Release that Witch

212. Chapter 212 Caravans and New Intelligence

    In the second month of summer, the midsummer day, Margery arrived as scheduled.

    This time, the vessels brought by the merchants far exceeded the upper limit of the dock. Many sailboats can only dock at the river and wait for the unloading of the former ship before they can connect to the trestle.

    This made Roland realize that the small town dock had to be expanded.

    Greycastle Industries finally completed its mission this month, reducing parts scrap rates to 40% and successfully producing three Steam engines by the delivery date. Although compared with the third-generation Steam engine that Small Town is currently using, the foreign trade products produced by the factory are in a big gap in terms of power, air leakage, noise, vibration, etc., but it is already quite a lot compared to the first machine. improvement.

    Crescent Moon Bay Caravan brought a team of 300 craftsmen by contract, and Roland placed them all in the industrial park on the south bank of the Scarlet Water River – in addition to building a new wooden plant next to the original plant, he also ordered Karl. An employee dormitory was built in the park near the river bank. In order to complete the facility within one month, huge logs were transported to the site, and Karl was in charge of technical guidance and Anna cut. The longest time-consuming wood processing session took only two days to complete, and Karl, the former teacher of Anna, was stunned by her new ability. In just six months, the emaciated girl has Become confident and full of spirits.

    Roland held a sumptuous dinner at the castle, welcoming the arrival of businessmen.

    At the same time, liquor also appeared for the first time in the eyes of everyone.

    “Every time you come here, there will be new things, and Margery didn’t lie to me,” Hogg muttered. “Even the wines are so different, compared to this…THE

    “Liquor,” Margery reminded.

    “Yes, liquor! Compared to it, ale and wine are simply boring,” he snorted and drank the wine from the cup. “His Royal Highness, you must sell me a few boxes of this thing.” ”

    “I think it tastes too hot, or wine is more suitable for me,” the businesswoman smiled and shook her head.

    Roland smiled. “It’s about taste. Not everyone can accept high concentrations of distilled spirits. I didn’t plan to promote it. I just made some mistakes and gave it to everyone. ”

    In the era when brewing wine is still mainstream, distilled spirits are clearly a new star with great potential for development. Like white spirits, rum, whiskey and vodka, they are high-alcoholic distilled spirits. It also extended a series of bartending cultures. But for the current Border Town, it is still too early to develop this industry.

    “His Royal Highness, the last time you wrote to tell me something, I have sent people to collect a lot of news,” Margery said. “Eternal Winter was not controlled by Church, but it was the resistance of Kingdom of Wolf Heart. To be much stronger, it is said that the Church army is all gathered in Broken Tooth Castle and can’t go any further for more than two months. In addition, Dawn King sent a messenger to Greycastle, arguing that Church’s move was not to destroy the witch, but to occupy the mainland. He called on the two countries to form an alliance, expel the Church and fight against the Holy City of Hermes. ”

    “How did Kingdom Capital respond?”Roland asked.

    “Imperial Prime Minister Marquis Wyke rejected the offer and also rebuked the other party for being nonsense.”Gamore shrugged. “This incident has caused King Capital to boil, and even noble has not reached an agreement. As far as I know, many people support the alliance. After all, Church has no signs of returning the rule to the successor of Eternal Winter. ”

    “Timothy didn’t show up?”

    “The Prime Minister’s answer must have been made by Timothy. He himself has already taken the army to the eastern region,” Marlan said with a dignified expression. “I heard that a huge fleet landed in the Sea Wind Region along the eastern region coastline. The arrogance of the arrogance, even the church has not let go, many fjord businessmen have also suffered.”

    “The eastern region has a large number of refundes, and both Hogg and I have taken in a lot,” Margery added. “They said that the looters not only snatched money, but also let people not let go. It is to turn the entire eastern region into a white ground. This is definitely a heavy blow for Timothy, who has just conquered the noble of the eastern region. ”

    Timothy’s attack should have been a happy thing, but when he heard that the other party was looting the population, Roland felt a burst of pain, “those refundes…”

    “Are you interested?”Margery smiled. “I was guessing when I saw the letter. You might want to buy a large number of slaves to enrich your workforce.” But these older Greycastle people may not be willing to sell as slaves than the exotic refugees of Eternal Winter and Wolf Heart. ”

    “I don’t need to be a slave, as long as these people are willing to settle in Border Town, they will have food and housing, and they will be paid for their work.”Roland corrected that he also realized that this was a good opportunity to expand the number of people, although the news came a little behind, “How many people are there?”

    “Most strong refugees have been sheltered by noble and caravans. There are still nearly 10,000 people gathered outside Kingdom Capital, but there are more young people and women.”

    “No, I will send someone to go and screen the way,” the prince said. “Do you need to take care of the Kingdom Capital officials?”

    “No,” Margery waved. “They want you to take this group away, or if the relief food is not enough, and their numbers continue to increase, it is likely to trigger a riot.”

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    After the dinner, Roland returned to the office and called personal guard Tasa.

    This incident made him realize that his intelligence system is very backward. If he can know the refunds in the first time, he can prepare early and bring more people to Border Town. At present, his knowledge of the outside world is all from the caravan, and the speed of delivery once a month simply cannot meet the demand.

    Even if you stationed troops at Longsong Stronghold and set up a post, you could only monitor the Western Region. In order to compete for the throne of Greycastle, we must expand our eyes to the whole country and even the entire continent.

    Roland doesn’t have so many loyal people to build a complete intelligence team, and spies and secret agents lurking everywhere are even more difficult to talk about. So he plans to start with the basics and arrange some people to go to Kingdom Capital to collect information from all over the world. Not to mention detailed monitoring, at least to quickly understand the changes in the overall situation, not as passive as today.

    Tasa, who knows the power of Kingdom Capital Black Street, is the best candidate for the prince.

    “You asked me to follow the caravan back to Kingdom Capital?”Tasa is coming.

    “Yes, you have two missions. The first is to accommodate refugees from the eastern region. I will send a team of soldiers of about 100 people to escort, I will tell you before the caravan set off and detailed screening conditions. ”

    “Yes!”

    “Second point, after the end of the refugee tide, you will stay at Kingdom Capital and collect intelligence from all over the world. You have previously dealt with the underground mice, you should know how to do it, and Margery’s caravan will fully support you, the task costs directly to ask for them. Unlike the last time I went to Scarlet Water City to spread the witch news, there is no limit to this funding. ”He put a revolver on the table, “Be careful to protect yourself, I hope to hear your good news soon.”

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