The war led by Shanghe has been over for a little half a month.
At Arthur''s instigation and Gustav''s manipulation, rumors like "the nobles in the East and the traitors in the North conspired to seize the iron ore mountain and were beaten by Lingfeng Castle" began to spread in the king''s capital and major towns in the East.
Those responsible for spreading these news are mainly the major businessmen who joined the Shanghe town chamber of Commerce. They spend money to hire "mice" through the underground black market to spread these news secretly everywhere.
In any world, the gossip of celebrities is always a hot topic of concern to the bottom people, especially related to war.
With the victory of Lingfeng castle, the nobles in the East will have to accept the price list formulated by the foreign trade bureau. For a time, the merchants in the East who have been waiting for a long time finally ushered in the orders of the nobles, together with the ransom sent to Lingfeng castle.
Arthur, who deliberately promoted the spread of war news, naturally did not want to disgust those Eastern nobles.
At least the main purpose is not.
The reason why he did so was to change the deep-rooted and broken impression of Shanghe collar among the people in the kingdom.
Shangheling is a place that even refugees don''t want to go. Since the two in the South betrayed the alliance of the three, shangheling, which has been threatened by Warcraft, has suffered serious population loss.
Although there is no exact statistics, only from the perspective of Shanghe Town, the population has been reduced by half in a short period of more than ten years, and this is still in the case of continuous births.
As for the suburbs, a large number of houses have become broken walls covered with grass.
It can be said that those who have the ability to flee have fled. The whole Shanghe collar, except for several vassal territories, the rest of the vast land is almost a desolate wilderness.
There is only a vast territory, but no one, that is nothing.
Arthur wanted to gradually change the people''s bad impression of Shanghe collar.
Arthur, who knows the truth of "three people make a tiger", knows that with only a few victorious publicity and some good descriptions of grapevine news, when the war in the Kingdom breaks out, the beautiful place of Shanghe collar will emerge in the minds of those homeless refugees.
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Now, on the Avenue outside Shanghe town.
Bogu and Leite are leading 20 Knights of the castle and 50 soldiers of the first army to escort more than 1000 serfs to Shanghe town.
These serfs all came from the Grange family and the farms of the vassals under glinburg.
Legolas, who escaped from battle, was the first to bring back the news of defeat to glinburg.
Jekun green, who had been waiting for his father''s triumphant return in the castle, was in a mess after hearing the news that his father and uncle were defeated.
He could not imagine what fate the Green family would face if his father died again at such a moment.
Therefore, he simply ignored Legolas, who clamored for a counterattack - Lingfeng castle, which could not be defeated by more than 200 knights. How could he win only by a group of serfs!
Moreover, he could hear that the bastard Legolas returned safely because he was a deserter!
Worried about the safety of his father and uncle, he chose to agree immediately without hesitation after receiving the ransom request from Lingfeng castle. In his heart, he was even glad that Arthur didn''t ask for gold coins as ransom.
On the avenue, the serfs were all dressed in black or gray. They carried packages with their clothes inside, which was their only property.
In the procession, the elderly with poor mobility sat in the carriage, and the strong adults and children walked forward on foot.
Because it is described as sloppy, from a distance, the people on the avenue are like a black rag, or a group of refugees escorted by knights.
Although Bogu and others have clearly told them that when they arrive in Shanghe Town, what will wait for them will be the days of free people: without farms and all kinds of exploitation, you will get land, accumulate your own property and live a happy life through your own hands and diligence.
However, such a statement not only did not get the warm cheers of the serfs, but also made them more uneasy.
Freedom?
Land?
How is that possible!
They''re just stupid! What a fool! I also know that this is absolutely impossible. Moreover, they were sent to Shanghe to redeem those nobles.
They only hope that the count of Lingfeng castle can let them live as before. As long as they are not sent to fight against Warcraft, they will thank him for his kindness.
Bogu and Rett had been too lazy to pay attention to these dead guys. They understood that if these serfs were not allowed to see and experience with their own eyes, the better they said, the more these fools would doubt.
Among the serfs of more than a thousand people, the only ones who are full of expectations for a new life are probably those children who are still minors.
Almost all of these children have never left the farm. The only time was not long ago when they went to "distant" Donghe town in order to avoid the attack of ghost faced eagles.
Although their parents ordered them not to run around, let alone talk nonsense, they were no longer so afraid of these knights in armor and some brave kids. They also came forward, looked up at the knights on horseback and asked all kinds of questions curiously.
Among all the knights, the most popular among these children is Bree, who is willing to answer their questions and has a kind attitude.
At the moment, several little ghosts gathered around Bree, who was leading the horse, stared wide and listened curiously. He told the story of fighting against Warcraft last winter.
After listening to Bree''s story, a dirty little ghost said, "Lord Bree, you can''t boast! I won''t believe it. The count will empty the grain of his castle and fill us with meat soup! I haven''t eaten meat soup for a long time."
Bree''s kindness made these kids less afraid of him. At the moment, I saw a little partner step out first, and then they all shouted that he bragged.
The questions of the kids didn''t make Bree any dissatisfied. These children remind people of who they used to be.
"I didn''t deceive you." Bree looked at the dirty child. "Haven''t you eaten meat for a long time? Like you, I used to eat an egg only on my birthday every year. But do you know how long I can eat an egg now?"
"Half a year!"
"Ten months!"
"Once a month!"
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Seeing Bree throw out a question, the kids immediately guessed.
"It''s all wrong," Bree said with a smile. "I can eat eggs and meat every day!"
"Every day!!"
The kids stared at Bree with wide eyes and slightly open mouths.
"Cheat! Cheat! Cheat!"
"I see. You didn''t eat eggs yesterday morning!"
"Yes! I saw it too. I didn''t eat it the day before yesterday! Lord Bree lied!"
The kids shouted.
"I didn''t lie to you," Bree said. "I mean in the barracks every day, and even these days, I have eaten meat. Don''t you still divide the dried meat from me? Dare you say I lie."
Thinking of brie''s delicious dried meat, several kids believed him again - such delicious dried meat is absolutely true!
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