Thousands of sparks

Chapter 52

In the beautiful restaurant, Duchamp sat on the seat without saying a word.

When Dusande quickly entered the restaurant, the extremely fast persuasive voice was "coiled" in the entire restaurant.The waiter who should have been standing next to Duchamp is now frowning, hiding in a corner away from the table.

"Go and pour me a cup of surrogate tea, without milk or sugar." Dusande raised his voice and said to the waiter while walking, "I'm going to starve to death."

After finishing his request, Dusand walked to the dining table, unceremoniously opened the stool, and sat next to Dusan.

Sitting in front of Duchamp and doing "persuasion" vigorously is a woman.He looks about 31 or [-] years old, with flaxen hair pulled neatly behind his head, wearing a beige sweater made of wool on his upper body, and a long tanned black lambskin skirt on his lower body, paired with a pair of high heels. It can also firmly attract everyone's attention behind the dining table.

Du Sande immediately understood why his father asked him to come to the rescue - although he didn't know what force this woman served, but this dress could easily make people feel a little... embarrassing.

Empire is not a place where men and women are treated equally.Just look at the troubles that Androni encountered during the campaign—even nobles, in front of male nobles whose titles are lower than theirs, are still naturally inferior.The other party can attack Androni with gender as a "recognized defect", but Androni can only fight back in other ways.

Unless there is a clear subordination between the two parties, it is impossible for women to even have any equality with men.

Let a woman come to negotiate with a male noble officer, and the other party must be prepared to use some means other than "beyond words".If you don't have this plan, but just intend to borrow this woman's "excellent persuasion ability", it must be considered etiquette to be accompanied by a man.

Dusande sat in his seat, took a few seconds to choose his next strategy, and then began to speak.

"Please introduce yourself." As Dusande said, he took out a pistol, a red notebook, a pen, and the double-headed eagle emblem of the Heraldry Administration from his pocket.After putting all these things on the table like stationery before the exam, he opened the notebook and asked, "I need to know your name, age, place of work and residence."

"You are Lord Dusand, right?" The woman's pupils constricted a little when she saw Dusand took out the things on the table, and then she smiled generously. "Hi, my name is Roni."

"Age, gender, place of work and residence." Dusande unscrewed the ink pen and began to write in the notebook. He continued to ask without raising his head, and took the time to say to Duchamp, "Mr. Colonel, you If you have nothing to do, you can go back to your room first. I will talk to you after I finish my work."

After receiving his son's suggestion, Duchamp pulled back the stool without hesitation, turned around and left.It was as if the woman sitting in front of the table was a bloodthirsty beast who chose to eat.

As for his son... Anyway, he is only ten years old, and the beast that chooses to devour people probably won't do anything to him, right?

"Mr. Colonel..." Ruo Ni seemed unprepared for Duchamp's sudden departure. She stood up and wanted to keep Duchamp back, but she heard a loud noise.

Dusande slammed the table, and the pistol and badge slammed on the table with a loud crash.

"Sit down for me!" Dusande, who stood up from his seat, narrowed his eyes, and he put his hands behind his back - he slapped the table so hard just now that his palms are throbbing and hurting now.

Ruo Ni, who was frightened by the loud noise, immediately sat back.She said cautiously, "I just want to..."

"Did I let you talk?" Dusand picked up the double-headed eagle badge on the table, "Do you know this?"

Roni shook her head.

"This is the identity badge of the Heraldry Management Office. I am asking you as the postman of the Heraldry Management Office." Dusand put down the badge and picked up the pistol again.

The unloaded pistol completed the loading action with a "click", and Dusande played with the loaded pistol dangerously in his hand, and said in a just right impatient tone, "My patience is limited, either answer the question, or I will arrest you now, let the local colleagues have a good communication with you?"

Ruo Ni looked at Du Sande's arrogance, and her decent sitting posture suddenly collapsed.

She fished a thin cigarette from under her skirt and lit it with the lighter in her bag.After blowing out the smoke, Ruo Ni leaned back in the chair, crossed her legs and cursed in a low voice.

"You didn't report to the Bosenk post office when you came, did you?" She took two puffs of cigarettes, looked at Dusande's froze expression, and then suddenly cursed again out of anger.

This time, Du Sande heard clearly that what Ruo Ni scolded was "the damn capitalist who was killed by the dolphin day".

"This is my badge." She took out her own badge from the side of her skirt and placed it on the table.This badge is exactly the same as Dusand's double-headed eagle badge, except that the number on the ribbon held in the double-headed eagle's claw is different from Dusand's.

"I'm also a postman." Ruo Ni scratched her hair, and then said, "This afternoon, our sub-office received a report from the Bosenk Fishing Company. They said that someone pretended to be the Imperial Navy and carried out unauthorized operations in Bosenk Distribution of supplies. Confederate spies are suspected of trying to instigate poor riots."

Du Sande's eyes were straightened when he heard it, what kind of trick is this?

Why would Boysenk Fisheries report them?The navy's landing ship is well parked at the landing site - from which screw of the landing ship did they smell the stench of the alliance?
"Who reported it to you?" Du Sande thought about it and decided to solve the problem from the root.He asked Ruo Ni, "I can guarantee that our team is all real naval officers and soldiers."

"I can't tell you the informant's information, but I will report it to my superiors later." Ruo Ni snorted, and then asked, "What is the purpose of your coming to Bosenk? You can't just report to those who live in seclusion Distributing winter supplies to the poor in the wilderness? Isn’t this the work of the church?”

"Military secrets, ma'am." Dusand used appropriate words to prevaricate Roni's question, and he asked, "You can verify the identities of me and Colonel Dusan with Chief Bourne in Albin, if you think you can If you get an answer, you can also ask the garrison fleet or even Olin’s Admiralty Department for confirmation.” He lowered his voice and said, “There is only one thing I need to remind you—His Commodore from Olin is currently resting in the hotel. Your honorable lord should not wish to be disturbed."

After being silent for a while, Ruo Ni coughed lightly.

She said loudly in a tone of self-talk and "answering questions", "Ah... I'm really unlucky today. When Mr. Paulson, the director of Bosenk Fishing Company, came to report to the bureau, my mother I thought I had encountered a big case—this old bitch-raised pig, he insisted on saying, "He has inquired about the Newsea Navy, and there is no naval captain named Duchamp. This person must be a fake." .”

Du Sande sat back in his seat and began to quickly record Ruonie's "hint" in another notebook.

"He gave the branch chief two hundred gold pounds in cash, and then repeatedly mentioned his concerns." Ruo Ni stared at Du Sande, reminding the young colleague that what she was going to say next was very important. "He's very concerned that the lowly poor will suddenly feel like they don't have to do any work because of the free supplies, and they're being given things."

"Director Mr. Paulson has always believed that, as a decent gentleman, urging these poor people to work is his important job—it is also the only way to keep these poor people alive." After confirming that Du Sande had recorded what she said, Ruo Ni Only then nodded and continued, "Mr. Paulson's company has monopolized the business in the entire Bosenk area, and all the shops, companies, and handicraft workshops you see here... actually belong to him and the Bosenk Fishing Company. Even the landing field where you parked is also operated by him."

Since the landing field is also Paulson's, it is impossible for him not to know that this team is the Royal Navy.Du Sande made a judgment, but Paulson pretended to be confused.

It would be nice to be able to kill someone with a knife - anyway, the Navy has nothing to gain if it messes with the Bureau of Arms.But if borrowing a knife to kill people fails, he can also send a very clear signal to this team.

This is my place, don't mess around.

Thinking of this, Du Sande suddenly became curious.

Why would a director of a fishing company with such a large industry deal with him in such a foolish way?

According to the content of the "Empire Political Ecology" taught by Mr. Morris, borrowing the power of powerful departments such as the Heraldry Management Office... This is a very blatant act of hostility.

Only when they have decided to fight to the death—for example, when they are preparing to attack Harold—the two sides may choose to use the strength of the powerful department to completely eliminate each other.

Most of the time, slandering the other party to the Heraldry Management Office as an alliance spy, the final result can only be that there are two more people in the prison of the Heraldry Management Office.

So, this Mr. Director...why did he dare to use this trick?
After learning of Dusand's confusion, Roni took a deep breath, and then began to talk about history.

"Bosenk Fishing Company has a history of 120 years, and the landing field of Bosenk has been in use for more than 80 years. But until now, Bosenk is still just a 'pioneering point', not a town. "Ronnie looked at Du Sande and said seriously, "A pioneering point with more than 300 people settled will become a town, and Bosenke Fishery Company has a total of 290 nine employees so far."

Dusand was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Bosenk is deliberately limiting the size of settlements, so as to avoid upgrading into towns?"

(End of this chapter)