Coldwind City, West 1st Street.

A new three-story building has been erected on the ruins of the fortress of the former Ombudsman. It is square, all wooden, and the walls are plastered, and the appearance is not very beautiful.

But it's big enough, majestic enough. There are more than seventy rooms inside, and the design is not simpler than the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhou Qingfeng has always wanted to carry out construction in the city, in addition to the 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' to build a house in the east of the city, it is the inspection office building in the west of the city that is considered a key project.

More than 30 buildings around the building are its supporting facilities. Including dormitories and training grounds large enough to accommodate 700 chengguan, as well as hospitals, colleges, warehouses, etc., constitute a complete administrative area.

After taking charge of the city's finances, Wilson became the first director of the Inspection Department as a descendant of Zhou Qingfeng. In order to be qualified for this position, he was filled with knowledge, mainly in management, organization and history.

In order to digest and absorb this knowledge, Wilson drank a lot of 'fox cunning' potions.

How to give full play to the role of the inspection department in controlling the city, Wilson is well aware of his heavy responsibility. The lord not only gave people money to build up the entire organizational structure, but also gave a lot of magical equipment.

For example, in order to ensure the extension of power, good communication is essential. In the director's office, which is more than 100 square meters, there are ten carrier pigeons made of alchemy.

The pigeons were able to fly back and forth between fixed locations of 10 km, ensuring that Wilson could communicate with his superiors at least once an hour.

In places where alchemy pigeons are difficult to reach, the 'Rich and Strong Collar' uses the warehouses distributed outside the city to build a simple and effective system of flag lanterns and messenger relay contact.

Messages within twenty kilometers of Coldwind City are guaranteed to be delivered within a day. This system can be used to work at the regional post office.

In addition, the inspection office also controls the city's information network, which is composed of traffickers, pawns, slaves and miscellaneous servants. This network penetrates into every corner of the city, transmitting a lot of information all the time.

Many of the civilians who provided the information did not know who was behind it. But they don't mind making a little money and selling some of the news they know.

The large number of 'elementary school students' trained by the Arcane Research Society came in handy. Cadets who did not have arcane talent underwent specialized training and switched to civil servants. They collate the information on a daily basis and pick out the useful parts for presentation.

Each piece of information is like a puzzle piece, and when there are enough of them, the value of their combination is enormous. Sitting in his spacious commissioner's office, Wilson felt like he was in control of the city.

Merchants in the South tried to join forces to raise the price of food; Outside gangsters try to control the water trade in the docklands; Some people peddle counterfeit medicines among the poor;

The magnates are at each end, allied or betrayed each other; There are also the long-legged agents lurking in the shadows, who are trying to wreak havoc.

"It's ridiculous."

Wilson had the illusion that he could know anything he wanted to know just by flipping through the briefing. The forces in the city don't know how to keep it a secret.

Many of the so-called superiors have just thought and acted. The first thing he told was his personal servant. A faithful servant turns his head and sells the news just to buy a glass of wine for some money.

"Kent, the Minoan family's butler, recently met with Powell, the long-legged family's secret agent, and the two sides discussed for a long time in the mansion on North Second Street.

Old Arad is gathering the knights of the family in a manor outside the city, and is offering a high price in an attempt to win over the wizarding group to join forces.

The Longlegs family has an active network of contacts in Coldwind City, and multiple dark villages are under surveillance. However, the location of some key personnel is unknown. ”

The power struggle is too complex to have a long-term plan. The various forces in Cold Wind City are all seeing the moves, making the situation very chaotic.

When Wilson first took over, the intelligence network of the Inspection Service felt that his head was as big as a fight. But as long as the interests are clarified, the situation is more obvious.

This is a major reshuffle of forces within the city, and all parties involved in the game are trying their best to protect themselves or expand.

On the surface, the council quarrels every day as if nothing had happened. But secretly, a third of the families in Coldwind City have disappeared forever in the noise.

In the undercurrent, the struggle was extremely bloody and brutal. For the vast majority of families, there is only one chance to play a card, and if you make a mistake, it will be over.

Whenever a family disappears, the 'rich and powerful leaders' who have been staying out of the matter often send people to contact the remnants of the family.

This icing on the cake is not as good as charcoal in the snow, and many down-and-out nobles have to bow their heads and give up everything to join the 'rich and strong leader'. They no longer enjoy privileges and become a screw in the war machine.

For example, in the past month, there have been more than 50 knights in the 'Rich and Strong Territory', all of whom are armed personnel with outstanding abilities and conduct that can be converted into their own use.

In the eyes of the victorious magnates of Coldwind City, those losers have disappeared, perhaps leaving their homeland, or perhaps resigned themselves to sinking.

But in fact, many knights, warriors, and wizards who died did not go far. They turned a corner and they all came to Victor. Under Hugo.

During the daytime trial, the entire city learned that the Longlegs' sneak attack on the 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' had failed, and the attackers were openly hung from the gallows outside the Wizard's Tower.

This shows that the 'rich and powerful leader' who has been watching from the sidelines has finally openly intervened in the chaos in Coldwind City. The strong dragon is on the scene, what should I do with a vote of the head snake?

Quite simply, twenty or thirty people secretly came to Hugo in the evening. More and more people are aware of the change in the limelight, give up their illusions, and take sides early.

But the more this time, the more dangerous it is.

The remaining forces at the table are all strong, and no one wants to be driven out easily. Once the showdown is bound to be a tragic fight.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't want a showdown, his power was in a period of rapid rise, and he was stronger every day that passed.

And his opponent is getting more and more anxious, maybe one day he will find that he is powerless, and he will fight hard.

Wilson also felt that the atmosphere in the city was getting more and more tense in the past two days. Daily briefings showed that several of the city's major families could not hold back.

"Old Arad wants another violent seizure of power. He had apparently learned the lesson of the Longlegs and tried to gather enough troops before launching.

The Minos family gave up on themselves, hoping to join the Longlegs family again, hoping that their credit would be great. Long legs are not to blame in the past.

As for the Wizards, those guys just want to take advantage. Whoever is strong will follow whomever he wants. ”

Wilson was to send the summary briefing to the 'rich and powerful' outside the city. This messaging takes place every three hours, even if there is no new information.

Once the transmission is interrupted, it means that something has happened, and it is necessary to react according to the plan.

As Wilson was about to make his last communication of the night, there was a knock on the door outside his office.

The adjutant came in and reported: "Director, Your Excellency Hugo, in order to strengthen your security, has sent you a group of personal security personnel. ”

Wilson had an important position, but he himself was only a craftsman, and his strength tended to be close to five. He has a group of recruited bodyguards by his side, but their ability and number are far from enough.

Wilson was naturally happy to improve his defensive strength. He wanted to meet his personal security, and several burly or agile or calm adventurers entered the office.

But among these people, the most eye-catching is Eve, who has a pale face. Lorraine.

Wilson knew this girl who always followed Zhou Qingfeng, and asked in surprise, "Miss Lorraine, why did you come to me?" ”

Lorraine was already about to cry, and she sobbed, "I don't know. The lord said that he wanted to train me to become a Grand Arcanist, and let me come for an internship.

But I'm not even a wizard's apprentice, I can't do a trick. I only have a handful of gems and nothing. Will there be bad guys coming to attack? I'm so scared! ”