Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The Land Abandoned by God, the southern mountains of Silver City.

Before Colin stood the magic wolf, its spirituality seemingly doubled by the "Gustav Staff." Starlight flickered in its black eyes as it quietly stared at the human before it.

Increased spirituality meant its abilities would also correspondingly strengthen. Before, it was difficult for it to lull Colin to sleep, but now Colin's "Dawn Light" might be difficult to withstand.

The two demigods faced off for a breath or two, then Colin slowly took a step back, lacking complete confidence in continuing the fight.

So, Colin didn't plan to risk it. He prepared to let the magic wolf go first, then return to Silver City to form a "demigod team" with the other elders to pursue the magic wolf.

In any case, his sword was already stained with the magic wolf's blood, making it easy to find the magic wolf's trail later.

Seeing Colin retreat, the magic wolf didn't continue to attack but instead moved its eight legs and quickly retreated.

It reacted this way because it suddenly had a bad premonition.

Just as the magic wolf retreated a few steps, it abruptly turned its head to look at the "Gustav Staff" in its grasp.

The staff suddenly emitted an even brighter light, followed by the descent of a surging power. As if suddenly imbued with life, it violently broke free from the magic wolf's grasp and floated into the air.

Then, a majestic figure descended.

…

Inside the "Knowledge Wilderness."

When Odyss entered, Colin, the "Chief" of Silver City, had just begun fighting the magic wolf.

After the magic wolf attempted to use the "Gustav Staff," instantly strengthening its spirituality, Odyss immediately realized that the "Chief" of Silver City wouldn't risk his life for this "staff."

So, Odyss grabbed the "Hermit" card and the "Elven King's" divine blood from the side and unhesitatingly made his move.

…

The Land Abandoned by God, south of Silver City.

Colin, the magic wolf, and the members of the exploration team hiding behind cover saw a majestic figure draped in a holy robe emerge from the light emitted by the "Gustav Staff." In His right hand, He held a lamp, and in His left, half was thunder and lightning, and half was surging waves.

All the confusion that everyone had felt from childhood seemed to vanish instantly. The lamp was like light in the darkness, using knowledge as a beacon to guide those who were lost.

The moment this majestic figure appeared, lightning bolts struck one after another in the sky, as if stimulated by something, circling above everyone's heads.

The thunder, loud enough to make Derrick and the other team members' heads buzz, crashed one after another, making them feel for the first time that the electricity they were accustomed to was actually so terrifying.

At this moment, the magic wolf finally reacted and turned to flee!

Bolts of lightning struck it one after another. These were no ordinary lightning bolts, possessing a stark white light and an astonishing aura.

The first lightning bolt struck, and the magic wolf was scorched and torn. The second lightning bolt struck, and the magic wolf was charred inside and out.

When the third lightning bolt struck, the magic wolf had already lost its life.

At this time, its spiritual body, possessing a trace of divinity, had not completely died, but from a biological point of view, it was already dead.

Odyss looked at the magic wolf before him, marveling at the greater power of lightning in the "Land Abandoned by God."

This magic wolf was different from the Outer God believer he had killed before. The previous Outer God believer seemed to only have the level of a demigod, while this magic wolf was a little more powerful than an ordinary Sequence 4, yet had not reached the level of Sequence 3.

Thinking of this, he withdrew his power, and the "Gustav Staff" slowly fell.

Colin didn't immediately step forward to pick it up. Only when the "Gustav Staff" landed on the ground and completely lost its light did he come close to the "Gustav Staff."

After carefully examining the staff, a dark green symbol appeared in Colin's pupils. After carefully scrutinizing the staff again, confirming there were no problems, he picked up the staff.

When Derrick and the others came over, Colin had the other members of the exploration team collect the spoils of war. As they walked towards the magic wolf, Colin stopped Derrick again: "Who was that being just now?"

"I don't know," Derrick said truthfully. He felt that it wasn't "The Fool."

But if it wasn't "The Fool," then who could it be?

…

In the "Knowledge Wilderness."

Odyss observed for a while, and only after Colin led the team on their return journey did he return to the real world.

Sitting at his desk for a while, the corners of Odyss's mouth couldn't help but turn up. The "Gustav Staff" should be in his hands now.

At dinner, Bernadette glanced at Odyss: "Did something happy happen?"

"I'm happy because I thought that the potion has already been digested by half," Odyss said with a smile, casually finding a reason.

Bernadette shook her head: "Don't think of digesting potions as so simple, especially when you reach the level of Sequence 5. Even with good luck, it will take about a year to digest."

But then she added: "Of course, you should be an exception, because before you, no one has ever used writing books to digest potions, nor has anyone used the 'Wizard's Office' method to digest potions."

Odyss smiled. This was just actively seeking opportunities to digest the potion.

While they were talking, the female housekeeper Bernadette had sent out in the afternoon returned and reported to Bernadette that the tenants of that house were already moving out and would move out tonight.

Bernadette nodded with satisfaction and made an appointment with Odyss that after he completed the interview tomorrow, they would go to see the house.

The next morning, Odyss rode in Bernadette's carriage and came to the administrative hall again. Odyss noticed that many people were observing him intentionally or unintentionally.

It was still Bud who received Odyss: "Please come with me."

As he spoke, Bud led him upstairs.

Odyss asked: "Why does everyone seem so curious about me?"

"They know your test scores from yesterday," Bud replied as he led the way.

Odyss was stunned for a moment before he understood: So those people were looking at what the "top student" looked like.

He was now gradually adapting to the atmosphere of Lenburg. Here, as long as you do well on the test, it seems like you can be superior to others.

This time, Bud took Odyss to the third floor. The offices here all had double doors. Odyss saw from a half-open door that it was a secretary's office, and inside the secretary's office was the office of the dignitaries.

Bud first took Odyss to a small conference room, asked him to wait a moment, and then left.

About half an hour later, Bud entered the door again and said: "Please come with me."

He took Odyss to a small conference room. In this conference room, there was a huge portrait of the king. In the portrait, the current King Conrad I was wearing a crown, holding a scepter in one hand, and holding the sword at his waist with the other, looking very majestic.

It should be the result of the painter's beautification. While ensuring Conrad I's majesty, he also looked approachable and didn't have the airs of a king.

In fact, this Conrad I was somewhat embarrassed, because only Ruen recognized his status as king, and other countries still only recognized him as a duke.

The reason for this situation was mainly because Conrad I's ancestors were once dukes of the Fenebote Kingdom and split from the Fenebote Kingdom in the "Oath-Breaking War."

In addition to this portrait, there were also five tables and five seats in the room. Four seats were arranged together, and there was a separate seat opposite this seat.

Bud invited Odyss to the separate seat: "Please sit here."

"The four people who will interview you later are Duke Bowen, Minister of Internal Affairs, Bishop Kerlivoff, Bichir, a senior official from Berneil Province, and Benedict, Minister of Defense."

"Please pay attention to etiquette when you see Duke Bowen and bow to the Duke."

"In addition, before the interview, you must first swear an oath to the portrait of the king in front of the four interviewers before proceeding with the interview."

"This is the oath draft. Of course, you can also improvise."

Odyss took the oath draft: "Thank you."

Then he read it. The general meaning of the oath draft was to be loyal to the king and not to do anything that would harm the interests of the royal family and the country, and so on.

Odyss remembered that the members of the Lenburg royal family were also Beyonders of the "Arbitrator" pathway. The entire Lenburg, in a mystical sense, was Conrad I's "territory."

This kind of oath should be able to establish a certain mystical connection with Lenburg. If Odyss really wanted to do something that would harm the interests of the country, then the dukes of the Lenburg royal family should be aware of it.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the four interviewers entered the room while talking.

Originally, Odyss was going to get up to greet them out of politeness, but when he saw the four interviewers sitting down on their own and then picking up the information on the table to read, as if deliberately ignoring him.

So Odyss didn't get up and continued to lean on the back of his chair and wait for them to read the information.

He knew very well that this deliberate neglect was to put pressure on him, but Odyss didn't fall for it at all.

A few minutes later, the four interviewers finished reading the information about Odyss one after another, and then looked up at Odyss. After seeing that the deliberate neglect just now did not put pressure on Odyss, Duke Bowen and the Minister of Defense were a little unhappy.

Then, Bishop Kerlivoff, one of the interviewers, announced: "The interview begins."

Odyss got up, swore an oath to the portrait of the king, and then sat back in his seat unhurriedly, waiting for questions.

Bichir first asked as if pretending not to be familiar with Odyss: "Are you sure you want to go to Watay Province?"

Odyss nodded: "Yes, I'm sure I want to go there."

Minister of Defense Benedict then asked: "How do you plan to deal with the bandits there?"

"Shouldn't they be called bandit armies?" Odyss said: "According to my understanding, they have already occupied most of the area except for Watay City."

Benedict waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Just tell me, how do you plan to deal with them?"

"Of course, by recovering the lost territories and locking up all the rebel armies who dare to resist," Audis said with a smile.

Benedict also smiled: "Are you kidding me?"

Then he asked again: "What will you use to recover the lost territories?"

Audis simply said: "I personally have the strength of Sequence 5."

This stunned both Duke Bowen and Benedict. They immediately lowered their heads to look at Audis's information again. Obviously, they hadn't been paying attention just now.

Then Duke Bowen asked Audis the same question as Beichiel: "Are you sure you want to go to Watay State?"

In a small country like Lenburg, a Beyonder with Sequence 5 strength would definitely have a brighter future staying in the capital, Aissara, than becoming a governor in a remote state.

"Yes," Audis replied again. Then he continued to answer the Minister of Defense's question: "I heard that the government troops in Watay City haven't been paid for over a year. I can't rely on them."

"I also have some forces of my own and plan to bring them to Watay State to recover the lost territories."

Duke Bowen lost his previous indifference: "Are you confident?"

For this Minister of the Interior, Bernier Province was a bottomless pit. However, it was impossible to just ignore it. If Duke Bowen gave up those territories during his term and declared several of the states autonomous, he would definitely be reviled and even become a negative figure in future history textbooks.

Now that someone was willing to use their own forces to try to recover those lost territories, he would naturally be very supportive.

As for what would happen after the recovery, that was a problem to be considered later. Because in Duke Bowen's view, Audis could at most reach some kind of balance with the forces of Intis and Feneport in Watay State.

At that time, Audis would need Aissara's help to continue fighting against the enemy, so there was no fear that this pirate would break free from his control.

The other interviewer, Beichiel, was stunned. He didn't expect Audis to even bring his own forces to Watay State, which made him realize that Audis's goal was definitely not just to be a good governor.

However, Beichiel would not object to this. He realized that after Audis went to Watay State, his own pressure would definitely be greatly reduced.

Audis replied: "I am confident."

Then he smiled and added: "At least I can ensure that Watay City is no longer harassed by rebel armies, and I will try my best to restore transportation between Aissara and Watay State."

Duke Bowen nodded: "After transportation is restored, the capital will definitely give you sufficient support."

He still thought that Audis's intention was the same as he had imagined. After stabilizing Watay State, he would ask the capital for reinforcements and supplies, which was why he made such a promise.

In fact, Audis's intention was to "try his best" to restore transportation. Of course, he would not reveal his thoughts, but instead seized this opportunity to ask: "Before transportation is restored, I need some help."

Duke Bowen frowned: "You may not be very clear, but if you bring supplies or a lot of wealth to Watay State, it will make your journey very difficult."

"Because the banditry on the road is too serious, you may often be attacked by bandits."

Audis smiled: "I only need a few hundred sets of military uniforms. You don't even need to provide weapons, but you must allow me to raise military expenses myself."

Duke Bowen thought: It's just a few hundred people. Let him raise the money himself. As long as he doesn't ask for money, it's easy to handle.

So he said: "Okay."

Audis added: "I need military command of Watay State, if there are still government troops there."

Bowen also readily agreed: "Okay."

He knew very well that the state guards there no longer obeyed the command of the state government.

"I will knock on the local dignitaries," Audis said. "You cannot interfere in the affairs of Watay State."

Bowen paused for a moment before saying again: "Okay."

Originally, he wanted to remind Audis that the basic order of the area was basically maintained by the local nobles and autonomous associations. It would be difficult to deal with if he offended them.

But Bowen thought about it and decided to pass the mess on to Audis, and ultimately did not speak.

Audis smiled: "I have no other requirements."

Duke Bowen asked the people around him: "Do you have any other questions?"

The other three people, Senior Official Beichiel and Bishop Coliford, all hoped that Audis would serve as the governor of Watay State, and Minister of Defense Benedict had no objections, so everyone had no other questions.

Afterwards, it was the scoring session. Audis still passed the interview with high scores. Under the reminder of Minister of the Interior Duke Bowen, Minister of Defense Benedict gave a note on the spot, allowing Audis to take the note to the Quartermaster Department to collect the military uniforms.

After Duke Bowen and others left, Beichiel asked: "Your formal appointment should be issued tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. When do you plan to take office?"

"In the next few days," Audis said with a smile: "I plan to recruit a few clerks in Aissara after the appointment is issued to take office with me."

"In addition, my subordinates also need time to get to Aissara."

Beichiel nodded, looked around to make sure no one was there, and then said in a low voice: "After you take office, I will allocate 20,000 Sassens from the provincial government to you as your initial funds."

He sighed: "The provincial government has a big deficit and can only give you so much."

"Oh, yes, don't expect to recruit anyone in Aissara."

Audis calculated that it was about 4,000 pounds: "Thank you."

It's better than nothing.

Moreover, Audis's real purpose was not to recruit people, but to see how fast Feneport's intelligence agency would react.

The two people went downstairs while chatting and left the administrative hall separately.

Audis first returned to Bernadette's residence to look at the house together.

There are many old houses on God Tree Avenue, and the environment is not bad. There are flower beds and trees on both sides of the road.

Like other blocks, there are many people reading on both sides of the street here.

Bernadette's house is at No. 77, which is a delicate two-story townhouse with a small courtyard planted with some flowers and plants.

The first floor is the living room, kitchen and dining room, and the second floor has two bedrooms. The furniture in the house is also complete.

Although the area is not large, it meets Audis's needs very well.

Seeing that Audis was quite satisfied, Bernadette said: "You can arrange anything you want here, and you can use it for as long as you want."

After Audis thanked her, he treated the "Mysterious Queen" to lunch, and then immediately found Bazel and Cleveland, took them to No. 77 God Tree Avenue, and told them that this was the secret stronghold in Aissara.

Then Audis began to assign tasks to Bazel and Cleveland, asking Bazel to renovate the place slightly, requiring a certain mysterious atmosphere.

Cleveland first went to rent a conference room as a temporary studio, and then went to the newspaper to publish GG, first the news that the Governor of Watay State was recruiting clerks with high salaries, and then went to another newspaper to publish the news that the "Astrology Master was visiting Aissara."

Looking at the two subordinates leaving, Audis recalled the scene when he had just arrived in Bayam before, and couldn't help but say to himself: It's convenient to have subordinates.

Before, when he couldn't stay in Backlund, when he went to Bayam, he was the only one busy with these things.

After explaining the matters of Aissara, Audis used "Travel" to come to Backlund again, 19 Pinstreet, which is where Hugh and Fors now live.

He rang the doorbell, and it was still Fors who opened the door for Audis.

After entering the door, Audis asked: "Where's Leonard?"

"Hugh took him to Edward's family cemetery," Fors said while going to the kitchen to boil water: "They went in the morning and should be back soon."

Audis nodded, went to the dining table and sat down to chat with Fors.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Hugh opened the door and brought Leonard back.

Leonard's height is at least one meter eight, and it doesn't seem like much in other places, but with Hugh, he looks very tall, even a bit like a father taking his daughter home.

"Chief!" Hugh saw Audis as soon as he entered the door.

Leonard's mood was a little low, but he also saw Audis as soon as he entered the door and nodded to him.

Fors poured tea for everyone. After everyone was seated, Audis asked Leonard: "Did you see the descendants of your family?"

"I took a look from a distance," Leonard took a deep breath and said: "I thought about it and decided not to disturb them."

Audis said "Hmm".

Leonard added: "Today, Miss Hugh took me to the family cemetery again. I found the graves of my father and mother. Their graves were covered with weeds long ago. Fortunately, there is still a tombstone."

Speaking of this, he stopped.

So Hugh on the side said to Audis: "I have given the workers in the cemetery enough management fees to let them take care of it often."

Audis nodded, took out 200 pounds in cash from his wallet and handed it to Hugh: "When I gave Leonard to you before, I forgot to leave him some money. This is to make up for your expenses."

"No need," Hugh quickly refused: "Mr. Leonard didn't spend much money either, and I…"

Audis didn't allow Hugh to refuse: "At the same time, this is also to pay you for collecting information about Leonard's family."

Hugh still wanted to refuse, but Audis directly pushed the money to her.

In fact, Audis deliberately didn't leave Leonard gold pounds, just to let Leonard understand that although he still has the strength of Sequence 6, he is already out of place in Backlund.

Thus, the protection and help that Audis provided to Long Zhel became even more valuable at this time.

Previously, when Audis only ran a herbalist shop, he would have felt that such operations were petty tricks, belonging to the category of cleverness.

However, as his extraordinary organization further expanded, Audis gradually realized that such petty tricks were sometimes still very useful.

First of all, it is necessary to give the subordinates real benefits, it would be meaningless to always draw big cakes, and secondly, it is necessary to let them feel the benefits they have given.

Then Audis asked Long Zhel again: "In Backlund, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

"No," Long Zhel said, "After returning to Cruz Island, I will formally work for you."

"Go back and stay for one night first," Audis nodded and said, "Tomorrow I will pick you up to go to Renborg."

Long Zhel nodded and said "Okay."

After chatting for a few more words, Audis asked Long Zhel to wait here for a while, then went to Jiaer Herbalist Shop to bring Kaina, and the three of them used "Travel" to return to Cruz Island together.

Audis had already prepared the "Arbitrator" potion and let Long Zhel take it.

The potion in Long Zhel's body was "imagined", and to completely restore the state, he needed to take the potion again.

Now that Long Zhel has officially served Audis, then Audis certainly wants to help him restore his state.

Of course, his potion is not given for nothing, it needs to be exchanged for merit in the future.

After Long Zhel drank it in one breath, he said: "I feel that the potion was digested the moment I drank it."

Audis "Okay"ed, as he had expected, Long Zhel had already digested the potion once in "Groselle's Travels", and now if he takes the potion again, he can easily digest it again.

Long Zhel still wanted to continue drinking Sequence 8's potion, but Audis said: "This is a potion, not plain water, drink it again after stabilizing your state in a few days."

After letting Long Zhel return to Groselle and others, Audis took Kaina to see Manti again, and introduced Kaina to the working environment, so that he could enter the state as soon as possible.

Audis did not immediately return to Aysalla today, because the matter of "Scroll Shop" has been planned almost, now the most crucial thing is the location of the "Shop".

Audis's plan is to use a house on Lighthouse Mountain to set up a "Teleportation Array".

The main array is on the Lighthouse Mountain, and the sub-array can randomly appear anywhere in Bayam, and can even appear in Aysalla.

Moreover, Audis also plans to make this house in a state between the real world and the spirit world, so even if someone uses divination, they will not be able to divine the exact location.

Then this requires arranging a large number of magic arrays, and also requires an extraordinary characteristic of a "Traveler".

Audis still has a magical item that benchmarks the "Traveler", but before crushing it, he should explore it and try to recover the "Gustaf Staff" there.

He doesn't have time these days, Audis plans to go to Votta State with Bernadette to explore.

Audis doesn't want anything else, he only hopes to get that "Gustaf Staff".

After Audis selected a suitable house, he asked Manti to decorate it in advance for backup.

Audis did not return to the capital of Renborg until that night, at this time it was already past dinner time, Audis greeted Bernadette and returned to his room to rest.

Early the next morning, the administrative hall sent an appointment, Audis took the appointment letter to Bernadette and said: "Get ready to go!"

He smiled and said: "Today my subordinates will 'rush' to Aysalla, wait to find a few more clerks and leave."

Bernadette didn't seem to take it too seriously: "Okay."

"What kind of way do you plan to accompany?" Audis asked: "I mean, are you going to walk with me openly, or are you planning to hide and follow quietly."

"Of course, I will go with you," Bernadette said, "Otherwise, there is no point in hiding."

Audis asked boldly: "Then, why don't you pretend to be the governor's wife?"

Bernadette glanced at Audis: "Heh!"

Audis quickly said: "I'm just joking."

"Then... then how about you pretend to be my secretary? Or assistant? Adjutant?"

Audis said a few roles, seeing that the "Mysterious Queen" was not satisfied, he said: "Then you say, what do you want to play?"

Bernadette frowned slightly: "Can you only be your subordinate?"

"Not playing subordinates, not playing wife..." Audis was stunned: "Could it be that you want to play my mother?"

Bernadette slapped over without even thinking, Audis quickly dodged.

"Be specific!" Audis protested.

"Can't it be friends?" Bernadette said.

Audis was stunned for a moment: "Friends accompany the governor to take office?"

"What's the problem?"

"No problem, no problem at all!" Audis said immediately.

Bernadette "Okay"ed with satisfaction, and the matter was settled.

Next, Audis continued to do preparations, he first took Long Zhel to outside Aysalla City, and then in front of him, from the "Space Array", he pulled out 100 "Extraordinary Puppets" that had been prepared long ago, and explained to Long Zhel how to use these "Extraordinary Puppets".

Then Audis and Long Zhel entered Aysalla openly, booked an entire hotel, and let them live in it two people in one room.

Then Audis took a few "Extraordinary Puppets" to get 600 sets of military uniforms, let the "Extraordinary Puppets" put on military uniforms, and the remaining 500 pieces were put into the "Space Array" by Audis, waiting for future use.

After that, Audis asked Long Zhel to take the "Extraordinary Puppets" to buy a lot of wooden boxes for backup, and the preparations here were over.

Audis went to the conference room rented by Cleveland to prepare to interview clerks.

But a whole day passed, and no one came to apply.

Audis planned to leave the next afternoon, if no one came to apply the next morning, he would not hire clerks from here.

What Audis didn't expect was that three people came to apply in a row the next morning.

They all hoped to leave Aysalla, and asked Audis to give them high salaries.

Audis of course agreed, and asked them to prepare and leave on the 3 o'clock train in the afternoon.

The three applicants did not expect that the time was so tight, and they said goodbye one after another, saying that they would hurry back to pack up.

At more than two o'clock in the afternoon, Audis and Bernadette came to the train station by carriage.

The moment Bernadette got out of the carriage, she attracted the attention of many men. Today, Bernadette wore a red and white dress with local characteristics, with a black embroidered top.

It gives people a very temperament and excellent mental outlook.

Audis also wore local style clothes, black trousers, white shirt, and a red vest outside.

After arriving in Renborg, Bernadette finally did not ask Audis to wear formal clothes, or rather, Audis's current dress is the more formal clothing of this country.

The three clerks that Audis had just recruited had different expressions after seeing Bernadette, but they obviously did not know the "Mysterious Queen", so although there was some surprise in their expressions and eyes, there was no surprise.

Long Zhel commanded the hundred soldiers to carry dozens of large wooden boxes into the luggage carriage on the back.

So much luggage has also attracted the attention of many people.

Woo~

At three o'clock, the train to Soloto State started, because the railway was not built to Votta State, so Audis's plan was to first take the train to Soloto State, and then take the carriage to Votta City.

The train had not been out of Aysalla for long before it came to the fields.

This was Audis's first time taking a train far away, and after seeing the fields outside, he immediately felt that the difference between the city and the countryside in Renborg was huge.

Sitting in the first-class carriage, Audis and Bernadette casually chatted about the crop yields of this era, Bernadette said: "The crop harvest of the Fenebport Kingdom is the best."

"In that country, with the help of the Earth Mother Church, most of the country has almost a bumper harvest every year."

Audis then asked: "Does that country have homeless people? Are people worried about food?"

Bernadette took a deep breath before saying: "There are homeless people, and some people will starve to death."

"Sometimes I think that it is not natural disasters that cause hunger, the appearance of hunger is purely because of man-made disasters," Audis looked out the window and said: "The world's food should be able to feed everyone."

Bernadette also looked out the window: "What are your thoughts?"

"This idea is currently being used by various countries in the Northern Continent," Audis said: "When food prices are low, hoard a large amount of food, and if food prices have an upward trend, immediately sell the hoarded food to stabilize food prices."

Bernadette thought for a while: "Obviously this method is not very effective."

"The method is a good method," Audis said: "But according to my observation, the people responsible for hoarding food have a big problem, they are officials, they are nobles, and some of them were originally grain merchants.

"They use various means to seek personal gain from the hoarded food, but instead become an unstable factor in food prices.

"In addition, there are some interest groups that hinder the sale of these hoarded grains at the right time, making this plan a mere formality."

Before Bernadette had time to speak, the person next to them suddenly asked: "Is there a solution?"

Each seat in the first-class carriage is very spacious, Audis and Bernadette sat opposite each other, with the aisle in the middle, and two more seats on the other side.

Or rather, the entire first-class carriage only has two rows of spacious seats.

The person sitting across the aisle was a man in his thirties. His beard was cleanly shaven, and although he wore a suit, he didn't have a top hat. He had clearly been listening to Audis and Bernadette's conversation from the start.

Audis smiled and said, "Before a perfect supervisory system is in place, we can exchange labor for food."

The man was stunned, then asked, "What do you mean?"

"Give food to those who are starving and have them participate in labor," Audis explained.

Seeing that Bernadette and the man still didn't quite understand, he further explained, "Merchants and any interest groups know very well that organizing the starving, giving them food, and having them work can create more value.

"In this process, they won't think about seizing the food supply. Just supervise them so they don't overuse their labor. This way, those who need food can eat, the panic brought about by food shortages will be reduced, and grain prices will tend to stabilize.

"This method benefits all parties. Interest groups use the starving people to obtain a large amount of profit; the hungry people have food to eat; and those with money to buy food don't have to worry about fluctuations in grain prices."

Bernadette slowly nodded, feeling that she had previously lacked consideration for concrete administrative aspects.

The man across from her pinched his chin and pondered for four or five seconds before smiling and saying, "Although it seems to make things more complicated, it is indeed a good idea."

Then he took a deep breath and said, "Only by feeding those officials will they obediently do their jobs."

Audis smiled and added, "But this method can only temporarily solve the problem."

The man then asked, "Is there a solution that can completely solve the problem?"

"Cultivate a group of officials whose national interests outweigh their personal interests in terms of thinking, who can ensure basic integrity, and who have good executive abilities," Audis said. "Try to cut off the chain of interests between officials and merchants as much as possible."

The man was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a few more seconds, he shook his head and said, "Impossible, it's impossible to cultivate such officials."

Audis smiled slightly and didn't continue to say anything.

The main reason why this man spoke so decisively was because people in this era had a misconception: only the wealthy and powerful can make the world prosperous and ensure the most basic order.

Therefore, the officials in this world are basically nobles who have transformed and new nobles who have accumulated capital through the Industrial Revolution.

As for the members of parliament, each of them is basically a wealthy man.

Taking the Parliament of Loen as an example, the Upper House is a hereditary seat, all of whom are nobles who have completed the transformation, like "Justice's" father.

Each member of the Lower House is a millionaire with assets of over one million pounds.

Although the Constitution of Loen stipulates that members of parliament shall not operate enterprises, and those who want to become members of parliament must entrust their enterprises to a management company.

This regulation is actually a bit of an ostrich policy, because those who manage the enterprises are designated by the wealthy man who becomes a member of parliament, and of course they will still follow the instructions of the wealthy man.

And what Audis meant was actually saying, don't let those powerful people continue to serve as officials.

However, he also knew that such an idea was a bit out of touch with this era, so he just thought about it and planned to quietly conduct an experiment in the future.

After that, Audis chatted with the man all the way. The administrative problems that seemed very tricky to the man were easily solved by Audis.

Moreover, Audis's solution took into account the interests of all parties, and it was not empty talk.

The way the other party looked at Audis even gradually became somewhat admiring.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, the train arrived at its final destination, the Sothoth Province.

Audis and the man stood up and shook hands, tacitly not asking each other's identity and name.

Only in this way was the conversation between the two people relatively pure, just like an academic discussion. And if they asked for their names, the nature of this conversation would change and it would have a certain political nature.

After getting off the train, Lunger directed the 'Extraordinary Puppets' to move all the wooden boxes to the train station's warehouse and left the 'Puppets' on guard.

Audis then took the three clerks and went to the hotel in two carriages.

After the car door closed, Bernadette immediately said, "There's something wrong with those three clerks."

Audis smiled and said, "Of course there's something wrong. Otherwise, why would I recruit them?"

Bernadette smiled slightly, "It seems there will be a good show tonight."