Start as Slave, The Eldest Lady Fell In Love With Me At First Sight

0416: Do You Feel Innocent?

Qiao Ji put down the hot water in his hand and ordered, "Shi Duo, call the mayor over here."

He wanted to know the specific situation of Beigang. After hearing so much information, he might as well listen to what the locals said.

"Yes." Shi Duo nodded, turned and left the yard.

Lian Xin held a cup of hot water, blew a few breaths and asked, "My lord, there are more than 800 pirates, what should they do?"

"Detain them first, and let them do coolies after finding a suitable city." Qiao Ji said lightly.

His idea is that after finding a suitable city, it is time to spend time, manpower and resources to transform it.

Qiao Ji felt that since he came to Beigang, he had to do his best, otherwise he should not do it at all.

"It just saved a batch of handymen." Lian Xin slightly raised the corner of her mouth.

Lei Nai shook his furry cat ears, and said with a smile, "My lord, do the math, the Black Sea Pirates and the merchant's ship, we have a total of eighteen ships.

Qiao Ji nodded in satisfaction, and said softly, "I just left these boats in Beigang to use them first, and wait until Uncle Prue builds new ones before replacing them."

"Master, some of the gold coins we received belonged to those merchants, do you want to pay back 31?" Lian Xin touched her long orange hair.

As for the gold coins of Wanyun City to be returned, the Black Sea Pirates were originally scheduled to massacre the city.

But because Lei Nai and Winnie suddenly opened the city gate, Shi Duo led the knights to attack, causing them to fail before they even started.

"Don't worry, let someone investigate the background of these businessmen first, and return half of it if they haven't done anything unclean."

Qiao Ji tapped the table lightly with his index finger, and continued, "If any businessmen are found to be doing evil, they will directly ransack the house."

"It's a good way, it's a good way to give those businessmen a blow." Lian Xin nodded in agreement.

"My lord, what if some businessmen insist on their innocence?" Lei Nai asked with his neck tilted.

"You hooked up with pirates, do you think you're innocent?" Qiao Ji asked with a soft laugh.

Lei Nai frowned slightly thinking, and suddenly realized, "That's right, if you just say that they colluded with pirates, the people in Beigang will hate them to death."

"It's just a pity for those who died in Wanyun City." Lian Xin sighed helplessly.

According to Shi Duo's statistics, Wanyun City was occupied by the Black Sea Pirates until it was liberated by Qiao Ji, a total of hundreds of people died.

"I will make the pirates disappear from Beigang." Qiao Ji's face turned cold suddenly.

The existence of pirates can't make Beigang prosperous at all, and there are still many bad things happening.

Qiao Ji still has a lot of things to do. Judging from the information collected, the Black Sea pirate group that was wiped out tonight ranks ninth in the entire Golden Eagle Empire.

They ranked third in Beigang, that is, there are two pirate groups that are as bad as the Black Sea Pirates.

This is also the reason why Qiao Ji wanted to make an example of others, to make the two pirate groups restrain themselves temporarily, so as to buy themselves enough time.

"Tat Tat Tat..."

While Qiao Ji and others were chatting, an old man in his sixties was brought up by Shi Duo. He was the mayor of Mei Township.

"See Lord Marquis." The mayor saluted respectfully.

"Sit down, old man." Qiao Ji nodded slightly.

The mayor stepped forward to sit down on a stool two meters away from Qiao Ji, and asked, "What's the matter with you, Mr. Marquis?"

"What are the names of the other two pirate groups in Beigang?" Qiao Ji asked directly.

"Master Marquis, one is called the Lunma Pirates, and the other is called the Saburu Pirates, both named after their leader..."

The mayor briefly talked about the three major pirate groups, but he didn't know more about it.

Qiao Ji nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask, "How far is Hailan City from Meisha Town?"

"It takes more than three hours to get there by boat from the port of our small town, right at the mouth of the sea..." the mayor said again in detail.

Qiao Ji picked up the cup that the white cat girl had just filled with hot water, and asked, "How is the situation in Haigang City?"

"Hailan City is considered one of the best cities in Beigang, but the consul there..."

The mayor seemed hesitant to speak, and sighed frequently when he mentioned Hailan City.

Let's just say it. " Qiao Ji said directly.

He had a vague guess in his heart, that is, did the governor of Hailan City also collude with the pirates?

Of course, it's just a guess.

It is not uncommon for some nobles to collude with pirates for profit. Even businessmen know how to do this, let alone nobles?

"Hailan City is developing very well. There are no pirates over there, and the sea trade is very prosperous."

The mayor picked up the hot water and blew the air a few times, and continued, "It is said that the nobles in Hailan City are strong, but they don't care about what happened to us, hey...

The mayor sighed again at the end, shook his head and took a mouthful of hot water.

Meisha Town is within the jurisdiction of Hailan City, which is one of the reasons for the mayor's helplessness.

Obviously the distance between the two is not far, but Hailan City is developing very well, while Meisha Town is still very desolate.

"You mean that the governor of Hailan City didn't send knights to help you drive away the pirates?" Qiao Ji frowned and asked.

"Yes, Lord Marquis. At most, you only intervene when it is very serious." The mayor replied respectfully.

Qiao Ji's eyes turned cold, and he continued to ask, "Besides, what else is going on in Hailan City?"

Seeing the fatigue in Mayor 130's eyes, he knew that the situation in Beigang was far more complicated than he had imagined.

"There are heavy taxes to pay every month, such as fishing tax, sea tax, fish drying tax, etc..." The mayor became more and more angry.

He put the cup on the table, clenched his fists and said, "Master Marquis, tomorrow is the day to pay taxes, and we have to pay 500 gold coins in Meisha town."

You must know that the tax of a city is only a few thousand gold coins, although it is the reason for the desolation of Beichen.

But a small town actually has to pay 500 gold coins, which is a very exaggerated figure.

If it weren't for the city, the income is not bad, and it would have been unable to support the high tax.

"Is this decided by the governor of Hailan City?" Qiao Ji asked with a cold face.

"Yes, Lord Marquis." The mayor nodded.

Qiao Ji took a deep breath, waved his hands and said, "I see, the old man should go back and rest first.

"Yes." The mayor stood up and saluted again, then turned and left the yard.

"Tap Tat Tat..."

Lian Xin frowned after hearing the fox's tail, and said angrily, "My lord, this consul is really nothing.

"Black-hearted guy." Lei Nai was also very angry.

"It seems that we have a lot of things to do." Qiao Ji said, blinking the strange eyes slowly.

(1 will, self-dispute.).