The Hummingbird is Gooden's code name for an informant he sent to Charleson territory to communicate with Roy.

It has been four days since I started.

After learning that the news had been brought back, Goodern hurriedly asked.

"Where are the people now?"

"Your study."

As Gooden's most important office location, the study can be arranged here to report work, which is undoubtedly a step into the confidant level.

Immediately, Goodern stepped up his steps and headed into the study.

The hummingbird's original name was Auston, and at the moment he was sitting quietly waiting for the young master to come.

As the wooden door of the study was pushed open, Auston quickly stood up.

"Young Master."

"Auston, sit, how about staying there in Snow Valley these days?"

Gooden didn't come up to ask about the mission, but began to shush and ask for warmth, bringing the two sides closer.

"Report to the young master, live up to your expectations, I successfully docked and got the information."

Alston, who has experienced training in training camp, sits down and answers questions straight.

Seeing this, Gooden was quite happy in his heart, and the other party learned quite quickly in this area.

So I gave up the detour and went straight to the point.

"Then let's talk about the two questions given to you, how did Roy answer."

"Yes." Alston nodded, and began to sort out and retell their conversations one by one.

"Regarding the news of the levy, Roy said that he learned about it from the tax collector at the tavern, and the tax collector in Snow Valley Ridge arrived a week earlier than the one in Qingyuan Town."

"Tavern?" Goodern was a little unconvinced by this answer.

"Yes, the tavern." Alston nodded.

Gooden had a lot of doubts about this, but for now, he still waited for Alston to finish his report before analyzing it with Joseph Sr.

"Well, you go on."

In response to the second question, Roy said that the only problem he found was that the Charleson family was collecting grain in Snow Valley.

"More than half of the grain grown by their farmers in Snow Valley Ridge was taken away by the Charleson family at a low price."

"There are even times when we have to bring in food from outside to feed the towns, and this has been going on for two years."

At this point, all the information that Auston got from Roy has been reported.

"In addition, when I was leaving Xueguling, I noticed that someone was following me, so I diverted to Jinyuan Castle for one night, and then pretended to spare a large circle to the northern front before returning."

Gooden was pleased with Alston's astuteness, and said with a smile on his face.

"Good job, hard work, take a break for the past two days, and the training clothes have been delivered, you can try it later."

"Thank you, young master!"

In today's Guard, the temptation of monetary rewards is far less than that of a holiday or a meal.

After all, when on duty and training, you can't drink or entertain, and you can't hold back these young and strong guys.

But every seven days, the young master will give them a day off, on this day there are only a small number of training tasks, and after completion, they will be free to move and rest.

Auston thanked him and left the study, his task was completed, and the rest was for the bosses to discuss and arrange.

"Do you believe Roy's message?" Goodern asked, looking at Joseph Sr.

This kind of secret matter was accidentally obtained by Roy from the tavern from the tax collector who arrived early, and Roy was able to successfully deliver the letter to him.

Such a coincidence of things Gooden naturally wouldn't believe it, this kind of serial thing is less likely than him to cross it again.

Old Joseph shook his head: "I don't believe it, I was also thinking about how I got this kind of information at the time, but now after learning the truth, I feel a little ridiculous." ”

"I think so too." Goodern agreed with Joseph Sr. as well.

At this point, Goodern remembered a recent incident in the town.

"Speaking of which, do you remember the reaction of the 'moths' during this time?"

"Remember, what's wrong?" Old Joseph nodded.

The 'moths' that Goodern refers to are the inhabitants who provide letters to the Charleson family.

During this time, they frequently began to send out all kinds of intelligence letters.

If Goodern hadn't made arrangements in advance, he would have bought all the residents around each 'moth', and everything they did would have been sent to the castle as soon as possible.

Even letters sent and hidden will be intercepted.

At the same time, in order to prevent Charlison's excavation of the informants from being exposed, Gooden also specially found a 'handwriting master' from among the literate people in the town.

Naturally, this master of handwriting was modified from the entries and used to process the letters, erasing the sensitive content and sending them to the Charleson family.

And it just so happened that the contents of the letters from the moths were all about what he was doing on a daily basis, how he seemed to be in a mood, and even recorded all kinds of oddities in the blacksmith shop.

"Do you think there is a possibility that the Charlisons are still wary of Roy, so they deliberately put this news out to test our reaction."

"If that's the case, it makes sense why Roy happened to hear this in the tavern."

"If we are very panicked and start to prepare for the tax crisis in advance, then Roy should have been exposed at this moment, and the news that comes back later does not rule out that the other party deliberately exposed us again."

Goodern's reasonable speculation, and the reaction of the moths, sent a chill down Joseph's back.

If this analysis continues, the Charleson family's 'killing moves' for this time are one link after another.

The Charleson family is fully prepared for the tax incident, even if this matter is exposed in advance, the young master's personality and mind in the past are not capable of dealing with it at all.

At the same time, you can also test Roy's loyalty, if it is a fake mutiny, then you can also use his hand to pass fake news to the young master to mislead.

"Speaking of which, the second news from Roy is a bit interesting......

Goodern touched his chin and stared at the bookshelf with narrowed eyes, and began to analyze to himself.

"Here, let's make an assumption, because I made the order to prepare secretly, just by mistake so that Roy was not exposed."

"Secondly, the second piece of news that Roy sent back is also true, Snow Valley Ridge is very short of food."

"So, what could be the reason why a huge Snow Valley Ridge is so short of food that it needs to buy food from outside to maintain the town?"

"There are many more residents in Xueguling than in Qingyuan Town, and there is not much land to grow in the fields, so if all the grain is left for self-use, it can barely achieve self-sufficiency."

"In such a situation, the Charleson family also buys more than half of the grain at a low price, and even transfers grain from outside."

"And it lasted for another two years, so where did all this hoarded grain go?"

"Hoarding until the outbreak of war to sell or use for your own use? But how could he determine the date of the outbreak of the war? ”