One person shouted loudly in the crowd: "We are all working here, and our belongings are all left inside. Why don't you let us take them out?"
When Lorraine saw those people, he did not come forward and salute, but hid far away in the darkness. He was afraid that he would see his face. This showed how guilty they all were. He frowned and then sneered,
He said: "Really? I haven't heard of the one who works as a servant. You have to use a shovel and a crowbar to get things left at home?"
He turned his head, looked at the guards beside him, and said, "Have you heard of it?"
The soldiers of the Guards immediately laughed and said loudly: "No, sir."
Someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "No, we came back from work and stopped by to pick it up."
"That's right, that's right."
"That's right."
"That's it."
Others nearby also echoed loudly.
Lorraine burst out laughing.
He pointed at the other party and laughed for a long time, then he calmed down and said: "Okay, okay, you guys are right, why are you pushing so many carts? I've never heard of pulling the carts yourself for any kind of work."
Up."
These people looked at each other, and someone behind them who responded quickly shouted loudly: "The baron owes us wages and several hundred kilograms of grain. Of course he has to push the cart."
At this time, all the people in the Imperial Guard burst into laughter, and Bodoch couldn't help laughing, and said in admiration: "These guys are so damn smart~!"
These ruffians used to roam the countryside. Looking at the soldiers in front of them who were laughing at themselves, they were a little scared, and felt that their little self-esteem was damaged. They were a little ashamed and angry, but the temptation of those goods was real.
Realistically, these coyote-like scavengers will not give up until the end.
Someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "Are you letting us in or not? We are not allowed to take our own things. Aren't you bullying the people?"
Lorraine suddenly shouted: "Do you know what crime the Baron committed? Do you know who we are? Do you know that you have broken the law?"
At this time, the gangsters on the opposite side were stunned. They only knew that the baron had been arrested, and only a few people were guarding the place.
And knowing these two items is enough for them.
Lorraine shouted angrily: "There are definitely the Baron's henchmen here, brothers, let me capture them all~!"
After hearing an order, from behind and to the left and right of the hundreds of villagers, three hundred Imperial Guard soldiers who had quietly taken the enemy's retreat rushed out from the darkness.
They waved the swords in their hands and shouted: "I'll capture you, or I'll kill you~! The earl has an order, if you resist, you will be killed without mercy~!"
Looking at these hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, these people panicked and ran around screaming. They cleverly saw that they were tightly surrounded. At that time, they hugged their heads and squatted on the ground obediently.
The soldiers of the Imperial Guard did not equip themselves with weapons. They just used fists and sticks to quickly subdue the group of people. They pinned them to the ground and tied them up like pigs.
The timid ones were already crying, while others shouted: "It's unfair, we are really here to get our own things."
"I was forced, I didn't do anything."
"I'm a good person."
"..."
Lorraine shook his head. Lorraine actually didn't take the behavior of these people seriously. If these people didn't do this, they would be careless. They were just getting into their own hands. It would be bad luck for them.
Especially Lorraine knew that the thugs under Baron Peter Anker had done a lot of bad things, especially after Baron Peter Anker became the Sheriff of Freetown, they had been bullying men, dominating women, raping and robbing.
If you do, they have a lot of lives on their hands.
This is understandable, after all, this is a world ruled by nobles, and things like law are only used by noble gentlemen to manage the dead people below.
A hereditary noble has really broken the law, so what, it is just a penalty of three drinks. The imperial law clearly stipulates that unless there is treason and rebellion, the noble will not be punished by death. Even if he is imprisoned, he will also be in a luxurious presidential suite. Every day
Steak set meal.
Lorraine knew that she could not handle such a long and complicated case. Catherine could do it, but neither she nor Lorraine had the time. The trial of this case involved finding the victim, collecting evidence, and arresting and interrogating co-defendants.
It will take at least half a year until the sentencing is carried out.
A hereditary baron was involved in the process, and the final conviction still needed to be approved by the Heraldry Court of Ruman City. Repeatedly, this case would not be concluded within a year.
What's more, Lorraine himself has no right to do this. This is not his Naian province. Lorraine and Catherine can only leave this to the local officials.
Lorraine knew that he could not handle such a long and complicated case, and he had no right to do so. He simply left it to the local magistrate, but he did not expect that these people would be caught at gunpoint themselves, so how could they be spared?
reason.
There are two fragrant beauties at home who are whitewashed and waiting for him. If they are not satisfied with their desires, he will be offended. Therefore, Lorraine is not willing to waste time in this ghost place with these gangsters.
Lorraine said to Bodoch: "Leave it to you. Screen them carefully. Those common people who are eager to take advantage of you should be taught a lesson and put back. Others related to this damn baron should be detained first to collect charges.
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Bodoch and the other guards have recently become addicted to things that are not part of their job, such as investigating cases. This is much more interesting than them being on duty in Ruman City every day. They nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir."
Well, we can always keep your instructions in mind, never wrong a good person, never let a bad person go, especially never let a bad person go."
Lorraine laughed, patted Bodoch on the shoulder and said, "I'm very optimistic about you."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Freetown officials, who were waiting in the Freetown City Hall to urgently discuss countermeasures, received detailed information about Lorraine's actions at night in the middle of the night.
The officials, who were originally anxious like ants on a hot pot, their eyes lit up after hearing this incident.
One person even shouted excitedly: "Remember, our young governor is known as the friend of Pluto."
These guys immediately became happy and said loudly: "There is a way, there is a way."
What is the most powerful wind in the world? It is not a hurricane, a typhoon, or a tornado. It is also a pillow wind. How many heroes have fallen in front of this kind of wind. Even our saint Comrade Kong Laoer, in order to build relationships,
If you want to run for an official position, don't you want to have fun meeting 'Nanzi', be ambiguous, and take the wife route?
But when he came back, he said again, "Only villains and women are difficult to raise."
It can be seen that it is not easy to get the pillow trend. If you want your boss Xiaomi to say good things for you, the cost is not cheap.
Officials in Freetown once again did not want to cool down, and began to work overtime for free and voluntarily, holding all-night meetings.
The city lord of Freetown knew that after such a big incident, his political life was over. He would definitely be removed from office now.
It is said that the officials from the task force sent by the Governor to handle this case are already on their way.
The old man is now obsessed with breaking the pot and no longer cares about the affairs in Freetown. Now he is just busy squandering his own property.
He has been the lord of Freetown for seven years, and everyone from his brother-in-law to the housekeeper's dog is extremely wealthy.
Therefore, it is necessary to convert various black properties into gray properties as much as possible before tracing his responsibilities, and wash the gray properties into legal properties.
Otherwise, according to the strict laws of the empire, just a crime of unknown origin of a huge amount of property would be enough to make him seize the title, go bankrupt, and exile him for three thousand miles.
The Lord of Freetown doesn't have much time here. The huge fortune he has earned in the past few years needs to be moved back to his hometown. The cake in the Freetown area has been divided between the Lord and these officials. The newly appointed
In order to reshuffle the cards and let his brother-in-law take the position and raise money for him, the city lord would first attack them, once the emperor and the courtiers.
Instead of being voluntarily sold at a low price, or having it confiscated under the pretext of pornography, gambling and drugs, it would be better to deal with it while he is still the city lord in the past few days.
So now the city lord of Freetown is so busy that he has neither time nor willingness to take care of the actions of the following officials. Even the eldest princess and her party are too lazy to take care of them. Anyway, I am going back to my hometown. Love so and so.
Bar.
The following officials no longer cared about him as their boss. They all gave up the grudges formed by years of overt and covert fighting. When they sat here to brainstorm broad strategies, no one thought of going to the city lord.
What's more, what they are discussing now will cost a lot of money to solve. It is unreasonable to think that Lorraine, the governor who has taken office, can speak well to these local officials who have nothing to do with Lorraine in front of Catherine.
Knowing that the price would be high, how could Lorraine not take advantage of this opportunity to rip off a large amount of money?
But for one's own official position, no matter how much money has to be spent, otherwise the special commissioner will come down and kill them all.
It is said that the governor-general himself has sold enough official positions until 2012 according to the order of rotation, not to mention that there are other superiors, their brothers-in-law, mistresses, etc. who also need to be taken care of.
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Those candidates stared at the real shortage like a starving dog looking at a chicken bone, wishing their eyes would bleed.
Now that something like this has happened, the Governor will be very happy to make more room for his people.
The city lord is like this now, and he will definitely not be able to pay a cent, so these people will leave the city lord aside.
It can be foreseen that if we want to settle this matter, it will be a very large sum of money, so large that these officials must work together to collect the money. It is so large that everyone will have to cry out in pain like pulling teeth.
More than years...
And having money only solves the first problem.
You know, from ancient times to the present, for five thousand years, no matter where you are, giving gifts is a major subject.
Can it be given away? How can it be given out? Can it be given in such a way that the recipient feels comfortable? These are all very profound knowledge.
For example, in the Qing Dynasty, when I give gifts to everyone in the central hall, they must be paintings and calligraphy painted by themselves. No matter how much it costs, just buy them and then send them to them. That is called elegance.
Beckham, that Beckham from Italy, then you have to send a room full of naked beauties.
But fortunately, all of these people have already become officials, and they belong to the common people's second-level or even third-level occupations. This skill is a required skill for them, and it is not difficult at all to play.
Judging from Lorraine's performance, this Lord is not a seamless egg. He is not a master who can't get in the oil and salt. There is no need to worry about not being able to send this gift, but you need to know that Lord Lorraine has entered.
When I went to Almohad, I saw that the sky was three feet high and the earth was seven points thin. Now my horizons have broadened, and I am not a person who can be fooled by three walnuts and two dates.
These officials had purchased detailed information from the Imperial Guards, and knew very well how Lorraine and the others were performing in Baron Peter Ank's manor. In the face of tens of thousands of gold coins, this man just curled his lips.
, regarded it as a small amount of money, neither salty nor bland, but you can imagine how big the amount would be before Lorraine would put it in his eyes~!
What they discussed was mainly how much money they were worth paying to keep their official positions. Fortunately, the value of these positions can be measured in money, and has always been measured in money.
From this point of view, the price list for official positions created by Leo is not bad at all. If the price is higher than that, even if you keep your official position, you will still lose money.
After everyone reached a consensus, they acted quickly. It took a lot of effort to put together this large amount of money, not to mention they couldn't just throw several large boxes of gold in front of Lorraine. That was not a gift, that was insulting.
, when Lord Lorraine is angry, he will definitely ransack his house first and then accept the gifts.
It is not easy to collect all gifts of equal value in Freetown City.
Not only Lorraine, but everyone around Lorraine cannot be ignored. Starting from Leo and Vera, Adele, Melina, and Carter, they also know their interests and hobbies very well, and then give targeted gifts to let them know.
Only when everyone is satisfied can they feel relieved.
Everyone discussed it all night long and finally reached an agreement.
Lorraine and all of them had a long sleep together. Lord Lorraine studied philosophical issues most of the night because he studied and implemented the spirit of Guan Erye's night reading of Spring and Autumn Period, and he and Catherine stayed in bed all the time.
I didn't get up until about ten o'clock.
In the restaurant, Vera was still brooding over last night's harvest, and even ate less.
Leo comforted Vera on the side: "Compared to the bandits who spent so much effort to steal, there are already many. It's just like picking it up for nothing."
Melina opened her eyes a lot in the past two days, and she was looking forward to Leo's next activities. It was rare that she became nice to Leo.
Adele was humming a song, with a relaxed and happy look on her face, holding a teacup and flipping through a book on the table. Lorraine glanced at it, and sure enough, it was another favorite of fujoshi.
Adele saw Lorraine and hurriedly hid the book, as if she was afraid that he would be affected by the book and change his aesthetic orientation.
Lorraine couldn't help rolling her eyes, then turned and sat down at the table.
As soon as he sat down, Carter walked in with a strange look on his face and said: "Miss Qi, there are officials from Freetown outside asking to see you."
Catherine waved her hands impatiently and said, "No, tell them that I don't want to trouble the place and cancel all activities."
Carter smiled bitterly and said: "I told him so, but he said that they came to invite Mr. Lorraine to attend the Maple Leaf Danlin Alumni Reunion."
Lorraine, Catherine, and Adele were all stunned for a moment.
Catherine snorted coldly and said: "These ghosts are really good at making excuses. Just give gifts. It's not a class reunion."
Leo's little ears immediately stood up, and he raised his eyebrows extremely sensitively, saying, "Is the gift-giver here?"
Adele chuckled, kicked Lorraine under the table, and said, "Hey, Nicole and I are also from Maple Leaf Danlin, why don't they invite us?"
Vera swallowed hard what was in her mouth and said vaguely: "Han'er, well, it's also Fengye...Danlin's."
Leo raised his hands and said: "I, I, I am also from Maple Leaf Danlin, and so is Milena. We are all going."
Lorraine smiled and said: "Okay, okay, we are all Maple Leaf Danlin, let's go together. I want to see how generous these people are."
Adele stretched herself, smiled sweetly at Lorraine, and said, "I don't want to talk to them. I just need to catch up on some sleep today."
Catherine also said: "It's up to you, but you are not allowed to fool around with me."
Leo immediately raised his small fist and said with determination: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely look down on the boss."
Lorraine stood up and said with a smile: "Let's enjoy being flattered."
Lorraine and his group showed their ferocious fangs and happily headed straight to the reception room outside.
The guards opened the door, and Leo jumped in first.
Several officials waiting here hurried over to salute Leo. Leo waved his hand and then asked cautiously: "I am also from Maple Leaf Danlin. You are holding a class reunion, can I go?"
These few looked at each other, and the person in front said quickly: "It is the honor of all of us in Maple Leaf Danlin to be classmates with His Highness. Today, Your Highness must be honored. If you can't do it, then it will be ours."
This is the biggest loss in the lives of all Maple Leaf Danlin graduates in Duncheng."
Lorraine almost vomited after hearing this, but Leo enjoyed it very much. He squinted his eyes and was so happy that he couldn't find the reason and said: "Well, since you all said so, I reluctantly agreed to you."
The leader immediately showed an expression of surprise and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness, it is a lifetime honor for us Freetowners to have you here."
Lorraine watched on the side, and suddenly she sighed in her heart about her good fortune. If it weren't for Vera, a silly girl, if it weren't for Lester, if it weren't for Maple Leaf Danlin, if it weren't for Nicole and Dai'er, Lorraine would have probably
If you are successful in this life, you will be just like the official in Freetown before, casually working as a petty official, raising two mistresses, pocketing some small money, being a slave, and struggling for wealth and power.
Lorraine looked at the Freetown official in his forties, with a ruddy complexion and a standard official appearance, and asked, "I wonder what your surname is?"
The official quickly bowed to Lorraine and said, "I don't dare. I'm Blied, the public works officer of Freetown."
Lorraine nodded and said, "Oh, Lord Bullide, please lead the way."
Bullide said: "Your Highness please, Your Excellency please."
Leo laughed, then he puffed out his belly and walked majestically to the door.
He walked to the door and suddenly remembered something. Then he slapped his head and said to the officials with a straight face: "By the way, I forgot to remind you of a very serious matter."