The King

  Chapter 80 Undercurrent Strikes

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

  Forcibly holding back his anger, he walked to the gate of the city where spider webs were everywhere. Looking at the half plaque hanging on the city tower, the barely recognizable "Da" character on it proves that this is his territory.

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

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

  Although he had prepared himself, the scene in front of him still angered Baron Sith. It was so deceiving that it did not leave him any hope at all.

   There is not a single leader, even if there are all kinds of hills and valleys in his chest, there is no room for him to display them.

  Similar scenes are still happening in countless territories. Not only the citizens were robbed, but even the infrastructure in the territory, which could be destroyed, was also destroyed.

  Typical detrimental to others.

  Under normal circumstances, even if there are grievances between the nobles, everyone will not do things like this.

  But this time is different, it involves the "big family of the Northland", that is, new and old grudges are counted together.

  In the past years, Northern Xinjiang has swallowed up the lives of too many nobles. It's fine to simply spill blood on the battlefield, but most of the time it comes from internal fighting, resulting in unnecessary casualties.

   There is no doubt that this account will eventually be charged to the Northland giants. Although many of them are wronged, no one will listen to their explanations.

  The reason is very simple. The five major families in northern Xinjiang have the worst reputation in the aristocratic circle. Back then, the big merger was fun, but the reputation was permanently lost.

  Although they have been working hard to clean up their crimes in recent years, they still have little success. At the very least, the aristocrats who lost their ancestral property and were forced to leave their homes would carry out the cause of the five black families to the end.

  In addition, the Dalton family is behind the scenes to fuel the flames, and it is not surprising that under the agitation of the crowd, they do some radical things.

   After briefly clearing the city gate, Sith held back his anger and led people into the city. Everything is as expected in the worst situation. The once prosperous Dadir City is now in ruins.

   If you can't get it, you will destroy it. You don't want competitors in the southeastern province to threaten your own status. The Dalton family has done an excellent job in this regard.

  When the Governor's Mansion was evacuated from Dadir City, it destroyed everything that could be destroyed, and finally did not forget to set a fire.

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

   Although the means are dirty, the effect is really good. To rebuild a territory in ruins, the manpower, material and financial resources required are not a small number.

  Especially for the nobles in the North who are not very wealthy, this expense is even more of a pressure. At the very least, the children of the nobles who went south could hardly complete the task of rebuilding the territory with the funds they carried with them.

   Whether to ask the family for help has become a common worry for all the noble children who went south and north. If you ask your family for help so quickly, you will lose points in front of your elders; if you don't ask for help, where will the money come from?

  Especially small and medium nobles, they need to consider more issues. The reconstruction of the territory requires too much funds. Even if you open your mouth to 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 their total income, and only 50% to 60% of their total income.

   In friendly matches with orcs all year round, there is no northern noble that does not spend a lot of money on military expenses, and financial deficits are common. Military spending far exceeds the income of the territory, which is just a routine operation.

   Didn’t go bankrupt because of financial problems, it’s because they have soldiers in their hands, and they rob and **** them when they are in a hurry.

   Don’t think that only orcs will come to the Alpha Kingdom to rob. All the nobles in the northern border area also patronize the orc tribe.

   It's just that compared with the human race, the economy of the orc tribe is much backward, and the property that can be robbed is much less. Often the most valuable property in an orc tribe is the orc itself.

  Of course, such things as slave traders, noble nobles naturally can't do it, not to mention their conscience. In church belief, this is hell.

  So usually after the slaves are captured, they are thrown to the merchants to do the work for them. It seems that one more procedure can smooth out their uneasiness in conscience.

  …

"what?"

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

  Sith asked in disbelief.

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

   Looting is nothing new, but it was a time of war. It is against morality to send troops to forcibly rob the people after the war. Even if the lord has not yet arrived, it is a kind of provocation.

   Baron Sith, who was so angry, was worried that he had nowhere to go, so he sent it directly to the door without thinking of an opportunity.

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

  With a ready-made excuse, it is reasonable for him to lead soldiers to call 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 manipulating all this.

   Leading troops to **** people is such a shameful thing, it must be as low-key as possible, and the participants will inevitably block the news.

  It is not surprising that the local nobles can inquire about it. It is too coincidental that they, outsiders without roots, also received the news easily.

   In contrast, Baron Sith is more willing to believe that someone deliberately let him know this news. The purpose is to stir up disputes between him and his neighbors.

   Whether to make use of the topic or not is a question worth thinking about. Although he is confident in his own strength, Sith does not think that he is really invincible.

  No matter how weak the aristocrats in the southeast province are, they are also local snakes who have been operating there for many years. If there is a fight, I don't know how many relatives and friends will come to help.

  If you accidentally kick on the iron plate, it will be over for you. If Qianglong wants to suppress the local snake, the prerequisite is that he cannot be defeated.

  If you can't even beat a local snake, what are you talking about suppressing a local snake?

  Similar scenes kept appearing on every northern Xinjiang noble who went south. As long as there is a brain, it is more or less aware that something is wrong.

  Whether to make a decision along the way, constantly lingering in the minds of everyone, but still unable to make up their minds.

  However, in the face of the cruel reality, everyone's true inner thoughts can't help but lean towards "using the topic".

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

   Compared with other lords, his luck was worse, and he met 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.

  Although he expressed doubts about the "elite" spoken by the nobles in the southeastern province, the cautious Baron Kettley was still unwilling to take risks.

   After all, everything else may be blown out. The stepping stone of the cavalry of the Holy See cannot be faked.

  Even if the soldiers in his hands were all experienced on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, he didn't think they could be stronger than the cavalry of the Holy See.

  Perhaps there were other factors in that victory, but it is a pity that Baron Kettley has limited information, and what he can find out is all blown out by a group of nobles.

  Three hundred elites VS six hundred elites, even if the opponent's army is hydrated, it can be added the title of "Knight of the Bow", and the underage earth bear, Baron Kettley is still a little unconfident.

  As an aristocrat killed on the battlefield, Baron Kettley does not lack the courage to meet a narrow road and the brave wins, but reason tells him that it is not worth it.

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

  Different from the illegitimate son of the Grand Duke of Baron Sith, he just came from a middle-class noble family attached to the five major families, and did not have so many resources available.

  Being able to bring three hundred elites to the south was all his painstaking efforts. In order to feed this team, Kettler ventured deep into the Orc Empire more than once.

  If for a conflict, he would wipe out the family fortune that he had worked so hard to accumulate, he would cry to death. As an outsider, there is no way to make up for the loss of soldiers and generals in Wright County.

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

  (end of this chapter)