Chapter 21

It twisted the beard and made it look bigger and bigger. Hessen hummed a light tune and walked into the magnificent city hall of port Tulun with the steady pace that the noble master should have.

A dozen guards, four of them, followed Hessen. The others, surrounded by carriages, went around the town hall building and went to the parking lot behind.

Along the way, many people bowed to Hessen.

Ordinary employees of the city hall, small officials of various departments, small businessmen, boat owners, small nobles who come to work in the city hall, as well as small financial owners who deal with wine, olive oil, fruit and vegetables around port Tulun.

No one dares to neglect Hessen.

Good morning, Lord Vito

"You look great today, Lord Vito!"

"One day, my Lord."

Hessen nodded respectfully to these courteous people. The rittuses have a deep foundation in port Tulun. Many of them are closely related to the ritters.

Walking through the spacious hall on the first floor of the city hall and going up the stairs to the sixth floor of the city hall, a thin and middle-aged man is standing at the entrance of the stairs, frowning and smoking the pungent mixture of tobacco.

Behind the skinny man, at the end of a spacious corridor, the half open door is full of noise. You can hear the angry roar of some people, and some people are patting the table.

"Hessen." The skinny man raised his hand to Hessen.

"Modle." Hessen picked his beard in surprise: "is the Great MU lost today? Did he rise from the West today? My dear Lord wells, don't you have to wait for all of us to get together before you can show your status? "

Hessen walked up to the skinny man modle, reached out, made a gesture on his chest, and grinned.

The position of his stroke was just as high as modle's.

Modle is a typical native of port Tulun. He is only a little more than five feet and five inches tall. Standing beside Hessen, he looks short and shriveled. It is undoubtedly a kind of malicious provocation for Hessen to act like this.

Behind modle, several men were sitting lazily on the rest chair against the wall. Seeing Hessen's action like a awakened cheetah, they tensed up and took two steps towards this side.

The men were riding boots, brown canvas hunting pants, long sleeve white cotton shirts, and black and yellow leather waistcoats. Each of them wore a colorful ancient color, which was exquisite and gorgeous for some years. It was inlaid with various pearls, precious stones and a large belt with gold and silver inlaid.

This is a typical Casilla style, and the Garcia people are synonymous with the local forces in port Tulun.

The four guards behind Hessen quickly crossed Hessen. They grinned and opened their coats, revealing the guns and swords hanging around their waists.

The two sides did not say a word, but the atmosphere became extremely tense, and there was a big disagreement between the two sides.

Both Hessen and modle did not restrain themselves. The two families fought in public and fought in private, which lasted for many years. The size of the witus family today is bite by bite from the local forces led by the wells family.

There is a deep blood hatred between the two sides, there is no need to hypocritical etiquette.

Modle was smoking a cigarette with a certain proportion of tobacco, rosemary and betel nut leaves. It stimulated, refreshed and was said to be able to expel parasites from the body. This is a tradition of the jiaxijia people.

It's just that the taste of this mixed tobacco is extremely bad, and no one can stand it except the real old Garcia people.

Hessen took out a big cigar and put it in his mouth. He put his head in front of modle: "make a fire, so you are here to wait for me today. Let's talk about it. Maybe it can be done. Who knows? "

Modle slightly stood on tiptoe and took a few hard puffs. The cigarette in his mouth suddenly lit up. Hessen's cigar reached the end of the cigarette. Hessen also took a few puffs and lit his cigar.

This is a tacit understanding, which means that Hessen is willing to give modle the face. He is willing to waste some time to listen to what the old opponent wants to say.

There is no doubt that the wits and the wells are enemies, but they are both members of the port Toulon seven member committee. Sometimes, Hessen and modle will inevitably work together to do something.

For example, they jointly put some "cross river strong dragons" who do not know the height of the land and want to share a cup of profits from the port of Tulun into beer barrels, inject enough volcanic cement into them, and then throw them into the deep sea outside the port of Tulun.

There is no lack of precedent for such cooperation.

, the port of seven, has the final say. Besides the Committee of seven, the town hall of port Tulun and even the mayor of port Tulun are the housekeepers and servants jointly employed by the seven member committee to help them with all kinds of chores. That's all.

As a member of the Committee of seven, we love each other, kill each other, and cooperate with each other."Three months ago, three large cargo ships of Rosa chamber of Commerce unloaded 3000 barrels of sugar at the fish sausage wharf. But it is clear that there is no tax on these 3000 barrels of sugar. "

"Two and a half months ago, five medium-sized cargo ships of the rose chamber of Commerce unloaded 10000 barrels of good rum at the fish bladder wharf. They are dissatisfied with the market share of Turing

"The rum is taxed, but on the tax bill, there are only a thousand barrels!"

"Of course, whether it's sugar or rum, it's a small problem."

"Next, it was a month and a half ago. The Golden Rose ocean fleet of rose chamber of Commerce returned to port Tulun, bringing back a large amount of silk and tea. Silk, tea, this is in the rose chamber of commerce business license, Tulun port United Chamber of Commerce issued a business license

"But the warehouse of the Golden Rose ocean fleet is actually mixed with a lot of black pepper." "Ten thousand pounds of black pepper, according to the current market, a pound of black pepper is worth a pound of gold."

"Four and a half million gold marks, ten thousand pounds of black pepper, four and a half million gold marks." Modle's face was gloomy: "Dear Hessen, spices, those charming little guys, have always been my wells family's private plots."

"Some small chambers of Commerce, they can get a certain share of the transaction from the wells family, and their ships can bring back some spice sales. Every year, listen carefully, every year, these small chambers of Commerce may have a hundred pounds? Two hundred pounds? 300 pounds? That's all. "

"And you, Hessen, your rose chamber of Commerce, and the ocean fleet has four fleets, namely, golden rose, silver rose, copper rose and iron rose. Every three months, an ocean going fleet will return to port Tulun. "

"This time I found out that the black pepper that hurt my family was 10000 pounds. Hessen, I know that you are bold and lawless. Is this the first time you have been engaged in spice business secretly? Only 10000 pounds of black pepper? "

"It's not good. It's very bad. You hurt your friends' interests again and again."

Modle dropped his cigarette end, which almost burned to the corner of his mouth. He put his foot on it and crushed it to pieces.

Hessen took a strong puff of his cigar. He looked down at modle: "well, my dear Mr. maudel Jone wells, you are here to wait for me this morning. What do you want to say?"

Modle shrugged his shoulders and pulled a scratched, apparently old, sterling silver cigarette case from his vest bag, and from it came a slender hybrid cigarette.

Hessen actively lowered his head and put his head close. Modle lit the cigarette by the fire on his cigar. They took a breath at the same time, and then took a puff of smoke.

"Small problems, small problems." Modle coughed and said dryly, "I'll forgive you for everything you've done before. Everything that happened before should not have happened."

"I'm very touched by your generosity." Hessen puffed out a perfect ring of smoke: "although I don't care, but since you put forward it on your own initiative, what do you want from me?"

Modle took a folded piece of white paper from his pants pocket and spread it out on the stair guard in front of him.

"The basic losses of the mid autumn massacre have been counted out."

"2378 residential buildings were destroyed, 245 shops and shops were destroyed, and 1897 innocent people were killed and more than 10000 people were injured. And then there are the patrols and the mounted policemen who are injured and killed

Shaking his head, modle said in a deep voice: "roughly estimated, the economic loss this time is more than 80 million gold marks. Public opinion is boiling. Not to mention the citizens of port Tulun, this incident will certainly disturb the imperial capital. "

"Who will bear the loss?" Modle looks at Hessen.

"Of course, it can't be us. We are the victims," they said

With a cough, modle put away the paper, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and looked at Hessen: "you must have known the origin of those people. Imperial intelligence headquarters, of course, we can't offend. "

"Navy?" Hessen slapped fear Modle on the shoulder with a smile: "it was they who started the fight. The shelling must be directed at them. What's more, the shells from the old fort were also moved out of the warehouse of the military port. "

"Army!" "Of course, it's the responsibility of the military intelligence agency of the army," he said. Hessen, as long as we have the same caliber, I know you have a good relationship with the police. We can get an investigation report as soon as possible

"It's the army's responsibility!" Modle's voice became soft: "as long as we have the same caliber, the things I said before..."

"We must seek truth from facts." Hessen strode to the conference hall at the end of the corridor, without looking back, he said, "What promise did the Navy give you? That's your business. "

"We should seek truth from facts. Whose responsibility should be is whose responsibility."Looking at Hessen's back, modle took a few puffs of the cigarette, and then heavily dropped the cigarette end on the ground.

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