Chapter 319 Two Pieces of Information
"Philip? So, Chief Losa wants us to negotiate with the new nobles? The location is Shanxi City. Well, that's true..."
After reading the letter up and down, Tang En nodded and sighed thoughtfully.
During the first blackmail negotiation, Tang En and Phillip had become good friends with each other, and Phillip did not hide his intention at that time. So Tang En knew that Phillip's visit, in addition to being purely for fun, also had another purpose: to represent the new aristocratic group to examine the strength of the Gray Army and see if there was any possibility of cooperation.
Of course, the latter is just incidental. After all, the new aristocrat is also a noble, and he still lacks a good impression of the Gray Army. However, he may want to have more power, so he still asks the unreliable Philip to come and have a look, which is a foreshadowing.
Unexpectedly, the development of the gray army was completely beyond everyone's expectations. First, there was a massive propaganda, then the city was built, and then there were three consecutive defeats of nearly 200,000 Bran regular soldiers, which shocked the entire cloth. Orchid Empire. In this way, the new nobles naturally turned their attention again. And because the fighting on the front line was fierce, no one wanted to start a war against the Gray Army, so the upstarts had some room to maneuver.
"Also, these are the conditions for negotiation. There are markings on it. Some must be agreed to, and some can be negotiated." Josiah handed over a thick stack of paper again and continued, "Aunt Losa asked us not to There is a psychological burden. It’s best to negotiate the best, or if the negotiation fails... In short, don’t wrong yourself, and don’t suffer a loss. Ha!"
Tang En took it, browsed it briefly, and nodded slightly. The conditions mentioned above were actually the purpose of the Gray Army. For example, civilians should get their own land, excess taxes should be reduced and exempted, and children of civilians should be as successful as children of nobles. The right to study in the academy, etc.
Still taking this step... Tang En's heart was a little complicated. He didn't know whether Luo Sha's decision was right or wrong this time. Now everything can only depend on the result. Putting down the letter, he raised his head and asked, "How are you doing? What do you think?"
"Feelings...are you talking about Aunt Luosha's decision?" Joshua was slightly surprised, then realized and pursed his lips, "Well, I don't have any thoughts, I just think it's a pity not to enter the city this time. It is also a bit dangerous for the new nobles to cooperate...but Aunt Luosha must have considered many aspects when making this decision, and I listen to her."
"Yes, everyone knows that it is dangerous to do this...high risk and high return? Who knows...Well, let's do it." After a few words of emotion, Tang En slapped his palms and put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart. , affirmed.
This gray-clothed army was brought out by Luo Sha, and she has the right to decide the direction. Anyway, it doesn't matter much to Tang En, so just do as he is told.
"Well, where is the messenger?"
"I'm overworked and have some injuries on my body. I've already arranged to go to rest." Joshua replied, then as if he thought of something, he touched his palm, picked up a closed paper bag from behind and handed it over, " By the way, he asked me to pass this on to you, as if it was given to you by David and the others."
The information conveyed this time is extremely important, and the position of gray space in the gray army is somewhat vague, giving people a sense of distance. Therefore, even though they knew that if David and the others were to take action, the certainty would be higher, the ministers still unanimously decided to arrange additional personnel to deliver the letter.
Tang En nodded, took it and put it on the table.
The Gray Space team is not like the ten professional liars currently being trained, especially David, Michu and the first-term members, who were all created by Tang En. To a certain extent, he is a weakened version of Tang En. Of course, everyone has their own specialties. Similar to the work of gathering intelligence, everyone is involved. At first, it was to investigate the cause of Bolai's death, and then to investigate the Bosco family. Finally, because the Bosco family's presence in the Gray Army was too big, the entire station was simply included in the scope of intelligence collection.
When Tang En was at the station, he and Michu were responsible for analyzing and gathering this information. Later, when he left the station, he handed over this right to another person and Michu. The thick paper bag now is undoubtedly the two people's intelligence on the current situation of the Gray Army.
Because I have to rush to Shanxi City recently, the matters here will naturally be dealt with first. So Tang En and Joshua didn't chat much. After chatting about Losa's decision, they went back to their houses.
While unpacking the paper bag, he walked into the house, lit the oil lamp, and took out two large stacks of compiled information.
After flipping through it briefly, Tang En couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment. He was in a hurry and did not tell Michu about the delivery to another person, so the two pieces of information he received now were somewhat inconsistent in content.
Tang En first picked up Mi Xiu's information and flipped through it. For a moment, he frowned thoughtfully.
Information can also be divided into useful and useless. Mi Xiu was thoughtful and naturally handed over the important ones. What is mentioned above is the development and changes of the Gray Army since his departure, as well as the highlighted Bosco family. There is nothing much to say about the former, which is developing at a high speed according to the predetermined track. But the latter has changed a lot. With the gradual improvement of Dawn City, the power of the Bosco family has also expanded rapidly. Especially Bosco, who has now become the third person under Losa and Omen.
"It's so...scheming!" Seeing this old guy enjoying himself so well, Tang En felt a little unhappy, but after thinking about it, he realized that this was a normal result.
With the gradual increase in personnel and the formal establishment of the base area. The Gray Army is now becoming more and more standardized. Some things that used to only require a few ministers to chat can now be decided because of the huge involvement, and they have to establish exclusive departments one after another. In this case, professional talents are naturally needed. Most of the gray-coated army members were from civilian backgrounds, and even a few high-ranking officials were only at the level of literacy, so naturally they were powerless.
At this time, the advantages of the Bosco family were revealed. Don't forget, when they were surrounded and suppressed by the Bran Empire, they led the entire family into the Gray Army. As long as they are nobles, even if they have no future, they have received basic education from the academy. In this way, it will naturally be much easier to handle things than illiterate civilians. In this way, the Bosco family will naturally obtain their current status.
To put it another way, the base plan was proposed by Borg under Bosco's instruction. It can be seen that such a result has been expected by Bosco. This is not a conspiracy, but an outright conspiracy. After all, the Gray Army is always going to take this road. Bosco is just making it happen faster... This is equivalent to calmly planning future matters, but Tang En has to be sincere. A sincere and secret compliment, forget it!
After thinking for a few seconds, Tang En smacked his lips and turned to the last few pages... For such an enemy, it would be reassuring to stab him to death with a knife.
The following pages talked about what happened after the army left Dawn City. Tang En glanced at it a few times and frowned again.
Luo Sha's authority was unparalleled among the Gray Army, and there was no one else who could match him. But her decision to accept negotiations with the new nobles this time is unlikely to be approved by everyone. Perhaps it was because she knew this that she officially announced the matter after leading the army out this time. There was an uproar at that time, and even most ministers raised objections and complained privately. In the army, there are also some radical officers who are very dissatisfied. However, this time Losa showed an extremely tough side, leading the troops out and suddenly deciding to stop fifty kilometers away, directly silencing the opponents.
There is no doubt that this is a gamble. If the negotiations fail, Losa will be held responsible for delaying the war effort. And even if the negotiation succeeds, once Bran settles the score, Losa's prestige in the Gray Army will no longer be what it used to be. Even so, in the previous letter, Luo Sha still comforted the two of them, saying that there should be no psychological burden.
What a big heart! What courage!
After sighing with emotion, Tang En crossed his fingers and shook his head slightly. It seems that this negotiation can only succeed... He exhaled slightly and turned to the last page of the information.
This page is not information, but suggestions that Michu is going to implement. He suggested that Gray Space recruit people again to fill the quota.
Gray Space now has a regimental status in the Gray Army. According to what Luo Sha promised before, there is a quota of 200 people. Tang En had no objection to Mi Xiu's approach of killing first and then showing off. The Gray Army is getting larger and larger, so the gray space must naturally expand accordingly, otherwise it will be very difficult to do things. And now that the gray space system has been perfected, training does not require him to do it himself.
In this way, Tang En acquiesced to Michu's suggestion. Immediately, while feeling that the trained team was on the right track, I felt a faint sense of accomplishment. While casually picking up another piece of information.
This was handed over by the person who entrusted Tang En with the power. In his heart, Tang En also intended to hand over this power to him. But after all, the time he took over was short, and the intelligence he produced seemed a bit scattered.
There are no changes in the important content, but the summary is not as comprehensive as Michu's, and Tang En needs to reprocess it in his mind. But the little thing he mentioned caught Tang En's attention.
This is talking about some recent changes in Michu, his cruel methods towards bandits, and a small conflict with David outside the city.
The person to whom Tang En handed over the rights is also a member of the gray space, but the current situation is a bit special. He also has a very good relationship with David, Michu and others, and he tells the truth completely. For example, after the conflict, David and Michu quickly reconciled and went into the pub to drink all night.
But precisely because of this, Tang En had some doubts in his heart. Because logically speaking, if it was just an ordinary verbal dispute, based on his relationship with David Misho, he shouldn't have written it down...
After pondering for a moment, Tang En read the information up and down again, and finally locked his eyes on Mi Xiu's method of dealing with the thieves... He nodded in confusion! Tang En knew that Mi Xiu had always wanted revenge. This was also one of the fundamental motivations for his rapid improvement in strength. Now he was probably angry at the other thieves, so he was a little cruel in his methods, which made David and others uncomfortable.
After thinking he had figured it out, Tang En didn't care much. What happened to hatred? I also have hatred in my body, so it’s okay...
…(To be continued.)