"That's fine."

Kurisu also breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked suspiciously:

"Since you're not here to ask for help, what are your intentions?"

"Hehe, hello, we were called by Thoma, and he said the Chamber of Commerce was in some trouble."

Paimon smiled on his little face, and by the way, he briefly introduced himself, Ying, and Li Qiuzhi, the big carrot with a heart of flowers.

"Oh, it's a famous traveler, I've seen it many times in the 'Steam Bird Newspaper', but I still didn't recognize it when I was in person!"

It dawned on him that he continued:

"Mr. Thoma was able to find you, and it seems that there is indeed hope for a solution to the current predicament of the Chamber of Commerce!"

"Well, we'll try our best to help you solve it, let's talk about the difficulties that the Chamber of Commerce has encountered recently."

Paimon nodded heavily.

"Well, please be seated, and listen to me." Jiurisu sighed and asked Li Qiuzhi to sit down on the table and chair on the left side of the office.

The specifics are not complicated.

Although due to the "Lockdown Order", foreign businessmen can only do business on the outlying islands, and they are restricted from traveling to other areas except the outlying islands.

But even so, everyone still has a good profit.

However, one of Inazuma's three major commissions, the Kanken Agency, which specializes in managing foreign trade and other matters on the outlying islands, has recently issued a number of unreasonable rules and regulations against foreign merchants.

The first is the high taxes.

It's more than twice as high as the local merchants, which is okay, it's just a little less, and as a result, the merchants pinched their noses and admitted it.

But the mercenary guys who are pursuing the Kanding have to make it difficult for them even to pay taxes.

They went so far as to enact a new tax decree that changed the form of tax payment from Mora to something called "crystallized marrow" that had never been heard of.

But there is no way, doing business under the fence of other people's territory is naturally what people arrange.

These foreign businessmen still tried their best to inquire and collect "crystallized bone marrow" to pay as taxes.

But unlike Mora, the "crystallized bone marrow" is not negotiable, and when handed over to the Kanding Commissioner, it is like feeding it to a giant whale that swallows the sea.

Never again on the market.

As a result, there are fewer and fewer "crystallized bone marrows" on the market, and the prices are getting higher and higher, until finally only one merchant is left with stock.

Then the "crystallized bone marrow" was monopolized by that businessman.

He took advantage of his monopoly advantage to continuously increase the price of "crystallized bone marrow", and eventually caused the tax to exceed their business profits in disguise!

If this happens, it will be impossible for them to continue their business, and they will have to pack up and go home.

"That's how it was! Didn't you try to convince the people over there to change the tax money from that 'crystallized marrow' back to Mora? ”

It's also the first time Paimon has heard that taxes are paid in lieu of something other than Mora.

You don't have to think about it to think about it.

"Naturally, we have tried this, but the Kanding Commission doesn't pay attention to us at all, and if you want to do business, you must hand over the 'crystallized bone marrow'."

Kurisu said helplessly.

This kind of law is completely forcing them to a dead end, which is too contrary to basic common sense and logic, unless the Kanding Commission wants to see this situation.

But without them, foreign merchants, Inazuma's foreign trade was completely cut off, so what good would it do them!

"If the policy and decree can't be resolved, then we can only find the reason from the businessman who monopolizes the 'crystallized bone marrow', and if he no longer monopolizes the price increase, then I think it can still make the chamber of commerce better."

Li Qiuzhi thought for a while and said.

"Well, that merchant is indeed suspicious, none of us can find the 'crystallized bone marrow', but he seems to have a steady stream of inventory. Speaking of which, that businessman still went out from the 'Chamber of Commerce of All Nations', but I didn't expect to be so embarrassed for us now! ”

As soon as Kurisu thought of this, he was angry.

"So that merchant does have some kind of secret, Mr. Kurisu, do you know where he is, let's find a way to investigate him and see if we can get any useful information."

Ying looked at the smooth wooden tabletop and thought for a moment.

"Okay, then please, we usually trade with him under the trees by the sea in the residential area, you can go over and have a look tomorrow morning."

When he saw several famous travelers willing to help him, he suddenly felt a lot lighter on his shoulders.

"Hehe, don't worry about it!"

Paimon patted his chest very confidently.

In gratitude to the travelers for their willingness to help the International Chamber of Commerce, Gyurisu invited them to dinner at the best restaurants on the outlying islands.

Paimon is very happy about this, and says that he will help investigate the matter no matter what.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying looked at her with disgust.

In the end, it's actually them who help, and you little Paimon is just following the emergency food around you.

After dinner, Li Qiuzhi and the others walked around the outlying islands at random, mainly to familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment, and by the way, to see if there was a teleportation anchor nearby, and it would be convenient to light it up later.

There's also the statue of the Seven Heavens of Inazuma, and if Ying wants to control a new elemental power, she has to find it and touch it.

Things are going well.

I bought a map of the outlying islands in the store, which showed that there were two strange devices on the outlying islands, one at the pier and the other in the center of the city.

Li Qiuzhi took advantage of the darkness of the night to hide and quietly lit them up.

As for the statue of the Seven Heavens of Inazuma, it is a little troublesome, and its location is on the mountain behind the Hiiragi family, the actual controller of the Kanding Mission.

Although there is stealth, it is not difficult to sneak through.

But after lighting up the two teleportation anchors, it was already late at night, and it would take a few more hours to get past the docks, so let's go again tomorrow.

It won't run there anyway.

When they wanted to sleep, Li Qiuzhi didn't waste money renting a hotel, they just opened the "fairyland" and went in, and they could sleep on the floor.

Even after Mona went back, she didn't simply pack up her instruments and books for studying astrology that she had put everywhere.

And with an emergency food by his side, Li Qiuzhi couldn't do anything with Ying that was inappropriate for children.

It's a bit of a pity.

Of course, it's still okay to hug each other's soft lips.

It seems that it is convenient to use wooden planks to come out of several rooms, so let's start preparing when we are free.

The next day, early in the morning.

The weather on the island was sunny, and Li Qiuzhi prepared a breakfast for Mona, who had been teleported to the "fairyland" on time to study the starry sky.

Later, he and Paimon go to the neighborhood's seaside tree to guard the merchant who monopolizes the goods, and Kurisu says that his name is Welner, and details his appearance.

And he is the only merchant who sells "crystallized bone marrow", as long as he sees it, it is not difficult to recognize.

There are already a few people waiting here like them, presumably the merchant who is looking for Naverna to buy the "crystallized bone marrow".

After a while, a merchant who looked exactly like the one described by Kuirisu approached.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying, who had long been hidden in the "stealth domain", glanced at each other and signaled to prepare for action.

After the merchants who had come to Werner to buy the "crystallized bone marrow" left, Werner also began to leave, and Li Qiuzhi and the others quietly followed behind him.

Follow Werner and see how so much of his "crystallized marrow" came about.

He remembered that it seemed to be the shogunate soldiers who collected taxes, and if he saw them, he would catch them all, which was much easier than investigating slowly!

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(End of chapter)