Chapter 227 Things are heading in a strange direction
In the end, no feasible solution could be discussed regarding the food issue. Both Mo Cheng's proposal to kill the merchants who hoarded food and his proposal to kill the nobles to take food were clearly and firmly rejected by the majority.
The countries in this world are different from the country where Mo Cheng was born. The interest groups are only responsible to their own monarchs or superiors, that is, "my vassal's vassal is not my vassal", and the style of play is not the unified style of Mo Cheng's side.
Queen Aundair had the idea of centralization, so she was now secretly targeted by many nobles, and some even colluded with outsiders. So whether it was the group of Fuying escapees in the prison or the Inquisition team that entered Fairhaven without anyone noticing, it was all the work of those nobles.
To be honest , if Queen Aundair wasn't strong enough in both her own strength and military power, she might have suddenly fallen into the water and died one day.
As for the big merchants who are hoarding a lot of food, medicinal herbs and other necessities, there is no need to think about it at all, they are all white gloves of the nobles who have heard the news. It is easy to find those merchants who are hoarding goods, but it is easy to find those food and medicinal herbs that are well hidden...
Mo Cheng even suspected that those guys were just front desk clerks and didn't even know where the [warehouse] was.
These problems are not only faced by Mo Cheng, but also known to everyone else present. But what can they do?
There is no point in taking out your anger on those merchants. As long as the food and medicinal materials are still in their hands, any of their employees can become the new boss the next day after you capture the merchant.
As for dealing with the nobles behind them?
If Mishas really wants to propose this plan, at least two-thirds of his knights and nobles will go on strike. Most of the members of the knights themselves come from aristocratic families.
Arresting a noble before he commits a serious crime without solid evidence will only bring the undercurrents in the dark to the surface, and Aundair will start a war of division in advance.
At that time, no matter whether they are standing in the middle and wavering, or standing on the opposite side, they will probably form an alliance to protect themselves and play the trick of "clearing the court".
The current situation in the Principality of Aundair is that the queen and the nobles who oppose her are fighting each other in secret. On the surface, everyone is a good queen and good nobles of the principality, working together to build a better country of Aundair.
Even Mo Cheng could see that given the current situation in Andair, if they didn't want to start a war and create a "New Andair", any methods and means would have to stop at a certain point.
So when his proposal was rejected, Mo Cheng simply left the room. He didn't know how to properly deal with such problems.
After leaving the room, Mo Cheng walked out of Albert's House, and after changing his figures several times, he walked on the road as a gangster.
In the Brinton neighborhood, [Looking for the Golden Rose].
I don’t know if it was because of good luck or the building materials of [Looking for the Golden Rose] were good enough, but the earthquake did not collapse it, and the flow of people coming and going at the gate of [Looking for the Golden Rose] did not seem to decrease because of the disaster.
However, this scene made Mo Cheng suspicious. When the city below was still in danger, there were still people trying to find happiness in the casino.
Or maybe there was more to this place than just a casino, and Goulard didn't quite do what he wanted?
With doubts in mind, Mo Cheng turned into a shadow and entered Gulard's office.
Ever since he learned Mo Cheng's adaptation of the Church of Light's [Holy Flame Body Tempering Technique], although Gulard failed to master the Holy Light, he could faintly sense its energy. In his eyes, a powerful Holy Light user like Mo Cheng approaching without any special disguise was no less than a high-power incandescent lamp turned on in front of him.
So he prepared all the necessary information and reports on his desk early in the morning, and stood respectfully by the side waiting.
"Pastor, here is the latest income and expenditure table."
Mo Cheng took it and flipped through it casually, and at the same time secretly calculated it in his mind, and found no mistakes. Although he did not like to check reports and reconcile accounts, he also knew to control an organization, one must first control the expenditure and income of the wallet.
As he looked at it, Mo Cheng discovered something was wrong; there was a problem with the report.
Big problem.
"Why is there so much income during this period?!"
Yes, it was not the loss that Mo Cheng had been prepared for. On the contrary, the income of [Seeking Golden Rose] during this period was almost the same as the income when Steel Jaw was in control.
You know, [Looking for the Golden Rose] directly shut down a business that provided the most income.
"It's the potion you gave us earlier."
“Medicine…”
Mo Cheng thought about it and realized that he seemed to have given a potion to Gulard and asked him to see if he could sell it for some money as a source of funds.
But if Mo Cheng remembered correctly about the [Blood Burning Potion], that thing didn't seem to have any particularly obvious advantages except for its low price.
Seeing Mo Cheng's puzzled look, Gulard knew that his boss was wondering why the potion was selling so well. He looked around and confirmed that no one was around. Then he explained in a low voice, "In fact, the potion has been renamed. It's called [Endurance Potion] on the market."
Endurance potion? Mo Cheng thought that [Blood Burning Potion] and [Endurance Potion] had nothing to do with each other.
I only heard Gurad continue to explain: "We... uh, mainly Dobbin discovered that the blood burning potion has another effect."
Dobbin, the former alchemist of the Key of Wind Erosion, is a very poor alchemist. Apart from providing the gang with some healing potions with unknown side effects, he also provides some poisons.
In general, he has some talent for alchemy, but both his talent and knowledge have reached their limit and cannot be further improved.
"He discovered that applying the [Blood Burning Potion] to certain parts of the body can stimulate blood flow for a considerable period of time."
Mo Cheng looked at Gulard strangely; he heard some clues from the explanation.
"Then he somehow modified the blood burning potion and made it into a pill version."
"Wait a minute, Guraid." Mo Cheng looked into the other's eyes and pushed his glasses up unnaturally. "Can I understand that it is transformed into a kind of... um... something that allows men to maintain hardness at certain times?"
Mo Cheng finally figured out that someone had turned the medicine formula he gave into Viagra.
"Padre, that pill will fetch a lot of money."
Mo Cheng fell silent as he looked at the report in his hand. The profits brought by this thing were no less than what Steel Jaw earned from running casinos and brothels, and he was sure that the current market share was far from reaching saturation.
"Gulard, how do you sell this thing?"
"This is thanks to those unfortunate girls. Although they don't plan to continue their previous careers, they have familiar customers to promote this product. You know, because of their profession, their promotion is much more effective than others."
"Now those girls are the salesmen of the main products of [Xunjinmeigui Pharmacy], [Endurance Potion] and [Endurance Pills]."
