Witch Wind

Chapter 81 Thunderous Means (Part )

When Xing Tianli arrived at the lobby on the first floor, McLaren, with his blond hair and eyes as green as algae, was waving his thin civilized staff in exasperation.

The director of the Ingish Trade Office in Black Borneo is McLaren. His father is the Marquis McLaren, the behind-the-scenes boss of the Ministry of Maritime Resources and Trade of the Kingdom of Ingish. The current minister, three deputy ministers, and more than a dozen full-time directors are all Marquis McLaren's "disciples".

Especially the current minister Dyson, who was born an orphan. He was selected by the Marquis of McLaren when he was in an orphanage. With the funding and support from the Marquis, he was promoted to a powerful position in charge of all overseas colonial resources of the Kingdom of England when he was only in his early thirties.

McLaren is the youngest son of the Marquis, and a well-known playboy in the capital. Five years ago, he made a big mistake. During a "sexually-interested" group party, he accidentally caused the death of two viscounts' daughters. In order to protect him and train him, the family sent him to Black Borneo to be in charge.

In this far-flung but lucrative Black Borneo, McLaren relied on his prominent family background and strong backing to do whatever he wanted. The more than 90 pretty maids were his big deal!
Xing Tianli walked down the stairs slowly.

McLaren, with a red face and a fat body, like a big white boar, rushed to Xing Tianli in a rage, and out of his mouth spewed out an unpleasant smell of fermented mixture of overnight alcohol and tobacco.

"You are the damned commercial counselor? A yellow monkey from the East? Damn you, how dare you..."

Xing Tianli kicked McLaren in the belly.

With a scream, McLaren, who weighed 260-70 kilograms, was kicked back more than 20 meters. The poor dandy who had never suffered in his life curled up on the ground like a dead dog, vomiting a lot of mess and a little blood.

"Break his legs and give him a third-class ticket." Xing Tianli looked at McLaren coldly: "I don't care where you went yesterday, and I don't care why you didn't follow the formal procedures and greet us here yesterday."

"You will bear all the consequences of your choices." Xing Tianli shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, there is no passenger ship from Black Borneo directly to Yingjishi, so you need to go to Pinghai City for a transfer."

McLaren raised his head with difficulty, his deep green eyes filled with fear.

With his intelligence and experience, he couldn't understand why a Dongguo person dared to fight with him and even issue such completely unreasonable orders?

Tom and Jerry were both frightened by Xing Tianli's kick.

Tom hurriedly approached Xing Tianli and whispered, "Mr. Li Li, McLaren's father, the respected Marquis McLaren, has an 'extremely close' female friend who is the Queen's biological sister."

"Lover?" Xing Tianli raised his eyebrows.

Ahaha, the British also believe in nepotism?
Tom shrugged his shoulders and dared not say a word. In the upper circles of the capital of England, everyone knew about the little things between Marquis McLaren and the Queen's sister. It was basically an open secret.

Some people even privately rumored that the current Minister of Maritime Resources and Commerce, Mr. Dyson, was the accidental offspring of a passionate affair between the Marquis and the noble Princess.

Although he was an orphan in name, he was actually the son of a marquis and a princess, which was why Dyson was able to rise so quickly and achieve great success.

And thanks to this relationship, Marquis McLaren has extremely extensive influence in the Kingdom of England, and he has gathered a large number of extremely powerful figures around him.

Although McLaren was his least capable youngest son, he was still his son.

No one could have known what serious consequences Xing Tianli's kick would cause.

As Xing Tianli's adjutant, Tom felt that he needed to explain the interests involved in this matter to Xing Tianli in detail. He leaned close to Xing Tianli's ear and hurriedly told him about the complicated relationship between His Excellency the Marquis, Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the Minister, as well as the terrible power that His Excellency the Marquis had in his native land.

Xing Tianli looked at Tom in surprise: "So, because he has a very powerful father, I have to play this kind of unreasonable childish trick with him?"

"I, as the commercial counselor appointed by His Excellency Augustus, the Queen's plenipotentiary envoy, came to Black Borneo with an important secret mission. Not only do I have to prepare all our affairs, but I also have to feign negligence with this guy who is as fat and stupid as a pig?"

"I am working hard for the cause of the empire, and he is trying to hold me back. We are fighting over such a trivial matter as the Commercial Office, fighting openly and secretly, wasting time, energy and money in vain."

"We fought for a long time until one day, I caught him with evidence of corruption and abuse of power. I sent a telegram to Dongyun Island Union, and Dongyun Island Union forwarded our telegram to Pinghai City. Pinghai City then sent our telegram back to the mainland of the empire through thirteen land telegraph nodes."

"After half a year of official correspondence, we will send this stupid fat guy on a passenger ship back to the empire?"

"We even have to watch him board the passenger ship with all the property he has embezzled over the years, millions of gold coins, beautiful women he has illegally seized, and all kinds of rare treasures that are unique to Black Borneo?"

"Then, while we have to work for the Empire in fear in Black Borneo, we also have to be on guard against this guy returning to the Empire, using money to buy himself a new, powerful position above us, and then coming back to cause trouble for us?"

Xing Tianli shouted loudly and put his face close to Tom, so that their noses were almost touching.

He shook his head gently: "Oh, come on, I'm not that stupid. Why make a problem that can be easily solved so complicated? He Duo, He Xi, break his two legs. Then, because of our Mr. Tom's kind reminder, break his left hand!"

Xing Tianli smiled and said, "I am merciful. I will leave him with an intact right hand, so that he can at least wipe his own butt on the cruise ship!"

Tom, Jerry, and several British intelligence officers turned pale.

He Duo and He Xi walked up to McLaren with sticks in their hands. McLaren's legs and left arm were severely broken by He Duo and He Xi, accompanied by screams and hysterical curses.

The two's techniques were very rough.

If the mountain people in the Yidoli Mountains want to break a person's arms or legs, they will use the method of comminuted fracture, which is to leave the person with permanent disability and there is no possibility of recovery at all!

McLaren screamed at the top of his lungs, howling like a fat pig being sent to a slaughterhouse.

After he howled for a few times, his body twitched and he passed out. A strong stench hit his nose and he lost control of his bowels and bladder due to the pain.

There was a commotion outside the hall.

McLaren only brought two assistants into the hall. Outside, there was a 200-man guard waiting for his order. These 200 people were all from the most elite Royal Guards of England. In order to protect his young son, Marquis McLaren issued an order to directly transfer them from active military service to professional bodyguards.

Hearing McLaren's scream, the guards shouted in unison and were about to break into the building.

He Duo and He Xi carried McLaren out, and a conflict inevitably broke out.

More than a hundred disciples of the Five Mountains Hall collided with two hundred elite former royal guards, and these guards fell to the ground wailing in pain. Their guns were confiscated, and each of them had three to five broken bones in their arms, calves, or ribs.

Xing Tianli walked out of the building slowly and stood on the stone steps at the main entrance. He looked at the guards lying on the ground, groaning in pain. "Okay, we have to buy two hundred more third-class tickets. Talk to the shipping company. They should give us a little discount for so many tickets at once." "Send them away as quickly as possible. Except for the clothes on their bodies, don't take even a copper coin!"

Xing Tianli waved his hand coldly: "Well, no matter what means you use, tell me where they hid all their money before they left. He Duo?"

He Duo grinned and nodded vigorously.

Extortion and torture are their old tricks. Every year during the slack season, the mountain folks in the Yidoli Mountain area would form gangs of bandits and run rampant. They would often look for a few fat sheep and cordially invite them to visit the mountain area.

They have a whole set of effective methods to help those big fat sheep remember where their wealth is hidden.

Xing Tianli sighed with contentment.

This is the advantage of having sufficiently capable subordinates, who can solve most problems without you having to do it yourself.

Of course, if he did it himself, it would be more efficient. With a few spells, McLaren's secrets would be revealed clearly. But why bother?
If he had to solve everything by himself, why did he accept He Duo, He Xi and others, and worked hard and used up his skills to help them open their bloodlines? What was he asking for?
It just so happened that the Dongyun drivers of the more than 30 cars that brought Xing Tianli and his group to Jinshan Town last night had just finished breakfast and were preparing to return to Black Pearl Harbor.

Tom and Jerry exchanged a few words with the Dongyun people and gave them small red envelopes. The Dongyun people smiled happily and took the initiative to help, carrying the injured guards onto the car.

McLaren and his dozen trusted subordinates were also pulled aside by He Duo, He Xi and others. With the tragic howling, they would probably be able to get on the car soon and start their journey home, right?
In front of the main building of the Business Department, seventy or eighty business department employees looked at Xing Tianli with gloomy faces.

The entire Business Office has 150 full-time employees. Last night, only eight of them stayed in the Business Office on "duty". Most of the others, under the instructions of McLaren and several other officials, went to various entertainment venues in Jinshan Town to have fun.

Because of Xing Tianli's tough measures, those guys who had been living a life of debauchery in Jinshan Town all ran back happily early in the morning.

Those who have not shown up yet are not because they despise Xing Tianli, but because they have really gone to other places for something.

This business department has a small number of people, but has heavy responsibilities.

In England, major families and conglomerates have invested in hundreds of mines of all sizes in Black Borneo, and plantations of all sizes are spread all over the place. These mines and plantations often have conflicts with their counterparts in other countries. Whenever conflicts occur and ordinary violent means cannot resolve the conflicts, official personnel are needed to appear.

Therefore, those unfortunate guys in the Commerce Department who have no background or support are constantly on the road. Unless they are sick or injured, it is basically difficult for them to return to Jinshan Town.

Having just witnessed the miserable state of Mr. McLaren, the general manager who had the most powerful background and the most distinguished origin among all the people present, many employees of the Business Department were nervous.

It seems that this new boss is difficult to serve!

He had slightly curly black hair, black eyes, a wide nose, and thick lips. At first glance, he looked a bit honest, but in the blink of an eye, he revealed his extreme shrewdness. Danglar walked lightly to Xing Tianli.

Tanglar, the deputy general manager of the Commercial Office, was in charge of the finance and personnel of the Commercial Office. He was the first person with real power after McLaren. He also had a distinguished background. His father was the Duke of Tanglar, who was in charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industry and the Mint of the British Empire.

Being in charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, he represented power - the empire's army, navy, all large-scale military equipment, especially naval ships. He had the most direct power over how many to build, when to build them, which batch of military equipment to manufacture first, and who to grant them to and who not to grant them to after they are manufactured.

Being in charge of the Mint represents profit - the power and interests of this institution need not be explained. With the huge national strength of the Kingdom of England, even if the "fire consumption" of coinage is reported two or three percentage points higher each year, it will bring in huge profits.

The powerful and advantageous Duke of Danglars is truly one of the most important ministers of the empire. His legally married wife is the cousin of the current Queen, a true royal relative.

Danglars was an extremely shrewd and reserved man, and he had never been involved in any bad deeds.

The reason why he also came to Black Borneo, even two years earlier than McLaren, was not because his father was not powerful, but because of his mother.

Danglars' mother was not the noble cousin of the Queen, nor was she the Princess of the Empire. Instead, she was the Duke of Danglars's childhood sweetheart, a piano teacher from a humble family.

The Duke of Danglars tried his best to keep Danglars' identity secret, but in the end, his extraordinary concern for Danglars aroused the suspicion of a certain princess. With the powerful intelligence gathering ability of the Imperial Military Investigation Bureau, Danglars' true identity was exposed.

After friendly negotiations between Duke Danglars and Her Royal Highness the Princess, Danglars was sent to Black Borneo.

According to the internal intelligence of the East Country Investigation Office, Tanglar's future prospects would at most be the Consul General of the Empire in Pinghai City of the Dayu Dynasty, and he would not even be able to become an ambassador!

Moreover, as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess is in good health, Danglar will never be able to return to the empire in his lifetime!
According to intelligence, there are at least five people in the guard team of the Commercial Office, who are being watched closely by Her Royal Highness the Princess. If his father had not arranged people to keep a close eye on him, Tanglar would have died unexpectedly at least ten times in the seven years he has been in Black Borneo!
According to the East Country Investigation Office, some idle intelligence officer casually recorded the information in a top-secret file - one time, a certain princess said to her bestie with a smile at an informal social occasion, this was just a little interesting interaction between husband and wife!

Her Royal Highness the Princess sent people to assassinate Danglars, and His Excellency the Duke sent people to protect his illegitimate son.

It does not matter what happens to Danglars' life.

What’s more important is that Her Royal Highness the Princess enjoys this kind of game and never gets tired of it. She even personally draws up a timetable for attacking Danglars!

"Mr. Counselor, I'm very sorry that I couldn't personally greet you yesterday." Danglar bowed deeply to Xing Tianli and said with a fake smile: "Of course, this is all McLaren's fault. What do you think? You won't vent your anger on these poor, hardworking young men below, right?"

What Danglars said is very interesting!
Xing Tianli looked at Tanglar with a smile and gently patted his shoulder with his right hand: "Tanglar? I have seen your detailed information in the intelligence of the Investigation Bureau."

Danglars' smile suddenly froze. He smiled and said, "Really? I have nothing to hide. In fact, I have been here for seven years and I have never embezzled a single gold coin. Everything about me can withstand the most rigorous investigation!"

Xing Tianli laughed heartily: "You don't engage in corruption, is it because you are a morally perfect person, or because you don't dare?"

Danglars narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

Xing Tianli shook his head gently: "Okay, I know the trouble you are facing. You are trembling with fear and being careful, for fear of giving someone the opportunity to kill you with reasonable and legal means."

Sighing, Xing Tianli shook his head gently: "I am here. If you are willing to be loyal to me, the princess far away in the empire will no longer be a threat to you. You are a talented person, and I need you to help me do things."

Xing Tianli turned around and smashed a thick glass display cabinet beside him. Under Tangglar's gaze as if he had seen a ghost, he grabbed a piece of dog-head gold the size of a human head, and played with the huge gold nugget with his hands as if kneading plasticine.

"Pledge your loyalty to me, and I will help you resist all external threats."

"If you don't pledge allegiance to me, I will kill you and replace you with one of my own. By the way, do a favor for our princess!"

(End of this chapter)