There's a Price to Pay for Hiring the Wrong People. / Your Highness, Stop Embarrassing Yourself in Front of Lord Huang!
Although Huang Cao's moral principles are generally high most of the time, when faced with choices that require sacrifice, he can occasionally drop to a low point, treating everyone except his family as tools that he can manipulate.
"Leave the investigation to me. I will give them justice, if there really is any justice..."
Kal'tsit, who is one of the links between Huang Cao and Kazdel, arrived at the fertilizer plant the next morning.
And thanks to someone's special permission, she could freely enter and exit all the workshops in the factory.
But after searching all day and asking the workers on the assembly line, she couldn't find anything wrong.
In the end Kal'tsit had no choice but to use money to pave the way, and sure enough, a large sum of money always attracts brave men.
"Actually, these guys were originally in charge of managing the warehouse, but they were transferred to the assembly line after they were caught stealing fertilizer."
"But these dozen or so people didn't behave themselves once they got to the assembly line. They continued to steal fertilizer, filling several large bags every day, without even worrying that these things would burn their skin."
Kal'tsit asked in confusion, "But why doesn't Your Highness know these things?"
"Of course Your Highness doesn't know, because the management is all composed of Noble Lord from 'Victoria,' and they naturally wouldn't tell Your Highness what they're doing."
Having obtained the clue, Kal'tsit left the production workshop, but the truth was certainly not that simple.
This cat knows Huang Cao very well; it certainly wouldn't kill these people over some fertilizer.
As mentioned above, although Huang Cao sometimes has no bottom line, he is too lazy to care about such trivial matters most of the time.
No matter how much these people steal, it won't affect the normal operation of the factory.
Although the factory's daily fertilizer loss is relatively small, it's still not something that these dozen or so people could steal.
Therefore, the problem could only have occurred during the period when these people served as warehouse managers.
After a busy day, Master Kai felt he didn't want to play this boring pretend game anymore, so he decided to call Huang Cao to ask.
Even if this guy has some kind of conspiracy, given his intelligence, it's not something that His Highness and I can uncover.
If it were really that easy to discover, Victoria's Aslan wouldn't have been reduced to just one bloodline so quickly.
Kazdel has no telephone lines; the only places with telephones besides Eden are Banshee River Valley and the fertilizer plant's office.
Thanks to her status as Master Huang's personal maid, Kal'tsit easily obtained the phone number.
It was late at night, and Huang Cao was about to go to sleep with Warfarin when the phone on her bedside table suddenly rang.
When I answered the phone, I discovered that it was Kal'tsit on the other end.
"Kaitian Cat, are you calling me so late at night to tell me a story to lull me to sleep?"
"I'm so sorry, sir, the storytelling will have to wait. Actually, the reason for disturbing you so late at night is that you wanted to ask me something..."
Kal'tsit poured out all the clues she had gathered that day and all the questions she wanted to ask, then held the phone quietly, waiting for the other party's reply.
About two minutes later, Huang Cao said into the phone:
"Ultimately, the real culprit who caused these bastards to lose their lives was Theresia. It was all because she made a bad choice in personnel."
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Chapter 144 Misuse of personnel must come at a price.
Upon hearing this, Kal'tsit's expression instantly turned serious.
After all, His Highness is not exactly wise and mighty, and may occasionally make small mistakes.
However, we still need to maintain appearances.
"So what exactly did these dozen or so people do that made you so heartless as to eliminate them all?"
Kal'tsit asked Huang Cao on the other end of the phone.
Huang Cao: "Originally, I didn't plan to hand over the management of the warehouse to Theresia, but since you've been my slave, I'm willing to hand over the management of the fertilizer plant's warehouse. It'll just add a few more jobs for freeloaders."
"It turns out these people are very dishonest. Stealing my fertilizer is one thing, after all, no matter how much they steal, they can't possibly steal the entire warehouse. I'm willing to turn a blind eye for your sake. But these people actually reached for my medicine and crossed my bottom line."
"Theresia probably didn't tell you about that. I originally planned to open a hospital here, and she thought it was a good thing, so she and my men have been negotiating with her."
Why set up a hospital? Of course, it was Lamian wanted to bring some benefits to her fellow countrymen, at least to provide a place for young children to see a doctor.
This will not hinder Huang Cao's plans for Kazdel; in fact, it may even provide an opportunity to enhance its influence in certain areas.
So, being a good man, he naturally agreed.
Unfortunately, once the shady dealings these people were doing were discovered, the hospital could no longer operate.
Huang Cao didn't want his hospital to be ruined by Theresia. Managing such a professional matter with unprofessional people could really cause problems.
"These people stole the raw materials I originally intended to use to manufacture anesthetics for the hospital, and attempted to extract addictive drugs that would make people lose their minds. Although they did not succeed, the genes that would secrete addictive chemicals in these raw materials were eliminated by me at the Seed stage."
This is also an advantage of Abundance Technology, which can directly remove certain unwanted chemicals during the planting process.
Therefore, Sarkaz, the thief who stole raw materials from the fertilizer plant warehouse, was unaware of this matter.
With current levels of chemical refining, many countries' anesthetics and analgesics contain some addictive ingredients to varying degrees.
Therefore, these dozen or so scumbags set their sights on the raw materials for making anesthetics from Huang Cao.
These people were black-hearted from the start; they were not only evil but also stupid.
When the Abundance Warrior captured these people, they also found various rudimentary chemical refining equipment in the rooms of these Sarkaz.
Of course, since there are no addictive substances in the raw materials, these guys can't extract anything from them either.
So, at Huang Cao's behest, the Abundance Warrior shot and killed all the thieves and villains who had no moral bottom line on the spot, and destroyed all the refining tools as well.
But I forgot to explain it to Theresia later.
This is why Huang Cao is not very willing to let Theresia's people be overly involved in the management of the fertilizer plant.
Providing me with a warehouse management job is already a huge favor, I never expected that something would go wrong in this part.
Kazdel is truly a land of outstanding people and beautiful scenery; it always manages to come up with something interesting for Master Huang.
Huang Cao couldn't understand how these Sarkaz, who hadn't even read a book for more than a few days, would know about chemical refining techniques.
Kal'tsit didn't know what to say in response to Master Huang's question.
This is actually related to the cat; she was the commander when the multinational coalition invaded Kazdel.
Due to the extremely poor management, a large medicine warehouse was attacked by a group of mercenaries of unknown origin during the war.
This resulted in the loss of countless tons of medicines, including painkillers and anesthetics.
If nothing unexpected happens, these drugs should have ended up in the mercenaries' black market through various means.
Although the country of Sarkaz may lack cultured people, it has never lacked all sorts of ruthless skills, not to mention the bizarre and wonderful Originium Arts. Who knows what some bastards might discover about them.
"The vast majority of Sarkaz are mercenaries; you can't expect them to be morally upright."
Kal'tsit was speechless now; she couldn't possibly speak up for these scumbags.
She couldn't help but admire Huang Cao's actions; these people deserved to die, and keeping them around would only tarnish His Highness's reputation.
In Kal'tsit's mind, Huang Cao has his own principles on certain things and has a particularly strong bottom line in these areas.
He could have used far more unethical means to conquer a region or even a country, but he didn't.
"So let Theresia, that pink-haired one, do a good job of screening her subordinates. Don't tell me that after all this time, Kazdel still doesn't have a basic interpersonal relationship screening department."
Kal'tsit did not answer; Kazdel currently does not have a mechanism for vetting personal relationships.
They don't even know how many people live in their country.
To put it simply, the population data for Kazdel was compiled by Victoria and other countries before the war.
They are even still using data from decades ago.
As for personnel, most mercenaries in chemical plants do simple, physically demanding jobs with few entry barriers.
So naturally, anyone could squeeze the siblings in, since Boss Huang was there to handle things.
This brother and sister are very good at solving employment problems.
However, now that this matter has been brought up, Huang Cao is not going to let Theresia get away with it so easily.
Do you really think I'm an easy target?
He had almost forgotten about it, but Kal'tsit's reminder suddenly brought back the memory of the factory workers stealing fertilizer.
Do you really think there were only a dozen or so people stealing things? And how should I calculate the cost of the raw materials that were stolen from me?
So just as Kal'tsit was about to hang up, Huang Cao suddenly said:
"Don't hang up yet. I think Kazdel must compensate me for the losses I incurred with these people."
"Master Huang, how much has your factory suffered?"
Huang Cao Caoxin compiled a list of all employees in the factory, excluding his own staff.
Over the decades of operation of the fertilizer plant, it was discovered that the Sarkaz had stolen products worth as much as 30,000 gold coins, including some office supplies and precious raw materials.
After all, according to the agreement with this cat, Huang Cao is only responsible for sales and operations.
If fertilizer production weren't sufficiently intelligent and fully automated, it's uncertain whether these Sarkaz, who are practically trained from birth, could even produce usable fertilizer.
"If you include what these ten people stole, my factory's losses exceed 40,000 gold coins!"
This number is undoubtedly too high, a full ten thousand higher. Huang Cao did this to teach Theresia a lesson.
Kal'tsit was taken aback upon hearing the number, and immediately wondered if it was to balance the accounts.
But when Huang Cao said he could provide evidence, she had no choice but to believe him.
So the message could only be relayed to Theresia, and the pink-haired one girl felt like the sky was falling and almost fainted from fright.
I originally wanted to get an explanation, but why did I end up losing money?
Is there something strange about this script?
If a ruler of a country cannot teach his subordinates well, he cannot blame others for teaching him a lesson, and of course, he must also pay the price for his mistakes.
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Chapter 145 Your Highness, don't embarrass yourself in front of Master Huang!
"Kal'tsit, I know you're the best, you're so capable, could you pay the fine later?"
Theresia sat on the bed in a duck-like posture, pleading pitifully for the woman in front of her to have mercy.
Forty thousand gold coins is no small sum; the fertilizer factory of Huang Cao only gives this pink-haired one creature thirty thousand a year.
Based on the gold price before the time travel, the annual income would be close to 200 million.
This compensation amounted to nearly 300 million in cash, which Theresia was not unable to pay.
The fertilizer plant has been operating for decades, and it has provided the country with approximately 300,000 gold coins in revenue on the surface alone.
Since there is no need for large-scale war preparations at present, this money has provided a significant boost to their economy.
This also increased the amount of money available for circulation in the country.
It can be said that he single-handedly supported the entire finances of Kazdel with the profits from the fertilizer plant.
Nearly half of the siblings' income comes from the fertilizer plant's share. In recent years, it has decreased somewhat, but only to 45%.
As for the remaining sixty or so in income, it naturally came from tributes to various Royal Court and the sale of national resources.
That's right. So far, the only taxes that this pink-haired one brother and sister can collect are from the area surrounding the capital.
It's not that we can't receive supplies from other places, it's just that those other places are all poor people who are already struggling to survive. If we were to receive supplies from them as well, they might really have no way to make a living.
Therefore, Theresia was really reluctant to accept the 40,000 gold coin penalty, as it meant losing a year's income...
"I know Your Highness is very reluctant, but we can't let that Noble Lord be taken advantage of."
People coming here with good intentions to alleviate poverty is already a very kind act. Although their motives may not be entirely pure, they have at least changed the face of this country.
Kal'tsit was helpless; Huang Cao had already put it this way, and even if she had the thickest skin, she couldn't completely ignore it.
"Your Highness, if that Noble Lord is lusting after my beauty, I can offer my body without hesitation to help you recover your losses, but unfortunately that is impossible."
"The fault lies with us this time. Let's replace all the people in the factory next month. These people can't stay here any longer. If we keep dragging this out, the losses will be much more than just tens of thousands of gold coins decades from now."
Theresia breathed a sigh of relief. How could she not understand this principle? The moment she learned the truth, she was prepared to pay compensation.
But even if you're prepared, you'll still feel the pain.