Chapter 838: Boss Luo, the Infrastructure Maniac

"Ready Player One in Time and Space ()"

Seven terrifying special-level dangerous species were killed one by one by "Taeko" without any resistance in the frozen state, and turned into corpse puppets controlled by the Teigu [March of the Dead: Eight Rooms].

The biggest threat to ship navigation in the bay has been eliminated.

On the other side, "Maillard" and others also used methods such as forced confessions and bribery to find out the detailed information of multiple pirate forces entrenched on the islands near Haiqing City.

On a dark and stormy night, Luo Jie led all the members of the Oberg Killer Association to go out and move across the islands one by one according to the planned route, slaughtering thousands of pirates from more than a dozen large and small pirate forces. .

With the seven white sea dragons of "Taeko" swimming offshore, no pirates could escape the island alive.

In the early morning of the next day, when a load of gold, silver, grain and pirate heads appeared at the old port of Shaohaiwan, the whole Haiqing City was shocked.

Whether they were common people or nobles, they rushed to tell each other, and the entire dock was crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.

No one expected that the acting lord would suddenly make such a big noise quietly.

After hearing the news, the prefect of Haiqingcheng ordered his people to pick up the pile of pirate heads and searched everywhere for Luo Jie's whereabouts. However, he learned that Luo Jie did not return with the fleet at all, but was directly on the way. Just got off the boat.

"Then may I ask, where is the Lord now?"

The prefect of Haiqingcheng asked "Chelsea" politely.

The acting lord's tough and iron-fisted style is quite similar to that of General "Esdeath". The prefect of Haiqingcheng does not dare to look down upon him just because of his age.

The respect of Haiqingcheng's prefect made "Chelsea" feel a little dazed for a moment. This kind of big shot who was once unattainable to her would actually talk to her in a low voice. Obviously, it was all because of the power and power of the person behind her. of awe.

"Ye... Master Tazmi said that she was going to visit the Zachary family."

Hai Qingcheng's prefect's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he subconsciously wanted to get up and rush over. Finally, he shook his head and left with a wry smile.

I can't control it, I really can't control it.

No matter how chaotic Hai Qingcheng was in the past, it at least still followed certain established rules. However, this acting lord did not play by the rules at all - or in other words, whatever he did was the rules.

…

In the western suburbs of Haiqing City, Zachary's mansion.

"Master, master! The acting lord is here!"

A servant ran into the back courtyard in panic, knelt down outside the bedroom door and reported loudly.

The head of the family, "Modo Zachary", the village elder who had acted as peacemaker many times before, was currently lying on the bed with Xinna's concubine in the twelfth room, rubbing hemp rope, and finally raised his head a little from rubbing. When frightened by this servant, he immediately drooped like a dead snake.

The result of half an hour's hard work turned into a cannon shadow, and the silver-haired old man burst into tears.

Just a little bit, just a little bit!

You might as well have come half a minute later...

However, the acting lord came to the door in person. How could "Modo Zachary" dare to neglect? He quickly got dressed with his concubine at his service, and rushed out of the room in three steps at a time.

"Quick! Call the other men in the house and follow me to the living room to greet the lord! Madam, please don't call, and tell them to get as far away from me as possible! Whoever dares to show up without authorization, I will pull her legs Discount!"

Front house, living room.

Luo Jie was standing alone in front of the ancient bookshelf, playing with the antique jades from unknown dynasties and dynasties. A group of people crowded in at the door, arranged in several rows in order of age, and all knelt down to salute.

"All members of the Zachary family send their greetings to the lord. I didn't know that the lord was coming, so I missed you from afar. I hope you will forgive me!"

Luo Jie turned around and calmly sat down on the mahogany chair facing the door. He picked up the teacup on the table and crossed his legs. He looked down at the Zachary family members who were kneeling on the ground with a half-smile, but he still didn't say anything. Speak to them to get up.

"Modo Zachary" was an experienced man, and he immediately noticed that something was wrong with the acting lord's attitude, but he didn't know what went wrong. He asked tentatively: "I don't know why the lord is here? If necessary , the entire Zachary family will do their best to serve you!”

"Actually, the main reason I came here this time is because I heard that the Kazari family is famous for their charity, and I just recently planned to rebuild the pier in Haiqing City..."

"Oh, it should be, it should be!" How could "Modo Zachary" fail to hear the subtext here? You can't avoid this blackmail anyway, so why not take the initiative and try to leave a good deal for the acting lord? impression.

He quickly calculated in his mind, gritted his teeth and extended a slap, saying: "The Kazari family is willing to donate 50,000 gold coins."

Fifty thousand gold coins is actually quite a lot. According to the current labor prices in Haiqing City, this money can hire 5,000 workers for at least half a year.

Unexpectedly, Luo Jie remained unmoved. He took a sip of tea as if absentmindedly and sneered: "Fifty thousand? Are you treating me like a beggar?"

Several young members of the Zachary family showed anger and subconsciously wanted to stand up to argue, but were pinned down to the ground by the sweaty elders beside them.

"Modo Zachary" lowered his head lower and said with a trembling cry: "Lord, fifty thousand gold coins is already half of our family's annual income. People also need to eat..."

"That's not right." Luo Jie took out a slightly worn account book from his arms and flipped through a few pages carelessly, "This is the account book I got by accident when I wiped out the pirates last night. It clearly says, you Zachary In the past ten years, my family’s commission from secretly selling stolen goods for pirates has reached as much as two million gold coins..."

"Modo Zachary" turned pale when he saw the account book. He gritted his teeth and argued forcefully: "Lord, you are aware of this! Our Kazari family has always abided by the law. How could we possibly cause trouble with those people?" Are the pirates in the village colluding with each other? This...this account book is definitely someone trying to frame our Kazari family!"

Luo Jie watched with great interest the impassioned performance of the old man with a white beard that made people pee, and suddenly grinned widely.

"Mr. Zachary, I think you may have made a mistake - well, you might as well say something straight. I am here to ask for money this time. Don't say that your family has colluded with pirates, even if you are really innocent Good people, I can prove this crime to you."

With that said, Luo Jie walked up to "Modo Kazari", squatted down and said with a smile: "I guess you are thinking now, pretend to be weak first, use part of the money to hold me back, and then secretly Join forces with those squire officials who have colluded with pirates and go to Minister Ernest to file a serious complaint against me? "

"Modo Kazari" who was told something central trembled all over, his eyes flickered and he didn't know how to respond.

Luo Jie curled his lips and patted his shoulder with regret.

"Indeed, if you join forces, you can indeed mobilize a lot of connections in the court. Minister "Ernest" may be under pressure and ask General "Esdeath" to remove me from my position as acting lord and reassign me. Returning to the Imperial Capital—that’s all. "

"But before I go, what do you think will happen to you?"

Seeing this familiar smile, "Modo Kazari" inexplicably thought of the "neatly" arranged Borchardt family, and became so angry that blood hit his throat.

"You... how dare you? Our Kazari family is also a noble with the title of Lord. Murdering a noble is a serious crime of rebellion!"

"noble?"

Luo Jie suddenly kicked the old man "Modo Kazari" into the ground with a kick to the chest. A group of filial sons and grandsons behind him rushed up and shouted for help, but they dared not say anything to the murderer standing there.

"Do you deserve to be called a noble? Are you going to increase revenue and reduce expenditures for the empire, and increase taxes? Or are you going to stand up and guard the frontiers for the empire?"

"Minister Ernest is greedy, but he is definitely not stupid. A talented person who can collect taxes for him and guard the sea frontier, or a group of useless people who only take advantage of their privileges to prey on the common people. Which one is more useful to him? He is still Clearly distinguishable. "

"It's unnecessary to talk to people like you."

With an indifferent look on his face, Luo Jie rubbed the soles of his shoes on "Modo Kazari"'s gorgeous silk robe, and walked straight out across the crowd.

"Don't say that I won't give you the Kazari family a chance. Two and a half million gold coins. I will send you half a million before the end of the month. The remaining two million will be settled within half a year. If one is missing, use one." A human head comes to the head.”

"Modo Kazari"'s vision went dark and he fainted on the spot.

There were cries of ghosts and wolves howling in the Kazari mansion, as if they were mourning for an heir.

…

In Haiqing City, there are many merchants and nobles involved with pirates.

Luo Jie had a ledger in one hand and a blackmail in the other. He visited every house and knocked a lot of money.

Even he himself did not expect that Haiqing City, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, could actually squeeze out tens of millions of wealth. Even for the capital of a province, this amount is quite exaggerated.

This can be regarded as "hiding wealth among the people" in a certain sense...

With money in your pocket, you will naturally have enough confidence.

Next, UU reads a book www. ｕukｎｈhu.net Luo Jie began to play the role of a boy who scattered wealth, and built large-scale construction projects in Haidong City according to the bidding methods of modern society.

Is the pier too small? Tear it down and rebuild again!

Is the official system too broken? Destroyed and resurfaced!

Lord orders were issued one after another, and the entire Haiqing City turned into a large construction site almost overnight.

This world lacks everything except people.

Luo Jie intends to stimulate domestic demand in Haiqing City, and is extremely generous in terms of workers' wages. Even the lowest-level ordinary workers can get two gold coins every month.

Moreover, food and accommodation are all on the construction site, and the salary received is completely pure income without any expenses.

For a time, more than a dozen temporary recruitment offices in the central square of Haiqing City were overwhelmed by the swarming crowd, and the local government had to send a large number of security personnel to maintain order on the scene.

The first batch of recruitment recruited a total of 30,000 young people.

The expenses for food and salary alone amount to nearly 100,000 gold coins per month.

If the cost of various building materials is included, this number may be doubled.

However, Luo Jie was not satisfied with the current scale. After the first batch of workers performed their duties smoothly, he immediately started recruiting the second batch of workers.

This time, it was directly 50,000 people.

The monthly expenses instantly soared to a whopping 250,000 yuan.

Of course, if we just spend a lot of money like this, we won't be able to survive for long even if we have gold and silver.

Seeing that the numbers on his books were decreasing day by day, Luo Jie immediately launched the blood recovery plan that he had already prepared.

Using the clairvoyance ability of "Mailad" and the seven white sea dragons controlled by "Taeko" to drive away the fish, the fishing fleet consisting of dozens of large ships leaves early and returns late, bringing back thousands of tons of fish almost every day After being harvested, they are sorted by workers and put on the market at a fair price.