “Take them all away.”

At this time, the priest also realized that they were not looking for the girl, but for him.

It’s not that he didn’t think about resisting, but the pain and injury made him dare not to resist, and he remained silent the whole way.

Several cars came to Tudou Town in the night and left in the night.

Someone called the sheriff and told him about this, but the sheriff didn’t receive any calls for help, so he didn’t bother to intervene. The monthly salary was so little, and those who ran on the interstate highway in the middle of the night were all ruthless people. He didn’t need to risk his life for a salary of forty or fifty dollars.

The next afternoon, several vehicles pulled into the Lawrence farm.

After Lance returned to Golden Port City, he came to Lawrence Farm. Now that he had obtained the franchise, he could do it with full freedom.

“My idea is to continue to build bigger wineries and grow more crops for winemaking.”

“With the franchise, we can stop being secretive and build more factories and warehouses, hire more people, and increase the amount of wine shipped out of the warehouse several times!”

“Beer, cider, whiskey, brandy, red wine, we need all of them.”

“Is this area suitable for growing grapes?”

“We can make this thing big. Prohibition will take quite a while to end, and we can make enough money in the meantime.”

The three old men sat opposite Lance and gave him extraordinary treatment.

Normally, if there was any problem, any old man would come, but this time all three of them came.

This is a big matter that affects the subsequent development of the farm.

The huge profits from alcohol have allowed them to begin to enjoy the wholehearted pleasure that it brings, and they can use money to do anything they want.

This kind of wonderful life is what they yearn for all their lives, and they want to maintain it.

Hubert nodded. “Likalai State is one of the main grape producing areas in the Federation. We didn’t grow grapes before because they were too cheap.”

Yes, it was too cheap. Who would have thought that grapes, which cost only a few dozen dollars per ton before Prohibition, would increase in price more than a hundred times in three years?
According to the latest agricultural trade quotation, the price of grapes has risen to more than 7,500 yuan per ton.

Those speculators who held long-term contracts had already realized their life’s wealth. Grapes alone allowed them to complete the creation of the American dream.

Of course, it is not too late to grow grapes now. The profits generated by Prohibition are too great. Even if Congress says it wants to end it now, there will be a large group of people who will do everything they can to prevent them from repealing Prohibition.

Interests are the eternal things in this world!
Growing grapes was also Lans’ idea. Currently, the farm and Lans’ winery in the valley do not produce brandy and red wine due to the lack of raw materials.

To produce red wine on a large scale is not something that can be done by simply importing three or five tons; it requires continuous large-scale purchases of grapes.

In that case, such bulk trade would definitely be targeted by some people, so he simply gave up the production of brandy and red wine.

Jingang City also has a demand for brandy and red wine, and picking them up now will enrich his product line and make more money.

“We can first purchase grapes from Yalan for brewing, while completing our own vineyard planting and cultivation plan.”

Schubert nodded. “That’s no problem. We have a good relationship with the state’s Department of Agriculture. We can acquire a large area of ​​suitable land in the surrounding area for growing grapes.”

Buying large tracts of land means hiring more cowboys, and the state government will not refuse, which is a good thing.

Lance didn’t have any objections. “If there are no other questions, let’s just make this decision.”

As they were chatting about future developments, there was a knock on the door, “Lance, your friend is here.”

The three old men had nothing more to say to Lance, so Hubert picked up the cowboy hat and put it on his head. “Okay, go meet your friends, and leave the rest to us!”

“By the time summer comes, I guarantee we’ll double our production!”

Lance said goodbye to them and came to a slightly remote place on the farm. The moment the priest saw him, he couldn’t help but say “God”.

He knew Lance through newspapers and photos.

Especially the recent photo of him being handcuffed and forced into a police car with his head pinned down, which made people in Likale State more clearly aware of what he looked like.

His handsomeness also makes him remembered by many people.

Lance asked someone to send the girl to rest first, then he looked at the priest, “I need the transportation information of the Holy Light Party’s wine. Where does your wine come from, where is it usually stored, and by whom, how is it transported to various regions?”

“I want to know this news.”

The priest remained silent. Lance smiled and said, “I have seen many hard-headed people, but they all become soft in the end.”

“Do you see that pigsty over there?”

Although the priest didn’t want to see it, he couldn’t help but take a look.

The weather is not warm enough now, and the pigs on the farm are huddled together, some of them are still shivering.

“These pigs are the best experts in destroying corpses. They will chew your bones bit by bit and eat your meat.”

“What’s even more terrifying is that this process can last for thirty minutes or even longer.”

“You can watch yourself being eaten bit by bit, and then die in infinite fear!”

“It’s telling the truth and giving yourself redemption.”

“Or enter the pig’s belly with a secret, the choice is entirely yours…”

Lance glanced at the watch on his wrist. “My time is valuable. I’m not going to play any ‘next time you’ll definitely make a move’ trick on you.”

“If you tell me no, I’ll let them feed you to the pigs, it’s that simple.”

“To speak or not to speak, make a choice!”

(End of this chapter)