Chapter 104 Three unrighteous talents
Hardy quickly found the 'Lord's Mansion' in this city.
It's actually easy to find. Normally, it's the tallest building.
It was already dark at this time, and except for the two central commercial streets, which still had bright lights, the rest of the place was dark.
But the lord's mansion is still very bright, because the news of the new owner's arrival has been received, and the maids inside are working hard to clean up.
Hardy and more than two hundred people stopped at the entrance of the Lord's Manor.
Several manor guards immediately came over and knelt on one knee to pay homage to the new owner.
Rogge sent people to take over the security of the entire manor, and Hardy went into the pavilion in the garden to sit and wait for the security inspection to be completed.
Mallock took the cavalry regiment to a few hundred meters west of the manor, where was the city's barracks, where Mallock was going to take over.
Soon, more than a hundred people inspected the entire manor, and then Hardy was invited to enter the castle of the manor.
The main hall was lit with more than a dozen candles, making it very bright.
Hardy sat under the throne high up and looked at the two fat men below.
"Treasurer, Sheriff! Add a steward, and the three of them can manage the entire city in an orderly manner." Hardy held the chair with his left hand, his cheek in his palm, and there seemed to be warmth in his bright eyes. With a smile: "It seems that you are very capable."
The two fat men were covered in sweat, and the clothes on their backs were almost soaked.
Hardy turned his attention to the fat man with slightly darker skin: "Finance Officer, how much is the monthly tax revenue of Hukaro City each year?" "The monthly tax
revenue is about thirty-one gold coins, excluding the expenses of the castle personnel. , the expenses of administrative staff, the expenses of the city guard, and the taxes handed over to the Jeanne family, there is still a net income of eight gold coins."
So a year is about 96 gold coins, and it has been sixteen years since Madam Sissi left the fief. Years have passed. Based on the annual income of 90 gold coins, there should be 1,440 gold coins in the castle now.
"So where have these gold coins been placed over the years?"
The treasurer's face trembled even more: "They are placed in the warehouse behind the castle."
Hardy gestured to Roger next to him, who immediately He led a few soldiers out of the main hall.
During this period, the financial officer's face became paler and paler, and his body trembled more violently.
The situation of the sheriff next to him was not much better.
Hardy just looked at them, said nothing, and waited quietly.
In the process, the expressions of these two people became increasingly ugly, especially the financial officer, whose body was already crumbling.
After waiting for a while, Rogge and a few soldiers came in carrying two small boxes.
After they opened the box, they found that it was indeed full of gold coins, but the problem was...the two boxes were very small, and even if they were full, there weren't many.
Hardy looked at the two small boxes on the ground, smiled, and said to Rogge: "Help me count them."
Several soldiers began to pull out the gold coins and quickly counted them: "Master, count two. So, one hundred and fifty-four gold coins."
"It's a bit different." Hardy looked at the financial officer and asked with some confusion: "Why don't you make a false account? Maybe you report a false figure. If you can match the figures of these gold coins, can you get away with it?"
The financial officer knelt down directly. He looked up at Hadi, sweating like rain: "Your Excellency Hadi, I can't hide it, Hukaro City's tax revenue , it will be clear after just one investigation. It can be hidden for a few days, but it will be exposed soon."
Hardy turned his attention to the sheriff again: "He made false accounts, so he is afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
The Sheriff also knelt down: "I also took money from Butler Ever."
Hardy finally couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "How much did you two take?"
The two were silent for a while. a while.
Hardy was not in a hurry and waited for them quietly. Finally, the financial officer spoke: "Steward Eiffel gives us two a gold coin every month. Over the past sixteen years, each of us has received about 190 gold coins." "
Okay, I remember it so clearly." Hardy He stood up and walked to the two local officials: "In other words, the rest were eaten by the butler Ever."
The two lowered their heads and acquiesced to the matter.
Hardy said to Rogge: "Go and ask the maid where Ever's home is. Bring dozens of brothers to tie him up. If you resist, you can do it, but you must be careful. Then tie him up." Clean out all the gold coins in his house."
Rogge smiled evilly, turned around and left.
Hardy looked at the two officials again: "As for you two, for the sake of your honesty, go back first. Come to me tomorrow and obey my punishment for you." The
two officials left the castle with sad faces.
The thing more terrifying than punishment is not knowing what kind of punishment you will face.
Then Hardy looked at the maid next to him and asked, "Who is the head maid here?"
"Master, there used to be a head maid here." A maid who looked like a middle-aged woman stood up and whispered: "But After Miss Sissi got married, she took the head maid away. After that, the position of head maid was never set up again. The butler Ever did not say that he would set one up."
Of course the butler would not take the initiative to help set up a temporary head maid, wouldn't that? Find someone to share your 'power' with!
"Then take me to rest."
"Please follow me."
Hardy followed the maid to the third floor, opened the largest room and looked inside, then his face became stiff.
Because... this is a very girly boudoir.
Pink and red bedding and many small and cute-looking furniture support the romantic girly style.
"These are Miss Sissi's things more than ten years ago." The maid explained: "We have always kept and cleaned them carefully, so they are still very new." "Are
there no other beddings?"
"This used to be Miss Sissi's fiefdom, we thought she would come back, so we didn't buy any more men's things." "
Okay, let's go to sleep first."
Hardy didn't mind these things too much.
After all, if you can live in a university dormitory for four years, you won't care about these small details.
He lay on the pink bed and felt the silky smooth quilt. It felt a little strange at first, but after getting used to it, it was actually quite comfortable.
Then I woke up at dawn.
The next morning, Hardy went down from the third floor to the main hall and saw the financial officer and the sheriff waiting.
Next to him, there was an old man tied up, with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
At the same time, there were a few more boxes in the main hall.
Rogge waited for Hardy to sit down and then came over to report: "Master, the man has been kidnapped, but we searched all night and only found more than two hundred gold coins."
Hardy looked at Ever, with a playful look on his face.
Ever gritted his teeth and looked at Hardy angrily: "Why are you arresting me? I deserve the money."
"It's useless for you to tell me this." Hardy sighed and said, "I I will send you, and more than two hundred gold coins, to Jeanne Manor, to Madam Sissi, and tell her the whole story."
Ever's face immediately turned pale, and he shouted in horror : "No, what's the difference between your behavior and that of a devil!"
(End of this chapter)