HCB Chapter 483 Doubts
Chapter 483 Doubts
This time Eugene stayed in Alden for only a week and then left quickly.
After leaving Olden, he continued his inspection tour without stopping, visiting the two provinces of Düsseldorf and Det.
While in the province of Dyte, Eugene and his party encountered a severe snowstorm. The severe weather caused the roads to be quickly covered with snow, making it difficult for the carriage to move forward.
In desperation, Eugene could only stay in the province of Det for three days.
During these three days, he discussed with Governor Det how to deal with the local wintering problem, while waiting for the people sent by Governor Det to clear the road.
Three days after the snowstorm stopped, the snow on the road was basically cleared, and Eugene and his party set out again, heading east towards the province of Novi.
Finally, Eugene arrived in the Norwegian province. As usual, the Norwegian governor and officials from the capital city of Norwegian welcomed the convoy.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Eugene, accompanied by officials, quickly entered the governor's office in the city.
As soon as they entered the office, Eugene and Governor Noway got down to business. Governor Noway first introduced the situation here:
"Novi Territory is different from other regions. When the Yoda Empire ruled, Novi Territory was not a governor's jurisdiction but the territory of an earl. Later, when the coalition forces arrived here, the earl surrendered."
Governor Novi went on to say:
"But the city of Norwegian is not ruled by Count Norwegian. At that time, Count Norwegian was short of money, so he handed over the control of the city to the local city council in exchange for a certain amount of taxes. Therefore, the city is currently governed by the city council."
Eugene frowned and said:
"That was during the time of the Yoda Empire. Now it's under the rule of His Majesty King John. They should just hand over their power. At worst, we can just give up their money."
Governor Novi quickly explained:
“That’s what I told them at the time.”
Governor Novi paused, then continued:
"I even refused their bribe and they told me to wait for the council to discuss it."
"At the same time, I also felt that if the city council was directly removed, it would disrupt the original order and many problems would arise when I took over, so I gave them a month to consider."
Eugene was suspicious when he heard this, and asked quickly:
"So this city is currently governed by the local city council? What will the city look like?"
Eugene has lived in the Yoda Empire for more than 20 years and knows very well what the city council in Yoda City is like. It basically monopolizes market transactions in the city and provides various types of usury. The gangs are even more cruel than the landlords and bandits in the countryside.
Governor Novi sighed and said:
"This is what I am going to talk about next. Before I took office, I learned from the coalition that there were a large number of beggars in the city and that gangs were extorting money everywhere. But when I took office, I found that there were no beggars in the city at all, and I didn't see any gangs at all."
"Also, I had just started working here for a day when a carriage dealer named Duna came to my house and gave me a big bag of gold coins without saying anything, asking me to use it when the carriages in the carriage dealership go out."
After Governor Novi finished speaking, he noticed that Eugene was staring at him closely, so he continued helplessly:
"I confiscated it. I told him that as long as he didn't do anything illegal, the soldiers at the city gate would not make things difficult for him."
"But after he left, I realized something was wrong. How could a car dealer have so many gold coins? Gold coins are only used for large-volume transactions. Most of his car dealership's daily work is to transport crops and livestock from nearby villages and towns to the city. Occasionally, he would let people ride in the car and collect some fares. These fees are not settled with gold coins."
"You mean, that person named Duna is a human trafficker, engaging in human trafficking?"
Eugene asked based on the information he said.
Governor Novi thought for a moment and said:
"I have thought so. I even sent people to check his car dealership, but it was just an ordinary car dealership. The criminal files obtained from the local city council did not show any criminal record. He also does charity work and often donates to churches. People in the city council say he is a good person."
"Impossible. I've lived in Youda for so many years. The car dealership is the best place for smuggling. How can he make huge profits if he doesn't do smuggling? It's impossible that he doesn't have a criminal record at all, or it must have been wiped out."
After hearing this information, Eugene immediately stood up and said with a firm face, and then prepared to investigate.
But he suddenly realized that his rash actions would alert the enemy, so he said to Governor Novi:
"Well, you take me around first, and I'll send someone to keep an eye on that car dealership, and I'll see what's going on."
In this way, in the next few days, Eugene spent several days inspecting various places in the province of Novi.
Wherever he went, he observed carefully, had cordial conversations with the local villagers, asked about their living conditions and understood their life needs.
At the same time, he also asked in various villages and towns whether there was anyone who knew Duna. However, the result he got surprised him.
Except for the farmers near the city of Novi who said they would hire Duna's carriage to transport goods, people in other places didn't even know there was such a person as Duna.
At the same time, the people in the city who were responsible for observing the car dealership also reported that Duna basically went to and from the car dealership every day. He would go to the car dealership as soon as the sun rose and leave the car dealership to go home as soon as the sun set. He had never been to any other place and his life was very regular.
And so, seven days passed.
At sunset that day, Eugene, as usual, was in his carriage, watching Duna's car dealership across the street.
Watching Duna come out of the dealership again and walk towards home, Eugene was full of confusion and doubt. He sat in the carriage, staring at Duna's every move until he disappeared from his sight.
"Did I really check it wrong?"
Eugene thought so, his face full of anxiety and confusion.
Finally, he sighed helplessly, ordered several plainclothes soldiers to continue watching the place, and then took a carriage back to his residence.
After Eugene returned to his residence, he simply washed up and prepared to go to bed tiredly.
He lay in bed, but Duna's figure and the results of the investigation over the past few days kept appearing in his mind, and he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Just when he was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the door.
Then he heard a knock on the door and the voice of a guard at the door, saying that there was news from the soldiers at the garage.
Eugene woke up instantly when he heard it, and immediately did a salmon-shaped somersault, and all sleepiness disappeared. He didn't care that he was still in pajamas, and hurried to the hall.
The plainclothes soldier on the opposite side looked nervous when he saw Eugene, and immediately said, "Inspector, you are being followed!"