Gold is Justice

"The mayor, of course, is a fat job. You can collect a lot of funds to fill your own pockets. If you were the mayor of Pelican City at other times, then I would definitely oppose her."

"But it's different now. Pelican City is facing a big dilemma!"

Eddie took another sip of water and said with a smile——

"Those robbers rushed in and killed dozens of people in Pelican City. Originally, the problem of killing all those robbers at once would be over. But this woman's brain has twitched, and she even thought about raising them , and even give them a fair sentence?"

"Ha! Think about it, those citizens who have killed their relatives and friends, can they feel better seeing those murderers eating and drinking well, and even living carefree?"

George thought for a while, and said, "You mean...to provoke the families of the victims?"

Eddie nodded, but then shook his head again: "It's true to provoke emotions, but we don't need to provoke them to oppose that woman as mayor. Just tell them that if they want to shut them up, the pension must not be reduced!"

"Thinking about it carefully, more than 50 people died in Pelican City! We encourage pensions of one hundred gold coins per person, and more than 50 people, this is directly a hemorrhage of more than 5000 gold coins!"

"It's not the season of tax collection yet, so the cash flow of Pelican City itself should not be considered a lot. In addition, a lot of income of Pelican City is directly allocated to make the city better built and operated. , so I estimate that the amount of funds on Pelican City's books is definitely not large. If I can exceed [-] gold coins, I will be the mayor of that round cheese! uncertain!"

"Then, there are those houses that were destroyed. Those who lost their houses are now arranged to live in tents by Song of the Mermaid. It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, these people who lost their homes will definitely riot!"

"So, we also asked Baron Ariel Garcia, who was already the mayor at that time, to solve the problem of those ruins."

"The price needed to tidy up the ruins and rebuild the house is not a small amount! And it's not just the reconstruction, but also the cleaning costs in the early stage, and even the home improvement content in the later stage. Let me put it more bluntly, if That woman’s newly built urban area is not twice as good as the old urban area, and I can even say that the woman embezzled the money that was originally used to comfort the people affected by the disaster.”

The first thousand 220 nine chapters bloodletting

"Then the question is, where does the money come from? Pensions, reconstruction costs, these moneys have been made clear by Pelican City, and this is one of the reasons why the round cheese decided to quit. Peanutton Knight, in such a Under the circumstances, where do you think that woman, who has been blinded by the desire for power, would want to get money from?"

George Peanutton stretched out his finger and tapped lightly, and said comprehendingly, "Song of the Mermaid!"

Eddie smiled: "That's right, if the city has no money, then as the president, if she wants to show her outstanding ability, she can only use her guild's money to fill the city's money. In this way, her assets will be reduced. It will be emptied quickly! According to my estimation, at least tens of thousands of gold coins should be emptied. If it is not enough, then we will pretend to help the victims and strongly demand that she give the victims more Benefits! And where do ordinary civilians think about how much money they should be able to get? Seeing that our Holy See and the association are all in support of them to get more money, they will definitely stand by our side instead of going to At that time Baron Garcia was already the mayor."

"And after she bleeds a lot in this incident, I believe it will not be long until the end of the year. And our loan funds are also due. At that time, we immediately asked her to pay back the money, directly Empty her family. I believe that at that time, we can keep our money on the one hand, force this woman to go bankrupt on the other hand, hand over Song of the Mermaid completely, admit that the element machine has no future, and finally enter the royal family obediently. It shouldn't be too difficult to see a vase with shit in it."

George listened, silently waiting for the flame magician to finish all his thoughts.

As he said this, he started eating grapes again and again, looking at the guy in amazement.

Finally, after he finished speaking, George shook his head slightly, looked at the magician with a very admiring gaze, and said, "I didn't think so before, but this time I really think that you are really a magician." You are talented! Eddie Invincible, if you continue like this, one day you will definitely become a high-level executive in the association and be in charge of many things!" Regarding George's words, whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm, Eddie But he shrugged a little and said: "I hope you will say that my magic power is getting stronger and stronger. Let's not talk about this, let's think about how to solve this problem. Let's let The woman became the mayor first, and then secretly bled her. This process may take a little time, but generally speaking, there should be no problem."

In this regard, George had a very admiring expression on his face, and said, "What's the problem? Okay, don't worry! Now that we have decided to support her as mayor, I won't mess with her anymore. For the next period of time... Hehe, I understand, I just want to show a look of absolute support for her, right?"

To be honest, as a member of the association, Eddie doesn't want to have too many connections with people in the Holy See.It's just that there is no way now, apart from this man who has the same purpose as him, he has no other forces in Pelican City to learn from.However, we still have to guard against him, so as not to have any problems with each other.

"Now that it's decided, let's unify the caliber first."

Seeing that Eddie continued to pour himself a glass of water, George thought for a while and said, "I have an idea here, what do you think?"

Eddie took a sip: "What idea? Tell me."

George sneered, picked up the last grape, put it in his mouth, bit it off, and said, "You know what? Those robbers are not ordinary robbers. Behind them...hehe, there are a lot of family members exist."

At that moment, Eddie stopped drinking water: "What do you mean?"

George: "Although we generally support that woman as the mayor, our fundamental goal is to make this woman become the mayor, but not many people agree, and then she will continue to be bloodletting, right? Yesterday, our Knights went for a stroll outside Pelican City and saw the families of those prisoners. During that battle, there were a lot of women with messy children, and some old, weak, sick and disabled!"

"Tell me, if such a large number of people suddenly flooded into Pelican City... Hehehe, do you think that woman will be more difficult to deal with?"

Eddie lowered his head, frowned and thought carefully for a moment.

After thinking for a long time like this, the flame mage raised the water glass in his hand, and raised it towards the paladin in front of him in a respectful way.

"What did you say about me just now? That I'm a talent?"

The corners of Eddie's mouth parted, revealing a smile——

"If I'm a genius, I think you must be the one who can add another layer to a brilliant idea, Mr. George Peanutton."

At that moment, the paladin and the magician smiled at each other, and the whole room was immediately filled with a happy atmosphere.

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The ruins and daily maintenance of the entire Pelican City are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Ten days have passed since those robbers attacked Pelican City. During these ten days, Ariel has too many things to do. Come.

The trial of prisoners and the process of being sworn in as the new mayor are also gradually advancing.At present, it is roughly confirmed that it will be released at the same time, which can be regarded as saving time to some extent.

Since Round Cheese needs to step down from the job of mayor and Ariel needs to take over, such rumors spread like wildfire, and spread throughout Pelican City within a few days.

For such a result, some people will be worried, and some people will feel restless, thinking that there has never been such a precedent.

But when asked about the round cheese, the "current mayor" had a red face, and just said "you will know when the time comes" to perfunctory.

Later, people saw that the "mayor" would run to Song of the Mermaid no matter what it was, and he was obviously working as Song of the Mermaid's assistant.

Since Round Cheese doesn't have any opinions, other citizens naturally have no problems, they just wait for the moment when the final result is announced.

As for Ariel...

Now, after so many busy days, she finally counted all the books related to Pelican City in her hands, and settled the general matters.Generally speaking, it can be regarded as a clear calculation of all possible problems that may arise when the mayor takes over, and hopes to form a stable transition stage as much as possible.

After finishing all this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She put down the pen in her hand and spread it out on the sofa, with dark circles under her eyes, her whole body softened.

"Tonight...I must have a good night's sleep! I want to sleep with him for ten hours, until dawn!"

Looking at the dusk outside the window, Ariel swears as if she wants to make up her mind, imprinting this determination deeply in her heart.

"If necessary, President, I think it's better for you to let Miss Margaux help you sleep."

At this time, Tesla came out of his own room, and said with a smile as he went downstairs-"Let her cast a recovery magic on you while you are sleeping, and the whole person will have a light and comfortable feeling Helps sleep. In order to improve the elemental machine, I had insomnia for a while, so I asked Miss Margot to use this method to let me fall asleep."

Ariel was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head to look at the other people in the guild, and then suddenly remembered that those members had gone out to work after dinner.I couldn't help but sighed, and said: "It's been hard work for you during this time, you have done as much work as me, and you are the more tired people."

Tesla smiled, came to sit down at the corner of Ariel's table, and said, "I dare not tell others, but I didn't bother much. Except for making those two magic-proof bracelets. Actually... The enchantment bracelet is also thanks to the help of the flower fairy, I just modeled it. So... I really didn't do anything."

Having said that, the smile on Tesla's face appeared a little embarrassed.He touched the back of his head again, then fell silent, and said slowly: "President, I think... Is there anything I can do to help you? If possible, I really want to share the burden for you like other members. pressure."

Seeing Tesla's current appearance, Ariel smiled.

However, she didn't directly comfort him, saying something like "I don't need your help", but started to think seriously.

"You want to help... That's right, um... Is there anything you can do to help?"

Ariel looked at Tesla up and down. The assembler, like herself, had no fighting ability.Asking him to help with the work in the city shouldn't do much... Maybe he can help drive a car?Well, if it's purely driving, it's okay.

But after thinking about it, his own workers can do the job of driving, and it seems a bit overkill for his own engineers to run out and drive when they have nothing to do.

…………Worker?

Thinking of workers, Ariel suddenly thought of a key point.

She pinched her chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Tesla, I do have something on my side that I need your help with."

Tesla nodded and said: "President, tell me! As long as I can do it, I will definitely help!"

Ariel exhaled slowly, and after carefully thinking about the thoughts in her mind, she said, "The robbers we encountered suffered heavy losses this time. What do I think is the main reason?"

Hearing this, Tesla also nodded, and said: "I have thought about this problem too. The big reason why those robbers were able to enter Pelican City so easily to kill and set fire is that Pelican City actually has nothing in essence. defensive force."

The assembler folded his arms, thinking seriously, and slowly said: "The same city, Xihu City and Tianhe City in the border provinces, both have walls. The gate entrance of Tianhe City is even built on a natural barrier. On the mountain road, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"If there was a wall around our city before those robbers attacked us...it doesn't even need to be a wall, as long as there is a fence, I believe our damage should be reduced a lot."

Speaking of this, Tesla suddenly understood, and immediately said——

"President, do you want me to help build the city wall? Well...Although it's not good to say this, but it's better to find the carpenter named Dalun than me for this job. He should know better than me. How to build the city wall. But... if it is a protective weapon such as a catapult on the city wall, I can still find a way to design it."

Although Tesla was very happy talking here, Ariel shook her head silently.Just out of politeness, she waited until the assembler had finished talking about her thoughts before she spoke: "Although the city wall is also very important, I think there are still some problems in other directions."

Tesla frowned: "What's the problem? If it's about the armed forces, or being caught off guard, if there are women on our side and all men on their side, it may require some military training." ..."

"Tesla, can you make a more convenient weapon? A weapon that can easily defeat the enemy without much training?"

"arms?"

For this request, Tesla really didn't think of it, and was stunned all of a sudden——

"Why...a weapon? Not a city's defense?"

Ariel exhaled slowly, and said: "Because our city will continue to expand. If we build a wall around our Pelican City, then we will be trapped inside this wall forever. I What is needed is not to be complacent like this, I hope it is a weapon that is smaller and more convenient to use, and even women can easily use it."

After a short pause, Ariel intertwined her hands, lowered her head, and said slowly——

"You should know that during this bandit battle, although there is a difference in the number of mermaid songs and bandits, it can't be said that the difference is really very big."

"There are more than 460 robbers, they are a mob. And we also have almost [-] workers here, plus our mermaid song."

"Theoretically speaking, even if they have the upper hand in numbers, we have powerful adventurers on our side, so the overall strength shouldn't be too bad. The final result is indeed like this. These robbers couldn't beat us, and they all became ours in the end. captive."

"However, even if they are generally weak, the huge number of people can make it impossible for us to stop all of them for a while." "They can rush into places where our mermaid song and the workers can't stop them." Pelican City killed people indiscriminately and set fires indiscriminately. There are too many of them, which is the reason why Pelican City fell this time."

"Although according to what you said, Pelican City can solve the problem by building the city wall, or I recruit some mercenaries, or even train the citizens to become the guards. But this involves too much military knowledge. And I... I'm really sorry, I'm just a businessman at best, not a military expert."

"One or two times, maybe I can still solve the problem with my cleverness. But if the number of times is too many, I will definitely have this kind of problem. And our guild currently does not have the kind of role that can be called a military commander."

"In this case, I think the best way is to make a more powerful weapon. And this weapon can be used very mindlessly, even a weak woman like me who doesn't have much wrist strength can use it at will. Swipe to destroy the enemy."

"So, Tesla, can you make such a weapon?"

After hearing Ariel's request, Tesla's face was full of sadness.

He frowned, with a slight dissatisfaction and surprise on the corners of his mouth, and said, "President, do you want me... to make weapons for killing people? You should know that when we originated from the guild, it was because we were slandered that we made some kind of weapon. It's a terrible weapon, that's why it's called a cult... And I believe that my former president created the elemental machine for the purpose of making this kind of thing better for the benefit of the world, not for... To take the lives of others. What's more... it becomes something that can kill people more easily and effectively..."

Seeing Tesla's hesitation, Ariel also froze.

But after a while, she walked around the table, stretched out her hand, and pressed the assembler's shoulder, and said slowly: "I have always respected the president of the Origin Guild. Moreover, rectifying the name of the Origin Guild has already It's one of the things I have to do in life."

Tesla raised his head, looking at Ariel with hesitation and hesitation in his eyes.

Ariel patted him on the shoulder again, returned to her seat and sat down, and said: "It's just that in this world, there are some things, some things, and it's not that some people can't understand or understand. They're not I don’t understand, it’s even possible that they’re a hundred times smarter than we thought.”

"Tesla, do you really think that as long as our mermaid song is better, our textile factory and elemental car factory are better built, and we make more money, the association and the Holy See will And the era of recognizing the elemental machine and thus recognizing magic may have come to an end, and will it be the era of the elemental machine after that?"

Tesla gritted his teeth lightly: "If...if we do well enough...maybe...they..."

Chapter 230 Strength Can Bring Peace

"No, absolutely not."

Ariel's face started to become serious——

"If they really think that the elemental machine is a great technology, then they will definitely not send people from the Holy See and the Association here to protect us in name, but actually monitor us."

"The development of the elemental machine will definitely subvert the elemental affinity talent that the Magic Association depends on for a living, drag those magicians from their superior status, and make them no different from ordinary people. Once magic loses its meaning , then the magic affinity transfer that the Holy See has been planning for decades will lose its meaning in an instant, and everything that has been done before will come to naught.”