This brave man is a scumbag

Zhou Li likes a phrase, which is to analyze specific problems in detail.

The scope of application of this truth is very wide. Whether it is for people or for things, this truth is universally applicable.The most typical case is Zhou Li's handling of the nobles in southern England and the merchants of Tariq.

completely different.

The nobles in the south of England and the nobles in Magnum are essentially the same, but there are also differences.Magnum nobles have a short time and no background, so they generally have just accumulated primitive capital, and the dirty work on their hands has not been cleaned.The nobles in Yingnan have experienced the development of magic technology and become capitalist nobles.
Compared with the traditional feudal aristocracy, the capitalist aristocracy is more advanced.However, this advancement is mainly reflected in their methods of accumulating wealth and oppression, that is to say, the methods of the capitalist aristocrats are "more decent", and the king's control over them is not high.This made the group of nobles in Yingnan more difficult to deal with than Magnum.After all, the nobles of Magnum have to obey the king no matter what, so Zhou Li only needs to subdue the king.

The capitalist nobles in Yingnan are more troublesome. They do not completely obey the king, and at the same time they are not so dependent on the land.They have their own industries and can generate their own wealth, so they are more difficult to deal with than the nobles of Magnum.Therefore, after Zou Li was facing each other in Magnum, the method of using the big nobles to restrain the small nobles could not be used, and he chose another path.

Go ahead and grab it.

After obtaining both political and military rights, Zhou Li chose without hesitation to directly cleanse the feudal nobles in Jordan at that time, relying on the military power in his hand to temporarily deprive them of their assets and investigate their criminal evidence.The approach worked, and it was successful.But in Tariq, things are different.

Tariq, no nobles.

Their nobles are called capitalists.

Capitalists are a good thing. The good thing is that they will have various bonuses when hanging on street lamps, such as greatly improving the enthusiasm of workers.However, capitalists are also difficult to deal with, at least more difficult than nobles.

Because they are shameless enough.

The nobles, even the capitalist nobles in southern Yingnan, still have to follow the set of noble laws, and they still follow the blood.But the capitalists are different. This gang doesn't care about bloodlines or noble laws. They have nothing but interests in their eyes, and they only care about money and power.But it is such seemingly weak people who are the most difficult to deal with, because they really have no taboos within the law.

but.

Zhou Li is different, he has no taboos anywhere.

Now, he wants to show how to transform capitalists in a new age civilized country.

"Isn't the mansion small?"

After looking at the luxuriously decorated and spacious mansion, Zhou Li said in admiration, "The red gold sculptures, the beams made of mithril, and the good ones carved from white jade."

But when he saw a silver coat of arms not far away, Zhou Li turned his head and said to the old man with a smile, "Is Yin Jue your father?"

"The grace of re-creation is no different from that of the father."

To be honest, this sentence was not an insult at all in the old man's ears, on the contrary, it was more like a compliment.He looked at Zhou Li, and his tone was slightly relaxed, "Master Brave, all the things here are the wealth that my ancestors have worked hard for generations, and they all come from their sources, and there is nothing unclean."

"Of course, I know."

Zhou Li nodded and said as a matter of course: "The capitalists are far superior to those nobles. Your wealth collection is in line with the law. Although there are factors of exploitation of surplus value in it, considering the factors of the times, you merchants of Tariq are actually It’s already quite anthropomorphic.”

Although he couldn't understand the factors of the times and the residual value, the old man was secretly relieved to hear that Zhou Li seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Then, Zhou Li continued, "I'm here to ask another question."

The old man was taken aback for a moment, then he shook his head and said with a smile: "If you are here for business, please go back, I can't do it."

"what?"

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it doesn't matter if it's money or not. The thing I despise the most is money. The happiest thing in my life is in the Twilight Forest of Magnum Be a farmhouse owner and earn ten gold coins a month."

"I came here for another purpose."

With a snap of his fingers, a glass bottle appeared from the void gate and fell into Zhou Li's hand.Putting the glass bottle on the table, Zhou Li looked up at the old man and asked with a smile, "What is this, I don't need to say more."

When he saw this object, the old man frowned, looked it up and down, shook his head, and asked, "This looks like a wine bottle filled with liquid. I can't tell the specifics."

"Moonshine on the underground black market."

Zhou Li leaned on the sofa and said calmly: "I have investigated, and there is no industrial chain behind this bottle of bootleg liquor that is related to you. As a big player in the grain processing industry, the Arnold family has always abided by the law. Known."

"In that case, why did you show me this bottle of wine?"

The old man's old face was full of puzzlement, he knew that people like Zhou Li wouldn't aimlessly.

"The wine is not yours, but..."

Stretching out his hand and flicking the bottle, Zhou Li had a vague smile on his face, "Where's the bottle?"

bottle!

The old man froze for a moment, then his pupils constricted, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"This bottle is one of the items in the order you signed with Yinjue on February [-]th of the third year of the new calendar. In that order, in addition to this relatively strong and opaque glass bottle, there are also items such as gray brick, Metal buckle, tight plastic."

Putting a copy of the order in front of the old man, Zhou Li looked at him and said with a smile: "These things are all unremarkable items. It can be said that even if you traded half the city's gray bricks, you wouldn't buy them. Breaking the law. But I have a doubt..."

There seemed to be a faint green light in Zhou Li's eyes, he leaned slightly, and a faint smile lingered on his face.As for the old man, his heart had already begun to sink.

"What if these things flow into the underground black market?"

Nothing.

It was like this when Yinjue was alive.

The old man felt that a piece of ice was inlaid in his heart, and a piercing chill kept eroding his nerves.Almost all chambers of commerce knew about the existence of the underground black market, and at the same time all chambers of commerce knew that the underground black market was the result of Tarik's compromise with Yinjue, and Yinjue and the Church of Commerce were the biggest backers here.

In Tariq, the chambers of commerce that can be named more or less have some business dealings with the commercial church.And chambers of commerce with a certain scale will naturally choose to do business with the underground black market to a certain extent.And this should be a shady business, but it has been openly reported to the tax bureau and the commercial bureau.

The reason is simple. First of all, their things flow into the underground black market through the Church of Commerce, and the chamber of commerce only needs to trade with the Church of Commerce.Secondly, behind the underground black market is the commercial church, the Yinjue, the result of Herining's compromise with the Yinjue.Therefore, no one would check the underground black market, because it violated the tacit rules of many chambers of commerce.

but…

Seeing Zhou Li with a calm and indifferent expression in front of him, the old man finally realized that this man is called a brave man.Moreover, he is a brave man with no taboos.

He didn't care about Yin Jue, he didn't care about the commercial church, and he didn't care about the bullshit rules among himself.As long as he acts according to the rules of the world, no, the rules of justice, no one can resist him.And the underground black market is the germs hidden under the rules of justice.As a brave man, it is only natural to clean up such unreasonable places.

At that time, if Zhou Li found countless items such as gray bricks, metal buckles, glass bottles and so on transported by his people when he was clearing up the underground black market, what should he say?
This is all done by the commercial church and has nothing to do with me?

Yes, that's what I did, why are you in a hurry?

Two different answers, the end is almost the same.The old man knew clearly that although the first answer would be wise and safe, and the commercial church would definitely protect them, this directly gave Zhou Li a reason to attack the commercial church.And the second...

Or take a look at Tariq's largest cemetery, my family.

The old man had no doubt that if he really admitted that he had sold the items in the underground black market, Zhou Li would laugh and pull out the pistol and die himself.

"I do not know what you mean."

The old man suppressed the fear in his heart, his brain was spinning rapidly, and he said calmly: "Business pays attention to not dispersing problems. If someone kills someone with my knife, should it still be counted as my problem? Besides, the underground black market you mentioned, I don't understand."

"Yes, you don't understand."

Zhou Li nodded, and said clearly: "You really don't know much about it, that's all right, I understand."

Standing up, Zhou Li patted his pants, and then said to the old man and the young man beside him, "That's it, I wish you good health, good health, warm food and comfortable clothes."

"Are you leaving now?"

The old man was stunned. He was ready for a tug-of-war with Zhou Li, but now Zhou Li's answer caught him off guard.

"nonsense."

Zhou Li frowned, and asked very puzzled: "You are not a murderer, and you have not participated in the construction of the underground black market. What am I still doing with you? Why, you want to bribe me?"

"No, it's not."

The old man hesitated, "You...your moonshine..."

"Send it to you."

Zhou Li waved his hand, and said generously: "After a month, as much as I want, I'll treat it as my meeting gift. Anyway, it's worthless, and it's even worse."

"what?"

The old man froze for a moment, and just about to ask something, Zhou Li opened the door and left the house.After a long time, the old man sat on the sofa sluggishly, cold sweat streaming down his neck.

"Father, what does he mean?"

Looking at the wine bottle on the table, A Nuo asked puzzledly, "What does he mean after one month?"

"Underground black market..."

This time, the old man did not scold his child, but stared at the wine bottle with a deep voice, "A month later, he will find more wine bottles, gray bricks, and metal buckles from our family in the lower black market. At that time, this thing is not considered as key evidence."

"He's beating us."

"beat?!"

A Nuo said in astonishment: "He...why..."

He shut up suddenly, realizing that what he was about to ask was very stupid.People like myself had just imposed an economic blockade and suppression on Zhou Li, and then he came to his door and told him about things in the underground black market.

"When Yinjue is here, we can sit back and relax."

Closing his eyes, the old man let out a long sigh and said bitterly: "We only think that money is everything, but we forget that the brave are the ones who control the legion."

"Underground black market...how can we resist Zhou Li..."

"Father, what should we do?"

A Nuo looked at his father with despair in his eyes.

"Father, what should we do?"

Evan stood beside Herinen, his face was a little gloomy, "We're just...watching?"

"if not?"

Herrinen put down the documents in his hand, all of which were news about Zhou Li's economic blockade.He looked sad, and his voice was a little low, "Are we going to warn these chambers of commerce, or help Zhou Li? Yin Jue just died, and these chambers of commerce reacted the most violently. Our rash action will only cause more chaos."

From the beginning to the end, neither of them talked about giving up Zhou Li.Both Herinen and Evan knew that the combined Chamber of Commerce might shake Tarek, but Zhou Li could shake the world.

Zhou Li couldn't give up, but they couldn't help him.Yin Jue had left too much favor in Tariq before. When the commoners learned of Yin Jue's death, they voluntarily stood on the street to see him off.And although those chambers of commerce did not directly point out that Zhou Li killed Yinjue, some gossip had already started to spread, and it started to spread at a speed that the authorities could not control.

dong dong dong.

At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.

"come in."

Herrinen and Evan looked at each other, seeing each other's helplessness.

"Father, brother."

Luo Ka, the second prince of the empire, stood at the door, looking at the two with complicated eyes, "I'm here to help you."

A word that surprised both Herinen and Loka came out of Loka's mouth.The second prince, who has always been considered the most unreliable and unreliable in the royal family, did not argue for Zhou Li, nor did he defend his third sister.He just stood in front of his tired father and brother and chose to help them.

"Behind us is the country."

Looking at the two people who were a little astonished, Luoka's face no longer showed the frivolity and leisure of the past, but a calmness that could not be disguised, "The third sister can be willful and can work hard for her justice. We need such a person .And one such person is enough.”

Lay down the career insignia, the emblem of Lorca's most beloved traveler.But now, what he wears on his chest is a badge that can only be worn by the deputy minister of the Imperial Intelligence Department.This is a career he got by relying on his ability and wisdom at the age of 24.

Black Crow - Loka.