Lord Harland

King Roger was a resolute man with a very strong military style. After the meeting, he immediately sent a special envoy to Northern Xinjiang to discuss with Richard, hoping to exchange resources with the Harland family.

Although the griffon is precious, in Richard's heart it may not be impossible to exchange it.

Because the Griffin Cavalry is difficult to train, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Although Richard could rely on the magic contract to force the griffin to take off into the air to fight.

However, gryphons are also intelligent creatures with high IQs. As long as they fly in the air, without the control of knights, gryphons have no subjective initiative. When encountering harpies, they usually choose to avoid fighting.

I'm afraid I can only deal with Richard a little bit near the camp.

It often takes five to ten years to tame wild griffins, train a griffon cavalry, and truly form combat effectiveness.

The Grant family controls the political power of a kingdom and has many precious resources in its hands. If the royal family is willing to give them, Richard's bottom line is to give up half of the griffons in exchange for the royal family.

The royal envoy came to Northern Xinjiang and first met Richard's father William.

William had many connections in the Northern Army, and through the nobles in the royal capital, he had found out the background of Special Envoy Morris. Then a messenger was sent to deliver the information to Richard.

After receiving the information, Hayden immediately reported to Richard and handed Richard the secret letter written by William.

"The royal family's special envoy to Northern Xinjiang is named Maurice Allen. This person is the brother-in-law of King Roger and the brother of Marquis Allen. Because of this relationship, Morris Allen has very high authority and is even more powerful. With autonomy, there is no need to report major or minor matters to the capital, and many issues can be decided by oneself during the negotiation process.

This person has a high profile. Although his father was tested, the envoy did not leak the news in Black River Castle. The bottom line of the royal family still needs to be negotiated and tested by us. "Hayden introduced Morris' background and looked at Richard expressionlessly, waiting for him to make the final decision.

"What do you think?"

Hayden said decisively: "I think we should exchange some resources with the royal capital, especially the breathing techniques practiced by the territorial soldiers. It is best to complete them this time.

The great nobles of the Grant Kingdom at least mastered a complete set of breathing techniques. And the breathing techniques that our family has mastered are still incomplete.

In a few years, Jennings will be promoted to the fifth level. After he is promoted, will he join the Silver Wolf Legion for the sake of his future? Even if we can restrict his personal freedom and require him to sign a long-term service contract, let him serve the territory for twenty or thirty years. But will he have any complaints in his heart? Incomplete breathing techniques are not conducive to our recruitment of outstanding talents.

Now it seems that even if the breathing method is incomplete, it will not have a great impact on the territory. In ten or twenty years, this problem will be very troublesome. "

After hearing Hayden's answer, Richard nodded with satisfaction and said: "You have thought well. It seems that in recent years, your work has been tempered and your thinking has matured a lot. Intelligence work often comes into contact with the dark side, which has a great impact on people's personalities. This job is not suitable for long periods of time. Be prepared in advance. I may have plans to replace you in the next year or two."

Although Hayden is Richard's older brother, Richard has been making the decisions for both brothers since they were young. Regarding Hayden's appointment, although Richard would notify him in advance and seek his opinion, he would not be influenced by Hayden's opinion.

The relationship between the two of them is now not only that of elder brother and younger brother, but also that of lord and territorial officer. The difference between them is very obvious.

Because of the cruel environment, the tradition in Northern Xinjiang has always been to give priority to the weak and the weak, with little emphasis on the distinction between elder and younger.

Hayden has adapted to this since he was a child and developed the habit of obeying Richard's orders.

"Who are you going to appoint as the new intelligence officer of the territory?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, but I plan to split the intelligence system into three aspects: military intelligence, internal intelligence, and external intelligence. I will promote Ruiz, Luciano and others, and appoint George as the intelligence adjutant. "

After hearing this, Hayden said hesitantly: "Richard, this is not how my father planned George's future. He plans to send George to the royal capital as a civil servant."

Although William did not publicly state his plans for his son at the family meeting, everyone has understood William's thoughts over the years.

The William Territory would naturally be handed over to Richard for inheritance. After all, Richard had put a lot of effort into this territory.

Fort William is now the core territory of the Harland family. If this territory is handed over to others, Richard will definitely not give up.

Richard is not a good-tempered person, and his prestige in the territory is at its peak. If William makes a foolish decision, human tragedy will immediately break out in the Harland family, and they will fight against each other.

Hayden, Wendy and Richard are from the same mother and have a very close relationship. Of course, they will follow Richard to develop in the Harland territory.

William plans to train Mrs. Ola's sons to become businessmen, scholars, and officials of the royal capital, so that they can stay away from right and wrong and avoid threatening Richard's inheritance.

As for Ron, because he is the son of William's first love, and because Barron died in the battle, the real feelings may be deeper. I'm afraid William wants to obtain a second fief and let Ron inherit the title and become a hereditary baron.

"I'm thinking about the development of George and the others. The intelligence system needs members of the Haaland family. I will discuss this matter with my father alone.

"George is only seventeen years old and has little experience. I'm afraid his ability cannot meet your requirements for supervising and balancing intelligence officials."

After listening to Hayden's words, Richard pondered for a moment and said: "Over the years, based on my own experience, ability is relatively secondary, and opportunity is more important. You are only nineteen years old in charge of intelligence work. If you hadn't retained William's bloodline is simply not qualified for the job. But judging from the subsequent results, there is no problem with you in charge of intelligence work.

As long as George is given a chance, his ability can be gradually improved. After all, George has received a complete education and has been practicing breathing techniques for two years. He has been promoted to a senior warrior student. His talent has followed our father's in the practice of breathing techniques. You can stand shoulder to shoulder with my third uncle and me. "

"My situation is different from George. When I was in charge of intelligence work, there were not many people in the territory, and intelligence work was not very troublesome. Now the Haaland family has a population of more than 200,000, an area of ​​more than 18,000 square kilometers, and more than 10 people in the territory. It’s a castle with so many things to do, it’s far more complicated and troublesome than it was at the beginning.”

"Maybe you are right. I have no intention of promoting George to a high position all at once. He may first serve as your adjutant and assist you in managing intelligence work. This time will be about two to three years."

"Since we talked about intelligence work today, I am going to recommend an intelligence talent to you. This person's name is Vitas."

Before Hayden finished speaking, he was hurriedly interrupted by Richard.

"Who are you talking about, Vitas? Isn't this person the intelligence officer of the Cisse family?"

"You actually remember Vitas?"

"You know that my memory is very strong, not to mention that we dealt with this person a few years ago. Vitas also caused us a lot of trouble back then. Even Ruiz, the current intelligence backbone of the territory, They are all personnel installed by Vitas."

After hearing this, Hayden laughed loudly and said: "Vitas never expected that Ruiz would choose to rebel because we cured his appendicitis. No, he should choose the side of justice."

"It cannot be said that there is justice between us and the Cisse family."

"The winner is not condemned, and the winner is always just. Because the winner writes history, but the loser can only invent history."

Hayden's words immediately made Richard burst into laughter, leaving Hayden confused. He really didn't know what was so funny about his words. It was just his true words.

Richard coughed violently while laughing. Hayden's words brought his mind back to more than twenty years ago.

At that time, Richard was still in college on Earth, and his favorite thing to do was hang out in major military history forums every day. At that time, there were countless fruit fans, and well-known celebrities were rampant in various forums.

In his previous life, Richard had some knowledge of the history of the Republic of China because he liked to read miscellaneous books. During a quarrel with a fruit fan, he said the same classic saying as Hayden.

This sentence immediately became a classic saying on the forum.

Richard suppressed his cough and put away his memories. Seeing Hayden looking at him confused, he explained a few words: "It's nothing, your words reminded me of a funny thing he encountered while studying. . Could it be that Vitas came to join us because he was implicated in the internal struggle of the Cisse family?"

"Yes, Vitas is a close associate of Boy, the last patriarch of the Cisse family. After this Baron David of Cisse took office, he wanted to hold the Cisse family responsible for the failure. Vitas was used as a scapegoat by Boy, so he still relies on us. Only with his strength can he escape from the prison of the Cisse family."

"Will Vitas hurt his own body to deceive our trust?"

Intelligence work has always done everything possible.

Hayden's own feeling was that he believed Vitas, but Richard's words made him fall into a long silence.

Because doing intelligence work requires a heart that is suspicious of everything and always looks at problems objectively.

"Maybe, maybe it's possible."

After a long time, Hayden answered Richard's question uncertainly.

"Although Vitas is a talent, he was not trained by us. This person can be used, but he cannot be reused. He can be responsible for some external intelligence and be stationed in Fort William.

How to use this person and grasp the scale is your business. "

The two talked for a long time, involving aspects of the land. They had dinner together at noon, and then Richard saw off Hayden.

A few days later, the royal envoy came to the territory. Richard did not dare to neglect and entertained Maurice Allen very politely.

Morris and his entourage spent several days wandering around Haaland's territory.

Although Richard was unwilling to let him investigate the reality of the territory, due to Maurice's special status, Richard could not restrict his freedom, let alone expel the king's envoy.

However, Richard still prohibited him from visiting places such as factories, mines, schools, research institutes, mage towers, and hospitals that involved confidentiality. Even if Morris showed some dissatisfaction, Richard would not change his determination easily.

After wandering around the Harland Territory for a few days, I secretly estimated the strength of the Harland Territory. Morris was also secretly alarmed by the speed of development of Haaland's territory.

According to Morris's observation, the strength of the Harland family is now comparable to that of the weaker earldom.

If a family wants to be promoted to earl, it often requires the efforts of several generations. The Grant family's promotion from baron to earl also took four generations of hard work and more than 160 years. Then through the struggle of the eleventh generation of earls, he became the Duke of the Kingdom of Venus. Finally, the sixth generation of Dukes seized the opportunity and overthrew the rule of the Kingdom of Venus.

From baron to king, it took the Grant family a thousand years.

For the Harland family to develop to this point in just over ten years, Richard's abilities must be far beyond ordinary people.

There are some such people in the history of the Dawn Plane. They are often recorded in history books and are legendary figures.

Richard's performance surpassed that of the Grant family's ancestors. Morris was also a little wary of such people, and he was unwilling to offend the Harland family and cause trouble for himself.

Morris has also seen the griffon with his own eyes in the past few days. Obtaining the griffon is his main task. He found Richard and said straight to the point: "Viscount Richard, can I take the liberty to ask if you have caught it?" How many gryphons?”

Richard made a pot of elf black tea and poured a cup for Morris.

Morris did not act like a royal noble, and thanked him very politely.

"There are nineteen gryphons in total, thirteen of them are adults and six are sub-adults."

Hearing the answer given by Richard, Morris nodded and thought to himself: "Nineteen griffons are already a complete population. As long as we are willing to spend a certain amount of time and continuously invest resources, we can rely on this group of griffins." It can give birth to a gryphon army."

"Viscount Richard, you must have guessed my purpose of coming. Do you have any plans to trade these nineteen gryphons with the royal capital?"

Richard took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said, "How is the capital planning to trade?"

"Normally, the price of a griffon is about five thousand gold coins, but the price of a group of griffons will be much more expensive. Let me give you a lowdown here. The royal family is prepared to pay double the premium. You can use the breathing method, Tenghui Potions, gold coins, magic crystals, enchanted equipment, magic knowledge and other resources are exchanged.”

After listening to Maurice's conditions, Richard secretly calculated: "The conditions offered by the royal capital are quite fair. If ten griffons are given up, resources of about 100,000 gold coins can be exchanged. But the price of a complete set of breathing techniques is equivalent to For one hundred thousand gold coins, ten griffons can only be exchanged for one set of breathing techniques. Such an exchange price is too much of a disadvantage."

In the Grant Kingdom's military merit system, one extraordinary feat can be exchanged for a baron, and a complete breathing technique, which in total requires about one extraordinary feat. Breathing techniques exchanged in the army must sign a royal power contract. The first generation cannot be taught to others, which limits the speed of the spread of breathing techniques.

The average baron noble basically does not have a complete breathing method, which can be redeemed to the tenth level. It is very rare to practice to a seventh level warrior.