As the profession of soothsayer was recognized in Blackhammer Castle, more and more Imperial personnel began to move to Blackhammer Castle, most of these people were some fugitives, some people who were not recognized within the Empire, such as bad alchemists, usurers, low-level knights who were innocently persecuted, and some murderers and thugs wanted by gangs and police, thugs, etc.

For these people, as long as they cross the Talon Sea and enter the territory of Kislev, they are safe. Blackhammer Castle may be a strange place to them, but it is a place to stay.

Faced with the increasing number of immigrants, Alves applied to Rhodes to set up an immigration management office in order to better manage the population. Those who were originally fugitives were registered, centralized, changed their names and assigned to various posts -

The persecuted knights changed their names and became the main soldiers in the army of Blackhammer;

And the bad alchemist Alves arranged them to the Alchemist Association, and the evil things they had done before were written off, and as long as they worked honestly in the future, they could be kept safe in the territory;

For those civilians who owed usury, Rhodes set aside an area for them to live in, depending on whether they could find their own work in the city, or go to the suburbs to participate in the reclamation or join the logging team, and work for the lord in the dark forest. The population is never too much for the north, there are large areas of land and forests, but there is a shortage of people.

The most difficult thing to do is those who are murder fugitives, or former gangsters, although they know that Blackhammer Fort is a place where they can take refuge, but because of their former status, most of them choose to go incognito and smuggle in. Fort Black Hammer does not have an ID system, and this kind of smuggling is impossible to prevent. If there are too many such people and they can't be managed properly, it will also be a hidden danger to the security of Black Hammer Fort.

In fact, Rod also has his own plans for this kind of person. Each fugitive is not an ordinary person, they are either persecuted and choose to flee in desperation to make a living elsewhere, or they know too much and are hunted down by their own gang leaders, or they may have stolen a large sum of money and are wanted.

These outlaws are villains that everyone shouts and beats wherever they go, however, in Rhodes' opinion, these are talents......

Under the rule of the Ice Queen, Kislev is full of white terror, and the secret police are everywhere, and Rhodes knows that the development of Black Hammer Castle over the years must have attracted the attention of Katarina, and maybe there will be secret police hiding in the crowd at this time, watching himself and every little change here.

If you want to find out these secret police, it is not something that ordinary people can do, the soldiers are too simple, they are not good at hiding themselves, and using official means to arrest the secret police is equivalent to picking Ming and the queen to do it, and it is not time to do this kind of thing. And to act in secret, Blackhammer Castle lacks such people.

Therefore, in Rhodes's view, these escapees from the empire are a group of good seedlings, they were previously gangsters roaming the underground places of various cities, or directly gangsters, if these people can be gathered and used, they are also a good force. It can help you find out which people are sent by the queen in the territory, and which are the queen's eyeliner and undercover agents. When needed, a wave of eradication.

Intelligence was important in all eras, and some people made a living selling it, and their wealth was sometimes even among the ranks of the great nobility. Intelligence organizations like this abound in the Empire, with taverns, basements, markets, and so on. Rhodes knew that if he was to continue to develop in the future, he would have to rely on these forces. Although it is not so bright and cannot see the light.

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"So, you're going to form a Brotherhood in your own territory?"

In Blackhammer Castle, in Rod's office, Alves sat in the old place, discussing his next move with Rod. How many times the plan of action has been generated in this office, and outside the door are the most elite soldiers, who are in charge of guarding this gate, and the idlers and others can't even get close.

"It wasn't me who founded it, but they formed it spontaneously. Understood?"

Rhodes sat behind a huge desk and looked at Alves with a serious expression. This matter, like the Mint, is a Class 1 secret. What Rod wants is for Alves to lift up the full spirit and do this well. Let's read the book

"Understood, understood. That's the rule we've set since the beginning, you keep your reputation, and I, I'm in charge of doing bad things. ”

Alves took a sip of his wine and returned with a smile.

"But there's a problem, if we're going to set up such an organization to gather these fugitives, then they will definitely need a leader, someone who really knows how to stealth, get information, and even assassinate and poison. Well, the word chief is not quite appropriate, it should be called an instructor. You are their true leader. ”

Alves said with a frown.

"I've thought about this question, as you said, this kind of thing is very professional, and without a certain level of professionalism, these homeless people alone can't take on the big responsibility. So, I've got a good candidate. ”

Rod said, placing a crumpled note on the stone table.

Alves walked over and, with curiosity, opened the note......

"Joyson?"

The little dwarf frowned, he thought he had the ability to remember, but this person never seemed to be on the list of people he was dealing with.

"Yes, it's normal that you don't know him, he's a partner of mine in the Empire. Don't worry, I'm still familiar with him. It's just that I haven't had time to go to the empire to catch up with him in the past two or three years. He was a smuggler. ”

Rod said, Alves' brow furrowed even deeper. It seems that the lord he serves is essentially similar to himself, and he is not a good bird, and he has all kinds of friends......

"Not your average smuggler. Rod emphasized. "Through him, you can connect with the real intelligence organizations of the Empire, that is, people who specialize in this field. If I'm not mistaken, in the underneath the Imperial Osterlands and other realms, there is an organization called the Brotherhood of Ottdorf. This group specializes in intercepting and selling information for a living, and at the same time, they also train Assassins to do misdeeds for some of the Empire's high-ranking officials. Through Joyson, you can find the Brotherhood of Austerf, explain their intentions, and try to get some people to come over and be instructors for our rookies. ”

"I still have doubts, since you know that there are professional organizations like this, why don't you just hire them?"

Alves stared at Rhodes and asked rhetorically.

"It's an obvious question, don't you know it with such a clever little brain?" laughed Rode, "for the simple reason that it is a matter of loyalty, these people can do things for us for profit, and they can betray us for profit one day." Can you guarantee that the Queen's people won't find them and give them more bounties to turn them against them?"

"It's also ......"

"Another point is that eradicating the secret police is like pulling nails, it is a long-term job, a huge amount of work, and it would be too expensive to hire all the professionals of the Empire. For the sake of a bunch of secret police, there is no need to increase the expenses too much. The group of people who fled are different, not to mention work, they are already very happy to be alive, and after being adopted by us, they are naturally grateful to Dade and try their best to do things, and the expenditure on salary is much less than that of professionals. So, like you said, what we're going to do is train them and make a bunch of fugitives into real underground spies. Eradicate all external underground forces for Blackhammer Castle. ”

Rod said with a smile.