Section 68 Intelligence
His Majesty personally traveled to the Westward to visit his young comrade-in-arms, Grand Duke Mikla, and the news spread quickly among the kingdom of men, and it was a big event, and it was also at a sensitive time when the kingdom's prime minister, Grand Duke Ella, had just died. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Gray was too far away from the royal capital, and by the time he received the news, King Laubert had already arrived in the west.
The day after gathering several important people in the realm, Gray received a detailed plan from Sir Wright for the business development of the realm from his new butler, Wren.
Sir Wright's plan was carefully written, and in order to make it understandable to Gray, he gave a long introduction to each general policy.
Such a plan could be accomplished in such a short period of time, and it seems that Sir Wright has been working hard lately, just waiting for Gray to ask.
In order for the territory to develop commerce, there must first be merchants, and Sir Wright first suggested that Gray form his own chamber of commerce, and this nobleman would do the same, and Gray had already planned to do so.
Moreover, the exemption from customs duties on caravans and merchants was a big deal, and the customs duties of Gesenburg were arguably the most important part of the castle's revenue, and the annual revenue was even higher than the taxes of the various places.
Gray continued to look down.
Sir Wright explained that they hoped that through such measures, the merchants who traveled from south to north would no longer travel through the mountains and forests to avoid customs duties, but would pass directly through the town of Gesen, so as to increase the commercial base of the town, stimulate people's desire to consume, and thus promote the development of the town's entertainment industry.
But these were not the ultimate goals of Lord Wright, his ultimate goal was to carve out a piece of land on the east side of the town and establish a trading area, so that merchants going north, west, south and east could sell or buy goods in the trading area of Gessentown.
Gray's eyes lit up with this suggestion, but he frowned, because he didn't have that much money to build a trade area that would attract the attention of the merchants.
But this plan is not in a hurry, the first step must be made first, so that the entertainment of the town can also develop, so that the passing caravans can stop, as long as they stop, there will be a trade.
Gray did not agree to the abolition of the tariff, which was a manifestation of the authority of the lord, and Sir Wright did not understand, but Gray had another way, but he adjusted the tariff very low, so low that it was negligible.
At the same time, Grace's butler handed over to Gray a beautiful invitation, which Gray opened with a puzzled face, it was actually Thor's, and he invited Gray to attend a banquet in Mida Town, but the party was organized by Baron Mura.
The date of the banquet was on August 22nd, that is, the day after tomorrow! Gray was stunned, that is to say, he had to leave tomorrow, otherwise it would definitely be too late, this was Gray's first time attending a gathering among nobles, he did not want to be late, and he could not refuse.
Staring at Sir Wright's plan next to him, and then looking at Thor's invitation, Gray's heart moved, and he instructed Wren at the door: "Go and prepare, I'm going to Mida Town tomorrow, how is my new squire Hamp's etiquette learning?"
"It's not done yet!" Wren replied with a slight flush on his face, thinking that his own etiquette lessons were also terrible.
"Let him learn all the etiquette lessons today, so that he can know by heart!" Gray is really short of anyone now, and not even a single of the attendants attending the banquet are qualified.
"Also, let Sir Wright get ready, he'll be coming with me to Mida Town tomorrow!" Gray commanded again as Wren was about to leave the study.
"Knock! knock!" Wren had barely left the study when the knock on the door rang again.
"Come in!"
It was Rena who entered, but she was followed by a Pula knight on the front line.
Pura walked in and glanced at the large, comfortable study, the walls of which were covered with Gray's current family crest, and Pura stared at it for at least three seconds.
"Horseman Pra, what's wrong at the front?" asked Gray quickly.
Pura heard this, turned his head to look at Gray, who was still on an equal footing with him a few months ago, and said that he was not envious, it must be pretentious, he gave a knightly salute seriously, and then laughed: "It's no problem, it's still so calm that it's annoying!"
"What about you?" Gray asked.
Pula hurriedly explained: "The latest order, the battle on the front line is taken over by my son Sente, assisted by Knight Mark, and I am transferred back to Herien City!"
Gray was stunned for a moment, looking at Pula's blushing face, his heart moved, and he said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that Pula Knight has been promoted, and now I should call you Sir!"
Pula Knight laughed: "But it's still not as good as you, I can be promoted to the captain of the guard this time, it should be your recommendation!"
He was right, the Earl of Lockton had originally wanted Gray to be the captain of his guard, but Gray knew that he didn't have the energy to deal with the Earl's knightly guard, so he elected the knight of Pula.
Gray only smiled slightly, and did not deny it, he beckoned Pula and Rena to sit down on the couch, and then he rang a bell on his desk, and after hearing a crisp "ding", there was a knock on the door of the study.
With Gray's "Come in!", the door to the room was opened, and Katia leaned half to the side and asked cautiously, "Lord Baron, what do you command?"
"Give Rena a cup of tea, and Sir Pula and I each have a cup of tea. Gray commanded.
Reina, who was next to her, saw that Gray actually remembered that she liked to drink black tea, and her eyes lit up, but then they dimmed again.
After Pra saw Gray sitting down, he hurriedly said: "Baron Cage, I came this time to tell you, don't be deceived by the appearance of Harrence City, his current remaining strength may be able to defeat our current military strength with a backhand!"
Gray listened to Pula's words, looked at his extremely serious expression, and his heart was also condensed, and he hurriedly asked, "But what is the exact information?"
Pura nodded, and was about to speak, when there was a knock on the door of the room, and she fell silent again.
"Come in!" Gray shouted.
"Go on, I brought these servants from Herien City!" Gray motioned to Pura to continue, "You can just call me Gray, if you call me like that, I won't even be calling me if I call me!"
Pura took the tea, put it on the table, and didn't drink it, "The new lord of Harrens City is the youngest son of Rambo Donner! His name is Keith Donner, and his brother also disappeared in the castle shortly after Viscount Donna disappeared in the water!"
Gray frowned, put down the teacup in his hand, and said secretly in his heart: This is a ruthless character.
"When we besieged Gerson City, not only did he not come to the rescue, but he also sent troops to loot his own noble town in the north led by Harrends, and all the looted materials and finances were moved into Harrence City!"
Gray was also taken aback by the Keith Donner's approach, but it was undoubtedly his best bet, a madman with great intelligence.
"That means that even if Harrence City is besieged by us now, it can still hold out for a long time!
Rena put down the black tea in her hand and analyzed the situation in front of her.