Cowlir has had a very prosperous life lately, and the people of Crewe City and Kawar Castle, whether nobles or commoners, who know him, will call him 'Your Excellency' when they see him.

Half a month ago, his master, Baron Peddy Reagan, summoned the nobles of Crewe City to establish a department similar to the Imperial Guard, named the Police Department, and Cowlier was appointed by Peddy as the chief of the police department on the spot.

The main responsibility of this department is to maintain law and order in the city and its subordinate towns, and all police officers are guided by the Imperial Constitution and the Administrative Regulations of the Crewe Territory, under which Pedi gives the police department the power to directly investigate the lower nobles and middle and lower officials of the Crewe Territory.

The formation of the whole department is not too difficult, the functions of the Patrol Office of the City Defense Battalion of Crewe City are basically the same as that of the police station, and Pei Di only needs an order to separate the entire Patrol Office of the City Defense Battalion and transfer it to the police station. Of course, the patrol rights of the city defense battalion were also transferred to the police station, and from then on the city defense battalion was only responsible for urban defense issues.

The inspectors would not refuse such an order, because the police station set up by Pedi was a direct subordinate agency of the Kawalburg... In other words, the administrative rank of the police department is already equal to that of the Knight Guard.

Of course, this is only nominal equivalence ... The quality and composition of the Knight Guard may not be enough even if it takes the police department ten years to catch up.

To this end, Peddy appointed Don Wright as the First Deputy Chief and Chief of the Operations Investigation Division, and Pedi needed Don Wright and his paladins to enhance the overall image of the police department, as well as experienced secret agents.

...

The idea of setting up a police station had been in the mind as early as when Pedi took over the leadership of Crewe's military authority to investigate the assassination of Count Rezester Borg, but Pedi didn't know anything about Crewe at the time, so he didn't bring it up rashly.

And now, he had an elite Guards and Heavy Cavalry Corps in his hands, and with such power, he could do whatever he wanted within his purview.

However, Pedi is not an independent judgment,

He summoned Sir Tyve Chatter, the chief of the Inspectorate, Herman, the chief of the castle, and Baron Danmen, the chief of military intelligence, for a private conversation before making up his mind.

The trio found out the reason for Pedi:

First, the security problem caused by the skyrocketing urban population in Crewe City is no longer a problem that the Inspectorate can easily solve, and after this war, there are rampant bandits and increasingly serious crime problems in the Crewe territory.

This is the problem that Sir Teve Charterer is now facing;

Second, the attitude of the nobility and merchants of the realm to the rebellion of the Central Empire ... According to Baron Danmen's secret investigation of Don Wright, it was discovered that there were not a few speculators who secretly colluded with the merchant rebels.

This is a problem faced by MI, but they do not have the relevant authority to resolve the incident;

The only thing Baron Danmen and Pedi can do is to hand over the matter to the Knight Guard to investigate, but they can drag it out until a year later!

Thirdly, the enormous economic benefits brought by the territory's thriving trade not only generated huge transaction taxes, but also generated endless cases of corruption.

And more, tax evasion and smuggling!

According to the statistics of the officials of the tax bureau, the amount of tax evasion and smuggling can reach more than 100,000 gold coins every year.

The most fundamental reason for all this is the lack of a supervisory body.

In the past, these matters were the responsibility of the lords of each territory and the local government. Now, the lords are trying to find ways to evade inspections from the tax bureau, and the local government is directly involved in some cases of corruption.

This issue was a matter of concern to Earl Omar, Pedi's brother, before the outbreak of war.

The above three reasons are enough for Pedi to set up a police station.

Because, he needs a violent agency to serve him!

The first case after the establishment of the police department was to investigate the 500,000 gold coins that disappeared during the Battle of Kruling, which is a problem that Pedi has been concerned about... That's enough money to arm an entire elite legion and keep it in battle for more than a month.

It's a pretty scary thing!

Cowlier had almost settled the case during Pedy's absence, but Pedi considered that it was too broad and had Cowrell try the case again in the name of the police department.

Today is the time for Collier to report on his conclusions.

When Pedi stepped out of the lab, the old magician immediately smiled respectfully and bowed.

"Go to the police station and talk. Pedi gave Collier a flat look, then ignored him.

Cowlier showed no dissatisfaction, and the smile on his face was even greater, and he said in a slightly exaggerated and flattering tone, "Yes, my lord." ”

...

The police station's headquarters is located on the left side of Twilight Square outside Kaval Castle, which was originally one of the three training bases of the Castle Knights' Guard.

In order to quickly set up a police station, Pedi directly allocated the building and training ground of this base to the police department.

On the second floor of the police station, in the conference room next to the chief's office.

Pedy sat in the position of the former Director, and his head was the newly appointed Chief of Inspectors, Sir Tyve Charter, while Cowlier put his stature very low, and he sat under Sir Tiff.

At this moment, Sir Teve is reporting on the progress of the investigation.

As early as when the Corway woodland was fighting, Pedi had received reports from Collier one after another, and he had already prepared in his heart, but when the crimson list was placed in front of Pedi, he still couldn't believe it.

Some of the people on the list have died in the war against the Orcs, and the highest-ranking official to be killed is Sir Rick Miller, the Commander of the Barantown City Defense Battalion, and the highest-ranking official in office is Baron Aemond, Treasurer of Fort Caval and Chief of Revenue.

The reason why Pedi ordered Baron Aemond to take charge of the construction of Balan Town as soon as he finished negotiating with the goblins was to facilitate the police department's handling of the case!

...

Half an hour later, Teve's explanation was finished.

But Pedi was distracted,

Neither Sir Teve nor Collier dared to disturb their master's thoughts at this time.

After more than ten minutes, Pedi asked, "So most of this batch of gold coins went to the Twak Territory?"

"Yes, it was the accounts of the Serbian lady who walked. Ser Teve replied stiffly, "Of the 500,000 gold coins, nearly 400,000 went to the major families of the Twak Domain, and 100,000 went into the pockets of the officials of the Territory. ”

"Does she know?" asked Pedy.

"Should..."

Collier suddenly rushed to speak at this time: "My lord, there is no signature of the Duchess on the account, she should not know." ”

"Really?" said Pedy, his gaze on Sir Tev.

"Yes. Ser Teve nodded at once, and replied quickly.

"Well," Pedy asked again, "So, how did you know that Baron Aemond didn't corrupt a single gold coin?"

"Your Excellency—" Collier stood up and walked over to Pedi in two steps and whispered, "Baron Aemond's chief is a spy set up by the guard in the early years, and besides, Don Wright's agent has also confirmed. ”

"The 500,000 gold coins were missing from him, and he ordered the officials of the Treasury Bureau to make false accounts afterwards!" Pedi looked at Cowlier in a low voice with a cold feeling, "Are you sure you want to speak for him?"

"I'm speaking for you, my lord. Collier hurriedly said: "Punishing corruption is not a simple matter, I have seen too many similar cases during my travels in the empire since I left the Mage Tower..."

"Are you telling me that this didn't happen?" Pedi frowned, "Do you know what the consequences will be if I let it go this time? Next time, they'll stretch their hands longer, do you want those greedy people to move all the gold coins from the castle's basement?"

Collier took two steps back as Pedy spoke, and bowed down as if he was listening to a lesson, and when Pedy finished speaking, he lowered his head and was silent for a few seconds before saying, "My lord, didn't you think of ordering Baron Aemond to track down the whereabouts of this money?

“...”

"That's a good idea!" said Sir Teve-Chatter, who subconsciously realized his gaffe as soon as he finished speaking, and quickly got up from his seat and bowed his head, "I'm very sorry, my lord. ”

Pedi ignored Sir Tiff, who was lost in thought at Cowlier's words.

Cowlier continued: "The 500,000 was lost from Baron Aemond, and he knows best where the money is going, and who has touched it, and let him host this case with nothing more than two results..."

The old magician smiled suspiciously, "Either he finds out everyone, or he takes the blame and resigns!" and you, my lord, both of these results are favorable to you. ”

Pedi didn't give a clear answer after pondering this time,

He went straight back to the castle.

...

Outside the castle, the new lieutenant of the Knights' Guard, Knight Syra, stood in uniform by the iron chains of the drawbridge, and when Pedi's figure appeared, she immediately met it with the fastest pace.

"What's going on?" said Pedy, looking condescendingly at the female knight from his mount, his gaze becoming a little stern from his distracted thinking.

"Viscount Ake is here, along with Prince Sinda's emissary. Knight Siarra immediately replied, "Your fiancée entertains them in the main hall of the castle." ”

Cyra's words made Pedy's head hurt for a while,

The last thing Pedi wants to face is the emissaries of Viscount Ake and Prince Sinda in recent times, because he doesn't want to bring Kru Tie into the war.

But this is destined to be Pedy's naïve thoughts, because regardless of Duke Nick's position or Penny's position, there is no way for Kru to avoid this civil war in the Middle Empire.

...

Outside the main hall door, Knight Cyra's hand pressed on the doorknob and looked at Pedi as she pushed the door in.

Pedi immediately shook his head at Knight Silla,

He needed to take a break and sort out his messy thoughts.

"Whew" Pedi stood there and took a deep breath while his hands lightly patted his cheeks, he was trying to squeeze out a gentle smile, but, for a social rookie like him... It's just too hard!

While Pedi was in a dilemma, Herman, the head of the castle, came from the direction of the Knights' Guards... His footsteps were loud, loud enough to make the eyes of Pedi and Knight Siara.

"Your Excellency..."

The old man's voice seemed small in the empty school yard, but Pedi heard it.

After more than ten seconds, Herman walked in and whispered in Pedi's ear: "Duke Nick's secret order for the arrival of the new, he asked you not to agree to Prince Sinda's order to deploy any Crewe Territory, but the combined fleet can be dispatched!"