Otherworld Management Manual

"Madam, we may be in trouble."

Early in the morning, Knight Marlowe, led by his servants, met Mrs. Caroline.

"What's wrong?"

Caroline had dark circles under her eyes and her face was haggard.

"Some people in the city hall have already left Hongye City."

"Ah? Left! When?"

"It should have been last night."

"Damn it... don't these people want to stay for one more day!"

Caroline bit her lip lightly, her tone a little dissatisfied.

"And...they also took away a lot of supplies, including food, meat, etc."

Marlow added again.

"what!"

Caroline was startled at first, and then her eyes slowly turned red.

If Hongye City, which is already difficult, loses these supplies, it won't even wait until winter!

"By the way, why didn't the dozen or so knights of your knight order stop them!"

"Because... because they were escorted away by knights."

Marlowe was ashamed, and his tone was a little awkward.

"Now there are only two knights left in Hongye City, Knight Baker and me."

If the departure of the villains in the city hall was still expected by Caroline, then the betrayal of the knights made Caroline completely desperate. There are a total of 11 knights in Red Leaf City, and now 9 of them have left at once. Got it!

"How long can our food last?"

Caroline can only force herself to calm down. It is useless to be angry and sad now, she can only find a way to solve the problem.

"Except for a part of the castle, there is almost no grain left. Even if the wheat is harvested in a few days, it will be enough to feed the whole city for a month at most."

"One month..."

Caroline's lips were bleeding.

There are still more than two months until winter, and it will take at least three months after the end of winter. That is to say, Red Leaf City must have at least half a year's grain storage, but now it is only enough for one month.

Marlowe thought for a while and said:

"The only way now is to dismiss all the people in Hongye City, give them some food, let them seek refuge with other lords, maybe there is still a glimmer of life."

As for selling the title and territory to those big nobles for protection, Marlowe didn't mention it again.

"If they are dismissed, these civilians will become refugees. When the various lords are collecting supplies to prepare for the winter, no one is likely to be willing to accept these more than a thousand refugees."

Marlowe didn't refute Caroline's words, because he knew it was true. A few years ago, he had personally experienced the scene where the proud lord turned away the refugees and froze thousands of people to death.

He couldn't forget how helpless and sad those people's dead eyes were.

"Madam, let Baker and I escort you away."

Knight Marlow persuaded again.

Caroline shook her head silently, she has no home for a long time, where can she go? Especially thinking that more than a thousand civilians in Hongye City might starve to death, she felt that she was sorry for her father's expectations of her.

If there is really no other way, she can only go the last way - sell Charles' title and territory!

"Mr. Marlowe, Baroness, there is something I think you should know!"

Suddenly, there was a hurried shout from outside the house.

Baker Knight rushed in quickly.

"what happened?"

Marlowe asked with a sullen face. At this time, he no longer cared about Baker's rude behavior.

"The title of Baron Charles has been sold!"

"what!"

Hearing the news, both Marlowe and Caroline couldn't believe it.

Caroline was even more frightened. Although she already had such a plan, she hadn't had time to sell it yet!

"Impossible, Charles is gone,

And his medal of nobility is still with me, no one can sell his title! "

Caroline didn't believe it.

If it was her own choice, she would take part of the initiative and could choose to attach herself to a nobleman with a better reputation, but now a new city lord appeared out of nowhere, which made her feel a little confused.

After all, inheriting the title of Charles means that at the moment of signing the contract, everything in the territory belongs to this heir, including Knight Marlowe, Knight Baker, and even herself!

This was also the reason why she was unwilling to sell the title unless she had to.

"Uh... It seems that it was sold in the name of Baron Charles and witnessed by everyone in the city hall..."

Baker scratched his head a little. He had only become a knight not long ago, so he didn't know much about these operations.

Caroline seemed to have remembered something, she quickly lifted her skirt, and ran to the second floor without caring about her appearance.

She found the house where Charles lived and opened the door. What she saw was a mess, with all kinds of things scattered all over the place.

Although I had expected it, I still felt a chill in my heart—the Baron succession contract and the noble medal disappeared!

Seeing Caroline going downstairs in a daze, Marlowe could already guess what was going on, and said with an ugly face:

"It should have been done by those villains in the city hall. Now...we can't leave!"

Now that someone has bought Charles' title and fiefdom, they now belong to the new lord. If they leave without his permission, they will be hanged!

"It's okay if these people are alone and want to make a fortune in the end, but if the new lord is one of them, or a former city official, if he forces us to stay in Hongye City, Then we're pretty much dead."

Marlowe is used to thinking the worst of things. Although he thinks the probability is very small, after all, he and those greedy villains just have different ideas, and there is no direct conflict of interest, so there is no need to be so vicious, but everything is uncertain. , what if.

"Ah? How can this be good!"

Listening to Marlowe's explanation, Baker realized the seriousness of the matter. From now on, their fate no longer belonged to him.

As for leaving without the lord's permission, it's not impossible, but you can only pray that you won't be caught in the future, and you will lose your status as a knight, and you will most likely become a refugee. No noble would want to hire a knight of disrepute.

Caroline is a little confused now, she doesn't know what will be waiting for herself and Hongye City.

From the moment the new lord signed the pledge, she couldn't leave.

Now she can only pray that the new city lord, who has never met before, is a good-tempered and easy-to-communicate person who can lead Hongye City out of the current predicament, treat the civilians of Hongye City well, and even treat her well...

Although she knew that her thoughts were completely extravagant.

Because she is too familiar with the ugly faces of these nobles, it is very likely that the new city lord will not care about the life and death of these civilians because of this large territory...

...

"Baron Zhang Feng, are you not leaving Hongye City for the time being?"

Pan Xi stood at the gate of the city and bowed to Zhang Feng.

"Of course, I won't leave Hongye City for the time being."

"Then I will give you a piece of advice. If there is a shortage of food in Hongye City, these untouchables will be extremely hungry, and they may be able to do anything. Be careful!"

Zhang Feng frowned, it seemed that the situation in Hongye City was worse than he expected.

"Thanks for the reminder, I will pay attention."

"That's good, Baron Zhang Feng, see you next spring!"

"goodbye."

Watching Pan Xi lead the convoy away, Zhang Feng touched the baronial medal in his hand, and came to the gate of the castle with a little nervousness and anticipation.