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Chapter 168: Grema Raiders

It was not that Hu Bin was conscientious and was about to let Grima go, but that the sudden prompt from the space made him a little overwhelmed.

"It was detected that Grima, a character in the world of Lord of the Rings, took the initiative to submit, and the space prompt number 00003 agrees, yes/no. Note that the loyalty of the submission task is too low, which is very likely to lead to a rebellion." This is why Hu Bin suddenly held back. Through the information given in the space prompt, he could clearly detect Grima's attribute information. What is surprising is that this traitor is quite capable.

Grima became the prime minister of the Kingdom of Rohan, but it was not because of Saruman's charming spell. Although this guy framed and excluded a large number of knights loyal to the king in the late period of his reign and almost put King Hiyotun under house arrest, this did not conceal his excellent governmental skills.

Before gaining the trust of Hyoudon and becoming the prime minister of the Kingdom of Rohan, Grima also used his own efforts to rise from an advisor step by step. Not only did he serve as a diplomatic ambassador of the Kingdom of Gondor, he also served as the Minister of Finance to save the treasury crisis of the Kingdom of Rohan. He did manage the Kingdom of Rohan only in order and had a good reputation in the country. This is why so many people supported him after his treason was exposed.

As for why Grima ignored the power in his hands and took the risk to help Saruman charm King Xiyoudon, everything may be because of the word "love". Grima had crazily pursued the princess of the Kingdom of Rohan before, but unfortunately his face looked really sorry to the audience. The research of sorcerers also made Grima's temperament tend to be wretched and dark. Although he had outstanding abilities, he could not match the princess's eyes. He was a typical miserable who became hatred because of love and hatred in anger. Speaking of which, it was considered that the Royal Family of Rohan destroyed half of its own country. King Xiyoudon was probably ashamed of Grima after he woke up, so he did not execute him.

He has a lot of government skills, proficient in wealth, proficient in diplomacy, passionate, and excellent spell talent. After seeing these attributes, Hu Bin had already put the murder and rewards behind his head. If it weren't for the only 39 points of loyalty that reminded Hu Bin, he would have shown a greedy expression of wanting to eat people.

Just like Geldan in the World of War Chapters, the plot characters in the World of Mission will become ordinary people who actively submit to each other. In particular, this kind of minion who is capable of helping the numberer manage internal affairs is particularly rare. Such people often have a noble status and huge support in the world, and it is difficult to surrender to the numberer.

The space's recruitment restrictions on such characters are judged based on their loyalty. For example, the elite Okov, Captain Yicilian Ranger, had a loyalty of 85 points after actively joining him, which was 15 points away from the full value. Hu Bin only needs to fill the part of the loyalty at the full value with a double 30-point score to turn him into his minion. Otherwise Okov could only exist as an ordinary soldier and could not enjoy the growth characteristics and resurrection ability of the minion.

Looking at Grima lying on the ground, Hu Bin felt a big headache. His score was not enough. Although he really made a fortune after killing a large number of hostile numbers, there were too many high-end items that needed to be redeemed in this world. Hu Bin spent a lot of effort to learn how to use the scorching chain. Now it is very easy to use as a main weapon. Although the ogre stick cannot be used by himself, rare weapons are already very rare, and if sold, the profit will be very good.

It's impressive. Not to mention the Silver Moon Issue. The numberers' port is still far from producing large warships. Hebrew and others were very jealous of this warship and even asked Hu Bin many times if he had any intention of replacing it. However, even the goddess personally gave the ship name. He gave Hu Bin ten thousand courages and dared not give up the ship. As well as the mitral armor and some fragmented items built in the Blue Mountains, Hu Bin has been in a difficult choice.

It takes a full 122 points to recruit Grimmar. This is probably the value that Grimmar has sincerely begged for mercy under the threat of death. After he ensures his life safety, I don’t know how much this value will drop. Judging from his current relationship with Hu Bin, it would be strange if his loyalty does not drop to a negative value. (Above 100, it is a loyalty that is firm. 80 to 100 is loyalty, 60 to 80 is obeying orders, 40 to 60 is a certain chance of being reversed, 0 to 40 is a possible rebellion, and below 0 is hostility. The last two items generally appear in characters who force surrender after being captured.)

"Grimmar, Grimmar, what should I do with you?" Hu Bin had been muttering this question more than once along the way. In the end, Hu Bin did not conquer Grimmar immediately, because conquering Grimmar at that time would not only lose the rating rewards brought by a side mission, but also consume a lot of extra rating values, which was a bit unworthy of the loss. Hu Bin had to bring Grimmar with him first. As for whether to kill him to get the reward or conquer him hard in the future, it depends on how loyal he will grow.

As expected, Grima, who became a prisoner, only gave in a moment. His loyalty, recovered from the fear of death, immediately dropped to single digits. Hu Bin was so angry that he almost couldn't help but slash him with a knife. However, it was not without any profit to catch a living person. Grima accumulated a lot of wealth during his tenure as Prime Minister Luo Han and had a huge news network in Luo Han's territory. If he hadn't taken the initiative to find Hu Bin, there would be no chance of finding him in Luo Han.

But now all this belongs to Hu Bin. In order to redeem his life, Grima had to expose several of his treasure sites and shared some of his intelligence websites with Hu Bin. Hu Bin and his group were on their way to one of the treasure sites. Although Hu Bin knew that this was only a small part of Grima's private collection, it was originally an accidental gain and he was not picky. Anyway, as long as he could conquer Grima in the end, these things would not be their own.

After being captured, Grima also understood who he was defeated. Facing Hu Bin, who commanded a team of Icilian Rangers, his mob was not unfair to defeat him. Both were like a small vendor who was not in the right place to meet the urban management brigade.

"What are the things you are talking about?" Looking at the wheat seeds, cloths, iron ingots and other items piled up in a warehouse, Hu Bin's eyes twitched violently. Did he take the people and run for a day and get these difficult supplies?

"Why do you think of money as a property, a room full of gold coins? Now the war is in chaos, you can get a room of gold coins more than you can exchange for the materials in this warehouse." Grima was angry by Hu Bin's attitude. He was not wrong. Now it was the time when humans and orcs were fighting to the point of becoming fierce. Many male strong men were summoned to the army to participate in the battle. The production of the human kingdom was basically in a state of stagnation. The prices of this room were priced at this price.

But even though he said that, these supplies were of no use to Hu Bin. He would eventually return to space. If he could not exchange these things for equal value gold coins, he could only helplessly rot these things here.

"There aren't these supplies in several other places?" Hu Bin asked Grima with expectations, but finally got an answer that disappointed him. Grima's good economic vision allowed him to invest all his property in hoarding materials.

"Then what do you rely on to maintain your power? Do you rely on these iron blocks and grain cloths?" Hu Bin asked unwillingly.

"Of course, it is the funds obtained after selling these materials in small quantities. They don't have the value to let me pay with the materials." Grima said arrogantly, but he didn't know that his words gave Hu Bin a glimmer of hope.

"What about the sales channel? Sell all the supplies in the shortest time to exchange them for cash." Hu Bin's mood immediately turned cloudy and sunny.

"Never, I will never do such a loss-making business." Grima said in a frustration. The large-scale sale of materials will inevitably lead to a decline in prices and invisibly reduce his total wealth. He has been a minister of wealth for half his life and is very persistent in interests. His stubbornness to refuse to surrender made Hu Bin helpless. Why didn't he see him so willing to surrender when he begged for mercy?

"Do you think hoarding these supplies will make you live your life carefree?" Seeing that he could not convince this guy, Hu Bin decided to persuade him from other aspects.

"What do you mean?" After seeing Hu Bin not forcing him to sell supplies, Grima returned from a crazy miser state to a cautious and taciturn prisoner state.

"Humans and orcs will eventually fight, but I am not optimistic about the human side. You are also very clear about this, otherwise you will not be so simple to turn to Saruman." Grima remained silent after hearing Hu Bin say this. He agreed with his statement.

"After human failure, how will the demon king Sauron rule Middle-earth? I think you also know what a cruel race orcs are. They are not good at producing and are good at enslaving and plundering. Do you think they will let you live comfortably with hidden supplies because you did things for them before? No, they will take away your wealth and turn you into their slaves until you have no value and eat them as food. This is the future you are looking forward to." After Hu Bin finished speaking, he ignored him, and Grima was also in deep thought, and he did not object to Ted's and his actions to transport and load these supplies into vehicles to prepare for sale in nearby cities.

"So how will you face such a future?" Grima's voice was very soft, but Hu Bin still keenly captured this sentence.

"If Middle-earth really can't stay, I will take my men to a safe place." Hu Bin's words made Grima silent again, but he quickly spoke again.

"You are talking about the Western continent, but I heard that humans are not welcome there. How can you bring your humans there?" Grima wanted to refute Hu Bin, but found that there was no reason to take them out.

"That's my business. If you are willing to work under my command, I can consider giving you a shelter." Hu Bin did not explain Grima's misunderstanding, but revealed his true purpose, but was quickly rejected by Grima. Anyway, it was the expected reaction, Hu Bin was not angry about Grima's rejection. After all, he did not expect to be able to convince Grima in one go. However, the space prompted him to know that Grima's loyalty has increased a lot. Although it has not reached the previous level, it is not without any hope of conquering.

Grima still listened to Hu Bin's words, which can be seen from his voluntary explanation of the behavior of several nearby hoarding sites. Grima's intelligence organization in Rohan also gradually gathered information into Hu Bin's hands, allowing him to get the greatest benefit when selling materials, which was much faster than before. If Grima did not do anything in the middle, ghosts would not believe it. As for what Grima was thinking now, Hu Bin found that he was no longer sure.

Hu Bin and his group traveled around for a month in various large towns in Rohan, exchanged most of the materials stored in Grimmar for gold coins, and even made a reputation in the Kingdom of Rohan. The nobles of Rohan all heard of such a rumor that a caravan wandering around Rohan was selling in short supply. Although their prices were not very fair, the goods were never short of them. This rumor made the senior management of major cities in the Kingdom of Rohan prepared gold coins and looked forward to the legendary caravan, and Hu Bin also came to Luohan's capital again at this time.

Hu Bin, who was revisiting the old place, found that Luo Han's golden top was still the same, and the king's expedition did not affect the prosperity here. After defeating Saruman, Luo Han's business road was completely unblocked by the orcs and became particularly smooth. Even the robber gang that Hu Binzhe encountered in a month was composed of humans. The orcs seemed to have disappeared here.

Human adaptability makes them habitually forgetful. People in the capital seem to have forgotten the tragic sacrifices in Holy Helmet Valley. Women who have lost their husbands and sons have re-formed families with other men, or raised the children left behind in the family alone, and returned to a dull life. The smoke of war gradually dissipated in the meeting, and Hu Bin could no longer see the previous worry on the faces of the civilians.

It has to be admitted that such a situation is not a bad thing. The only sequelae of war brought to the people in the capital was the shortage of supplies. Most of the supplies were given priority to the expeditionary force, which caused Luo Han's various items to be short of, and the people in the capital were no exception. Fortunately, they finally welcomed the legendary caravan.

Hu Bin led a group of people to drive into the city, and the rangers and Ted were left not far from the city to guard Grima. The people who drove the caravan were all composed of members of the caravan under Grima. The former prime minister performed a lot better during this period. Perhaps seeing the people of Luo Han's living and working in peace, he recalled the situation when he was in power. Hu Bin's dumping plan received his active support. Hu Bin was not afraid of this guy playing tricks. In fact, in this month, Grima's loyalty had approached the 60-point limit, and there was a continued upward trend. Hu Bin's plan to conquer him before returning to the space was just around the corner.

The veterans guarding the gate still vaguely recognized Hu Bin's appearance and put the convoy in without being too entangled. The strong onlookers of a large number of civilians made Hu Bin, who was still indifferent to the orc army, feel a little embarrassed. These people can't wait to start a large-scale purchase.

The nobles enjoyed certain privileges at any time. A civil servant first approached Hu Bin's caravan and took away two-thirds of the goods at a relatively fair price, including all iron ingots and some grain cloths. As for the rest, it was left to the residents of the city.

Hu Bin had a good reputation in Luohan, which made the transfer of funds very efficient. Soon, the residents of the capital received news that the caravan began to sell grain cloths and various spices, and they all started purchasing containers with large bags and small bags. As usual, Hu Bin received the purchase from the nobles and handed over other retail work to the caravan members in Grimmar, and he joined with his subordinates outside the city.

During this period, because Grima performed well, Hu Bin gave him a lot of freedom. In addition to doing things under the surveillance of Hu Bin, Hu Bin no longer cares about anything else he does. Hu Bin's number one general Ted has regarded this guy as a companion like Gerdan in advance. His attitude is somewhat close to Grima, which has also relaxed the surveillance of the rangers, as if the previous captives had integrated into this team.

When Hu Bin returned to his place, he found Grima's expression a little strange, looking like he was reluctant to speak but stopped.

"Is there anything?" Hu Bin asked expectantly, no wonder he was so active. Although Grima's loyalty has increased a lot during this period, he never took the initiative to talk to Hu Bin, but just did his own thing silently. Hu Bin knew that it would take an opportunity to subdue this guy, otherwise he might not be able to get the complete loyalty of Grima in the future.

"Nothing... In fact, I have a request, I can go back... Forget it, pretend I didn't say it." Grima's words made Hu Bin unable to touch his mind for a while, but after Grima left, Hu Bin thought about it carefully and understood what Grima was going to say.

"I didn't expect this guy to be a kind of infatuated person." Hu Bin sighed with amusement, but then he found that it was really not easy for him to satisfy Grima's wish. No wonder that guy's request was difficult to say. As a prisoner, Hu Bin had already done his best to him, and such an outrageous request was almost impossible to agree to. However, Grima underestimated Hu Bin's determination to win him. That night, Hu Bin brought Grima in a cloak to Idoras City and asked to meet Queen Iowin, who was in the golden top.

Although the guards at the city gate changed, they still recognized Hu Bin. After all, there were few elves coming here, and the arrival of the caravan was not a trivial matter for the residents of the capital. Even part of the soldiers' supper tonight was bought from Hu Bin's caravan, so the guards were released without even checking.

Grima returned here and seemed a little moved. Once upon a time, the gate of the Golden Peak was still open to him without restrictions, and the residents here would salute respectfully when they saw him. But now, he was just a traitor who crossed the street and shouted to beat him. The only thing worth his nostalgia here is the queen sitting on the throne.

Princess Iowin did not go out with her father, but returned to Rohan after supporting Baicheng to preside over the government affairs of the kingdom. However, the shrewd and capable ministers were all transferred away by the expeditionary army, and all the complicated government affairs fell on the princess' shoulders. In this troublesome autumn, beauty could not bring any convenience to the princess. She should have been waiting for marriage in the boudoir carefree manner and had to take on the heavy responsibility of ruling the country and stayed busy until late at night.

When Princess Eowing heard Reed's visit, the handsome elf who had seen several times appeared in Princess Eowing's mind. She had to sigh at the unique and exquisite face of the elves. She had long learned that Reed had walked in Rohan's territory with a caravan. Although Princess Eowing was very confused about what the elf did, Hu Bin's behavior really helped the kingdom of Rohan, and indirectly solved many problems on the princess' desk. Princess Eowing still had a great impression of this ally who came to support Rohan, so despite the late night visit, the princess still friendly to meet Hu Bin.

The messenger led Hu Bin and Grima, who had half of his face behind him, walked into the hall of the princess's office, and Grima finally saw the person he had been thinking about day and night again. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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