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In Dadir City, looking at the large collapsed city walls, Baron Sith doubted whether he had gone to the wrong place.

He suppressed his anger and walked to the city gate covered with spider webs. Looking at the half-sized plaque hanging on the tower, the word "da" could barely be made out, proving that this was his territory.

The original big iron gate has long since disappeared. Perhaps it has been melted in a blacksmith's shop in a certain noble's territory at this moment, and then cast into various farm tools.

The facade looks like this, so there's no need to worry about the inside. It can be seen from the thick dust on the ground that this is a dead city.

Although he was mentally prepared, the scene before him still angered the Sith Baron. It was really too much of a deception, leaving him no hope at all.

He doesn't have a single leader, and no matter how many hills and valleys he has in mind, there is no room for him to show off.

Similar scenes are still happening in countless territories. Not only were all the people in the territory robbed, but all the infrastructure in the territory that could be destroyed was also destroyed.

A typical example of harming others but not benefiting oneself.

Under normal circumstances, even if there were grievances between nobles, they would not act so cruelly.

But this time it's different. The "rich families of the North" are involved, so old and new grudges will be settled together.

In the past years, Northern Xinjiang has devoured the lives of too many nobles. Just spilling blood on the battlefield is fine, but many times it is due to internal fighting, resulting in unnecessary casualties.

There is no doubt that this account will eventually be recorded on the Northland giants. Although many of them are unfair, no one will listen to their explanation.

The reason is very simple. The five major families in Northern Xinjiang have the worst reputation in the aristocratic circles. The big merger was fun back then, but its reputation was permanently damaged.

Although they have been working hard to clear their names in recent years, they still have little success. At the very least, the nobles who lost their ancestral property and were forced to become homeless will carry on the cause of the Black Five families to the end.

Coupled with the fact that the Dalton family was behind the scenes, it is not surprising that people would do something extreme amid the anger.

After briefly clearing the city gate, Sith suppressed his anger and led people into the city. Everything went as expected. The once prosperous Dadir City was now in ruins.

If you can't get it, destroy it. They don't want competitors to threaten their status in the southeastern provinces. The Dalton family has done an exceptionally good job in this regard.

When the Governor's Palace evacuated Dadir City, everything that could be destroyed was destroyed, and in the end it was not forgotten to set a fire.

All actions have only one purpose: to make it more difficult for the northern nobles to gain a foothold in the southeastern province.

Although the method is despicable, the effect is indeed good. To rebuild the territory in ruins, the manpower, material and financial resources needed to be invested are not a small amount.

Especially for the northern nobles who were not very wealthy, this expense was even more of a pressure. At the very least, the funds carried by the nobles who went south were unable to complete the task of rebuilding the territory.

Whether or not to ask for help from the family has become a common concern among the noble children who traveled south to northern Xinjiang. If you ask for help from your family so quickly, you will inevitably lose points in front of your elders; if you don't ask for help, where will the money come from?

Especially small and medium-sized nobles, they have more issues to consider. Rebuilding the territory requires too much funds, and even if you ask the family, you may not be able to raise enough funds.

The military investment of nobles in other regions may only account for 30 to 40% of the total income, and for more powerful ones, it is only 50 to 60%. If it is more, it will embark on the path of militarism.

There is no Northland noble who does not spend a lot of money on military expenditures through friendly matches with the orcs all year round. Financial deficits are a common occurrence. Military expenditures far exceed territory income and are just routine operations.

They didn't go bankrupt because of financial problems. That's because they had soldiers in their hands, and they would rob and seize them when they were in a hurry.

Don't think that only the orcs will come to the Alpha Kingdom to rob. Many nobles in the northern Xinjiang region also patronize the orc tribe.

It's just that compared to the human race, the orc tribe's economy is much backward, and the property they can grab is much less. Often the most valuable asset in an orc tribe is the orcs themselves.

Of course, noble aristocrats cannot do things like slave trading, and besides, they have a hard conscience. In church belief, this is hellish.

Therefore, after slaves were captured, they were usually handed over to merchants to work for them. It seems that one more procedure can smooth over their uneasy consciences.

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"What?"

"You said that my subjects were robbed by soldiers?"

Sith asked in disbelief.

Originally, I just wanted to check what happened in my own territory, but I didn't expect to get such unexpected news.

Looting and plundering were nothing new, but that was during the war. It is against morality to send troops to seize the people after the war. Even if the lord has not yet arrived, it is still a provocation.

The Sith Baron was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his worries, so he walked straight to the door without thinking of the opportunity.

The Grand Duke of Kavadia taught him since he was a child that everything is imaginary, and only the strength in his hands is real. As long as you have the strength, lack of anything is not a problem.

With a ready excuse, it was reasonable for him to lead troops to knock on the door to ask for an explanation.

The only problem is that the timing of the news is too coincidental, as if there is a black hand behind the scenes, secretly controlling everything.

For something as shady as leading troops to rob people, the lower the profile, the better. Participants will inevitably block the news.

It's not surprising that the local nobles were able to find out. They, outsiders with no roots, also received the news easily. It was too much of a coincidence.

In contrast, Baron Sith was more willing to believe that someone deliberately let him know the news. The purpose was to provoke disputes between him and his surrounding neighbors.

Whether or not we should use the topic to our advantage is a question worth thinking about. Although he is confident in the strength in his hands, Sith does not think that he is truly invincible.

No matter how poorly armed the nobles in the southeastern province are, they are still local snakes who have been operating there for many years. If a fight really breaks out, I don’t know how many relatives and friends will come over to help.

If you accidentally kick the iron plate, it will be the end. If a strong dragon wants to suppress the local snake, the prerequisite is that it cannot be defeated.

If you can't even defeat the local snakes, how can you talk about defeating the local snakes?

Similar scenes continue to appear in every Northern Xinjiang noble who goes south. Anyone with a brain would have more or less noticed something was wrong.

Whether or not to go with the flow and make a decision is constantly lingering in everyone's minds, but they still can't make up their minds.

However, in the face of the cruel reality, everyone's true inner thoughts involuntarily tended to "exercise the topic".

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In Maple Leaf Town, after receiving this appalling news, Baron Ketley also became worried.

Compared to other lords, his luck was worse and he encountered a powerful neighbor.

If the other enclaves were not too limited and far less prosperous than Maple Leaf Town, he would have wanted to change his business elsewhere.

Although he expressed doubts about the "elite" mentioned by the nobles of the southeastern provinces, the cautious Baron Kettle was still unwilling to take risks.

After all, everything else could have been blown out. The stepping stone of the Holy See Cavalry cannot be faked.

Even if the soldiers in his hands were all trained on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, he did not think they could be stronger than the Holy See cavalry.

Perhaps there were other factors involved in that victory. Unfortunately, the information in Baron Kettle's hands was limited, and what he could find out was all revealed by a group of nobles.

Three hundred elites VS six hundred elites. Even if the opponent's army is competent, and with the title of "Knight of the Divine Bow", the underage Earth Bear, Baron Kettle is still a little unsure.

As a nobleman who fought on the battlefield, Baron Keterai did not lack the courage to be brave enough to win in a narrow encounter, but his reason told him that it was not worth it.

Comparing the data on paper, I am at a disadvantage. Even if you can win, you will probably suffer heavy losses.

Unlike the illegitimate son of the Grand Duke of Baron Sith, he only came from a middle-class noble family that was dependent on the five major families and did not have so many resources available.

Being able to take three hundred elite soldiers south was all due to his own painstaking efforts. In order to support this team, Ketrai ventured deep into the Orc Empire on more than one occasion.

If all the wealth he had worked so hard to save was lost because of a conflict, he would have to cry to death. As a foreigner, there was no way to replace the troops and generals lost in Wright County.

"Uncle Holman, what is the origin of this Koslow family? I seem to be familiar with it. I seem to have heard of it somewhere."