This time, the special campaign to "combine the illegal slave trade" launched by the Governor-General of Nai'an Province, such as plowing the courtyard and sweeping holes, thunder and lightning, was unusually crisp and swift.
After receiving accurate information, the Governor of Lorraine immediately dispatched the Praetorian Guards with his orders.
While Lorraine took Leo and Vera to search the house, they only used a day or two to set off a storm in half of Naian Province.
For a time, Tiqi was everywhere, and the world was in commotion.
What's more, these scumbags now have the personal orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the teacher of Young Duke Leo, and the governor of Nai'an, Lorraine.
These guys were all trembling. They were imperial envoys in front of local officials. In addition, Lorraine gave them the right to act in camera and kill first and report later.
Lorraine made it very clear in the warrant he signed that local officials must cooperate fully, and those who disobeyed the orders of the Guards would be punished as disobeying the governor's military orders.
The Imperial Guards themselves are arrogant. They are used to seeing big shots in Ruman City, and they are used to pretending to be powerful in their capacity as royal guards.
In Ruman City, despite the fact that there are officials everywhere, the street vendors might all have a title, but no one really dares to mess with the imperial guards.
When they arrived in Nai'an Province, the Imperial Guards felt that they represented the eldest princess and the future emperor. They looked down upon the old people like Nai'an who had never seen the market. When they spoke, they looked at people with two black nostrils.
, just like walking sideways like a crab.
The Imperial Guards who had the right to kill first and report later were as bad as the Dongchang Imperial Guards. When they went to arrest people, they simply ignored the expressions of local officials.
He broke into the city lord's conference room directly, slapped Lorraine's order in front of the city lord in front of a room full of local officials, and then raised his hand and said, "Because slave trading is against the laws of the empire, please come with us."
, go to the specified place and explain your problem clearly within the specified time~!"
Then while he was announcing loudly, the younger brothers behind him rushed over like wolves and tigers, wiped the shoulders of a certain senior official present, folded his back, like tying up a fat pig, and used the most classic four moves
They tied them up tightly, said hello, turned around and left, leaving only a room full of stupid local officials.
Some even went straight to the city lord's mansion in the middle of the night in order to complete the mission first and make great achievements.
These bastards took advantage of the fact that the city lord was having a very serious exchange of ideas with the female secretary on the bed, and before they fell asleep, they rushed straight to the bed and were amidst the screams of the female secretary.
With Lorraine's order in hand, he said hello, and then led the people to start martial law throughout the city and conduct detective searches...
Of course, although the Imperial Guards are considered powerful, those slave traders have been in business for a long time. Even the century-old shops have gold-lettered signboards. In addition, local interests are intertwined and the relationships are intricate... Their power is also not high.
Weak, the guy in his hand is not a vegetarian either.
Moreover, after doing this business that has no buttholes and no descendants for a long time, it has long stopped paying attention to things like royal laws.
Therefore, Lorraine's action was not smooth sailing. Local garrison mutinies could occur even in places less than a hundred miles away from Nidel City. In places hundreds of miles away from Nidel, the situation would only become more serious.
Especially those low-level officials who want to be arrested and those local people who collude with slave traders. They all know that they are doing a brain-destroying business, and they are usually very vigilant.
Fortunately, the Guards carried out a surprise attack, and Lorraine planned the entire operation very compactly. The news of the slave traders' arrest has not yet spread. These people have not received the news yet, and they all stayed at home. However,
Resisting arrest was inevitable, and some people could even incite local people to attack the Praetorian Guards who came to arrest them.
When it comes to fights, the Praetorian Guards are not afraid of anyone, not to mention the local officials who are even more nervous than the Praetorian Guards. Before the Praetorian Guards take any action, the local officials rush to suppress those who make trouble.
He was afraid that Lord Lorraine would be furious and accuse himself of "violence", and then have his head chopped off and his house ransacked.
Everyone knows what this prince did in Abdelwaad, the capital of Almohad. Not to mention other skills of the gangster, his ability to confiscate homes and behead heads is leading the international level.
Many local officials did not understand the reason until the guards left with their people. They could only understand that the governor was unpredictable and was learning from the author of "Mein Kampf" and the great head of the empire, Hitler.
Classmates, play Night of Long Knives and engage in a general purge. Carry out a bloody purge against the disobedient officials in Nai'an.
For a while, everyone felt insecure and frightened. Even if they were running horses late at night, those people would get up to see if someone was coming to arrest them.
Some people even complained that the best way to avoid being purged by Lord Lorraine is to commit a crime yourself and be imprisoned.
What everyone was most worried about was that one night, the royal guards in gold and black knocked on their door rudely, and then the tall guard officer announced expressionlessly: "You are guilty of illegal slave trading.
Please come with us~!”
And the happiest thing is that I calmly told the guard officer: "I'm sorry, you found the wrong one. We live next door."
Catherine and Adele temporarily replaced Lorraine and sat in the Governor's Palace. They ignored the panic of the people below and did not come forward to explain.
Kill a few chickens and show them to the monkeys in Nai'an, so that these guys don't dare to explode and work for themselves honestly in the future. This is what Lorraine and Catherine want to see.
The regular government affairs meeting in the Governor's Mansion was still held as usual, but the people below looked at the two proprietresses who looked as usual, and felt more and more fearful in their hearts.
After General Larry was recruited into the Governor's Mansion by Catherine, he looked at the arrest list and the names and official positions on it, especially the garrison officers at the checkpoints and rivers, as well as the officers of the local fleet in Nai'an. This old man
The veins on the general's head were throbbing and he almost fainted.
General Larry said to himself: It's over, it's over, no matter what, these people are his nominal subordinates.
Thinking of this, he felt that the document in his hand was so heavy that he could hardly hold it steady and was about to drop it. But in the end, he still slowly put the document back.
General Larry sighed deeply in his heart. Although he had been fighting for half his life, it seemed that his military career was about to end here.
He took a step back, then held up his long sword with both hands, bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have failed to discipline you well. I know that I am responsible for my responsibilities. I hereby apologize to Your Highness and resign. I hope that Your Highness will grant you permission."
Catherine smiled calmly, then hurriedly stepped forward and comforted: "General Larry, you misunderstood. I gave you this list just because you are the military commander, and this matter must be told to you. You
Years of fighting, hard work and great achievements. The empire has always remembered this.
As she spoke, she pressed down General Larry's hands holding the sword, and then continued: "And based on your character, I also believe that you will not get involved in this dirty trade.
"
General Larry secretly took a look at Catherine's face, and seeing her calm face, he secretly let out a sigh of relief and felt relieved: It seemed that he was really not being held accountable.
However, as per the rules, he pretended to be humble twice more.
Catherine has always been kind to comfort her, but General Larry has been unwilling to take it back until she got angry: If you don't take it back, I really want to take it back~!
General Larry bowed again and then put the sword back on his waist.
Catherine handed over the list again and said: "General Larry, please keep this list. When we arrest people, we also ask you to help us."
General Larry looked at the long list and couldn't help but hesitate.
Catherine saw through his thoughts at a glance and said: "Don't worry, General. I know that many people here were coerced, and their crimes are not serious. After returning, just have a good talk with them.
Asking them to hand over dirty money will leave a bad record at most."
General Larry looked relaxed again. If this is true, then things will be much easier to handle.
At this time, Catherine's voice changed and she said coldly: "But the slave trader is cold-blooded and cruel, but the ringleader must not be let go. Do you understand?"
General Larry heard the harshness in her words, and immediately knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess hated those slave traders to the extreme. If this matter could not be handled well and Long Yan was angered, he would really have no choice but to go home and eat potatoes.
Already.
He hurriedly patted his chest and said loudly: "Your Highness, don't worry. Although my subordinates are not talented, if they can't handle this matter well, they will have no choice but to resign and apologize."
Catherine didn't say much nonsense and immediately praised: "Okay, then I will wait here for your good news, General."
General Larry gave a serious salute, then turned and walked out.
When he came outside, looking at the bright sunshine, he touched the documents in his arms and couldn't help but smile. In the past, he worked with Marquis Maleton, and his work could not continue. He was exhausted by those people. Many of them were tortured.
The biggest reason is that the slave traders interfered with it for their own selfish interests.
Now with the Shangfang Sword given by Catherine, and the help of the Imperial Guards, we can do whatever we want, and the cancer in the general will be eliminated at once~!
Thinking of this, he flicked his cloak and strode out the door. Behind him, a group of tall royal guards followed closely with expressionless faces...
Lorraine and the others' transport ship sailed down the river, with smooth winds and smooth water. The journey of more than a hundred miles would not take long. In the afternoon, Lorraine and the others docked at the dock.
The Guards escorted the family of Baron Rathmore, the mastermind of the slave trade, and the officers at the Tessier City checkpoint into the manor - because the matter was so important, Lorraine did not dare to put these people in prison.
If someone kills someone and silences him, his work will be in vain.
Lorraine also got on the carriage, followed them, and held the battle himself.
But Leo and Vera were sitting in the carriage, having friendly discussions on increasing investment in the Flying Eagle Company.
Although these two people usually don't know how long it will take to wait for one plus one, they never make any mistakes when it comes to money.
Lorraine was surprised to find that they were skillfully using complex accounting formulas to carefully calculate their company's market value stroke by stroke...
When the carriage drove into the manor, Lorraine did not find Gretan and the tax collectors.
Leo, however, just focused on the group of Guardsmen carrying the box behind him, and kept shouting: "Be careful, be careful."
What was there was filled with the harvest of Leo's house raid this time. From the long row of Guards soldiers, and the way the soldiers were gnashing their teeth and struggling, we knew that the harvest this time was huge, otherwise Leo wouldn't be with Vera.
Talking about increasing capital, last time Vera threw out 1.5 million.
Leo shouted loudly: "Hurry up and hide these things for me. Don't tell anyone when you get back. If my sister knows about it, all our year-end bonuses will be lost."
At this time, Leo suddenly felt his ears tighten, and a soft voice came from behind, making Leo feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. His little face that was glowing with excitement just now turned completely white.
"Oh? Is there anything you can't let me know?"
Catherine grabbed Leo's ears and twisted Leo's head half a circle. Facing her, Leo immediately smiled flatteringly and said: "Sister, why are you here? You heard wrong. I just said, let's
They'll let you know soon. If you don't believe me, ask the boss."
Catherine hit Leo on the head and said, "If I don't come? If I don't come, will you evade taxes? Go and take the things back to the city."
Leo said "Oh" dejectedly, waved weakly to the Guards soldiers carrying the boxes, looked at the boxes reluctantly, sighed, and muttered in a low voice: "Personal income tax, progressive tax rate.
!”
Catherine rubbed Leo's head and smiled: "Well done, you will get all these year-end bonuses."
Lorraine smiled, ignored the resentful Leo, and asked: "Nicole, why are you here?"
Catherine said: "The captured people are all locked up here. I have to come and see if I have found out anything new. And you have been out for two days, so I think it's time to come back. I heard that the local garrison mutinied. What happened?
What’s going on? Are all local officials stupid? I can’t see any tendency for instability among my subordinates.”
"The garrison at the checkpoint has been bribed. That's it. Those officers are full of gangsterism. They want to show their loyalty and snatch the chief of the checkpoint out. These garrison troops in the place have been in peace for a long time. I think they are all rotten.
Find a way to straighten things out."
Catherine frowned, sighed, and said: "It's easy to rectify, but we don't have the manpower available. If we can't control the place, they will soon fall into their old ways again."
Lorraine smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have already thought of a way. Now let's solve the immediate problem first."
The biggest problem for an airborne governor like Lorraine is that he has no foundation and lacks available own people.
Lorraine and Catherine walked into the house. Gretan and the other tax collectors stayed in the room. After they saluted Lorraine, Catherine waved her hand and said, "You all can go out."
After Gretan and others walked out of the house, Catherine said to Lorraine: "Let you see someone. The person we sent out to monitor the two officials has news."
Soon, a man wearing a full black Eagle Security Force uniform walked in from outside the door. After saluting Lorraine and the others, he stood in the middle of the room.
This is a veteran of about forty years old, with a dark and rough face, and a two-inch long scar on his cheek. One leg is obviously injured, and he walks with a limp.
Catherine said to Lorraine: "This is my father's soldier. He just retired this year, so I invited him to help me."
Lorraine nodded politely to him.
Catherine nodded to him and said, "Okay, Belen, you can say it now."
"Yes, Miss." Beren said: "The two targets have contacted each other three times in the past two days, and we have no way of knowing the content of their discussions.
Deputy Public Works Officer Coligo paid a total of visits to the political assistant and legal officer in the past two days. I believe he was inquiring about the interrogation of these slave traders.
In addition, he also slipped out of his home in the middle of the night yesterday and went to a small hotel called "Red Horse" in the city. He had a secret conversation with a person for a while. Our people followed him to the hotel, but we had no way of knowing what they said.
Got something.
Afterwards, our people followed the man and found that he went directly to Baron Sheigol's house. We compared it with people from Baron Sheigol's family and could not determine the identity of the man."
"Xie Yigor?" Lorraine frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "What does it have to do with that Lauryn and Xie Yigor? He is the one who was beaten into a pig's head by Leo."
"Baron Sheigol is his uncle, sir." Beren said: "In addition, the people who followed the deputy financial officer reported that he has not seen anyone in the past two days. He returns to the house after work and does not go out. We estimate that he is about
I want to..."
Lorraine smiled and said: "Escape!"
"Yes, sir," Beren said, "We found that his servants have been withdrawing gold coins from the bank and sending them directly to a warehouse on the dock. So far, the total has been about 40,000 gold coins."
Lorraine smiled at Catherine and said, "Would you like to make a bet? As soon as the news that I caught Baron Rathmore comes back today, this guy will definitely run away."
Catherine was stunned for a moment, then said in a confused tone: "No way, I have never heard of any official doing this..."
Lorraine winked at Catherine and said with a smile: "He also said that he has rich political experience and has never even seen his subordinate officials escape, haha!"
Catherine's face turned dark and she frowned and said, "Why don't you catch him quickly?"
Beren said: "Miss, please don't worry, we have notified the guards. He can't escape."
Lorraine held her chin, looked at Beren with interest, and asked, "Can I ask what Captain Beren did when he was under the Archduke's command?"
"Of course, when I was under His Highness, I was responsible for infiltrating Parthia and collecting intelligence." Beren bent down and said.
Lorraine was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: What a talent.