The Knight's Journey to the Empire

September 4878, 9 in the Knight Continent calendar.

The day after the meeting, Soran summoned the leaders of the three transport fleets to his side for a meeting and discussion.

The leaders of the three transport fleets were: Magellan, Adrian Brody, and Gregeric.

In the brand new conference room, four people including Gasolun sat around a small round table, exchanging simple greetings.

At one side, Soran's personal valet, Thomas, held a pot of warm tea and served attentively, adding tea to everyone from time to time.

Not far away, Knight Alexovich was sitting on a chair with an enchanted greatsword hanging from his waist and a book in his hand, reading while guarding Soran and Soran's safety.

Soon, the few people finished their greetings.

After taking a sip of warm tea, the host Soran took the lead in asking a question: "Three brothers, you were all present at the meeting held by the Earl yesterday. So you also know the task assigned to me by the Earl!"

The three nodded to show that they understood.

As the leaders of the three transport fleets, their status rose steadily after the official implementation of the [Anglican Islands Immigration Plan];

In addition, they led the transport fleet to safely transport a large number of citizens and supplies to the [Sail Island] in the [Angliss Immigration Plan], which can be said to be a great achievement.

Therefore, they were naturally qualified to attend yesterday's meeting, and they all put forward their own views and methods on the issues discussed at the meeting.

After all, according to the situation at that time, no one would just sit there stupidly and waste the opportunity to show up in front of the Earl.

Moreover, everyone is a smart person who will become hereditary nobles in the future, and they must know what they should do to maximize their benefits.

Seeing this, Soran continued, "Now that we all know, and a whole night has passed! Then brothers, tell me! What good ideas do you have for completing this task?"

"You can say it now, let's discuss it together! Or integrate it!"

But in fact, this task is not very urgent for Sauron.

Because the current Fir County is an occupied area of ​​the Kingdom of Essex, the situation is relatively complicated.

Therefore, even if Sauron led the transport fleet directly there now, he would be completely in the dark and unfamiliar with the place.

However, as the saying goes, "Before the troops move, the intelligence comes first!"

Therefore, although Sauron was not in a hurry, he still had to hold a meeting to discuss the implementation of this task.

At least we have to determine the action outline for the mission first.

It is also best to identify the intelligence personnel first, then send them out to gather intelligence and make prior preparations.

In this way, when you really want to take action, you don't have to start from scratch and cross the river by feeling the stones.

"My Lord Viscount, I want to know which of the two methods mentioned at the meeting do you agree with more?" Adrien Brody asked back: "Or, which one do you want to use?"

two methods

The first one refers to the one proposed by Soran himself: secretly find a remote bay on the seashore of Fir County to build a coastal pier, then secretly look for refugees, gather them together, and secretly transport them back to the [Angliss Islands];

The second one refers to what Andre proposed: control or lure a minor noble from the Kingdom of Essex, establish a black industry chain of human trafficking, and then transport the refugees back to the [Angliss Islands] through human trafficking.

These two methods each have their own advantages and disadvantages, so the three fleet leaders found it difficult to make a decision.

So they could only leave the choice to Sauron.

Soran thought about it silently, and said: "Actually, my idea is more of a compromise. I want to separate these two methods and use them at different stages."

"For example, now that the Kingdom of Essex has just occupied the Kingdom of Midburg, the Kingdom of Essex is still quite sensitive to this newly occupied area."

"So if there is any major disturbance in Fir County at this time, it is very likely to attract the attention of the Essex Kingdom military, which will have a very adverse impact on the implementation of our plan."

"So at this time, we should try not to have any contact with the nobles of the Kingdom of Essex."

"We need to use the method I mentioned, build and operate secretly first, and develop in secret."

"After a while, the war will end and the situation will gradually stabilize. The Kingdom of Essex will no longer pay too much attention to remote places like Fir County. Or maybe our intelligence personnel have already obtained information about the nobles of the Kingdom of Essex whose fiefdoms are on the seashore of Fir County, and they are confident enough!"

"This way we can use the method Andre mentioned to win over the nobles of the Kingdom of Essex and establish a black industry chain of human trafficking, thereby seeking a continuous and stable source of population for the [Angliss Islands]."

Finally, Soran changed the subject and continued: "Of course, this is just my initial idea, and there are definitely some shortcomings. So I still want to hear your thoughts or additional comments."

Magellan, Adrien Brody, and Greger looked at each other tacitly, and smiled with the corners of their mouths slightly raised.

Magellan immediately spoke first: "Brother Soran, after the meeting yesterday, the three of us also had a brief meeting and had a preliminary discussion on this issue."

"And the idea we came up with is the same as what you just said, that we should plan in stages and methods."

Adrian Brody followed up by saying, "We have also thought deeply about this and feel that we should send an intelligence team as soon as possible to land in Fir County and gather detailed intelligence information."

"In this way, we can also determine the methods we need to use or other countermeasures based on this intelligence information."

Gregerick finally said: "And Viscount Soran, in the early stages of the plan, we can act as bandits and pirates to rob people and seize wealth. This will confuse the nobles of the Kingdom of Essex even if they find out."

"The best scenario would be to find an island large enough off the coast of Fir County to use as an outpost or a transit point. This would greatly reduce our risk of exposure."

Soran nodded when he heard this, and confirmed their ideas.

As the saying goes: gather ideas from all quarters and learn from many strengths.

As a common people who grew up under the red flag in his previous life, Soran knew very well the importance of "collective wisdom and strength".

Therefore, when he deals with various issues, he will not think that he is an omniscient and omnipotent God and then engage in authoritarianism or male chauvinism.

This is actually the main reason why Soran likes to hold meetings to discuss issues.

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