The Black Duke of the Pirate

Winter has just begun in Beihai at the end of November. When the temperature drops, the whole world is covered in pure white, which is the snow that has fallen for three days and three nights.

After the onset of winter, the weather in the North Sea suddenly cooled down, the white sky was filled with heavy snow, the leaves in the distance withered, and the flowers withered.

This winter is no different from previous years. It is also extremely cold, but it is not as difficult for ordinary people as it was in previous years, because the overall life has completely improved.

A certain village in the country of Polkarlia.

Ice-cold snow covered the entire village, and the villagers were warming themselves by fires at home.

"Mom, you don't have to go hungry or cold again this winter." The firelight made the little boy's smiling cheeks turn red.

"Yes, life has been getting better day by day since the Duke entered the palace." The middle-aged woman smiled and looked at the little boy next to her dotingly.

In the past six months, the lives of the villagers have improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, especially since they are no longer oppressed by the nobles. On the newly reclaimed farms, every farmer and worker has a smile from the bottom of his heart.

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"It would be great if my sister was still alive."

After hearing this, the middle-aged woman's eyes darkened, and she couldn't help but think of this time last year. Because of the unusually cold last winter, her little daughter did not survive the winter and died due to hunger and cold.

Her husband was a servant in a noble manor in his early years. He was beaten to death because he accidentally offended the noble man. From then on, she had to live alone with her two children. The younger daughter was frail and sick, and she fell ill last winter.

There was an unprecedented heavy snowfall, so it was aborted.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged woman's eyes showed endless sadness, and then she sighed and said to the little boy: "Let the past be in the past. You must work hard in the future and work hard to pass the three-month assessment period of the military school."

"Mom, I can." The little man's eyes were extremely firm.

Dong dong dong...

"Here we come." Upon hearing the knock on the door, the middle-aged woman quickly ran over to look at the door, and then saw a carriage and a dozen soldiers outside.

"What is this?" She couldn't help but be confused, and then she saw the soldiers carrying three bags of grain and winter cotton clothes from the carriage into the house.

"Sign." The soldier put a piece of paper filled with a list of names in front of the woman. The woman could not read, but his son knew it.

That's the Duke's new policy, a food assistance list for single-parent families and the elderly.

"Thank you, Lord Duke." The middle-aged woman knelt down towards the soldier with tears in her eyes, and the soldier immediately touched the middle-aged woman.

Seeing the soldiers leading the carriage towards another house, the middle-aged woman slowly closed the door.

The little boy secretly vowed to work hard to pass the three-month examination at the Porcarlia Military School.

Royal City.

"It's winter..." Standing in the King's Hall at dawn, looking into the distance, his eyes were filled with dancing snowflakes.

"Don't worry, brother, I have asked the soldiers to arrange quilts, fodder, and food for the winter. This winter, the lives of civilians in Porkarlia will be easier than before." Brat said with a smile next to him, although he did not understand the dawn of dawn.

Part of the plan, let alone Mingxiao's plans and governance ideas for the future of Porkarlia, but he understood Mingxia's emphasis on civilians.

So he immediately arranged all this when winter first entered. He could not forget the extremely serious expression that Dawn told him that day, that Porcarlia is people-oriented!

"Okay, as long as we can survive this winter, by 1510, it will be time for us to develop rapidly." Liming said with some relief. Fortunately, he had the foresight to not only transform Yeku Town into a large farm, but also promulgate new policies.

, confiscated most of the land from the nobles and gave it to the common people to cultivate, so before the winter came, a large amount of grain and livestock were harvested.

This not only solves the problem of raw materials for the brewery, but also solves the survival problem of civilians in winter.

After a while, a young guard rushed out of the hall. His head was covered with snow. He walked to Mingxiao and bowed to each other: "Your Majesty the Duke, Lord Bratt."

"Have everything been arranged?" Brat looked at the young guard, who nodded respectfully: "Everything is ready, the Duke can leave at any time."

"Okay, let's go now." Dawn held the saber on his left waist and took a look at the sky. It was getting close to sunset, and the dim sky was getting darker and darker.

The guard nodded and retreated first.

"Brother, why don't you take Anubi with you? I always have a bad feeling. As long as Anubi is here, there will always be someone to take care of me." Brat frowned and then said.

Li Ming shook his head: "Our deal with the revolutionary army is still going on, and we must accumulate a large amount of arms before next spring. This area needs Anubi to keep an eye on at all times."

His transaction with Mailin has been going on, and Anubi can rest assured that he is personally watching over him. Mailin is a gang organization and plays a very important role in the underground world of Beihai. You should not be careless about this.

"Now there seems to be an undercurrent surging within the nobles of Porkarlia. You should pay more attention." Dawn asked again. The nobles have become much more honest after he killed a group of them with bloody methods, but it seems that something is going to happen again recently.

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Brad nodded: "We have arranged for people to monitor them, so they don't dare to make too much noise."

"If there is any abnormal behavior among the nobles, you can use bloody methods to shock them. Those people are used to being aloof. If you want to make them fear from the bottom of their hearts, you have to let them see blood, their own blood."

"If necessary, those nobles with suspicious identities will be pulled down directly to the high platform and chopped down."

How much blood of common people has been shed on that high platform, and now it is the turn of the nobles to spend a week there.

"Understood." A sharp light flashed in Bratt's eyes.

"That's right." At this time, Mingxiao suddenly thought of something, so he ordered: "We need to pay more attention to the situation in Maple Leaf Country."

"The Maple Leaf Kingdom seems to be in some chaos recently, and the contradiction between the common people and the nobles is expanding." Brat replied.

Dawn nodded, and then pondered for a moment: "Let the soldiers at the border occasionally let in a few civilians from the Maple Leaf Kingdom, but the number must be controlled."

"Brother, why is this?" Brat was confused. Since soldiers were sent to completely seal the border, why should civilians be allowed in?

"I want to let the common people of Maple Leaf Country and even Ultan know that as long as they become a member of the Kingdom of Porkarlia, everyone will have a happy life. At that time, I will use newspapers to publicize it and keep the public opinion of those two countries.

There will be huge changes, which will deepen the contradiction between the common people and the nobles."

"With chaos, we will have a greater chance of taking over those two countries without a fight."

Bratt understood, so he nodded deeply in response.

After a while, Dawn left the King's Hall.