Chapter 89 89. Rules of the City
Will I affect the sorceress’s spellcasting?
While looking at the two sorceresses opposite, Lan En couldn't help but make a guess.
“I don’t know if shadows affect spellcasting, but I think if you nod, this Keira Metz will eagerly untie her belt right now and throw you down on the chair.”
Mentos, who is still working overtime to build the interception algorithm, took the time to make a complaint.
Then Lan En put him in the overtime position again.
Compared to the greedy Keira, Triss, who was really affected by Lan En's magic power, seemed more rational at this time.
Of course, this may have something to do with Keira Metz’s already bold style.
"No matter what, let's calm down first, ladies."
Lan En sat on the cashmere-covered chair and stretched out comfortably. There is no denying that sorceresses really enjoy themselves.
"I am the debt collector entrusted by Aretuza, and the two of you are Aretuza's network."
"Let's get to the point. Let's settle this matter as soon as possible. "
"Oh! Yes, it's business!"
Triss covered Keira's chest tightly without leaving a trace, and nodded repeatedly.
“The slave trade in Temeria is absolutely intolerable!”
Lan Enxin said that I couldn’t bear it either!
What normal person can tolerate the slave trade? Human beings are simply transported and domesticated as goods and animals. Who can't stand high blood pressure?
But I came here to get information!
But in Lan En's questioning eyes, the two high-ranking female spell casters all ignored the influence of that pretty face.
Frowning and shaking his head slightly.
"To be honest, we didn't find anything."
Keira Metz, the sorceress who was bold and coquettish in both dress and behavior, said softly.
While speaking, her expression not only expressed the difficulty of not completing the college's instructions, but also a strong sense of unwillingness.
In the blink of an eye, Lan En went through the other party's information in his brain.
Among the sorceresses sent to Vizima by Arethusa as royal advisors to the king.
Both Triss and Keira are passionate about politics.
But she is different from people like Tris who really care about the future of the country and worry about the impact of politics on the country.
Keira’s enthusiasm lies in the pleasure that power can bring.
In other words, this person has a very strong desire for power.
While remaining calm, Lan En spoke calmly.
"It seems that the preparation of the other party is beyond imagination. Even beyond the imagination of both of you."
What kind of situation would make it difficult for a person who has a strong desire for power and already has a lot of power? What about being unwilling to accept it?
——She discovered areas beyond the reach of her power.
This discomfort even made Keira pinch the handle of the chair next to her bitterly, while her physical desire for Lan En was completely forgotten.
Triss’s expression also became serious.
She put half of her body weight on the armrest and leaned forward to speak seriously.
“Lan En, I don’t know your educational background. You demon hunters are very mysterious. We thought you were a group of solitary barbarians before. But today, you temporarily inserted [Word of the Heart] Your fluency means that even among the warlocks, you are at least a very smart person."
" Please tell me." Lan En leaned back and crossed his palms in front of his lower abdomen, indicating that he was listening. look. "Although I have no education, I still understand a little bit of the truth."
Wearing a studded leather glove, the index finger and thumb made a "little bit" gesture. .
"So, I think you won't have any difficulty understanding what I'm going to say next."
Triss pursed her lips when she spoke, as if she wanted to carefully consider her next words and lower the threshold for understanding. .
“There are rules within cities and countries, Lan En. You stay in the wilds like Willen all year round, far away from people. So you can see people fighting each other there, knife against knife, Sword-on-sword fighting. Straightforward and wild, fierce and ruthless."
"But that's only in the wild, outside the civilized world, where there is no systematic supervision system and complete infrastructure. There is no strong security force.”
“So, the human beings there will give up part of their civilization and return to the state of nature.”
As Triss spoke, she held one hand up, palm up, to the side. This represents what she calls the wild environment.
Then, she raised another palm towards Lan En.
“But in cities, the state has complete supervision and security forces. The complexity of the distribution of these forces even exceeds the imagination of professionals!”
“In cities, Everyone has a relationship with another person, everyone pays wages for others, and everyone receives wages from others, and the official institutions belonging to Temeria will go through their huge number of accountants, Finance, to capture information during the circulation of gold coins."
"Is the main business of the intelligence agency to release spies? No, it is in the financial statements and material reports accumulated during the operation of the city. Find the hidden information! ”
"The city has rules, Lan En."
Triss repeated it with emphasis in order to take care of this demon hunter who was "far away from civilized society".
“If someone purchases goods but does not show it on the books, it will cause a misalignment of the goods. If this happens often in a certain city, then the city will lose the trust of merchants, and then the city will lose the trust of merchants. Depression.”
“This is not something a big shot can do by simply saying ‘get it done’ while holding a goblet. There is a huge cost to covering up the traces! Cost! Even the act of paying the cost requires huge power as a threshold."
Lan En listened quietly to this medieval level management course.
The core concept in Triss's speech is: Everything you do will leave traces in the civilized world.
There are numerous traces of ledgers, cargo invoices, and money flows.
As long as you are doing business, whether illegal or legal, you must have this set of things.
Because even for illegal transactions conducted by illegal organizations, these things are needed as evidence when dividing accounts, to appease people's hearts, prove the leader's leadership, and encourage his subordinates to continue to work hard with him.
Without this set of things, there is no need to think about growing the business, and even the organization's own frame will fall apart on the spot.
Now, Triss looked at Lan En's amber cat eyes seriously and spoke word by word.
“But Keira and I can’t find any traces!”
The pupils of those cat eyes shrank slightly, which let Triss know that the other party understood her. meaning.
“Kaila and I checked the land and sea transportation, and all the freight manifests and property invoices dating back fifteen days have no trace at all!”
“The information on this manifest and cargo invoices , the departments handled include dock management, city gate inspection, tax verification, bank financial docking, etc., with at least more than 300 people! This is only a position that requires verification of information. ”
"But this information has gone through at least three hundred 'nets', but there is still no misalignment of goods or money!"
"Can you understand what kind of power this is?"
< br>Keira didn't care whether Lan En's thinking could keep up, she took over with a bitter sneer.
“A municipal employee has to bear the risk of losing his job to do accounts. The benefits he gets are calculated as less, one month’s salary, ten oren. Three hundred people are three thousand oren! What’s more important is that”
“At least three thousand orens flowed into the hands of at least three hundred city officials, and our financial supervision department didn’t notice at all!”
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Keira raised the wine glass on the table to Lan En, half-smiling.
“Thanks to you, handsome witcher. Otherwise, we both would have thought we had established ourselves in this city.”
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