Chapter 36: Gray's Ascendancy IV
As a former guard, Gray is sensitive to changes in things. Therefore, in Gray's view, the road was not built just for the convenience of the townspeople, but was built so that the troops could be mobilized more quickly.
As for why such a conclusion was reached, first of all, it was not the plan made by His Highness before, and His Highness's earliest plan should have been to take the lead in modifying the residence and establishing a commercial area. After all, in the words of His Royal Highness, if you want to live comfortably, you must have money, and if you want money, you have to collect money, and if you want to collect money, you must let your rulers have money in their hands. But at this moment, he took the lead in building roads and city walls, and sure enough, His Highness made a big move, no, there should be something that forced His Highness and the archbishop to reconcile, but fortunately, his feelings were quite keen. Otherwise, His Highness may be able to forget about himself.
This time Gray didn't come alone, in order to reassure the bandits, it can be regarded as a show, this time he came with the big boss and the henchmen of the three masters, in order not to make them suspicious, he did not go directly to see Austin, but came to Hubbard first, after all, the henchmen of the three masters knew that they had come here to do things before with Hubbard.
"Lord Hubbard, we are not here to discuss business, but to ask the lord of Tarn Ma for a way to live. Gray said.
After seeing Gray, Hubbard was used to this fact that he was the captain of the guard before, and then went to the cottage to work as an undercover agent, but dared to come here blatantly.
After hearing Gray's words, Hubbard pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Did something happen to you?
After hearing Hubbard's question, Gray looked at the few people behind him, nodded, and said, "Lord Hubbard, to tell you the truth, we are not actually merchants, but ringing horses entrenched in the trade road. ”
"What!" Hubbard looked at Gray with a shocked look on his face, then asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do?"
To be honest, this shock is really not fake, after all, although His Highness did not tell him any plans, but after seeing Gray, he still guessed more or less, but at this time, he said it generously, is the task completed?
"I know we're coming directly to the lord, you don't believe us. Because of some internal problems, we want to take advantage of this opportunity, hoping to have a chance to serve the lord. Gray said.
"You don't mean just a few of you, but all the bandits...... The brothers all work for His Highness?" Hubbard asked suspiciously, "This, it's not a decision of a few of you, but a joint decision of the gangsters?"
"Yes, all of us. As long as the lord ignores his past suspicions, we are all willing to serve His Highness. Gray said, and the others nodded their heads as well.
Hubbard nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will introduce Your Highness to you, but, for the sake of safety, you had better choose a representative, we can't let you all go." ”
Hubbard's request to follow Gray to come with people feels normal, but if Gray is let in alone, he is a little uneasy, but if he doesn't let Gray go and change to someone else, it's not unsafe, but unreliable. In the end, he decided to let Gray go, but he asked that the content of the negotiation be written. Hubbard naturally did not refuse this request.
Gray entered the lord's hall and saw Austin waiting for him, and immediately saluted and said, "Your Highness, although there are some deviations from the plan, but I have already controlled the bandits, what do you think of it?"
Austin was stunned when he heard Gray's words, and then reacted, thinking of a joke he had seen on the Internet before, an undercover agent called the sheriff and said Boss, you guys hurry up and close the Internet café, if you don't close the Internet, I will become the boss.
I asked Gray to be an undercover agent, the original intention was to let Gray mix up with a team leader in a few months, and when he intercepted and killed the archbishop, he led the team to hang around, leaving some evidence, and framed them. But how much time has it been, how did you become the boss?
Austin smiled bitterly and said, "You did this single-handedly, and I can't believe that Hubbard said it, you did it so quickly." It just so happens that things are not going well now, and you need to concentrate your energy. And now to be honest, I don't know what to do with these people, since they are all planning to recruit An, we are not good at killing them, you can tell me your plans. ”
After hearing Austin's words, Gray thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, I mean to distribute them in various places in the form of a chamber of commerce and become informants, these people have some strength, as people at the bottom, they are also people who have their own rules of survival, and these people can find out the news for us." ”
"However, as informants, there is no way to solve the problem of their loyalty, so that the information they obtain will have all kinds of scruples when we use it, and it is not as appropriate as choosing a trusted person from the army at that time. Austin said, in fact, Gray has also thought about this problem, since ancient times, the spies who have been put on the other side are all trustworthy people.
"These people can't really let them become members of the Chamber of Commerce, although they are willing to recruit an now, but, with their temperament, if they want to be ordinary people in the Chamber of Commerce, sooner or later there will be problems. Your Highness must pay attention to this. Gray reminded.
After thinking about it, Austin looked at Gray, and finally sighed often and said, "Gray, in fact, my previous arrangement for you was that after you went to the cottage to perform the mission, you would command the soldiers I trained here. Hawthorne's personal courageous style is not suitable for leading the army, and he personally does not want to lead the army on his own. Now, however, there is another matter that requires you, and this matter is no less important than commanding the whole army, and in terms of trouble, it is far better than commanding the whole army. These two things are actually about the same importance, and I hesitate whether you should do it. ”
Austin was a little entangled, hoping that Gray could coordinate the intelligence bureau by himself, this time Gray went deep into the enemy group and took down the entire cottage, as an intelligence officer, he can be regarded as an experienced person. However, the army also needs someone to lead it, Hawthorn just wants to be his own bodyguard, Arnold is not capable, just a large group of people, all the people are messy, he is too kind, Hubbard is a literati, not to mention that he is not good at fighting and killing, just the things here in the Chamber of Commerce, he can't do without Hubbard, and the people who can be used around him are Gray.