214: Chapter 129, Suspicion_3 214: Chapter 129, Suspicion_3 If numerous locusts are allowed to enter the territory and their hatching eggs are not eradicated, then get ready for “grasshoppers” to become annual visitors!

Once they form a scale, a new locust plague will immediately spring up.

It can be said that they are just like a wild prairie fire, unable to be entirely extinguished, every gust of summer wind brings them back to life.

“It’s said that they had asked for help.

However, the Dalton family is so overwhelmed that they have no time to pay attention to a little town.

The news source comes from hearsay, so it may not necessarily be accurate.

As it involves the Dalton family, we dare not send our intelligence operatives there,” Andrea, who was in charge of intelligence, answered.

Entrusting an intelligence organization to a person who had just defected was a measure of last resort for Hudson.

In dire straits, it was no easy task to establish an intelligence organization.

Not to mention obtaining secret intelligence, even collecting some obvious news could be very difficult.

Who could blame it on the limited population movement?

Most territories maintain the status quo: a stranger would not show up for ten days or even half a month.

Any stranger’s approach would attract the locals’ attention.

If their ability was not up to the mark, they might be traced back to their origins in no time.

Hudson just wanted to find out the news, without getting into a feud with his neighbors.

Any such offensive behavior was absolutely forbidden.

So, it would be better to assign “foreigners” to do it.

If they were really exposed, Master Hudson could claim ignorance.

He would claim that someone had planted spies to stir up relationships.

If you don’t believe it, you can check it.

These guys are likely to have problematic backgrounds.

No matter who you check, it can absolve Master Hudson of suspicion.

Since everyone is a victim, naturally, they should unite and focus their hatred on the spy.

Having weathered brutal life lessons, Hudson’s ability to shift blame was now perfected.

As for the hidden dangers of the intelligence organization growing stronger, that was just overthinking.

Under the current conditions, Hudson’s intelligence agencies simply don’t have the potential to expand.

The servants that the nobles use have served their families for generations, their entire lineage tied together, outsiders simply cannot infiltrate.

Those who want to pretend to be slaves will have to be slaves for several generations!

Without the effort of generations, it is impossible to gain their master’s trust.

If tenancy for a few decades cannot guarantee loyalty, let alone tenancy for several generations.

Such a challenge to human nature is downright laughable.

Even if there is no problem with loyalty, with the prolonged infiltration pattern, Hudson doubts he might die before spies reach the core of power.

If spies can’t infiltrate, then it’s even more difficult to bribe.

I estimated that the agreement would be reported as soon as it was discussed.

Tens of years, or even hundreds of years of enslavement education are not so easy to shake with a few words.

The interests of the servants are tied up with the nobles.

Once the power they rely on declines, the following servants will not fare any better.

Even if they want to betray, they must have a master willing to accept them.

The low population mobility determines that organizations like the Brocade Guard simply have no living conditions on the Continent of Aslante.

Compared to bribing the trusted servants of a house, it is easier to buy off the nobles underneath.

These people are gathered because of interests, and can also betray because of interests.

As long as enough stakes for betrayal are offered, there will be no worries that everyone won’t betray.

Unfortunately, if Hudson could afford that price, he would already be a major noble.

Then he could directly negotiate instead of resorting to such underhanded tricks.

“Just keep a distant eye on the situation, no need to get too close.

Pay attention to the sentiments among the two provinces, I always feel like someone is deliberately stirring up disputes,” Hudson hinted.

It is not that he is paranoid, it is just that the rumored “nobles of the North poisoning” is too magical.

This is a locust plague, not anything else.

Though the territories of the Northland nobles have somewhat less losses, it is just “somewhat”, the actual loss is still significant.

There will be no harvest for a year.

That won’t starve the native nobles, but to the nobles of the North, it is a matter of life and death.

If they do not handle it properly, death by starvation is inevitable.

At that time, the loss will not only be material goods, but also the hearts of the people in the territory.

For the nobles of the North, causing the locust plague is a typical instance of “killing eight hundred enemies, but losing three thousand of your own.”

In comparison, the motive of the native nobles to behave this way seems larger.

As the local snakes, they can completely rely on the advantages they have in resources to drag down these outsiders.

There are only five or six native noble families who have this power and motive to implement this plan.

Due to the ability of the lord, the ambitious ones who also have the motive to do this are even fewer.

As one of the main suspects, Hudson can exclude himself.

So the likely puppet master behind this was other beneficiaries.

If a major famine breaks out and the families that can provide food to help everyone through the crisis, there are only a few in the Southeastern Province.

The Dalton family behind Baron Caryo happened to have this power.

So many coincidences happening together, it’s hard for Hudson not to overthink.

But suspicion is just suspicion.

Involving the Dalton family, without ample evidence, Hudson would not rashly take a stance.

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