Chapter 325 Lanqi's Campus Cooperation Project with the Imperial Capital Prison
"We must do our best to capture the criminals of the Ghost Party, effectively and efficiently train them into a negative-cost labor force, and then implement this mechanism to increase the city-state's production capacity and issue a bounty based on the value of the prisoners. When powerful adventurers and mercenaries in our province and other provinces see us doing this, they will also become bounty hunters and join us, and even compete to enforce justice."
Lanqi raised his hand and pointed to the snowy area in the distance, and instructed the lords, "Human desires are like rolling stones on a mountain. Once they start, they can never be stopped. Actual benefits are more useful than anything else. From the beginning, I felt that the game of interests between you was unnecessary."
It's obvious that they could have made it a good thing that would make everyone happy, but they just couldn't think straight and kept competing with each other.
Lanqi couldn't understand why these people were doing this.
“…”
The others lowered their heads and dared not say a word, fearing that the goddess was watching them.
He felt that their previous rivalry was more like that of a human being than what the Governor said.
This man was a war criminal during the war years.
But they dare not say it.
And after I had passed the test of conscience...
I really think it's worth a try.
Both the lords and the local people have suffered from the Ghost Party for a long time.
What’s more…if it can be made to work, regardless of the inhumanity, the profits might actually be positive!
“What about the specific legal and operational risks?”
The lords asked with concern.
They have no control over inmates who are too strong or too many, and the cost of accommodating them in prisons is extremely high.
This is the most troublesome core issue.
"There is no legal risk as long as we draft the document properly. Even if the House of Commons wants to veto the feasibility of 'prisoner leasing labor' by amending the legislation, the House of Lords has the right to postpone its passage. If you give me this time difference, I will be able to popularize this plan more comprehensively."
After Lanqi finished speaking, the other lords all nodded in a daze.
Regardless of the attitude of the House of Commons, the nobles in the House of Lords, even if they are in the South, are likely to agree with this "prisoner leasing labor".
Once they see the North perfecting it, they will probably be eager to implement it in the South as well!
"As for the operational risks, that's easy. I've already made a plan. We can sell high-level criminals... no, transfer them to the Imperial Capital. Our school has actually been cooperating with the Helrom Underground Prison in the Imperial Capital. Next month I have invited Warden Bacchus to come to our school for a meeting. If the implementation is successful, perhaps the Imperial Capital's prisons can also achieve capacity reforms."
Lanqi's original intention was that, because he couldn't really kill the students, in order to adapt to the culture of the Protoss Empire, Lanqi decided to change the immediate execution of stubborn students to sending them to prison for reform and education.
Although Warden Bakas, the most powerful warden in the prison, left the prison on the outskirts of the imperial capital and came to the school in the downtown area in the south, theoretically it might increase the risk of the prison being robbed that day.
But no one would be crazy enough to do something like a prison break.
Lanqi would never allow any imperial citizen to do such illegal things.
“…”
After hearing this, several lords looked at each other in surprise, their eyes already filled with passion.
If we can send powerful prisoners directly to the imperial capital and quickly cash them in, it will undoubtedly add a large source of income while solving the problem! The Ghost Party now seems to be more valuable than the magic mine!
It was as if something in their hearts had been completely pried open. They no longer had any psychological burden at this moment, and they just wanted to quickly complete this great cause that could be called a great achievement! "Lord Rocky McCarthy, you will definitely become the greatest politician in the Protoss Empire in the past hundred years, and your great achievements as the governor in the Snowfield Province will soon add to your reputation in the imperial capital of Helrom."
The nobles saluted excitedly with great respect.
Although it is difficult for history to judge Rocky McCarthy's character much later, the members of the Ghost Party who experienced this disaster will certainly hate him deeply.
But at the moment, he was undoubtedly the leader who saved the people of Snowfield Province from the dire situation! Lanqi shook his head slightly.
He seemed to feel that the lords had misunderstood him.
"I have never been a politician. If I must say, I am more like a manager or a businessman. I don't want wars, and I don't want to see people being deceived. It is enough to improve the economy and let people live a happy life."
Lanci said simply,
"But Chloris did say that there's a talk show on Helrom Broadcasting Corporation next month that wants to invite me to participate. Now that I'm the Governor, the host will have to temporarily change the way he addresses me during the interview."
He sighed with a smile.
Founded in 1723 and headquartered in the city center of the imperial capital of Helrom, Helrom Broadcasting Company is the largest news media in the Protoss Empire.
Although it is a public media that receives financial support from the Protoss Empire, its management is handled by a regulatory committee independent of the Post Office and the House of Commons, and its independence and autonomy are guaranteed by the Protoss Royal Charter.
In the downtown streets of the imperial capital of Helrom, one can often see programs being played on the giant screen, which are from the Helrom Broadcasting Company.
“Meow meow meow?!”
The cat boss raised his neck in Lanqi's hands and called out a few times.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
It is an achievement to receive an invitation to plan a special interview program on Helrom Broadcasting Company. If the editor-in-chief, producer and committee do not unanimously recognize your topicality, you will not receive such treatment.
Now, it couldn't imagine that Hyperion was in the brightly lit imperial capital of Helrom, looking up and seeing Lanqi wearing a suit and calmly accepting the interview on the giant screen! More than a month ago, it seemed that it had remembered Hyperion's request to pay a little attention to this guy's ambition...
Now it seems that I have indeed discovered that the situation is completely beyond my control...
I'm guilty meow!
"Princess Cloris Bärenhard?"
The other lords were surprised.
"It's her, the best student in our school."
Lanqi nodded calmly.
Upon hearing this, several lords secretly sighed in admiration, saying that he was indeed the Governor-General, as he actually had dealings with people from Duke Berendhard's family.
Whether it is Duke Morodian Berenhard, the holder of the [Original Slate - Undead], or Duchess Cloris Berenhard, they are both big figures in the center of imperial power who are out of reach for these nobles.
Following the Governor, the future is bright.
“…”
Lanqi watched the subtle reactions of the lords. He didn't expect that this simple sentence would make them respect him even more.
He was clearly in the Kingdom of Hutton in the southern continent, and his classmates saw him and the Duchess together every day, but they did not respect him any more, which gave Lanqi the illusion that "Hyperion's noble status had been confiscated."
After thinking about it carefully, I feel that the Northern Continent is more normal.
This is the correct reaction when people learn that they know a duchess.
People should respect the Duke's family more.
This trip to the Northern Continent brought Lanqi a lot of work experience and insights, and he believed that he would be able to apply them to the Southern Continent after returning.
Please do not force the two books to be connected too much. They are two independent stories. There may just be a few Easter eggs. No matter which one you don't read, it will not affect the reading of the other.
(End of this chapter)