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Chapter 680 - 680 8 Development Meeting_3

680: Chapter 8, Development Meeting_3 680: Chapter 8, Development Meeting_3 A certain level of adversity, Hudson was still capable of enduring.

Even if outsiders knew of his development plans, it would be hard to truly affect them.

“Your Excellency, our territories are spread too thinly.

To develop a reasonable plan, we can only do so based on the actual situations of each area.

Taking into consideration the limited resources of our territories, and inability to keep up on multiple fronts, the best choice would actually be to swap lands with the nearby lords, so as to consolidate our fiefdoms as much as possible.”

Andrea was the first to suggest.

As the former head of the intelligence agencies, he was appointed by Hudson as the Lord of Snow Moon City after a round of personnel adjustments.

It seemed he was presented opportunities, but he’d also been moved away from the power center.

Yet, he couldn’t begin to express this, considering the intelligence agencies under his management, could only be said to have established a basic structure, efficiency was far from achievable.

Intelligence is time-sensitive, if you can’t obtain it in a timely manner, it loses its intended value.

The lag in the development of the intelligence agencies was not Andrea’s fault.

After all, planting spies took time and was not an overnight process.

The key problem was that Hudson did not have enough talented people to spare for intelligence work.

Those who were dispatched to gather intelligence largely lacked managerial skills.

Compared to the spies planted in their territories by other nobles, they were not even close in terms of caliber.

Hardly any could infiltrate the decision-making level of prestigious households, and very few could blend into the Major Noble’s Camp.

Most of the time, their mission was to collect significant events from various regions.

All the information was on surface level; they did not dare to think about deeper intelligence gathering.

With no worthwhile achievements to show, naturally, they had no say.

Getting an elevated position was already considered lucky.

A splendid as Snow Moon City was, it couldn’t change the fact that it was far from the Manor House.

Moreover, it was far beyond the Southeastern Province boundaries.

There was no way around it, every carrot had its hole.

The majority of Hudson’s territories were in the Southeastern Province, but there were still a few that lay beyond the province limits.

It was never easy for outsiders to get by; if it weren’t for his current popularity, various conspiracies might have already been launched.

Successfully completing a peaceful territory handover was largely due to local snakes fearing he might secretly retaliate.

Such incidences occurred occasionally in the Noble World.

Disliking a certain noble, or having a feud with one, one would secretly take a group to teach him a lesson.

As long as no one was killed, even if discovered and retaliated against, at worst, they would just get beaten in return.

The methods might seem a bit unseemly, but it was a part of the noble struggle.

It was true that the higher the conflict, the simpler the means.

“Hmm, I have already made arrangements for this, however, the coordination period could be relatively long.

In the meantime, everyone will still need to focus on developing their territories.

Even with territory exchange, a flourishing territory and a barren one are not on the same level value-wise.

At the moment, we need to formulate a short-term development plan.

The time scale can vary based on each area’s actual situation, there’s no need for simultaneous progress among all territories.

The premise only includes two points:

Firstly, pertaining to the far-flung territories away from the Mountain Domain, we should strive to develop them as fast as possible; whereas, the core regions should focus on long-term development.

Secondly, control budget inputs.

Plans must be made based on the actual situations of each area, we cannot deviate from reality, and invested funds cannot be too much.”

Hudson said candidly.

His intention to exchange fiefs was not a secret within the kingdom, therefore there was no need for concealment.

It was part of the Breeding Dragon plan transaction, and the ensuing political public relations was merely a formality.

If the major nobles within the kingdom did not oppose, then the rest could not cause a problem.

What needed true communication and coordination was swapping lands with the concerned parties.

This was not a big issue.

As long as they were given a bit of an advantage in the land swap, and paid a sum of relocation costs, the issue would be basically resolved.