In the lord's room, Lant looked at Peter, who was still kneeling on the ground, and finally decided to let him manage the underground market in White Tree City first, and then find someone to control him in the future.
Peter's situation is not an exception in the territory. As the war subsided, Lant's second brother Obert Benma, Jenny Benma, who is in charge of the Elf Chamber of Commerce, Sally Feilong, who is in charge of the academy's exchange business, and who are in charge of the territory's eastern Trading Mace Frostwolf and Gatsby Lanyuan, who is in charge of the black market in Dragon Tooth City, can be said to have made a lot of money.
Their business activities are not limited to trade. They also use family knights to escort caravans, carry sensitive goods, and even participate in shares and lend money. It can be said that each of them has become a master of wealth.
The only difference is that Jenny, Obot and Mace will hand over all their accounts to the little cardinal for inspection and will also hand over part of the profits to Rand, while Sally, Gatsby and Peter Mane Wolf prefer to hide. With Lan Lan's eyes on him, he quietly made a fortune.
Lant also often emphasized to his subordinates that they should restrain their business practices that violated the laws of the empire. However, whether it was the caravan's reply or the statistical information from Little Cardinal and others, it was proved that Peter the Maned Wolf and Gatsby Lang Mandarin ducks guard several big cities, with the widest trade scope and the most sensitive trade customers. This is why Lant wants to specifically attack Peter.
Peter, who was still kneeling on the carpet, glanced at Lant and found that his lord had already made a gesture of seeing off his guests, but did not leave immediately.
"Sir, I have one more thing that I must report to you!"
"Speak!" Rant showed an expectant expression, wanting to see what else this subordinate had to say.
"Some time ago, Knight Dandelion and Knight Suzy Lanyuan cleared out a large number of forces in White Tree City. Some of the cleared nobles hid in the underground market. They told me that in the past, the Feilong Family and the Blue Lion Family, There are some orcs and human private soldiers raised outside the city, about a few hundred people."
"Are those slave-catching teams?" Lant asked with a frown.
"No, it is a separate team based on the orc tribe. However, when the Susi Knight raided White Tree City, these private soldiers were withdrawn by several families. I heard that they all went to Dragon Tooth City."
"Yes, I understand." Lant said softly, thinking about how much trouble a group of hundreds of private soldiers could cause in the royal capital.
Seeing that Lant was interested, Peter continued: "In addition, Knight Susie and Knight Dandelion also purchased a lot of weapons for the capital through the underground market of White Tree City. I am afraid they are enough to equip hundreds of people. I put all this information on the list I gave you."
The wind elemental support held up Peter's list and opened it in front of Lant's eyes.
"A complete set of armor, or is it custom-made from the magic school in Yeqi City? Specifically taking the route from White Tree City?"
Peter nodded: "Yes, sir, although they passed through White Tree City in pieces, when all the pieces are put together, it is very impressive."
"After all..." Lant shook his head and snapped his fingers. The paper was turned into ashes by the flames. "Go down and don't talk to others about today's affairs."
"Yes!" Peter replied seriously. He understood the report just now and re-established his position in Lant's heart.
Peter tremblingly walked out of the door of the room. There was already a new person waiting outside the door. Qiucao made an "please" gesture and invited Priest Hughes into the room.
Hughes Billy, the high priest of the Temple of Life and the Temple of Spring, is the actual controller of the only custom area in Yeqi City. He held a total of 6 large-scale celebrations in the past 2 months, which brought nearly 4,000 gold coins in tax revenue to Yeqi City, and also greatly lowered the moral limit of Yeqi City.
Now wearing a white sleeveless toga of a religious official, Hughes walked into the room softly with bare feet and a very restrained expression.
Hughes understood that after all, Lant was still a knight with higher moral standards. Even if he held the oracle of the goddess Lucoa, the opponent could still find various restrictions for himself.
"Priest Hughes," Lant glanced at the bald man and said with a smile, "The requirement to dress appropriately is a rule left over from the Galloping Horse Kingdom. I hope you don't mind."
"Ah..." Hughes's face suddenly turned red. There had been too many celebrations recently, so he didn't usually wear much clothes. "What did the Duke say? Our temple attaches great importance to rules!"
"Really?" Lant didn't expect that such an unruly person could actually say the word "rules" in his mouth.
"Yes, sir, all our rules and rituals can be traced back to the oracles from ancient times, and we strictly follow these oracles."
Hughes knew that the behavior of his sect would not be tolerated in the empire. Even in the ancient empire, the rituals of their sect had been changed long ago. After all, when these gods announced the oracles, the human race was eager to return their clothes. If you don't cover your body, wear your hair and drink blood, how can you dictate what you wear?
Now he is emphasizing the ancient oracle, just to find some basis for himself, so that Lant will not completely ban his celebration, or even drive the people of his sect out of Yeqi City.
"In the past few days, His Majesty Lucoa did give me an oracle, hoping to use Yeqi City as a place for young people from the Dragon Clan to meet and court mates."
"Since His Majesty has given the oracle..."
"So I want to discuss blasphemous matters with you," Lant interrupted Hughes. "First of all, your Majesty clearly believes that the male and female priests in your sect are servants of the gods, and their behavior is They should be regulated, and their safety and health should be guaranteed. If the rituals arouse evil thoughts in some people and prevent them from continuing to serve, is this considered sacrilege?
Secondly, some businessmen and cults are taking advantage of His Majesty’s oracle and the omissions of the Knights to abduct and persecute innocent demon worshipers. Is this considered blasphemous? "
"Uh..." Hughes finally understood why Lant was looking for him.
Now Hughes not only runs the Temple of Life and the Temple of Spring, but is also the actual controller of many underground custom industries. This time Lant came to tell him face to face that although Lucoa asked for a festival and he would agree, the underground custom industry could not continue. .
"I know you are also in trouble, so in the future Priest Qiucao will conduct regular checks with you to determine the number, health, and treatment of the priests in your temple every month. If other businessmen and cults dare to do anything in the name of the gods, I can only Punished for blasphemy.”
Hughes nodded, lamenting in his heart that the good days were coming to an end, but said: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Duke, I will definitely follow your Majesty's wishes."
