Chapter 1287 Don’t Wait Until the Time Comes

When I read through all the submitted documents, I discovered an interesting phenomenon.

All medium-sized nobles can write more and never less, while most small-sized nobles only say a few words, even some perfunctory things.

I did not pursue them on the spot, but returned to the guild with the documents and showed them to Boss Ren.

"What do you think about this?" I asked.

"Obviously, medium-sized nobles do not mainly focus on jewelry store shares. They must have other businesses under their names, so they are not worried about being abandoned by you after being used. However, small nobles are different. Most of these just talk about jewelry stores. I don’t want to be eliminated from the shares, so I use this as a condition to protect myself. As for those who are perfunctory, I’m afraid they have already transferred their property and are ready to leave the jewelry store at any time.”

"Yeah, that makes sense." I nodded and said, "What would you do if it were you?"

"Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys," Boss Ren said: "Since you don't want to do it, get rid of it, but the method must be ruthless."

"How to calculate cruelty?" I asked.

"Confiscate the property and spit out the stolen money," Boss Ren said slowly.

I added: "How about depriving them of their noble titles?"

"If we do that, we need to restrict their movements," Boss Rennes said.

"That's right, once you take action, you will be worry-free for life." I sneered, "I want them to never be able to turn over again!"

The next morning and afternoon, I held two more meetings, and the content was still that I hope they can disclose all the secrets of the jewelry store.

However, the result was the same as before. The medium-sized nobles and some small nobles no longer had any secrets to speak of. Most of the small nobles still only spoke a few words, but the content involved was more than before. The last part of the small nobles were still perfunctory.

That afternoon, after I finished reading the last document, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and several orcs in well-dressed clothes walked in and handed me a stack of detailed lists, which clearly recorded the sales of the jewelry store since its opening. All accounts, including every bill consumed by the nobles present.

In line with the accounts of my medium-sized nobles and small-sized nobles, I didn't even look at them and threw them aside.

I flipped through the accounts of the little nobles who were more cooperative with me but still paid close attention to them. I casually pointed out a few inaccuracies in the accounts and asked for compensation or to admit my mistakes and correct them.

Finally, I opened every account of the little nobleman who was perfunctory with me.

Check one by one, thoroughly investigate one by one, record all the wrong accounts, accounts with unknown origins, and even false accounts, calculate the amount, and then hand it to everyone.

"It's human nature to like money, and it's understandable, but corruption at will is a crime, and falsifying accounts is even more abominable." My eyes scanned the faces of those perfunctory little nobles one by one, and I slowly said: "These Please make up for the lost accounts today."

"Why!" One of the young nobles stood up and said angrily: "Why should I give you the money to contribute? What I did was allowed by the previous boss!"

I nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but you still have to make up the money. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to your previous boss to reason with you."

"This is unreasonable! This is unreasonable!" A slightly older young nobleman who was also perfunctory with me stood up, blushed, and said angrily: "You, a commoner, dare to insult us and other nobles like this. Let me tell you, I have an old relationship with the city lord. , if you don’t apologize immediately, I will kill you tomorrow!”

"I'll wait and see what you can do to make me finish tomorrow." I looked at him and sneered.

"Okay, just wait!" He gritted his teeth, walked quickly to the door, opened the door and left.

However, there were already a group of adventurers guarding the door. When they saw someone coming out, and it was not me, they immediately raised their weapons, sharp and sharp, and pointed them directly at his throat and face. He was so shocked that he sat down on the ground with a plop.

Panting repeatedly, he came to his senses, turned to me, and said angrily: "What are you going to do!"

"If I don't do anything, I'll just ask you to pay back the debt."

"What if I don't pay it back!" he said angrily.

"If you don't pay it back, you won't be able to walk out of this door."

The door was closed again, and the little nobleman who had been so frightened that he collapsed on the ground also got up, and sat back down with his face flushed, with a look of shame and anger.

"You are detaining a noble!" Another perfunctory noble stood up and shouted angrily: "Do you know what the crime of detaining a noble is!"

"I have no idea."

"Well, I'll tell you, restrained nobleman."

"I don't want to know either." I interrupted him rudely, then looked at him with cold eyes and said coldly: "Are you sure you are still a noble?"

"What do you mean by this?" He was confused and his voice was a little panicked.

"That's literally what it means."

I winked at the orc beside me. He took out a roll of documents from his arms, spread it out, and read it just once. The nobleman who was present and perfunctory with me was completely paralyzed.

It's not that he's paralyzed by illness, but that his whole body has lost strength and is as paralyzed as a salted fish.

At that moment, they lost their goals, ideals, and hope.

The paper used for that roll of documents, including the pattern on it, was recognized by every noble present. It was the special paper used by the great nobles in the area.

The above content is also very simple, just one sentence, and it also contains several names, which are the same as the names of the little nobles who perfunctory me.

The meaning of the document is simpler: deprive the person whose name is read of his noble title, take back his fief, and restrict the scope of his activities.

"You are no longer nobles," I said calmly, "therefore, my behavior does not offend the nobles. At the same time, in view of your previous rude behavior and the crime of corruption and false accounting you have committed, I have decided to deprive you of your shares. , evenly distributed among other nobles."

Immediately, the little nobles who treated me all had dead faces, full of hopelessness.

A few of them who responded quickly rushed forward crying and begging me to be merciful to them. However, before they could shout a few words, they were stopped by my people and thrown out of the gate.

"Really, it's too noisy," I muttered.

Afterwards, he said thank you to the orcs around him and sent them back.

These orcs are all accountants I borrowed from the Iron Wolf Guild. Now that things are over, it’s time to let them go back.

After that, I continued giving meetings to other people.

This time, the meeting was much cleaner. At the same time, I also felt the fearful looks of the nobles present towards me.

"I recovered a lot of shares today," I said, "but I don't intend to keep them for myself. I decided to distribute them to each of you, so that we can all profit together and make a fortune together."

There was a brief uproar in the conference room, and many nobles looked with fear in their eyes with awe.

"However, I still say that, if you have any secrets, feel free to tell me. It will be limited to noon tomorrow. This is your last chance. Don't wait until later."