In the study room on the top floor, Regan knocked on the door and walked in. He looked slightly tired and said, "Master, the matter has been taken care of."
Claire nodded, raised his head and cupped his chin and asked, "Where is that woman? Has her matter been resolved?"
"This has been solved. We took Miss Rona there. Her child just had a normal fever and was easily cured. However, if the illness persists for a period of time at night, it may kill her..." Regan was a little afraid to continue. If he and others hadn't arrived, then given the woman's condition, her child would definitely not have been able to survive.
In the final analysis, the reason why this happened was because of my dereliction of duty.
"Her husband's broken leg was also cured by Dr. Rona. It is estimated that he will be able to get out of bed and walk around after a few days of rest. His work and life will not be affected."
Claire then nodded slowly, his expression no longer so indifferent.
"Tell me, are there any others?"
"Nakin Town did have some problems..." Regan seemed to blame his position. "Some officials there colluded with some businessmen and used their positions to seek benefits for themselves."
"The main points are as follows. When you contract the mine to some mining merchants from other places, they don't dare to take your mineral resources, so they have to exploit the mining workers below, deduct them from the benefits we give them and their wages, and often find various reasons to exploit the workers... Before that woman, many workers suffered work-related injuries and did not receive compensation, and some people suffered from lifelong injuries. For them, we also provided corresponding compensation."
"They also control all the medical rooms in Nakin Town. Some doctors who are unwilling to join in with them have been squeezed out of the town. The remaining doctors have done dirty deals with them. By controlling the hospital, they have continuously increased the price of treatment, and then embezzled our financial subsidies to make profits for themselves."
"As well as the handicraft industry on Nakin Town, they also smuggled some of the goods out and sold them for profit. We lost nearly four million Gold Coins..."
Regan said several things in a row, all of which are all kinds of shocking events that are happening on Nakin Town, and they have almost penetrated the entire Nakin Town.
Finally, Regan sighed, "Because they controlled the situation very well. Although they exploited the workers there, they also gave them hope of continuing to live. Coupled with coercion and inducement, the matter has been hidden until now. If it hadn't been for that woman this time, we wouldn't have been able to discover it in a short time..."
Claire was silent, not saying a word for more than ten seconds.
Finally, he slowly uttered a sentence, "How long has Nakin Town been established?"
"That was the first town you established, Master. It has been almost three years since you established Steward's Office there."
"How much more than three years? Can a person's soul be corroded in such a short period of time?" Claire shook his head in disappointment. This was different from what he had thought at the beginning. He wanted to create a place where everyone could live happily, but he did not expect that this kind of problem would occur now that the economy has improved.
"It was my fault. Now Steward's Office has set up a special anti-corruption team to investigate corruption among local officials. Gilded Rose Town and Mermaid Port have already started investigating."
"Yeah." Claire snorted, not very interested.
In fact, Claire feels that it is more of his own problem. He thinks everything too idealistically. He feels that as long as he takes the lead in solving the problem, the people below him will be able to follow his footsteps and get better. But it ignores the greed in human nature and the bewitching influence of power on people.
Corruption is unavoidable. Even in the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, the rules formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang allowed the people to report corrupt officials. Those who had embezzled more than sixty taels had to be beheaded. This could not prevent the emergence of a large number of corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. For the sake of profit, those people can do anything.
It can only maintain a relatively good environment, but there is still a long way to go from the ideal country in Claire's mind.
Sensing Claire's displeasure, Regan spoke again, "Master, tomorrow the relevant personnel of Nakin Town will be pressed to the city gate for beheading. Do you want to go there?"
Regan originally planned to use this news to make Claire happy, but to his surprise, Claire sighed and said, "If something like this happens, do I still have the face to go?"
Regan: "..."
"Then I'll retreat first."
After Regan left, Claire stared at the ceiling blankly, his mind going blank. It wasn't that he couldn't understand, but that he didn't want to think about those things.
The next day, when the beheading was being carried out at the city gate, Claire still went, but instead of coming out in front of everyone, he used invisibility to float in the air.
Regan was responsible for this beheading. Like the previous ones, he first told the whole story and then pushed the criminal to the front.
Looking at the corrupt officials and black-hearted businessmen who were kneeling on the stage and shivering, Claire didn't know if they had ever thought about the retribution they would have such a day when they were enjoying themselves. But what is certain is that at the moment before death, they must have repented in their hearts.
The criminal's head fell to the ground, and the crowd watching below also cheered.
But listening to the words of those leaders praising him, Claire felt extremely harsh at this moment. It seemed that what he did was not as good as they thought.
In fact, this kind of thing is completely avoidable, but it still happens, and I am just trying to make up for it, and it is not worthy of such cheers at all.
I used to think that as the economy developed, their lives would get better. But I didn't expect that after the bad guys were driven away, the economy also developed. However, a new group of people who exploited them appeared in the local area, and they were even worse than the previous group of people.
After the beheading, the onlookers and the white smoke from Nakin Town slowly floated towards him.
Claire took out the Godhead and looked at the Godhead in his hand that was absorbing the white smoke in a daze, but his thoughts were drifting to nowhere.
He doesn't care about these Power of Faith. If Power of Faith comes like this every time, then he would rather not have it.
Gradually, Claire's eyes gained focus again, and the focus was placed on the godhead that absorbed Power of Faith in his hand.
"Huh?" Claire turned his wrist and spun the godhead in front of him.
Then there was light gradually in his eyes, and the light became brighter and brighter.
"Maybe... we can start here."
Claire said to himself, "There is no need for heroic spirits or Sea God. It seems that there are better choices."
"And..." Claire focused his attention on the people below, "We can also prevent such a thing from happening again from the root."
"You have to go back and make some plans." Claire took the godhead back into his head, teleported away, and finally had a smile on his face.