A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 117 Invitations and Letters

"Who did you say you met outside the town?" Sergeant Gray asked, frowning.

After Arthur told what happened yesterday, Sheriff Gray still asked again and again. Obviously, it seemed that at this time today, although Sheriff Gray had not drunk too much, he had already drunk a lot, so Arthur I can only repeat it again:
"Lemoyne Raiders."

"Ha, I guess you dealt with them severely, which is good. These garbage are just some aliens living in the real world, these so-called Lemoyne predators, don't worry, Arthur, sooner or later I will Completely eliminate them." Chief Gray said incoherently.

Arthur looked at Archibald who was standing aside. At his signal, Arthur continued following Chief Gray's words:

"Yes, you are right, Sheriff, how can I change people like them? I think the only way is to let them see their own brains."

"Not bad! You said it very well. Come, let's have a drink." Sheriff Gray raised the bottle and said.

Looking at Chief Gray who was already shaking, Arthur declined his invitation politely. The reason why he came to the police station today was just to inform the Gray family that the Lemoyne Marauders might be colluding with the Bravest family. Now that we are together, we have said all that needs to be said and it is time to leave. As for the follow-up plan against the Bravest family, how to prepare for it and how to completely eliminate them, obviously these are all related to Gray who drank too much. The Sheriff had nothing to say.

What Arthur wants is to borrow the power of the Gray family to attack the Bravest family, and in the process plunder the property that originally belonged to the Bravest family to pay for the money Milton asked for. political donation'.

Yes, Arthur called this money a 'political donation'. It was not asking for bribes or blackmail. After all, people took the money to do things for themselves.

Of course, if the opportunity is right, Arthur would not mind eating the Gray family as well.

After Arthur said goodbye and left.

"Wait a minute, Arthur..." Archibald chased him out of the police station, holding an envelope in his hand. After handing the envelope to Arthur, he said apologetically:
"Please forgive Chief Gray for his gaffe. Believe me, he is not always like this. He also has his difficulties... Well, let's not talk about it anymore. This is an invitation from the head of the Gray family. The time is tomorrow and the location is At Gray Manor, please make sure to be on time."

Arthur looked at the invitation card in his hand. It didn't have any luxurious gold-plated or special materials as imagined. It was just an ordinary invitation card. The only special thing might be that the seal on it was printed with the coat of arms of the Gray family.

The seal is a shield with a plaid pattern printed on it. It can be seen that this is Scotland's characteristic plaid pattern. The Gray family obviously attaches great importance to their Scottish origins.

"Thank you, please tell old Mr. Gray, I am honored to be invited." Arthur replied politely.After saying goodbye to Archibald, Arthur returned to his office in Rhodes Town. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that not only Sean was sitting inside, but Marybeth and Charlie were also in his office.

Sean's presence did not surprise Arthur. After all, this guy had followed him back from the camp yesterday. If Susan didn't let him continue to fish in the camp, it was obvious that he was driven away by Susan because he had been pestering Karen. Go.

As for the arrival of Marybeth and Charlie, Arthur felt a little surprised. He guessed that something happened to Valentine, so he asked quickly:
"Mary Beth, Charlie, why are you here? Is something wrong with Valentine?"

It was not convenient for Charlie to speak, so he just nodded, and then motioned to Mary Beth to speak.

"Arthur, it's like this. There is a man who calls himself Cameron Spence, the vice president of Cornwall Coal Tar Works. He has been asking to see you. I asked him why he came and he said he was representing Cornwall Coal Tar Works. Wall came here and wanted to acquire the oil field under the name of Walli Company. Since you were not here, I told him to contact him after you come back..."

Mary Beth had been going from Cameron's visit, talking about Cameron being scared off by Mrs. Morris with a gun, to yesterday, when Arthur's office received a letter from the United Crude Producers Protective Association.

It was the content of this letter that made Mary Beth decide to come to Arthur accompanied by Charlie.

As for why she didn't just ask Charlie to send this letter over, it was Mary Beth's little thought, so I can't say more.

After Arthur heard what Marybeth said, he took the letter and opened it, and saw that it read:

"Dear Mr. Callahan, we learned that you are now the owner of Wali Petroleum Company and the oil fields under the company's name, and are planning to restart operations, so we took the liberty to write you this letter. Also Please be aware of the trap of Leviticus Cornwall. We all know that Cornwall has almost a monopoly on rail transportation and crude oil processing in this area, but I think you may not understand yet. This despicable The oligarchs are also continuing to suppress our funds through the control of railway transportation costs and through banks."

"Mr. Cornwall shamelessly wanted to become the sole owner of all the oil fields in this area. Fortunately, thanks to the unremitting efforts of our federation, his attempt has not been successful for the time being, but please be careful, today's He still has not given up. We must admit that today Cornwall has become the only buyer of almost all crude oil in this region, but he still has not given up his attempt to acquire. Please pay attention to this again. Today, Cornwall Wall is offering high crude oil purchase prices to allow us, the oil field owners, to sell all our crude oil to him for processing and marketing. Cornwall is using new methods to make most of our oil field owners, no "We are willing to interfere with his business (which can be said to no longer oppose him). In fact, this has indeed caused most of us producers to no longer handle and process crude oil ourselves."

"But please don't be fooled by the short-term benefits. Although Cornish has convinced most producers of his theory - to maintain the shortage of crude oil supply. But those of us who have the ability to foresee have begun to We are aware of the shortcomings of this approach. If you are interested in our common cause of protecting crude oil producers, please also contact us according to the following contact information. We will further clarify the truth for you later. , looking forward to your contact.”

When Arthur finished reading the letter from the Crude Oil Producers Association, he was deeply afraid. Let me ask, when Cameron found him with a lucrative crude oil purchase contract, would he readily agree?
The answer is obvious, he will. After all, after Arthur took over Wall-E Company, he only had the most basic ability to extract crude oil. He did not have the ability to process or other sales channels, so he will extract the crude oil. Selling it to Cornwall at a high price is a suitable deal no matter how you look at it, but the unspoken part mentioned in this letter tells Arthur that there is a trap here.

(End of this chapter)