Early the next morning, Casio took Maester Dane and Agaret and a few others towards Greenwater Town Hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

They did not take a carriage, but walked on foot towards the town hall.

It's not that Casio doesn't want to ride in a carriage, it's that he doesn't have a carriage to ride in right now.

Along the way, the townspeople of Greenwater Town all looked at Casio with curiosity, guessing who Casio was who could take a few knights.

Although Casio had been in Greenwater for two days, he had not met the townspeople of Greenwater, because although these people had heard that a noble prince had come to Greenwater, most of them did not know each other at all.

Greenwater wasn't big, and soon Casio and the others were in front of a dilapidated two-story wooden building.

Looking at the words "City Hall" at the gate of the wooden building, the corners of Casio's mouth twitched, this was indeed a much bigger gap than the magnificent city hall he imagined.

But thinking about Greenwater's location on the edge, he was relieved.

When I came to the inside of the small building, I saw a little old man with one-sided glasses lying behind the desk and falling asleep, until Ron patted him on the counter, and the little old man opened his sleepy eyes.

"What's the matter?" the little old man asked, rubbing his eyes, dissatisfied.

Bachelor Dain hurriedly stepped forward and said with a calm face: "Old Soth, His Royal Highness the Prince has handed over the work!"

Hearing Dain's words, the old Southon was agitated, looked at Casio with a faint smile on his face, and quickly walked out from behind the counter, bent down and saluted.

While looking at the more dilapidated interior of the town hall, Casio asked, "Is Baron Dasven here?"

Old Soth hurriedly responded: "The Baron has arrived, and he is waiting for His Royal Highness the Prince on the second floor!"

Casio nodded, and led Agaret and the others to a conference hall on the second floor with a creaking staircase.

I saw that Baron Dai Siwen, who was dressed appropriately and had a strict expression, was sitting behind the conference table at this time, motionless, turning the emerald ring on the other hand with one hand.

Seeing Casio's arrival, Baron Dai Siwen showed a smile on his face: "Your Royal Highness, I've been waiting for a long time. ”

Casio nodded, and was not polite, sat directly opposite Baron Dai Siwen, and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency, time is precious, let's start right away." ”

Baron Dai Sven was quite annoyed by Casio's attitude, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but it was not obvious, but he instructed the butler beside him: "Take the compiled materials to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

At that moment, I saw that the baron's butler took out a bunch of materials and placed them in front of Casio.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, these are the materials of Green Water Town over the years, you take your time, if there is anything you don't understand, I am here. ”

Casio nodded, casually flipping through the pages, and asked, "Your Excellency, I heard that the Green Water Lake has always been the property of the Duchy, why did it suddenly sell it a few years ago?"

Casio had already asked Maester Dain to put together a table for him, and he was here today, in fact, just going through the motions.

Hearing Casio's inquiry, Baron Dai Siwen smiled: "Your Royal Highness, you just came here, it's normal not to know. In fact, the reason why the lake was sold off the duchy's property was because there was no complete management bill for the lake at that time, which led to overfishing and almost caused problems for the lake. ”

"Oh, just because of that, you're going to sell it?" Casio wasn't a three-year-old, so how could he believe such a clumsy excuse.

Baron Dai Siwen was obviously prepared, and said unhurriedly: "This is just the reason, in fact, because of overfishing, it seems a little difficult to restore the green water lake to normal." Therefore, after consulting with some nobles in Greenwater, I decided that I wanted to fund the restoration of Greenwater Lake myself. ”

After a pause, Baron Dasven continued: "Because we were short of funds at the time, we found Count Carvin in Outes City. In the end, Earl Cavin and his family paid for the purchase of the Green Water Lake, and spent their own money to restore the ecology of the Green Water Lake. ”

After Baron Dai Siwen's words, he immediately secretly praised himself as a hero who wanted to turn the tide at that time, but in the end, because of practical problems, he did not succeed, and this is how he sold Lushui Lake.

Casio's face was expressionless, but he sneered in his heart, Count Dasven's words were almost the same as deceiving the ghost.

At the same time, he also felt a sadness in his heart, these nobles have always only looked at their own personal interests, even if there is any national property, they will find a way to turn it into their own, they are completely a group of vampires!

However, in any case, Baron Dai Siwen's reason is remarkable, and he can't find the slightest flaw at all, showing the other party's attitude of not leaking.

However, Casio didn't come to entangle with Baron Daswin about these things, and he also understood that Baron Dasven didn't take his prince seriously at all, otherwise he wouldn't have embezzled his own supplies.

To deal with the nobility of Greenwater, Casio needs to find the right opportunity!

The two chatted with each other, and the work at hand was quickly handed over.

When both parties had signed the handover form, Old Soth came to the outside of the conference hall in a short time and knocked on the door with some restraint.

"Come in. Before Casio could speak, Baron Dasven spoke first, as if he were still the master here.

After Old Soth came in, he saluted Casio and the others, and then said, "Your Royal Highness, Lord Baron, Old Jack, they are here again." ”

Casio didn't know who this "Old Jack" was, but he saw Baron Dai Sven frowning, and then took the initiative to explain to himself: "Your Royal Highness, this Old Jack is a representative of some workers in Greenwater Town, and it is estimated that he came here for wages. ”

"Wages?" Casio frowned, a faint premonition in his heart.

At that moment, Baron Dasven briefly explained the reason for the incident to Casio.

It's not complicated, it's that Old Jack and others work in the lumberyard and some other places under the jurisdiction of the town hall or have a proportion. And the city hall has not paid them for a long time because they can't make ends meet, just to give them something to eat.

"Your Excellency, what do you think should be done?" Casio asked Baron Dasven deliberately.

Baron Dai Siwen smiled: "Your Royal Highness, you are now the manager of the city hall, of course everything is up to your arrangement!"

Looking at Baron Dai Sven with a slight smug smile, Casio's eyes narrowed slightly.

Old Jack and the others didn't come early or late, and they came over when they had just taken over the rights of the city hall, what a coincidence!

"Let them come up!"

Casio didn't ask Dainster about why he didn't find out about the arrears in advance, after all, Baron Daisven wouldn't let him know in advance if he really wanted to trick him.

Even if he checked it himself, he would still be fooled by Baron Dai Siwen with various reasons and excuses.

Even though Casio didn't ask, Bachelor Dain, who missed this important point, still looked very uncomfortable, and a cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

As a man who barely counts into the Cabinet, Maester Dain is well aware of his duties. Now that there is a big problem in this area, it is very likely that it will bring unimaginable damage to his lord.

He figured that no matter how good Casio was to speak, he wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being punished this time!

Casio and the others waited for a while, and saw Old Sos come to the conference hall with a group of three.

At the beginning was a thin old man, followed by two young men. The only thing these three have in common is that they are disheveled, their faces are yellow and thin, and they are obviously not living well.

Under the guidance of Old Soth, the three of them performed a very awkward courtesy on the two Casios, and then stood there with their heads bowed and decent.

For the three old Jacks, it is usually difficult to see the Baron, not to mention that there is also a prince and prince in front of him at this time, which makes the three old Jacks flattered, and they don't know how to put their hands.

Casio smiled gently, "Sit down, don't be so restrained." ”

However, the three old Jacks did not sit down immediately, but peeked at Baron Dasven.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, let you sit down!" Baron Dai Siwen said with a look of disgust on his face.

Hearing this, the three old Jacks sat down cautiously, but they only dared to touch the edge of the chair slightly, and they didn't dare to sit on all of them.

The movements of the few people just now were all in Casio's eyes, and his brows furrowed imperceptibly, but he didn't say anything more.

After all, Baron Dai Siwen has managed Greenwater Town for many years, and the oppression brought by him is even deeper than he imagined.

Casio tried to be as gentle as possible: "Tell me, why are you here?"

At that moment, the three of Old Jack finished the whole story in the bumps, and there was not much difference from what Baron Dai Siwen had just said.

During the whole process, Casio had been carefully observing the expressions of the three old Jacks, and found that they really didn't look like they were lying.

After the old Jack and the three finished recounting, Casio asked Master Dain to make an inquiry to confirm the authenticity of the matter.

While waiting, Casio's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, Baron Dasven smiled silently, and Old Jack and the three sat there with worried expressions.

Soon, Maester Daine had the results and whispered in Casio's ear.

After listening, Casio nodded, looked at the worried old Jack and said, "I already know what happened to the whole thing, and what you said is true." In this case, the city hall will not owe you wages. ”

After a pause, Casio continued, "So now, you go and call the others. I'll pay you today!"

Hearing Casio's words, the three old Jacks couldn't believe their ears, and looked at Casio with puzzled and shocked expressions.

Although they are free names and have the right to be paid for their work, in fact, few nobles will pay them in full, and even worse will even rely on the money directly!

If they hadn't been semi-coerced by Baron Dai Sven, they wouldn't have dared to ask Casio directly for wages at this time.

But the end result was much more than they expected, and instead of beating them up and driving them away, Casio said that he would give them money today.

They suspected they had heard it wrong!

Casio wasn't joking with them, and after emphasizing it again, the three old Jacks left with puzzled and disbelieving expressions to gather those who were all owed wages.

But Casio understands that as soon as Old Jack and the others leave, Baron Desven's purpose should be revealed!