Shenglong Star Territory Sea Song City Mining Association Office.
"General Zachary, I am mining in the Holy Dragon Star Territory on behalf of the Imperial Flying Star Family, and I have obtained a mining license issued by the Imperial Ministry of Resources. I am engaged in ore trading, and I also have a formal business license issued by the Imperial Trade Department. In addition, as a As a businessman engaged in legitimate business, I pay huge taxes to the empire every year, and I should be protected by the laws of the empire..."
Facing the uninvited investigation and questioning of General Zachary, the special envoy of the Holy Dragon Star Territory Defense Force, Jiadli looked calm and spoke neither softly nor hardly.
Although the name of the special investigative envoy sounds very bluffing, President Gardley, who has a strong family background, really doesn't take Zachary seriously.
Didn't he just fail to deliver the output of grade three or above mineral materials in accordance with the contract recently?
From Jiadeli's point of view, this was not a big deal, and he had paid sufficient liquidated damages in accordance with the contract early on.
"Mr. Jiadley, are you sure you don't want to cooperate with our investigation?"
Zachary didn't seem to be angry at Jiadli's resistance and said with a calm smile.
However, deep in Zachary's eyes, a strong hint of ridicule quickly flashed.
Under normal circumstances, although Zachary, who was born as a commoner, represented the Holy Dragon Star Territory Defense Force and was in the same War Queen stage as Jiadeli, he really did not dare to easily offend Jiadeli, who had a noble status.
But the current situation is completely different. Zachary has the Sword of Shang Fang in his hand - an investigation order from the Imperial Resources Department.
And as a quasi-high-level official in the imperial government, Zachary also vaguely knew some secrets that ordinary people did not know - the current situation in the empire was tight on the outside and tight on the inside, and the upper echelons of the military were gathering all strategic resources.
And the grade three or above mineral materials produced by the Haigecheng mining area controlled by Jiadeli are exactly strategic resources!
"Of course I'm sure. General Zachary, I don't think you have the right to ask about the sales of the minerals I have."
Jiadli said his words of rejection in an arrogant tone, then picked up the spirit wine and took a sip gracefully.
Zachary smiled slightly, slowly took out a document from his briefcase, put it on the desk, and gently pushed it in front of Jiadley.
'puff......
The spiritual wine that Jiadeli had not had time to swallow suddenly sprayed out.
The red prefix with supreme pressure on the top of the document and the purple-gold seal with the same pressure on the end of the document made Jiadli pale and lost his mind.
Jiadeli, who was used to seeing official documents at all levels, did not question the authenticity of the document in front of him at all.
"The Empire...the Empire...the Empire Resources Department! How could it be the Empire Resources Department? Such a small amount of mineral materials..."
Jiadli stared at Zachary in disbelief and shouted with a trembling voice.
He does have a deep family background in the empire, but at most his family background only touches the subordinate units of the core departments of the empire. Now facing the will from the highest level of the empire, he could not but feel great fear.
"Such a little mineral material? Mr. Jiadley, this is not just a matter of a little mineral material." Zachary shook his head and said softly.
"It's not just about the mining materials? General Zachary, please tell me, what else is going on?" Jiadli quickly reached over and grabbed Zachary's arm, saying anxiously.
"Ahem...Mr. Gardley, you're out of control." Zachary said with a smile.
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay, I can understand. So, Mr. Gardley, can you now tell us how you collected those mineral materials from other mine owners at high prices and where they sold them?"
"Okay, okay, I'll start telling you now. Half a month ago, Xiu Tu, a retail mine owner in this city, found me..."
Jiadli did not dare to neglect, and immediately told the entire transaction between him and Xiu Tu, during which he did not dare to hide even the slightest detail.
conceal.
As an imperial noble, Jiadli knew deeply how terrifying the empire's violent machine was. Now the empire is sending people to investigate, which is only the first stage. If he cannot let the superiors figure out the problem at this stage, even if there is only a small doubt left, the superiors will take tough measures against him such as soul searching, and there will also be cruel punishments that will make people irrecoverable!
The investigation order issued by the highest department of the empire was so abnormal in its execution.
"You're saying that this matter seems to involve a high-level war master who doesn't want to be named?"
After listening carefully to Jiadli's story, Zachary's expression became solemn involuntarily.
"I'm not 100% sure, I'm just speculating based on the signs of things. Do you think, if it weren't for the high-level war master, who would have the ability to get so many magic crystals? Moreover, only the high-level war master can get so many magic crystals. The many hidden personnel I sent to Xiu Tu made it clear." Jiadli said with a sad expression.
By this time, Jiadeli had given up any hope in the extremely profitable business he had experienced some time ago.
In fact, not only did he not dare to give up hope in business, he also tried his best to extricate himself from this incident.
After all, the investigation order from the highest department of the empire is too terrifying. I don’t know what level of people and things are involved.
"If it's really a high-level war lord, then why did he do this?" Zachary frowned.
"The purpose of collecting precious minerals is naturally to refine magic weapons. And judging from his behavior of purchasing precious minerals at extremely high prices, his refining process may have reached the final stage." Jiadeli said softly.
"It stands to reason that the empire has always respected and courted high-level war lords. If he wanted to refine a magic weapon, he could have made a request directly to the Empire's Department of Resources without having to pay such a high price." Zachary was still puzzled. .
"General Zachary, I have also thought deeply about this. If nothing else happens, this war lord may want to refine an extremely powerful secret magic weapon to use as his trump card." Jiadli said.
"That's true. But these are just our own speculations, not the unmistakable truth of the matter. Based on these alone, I can't make a report to the superiors." Zachary suddenly said in a very embarrassed tone.
Jiadli looked at Zachary, a gloating smile flashed across his face.
He knew Zachary was in a dilemma.
If he reported it directly according to Jiadli's story, it would obviously violate the war master's intention to keep the matter secret, and Zachary would offend the high-level war master because of this.
If he continued to pursue the matter based on the clues provided by Jiadli, he would probably arouse the ill will of the high-level war lord, and it would not end well either.
"General Zachary, no matter what you do next, I will fully cooperate with you."
Jiadeli endured the heartache of losing his hugely profitable business and expressed his stance seriously.
