Transcendent Noble

"What's the situation with the Beria family now? Are they so embarrassed that they need to rob the mountain people?"

Once the round table was over, Victor summoned the secret probe Rolle. The penetration of the Beria leader into the mountains and the continuously refugees made Victor restless.

"My lord, judging by the news from Mercury, Wild Willow City is fairly calm, with plenty of supplies, and the Beria family has not reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted," Barroll said.

Victor nodded and said: "This is reasonable. The Beria family has been operating the territory for hundreds of years, and they will not be too poor to eat because of an ant plague. Then, why did they ransack the mountain people? Why? There will be so many victims?"

Baroel thought for a while and said, "My lord, I think the Beria family is sheding its burden in the name of the ant plague."

"Beria has a resident population of more than 50,000, and the number continues to grow. This large population makes the Beria family overwhelmed. The ant plague caused Beria to receive no food and the village was also damaged a lot, but there was almost no loss of population. In the name of the disaster, the Beria family deliberately failed to help the people and caused the exodus of the victims, in order to reduce the population pressure on the territory. They drove the mountain people out, probably to clear the obstacles for the exodus of the victims."

Victor meditated. For a moment, I asked: "It makes sense. But if they send the excess population to their neighbors, won't they be attacked by the surrounding lords? How can the church tolerate them if they don't help the people and deliberately create disaster victims?"

"It can only be said that the timing of the Beria family is very good!" Barol explained: "Viscount Beria died in battle, leaving the 5-year-old heir Primo Beria and Madame Judy. As usual, the lord The heir to the title must be at least 12 years old to inherit the title. Previously, other members of the family assisted the Viscountess in handling the territorial affairs. However, the younger brother of Viscount Beria, Lord Austin and Madame Judy fought very difficult to deal with, in refugees They shirk each other on the issue. The surrounding lords don’t know whom to hold accountable, so they can only admit that they are unlucky."

"The attitude of the church is very ambiguous. Generally speaking, the disaster-affected churches in the territory will come forward to provide relief. However, the presiding priest led by Beria did not make any movement, and instead allowed the exodus of the victims. I think Lord Austin may have reached some consensus with the church!"

"So, it was Austin who led the exodus of the victims. . What is the basis?" Victor asked with interest.

Barol said: “According to Mercury’s investigation, Viscount Beria has three Baron families and seventeen Lord families. These vassal lords can be divided into two powers, old and new. The new power family has Knight but not The territory, the old power family Knight is small but the territory is large. Although Lord Austin is a descendant of the Beria family, he does not have many territories. He is the leader of the new power, and the three Baron families are the representatives of the old power. Viscount Beria After his death, the new forces supported Lord Austin to inherit the title of Viscount, and the old forces supported Madame Judy. In the battle against the ant plague, Austin was promoted to the Silver Knight. He not only controlled the army of Wild Willow City, but also gained Huge prestige. Therefore, Austin has actually controlled the Beria collar, and only he can lead the exodus of victims."

"Indeed, Austin is capable of doing this. So what's the motive? Diversion for the family Excessive population, don't hesitate to offend the church? He did this purely for the sake of the family, sacrificing himself, and becoming a nephew!" Victor asked puzzledly.

The contradiction between the old and the new is a problem that the Ancient Family will have. The old forces occupy territorial resources, and the new forces want to obtain resources. There are two ways to solve the problem, either expand outward or reshuffle the internal forces. Unpredictable encounters with the lord, and weak heirs, the old and new forces of the Beria family can only resolve conflicts through internal fighting.

Austin is the descendant of the Beria family and is eligible to inherit the visieste title. As the Silver Knight, he has gained the support of the new family power and seems to have the upper hand, but if there is no approval from the church , Wanting to inherit the territory can only be a delusion. The eldest son of Viscount Beria is the first heir to the title. In Victor's view, taking advantage of the opportunity of the disaster to divert the population out is what the lord should do, and Austin should take out family reserves to help the people in the name of the church in order to be recognized by the church and inherit the viscount Knighthood.

"My lord, Mercury observed a few things. Austin received an invitation from the royal family to participate in the hunting event. When he returned, he went with Viscount Captain Varus, the guard of the Grand Duke Williams. Three days later, Viscount Varus left. Wild Willow City, and then Austin recruited craftsmen from all vassal lords in the name of repairing Wild Willow City. Carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons led by Beria moved into Wild Willow City with their families. Then, he collected food from lords from all over the world, So the victims were born. The church didn't say anything about it."

X-3 was running fast, in a flash, Victor understood the cause of the matter.

"Uncle and his nephew are fighting for the title. The condition of the Beria family is so similar to that of the royal family. Austin's participation in the hunting event was not invited by the queen at all, but by the Grand Duke Williams. Grand Duke Williams The relationship with the church is very good, and he has the ability to influence the church’s attitude towards Austin.

From the perspective of the church, the victims of the Beria’s family just moved from one parish to another, and did not shake the church. The fundamental interests of Beria only affected the performance of Father Beria. In addition, Gambis experienced an ant plague. The church’s relief pressure was very high. The people fled out and the priests of Beria were relaxed.

Supported by the Grand Duke.

With the approval of the church and the support of emerging powers, Austin believed that the position of the lord had been stabilized, and he began to solve the problems within the territory.

The Beria family not only had contradictions among the upper-class nobles, but also the lower-class civilians. Contradiction, the population is too large, everyone’s life is not easy, Austin drives away some of them, and the civilians who remain will only support Austin even more. As the population under the rule of the vassal lords decreases, the land no longer appears tense, and Austin will The vassal lord will be required to cede the territory to the newly promoted Knight family. Hehe, except for Judy and those who are driven out, everyone will accept Austin as the Viscount Beria."

"My wise man! "

After receiving the information from Mercury, it took Barol a lot of time to figure out the clues, and Victor figured out the joints almost instantly. This cleverness convinced the old spy.

"My lord, what is Mercury's next task?"

Victor said: "Develop power and infiltrate other territories."

Barol froze. I was taken aback, and asked: "Should I increase the penetration of the Beria collar?"

"To what extent has the mercury penetrated?" Victor asked curiously.

"The monkey got into a little gang and became the little boss. Fermi ran errands for a grocery store, and the Boss was the steward of the Wild Willow City garrison. Mia became the mistress of a vassal lord , The spider worked in the hotel opened by the vassal lord, the red wolf was the head of the thief, and there were more than a dozen thieves under him, and the little spies were with him."

Victor frowned and said, "Except for Hong The wolf has developed some small thieves and it is still useful. Others have infiltrated the high-level people of the Beria family. What do you think?"

Balol froze for a moment, and said in fear: "My lord, I thought you wanted to intervene in the affairs of the Beria family. So, mercury is infiltrating the upper layers of the Beria family."

"What do I want to intervene in the internal affairs of other families?" Victor didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and said: "I pay attention to the Beria family for only two reasons. First, I have to figure out whether the Beria family has been severely affected by the disaster and whether it can control the flow of refugees. Since Austin gathers craftsmen to prevent the brain drain, it means that the Beria family has not lost control of the refugee tide, and the number of people who have been evicted is also limited. There is no need to worry about this issue.

Secondly, Before the Freedom Chamber of Commerce took shape, the mountain forest was an important business route, and the mountain people were the force we had to control. If the Beria family drove the mountain people to control the mountain forest, then I would give them some color. But I I think your analysis is very reasonable. The Beria family is clearing obstacles for the movement of refugees. After all, it is too expensive for the lord to directly control the forest."

Barol repeatedly said: "My lord, I understand. . I’ll take mercury down and train some people to infiltrate other territories."

Victor thought for a moment, and asked: "Barol, the main task of mercury is to provide the Freedom Business Group with With intelligence support, the Freedom Business Group covers all empires and kingdoms from west to east and south to north. How many manpower does Mercury need? How much capital? How much time? It can be done?"

Barrow He opened his mouth and said after a long time: "My lord, I guess I need to train thousands of spies and invest a few million Kinsoul. It will be done in about two hundred years."

"Two hundred years?! Then there is a fart!"

Balol had a cold sweat on his forehead, and said with trembling with fear: "My lord, it may take longer to invest in money. More... I'm not sure, I'm afraid Sasan Empire won't have such a large spy organization."

"Too slow and too expensive! Victor walked back and forth with his hands in his hands, stopped and said: "A freeman Business Group will be ransacked by the lord if you are not careful. Mercury does not need to spy on any secret information, as long as you can keep an eye on the lord's movements. In this way, opening a hotel in every town can not only make money, but also collect information. Just do it! "

Speaking of this, Victor was excited. He has a variety of cooking recipes. The goat hotel used to make a lot of money. It is fast and profitable to open a chain hotel. It is definitely a good way.

"My lord. "Barol wiped a cold sweat, cautiously said: "Hotels and taverns opened by outsiders are the focus of investigation, and if they are wrong, they will be rejected by the lord. "

"Uh...well. "Victor settled his mind and thought for a long time before saying: "Then develop two lines inside and outside." "

"Two lines? "

"Yes! "Victor explained: "Aren't the monkeys going to gang up?" Didn't the Red Wolf cultivate the little thief? Mercury is the inside line, the thieves and villains are the outside line. Let Mercury teach these people swindle, fighting skills, make friends with them, and let them develop freely. In the seeding of a town by a town, there will always be people eating this bowl of rice, and there will always be people taking the lead. When the freedmen’s caravan passed through this territory, Mercury followed and renewed the old friends. These outside lines became Mercury’s eyes and ears, and they might be able to play a greater role. For example, let outside lines handle illicit goods. The cargo of the caravan is scattered in the town, and when they taste the sweetness, they will spontaneously cover the Business Group. The free development of external lines does not require much investment or time. Even if it is defeated by the lord, it does not feel distressed. Just sow the seeds. When the lord is also pulled in, the outside lines are useless. "

" Insiders should be carefully trained in the manner of spying, but not traditional infiltration, lurking, collection, spying, and transmission, but in the form of squad, disguising, cooperating, imparting, bewitching, and intelligence analysis ,support. Barol, what do you think? "

Restraining the excitement in my heart, Barol took a deep breath and said humbly: "My lord, your will will be my honor!" "