Chapter 339: Not a Good Population Situation
Although there are many people in the White Flower Club, after Marcelo, as the leader, was captured, the remaining people were all a mob. They could neither form an organized resistance nor have a place to escape, so they could only hide in a dilapidated house. Praying to get away with it.
Soon, this group of people who showed little resistance were centralized and controlled by the knights.
There were so many people, and it was impossible for Luo Ning to bring them all back to Golden Feather City. Firstly, the ship could not fit them, and secondly, there was no need.
What's more, these people who stay on Waiheke Island will become his people and serve him in the future.
So he stood on the high slope and loudly announced his purpose of coming to Waiheke Island. At the same time, he stated that this operation would only capture Marcelo and his accomplices. The rest of the people would only need to obey the order and complete the Vali Knight's mission safely. mission, they will continue to live on this land without any danger.
After this round of announcements, the tense atmosphere was somewhat relieved. Luo Ning took the opportunity to briefly inspect these people, and he discovered some not very good phenomena.
Many of these people are disabled and some are mentally retarded.
For example, some people have bad eyesight, some move like a cripple, some should be teenagers but have bodies of dozens of years old, and some are in their twenties but only have the IQ of five or six years old.
According to Vali, many of them are born that way.
It was pretty good that these people could survive, understand human speech, and do some work. Many of them died within a few days of being born.
This is the punishment sent down by the Seven Gods for the sins committed by their ancestors.
Luo Ning has his own guess about this.
There is no normal social order in the White Flower Society, and reproduction among them must be more chaotic than the outside world.
Incestuous unions among nobles will produce offspring with congenital abnormalities, let alone in a more chaotic social relationship like the White Flower Society.
In the future, when he takes over Waiheke Island, he will probably need to formulate a set of marriage standards. He cannot just bring in a girl or a boy and get together as a couple. He needs to avoid as much as possible the birth of children with congenital deformities caused by incest.
While the group was controlling the people, the search work was also going on simultaneously.
Soon, the dock discovered by Luo Ning in advance was found.
Vali looked at the scene in front of him and was furious.
He was responsible for supervising the entire Waiheke Island. It was okay to forget that the people on the island were becoming more and more out of control. Unexpectedly, the other party also built a dock privately to communicate with the outside world.
He looked at the wood hoarded around him and knew that Marcelo was smuggling outside.
If the higher authorities wanted to hold him accountable for this kind of thing, he would inevitably be held accountable.
"These damn criminals!"
Vali cursed in a low voice. In front of Ronin and the members of the Royal Griffin Knights, he had no chance of escaping this crime, and he did not have the dignity to let the nobles in front of him conceal this information for him.
"Your Excellency, what are you going to do next?"
Luo Ning pondered for a long time and said: "This dock is obviously used by Baihua Society for smuggling. Next, I will ask you to preside over the interrogation of Marcelo and others, and try to find out who they are cooperating with to smuggle wood. And how long this cooperation lasted, how much wood was shipped, etc. ”
Vali's thoughts were brought back by Ronin's words, and he quickly responded: "Don't worry, I will definitely interrogate and find out the results."
"Remember not to harm their lives."
Luo Ning warned: "Whether or not to kill them is a matter for His Majesty the King. Our mission is to deliver them alive to Golden Feather City."
In order to prevent the other party from being reckless, he arranged for Tom and one of Missy's knights to assist him.
Fortunately, these people are not as tight-lipped as they thought.
Especially Clifford, who was defeated by Ronin. Vali simply threatened him all afternoon, and the other party honestly explained everything.
According to Clifford's description, he comes from the "Bloodsail" pirate group, the largest in the Screaming Sea, and he is the third leader of the group.
In order to help Marcelo fight against Vali, and also to take possession of the White Flower Society to seek greater wealth, Clifford has been living in Waiheke Island.
He had thought that such a remote area would not attract the attention of the big shots, at least not so quickly.
Clifford never expected that the people above would come so fast and violently, without giving him any buffer time.
"Luoning, do you believe what Clifford said?" Missy asked.
As the leader of the royal team, Missy represents His Majesty the Kingdom to a certain extent.
When she returns to Golden Feather City, she will also report to Bruno what she has seen along the way.
In response to her question, Luo Ning nodded thoughtfully, but then shook his head.
"I recognize his origins. It is indeed possible for the Blood Sail Pirates to do such a thing. However, I remain skeptical as to whether there are other forces involved besides the Blood Sail Pirates behind this matter."
During the afternoon search, Luo Ning found many well-made logging tools, such as machetes, axes, etc.
This shows that Clifford and others want to do something big in Waiheke Island, and they already have stable sales channels.
With this complete process from felling to shipping, transportation and sales, it seems impossible to say that there would be no cooperation.
Who will the cooperation partner be?
Luo Ning naturally thought of the nobles on both sides of the Screaming Sea, the most conspicuous of which was the Fleming family of the Earl of the Screaming Sea.
However, these are just his guesses. There is no actual evidence to identify them, and he will not tell Missy. After all, it will be troublesome if other nobles accuse you of framing and slandering you.
Ronin is just a little worried. Now that he has cut off the financial resources of the Blood Sail Pirates, he wonders if the other party will want to retaliate and invade here after he takes over the Rapids Island in the future?
An island isolated overseas is not as safe as Wubei Territory.
If it is not handled properly, a heavy blow will cause him to suffer huge losses.
Before Wubei Territory does not have enough naval power, perhaps shelving disputes and win-win cooperation will be an option?
Ronin and his party rested in the mountain stronghold of the White Flower Society for a night.
The next morning, Knight Vali left a few knights and a group of infantry to continue to manage here, and the rest of the people, together with Ronin, escorted Marcelo and Clifford back to the port of Rapids Island.
Now the only restless force on Rapids Island is the Larne Society.
The White Flower Society was easily solved by them, and the weaker Larne Society was even simpler.
On the morning of the third day, Ronin led the team to set off again.
The information communication on Rapids Island was obviously not smooth. When the large group of people came to the territory of the Larn Society, their leader, Knight Larn, was awakened from his sleep and learned that the leader of the White Flower Society had been captured.
In this case, he surrendered without any resistance. Basically, everyone quickly controlled the place without much fighting.
So far, the two rebel forces on Rapids Island were suppressed without making any waves. Next, Ronin only needed to escort Marcelo and his group to Niujiao Bay, and this trip to brush merits would be a complete success.
In the quiet evening, Ronin stood by the window of the room and overlooked the port of Niujiao Bay.
Dongdongdong~
The door knocked and Karada walked in.
"Sir, we have brought the person you want to see."
"Bring him in."
Tom and David, one on the left and one on the right, escorted a bald man with shackles into the study. (End of this chapter)