"So that's it."

Mo Cheng nodded, and now he understood why Baron Helena tried to contact him through such unreasonable means.

After all, in Fairhaven, Mo Cheng has been known to some extent by the upper-class nobles. Although the nobles were watching, they did not bother them too much. The invitation to the banquet was placed there, and Mo Cheng was not asked.

There was no reply, and no one was sent to urge me.

The meanings of both parties are very obvious. One party wants to get to know you, and the other party expresses that he is not in a hurry. This kind of pulling may take two or three months to turn around, but both the nobles and Mo Cheng have enough time.

wait.

When Baron Helena came to visit, Mo Cheng almost thought that the tacit understanding had been broken.

"Can I ask, if something happened to the Thelannis family fleet, how much compensation is required?"

Although Mo Cheng doesn't know much about business, he also knows that in this period, shipping business is a high-risk and high-reward affair. Every time the fleet sets off, the profits are huge, but it also has to face storms, tsunamis, inexplicable natural disasters, pirates, and even

It’s not impossible that the captain would simply take the money and run away if the profits were too great.

It’s just that during this period, shipping profits have not yet reached their peak. The real peak period will be a few years later.

At that time, [Foreign Land] shared all servers, and disasters on the sea were greatly reduced. At the same time, thanks to the development of the maritime industry and ships, the success rate of traveling to another continent was as high as 70%.

There is no doubt that the golden age, the cultural exchanges between the two continents, the circulation of goods, and of course the wars accompanying the interests.

That time can be called the "Great Navigation Period". For the fleets and merchants, the continent on the other side of the ocean was full of gold. As long as they crossed the ocean, they could get a sum of money to buy a manor, a butler, and three people.

Beautiful maid, spend the rest of your life comfortably with money.

Of course, benefits are always relative to risks. With fewer natural disasters, there will naturally be more man-made disasters.

There will always be people who feel that instead of crossing the ocean to do business on the other side of the continent, it is better to target the fleet of ships returning fully loaded.

If Mo Cheng remembers correctly, the minor version updates carried out at that time were mainly open naval battles, various islands, and pirate maps.

"I don't know the exact number, but I think it's a lot." Margaret took out a stack of paper from the table, flipped through it, and replied, "I'm not someone who takes pleasure in other people's misfortunes. Knowing this is

Because a report was received.”

"Report a crime?"

This made Mo Cheng surprised. Margaret's law enforcement team should not be involved in the sinking of the Thelanis fleet.

The amount of compensation is stipulated in the contract. Even if there is a dispute between nobles, it should be judged by the noble court.

As for why the fleet sank on the ocean, it should not be the responsibility of the law enforcement team.

"One of the deceased was one of the captains of the Thelanis fleet during his lifetime. He felt very guilty because the whole ship sank and he was the only one who was rescued. Afterwards, he left the Thelanis family and got drunk in a tavern."

Mo Cheng took the information handed over by Margaret, which had a clear picture of the body and the cause of death.

"He was stabbed thirteen times in the back, in the throat, heart, and even temple. Tsk, tsk, it seems that he must die. I guess the captain said something that others didn't want him to say after he was drunk.

What he said."

Margaret nodded, "Yes, according to my investigation, the captain often cursed a certain nobleman when he was drunk, and said that if it were not for his people, the fleet would not have sunk at all. Judging from this result,

It seems that a considerable part of the reason for the sinking of Thranis’ fleet was man-made.”

"Did the captain say which noble he was?"

Some things are just guesses, but some things are just guesses.

The accidental death, combined with the captain's experience, makes it difficult for people to separate these things and look at them.

"No, the captain was very cautious. He did not give out any specific information about the nobles. Moreover, because of the reason for taking shares, every noble who invested in the shares sent someone to monitor it."

Mo Cheng shrugged. It was obvious that at this point, all the clues had been lost. "Unfortunately, the captain is not cautious enough. If he were cautious, he should keep some things in his stomach or explain it to his boss instead."

Getting drunk and swearing in places like pubs.”

Some things only require suspicion. Murder and silence are nothing new.

"I'm afraid it's useless to say it." Margaret knew some inside information. "The nobles have always been very dissatisfied with the nobles who were promoted by the queen with false titles. They have humiliated them in public several times. As for private

There are even more. As a very powerful person among the virtual nobles, Thranes is often regarded as a leader by the virtual nobles."

"In this fleet, some of the nobles took shares and wanted to make money together, but there were definitely some who secretly caused trouble and caused the fleet to sink."

Mo Cheng can also understand the mentality of the nobles. After all, things are rare and valuable. If there are too many nobles, they will be worthless. After all, there are many nobles in Fairhaven who receive the monthly subsistence allowance provided by Aundair.

To survive, all they have left is their arrogant face.

It's not impossible for Queen Aundair to want to promote some people to become nobles, but she didn't expect that the queen would promote a large number of people, and they would also be elites in some industries. Originally, the ecological environment of the nobles was not very good, even if they were doing

Business also uses the privileges of the nobility to occupy the market.

When the business elites were awarded titles, those nobles who relied on their status and privileges to obtain benefits naturally could not continue to be the same as before. Not only did they lose money, but they also became the same "nobles" as themselves in the face of the "untouchables" who had bowed to them in the past.

】, this kind of gap is too much for people to accept.

Once people cannot accept the facts, it is not surprising that they will do anything.

"Are you going to take care of this matter?" Mo Cheng looked at the record in his hand. He knew Margaret's character well. If he had not planned to take care of it, this record would not be on his desk.

"That is a dispute between nobles. The investigation must be handed over to the Knights, and the judgment must be made by the noble court. The law enforcement group does not have this power and cannot control it, but their rules cannot control me. Just because of this incident,

Theranis has a great distrust of nobles, and when I came to the door because of this case before, I was dealt with very politely."

The feeling of distrust is inevitable. I am afraid that Theranis is somewhat aware that the sinking of most of his fleet has something to do with the nobles.

So when Margaret comes to investigate, the other party will probably think that she is coming to see their joke.

And Mo Cheng also heard some clues from Margaret's words, "You don't want me to contact Baron Thelanis and investigate this matter, right?"

With a bitter look on his face, Mo Cheng asked skip players to carry out investigation and puzzle-solving tasks, which was no different from rubbing a photolithography machine with a forty-meter ship-cutting knife.

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Chapter completed!