Chapter 6 Be a Small Official First (Please Recommend the Chapter)

The next morning.

As soon as Leweber, the municipal commissioner of Paris, saw the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he waved at him with his fat face, exchanged a few words, and then said:

"By the way, what do you think about the case that the prince solved yesterday?"

Fressel said with emotion: "The prince's intelligence and talent simply shocked me. I really look forward to the day when he leads France."

"Who said it wasn't?" Leweber said with a smile, "After careful consideration, I think your highness can be the police commissioner."

After his lobbying, Frasel was finally persuaded by him. Anyway, the prince himself wanted to work in the police department, so he might as well do him a favor.

Here, as soon as Joseph entered the gate of the city hall, he saw the fat mayor coming up to him, smiling:

"Your Highness, yesterday, the police commissioner of the Saint-Antoine district, old Similion, took a long vacation due to illness. I wonder if you are interested in being a police commissioner?"

"Saint-Antoine district?" The president of the Chamber of Commerce was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and whispered to Lewebert, "Why didn't you say it was there just now? It's too chaotic there, what if Your Highness..."

The municipal commissioner interrupted him in a low voice and said, "The prince is not on patrol, nothing will happen."

Flessel wanted to say something, but was blocked by the fat mayor behind him: "Your Highness, the people left by Similion are all experienced, just rest assured."

Joseph was a little surprised that these two people changed so quickly, but he immediately agreed: "Okay, I accept this position."

He learned yesterday that the police commissioner is in charge of all police affairs in a region, and above him is the police director. And the city hall is unlikely to let him be the police director, after all, his age is here.

Leweber immediately flattered the prince and sent him to the police station. He watched him sign the appointment documents and then left with satisfaction.

Joseph did not waste any time. Under the escort of Police Director Guizot, he drove directly to the Saint-Antoine district to take up his post.

The carriage drove for more than an hour and entered the Saint-Antoine district. The surrounding scene immediately became more dilapidated.

The residents who came and went looked numb. There were shabby shacks everywhere. Homeless people with foul odors were lying in the corners. Half of the shops were closed and there were very few vendors on the roadside. Only the streetwalkers in cheap clothes solicited customers from time to time, bringing a little vitality to the place.

Not long after walking, Joseph saw several people collecting protection fees. Later, he encountered two gangs fighting each other on the street. Blood was everywhere. Passers-by saw it from a distance and ran away with their heads down. No police appeared from beginning to end.

Guizot seemed to be used to this scene. He only talked about the ball happily and encouraged the prince to attend a masquerade next month.

Joseph thought to himself: No wonder this place was the first place where riots broke out during the French Revolution. Anyone who lives in this environment for a few years, accompanied by extreme poverty, will definitely accumulate resentment. Once it erupts, the destructive power is amazing.

He sighed, it seems that he came to the Saint-Antoine district this time.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a small courtyard surrounded by uneven wooden boards. There was a dilapidated building in the courtyard without any signs.

Guizot gestured to the outside of the car: "Your Highness, this is the Saint-Antoine District Police Station."

A police officer outside the courtyard saw that the police chief got off the carriage and hurriedly ran in to report. A moment later, several police officers led the crowd to greet them quickly.

Guizot bowed to Joseph first, then looked at the people in front of him, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is here. He will serve as the police commissioner here in the future." The assistant next to him immediately showed the appointment documents.

Everyone in the Saint-Antoine District Police Station was stunned and at a loss: How could such a big man come to our small place? But, isn't the Crown Prince only 13 years old? My God, he wants to be the police commissioner? The police station will be messed up...

After a long while, a tall and thin man with deep eye sockets came up and saluted respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, your arrival makes our small place glorious! Assistant Police Commissioner Bono sincerely welcomes you on behalf of everyone here."

He then turned sideways to introduce the people next to him: "Your Royal Highness, this is Magoni, the security inspector of the second team, and this is the security inspector of the third team..."

Several security inspectors hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Joseph smiled and returned the salute one by one. He had seen in the information of the City Hall that the assistant police commissioner was the second in command of the police station, while the public security inspector was responsible for commanding the police to go out on patrol and usually had more than ten subordinates, belonging to the middle level of the police station.

Bono and others surrounded Joseph and entered the police station. Magoni walked a few steps quickly and approached him, saying with admiration: "Your Highness, I heard from Cesar that you solved a murder case in just over ten minutes yesterday, which made us police officers who have been working for more than ten years feel ashamed!"

Joseph did not expect the news to spread to the Saint-Antoine district so quickly, and he hurriedly said a few humble words.

After entering the shabby house of the police station, Joseph frowned at the police who followed him step by step, and told them not to follow him, just do what they should do, including Guizot, who was sent away.

The surroundings finally became quiet, and Joseph came to the office of the police commissioner under the guidance of Bono, looked around, and sat down in front of the large oak desk.

Bono smiled and said, "Your Highness, would you like tea or hot cocoa? I will prepare dinner for you right away."

"Thank you, no need to bother." Joseph waved his hand to interrupt him, "Please give me the situation of the jurisdiction, as well as the files on cases and personnel."

Bono was a little surprised. He thought the prince was just coming to play for a few days, but he didn't expect him to do it for real!

The documents were delivered quickly. Joseph only flipped through a few pages and frowned-last month alone, there were 28 murders, 63 robberies, and 220 thefts in the Saint-Antoine district...

And the population of this district is only 80,000!

This number is only the number of reported cases. I don't know how many people have not reported the case. The situation is much worse than he imagined.

Joseph picked up the police officer's information again. There are 181 police officers in the entire Saint-Antoine district, of which 120 people bought their police positions, and only 61 people entered the police force through inheritance, recruitment, etc.

In addition, there are patrol teams formed spontaneously by the public, with a total of more than 200 people.

He had seen in documentaries before that the most common thing the Paris police do nowadays is extortion! From vendors to prisoners to victims, whoever they catch will be extorted. As for fighting crime? Let's talk about it when we have time. After all, the money for buying a police position must be earned first, right?

So maintaining public order depends largely on civilian patrols, but they are voluntary laborers, have no law enforcement power, and their weapons are very simple. They can only scare criminals, and can't even arrest them.

So, the real police force is probably the more than 60 recruited.

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