Gold is Justice

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, the thin man could only poke out his shrinking neck, raised his hand, and said slowly——

"Mayor Ariel, I'm just... in charge of the financial issues of Lagoon City. I happened to be here recently because I was going to have a financial meeting with Pelican City... So, I really don't know about Du Lengjia... ..."

Such an explanation is understandable.

After all, this is just a financial official, and Du Lengjia belongs to drug management, and has nothing to do with financial issues.Therefore, it is understandable that he did not know at all.

However, even though everyone present thought it was justifiable, Ariel didn't think so.

She pinched her chin for a while and then said, "Sir, may I ask your name?"

At this time, Ke Ke next to her immediately raised her hand, she put down a piece of pastry in her mouth, and hurriedly said: "Sister President, his name is Qin, and he is the one who is handing over financial matters to me today."

Ariel nodded, then turned to the financial officer, and said slowly: "Finance Officer Qin, I want to ask you a few questions, I wonder if you can answer me well?"

The financial officer was taken aback for a moment, then a vigilant expression appeared on his face, and he said, "Mayor Ariel, although Pelican City has the largest urban population in the entire marginal province, what does Xihu City say?" It is also managed under the name of Viscount Norris. Without the permission of Viscount Norris, please forgive me for not being able to tell you about the economic situation of Lagoon City."

It wasn't until now that Ariel suddenly realized that things hadn't become so harmonious.

Although Norris Paxas is indeed on his side at the moment, it is only because of the current situation.If he wanted to meddle in his property, then the viscount would definitely resist.

That being the case, Ariel also has her own method.She nodded slightly, with a smile on her face again, and said, "Thank you, Financial Officer Qin, I understand your devotion to duty. We are really lucky to have an official like you in Xihu City."

He was suddenly praised, which made the financial officer a little stunned. After a while, he could only nod his head.

"Then let's talk about it in another way. As far as I know, Viscount Norris shouldn't have seized the drug Dulenjia, right? After all, there are only Pelican City in the entire border province. The management of Du Lengjia is relatively strict. You only need to visit the pharmacy in Xihu City to know this, so it shouldn’t be a secret, right?”

Qin Finance Officer nodded after thinking about it.

Ariel immediately said: "Then, has the public security management problem in Lagoon City increased recently? Is there an unusual increase in the number of deaths and injuries compared to previous years?"

The financial officer looked a bit embarrassed, frowned and said: "Mayor Ariel, I have already said that these problems are not for a financial officer like me..."

"No, I'm not asking the financial officer of Lagoon City. I'm just asking an ordinary citizen of Lagoon City—Mr. Qin, just you."

Before Qin finished speaking, Ariel immediately spoke out in a very sincere tone.She spoke very sincerely, slowly, and gently, without any aggressive attitude at all. On the contrary, it seemed to be a kind of inquiry and exploration——

"As you can see, large doses of unregulated Dulenjia have appeared in Pelican City, and these drugs are also types of drugs that our hospital will not import. Since large quantities of Dulenjia can appear in Pelican City, then As the entrance city of the Marginal Province, the situation in Xihu City must be even more serious. This serious change should be clearly known through the daily perception of an ordinary person."

"So, can you please tell me? In terms of daily feelings, the security situation in Xihu City...how is it now?"

Facing such a beautiful and gentle face like Ariel, I believe that few people can refuse such a sincere request from such a beauty.

Financial Officer Qin stared blankly at Ariel's face for about five seconds. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he nodded lightly, gritted his teeth, and said——

"A colleague of mine... accidentally fell from upstairs five days ago and died directly."

"It is precisely because he fell to his death suddenly that I, who has been his assistant, can take the place of his financial officer and come here to hold this meeting." "According to the results of our investigation of the defense force of Xihu City, My colleague died because of a drunken slip, but as far as I know, that colleague of mine usually hates drinking the most. I have never seen him drunk before."

"Before I came, many people in the city said that I had secretly killed him... because from the results, after my colleague died, the only person who benefited was me, and I became a person with sufficient The person who was the motive. But I know that even if his death was really an accident, it is absolutely impossible to drink because of it."

After a brief breath of relief, the financial officer continued——

"That is, three days before I came here, that is, the third day after my colleague died, I was walking on the streets of Lagoon City, and I saw with my own eyes a man jumping on the roof as if crazy, over there He kept singing, dancing, and spinning. But the dance he danced was really ugly, and the song he sang was also out of tune. In the end, he slipped off the eaves and fell to his death because of an accident."

"So... Although I don't have any conclusive evidence at hand, but what I want to say... Indeed, the problem is indeed serious, and such a serious problem may have begun to affect the entire marginal province."

Ariel nodded slightly, and once again cast a gentle look at the wronged financial officer.

Then, she turned her head and continued: "Now, the problem is obvious. Although we can't know the specific purchase channel of Du Lengjia at present, it is obvious that a large amount of Du Lengjia is entering in some way. There should be no problem with marginal provinces, and it is still distributed to ordinary people at a very low price. Do you have any opinions on this?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but there was no reaction.

Seeing this, Cora, who is the doctor's representative, raised her hand now, and after receiving Ariel's consent, she said——

"Mr. Mayor, I know you are concerned about Du Lengjia's problem. So what are you going to do next? Do you want to ban all Du Lengjia in the entire city? No matter how you say it, things like Du Lengjia are indispensable If all the surgery drugs are banned, I don’t need to do the surgery.”

Ariel shook her head slightly, and said, "Doctor, I don't do things that extreme. Well... Dr. Kola, can you distinguish the characteristics of each drug of Dulenjia without tasting it? Can't an antidote be made from this?"

Dr. Cora shook his head bluntly, and said: "Don't be kidding, my level is not that high yet! Also, what I begged to you a while ago let me become the only designated hospital in Pelican City Mr. Mayor, what do you think? I hope to be able to control the medical system of the entire Pelican City. If I can become the only formal and legal hospital designated in the entire Pelican City, I can use the name of the hospital to control the city. The transmission channel of Du Lengjia."

"Otherwise, do you think that there are already some unlicensed doctors in the city practicing medicine indiscriminately, and these Du Lengjia may be brought in by them!"

Although Ariel knew what Dr. Cora was thinking, she couldn't deny his speculation.After thinking for a while, Ariel still made up her mind and said: "Indeed, the medical system of Pelican City also needs to be established now. Dr. Kola has been our doctor since Pelican City was still a small town. It is also appropriate for him to create this unified medical system. At least after integrating all the doctors, nurses and those wandering priests in the entire Pelican City, he can more or less eliminate the source of Du Lengjia's medical form."

Compared to before, Ariel's words did not arouse much approval from everyone.

Dr. Cora is indeed the oldest doctor in Pelican City, which is not wrong, but his medical skills are not too brilliant.And the treatment at his side, the money spent is often not the cheapest.

Now that Pelican City has expanded, there will naturally be some doctors and nurses who want to come to Pelican City to find a job, and naturally they will take away some of his work.

Now, is it good or bad for the people of the entire city to bring all the medical resources in Pelican City under this person's hands?

Although, this kind of integration should indeed have some effect on Du Lengjia's control...

"In addition to the medical system, there is also the issue of smuggling."

Ariel also knew that the issue of medical integration was just an expedient measure, and everyone should not be able to discuss it too much, so she immediately changed the subject and said, "I always believe that with Mr. Gatlin's property income, it is impossible to get it all at once. Such a large batch of Du Lengjia. Therefore, the price of these Du Lengjia must be very cheap, and it may even be close to free."

"And someone transported Du Lengjia to our city regardless of the cost. It is conceivable that there must be a terrible conspiracy."

Speaking of this, Ariel's eyes suddenly became sharper, she silently scanned everyone in front of her, looked at these people, to see if there were any people among them who did things to frame Pelican City for their own self-interest.

"Someone wants to open Du Lengjia's market in Pelican City. After many people become addicted to the drug, they will immediately increase the price and take away our wealth in one go." "This situation must be absolutely eliminated, so starting today, I hope to start a thorough investigation of Dulenjia in all walks of life. Once this drug is discovered, Dulenjia will be confiscated immediately and then destroyed in a centralized manner. We must not let this drug bring disaster to our city. Let the tragedy of Mr. Gatlin happen again."

Although what Ariel said was very exciting and impassioned, such a decision sounded unreliable and even a little uncomfortable.

The government officials showed even more embarrassed expressions, but Xiaoyuan Cheese spoke directly at this time, and said, "Mr. Mayor, what you mean by clearing up...does it mean copying all the homes of everyone?" ? Or is it a slogan, hoping that everyone can voluntarily turn in Du Lengjia?"

Everyone knows the value of Du Lengjia.

We all know how expensive this drug can be sold outside!We all know that once this kind of thing flows into other provinces, its amount can definitely rival the elemental gun!

At the same time, under the continuous publicity of the Royal Pharmacists Association, everyone knows that Du Lengjia is a drug that "as long as it is used correctly, it is absolutely healthy and harmless, and even has great benefits for the body".In this case, let someone take the initiative to hand over the obtained Du Lengjia?How could such a thing be possible?

What's more, if you encounter someone who refuses to pay, is it really necessary to enter ordinary people's homes to search their homes?If this is really done, then the foundation of Song of the Mermaid's ruling in Pelican City will no longer exist.

After all, no one likes a thing riding on their own head that rushes into other people's rooms and rummages around because of a "single-time decision".

What's more, this thing is still an organization that claims that the emperor is useless, but in the end it still acts with the authority of the emperor.

Therefore, there was a bad expression on everyone's face, and almost no one would believe that Ariel really has any good ways now.

Regarding this, Ariel exhaled slightly, put her hands on the table, and said earnestly——

"Everyone, I know that you may not believe it in your heart, and think that my idea of ​​completely banning Du Lengjia is simply a dream."

"Prior to this, we in Pelican City have been very strict about the management of Du Lengjia, but such strictness at most means not allowing this drug to be sold in various pharmacies like it is in other provinces. .”

"To put it bluntly, now I think this is far from enough. The reason why we didn't have the problem of Du Lengjia for a long time was entirely because our city is located in a remote location and we haven't had the opportunity to be exposed to the large-scale flood of Du Lengjia. It's just a problem."

"But now, I hope to deal with Du Lengjia resolutely. I will not allow any piece of Du Lengjia to enter Pelican City without registration, and to fall into the hands of anyone without registration."

"I know that this is a very difficult problem, but we should be thankful that the problem has just emerged and our problem is not very serious. We must believe that we can handle this problem well."

"So, after thinking about it, we need to do the following things."

"First of all, we need to publicize the dangers of Du Lengjia on a large scale. Through this incident of Mr. Gatling, I need everyone present to be able to publicize that Du Leng Jia is not a harmless health It is a drug that requires the strictest regulation and should not be used indiscriminately under any circumstances."

"For this reason, I will ask my guild members to work together with you to do a good job of publicity in this area. Fortunately, our guild has a bard who will compile suitable songs and sing them. At the same time, we also need you to set an example and take the lead Do not take Dulanjia."

Hearing his own singing began to work again, Egg, who had just put down the lute, now picked it up again and plucked it lightly.

"In addition, I want to reward those who are willing to take the initiative to hand over Du Lengjia. The market price of Du Lengjia is probably one to two gold coins a piece, right? In that case, we need to reward 5 silver coins worth of banknotes as encourage."

"Of course I know that the price is low, but at the same time, I still need to expose the mechanism in our city."

"Anyone who has Du Lengjia but does not turn it in, once it is revealed, I will reward the 5 silver coins to the person who revealed it. At the same time, if he is caught and willing to confess to other people who have Du Lengjia, I will also be rewarded."

"Propaganda, confiscation, exposure, and praise. I know that you may think that such an approach can't solve these problems in one go like magic. But we have never been able to expect to wave a magic wand like magic when we do things. Solve the problem at once."

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Ariel nodded and waved her hand: "Go."

Accompanied by Ariel's nod, Cream turned his head resolutely, and silently greeted Margaux, Suta, and Duck.The four-person team also silently returned to the room to pack their luggage, and left Song of the Mermaid in the dark.

And three days later, a violent fire broke out inexplicably in a certain warehouse in Xiehu City!The fire did not cause injury or death to any residents of Lagoon City or registered tourists. On the contrary, after investigation after the event, it was found that many strangers who were not registered were involved in the fire incident. injured or killed.The identities of these people have not been found in a short period of time, but the situation is definitely not optimistic.

As for the goods in the warehouse...it's easy to find out.

After the fire incident, Viscount Norris easily found almost five tons of Du Lengjia cargo in this warehouse.Of course, these Du Lengjia were also unregistered goods, and now they were all burned clean.

——May 1305, 5, element gun trade income: 15 yuan, other trade income: 2500 yuan, booth collection income tax: 428 yuan, civil servant salary: -125 yuan, mermaid song maintenance cost: -152 yuan, urban elements Machine maintenance cost: -200 yuan, special department establishment cost: -100 yuan, Pelican City's total finances: 100 yuan, city development degree: 1884——

The time has entered May, and the season of warm spring and flowers has been going on for a while.

Now, it is the moment when the most spring blooms on this continent, and everything seems to be proceeding in an orderly manner.

Especially for the Pelicans, everything is going according to plan.

However, in this marginal province, even though everything seems to be very peaceful on the surface, secretly, it doesn't mean that everything will be so orderly.

Xihu City, Viscount's Mansion.

The buildings on this stalwart island in the middle of the lake seem to still maintain a gorgeous appearance.

The servants in this Viscount's mansion came and went, maintaining their usual work style, making everything look normal.

It's just that in the office of the lord of Xiehu City in the Viscount's mansion, all the peace in the outside world seems to be cut off now, and there is only a trace of chill left, which is completely inconsistent with the gentle breath of spring blossoms.

Here, Viscount Norris Paxas sits behind his desk.

However, his current facial expression did not appear so indifferent, but a little nervous.

The reason he was nervous was not because of anything else, but because of the person sitting in front of him.

That... a member of the royal family of the Blue Bay Empire—His Royal Highness Prince Chao Bilan.

"Your place really lacks an artistic atmosphere."

Now, Tidal is sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.And the two heavily armed high-ranking knights standing behind him fully guaranteed his confidence.

Chao Chao glanced at the surrounding walls. After looking at the analysis charts of various economic conditions hanging on the walls of this office and the piles of documents waiting for approval on the desk, his eyes became even more disgusted. Continued to say——

"It's really hard to imagine that this kind of place can be used for office? Norris, I heard from your teacher that you are a very flexible person, but now it seems that working and living in such an environment is really difficult for me. I can't imagine how much artistic sensibility you have."

Ever since the prince of the Blue Bay Empire...that is, a leader of Norris' current apparent enemy, suddenly appeared in front of the Viscount's mansion, his whole head was a mess.

Those servants had no idea how serious the problem was now, so they could only arrange for the prince to meet with him.

But... what about after meeting?

Norris didn't even know his current status and situation. Should he immediately kneel down to the royal family member?

Just like now, although he is sitting now, his buttocks still dare not fill up the entire seat, only occupying a third of it, and his legs are still curled up, ready to stand up anytime, anywhere.