"Master, the detectives in Jill City want to see you."

"We have no contact with the police, right? Forget it, everyone is here, go and meet."

After putting a few chain of lightning on the beach, watching a group of fish float up to the surface, Link took Phoenix's first maid back from the port to the small reception room of the mansion.

"Mr. Link. I am Malfoy, senior detective in Jill City. This is my assistant, Harry."

Link sat down and said, “What to drink?”

“There is already black tea here, enough.”

Malfoy said: "There are some things coming today. Recently, there have been many missing cases in Jill City and nearby villages. The missing people are teenage men and women and young women. Because the searches at home and abroad failed, our police station suspected that these missing people were taken to the New World."

"It seems that it has nothing to do with me. With my wealth, it seems that there is no need to engage in human trafficking anymore."

Malfoy: "I have no direct relationship with Mr. Crawford, but after our investigation, your company's captain Crawford seems to be involved. And after our investigation, Captain Crawford's expenditure and savings in recent months are not supported by his income."

Link: "That's right, you can catch this Claudefort. Where is Claudefort now?"

Malfoy: "On the ship, because the port area is a private port, we cannot come in and catch people without approval."

Link: "Phoenix, go and bring Claudeford here. Also, let Delia watch, the people on the ship are not allowed to move without my order."

"Yes, Master." Phoenix turned and left.

Link: "I didn't expect that my subordinates also had times when they were bold and arbitrary. It caused trouble for everyone."

Malfoy: "There is no evidence to prove that Claudeford is a criminal, at most a suspect."

That being said, but since the police detectives have come to the door, if Link doesn't cooperate, he will definitely be treated as a suspect. However, Link himself does not eat blood buns, and he does not like his subordinates to eat blood buns.

Malfoy asked his subordinate Harry to give Link a recent income and expenditure statement, indicating that in the past six months, Claudefor's expenditure and savings have increased significantly. He is a good income for the captain of Link Port, and the dividends are paid in a few dozen gold coins every year. This is a gold-collar job for ordinary people, and even the mage who has just debuted can't make so much.

However, being a captain is not so easy. You have to start with a sailor first, and then step by step to a sailor. This process takes at least three to five years. Then you can go from a sailor to a pilot, a second mate, and a first mate. Generally speaking, the first mate has to wait until the previous captain retires before he can get into the captain's position.

Fortunately, now is the era of great discovery of navigation, and more and more ships are traveling across the ocean. The first mate and second mate are likely to be poached by other companies to become captains.

According to data, Captain Claudeford's monthly expenditure in Jill City has been dozens of gold coins recently, which is very expensive. As a young captain in his thirties, it is obviously unreasonable to spend such a large amount of money and to buy long-term bonds every month.

It would be reasonable if Claudeford had a mine at his family or had inherited a large amount of property, but this situation had been ruled out by the detectives in Jill City. Claudeford was also from the bottom and had no relatives and friends to make a fortune suddenly.

Moreover, the police confirmed that in addition to his current wife and children, Claudeford also raised another wife in the New World. It is nothing among the nobles and rich people. However, Claudeford was just a captain and bought a big house worth hundreds of gold coins for his wife in the New World, and he was also generous. In theory, this was Claudeford's salary for five or six years and dividends. However, Claudeford had just worked in Link Port for more than six years.

Before working at Link Harbor, Claudeford was just a first mate on the other ship and could not get such a high salary and dividend.

After Link finished reading the information and had a cup of black tea with Malfoy, Phoenix brought Claudefort in.

While Phoenix threw Claudefort on the ground, he also threw a pistol on the ground. In the eyes of ordinary people, this pistol is still very powerful. If a high-level soldier is shot and hit the vital point, he will die. However, facing Phoenix at level 19 is not enough to see.

After throwing Crawford and his pistol on the ground, Phoenix said, "Master, when I went to see Crawford and invited him to come, this guy took the document and went to the captain's office to get the pistol to hit me. It seems that there is indeed a problem."

Link was thinking about another question: "Are you okay?"

Phoenix: "I caught the bullet with my hands. It's okay."

"It's fine, where is it on the boat?"

Phoenix: "It has put Delia and Edwina in control."

Link looked at Captain Claudefort, who was in a mess on the ground and asked, "Claudefort, I remember you have 5% of the dividends on the ship. Isn't there enough money to spend?"

Claudeford didn't need to lie at this time: "Of course it's not enough to spend. The dividend is a dividend that I can get from flying Henan Renren. But you hold most of the company's shares and are worth millions. In this way, as a captain, I can only get a few gold coins a month, so how can I spend it?"

Link smiled: "I can be worth one million, but I can keep this worth one million. I will give you this worth one million. Can you keep this worth one million?"

Claudeford wanted to say that I could, but as a captain who was working hard for ordinary people, it was boring to lie at this time. The old employees of the company knew that this Link Port was targeted by the underground forces of Jill City and even the mages of the State of Zeland from the beginning. Not only did it, it also defeated the pirates who came here to attack. But in the end, Link defended it. If he had faced those mages, the warriors and even mages, what would he do to defend it?

Link: "You feel that you have taken less, which is unfair. In fact, the world is fair. You can eat as much as you have, and it is fair and reasonable."

Phoenix raised his hand: "Master, I want to raise my salary."

Link: "I just raised it for you last month. In fact, considering your expenses, many kings may not be as expensive as your expenses."

Malfoy: "Can you interrogate Crawford here?"

Link: "Yes, we can even prepare for criminal detention. For example, soldering irons and charcoal basins."

Malfoy: "No need. We brought it ourselves. Harry, bring the needle."

"I said, don't use needles..." When Crawford heard the needle, he immediately remembered the police's methods. It was very simple. This needle was not a steel needle but a wooden needle. It was actually medical, and its function was to clear urethral stones. However, since it was used by the police, no male suspect could hold on.

Crawford quickly cleared himself in the incident: "Actually, I'm just a delivery guy."

Link didn't believe it: "The one who delivers goods has hundreds of gold coins a month. With this condition, who can still be a mercenary?"

Crawford: "I am really a delivery person. I don't know the cause and effect of this matter. I just know that once a month, I'll just deliver the goods to the New World receptionist."

Malfoy: "Use needles."

Crawford: "No, no, I heard that these people were sent to the Black Snake Association over there, men went to mine, women made chickens, and those younger women were the bosses of the Black Snake Association themselves. So the freight was given higher."

Link: "Black Snake Society, is there such an organization in the New World?"

Malfoy: "It's as numerous as a cow. Although the New World is not a lawless place, only a few cities are under the control of the State of Zeland's military. Other places are locally autonomous. Nothing will happen will be unexpected. Crawford, why do they give you such high transportation costs?"

Crawford: "In fact, the transportation cost is not particularly high. If you ask a senior mage to open the portal, the transportation cost for each person will exceed one hundred gold coins. I will transport one person to them, and the price is only twenty gold coins, which is very cheap. Of course, I also want to ensure the safety of the goods, otherwise I will have to pay them five times the compensation."

Malfoy: "How many people are there on the boat who are in the same group as you?"

Crawford looked at the long wooden needles in Harry's hand and said, "Sailor Jamie."

Malfoy: "You two?"

Crawford: "Yes, on the ship, I have a private secret warehouse. I originally brought private goods to the captain. Every time I stuffed people into the secret warehouse, Jamie delivered meals and water every night when he was on the sea."

Malfoy: "Have you ever doubted the people on the boat? For example, some crying?"

Crawford: "Of course I doubted it, but on the ship, the captain's order was the greatest."

Link: "Crawford can take down these kidnappers here, but the military may really need to take action on the New World."

Malfoy: "The New World has always been under military control, and it can only be handed over to the military."

The security here in the old continent is of course the police territory, but the New World is too chaotic. Today, appointing several sheriffs in a town may be less than a month or they either were killed by bandits or resigned. Except for a few big cities, the New World is a real place of law.

However, even if the military receives information from the outside of the city, it can still sweep the storm in the name of suppressing bandits. However, the characteristic of the military's work is that it is simple and rough, such as arresting and trial. If there is no such process, anyone who is considered a bandit will be killed directly.

Malfoy: "There are only dozens of people missing near Jill City. According to the number and price of transportation explained by Crawford, there is absolutely no such income. The people tied up here are also a large underground organization."

Link: "To put it bluntly, the World War is over, and many underground forces have begun to emerge again. I really miss the years of the World War."

Malfoy: "In those years, our police were also very busy. They arrested people who did not have proper work every day and gave them to the military to work as a coolie."

In fact, even if everyone wants to live a peaceful life, society does not have the ability to provide so many jobs, and many people do not have the courage to work in the New World. It is true that the New World is a new place of wealth, but most of the people who work in the New World over the years are useless. Not all of the people who have not come back have died. Some of them died, and the other part has not made a fortune. Finally, they decided to find a job in the New World to settle down.

However, those who can go to the New World must have more men and fewer women. Even some women are mainly female mages and female warriors. Those underground forces are confused and will only have their ideas for these people. Relatively speaking, transporting young men and women from the Old World is still a good business.

Of course, if people refuse to go, it is inevitable to use a certain level of force. These people all chose to attack outside the city. If they had passed the portal through the advanced mages of underground forces, the cost of at least one hundred gold coins per person would be basically no profit.

The people bound to transport the ships through Link Port are attracted by the advantage that Link Port is not in the city. Gill City and other ports in other areas are in the city. If you go to the city to check the crime value of the identity information card, these criminals can't get through it. Then you need to bribe the entire team of officers and soldiers and also give them a hush fee. The problem is that the army on duty at the city gate every day takes turns.

Moreover, there are many people in the army. Who knows who will tell the matter out of the way after drinking too much alcohol. There will not be too many criminals who will be caught in such a bad situation. In the end, no one can guarantee that everyone in the army is willing to collect bad money. If there is a more upright report directly, the entire team will be destroyed.

Not long after, Jamie, the sailor under Crawford, was also brought back by Phoenix. The news obtained after cross-trial was the same as what Crawford said.

This also made Link feel relieved, and he finally did not turn his fleet into a base for criminals.

Although Link is in the port almost every day, Link does not interfere in specific matters.

This also gives criminals an opportunity to take advantage of it. When Link recruits people here, he only considers his abilities and gives them corresponding treatment. Link always feels that his strength and income match, so he will not participate in crime.

But forgetting that people's hearts are complicated and greedily. Based on the conditions given by the criminals, Link doesn't say that the captains here will make mistakes, but at least half of them will fall. Hundreds of gold coins, women, of course, are useless to Link, but those captains are just ordinary people, and they can be considered the elite among ordinary people at most. But they are not saints. They will also make mistakes and be blinded by short-term interests.

For example, Crawford and Jamie, Crawford's income is the top income among ordinary people. Even if Jamie, a sailor, has not had a particularly high income, it still has a bright future.

However, these two people will soon go to the mine to work as a coolie - free jail meals do not exist in this world. Participating in such a felony crime basically requires working in the mine until death in the second half of their lives.
Chapter completed!