I haven't seen him for more than a month, and Buck has become darker and thinner, but he is also more energetic.

He was still a little nervous when he faced Doolin, and the name Doolin and the deeds under that name taught him what it meant to be in awe. Probably, neither of his parents taught him to learn to be in awe, but here, he has learned.

The immediate cause of this came from the East Coast, where he and Edward were originally destined for the Imperial Capital. As a cultural and political center of the empire, it was natural that there would be many academic luminaries, and some private hospitals had their headquarters in the imperial capital.

With Edward, an academic bastard, they met many scholars and doctors who were well-known in the Empire, but unfortunately the other party looked down on them, or the city of Otis behind them. For these scholars and doctors in the imperial capital, what they are pursuing is no longer simple money, they have long had more ambitious pursuits and ideals, and it is not easy to impress them with money.

Then the two of them saw the reality clearly, compared to the strong political atmosphere in the north of the empire, the atmosphere in the south and east coast was more open, and the people who worked there pursued a relatively simple thing, that is, money. Buck and Edward wasted a week in the imperial capital before taking a boat to the East Coast. The East Coast was one of the most economically developed regions of the Empire, and the more developed the area, the more thieves there were. As soon as they arrived in a city, they were targeted by a group of thieves, and then their stuff was stolen as a matter of course.

The two went to the police station together to report that something had been stolen, and the police also made a record for them, only telling them when they were leaving, that the case might not be solved.

The whole city has a population of more than a million people, and it is not difficult to find a few thieves from among these people, but it is difficult to find the thieves who have stolen their things.

The police resources of any city are limited, and it is impossible to waste the small police force of the entire city for a theft, and the police did not lie, did not let them live in an impossible fantasy, and even told them that they would contact them if there was news in the future.

The devil knows when, maybe in a few days he will find the thief because of a case of private trading in contraband, or maybe the other party will never catch him for the rest of his life.

Buck mentions Doolin's name with annoyance, as their money and some of their documents are in the trolley box that was stolen. They were now penniless, and had no other way but to turn to Durin for help. Who knew that the police officer who received them heard Buck's voice saying the name "Doolin", and chased after him and asked if it was Dohrin from Elion. Buck immediately told him that it was Mr. Thirty-Fifty-Thousand of Illion, Mr. Doolin.

The police took them back to a staff break room inside the police station, where there were not only billiards but also other small toys to relax in, and fifteen minutes later, the policeman appeared in front of them with their lost trolley suitcase.

"Please check if there's anything missing?"

Buck glanced at the policeman and began to count the contents of the trolley case with Edward, and just as he was about to say anything less, Edward suddenly interjected - the money was not right.

Buck looked at him, he nodded at Buck, and Edward counted them in the cabin when he was on the boat, and they had a total of thirteen hundred dollars in cash, and some odd and scattered coins and small denomination bills, which added up to about thirty or forty dollars. But how can this be true that there are fifteen hundred dollars here, and more than fifty dollars in change?

However, before Edward could explain, the police told them to rest a little longer, and then left for five minutes.

Five minutes later, he walked in with two thousand yuan in cash, smiled and said, "The thief who stole your things confessed that he has hidden two thousand yuan, all here, you can order it again." ”

When Buck and Edward got the offer of several scholars and doctors to leave the city, they bought a local newspaper with a photograph of a man hanging from a street lamp on the outskirts of the city. The newspaper wrote an article for the photo, naming the man as a thief who may have been executed by a local gang for stealing something he shouldn't have stolen.

With deep fear, the two men, one older and one younger, ran tirelessly across the east coast, and finally did everything that Durin had told them to do.

Standing in the office at this time, Buck's heart is very nervous, and he also realizes that sometimes what he sees is not necessarily true. Who would have thought that just because of a name, something that was almost impossible to recover appeared in front of them in fifteen minutes, and even caused a person to lose his life.

Edward, who was beside him, also put away his old academic temperament, and even had some humility.

None of them said anything about the journey, and they didn't know why they did it.

"So we have enough people for our hospitals and schools?", Dührin looked through the two lists they had brought them, showing the salaries of the scholars and doctors, and their biographies. Du Lin casually browsed, these people are not the best, but they are not the worst, they can be used. He closed the two lists and put them in a drawer, which was one of the main tasks of the city of Otis next.

A city can have no place for recreation, but there must be hospitals and higher schools. He was deeply touched by the hospitalization of Namillinders this time, if there was a hospital in Otis City, he didn't need to run to Namillinders with a bleeding arm and a little pale face, he could get everything done here.

Both of them answered, and a satisfied smile appeared on Durin's face, and he nodded, "You guys are doing a good job, and I'll keep an eye on the rest, give you three months, and I'll see the establishment of hospitals and high schools and universities." The specific cost is to make a budget for me, I don't have many requirements, it must be advanced, it must be beautiful. ”

After sending these two guys away, Durin was busy with his business for a while, and suddenly he put down his pen, a little curious about what the Capetian family would do next.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that this trick was not used on him, but on Mags.

According to the idea of the head of the Capet family, Durin would call him anyway after seeing the handwritten letter, but the truth is no. Not only did he not have a phone, but he didn't even have a message from anyone else, which made him realize that he had tried his best to resolve the conflict, but Durin didn't seem to accept it. So he made a phone call to Maggs, hoping to accomplish the consortium's purpose by other means.

If Doolin is always unwilling to compromise, then there is no need for them to fight Doolin to the death, and if Otis City can't, then other places can't?

The Song Consortium made a very gorgeous investment project proposal and asked them to give it to Mags, and then the head of the Capet family contacted Mags and told him that if the Song Consortium could get a casino license elsewhere, they would invest a total of no less than 20 million projects in the local area, promising to provide at least 20,000 jobs to help the empire try to develop a city.

This request was rejected by Maggs, who preferred Doolin's plan to this one.

So things seemed to be deadlocked, until Harry contacted Durin again.

"I always thought you were a very generous person, but I didn't expect you to forgive them yet, is it because their sincerity is not enough?", Harry's tone was not so stiff this time, with a somewhat persuasive tone, Maggs did not say anything after the last time he had a stiff fight with Doolin, which made him realize that Doolin's current position is very special and not very active. A mature politician will never have an unshakable political position, in the past he was a corrupt aristocratic class, now he is a member of the enlightened new party, nothing is eternal.

Durin chuckled, "Harry, this matter is related to the overall layout of Otis City, it's not that I'm unwilling to provide them with some convenience, but their request will undermine my planning and design of the city." What I need is a real special zone, not an amusement park for some. ”

"Is it really not possible to be flexible?", Harry sighed, "Som hopes to be able to meet and communicate with you, by the way, it is the current head of the Capet family, he is not very well, he can come to the imperial capital from the north to meet you in person, I believe he is full of sincerity, can you see him?"

"I'm very busy at work and don't have time for the time being. ”

In the face of Dorin's refusal, Harry had already expected it, he said a few words that didn't hurt or itch and hung up the phone, it was obvious that this time the conflict would definitely escalate, because the Capet family showed the greatest sincerity. Somme's body was no longer able to allow him to work for a long time, so he was willing to come to the imperial capital to talk to Durin in person, which was already able to explain a lot. Durin's refusal to do so again would make the slightly détente worse, but it had nothing to do with him anymore.

He shrugged his shoulders, looked at his watch, and waited about seven or eight minutes before there was a knock on his office door.

"Come in!", Harry snorted as he sat behind his desk as he straightened his outfit a little.

A fat man who was not tall and had a little waxy hair walked in. He wore a plaid waistcoat and a plaid trench coat over it, which made him look even more bloated. He took off his hat, carried a suitcase, nodded and walked into Harry's office with a smirk.

This guy is a businessman, a very philistine businessman, and he wants to take a piece of land in Leedsworth, but the land has been bought, but it has not been developed for the time being. He searched for connections, and finally found Harry here, this time, just to show Harry his "sincerity".

He quietly put the suitcase on the edge of the chair, his face full of flattery, "A little bit of my own home, I hope you can like it." ”