"I'm Sadie Morgan. Head of the Morgan Brotherhood of Queens. The female thief introduced herself, wearing a short cloak and a one-piece hood, hiding her face in the shadow of the hood, revealing only slightly pale lips and a smooth chin.

Qi Xuansu said, "You can call me John." ”

Sadie didn't ask Qi Xuansu's origin and identity, this is the rule, what you come here to do is a shady business, no matter what you think about, you shouldn't show your true identity. The Morgan Brotherhood is only for money, not for anything else.

"Well, Mr. John, what do you need?" Sadie asked.

Qi Xuansu replied briefly: "Find someone." ”

"Who?" Sadie sat across from Qi Xuansu, "I would like to remind Mr. John that our business is limited to St. York and the surrounding areas of the East Coast, and if it is other places, such as San Francisco on the West Coast, it is not within our scope of business. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "The person I'm looking for is in St. York, I'm just worried that the Morgan brothers will have concerns......"

Sadie chuckled and interrupted Qi Xuansu: "Dear Mr. John, if it is to assassinate someone, then as Mr. said, we do have concerns. But if it's just looking for someone, or knowing someone's whereabouts, then we don't have any scruples. ”

Qi Xuansu wanted to capture the reason and said: "What if it is a big man like Speaker August, Minority Leader Leopold, and Cardinal Priest Milton? ”

Sadie only hesitated for a short time: "There is no problem, but their whereabouts change frequently, and they will not stay in a certain location for a long time, we can only provide the specific location of a certain point in time, and they will not wait, or provide the itinerary of these big people." ”

"Very well, I don't have any doubts about the Brotherhood's business capabilities." Qi Xuansu said, "I want to know Sun Zhongnu's whereabouts." ”

For a moment, there was a moment of silence in the reception room.

Qi Xuansu leaned back on the back of the sofa, quietly waiting for Sadie's reply.

After a long time, Sadie slowly spoke: "Your Excellency is from the south? ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Didn't the Morgan Brotherhood not inquire about the origin of the guests? ”

"Of course, I'm just asking, you can answer or not, I won't force it." Sadie crossed her fingers, "At this time, the person who wants to know Sun Zhongnu's whereabouts is the person who wants Sun Zhongnu to die, and his identity is self-evident. If it had been before, Your Excellency would have been able to find out Sun Zhongnu's whereabouts by yourself, but because of Sun Zhongnu's rebellion, your manpower suffered heavy casualties, and it is no longer possible to do so, so you have to turn to us for help. ”

Qi Xuansu didn't speak.

Sadie continued: "Now that Sun Zhongnu is a member of the Gospel Ministry, in the words of the Orientals, we of the Morgan Brotherhood will also have to look up to people, and if we anger the Gospel Ministry, the Morgan Brotherhood will probably pay a great price. ”

Qi Xuansu then said: "Then don't let the Ministry of Evangelism know." ”

Sadie snorted: "Of course this is a good way, but I just want to plug other people's mouths, and the best thing to use is not a flail, not a cake, but a glittering gold kronor, Your Excellency should understand what I mean......"....

Qi Xuansu smiled lightly: "Miss Sadie said so much, it's just adding money. ”

Sadie applauded, "Yes, we have to charge some additional fees for the service as appropriate. ”

Qi Xuansu was not surprised at all: "Please ask Miss Sadie to make an offer." ”

Sadie took out a parchment scroll and listed it on the parchment scroll with a quill pen: "According to our assessment, if it is only Sun Zhongnu himself, the rating should be at the third level, but when it comes to the Ministry of Evangelism, it should be raised by one level. And now the time is special, the Ministry of Evangelism will reuse him during this time, and the guards are tight, although some guards may be reduced in the future, but Your Excellency may not have the patience to wait until that time, so you have to raise it by one level. ”

Sadie raised her head: "This is the first level, according to our normal charging standard, it should be ten thousand gold crowns." However, taking into account the additional cost of our services, it is another 3,000 gold crowns. ”

"By the way, if the Ministry of Evangelism investigates after the fact, then we will keep the identity of the customer confidential, and the level of service will be in response to the ordinary investigation of the identity of the customer by the Ministry of Evangelism and others, which is what we are gifting. However, if the Ministry of Evangelization investigates further, we cannot guarantee that the identity of the client will be kept confidential. At this time, you need to purchase the second or first level of services. Of course, if the customer is not satisfied with this and wants to abandon the commission, we have no opinion. ”

"Excuse me, Your Excellency, do you want to purchase this confidential service? The second level costs two thousand gold crowns, and the first level costs three thousand gold crowns. ”

Qi Xuansu asked, "If after I purchased this confidential service, you still leaked my identity information to the Ministry of Evangelism, wouldn't my money be spent in vain?" What guarantees can you provide? ”

Sadie smiled slightly: "Our credibility is the best guarantee. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "That's it, I'll add another guarantee, if you collect the money but don't fulfill your promise, then I will ask for justice myself, there is a saying in the East, called: If you can run a monk, you can't run the temple, there are so many people in the Morgan Brotherhood, you can always find it." ”

Sadie was silent for a moment: "Can I understand it as a threat?" ”

Shadie's words were also implicitly threatening, but Qi Xuansu didn't care: "You can understand it that way. Also, I purchased the first level of secrecy service, and if the brother is dissatisfied with my attitude and does not accept this commission, I have no opinion. Sadie took a deep breath and quickly wrote a line on the parchment: "Okay, it's sixteen thousand gold crowns in total, and we only accept cash transactions." ”

Qi Xuansu asked, "Is it okay to have a golden pound?" ”

In fact, the prototype of paper money comes from deposit certificates, and the gold and silver of large transactions are really difficult to carry, and it is often tens of thousands of catties, and it is quite difficult to transport. This is where the transaction with a certificate of deposit comes in. As this method gradually became accepted by the general public, bearer certificates of deposit evolved into paper money.

There are two main drawbacks of banknotes, the problem of indiscriminate issuance and the problem of anti-counterfeiting. In order to solve the problem of indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, one is to strictly control the quantity, and the other is to have anchors to ensure that the banknotes must be exchanged for gold or silver coins of the corresponding denomination. The anchor of Western circulating banknotes is not national credit, but gold, so it is also called "gold pound". ….

Sadie nodded, "Yes." ”

Qi Xuansu took out the corresponding gold pound from the Sumeru.

The official ticket of the Central Plains is actually between paper money and vouchers, although there are 100 yuan large tickets, 50 yuan medium tickets, 10 yuan small tickets, and one yuan loose tickets, but there are also 1,000 super large denominations. On the contrary, the gold pound is more standardized, with only denominations of one pound, five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds, and fifty pounds, and there is no larger denomination.

All Qi Xuansu prepared was a denomination of fifty pounds, and sixteen thousand gold pounds was about a finger thick, not very exaggerated, just a bunch.

Sadie took the gold pounds, carefully checked the number and authenticity, and then handed the parchment scroll to Qi Xuansu: "If Your Excellency has no opinion, then the deal is sold." ”

The opinions of the students here are not honorable, so naturally they cannot use their real names. Without a real name, no contract can be validated, so, as Sadie says, it depends mainly on the credibility of the Brotherhood. As for this parchment, it can be made as a non-binding certificate. For Qi Xuansu, the biggest effect is that it is easier to report accounts afterwards. Maybe it's not the first time that the Morgan Brotherhood has done business with Beichen Hall, and they know what the people of Beichen Hall need.

Just as Qi Xuansu was thinking so, he heard Sadie take the initiative to say: "If Your Excellency is willing to pay an additional 1,000 gold pounds, then I can issue you a voucher of 20,000 gold pounds to ensure that there are no mistakes." ”

Qi Xuansu was silenced by Sadie's words, and after a long while, he said slowly: "No need. ”

He is the deputy hall master of Beichen Hall, even if he really wants to be greedy for ink, he can't look down on this little money, and he loses his identity.

Sadie sighed rather disappointed: "At this time tomorrow, please come here again, I will sort out Sun Zhongnu's activities and hand them over to your you, and complete the last step of our transaction." ”

Qi Xuansu corrected, "Our last step is for you to make sure that this matter is not known to the Ministry of Evangelism. ”

Although Sadie was reluctant, she replied, "Yes, as Your Excellency said." ”

Qi Xuansu got up and said goodbye: "Then I'll wait for good news." ”

Just as Qi Xuansu was about to leave, Sadi suddenly said, "There is another news, about the patriarch, only two thousand pounds, is Your Excellency interested?" ”

Qi Xuansu stopped and asked rhetorically, "Why didn't you say it just now?" ”

Sadie smiled, "Because this is my personal information, it is not good to be included in the accounts of the Brotherhood." ”

Qi Xuansu had to sigh, everyone was picking up the wool of the organization, no matter what was Chinese or foreign.

Qi Xuansu didn't care too much about two thousand pounds: "As long as your information is of sufficient value." ”

"Of course." "As far as I know, because of the fighting in the Netherlands, Runne and Ibia, the Pope has recently decided to convene a Council of Cardinals in the Holy See. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "It's not a secret. ”

Sadie continued: "The point is not this, but that the Patriarch of the Steam Gospel has also received an invitation from the Pope, and the Patriarch has decided to attend this Council of Cardinals and will leave St. York in the near future. ”

Qi Xuansu's face became a little solemn: "This is indeed important news, but I want to know the specific time when the patriarch left St. York." ”

Sadie said, "I know what Your Excellency means, Your Excellency wants to wait until the Patriarch leaves St. York, and then do anything to Sun Zhongnu, if Your Excellency is willing to buy this news......"

Qi Xuansu didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out two thousand gold pounds.

"You're so generous, so generous." When it comes to her own business and not that of the Brotherhood, Sadie is no longer tough, her figure is soft, and she does not hesitate to praise herself, "The Patriarch will leave St. York in the morning and go to the Holy See in the Old World. This is the conclusion I deduced from the summary of various information, and I am 80% sure. ”

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