"The craftsman who repairs the water gate lives in the city. His usual job is to maintain various institutions. He occasionally does carpentry. He is a master with a good reputation and good skills. He is employed by the Hutt Chamber of Commerce."
As they rode on, George told them the information he knew.
"The Hutt Chamber of Commerce is one of the chambers of commerce that our family funded and supported nine years ago. The holder of the chamber of commerce has never had a noble or official status. He himself advocates attracting capable common people as the backbone of the chamber of commerce. He believes that only in this way can it be better He is deeply rooted in the people and serves everyone well. His abilities are in line with his philosophy. Up to now, although the Hutt Chamber of Commerce is not the best developed among all chambers of commerce, it is the chamber of commerce that the people trust most."
"Because the Hutt Chamber of Commerce has attracted a large number of outstanding craftsmen from the public, it also has an internal training system. In addition to normal products, its business scope also includes repair, construction, design and other fields. Like city wall facilities, there are More than 30% of this is handled by the Hutt Chamber of Commerce, and there is the possibility of further increases in the future.”
The Hutt Chamber of Commerce is supported by the Rebain family, so George knows a lot about the Chamber of Commerce, but he only has a rough idea of the craftsmen.
As an officer of the city guard, George's main task is to ensure security around the city wall. The scope of his work does not include understanding every craftsman who maintains the facilities. If you want to know more details, you have to ask the soldiers under George who are responsible for inspection. He himself can That’s pretty good to know.
"Is the Hutt Chamber of Commerce supported by your family?" Leonhardt pretended to be very good and asked casually.
Although George's performance was quite frank, the supporters behind the Hutt Chamber of Commerce still aroused Leonhardt's scruples.
Being responsible for 30% of the city wall maintenance is a large proportion. If it has bad intentions, the consequences cannot be easily erased. The most important thing is that behind the Hutt Chamber of Commerce stands the Rebain family, which is currently the most suspected, and cannot tolerate Leonhardt's random thoughts.
"It only provided financial support and did not have the power to participate in decision-making." George explained, "In order to develop the economy, many aristocratic families, including ours, responded to the call and provided many different types of support to the private chamber of commerce. The empire can recover so well Quick, thanks to Wang’s decision.”
After George reminded him, Leonhardt remembered that he seemed to have heard Brother Wang say this.
At that time, the support of the aristocratic families was given to various chambers of commerce in the name of the regent. As a result, the regent's status in the eyes of businessmen rose rapidly, and soon, like other fields, it reached the level of unanimous response.
Mentioning these, Brother Wang also laughed and said, there are so many tricks.
Leonhardt didn't understand it at the time, and compared with other things Leko had done, it seemed ordinary, so he didn't remember it much.
——Now that I think about it, what Brother Wang was laughing at at that time was the flattery of these families.
Leonhardt felt much relieved.
With the name of the regent in front of it, it can be said that the families involved in funding have basically no influence on the chamber of commerce. Even if the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce is from one of these aristocratic families, it is impossible for him to do anything blatantly bad - the guards often participate in the review of matters related to the security of the imperial capital.
What's more, with the existence of "Night Crow", if they want to plot in secret, they can only do it secretly within the family.
Whether it can be done or not remains to be seen!
"How many chambers of commerce are there like this?" Leonhart realized that he usually knew too little about similar things.
At least he should know more about this type of person. Even if no action is needed, increasing his knowledge is a good thing.
"This is the only one." George laughed. "The concept of its holder is really unique. Among the businessmen, I have never heard of another person who can implement this concept. If it weren't for his outstanding ability, plus With people’s strong support, I’m afraid it will be difficult for the Hutt Chamber of Commerce to grow to its current scale… It will not be easy to repeat this successful path.”
While talking, the three of them rushed to the city wall.
George suddenly reacted: "Hey, sir, I'm sorry, I subconsciously rushed to the water gate. I need to take a detour to get to the other side of the city wall. Please follow me for a while..."
In order to hurry up, he subconsciously wanted to go to the camp through the gap in the sluice. This is the fastest route, but you will inevitably enter the water, which will make you look a little embarrassed when you reach the other side.
Leonhardt jumped off his horse and walked towards the river: "No, I just want to see the situation of the sluice."
"...I'm just being hypocritical." George was relieved.
How could the dignified captain of the Imperial Capital Guard and the military leader of the empire not be able to distinguish the important from the important. Including An, the three of them jumped into the water without saying much nonsense.
After briefly acclimatising, George pointed towards the sluice.
Following his finger, Leonhardt swam for a moment and saw a gap in the wooden gate that could easily allow a person to pass through.
When you get closer, you can see that the gap is uneven, with wooden thorns scattered around it, and there is not much deformation around it. It looked like it had not been damaged or worn through many times, but more like it had been penetrated in one or two blows, and the force had to be very clever.
However, the gate is nearly 40 centimeters thick, and it is underwater!
On the water, with a full blow, Leonhardt was confident that he could penetrate the gate, but the area around the gap could not be as flat as before.
Under water, even with the help of tools, he could not think of anything that could achieve this effect without causing too much noise.
Maybe the old man in the escort can do it? or……
Leonhart couldn't help but look back at An, but found that An was not where he expected. Turning his eyes, he discovered that An was looking for something near the river bed.
By the way, the missing thing on the gate!
Leonhart's eyes lit up.
There were no heavy rains during this period, the sluice gates were not used, and the moat was not to say fast. With a gap of nearly one meter, the missing objects on it cannot disappear out of thin air!
Thinking of this, he moved closer to An.
Ann noticed Leonhardt and shook her head at him.
not found? !
Leonhardt was stunned.
Could it be that the gate was destroyed from within?
Ann and George swam towards Leonhardt at the same time.
Leonhart came back to his senses, pointed at the gap, and motioned for everyone to go over first. He was the last to cross the gap in the gate and noticed that most of the wooden thorns on it had been smoothed away by the passing intruders.
Arriving at the bottom of the river outside the city, Ann and Leonhardt searched again, but even with the responsive George joining in, they still couldn't find the missing object on the gate.
The oxygen was almost exhausted, so the three of them had no choice but to float up.
The first time his hearing recovered, Leonhardt heard the quarrel.
Climbing ashore, some soldiers from the city guard came to George.
"Lord George, the craftsman has been brought here, but..." Hesitation appeared on the soldier's face.
Before the three people who stepped onto the river bank could think about it, the sound of the previous quarrel could be clearly heard.
"I'm! Confirmed! When! It's! Good!"
The strong and violent male voice almost exploded in his ears, and Leonhardt felt that the water droplets in his ears were beating continuously.
"My judgment won't be wrong! It can't be a problem with the quality of the wood. I was in charge of the production at that time. If the quality of the materials was poor, I wouldn't say anything if you chopped off my head!"
"Okay, okay, master, please calm down, let's talk slowly, slowly - talk."
Surrounded by the city guards, there were two men standing. One was in his thirties and cleanly dressed, the other was over fifty and had a white beard.
Under the unkind eyes of the soldiers, the middle-aged man kept persuading the old man.
