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After discussing with Antoine for a while, Levi immediately had his chief minister, Andrew, summoned. The economic administration of the entire limestone domain is in charge of the first capable minister under him, and the other party definitely knows this aspect best. Out of his understanding of Andrew, Levi was convinced that the old man would live up to his trust.

Sure enough, as he expected.

After receiving this task, only one day later, Andrew, a gray-robed scholar, had arrived in his study with a large pile of ledgers.

“...... As you might expect, there are indeed big problems in the grain trade. I looked through the tax ledger of the territory and found that at least a tenth of the grain produced in the limestone collar was unaccounted for each year. The loophole lies in the transportation, if it is true as the accounts say, then the chamber of commerce in charge of carriages, horses, and ships in our territory has underpaid at least nearly 3,000 gold vars in taxes. Converting this account into exactly one-tenth of the storage and transportation costs of grain. ”

"How many people can be fed with this grain whose whereabouts are unknown?" asked Levi eagerly.

"According to normal food rations, it can feed about 70,000 people. Andrew deliberately added, "My lord, there is a lot of arable land in our limestone territory, and there are many high-yield crops planted, and grain exports have always been a big source for us. In addition to the needs of the millions of people in the territory, the annual grain production can also have nearly 500,000 people to spare. This grain is usually exported to the neighboring Winter Dragon City, as well as to the friendly Minotaur tribe. Even if there is a flood this year, the food produced this year will be enough to meet the needs of the people. The money you spend is just a grain that is used for trade and redistributed to some of the hardest-hit people. ”

"There's really a problem!" Levi gasped, "I can't imagine that these neighbors did such a thing without us." Lao An, has the person who has the problem found out?"

He looked at the old man in front of him and smiled proudly.

"Although they are not ingenious, they still make me find something boring. The gray-robed old man pointed to a red-skinned ledger on the desk, "This Copper Furnace Chamber of Commerce is the main person behind the scenes. They trade in iron tools, medicinal herbs, arcane beasts, and grain, and especially the precious weapons produced by the dwarves are one of their signatures. And their biggest problem is the way they do business. Iron tools, medicinal herbs, and all kinds of precious arcane beast materials, these three trades they almost only sell but do not buy. But grain is only bought and not sold. The weirdest thing is that they claim to sell grain to Winterdragon City, but I've checked out other chambers of commerce that trade with them, especially those that deal in transportation. The truth was revealed. If what they said was true, and the grain was really exported to Winter Dragon City, then the Chamber of Commerce's tax related to them would be a lot less. Either the latter collectively evaded taxes, or the former lied. I myself am inclined to the latter inference. Because this undercharged tax happened to be two or three thousand vars, which was just the same as the account in front. ”

Levi slapped the table and said sharply: "Arrest me, these guys actually dare to play sloppy under my nose! On the one hand, they steal my grain, and on the other hand, they use these grains to raise soldiers and beat me, and eat the bear's heart and leopard guts......

"Raising soldiers to beat you?" Andrew looked surprised. Although he was also curious about what eating "bear's heart and leopard gall" had to do with stealing grain, considering that Levi often pulled out some words that no one could understand, he deliberately ignored them, specifically focusing on the former question, "Lord Lord, who is using this grain to plot misdeeds?"

"I forgot to tell you. Li Wei slapped his forehead, he remembered that he asked the other party to check, but he hadn't told the reason for the check, "Lao An, listen to me, this matter is like this......"

Levi told the other party about the things that were pulled out by the winter wolf.

"You say these guys are not angry?!"

"What, we have a kingdom of more than 20,000 maned werewolves nearby?" Andrew was also stunned for a moment, "How is it possible that such a stupid guy can do such a thing?"

"But it can't be, we have to see with our own eyes. Seeing the old man's face in disbelief. Levi suddenly found that he was actually the calmest one on this issue. It seems that in the Roland world, the phenomenon of "racial discrimination" is still very serious. "Remember our positivism, where everything should be based on reality and not deliberately adhere to the widely circulated logics? This one thing might really teach us all a lesson......"

Before he could finish speaking, a person suddenly appeared on the side of the study.

"I'll go with you. Antoine withdrew his invisibility, and just like that, he appeared with a staff in hand. He smiled at Andrew, who had come over from the prestige, and said hello, "Levi, the person you sent this time must add me." ”

"......" Levi, who was sitting in a chair, was very ignorant by his appearance. He noticed that this Grand Arcanist, Mr. Arcanist, didn't change his face. Last time, when he fled back, this one deliberately "went incognito" and dressed up in disguise.

Although I don't understand why the Grand Arcanist did this, and made such a strange request. But this is their own choice, and he is not easy to interfere with. However, since it is a labor sent for free, there is no need to use it in vain.

By this evening, there was already an extra person kneeling in front of Levi in the council hall of the Limestone Castle.

Byron knelt on the ground, his fat body, dressed in fine clothes, bound in chains made of steel. In order to show respect for him, the strongest "pig's trotter buckle" is used. Looking at his unkempt hair, and the blue slap print on his face, it was clear that something had happened before he was arrested.

“...... I've wronged, lordship......" This fat man, who was a successful merchant a moment ago, is now a ghost crying wolf, and the fat on his cheeks trembles...... I'm a law-abiding person, I've always paid taxes on time, but I have a few illegitimate children, as for treating me like this?"

"I arrested you, and I didn't arrest you because you messed with the relationship between men and women?" Li Wei's face was full of embarrassment. Finding that the other party hadn't figured out the situation yet, he gave this aggrieved dead fat man a kind hint, "Let's talk about it, what is the purpose of you taking away so much food every year?"

Sure enough, as soon as he heard this, Byron's face immediately turned pale, and the slap mark became more and more obvious. After a while, "Lord Lord, I don't know what you're talking about......?"

"Don't quibble, I've found hard evidence. Levi didn't want to talk nonsense with him either, and he looked at Andrew next to the throne as usual.

The chief minister of the Greystone Lords immediately had the ledger fetched and addressed Byron in stern terms.

At this moment, Byron, who originally wanted to deny it, fainted in fright.

After being splashed with a bucket of cold water, this frightening weight guy woke up and thought he had a nightmare?

But Levi's next words were like a needle in his thigh, forcing him to face the reality of this nightmare, which was more nightmarish than a nightmare.

"Now I'll give me two choices, the first is on the gallows, and the second is ......"

"I say, I say, I say everything!"