In the evening, the port of Genoa.

With a melodious whistle.

Huge cruise ships sailed away from the busy commercial port.

Looking at the cruise ship that was gradually leaving, Lavinia breathed a sigh of relief: "New World, Texas, Wolf Federation. Potter is there, he should be able to play to his strengths, right? ”

Lothar smiled and comforted: "Of course, I heard Jeanne say that although the Wolf Federation in Texas occupies a vast territory, the population on it is very small, not to mention college students who understand the letter of the law, and even those who can write their names clearly are a minority." Maybe one day you'll receive a letter from Potter telling you that he's the founder of the Texas justice system. ”

Lavinia gradually put her mind at ease, and couldn't help but smile: "You are so good at talking, the woman's popularity should not be bad, right?" ”

"Barely enough."

Lothar prevaricated, turned around and signaled, "Let's go, don't blow the wind here, there is a smell of soot everywhere." ”

Although Genoa has lost its status as a world-class port with the decline of Mediterranean trade, it is still an important trade hub in the Mediterranean.

The two came to a sheltered corner, leaned against the railing, and talked quietly.

"Lothar, since you've already figured out how to step into this quagmire with me, it's time for me to tell you the details of this."

"You say."

"My teacher is the Grand Prosecutor of Milan. Of course, he must have been his predecessor by now, and he had committed suicide the night before yesterday in his home with a bullet because the people of the House of Sassari had pressed him to send the Mr. Madeirine to prison. ”

"Just because of this?"

"More than that. As I have said before, this Monsieur Madeleine is a good man, young, upright, often helping the poor, and in his factory every employee is paid a lot more than his peers. If he hadn't done this, he wouldn't have been caught using the improved magic stone technique in it. ”

Lothar nodded knowingly.

To raise workers' wages, it will increase costs, in today's highly competitive market, industrialization is still in the infancy of North Apennines, almost impossible, or it will not be long before it will be crushed by peers.

"The teacher has been a coward for a long time, and this time, he finally fought it in his own way."

Lothar listened intently.

He didn't know much about Lavinia's teacher, but to be honest, if he wanted to sit in a high-ranking official of this level in the Apennine Peninsula, it was impossible to say that he had a good conscience unless he was from a family.

As for suicide, it is understandable that it has become a struggle.

He has become the white glove of the wolf clan, even if he wants to retire at this time, it is impossible, and the investors behind him will not give up if they do not earn enough benefits.

And face the wolf clan hard

Lothar thought that if Lavinia's teacher was a lonely old bachelor, she would probably do it.

"Don't you wonder why the people of the Sassari family would treat a promising inventor like this?"

"Yes."

In Lothar's view, this Mr. Madeleine, both young and kind-hearted, the former means that he has a bright future, the latter means that he has a soft underbelly, and this is completely a hen that can be held in his own hands and can lay golden eggs.

In other words, if such a talent appeared in his territory, even if it was a black Nubian eunuch, Lothar would definitely not try to woo him at any cost, rather than taking some strong measures to force him to comply.

"The reason is very simple, because this magic stone improvement process was not invented by Madelan, but from a treasure in his hand."

Lothar suddenly realized, therefore, this Mr. Madeleine is not a hen that can lay golden eggs at all, but a rooster who has a golden egg hidden in his belly, but he can't lay eggs at all, so it is natural that the Sassari family chooses to kill chickens and take eggs.

"I see, what should we do now, go to Milan and go to prison and rescue this Mr. Madeleine?"

"No, the Sassari family is not a third-rate small family, although their power is far inferior to Saluzzo, but they are also behemoths not far from Bologna. If the two of us don't use the power of the family and want to forcibly break in and rob the prisoner, there is no fun at all. ”

Lavinia shook her head, and then said: "The cause of this incident is actually a middle-level member of the Sassari family, because the workers were all robbed by Madelan, and they wanted to occupy the factory in Madelan, and it was the magic stone powder found by the Sassari family when they were inspecting the machine after Maderan was arrested and imprisoned. ”

She paused slightly, and added: "And Mr. Madeleine's local prestige in Milan is very high, even compared to the original Bishop of Uldin, so this matter has caused many people to be dissatisfied. ”

"I'm going to try to take advantage of this discontent and what I've learned, and get Mr. Madeleine avenge in court."

Lothar was stunned for a while, he stared at Lavinia's face seriously, and said for a long time, "Are you serious?" ”

"It's naïve, but I do want to see if justice is really dead in the Apennines."

Lavinia was a little confused, she thought she could bring justice and justice to people, but when she walked out of school, she found that she couldn't do anything, and she couldn't change anything.

"Wait."

"It doesn't seem impossible."

Lothar was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "If there is no order and no justice, this high-heeled peninsula would have long been reduced to a ghost and ruins, even if it is a wolf clan, most of them are willing to obey the rules." ”

After all, as Valentina said, this rule is already very biased in favor of the family.

"After the Sassari family lost Sardinia, they have the support of the Yakesi family, and now they are becoming more and more ugly, they are everywhere in the entire North Apennines, and this incident in Turin is also inseparable from them, looking at their dissatisfied family, it is definitely not only our Saluzzo family."

Lavinia nodded, "It's not just the Bologna family. ”

Of course, this is a good thing for her, but it is difficult for her to be happy, because this time, the so-called struggle between justice and evil, in the final analysis, is actually a clash of interests, even if she wins, it will not change anything.

"Lothar, you say, is there something wrong with the world, or is there something wrong with the content printed in the textbooks when we go to school?"

Lavinia's fingers grasped the railing very hard, and before she knew it, she had twisted the rusty iron railing.

"Nia, the problem is always there."

Lothar's tone paused slightly, and he added: "But if even what is taught in the textbooks is some crooked ways, how to hook up with family members, how to accept bribes, how to conclude a network of interests, and disregard the law instead of justice and goodness, then it will be a big problem." ”

It should be said that it is precisely because what you have learned is still the right path that the world can be saved. If the professors in the school have become the supremacy of the wolf clan, the Apennine Peninsula is the promised land of our wolf clan, and all human beings are our cattle, horses, pigs and sheep, and this world is really hopeless. ”

Lothar sighed with emotion.

Lavinia's mentality at the moment is very similar to that of many students who have just stepped out of the ivory tower, on the one hand, they have lofty ideals, and on the other hand, they are faced with flies and dogs.

The book teaches you to be upright and upright, but those who really want to do it are often unable to move an inch in society.

"Lothar, what do you think needs to be done to change this?"

Lavinia wondered.

Lothar raised her hand, intending to pat her on the shoulder, but it fell again.

"Haven't we talked about this before? In my opinion, it is enough to do our part, and it is enough for you and me to be able to touch our conscience and say, 'The world has not been made worse by my coming,' after a hundred years. ”

"Not everyone has the ability to change the world, reconcile with yourself, Nia, if you can be worthy of your heart, you will already be worthy of everyone."

The two fell silent for a long time.

Who doesn't understand the truth?

Throwing out a fluttering sentence, it is too difficult to convince a person.

Lothar suddenly said coldly: "Nia, if there is a place where you can show your strengths and try to establish a fair and just legal system according to your own ideas, would you be willing to go?" ”

(End of chapter)