The war came suddenly, but it ended very abruptly, as Gray was walking on a creekside path outside the town of Three Forks, his horse's hooves 'stomping' on the road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Traces of war can be found everywhere in the vicinity, and there are still traces of blood left on the weeds that are about to wither on the roadside, and even a little bit of meat can be found in the cracks of the stones.

The wheat fields beside the road had long been ruined, and the nearby farmers, after receiving the lord's notice, could not wait to come out to repair their only possessions, and when Gray passed by, they took off their hats and saluted.

At the end of the road was a tall wood, which made Gray lose the interest to walk, and the October breeze was very pleasant, and when he looked up, the whole sky was blue, and the white and flawless clouds moved slowly.

Just yesterday, the talks with Viscount Uriah had ended, and the other party had promised to pay Gray 10,000 gold coins in war reparations, but it would have to be paid in three years.

In order not to cause any more disputes, Viscount Uriah promised that the army in his realm would not exceed two thousand, and he even agreed that Gray would send troops of less than a thousand men to the city of Seku.

At the same time, Viscount Uriah appointed his son, Amy Uriah, who had just turned seven, as the sole legal heir to the realm, and the sole legitimate heir to the Seku realm would follow Gray as a squire.

Viscount Uriah was lucky, he was at least much better than Lord Larry, and Viscount Booker and Gray needed the Sekuling as a buffer so that his family could continue to survive.

The viscount had taken with him the thousands of captives when he left, and when they heard that they could go home, they were overjoyed, and some even cheered loudly, for they did not expect Gray to let them go so easily, and according to their assumptions, they would have to work hard for at least ten years in Harrence before they could be freed.

One of the captives shouted in the ranks: "Your fame will spread throughout the southern coast of the continent, Viscount Cage!"

When Gray heard the report from his subordinates, he didn't care about it, because his reputation had already spread in these places.

"Wright, do you know about the union?" Gray had received a secret letter from his wife, and he was so concerned about this group of citizens that he even felt a hint of danger.

Wright rode a horse and followed behind Gray, he heard Gray's question, and immediately drove forward and replied: "You know, there are such organizations in many cities now, when they first started, it was just a small group, and their main responsibility was to help the low-level workers negotiate with their employers and obtain more rights and interests for those workers!"

"However, I don't know when these unions began to be controlled by the owners of those large handicraft workshops, and in the royal capital, these unions can even negotiate with the palace cabinet, of course, this is inseparable from the support of Count Gara!"

Gray glanced at Wright, "Do you approve of Count Garra's approach?"

"Not very much in favor," Wright said bluntly, "because it is dangerous, the union members have obtained many rights through negotiations, and it is undeniable that they have also made outstanding contributions to the development of the city after gaining more rights, and even most of the Middle Kingdom's financial taxes are obtained by these people." ”

"But I am sure that if these merchants dare to demand more rights, sooner or later they will anger the nobles, and the consequences will be unpredictable, and the Earl of Gara should decisively refuse the demands of the merchants. ”

Hearing this, Gray suddenly stopped his mount, he fell on the horse's back, turned his head to stare at Wright, and said with a faint smile on his face, "Sir, you seem to be insincere!"

"Yes, my lord," Wright did not deny, "the merchants are an important hub for the commercial development of the city, and I actually approve of Count Gara's approach from the bottom of my heart..."

After a pause, he lowered his head and thought about it before saying, "However, I am very conflicted, because Count Gara allowed those merchants to develop, so that although they can receive good results in a short time, once these people become rich, their danger is as terrible as the wealth they create..."

Speaking of this, the knight tried to get as close as possible to Gray, and then lowered his voice and said: "In the past ten years, because of a series of policies of the Earl of Gara, those merchants have made a lot of money, and according to our statistics, the combined wealth of all of them even exceeds that of the royal family, what does this mean, your lord should understand, right?"

When Gray heard Wright's words, he subconsciously thought that it was fake, but when he saw the other party's cautious expression, he knew that this was definitely not a mouthful.

Gray paid more attention to the union, and after a moment of silence, he said, "But, I can't suppress them, after all, what they did didn't violate the laws of the human kingdom!"

Sir Wright nodded: "In fact, it is exactly like this, Count Gara also used this reason to gag the mouths of those who oppose the nobles, and King Laubert also supports Count Gara very much because of his luxurious life and the need for a lot of money!"

"Is there any way to control them?" Gray asked with a frown, "Like, increasing business taxes?"

"This can't be done, my lord!" Wright's face changed, "If that's the case, most of our territory will pass out to the merchants, and even the trade area of Gesen Town can't be established, after all, we only have such a small territory, and the living space of the merchants is the entire Alan Continent!"

"And what do you say?" said Gray, a little impatient.

"We can only monitor..."Wright has no better way, after all, Gray's territory is so big now, "There is also to strengthen the commercial value of our territory, so that merchants have no choice, maybe by that time, we can slowly increase the commercial tax!"

Wright racked his brains, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "Maybe we can use our own chamber of commerce to compete with these merchants, you know, we have a strong advantage!"

"Moreover, the current union of Harrence Collar is quite stable, some time ago because of Viscount Keys's earl, they are on the verge of bankruptcy, we don't have to worry too much in the short term!"

Hearing Wright's words, Gray took out the secret letter written by Nesha from his bosom and threw it in Wright's face, the knight apparently did not react, and the letter rolled to the ground, and he had to dismount and pick up the letter from the ground, and then slap the dirt on it vigorously.

Gray, however, no longer cared about Wright, and continued to walk on the path by the brook, for he had come out to relax, and although the war had been won, he could not be pleased at all with this victory.

Moreover, Gray found Klaas Laglet among the noble generals of the Count of Borg, that is, his father, the lord of Inner Allenburg in the Bean Domain.

However, his father seemed to be hiding from Gray, and had no intention of catching up with him.

Gray was so heartbroken by this that he even tried to get his father to come to him by order at one point, but he didn't do it in the end.

While lying in bed at night, Gray even wanted to wield his troops to make his father's Aaron Territory a complete part of his domain.

Truth be told, Gray has that kind of strength right now.