"Respected Inspector Meteorite... Your wisdom reminds me of the empire's forefather, Altos. It was with his help that the empire was able to establish such a vast territory. When Altos showed his outstanding talents, he was as young as you, and he also created achievements that were admired by the world like you.

I believe that under your governance, Raging Waves City will become more prosperous. Your deeds will spread across the world with the wind, and your story will become a legend that will be passed down forever.

The golden rays of the morning sun shine on the shoulders of a young man.

He came in a small boat and landed on this land where wealth and sin coexist.

At that moment, no one knew who he was.

But soon, his name will be praised by all!

..."

A man with a gentleman's mustache and a neat tuxedo stood opposite the chief inspector's desk. He recited his own poem to Luke with great emotion, looking intoxicated.

Kylena and Xuelai stood behind Luke, and Pisco stood at the door of the office with his arms folded.

Except for Kylena who looked appreciative, everyone else had an impatient expression, but they had to listen patiently.

I waited for more than ten minutes before I finished listening to this poem that gave me goosebumps.

"Good poem, good poem..." Luke clapped his hands twice, praising insincerely, and then said to the visitor: "I already know why you came. I am not a stingy person, and I will not remember what a small character like you has done behind my back.

What happened in the past is in the past. I just want to see how you perform now and in the future."

The mustache man immediately presented the wooden box in his hand and said, "Thank you, Chief Inspector. Bulwell Clifford requests your protection and is willing to protect all your interests in Raging Wave City."

Kylena walked over, took the wooden box, opened it to make sure there was nothing wrong with it, and then handed it to Luke.

Luke flipped through it casually and saw some gold certificates and bonds.

Then he smiled at the man with the mustache and said, "You are quite sincere... You work in the Foreign Trade Office of the City Government Hall and also run a textile factory. The profits are pretty good, right?"

"Thanks to the Chief Inspector's governance of Raging Wave City, which has made the city prosperous and stable, I am able to earn a small income."

Luke handed the donation box cover to Kylena, and then said to Clifford: “With the support of you government officials and businessmen, Raging Waves City will usher in a great wave of wealth under my management.

I believe you can definitely expand your wealth to a higher level. How much you can expand it to depends on how much you can contribute. "

Clifford knew that his donations were only appetizers for the Chief Inspector of Meteorite. The characteristic of the old nobles was that they kept fleecing the people with various taxes. If they wanted to survive in the Raging Wave City directly controlled by the Empire, they had to be prepared to pay tribute regularly.

It’s just that Chief Inspector Meteorite was so impatient to drain blood that the way he ate was really a bit ugly.

But in order to avoid being liquidated, one can only swallow one's anger and stay alive until the situation changes in the future.

"I will do my best to cooperate with whatever the Chief Inspector needs."

Luke took a document from the table and asked Xue to give it to Clifford.

"The princess appointed me as the chief detective of the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City, but now this Secret Affairs Bureau is just a name. If you want to make this Secret Affairs Bureau live up to its name, it will require a lot of money. I don't want to increase the financial burden of the empire for this matter, so I can only find some passionate businessmen who are loyal to the empire and voluntarily pay donations to support the construction of the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City."

Clifford's cheek shuddered in pain, but he could only take the document from Xuelai's hand tremblingly.

The document required Clifford to disclose his property and income to the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City. The Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City would check the income of his property once a month and collect 10% of the profit as a donation.

"Chief Inspector, is ten percent too much?"

Xuelai put his hand on the handle of the gun and said with a fake smile: "Compared with 100%, 10% is not much."

"Yes, yes, yes... not much, not much." Clifford had done his homework before visiting Chief Inspector of Meteorite and knew the name of the Black Mamba in the Cape District. If he didn't sign this, he would really be carried out.

Clifford signed the document with a sad face, and even argued for himself aggrievedly, "Can other taxes be reduced?"

Luke smiled and read the document before putting it away for Kylena.

"The taxes paid to the country and this money cannot be confused. Don't think that the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City is robbing you of your money..."

"I dare not, I dare not!" Clifford hurriedly denied and looked at Xuelai with fear.

"It's best not to have this idea. The initial construction of the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City requires a large sum of money. Ten percent in cash will indeed make you uncomfortable. I can understand that.

When time has passed..."

Clifford looked expectant.

Who would have thought that Luke smiled and said, "You'll get used to it."

Clifford now just wanted to pounce on Meteorite and strangle it to death, but he didn't have the courage.

"Chief Inspector, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave... I will not delay your meeting with other people."

"Goodbye, and send your account as soon as possible."

"Yes, Chief Inspector."

Clifford leaves and Pisco goes to call the next visitor.

Xuelai's expression changed immediately, with a golden light flashing in his uncovered right eye: "Chief Inspector, all merchants in the city have to give us 10% of their profits. We are really going to make a fortune this time!"

Kylena said worriedly: “Chief Inspector, will this affect their loyalty to you?”

Luke said, "They are not loyal to Grover, so how can they be loyal to me? They came here because the 'Loyalty' can fire shells into their courtyard. If one day I lose the power to deter them, even if I regard them as my brothers now, they will stab me in the back without hesitation.

We need more Unit-01, more powerful weapons than Unit-01, and an army that can wield these weapons. This requires money, lots and lots of money.

When we have these forces, they will take it for granted that they should hand over the donation.”

Xue Lai also said: "Kylena, you are a civilian, you don't know how dangerous the outside world is. People like this always have a sum of money in their hands to open up relationships. If we take more, others will naturally take less.

We are stronger, and my opponent is weaker."

Luke immediately looked at Xuelai differently: "Xuelai, you are very smart!"

"Chief Inspector, of course I am smart. There is no case I cannot solve."

Luke nodded in agreement and wanted to talk to Xuelai about the rangers again, but Pisco came in with a timid man.

Another visitor.

Although receiving guests is a bit tiring, for the sake of money, the more you work, the more you earn.

Moreover, information came from Qingkong that Grover actually wanted to assassinate me and asked Qingkong to do it.

There's a road to heaven but you don't take it, and there's no door to hell but you insist on breaking in.

Who else could you ask to take on this job?

Luke left the task of assassinating him to Qingkong and continued to receive visitors.

The chief inspector of Meteorite was very ruthless, holding the butcher knife and killing the pig. However, under this situation, the officials and businessmen of Nutao City could only compromise and pay the money first before considering other things.

In one day, the tribute money collected alone was enough to build a "Unit-01" class steel battleship. Considering the construction period and the amount of money that could be obtained in the future, Yinbul Shipyard could first prepare for the construction of ten "Unit-01".

If we can acquire some shipyards, steel mills and ship-related industries, we can also expand the number of "Equipment-01" built at the same time.

As the world's first all-metal steam battleship with actual combat capabilities, "Unit-01" will have no trouble selling.

After a hard day's work, Luke listened to Kylena's income report in the office at night, and made his own calculations in his mind. When you have money, you have to think about how to spend it as quickly as possible...

There is also a trip to the imperial capital.

When the news of the splendid island naval battle reaches Saint Lun City, the princess will definitely write to invite me to the imperial capital. I am unfamiliar with the place, and money is more effective than anything else.

“Kylena, go to the World Bank tomorrow to open a private account for me and deposit 100,000 gold certificates into it.”

Kylena, who was holding the account book to report her income, said in surprise: “So much?”

"We don't have that much money in our accounts to transfer?"

After quickly browsing the account book, Kylena replied: "Yes, I will go to the World Bank to handle it tomorrow. It feels like a dream to think about it. Before the chief inspector came, I was worried about the expenses of the bureau every day, but now I can manage so much money.

There will definitely be more in the future, and I don’t know if I can handle them.”

"Even if you are not competent, you must find a way to make yourself competent. I can't live without you now. Without you, this place will be a mess."

Luke’s words came from the heart.

The development speed in Raging Waves City was too fast, and there were too few people who could be trusted and used, so many things could only be put on Kylena. Fortunately, Kylena had received a good education since childhood, and her brain was specially transformed for secretary work, so she always did her work in an orderly manner.

Kaileena was both happy and shy when she heard that the Chief Inspector was so dependent on her.

She stammered, "Chief Inspector, this is what I should do as a secretary. Being by your side, I can feel the fulfillment of life... and I have also witnessed you create such a magical thing.

I…I want to stay by your side forever."

Luke looked at Kylena. Her face was flushed under the incandescent light. She wanted to look at him but didn't dare to, and her evasive look was very cute.

"As long as you are not tired of this kind of life and are not afraid of danger at any time, follow me forever."

"Really?" Kylena said excitedly, "Even if you return to the imperial capital and the princess gives you a more senior secretary, you won't replace me?"

Luke asked, "How did you know I was going back to the Imperial Capital?"

Kailina still looked happy: "Everyone knows that you will not stay in Raging Waves City forever. You have made such great achievements for the empire here. His Highness will definitely transfer you to the imperial capital and entrust you with heavier responsibilities.

Chief Inspector, you just said you were going back...

Have you received the transfer order from His Highness?"

"I haven't received the official transfer order yet, but I think I should return to the imperial capital. However, I will still be in charge of Nutao City. You have to work hard these days to build the framework of the Nutao City Secret Affairs Bureau, so that I can leave with peace of mind."

Kylena knew how heavy her workload was, but she still said confidently: "Don't worry, Chief Inspector. I will take care of all the work in Raging Waves City before accompanying you to the Imperial Capital."

At this time, the agent on duty in the Secret Service knocked on the door.

"Chief Inspector, the World Bank's director of music is here to visit."

Why did Yin come so late?

"Please come in, Director Yin."

After a while, Yin walked into the office holding a lunch box.

Seeing that Luke was still busy working so late, she couldn't help but complain: "He's been busy here all day just after returning from the sea, and he's still working overtime at night. I've never seen such a diligent imperial official.

The emperor should give you a medal and call on officials across the country to learn from you. Such an empire will soon be able to unify the world."

Yin put the food box on the table and took out portions of food from it.

Kylena stood up: “Chief Inspector, you and Miss Yin have dinner, I will report to you later.”

Yin pulled Kailina to sit down: "Let's eat together. I also want to hear about your adventures at sea. Pan and I saw the battleship at Cape Harbor. It was simply... too perfect. You really should have seen Pan's expression at that time."

Luke was really hungry. He picked up the bread, spread butter on it, put various ingredients in it, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"It still tastes great! You might consider opening a restaurant in Raging Waves City... Just kidding, didn't Pan come with you?

He must want to invest in my Unit-01."

Yin made a sandwich and put it in Kailina's hand, then answered Luke: "I and Pan came during the day, but there were too many people waiting to visit you. Pan went back first because of something at the World Bank, and I fell asleep while waiting." Yin smiled self-deprecatingly and continued: "The World Bank is very interested in the 'Unit-01' class steel battleship. All-metal structure ships, whether used for military or commercial purposes, have very broad prospects.

And unlike hydrogen airships, the success of the Unit-01 class means that you have mastered the mature technology of building all-metal ships. If you want to quickly build an all-metal ship construction system, as well as a research and development system for such ships... accepting the World Bank's investment will save a lot of time and energy."

Luke chewed the food in his mouth and thought about Yin's words.

After a while, he said: "I can co-found a shipping company with the World Bank, but I want to have absolute control over this company.

And the person in charge of the World Bank in this shipping company can only be Pan and you."

Yin asked doubtfully: "Why Pan and me? We..."

"Just tell Pan my request, and he'll take care of it. Eat...eat well so you can get through the night!"