Chapter 178

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

As soon as the round table was over, Victor summoned Barol, the head spy. Buryat's infiltration into the mountains and a steady stream of refugees made Victor upset.

"My Lord, judging from the news from mercury, yeliucheng is still calm and has plenty of materials. The Buryat family has not reached the end of the mountain." Barol said.

Victor nodded and said, "that's reasonable. The Buryat family has operated the territory for hundreds of years, so they won't be so poor that they don't have food. Then why do they rob the mountain people? Why are there so many victims?"

Barol thought for a moment and said, "Sir, I think the buryates are throwing away their burden in the name of ant disaster."

"The resident population of Buryat collar is more than 50000, and the number continues to grow. Such a large population makes the Buryat family unbearable. The ant disaster caused a lack of grain in Buryat collar and a lot of damage to the village, but there was almost no loss of population. In the name of disaster, the Buryat family deliberately did not provide relief to the people, resulting in the outflow of victims, so as to reduce the population pressure in the territory They drive away the mountain people, I'm afraid they are clearing the way for the outflow of disaster victims. "

Victor pondered for a moment and asked, "it's reasonable. But won't the neighboring lords criticize them for transporting surplus population to their neighbors? How can the church tolerate them if they don't relieve the people and deliberately create disaster victims?"

"I can only say that the time for the buryates is great!" Barrow explained: "Viscount Buryat died in the war, leaving his heirs primo Buryat and Lady Judy as young as 5 years old. According to the Convention, the heir of the Lord must be at least 12 years old to inherit the title. Before that, other members of the family assisted the viscount in handling territorial affairs. However, viscount Buryat's younger brother Lord Austin and Lady Judy fought very hard, and they fought each other on the refugee issue Prevarication. The surrounding lords don't know who to blame, so they can only admit bad luck. "

"The attitude of the church is very ambiguous. Generally speaking, the church affected by the territory will come forward to provide relief. But the presiding priest led by Buryat has no news, but allows the victims to flow out. I think Lord Austin may have reached some consensus with the church!"

"So Austin led the outflow of victims. What's the basis?" Asked Victor with interest.

Barol said: "According to Mercury's investigation, viscount Buryat has three Baron families and seventeen Lord families. These vassal lords can be divided into old and new forces. The new force family has Knights but no territory. The old force family has few Knights but large territory. Although Lord Austin is a direct descendant of the Buryat family, he does not have many territories. He is the leader of the new force The three Baron families are the representatives of the old forces. After the death of viscount Buryat, the new forces supported Lord Austin to inherit the Viscount, while the old forces supported lady Judy. In the fight against the ant disaster, Austin was promoted to Silver Knight. He not only controlled the army of yeliucheng, but also gained great reputation. Therefore, Austin has actually controlled the Buryat leadership, and only He can lead the outflow of disaster victims. "

"Indeed, Austin has the ability to do so. What about his motivation? To divert the superfluous population for the family and offend the church? He did so purely for the sake of the family, sacrificing himself and becoming a nephew!" Asked Victor, puzzled.

The contradiction between the old and the new is a common problem of the ancient family. The old forces occupy territory resources, while the new forces want to obtain resources. There are two ways to solve the problem, either expand outward or reshuffle internal forces. The Lord has encountered an accident and his successor is weak. The old and new forces of the briat family can only resolve the contradiction through internal struggle.

Austin is a direct descendant of the Buryat family and is qualified to inherit the viscount. As a Silver Knight and supported by the new forces of the family, he seems to have the upper hand. But without the consent of the church, it can only be a delusion to inherit the territory. The eldest son of the Buryat Viscount is the first heir to the title. In Victor's view, he takes the opportunity of disaster to divide it out Floating population is what the Lord should do, and Austin should take out the family Grain Reserve and relieve the people in the name of the church, so as to be recognized by the church and inherit the viscount.

"Sir, mercury observed several things. Austin received an invitation from the royal family to participate in the hunting event. When he came back, he walked with Viscount varus, the captain of Duke Williams' escort. Three days later, viscount varus left the wild willow city. Then Austin enlisted craftsmen from all vassal lords in the name of repairing the wild willow city. The carpenters, blacksmiths and stonemasons led by Buryat all had their families He moved to Yeliu city. Then he collected food from local lords, so the victims were born. The church didn't say anything about it. "

The x-3 is running fast. In the room of electro-optic flint, Victor understands the reason.

"Uncle and nephew compete for the title. The situation of the Buryat family is very similar to that of the royal family. Austin's participation in the hunting event is not invited by the queen at all, but by Archduke Williams. Archduke Williams has a good relationship with the church and he has the ability to influence the church's attitude towards Austin.

From the perspective of the church, the victims of the Buryat family just flow from one parish to another, which does not shake the fundamental interests of the church and only affects the achievements of the priest led by Buryat. In addition, Gambis has experienced the ant disaster, the relief pressure of the church is great, and the people go out to escape from famine. The priest led by Buryat is more or less relieved.

With the support of the Archduke, the consent of the church and the support of emerging forces, Austin thought that the position of the LORD had been stable, and he began to solve the problems within the territory.

The Buryat family has contradictions not only among the upper nobility, but also among the lower civilians. The population is too large, and everyone's life is difficult. Austin drives away some of them, and the remaining civilians will only support Austin more. As the population under the vassal Lord decreased and the land was no longer tense, Austin would ask the vassal Lord to cede the territory to the new Knight family. Oh, everyone will accept Austin as Viscount Buryat except Judy's mother and son and those who have been expelled. "

"Your Excellency is wise!"

After receiving the information from mercury, Barol spent a lot of time to figure it out, and Victor almost instantly figured out the joints. This intelligence convinced the old spy.

"Sir, what's Mercury's next task?"

Victor said, "develop forces and infiltrate into other territories."

Barol was stunned and asked, "do you want to increase the penetration of Buryat collar?"

"To what extent has mercury penetrated?" Asked Victor curiously.

"The monkey ran errands in a small Gang and became a small leader. Fermi ran errands for a grocery store. The boss was the steward of the garrison officer of yeliucheng. MIA became a mistress of the feudal lord. The spider worked in the hotel opened by the feudal lord. The red wolf became the thief's head. He had more than a dozen thieves. The little spies were with him."

Victor frowned and said, "in addition to the development of some thieves by the red wolf, others have penetrated into the superior people of the Buryat family. What do you think?"

Barol nodded in his heart and said in fear, "Sir, I thought you wanted to intervene in the affairs of the Buryat family. Therefore, mercury is seeping into the upper level of the Buryat family."

"What am I going to do in the internal affairs of other families?" Victor cried and laughed and said: "There are only two reasons why I pay attention to the Buryat family. First, I want to find out whether the Buryat family is seriously affected and whether it can control the refugee tide. I don't want Randall to experience another storm of free people. Since Austin gathers craftsmen to prevent brain drain, it shows that the Buryat family has not lost control of the refugee tide and the number of people driven out is limited , there is no need to worry about this problem.

Secondly, before the formation of the free civil and Commercial Association, the mountain forest was an important trade route, and the mountain people were the force we wanted to control. If the Buryat family drove out the mountain people in order to control the mountain forest, I would give them some color to see. But I think your analysis is very reasonable. The Buryat family is to clear the obstacles for the flow of refugees. After all, the cost of the Lord's direct control of the mountain forest is too high. "

Barol said repeatedly, "Sir, I understand. I'll remove the mercury and cultivate some people to infiltrate into other territories."

Victor thought for a moment and asked, "Barol, Mercury's main task is to provide intelligence support for the free civil and commercial Corps. The free civil and commercial Corps covers all empires and kingdoms from west to East and from south to north. How many people, funds and time does mercury need?"

Barol opened his mouth and said after a long time: "Sir, I think I need to train thousands of spies and invest millions of kinsol. It will be almost done in another 200 years."

"Two hundred years?! that's useless!"

Barol's forehead burst into a cold sweat and said tremblingly: "Sir, it may take longer and invest more money... I'm not sure. I'm afraid there won't be such a big spy organization in the sassanne empire."

"Too slow, too expensive!" Victor paced back and forth with his negative hand. After stopping, he said, "the free civil and commercial Corps will be robbed by the Lord if it is not careful. Mercury doesn't need to spy on any secret information, as long as it can keep an eye on the Lord's movements. In this way, opening hotels in every town can make money and collect information. Just do it!"

At this point, Victor was elated. He had all kinds of cooking recipes. The goat hotel used to make a lot of money. Opening a chain hotel is fast and profitable. It is definitely a good way.

"My Lord." Barol wiped a cold sweat and said carefully, "hotels and pubs opened by outsiders are the key targets of investigation. If there is anything wrong, they will be taken away by the Lord."

"Uh... Okay." Victor calmed down and thought for a long time before he said, "then develop the internal and external lines."

"Two lines?"

"Yes!" Victor explained: "Don't monkeys know how to mix with gangs? Don't red wolves cultivate thieves? Mercury is the inside line, and those thieves and villains are the outside line. Let mercury teach these people the skills of cheating, fighting and fighting, make friends with them, and let them develop freely. As towns sow seeds, there are always people who eat this bowl of rice, and there are always people who rise to the top. When the free civil and commercial Corps passes by this territory, Mercury follows the past and talks with old friends. These external lines have become Mercury's ears and eyes, and may play a greater role. For example, in the name of dealing with black goods, let the external lines spread the goods of the caravan to the town. When they taste the sweetness, they will spontaneously cover the business group. The external lines develop freely, without much money or time, even if they are knocked down by the Lord I don't feel bad about it. Just sow again. When the Lord is pulled in, the outside line will be useless. "

"Insiders should be carefully trained in the way of spies, but not in the traditional infiltration, lurking, collection, spying and transmission, but in the form of teams to camouflage, cooperate, teach, bewitch, intelligence analysis and support. What do you think, Barol?"

Restraining his excitement, Barol took a deep breath and said humbly, "your will will will be my honor, sir!"