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"Yes, we will do our best to help you solve it. Let's first tell you what difficulties the Chamber of Commerce has encountered recently."

Paimon nodded heavily.

"Well, please take a seat first and listen to me in detail." Jiulixu sighed and asked Li Qiuzhi and others to sit on the tables and chairs on the left side of the office.

The specific things are not complicated.

Although because of the "lockdown order" foreign merchants can only do business on outlying islands and are restricted from going to other areas except outlying islands.

But even so, everyone still has good returns.

However, the Kanjo Bugyo, one of the three main magistrates of Inazuma and an agency specifically responsible for managing matters such as foreign trade on offshore islands, has recently issued many unreasonable rules and regulations targeting foreign businessmen.

The first is high taxation.

It is more than twice as high as that of local merchants. This is not a big deal, it's just that they make less money. These merchants have to accept this result.

But those profit-seeking guys who followed the policy made it difficult for them even to pay taxes.

They actually issued a new tax decree, changing the form of tax payment from Mora to something called "Crystallized Bone Marrow" which was something no one had ever heard of.

But there is no way. When doing business on someone else's turf, you have to do whatever they arrange.

These foreign businessmen still tried their best to find out and collect "crystallized bone marrow" to pay as taxes.

But "crystallized bone marrow" is different from Mora. It is not tradable. After it is handed over to the Kanjo Bugyo, it is like feeding it to a giant whale that swallows the sea.

It will never appear on the market again.

This also resulted in a decreasing amount of "crystallized bone marrow" on the market and an increasing price, until finally only one merchant had stock.

Then the "crystallized bone marrow" was monopolized by that businessman.

He took advantage of his monopoly and continuously raised the price of "Crystallized Bone Marrow", which eventually resulted in taxes almost exceeding their business profits!

If this were to happen, they would no longer be able to continue their business and would just have to pack up and go home.

"That's actually the case! Didn't you try to convince the Kanjo Bugyo to change the tax from that 'Crystallized Bone Marrow' back to Mora?"

It was also the first time that Paimon heard that taxes were paid in the form of something other than Mora.

It's obvious that there's a problem without even having to think about it.

"We have certainly tried this, but the Kanjo Bugyo ignored us and told us that if we want to continue doing business, we must hand over the 'Crystallized Bone Marrow'."

Kurisu said helplessly.

This kind of law is completely pushing them into a desperate situation. It goes against basic common sense and logic, unless the Kanjo Bugyo wants to see this kind of situation.

But without these foreign businessmen, Inazuma's foreign trade would be completely cut off. What good would this do them?

"If the policy and legal aspects can't be resolved, then we can only look for the cause from the merchant who monopolized the 'Crystallized Marrow'. If he stops monopolizing and raising prices, then I think the Chamber of Commerce will be able to have an easier time."

Li Qiuzhi thought for a while and said.

"Well, that merchant is indeed suspicious. We can't find the 'Crystallized Bone Marrow', but he seems to have an endless supply of it. Speaking of which, that merchant is from the 'International Chamber of Commerce'. I didn't expect that he would embarrass us so much now!"

When Kurisu thought of this, he became furious.

"So that merchant does have some kind of secret. Mr. Kurisu, do you know where he is? Let's find a way to investigate him and see if we can get any useful information."

Ying looked at the smooth wooden table, thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. We usually trade with him under a tree by the sea in the residential area. You can go over and take a look tomorrow morning."

When Kurisu saw that several famous travelers were willing to help him, he immediately felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders was lightened.

"Hey, just leave it to us!"

Paimon patted his chest very confidently.

To thank the travelers for their willingness to help the "International Chamber of Commerce", Gurisu invited them to dinner at the best restaurant on the outlying island.

Paimon was very happy about this, and said that he would help to get to the bottom of the matter no matter what.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying looked at her with disdain.

In the end, it is actually them who put in the effort. You, little Paimon, are just following the emergency food around you.

After dinner, Li Qiuzhi and his friends strolled around the outlying island casually, mainly to familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment and to see if there were any teleportation anchor points nearby. It would be convenient to come here after lighting them up.

There is also Inazuma's Seven-Day Statue, and Ying must find it and touch it if she wants to control a new elemental power.

Things are going pretty well.

I bought a map of the outlying island in the store, which indicated that there were two strange devices on the outlying island, one at the dock and the other in the city center.

Li Qiuzhi and his team took advantage of the night and hid themselves, lighting them up quietly.

As for the Nanami statue of Inazuma, it is a little troublesome. It is located on the back mountain of the Hiiragi family, the actual controller of the Kanjo Bugyo.

Even with the invisibility feature, it's not difficult to sneak past.

But after lighting up the two teleportation anchors, it was already late at night, and it would take another few hours to get there from the dock, so we decided to go tomorrow.

It won't run away anyway.

When it was time to go to bed, Li Qiuzhi and his friends did not waste money to rent a hotel. They simply opened the "fairyland" and went in, sleeping on the floor.

Even after Mona returned, she did not simply clean up her astrology research instruments and books and materials that were scattered everywhere.

Moreover, with some emergency food around, Li Qiuzhi couldn't do anything inappropriate for children with Ying.

It's a bit of a pity.

Of course, it's still okay to hug each other and touch each other's soft lips.

It seems that it would be more convenient to use wooden boards to separate a few rooms. I'll start preparing when I'm free.

The next day, early in the morning.

The weather on the island was clear, and Li Qiuzhi prepared breakfast for Mona, who was teleported to "Fairyland" on time to study the starry sky.

Afterwards, he, Ying and Paimon started to head towards the tree by the sea in the residential area, waiting for the merchant who monopolized the goods. Kurisu said his name was Werner, and also gave a detailed introduction to his appearance.

Moreover, he is the only merchant selling "crystallized bone marrow", so it is not difficult to recognize him if you see him.

There were already a few people here waiting like them. They must be the merchant who wanted to buy the "Crystallized Bone Marrow" from Werner.

After a while, a businessman who looked exactly like what Kurisu had described came over.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying and the others, who had already been hiding in the "invisible field", looked at each other and signaled to prepare for action.

After the merchants who came to Werner to buy "Crystallized Bone Marrow" left, Werner also started to leave, and Li Qiuzhi and the others followed him quietly.

Follow Werner and see how he got so much "crystallized bone marrow".

He remembered that it seemed to be the tax-collecting shogunate soldiers who were responsible. If he saw them later, he could catch them all in one fell swoop. This would be much easier than investigating everything slowly!

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Chapter 353 Caught in the act (two in one)

Although compared to the original plot, there is an unexpected person like Li Qiuzhi, which leads to some deviations in time and small details.

But the overall development does not seem to be much different.

After leaving the beach, Werner did not return to the residential area, but started to walk further and further away, which seemed a bit sneaky.

"There's something wrong with this guy!"

Paimon said, his hands on his hips.

"He came to such a remote place, is he going to meet someone?" Ying said puzzledly while hugging his arms and touching his chin.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying continued to follow Werner calmly in the invisible field. He thought for a moment and said:

“After all, we are just ordinary foreigners in Inazuma. If we really find something later, it seems that we will not be able to do anything to him.

"Even if we catch him and hand him over to the shogunate army, what if he refuses to admit his mistakes even if we beat him to death? We have no evidence."

"Well, it seems so. After all, we can't really beat him to death. Unless we find a shogunate army to come and make him watch this hateful businessman and really do something illegal, we can arrest him!"

Paimon said with some distress.

"Let's not talk about that. Although most of the shogunate's soldiers are righteous, we almost got scammed out of millions yesterday. What if the shogunate soldiers we find happen to be corrupt or in cahoots with him? We might even be blamed for it."

Li Qiuzhi, who knew the plot, shook his head.

"If I had a prop like a camera, I could take some pictures of the evidence." Ying suddenly thought of this item produced in Fontainebleau.

It’s just that this kind of thing is relatively rare, or to be more precise, it is relatively rare outside Fontaine.

"Yes, that President Kurisu is from Fontaine, right? Maybe he has a camera. We can go ask him, and if he has one, we can borrow it!"

Paimon said excitedly.

"No, there won't be enough time. By the time we get back, he might have already escaped. We don't necessarily have to arrest him anyway. We'll see what happens then and make a decision."

Li Qiuzhi shook his head and said.

"Okay, this is the only way." Paimon spread his hands helplessly.

“However, judging by his hair and eye color, as well as his name, it seems that this foreign merchant, Werner, is from Mond.

"As far as I know, if a Chinese citizen does something illegal while abroad, his country's law enforcement agencies are qualified to arrest and try him upon his return. At that time, we can bring him back to Mondstadt and hand him over to the Knights."

Li Qiuzhi thought of a brilliant idea.

After all, he is an honorary knight and a member of the Knights Templar. If he sees Werner committing a crime, he can arrest him just like a policeman seeing a thief.

Of course, doing this outside of Mondstadt is a bit against procedure, but just bring him back to Mondstadt, and there is no need to worry about such minor issues.

"Wow, you're so abominable. You actually thought of this!" Paimon's eyes widened like the starry sky. "But the premise is that he really did something bad."

"Stop talking for now. That Werner ran behind a huge rock."

Ying patted Li Qiuzhi's arm to remind him.

Werner didn't know that there were several people following him in a swaggering manner. He carefully made sure that no one was following him, and then he walked to the place where the Ashigaru and Keijiro had instructed him to go.

He turned a corner at the huge rock and came under its shadow, where there were already two men dressed as shogunate soldiers.

"Werner, why are you so late?"

A shogunate soldier crossed his arms and said in dissatisfaction.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Master Ashigaru, but I have to be more cautious to prevent someone from following me."

Werner's attitude towards others at this time was completely different from when he was selling "crystallized bone marrow" just now. He was very humble.

"Wow, he's completely changed."

Li Qiuzhi and others followed Werner to the shadow of the stone. Paimon looked at the scene in front of him and said in surprise.

"It seems that these two shogunate soldiers are the source of Werner's 'Crystallized Bone Marrow'. But they didn't even change their clothes. How bold of them."

Ying said while looking at the two shogunate soldiers.

"Okay, Ashigaru, don't worry about these little things. The most urgent thing is to get today's Mora first. We still have to collect taxes later."

Another shogunate soldier, Keijiro, said.

"Yes, Werner, quickly bring over the Mora that we earned today." The foot soldier then realized that he still had work to do, and hurriedly urged Werner.

"Okay, okay."

Werner quickly handed the cloth bag tied around his waist to the foot soldier, which was filled with ten thousand Mora notes.

The foot soldier took the cloth bag and estimated based on the weight that there were about a hundred pills in it, just like before. He nodded slightly, took out a few pills and threw them to Werner.

He smiled with satisfaction and said:

"Very good. This is your reward for today's hard work. We will deliver the next batch of 'Crystallized Bone Marrow' to you in a few days. Then you can go to the old place to pick it up."

"Yes, I understand, Master Ashigaru." Werner put Mora away and said in a gentle voice.

"let's go."

Keijiro said impatiently.

If he didn't have work, he would really like to divide these Moras immediately.

"They are leaving. According to the information they revealed in their conversation, the monopoly of 'Crystallized Bone Marrow' is very likely related to them. We can't let them go so easily!"

Paimon said angrily.