Before nightfall, Sean was already drunk and flushed. Seeing him like this, Turles, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but shook his head, thinking, what good can such a person sent by Lovington do?

"That bastard Wuleglindo actually allowed his men to talk back to me. He's overstepping his authority. Where does he get so much authority..." Sean said angrily.

Could it be that Sean was so angry? Today, after he walked out of Wu Lai's office, he thought he would go to his own office to have a look and feel it. Unexpectedly, when he pushed the door and walked in, he saw that it was not only cramped, but there was only a table and a chair inside. The walls were mottled with gray and black, and the floor was full of dust. Even the copper candlestick on the table was rusty, as if it had just been dug out of the ground...

When Sean saw his office in such a mess, he immediately started to wonder, thinking that Wu Lai must be trying to make things difficult for him. He wanted to go back and argue with him, but he was "too lazy to see Wu Lai's mean face". After thinking about it, he decided to "make the best of it" and arranged for two people to clean up first, while he went to the salt field to find Turles while it was still early.

The idea is good, but the execution is not.

One of his assistants and two staff members from the Cultural Bureau had gone out to paint slogans, so Sean pushed open the doors of other offices. Then, he began his journey of being rejected three times in a row.

The reason the servants rejected him was - you have exceeded your authority.

This is not an excuse, but a rule set by Wu Lai. Unless Wu Lai approves, the head of any department in the official residence cannot transfer personnel from other departments. In other words, it is Wu Lai's right alone to transfer personnel from other departments.

There is a reason for this arrangement. Yanhuan Town is in a state of disrepair. There are many things to do but few people to do them. If people are transferred back and forth, not only will the efficiency be affected, but the morale of the servants will also be affected because there are too many and too complicated tasks, because they will feel that they have endless things to do. Think about it, who would be willing to do this?

So, no matter which door Sean pushes open to make a request, the staff will kindly remind him - you are overstepping your authority.

Sean was furious when he heard this. Lauren said this to him as soon as he entered the residence. He didn't find it hateful at the time, but now everyone was saying it to him. It seemed like it was pre-rehearsed and targeted at him.

So Sean got angry again - when the last serviceman within his sight also said the same thing to him.

The angry Sean decided to reveal his identity first, but just as he cleared his throat and was about to speak, the attendant said politely: "Please go out, we need to work."

When Sean heard this, he immediately went crazy and started to curse with all the vicious words he could think of, but he forgot about revealing his identity. Then, the scene that Wu Lai and Guru saw happened.

"That kid Woolley Grindo likes to make trouble, so you can do that to him too." Tours' words were obviously a bit malicious. In the letter that Jobto Sean sent him, he told him not to confront Woolley head-on, because George and Hodge already had a plan, so he just had to wait and see, and there was no need to get involved.

Now that Jobe had reminded him, Tours could only temporarily shelve his plan to "seek justice" for his brother-in-law. However, even if he didn't want to get involved, Tours would not waste the opportunity of someone who could instigate and might be useful.

"Of course I'm going to give him a hard time!" Sean slammed the table with such force that he almost knocked the wine jug off, but his palm also turned red and he grimaced in pain.

Tours couldn't help but secretly curl his lips and thought to himself, with someone like you, I really don't dare to have any expectations.

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Some people can accomplish things, while others are more likely to fail than accomplish. Sean can be considered the latter.

When he was George's civil servant in the city of Lovington, he did his job in a proper manner without making any mistakes. Although he had many faults, he did not hide them from George and knew how to restrain them. Therefore, George had a high favorability towards him. However, because he knew him too well, he never thought of arranging a good place for him. He just let him get by for a few years by copying and writing with his good handwriting.

Sean was actually quite clear about this in his mind, so he decided to achieve some results and let George know that he could be of use.

Sean's plan was to first find faults with Wu Lai, and then start from Wu Lai's mistakes. In this way, he would appear smart and be in the right. By then, even if Wu Lai turned against him and became an official of higher or lower status, he would have a reason to confront him head-on.

In order to avoid getting into the "dilemma of overstepping authority" again, Sean carefully studied the booklet that Wu Lai threw to him. After making sure that he had memorized everything on it, he went out with two servicemen from the Cultural Bureau - he wanted to do a public opinion survey first.

It's no wonder that keeping abreast of public sentiment is part of the job of the public security officer.

The area where the townspeople are most concentrated right now is naturally the canal protection site, so Sean naturally chose that place as his first choice. In order to record the people's sentiments "truthfully, thoroughly and in a retrievable manner", two staff members of the Cultural Bureau were fully prepared with a set of paper, pens and ink.

But the process was somewhat unsatisfactory——

"Stop, I'm the peace officer, I have something to ask you." Sean stopped a townsman who was carrying a wooden stake.

The townsman was sweating profusely while carrying the wood, and his mood suddenly became bad when Sean stopped him. The work at the canal protection site is piecework, and the more he does, the higher his income will be. Being stopped and questioned by Sean, who claims to be a public security officer, besides the fact that his time will definitely be wasted, it is easy to put down the wooden stakes on his shoulders, but it is a little difficult to put them back on. He can't just ask this arrogant guy to help him.

"Are you really the peace officer?" The townsman asked while wiping his sweat, putting down the wooden stake helplessly.

"Yes, I am." Sean smiled and nodded, trying his best to imitate George's style. "My purpose in coming to Salt Marsh Town is to let everyone live a happy and stable life, because..."

"Okay." The townspeople interrupted Sean hastily, thinking that he was going to give a long speech. "Mr. Peace Officer, if you have anything to say, just ask me now. I have work to do."

Sean breathed a sigh of relief, barely suppressing the urge to scold the rude guy in front of him, then forced a smile again and asked, "I want to ask, what do you think of Salt Marsh Town now?"

"Very good." The townspeople replied.

"Well... what I mean is, do you think that there are any inappropriate measures taken by the consul after he took office? For example, are there any measures that you think are bad or inappropriate?" Sean asked again.

"No, everything is fine." The townspeople answered simply.

Impossible, where is the governor who does not disturb the people. After thinking about it, Sean asked, "Are you working completely voluntarily?"

"Of course, Lord Wu Lai said, those who want to do it can do it, and those who don't want to do it can forget it." The townspeople were a little impatient, thinking that the guy in front of them who claimed to be the peace officer seemed to be targeting Lord Wu Lai. Although Lord Wu Lai was a bit cruel, he only treated bandits and ruffians. In other aspects, he was really not bad. He did not rack his brains to increase taxes and make money like his predecessors, nor did he bully anyone. He was also polite and approachable when receiving the townspeople on weekdays, and had a very good reputation.

"So, is there any deduction in the wage settlement?" Sean could only continue asking, even though he had guessed that he would not be able to get anything valuable out of this townsman. However, two staff members from the Cultural Bureau were recording at the side, so he might as well ask two more questions. Even if they were of no use, it would be nice to just leave them there as proof of his hard work.

"No, and Lord Woolley doesn't care about this. This is the treasurer's business," the townsman replied.

Sean sighed in his heart and waved his hand: "Okay, I'm done asking questions, you can go..."

When closing the record book, the two officers couldn't help but exchange glances, and then, at the same time, glared at Sean's spine...

After a while, Sean appeared at the construction site of the arrow tower. After carefully walking through a pile of rocks, he picked out a townsman who was swinging a hammer vigorously to smash the rocks. From his appearance, this big, strong man with a beard, a big nose, a big mouth and small eyes seemed a bit silly, so he should be able to get the answer he wanted easily.

"Stop, stop, stop smashing it, stop." Sean waved his hands and stepped forward.

The big burly man glanced at Sean, and continued swinging the sledgehammer in his hand at the set rhythm. Bang, bang, bang, it smashed the stone powder flying and the dust rising...

"Stop for a moment!" Sean shouted, covering his nose.

The big, strong man remained unmoved.

Before Sean could shout again, a town resident came over and waved his hand at Sean: "Stop shouting, he is deaf and dumb."

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Xiao En was startled, and when he looked sideways, he saw that the man was dressed neatly and cleanly, and did not look like a laborer, so he stretched out his hand and waved, saying, "Come here, I am the peace officer, and I have something to ask you."

"I'm busy!" The man turned and left.

Sean was stunned again, wondering what was wrong with the people in Salt Marsh Town? Why didn't they take the peace officer seriously?

"Don't go! I have something to ask you!" Sean didn't care about the potholes under his feet and quickly caught up with the man and pulled him.

"Mr. Peace Officer." The man sighed and said helplessly, "I'm busy. If you really want to ask something, please ask someone else, okay?"

"What's your attitude? I'm sent by Lord George, the governor of the city-state of Lovington, to Saltmarsh Town to serve as the peace officer. I have the right to ask you any questions, and you must answer truthfully." Sean said this with a frown on his face, not noticing that the two servants following him were looking at each other and smiling.

"Mr. Peace Officer, your memory is really not that good." The man who was held by Sean said impatiently, "We met yesterday. I am a serviceman of the Construction Bureau. My current job is to manage this construction site. Mr. Wu Lai specifically instructed that my work should not be interfered with by anyone else. So, if you want to ask others, I won't stop you, but if you want me to stop working to answer your questions, then I have to tell you one thing..."

"Shut up! Stop talking!" Sean roared again. He really didn't want to hear those words again...

In the afternoon, Sean finally gave up, because after wandering around for most of the day and asking more than a dozen townspeople, the answers were surprisingly consistent, as if they had agreed in advance to sing praises to Wu Lai.

This is the public opinion! Sean was very discouraged. This showed that although Wu Lai had just arrived, he had already been recognized and supported by the townspeople. With such a tone of public opinion, it would be difficult for Sean to achieve anything.

But just when Sean was exhausted and extremely frustrated, he saw a person who was out of tune with the other townspeople of Saltmarsh who were working enthusiastically and passionately.

While everyone was busy, this man was actually sitting on the ground leaning against the wall near a pub, with his face tilted up to bask in the sun.

Sean glanced at the man and thought that his posture of basking in the sun was quite arrogant - he actually stretched out his legs and blocked half of the road. Although most people were busy on the construction site and the streets seemed very deserted, when people occasionally passed by this man, he actually turned a blind eye and was too lazy to even move his legs.

Sean walked over curiously, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What's going on? Everyone is building the town, but you are so leisurely?"

"Who are you?" The man glanced at Sean.

"I'm the new peace officer Sean." Sean replied.

The man snorted contemptuously, turned his head to the side, and lowered his voice enough for Sean to hear: "So he is in the same group as Wulaglindo."

Sean was stunned and thought that judging from the tone of this guy, he seemed to have a lot of opinions about Wu Lai.

With a thought in mind, Sean simply squatted down beside the man and asked, "You have a problem with Governor Wu Lai, right?"

"So what?" The man rolled his eyes at Sean.

"Tell me, maybe I can help you. I was personally appointed by Lord George, the governor of the city-state of Lunvington. I am not in the same group with Woolleglindo." Sean said.

"Really? Are you sure you are not lying to me?" The man frowned.

"Of course it's true. I'm here to protect the country and the people and fight against bad politics. I promise that your safety will be fine." Sean said, "I can arrange for you to go to Lovington. In this way, you don't have to worry about being persecuted by certain people."

The man's eyes lit up, and he immediately became sad: "I feel relieved with your words, sir. My name is Heath, and the reason I'm sitting here is because my legs were broken by the damned Woolleglindo's men. I can't go anywhere. He also had people take away 90% of my property..."

"Quick! Write it all down!" Sean was delighted and quickly turned around and told the two attendants, "Also, this matter must be kept confidential! Got it?"

"Understood." The two servicemen looked at each other and answered in unison.

"Go on, tell me more, and be more detailed." Sean gestured to Heath happily.