"What is the situation with the Buryatia, are they so embarrassed that they need to loot the mountain people?"

As soon as the round table was over, Victor summoned the secret agent Balor. The infiltration of the Buryat Territory into the mountains and the constant stream of refugees, they made Viktor restless.

"My lord, judging from the news from the mercury, Yeliu City is still calm and has abundant supplies, and the Buryat family has not yet reached the point of exhaustion. Balor said.

Victor nodded: "This is reasonable, the Buryat family has been operating the territory for hundreds of years, so they will not be so poor that they will not have food to eat if they are not affected by an ant plague." So, why did they loot the mountain people? Why are there so many people?"

Balor thought for a moment and said, "My lord, I think that the Buryat family is throwing off the burden in the name of the ant plague. ”

"The Buryatia Territory has a permanent population of more than 50,000 and is growing, and the Buryatia family is overwhelmed by such a large population. As a result of this ant plague, Buryatia's grain harvest was lost, and many villages were destroyed, but there was almost no loss of population. It was in the name of the disaster that the Buryat family deliberately did not provide relief to the people, causing the outflow of the affected people, in order to reduce the population pressure in the territory, and they drove out the mountain people, probably to clear the way for the outflow of the affected people. ”

Victor pondered for a moment and asked, "Makes sense." But if they send surplus population to their neighbors, won't they be attacked by the surrounding lords?

"Suffice it to say that the timing of the Buryatia family is too good!" explains Balor: "The Viscount of Buryatia died in battle, leaving behind heirs Primo Buryat and Madame Judy, who were only five years old. Traditionally, the heir of a lord must be at least 12 years old to inherit the title. Previously, the Viscountess was assisted by other members of the family in the affairs of the territory. But Lord Austin, the younger brother of the Viscount of Buryatia, and Madame Judy fought very hard, and they blamed each other on the refugee issue, and the surrounding lords did not know who to blame, so they could only consider themselves unlucky. ”

"The attitude of the church is very ambiguous. Generally speaking, the churches in the territory affected by the disaster will come to the rescue. However, the presiding priest of the Buryat Command did not make any move, but allowed the people to flee. I think Lord Austin may have reached some sort of consensus with the church!"

"So it was Austin who led the exodus. On what basis?" asked Victor with interest.

"According to the investigation of mercury, there are three families of barons and seventeen families of lords under the command of the Viscount of Buryatia. These vassal lords can be divided into two forces, old and new. The new power family has knights but no territory, the old power family has few knights but a large territory, although Lord Austin is a direct descendant of the Buryat family, he does not have much territory, he is the leader of the new force, and the three baron families are representatives of the old forces. After the death of the Viscount of Buryatia, the new forces supported Lord Austin to inherit the viscount title, while the old forces supported Lady Judy. During the battle against the Ant Plague, Austin was promoted to Silver Knight, and he not only controlled the army of Wild Willows, but also gained great prestige. Therefore, Austin has de facto control of the Buryat territory, and he is the only one who can lead the exodus of the victims. ”

"Yes, Austin is capable of doing that. And what is the motive?—to divert the surplus population from the family, and not hesitate to open the church? He did it purely for the sake of the family, sacrificing himself and making his nephew!" asked Victor, puzzled.

The contradiction between the old and the new is a problem that the old forces will have, the old forces occupy the territorial resources, and the new forces want to obtain resources. There are two ways to solve the problem, either to expand outward, or to reshuffle the internal forces. With the lord in trouble and the heir weak, the old and new forces of the Buryatia family can only resolve the conflict through internal strife.

Austin is a direct descendant of the Buryat family, eligible to inherit the viscountdom, as a silver knight, and supported by the family's new forces, it seems that he has the upper hand, but without the approval of the church, it can only be a delusion to inherit the territory. The eldest son of the Viscount of Buryatia is the first heir to the title. In Victor's view, taking advantage of the disaster to divert the population is the lord's business, and Austin should take out the family reserve grain and relieve the people in the name of the church, so as to be recognized by the church and inherit the viscountship.

"My lord, Mercury observed a few things. Austin received an invitation from the royal family to participate in the hunting extravaganza, and when he returned, he accompanied Viscount Varus, the captain of the guard of the Grand Duke Williams, and three days later Viscount Varus left Wild Willow City, and then Austin requisitioned craftsmen from all vassal lords in the name of repairing Wild Willow City, and the carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons of the Buryat Territory moved into Wild Willow City with their families. Then, he collected food from the lords of various places, and the plague was born. And the church has no position on this. ”

The X-3 was running fast, and in a flash of light, Victor understood what was going on.

"Uncle and nephew fight for the title, the situation of the Buryatia family is similar to that of the royal family, Austin to the hunting extravaganza was not invited by the queen at all, but by the Grand Duke Williams. Grand Duke Williams had a good relationship with the church, and he had the power to influence the church's attitude toward Austen.

From the point of view of the Church, the flow of Buryat victims from one diocese to another did not shake the fundamental interests of the Church, but only affected the results of the Buryat priests. In addition, the Gambis experienced an ant plague, the relief pressure of the church was very great, and the people went out to flee the famine, and the priests of the Buryat Consulate were somewhat relieved.

With the support of the Grand Duke, the approval of the Church, and the support of the emerging powers, Austen believed that the position of the lord was secure, and he began to solve the problems within the domain.

The Buryat family not only has contradictions among the upper nobles, but also among the lower commoners, and everyone has a hard time with too many people, and Austin drives out some of them, and the civilians who remain will only support Austin more. As the population of the vassal lord decreased, and the land no longer seemed to be tight, Austin would ask the vassal lord to cede the territory to the new knight family. Hehe, except for Judy's mother and son and those who were kicked out, everyone would accept Austin as Viscount of Buryatia. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

After receiving the information from Mercury, it took Barol a long time to figure it out, and Victor figured out the joints almost instantly, and this intelligence convinced the old secret agent.

"My lord, what's Mercury's next mission?"

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

Balor was stunned and asked, "Do you want to increase the penetration of the Buryat Territory?"

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

"The monkey mixed in a small gang and made it a small leader. Fermi runs errands for a grocery store, and the owner is a steward under the garrison of Wild Willow City. Mia became the mistress of a vassal lord, the spider worked in the hotel opened by the vassal lord, and the red wolf became the head of the thief, and there were more than a dozen thieves under his command, and the little spies were with him. ”

Victor frowned and said: "Except for the Red Wolf to develop some thieves, it is still useful, and everyone else has infiltrated the side of the Buryat family's upper class, what do you think?"

Balor chuckled in his heart and said in fear: "My lord, I thought you wanted to meddle in the affairs of the Buryat family. So, mercury is penetrating into the upper echelons of the Buryat house. ”

"What am I going to do with the internal affairs of other families?" Victor cried and laughed, and said: "I am concerned about the Buryat family for only two reasons. First, I want to find out if the Buryatia family is badly affected and whether the flow of refugees can be controlled, and I don't want Randall to experience another freeman turmoil. Since Austin gathered artisans to prevent the exodus of talent, it means that the Buryatia family has not lost control of the flow of refugees, and the number of people who have been evicted is limited, and there is no need to worry about this problem.

Secondly, before the formation of the Free People's Chamber of Commerce, the mountains and forests were an important trade route, and the mountain people were the force we had to control. But I think your analysis is quite reasonable, the Buryat family is clearing the way for the movement of refugees. After all, the cost of the lord's direct control of the mountains and forests is too high. ”

Barol said repeatedly, "My lord, I understand. I'm going to take the mercury down and train some more men to infiltrate other territories. ”

Victor thought for a moment and asked, "Balor, Mercury's main task is to provide intelligence support for the Free Folk Merchant Group, which covers all empires and kingdoms from west to east and from south to north. How many people, how much money, how much time, does mercury need?"

Balor opened his mouth, and after a long time, he said: "My lord, I estimate that I need to train thousands of secret agents and invest millions of gold soles, and it will be almost possible in another two hundred years." ”

"Two hundred years?!, that's still a fart!"

Cold sweat broke out on Balor's forehead, and he said tremblingly: "My lord, maybe it will take a little longer, and invest more money。。。。。。 I can't say for sure, I'm afraid that the Sassang Empire won't have such a big spy organization. ”

"It's too slow, it's too expensive!" Victor paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, and said after a pause: "The Free Folk Merchant Group will be looted by the lord if one is not careful, and Mercury does not need to spy on any secret information, as long as he can keep an eye on the lord's movements." In this way, you can open hotels in each town to make money and gather intelligence. That's it!"

Speaking of which, Victor's eyebrows fluttered, he has a variety of cooking recipes, goat hotels used to make a lot of money, opening a chain hotel is fast and profitable, it is definitely a good way.

"Your Excellency. Balor wiped a cold sweat and said cautiously: "The inns and taverns opened by outsiders are the key targets of investigation, and if there is a slight mistake, they will be taken off by the lord." ”

"Uh...... All right. Victor settled down and pondered for a long time before saying, "Then develop the inner and outer lines." ”

"Two lines?"

"Yes!" explained Victor, "Aren't monkeys gangsters? Aren't red wolves cultivating thieves? Mercury is the inside line, and those thieves and villains are the outside line." Let Mercury teach these people the skills of cheating, abduction, fighting, and brawling, make friends with them, let them develop freely, and sow seeds from town to town, there will always be people who eat this bowl of rice, and there will always be people who will rise to the top. When the freedfolk caravans passed through the territory, Mercury followed and caught up with old friends, and these outside lines became the eyes and ears of Mercury, and perhaps could play a greater role, for example, in the name of dealing with black goods, let the outside lines scatter the caravans' goods into the town, and when they tasted the sweetness, they would spontaneously cover the caravans. The outside line is free to develop, it doesn't cost much money, and it doesn't take much time, even if it is beaten by the lord, it doesn't feel distressed, and then it will develop. When the lord is also pulled in, the outside line is useless. ”

"The inner line should be carefully cultivated in the way of secret agents, but not the traditional infiltration, lurking, collection, espionage, and transmission, but in the form of a squad, camouflage, cooperation, teaching, bewitchment, intelligence analysis, and support. What do you think, Balor?"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Balor took a deep breath and said humbly, "My lord, your will will be my honor!"

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