"Family!" said isol. "Even if bank and bury are not afraid of death, they may not agree to any request made by Arthur if their family is threatened!"


    "Isol, do you believe what you say?" Grice looked at him strangely. "Or do we just need a reason not to be so embarrassed? It''s terrible to threaten our family. If so, we should doubt whether he is the blood of the tustra family. Do you think it''s possible?"


    The vassals were silent. Obviously, they didn''t think Arthur would do such a thing, or they believed that people of the tustra family could not do such a thing.


    Looking at the silent people, Grice said slowly, "when I went to see bank, his family were all around him. His daughter was taller and his son began to practice archery."


    "Why is that?" Andrew asked with some difficulty. "Is he completely indifferent to the continuation of the family? What does he take to feed his knights without land? Or can he not even consider the future of the family for loyalty?"


    "How do you know he''s not thinking about his family?" Grice asked.


    After an instant of silence, the vassal Arthur immediately said, "the nobles without the fief will face decline sooner or later. Do we have to explain this truth? Even if Arthur gave them the promise of official position, did the king''s important ministers inherit?"


    Grice breathed out. When he heard bank''s decision a few days ago, he was no less shocked than these guys. The calm at the moment is just the reason for the buffer of time.


    Looking at several people, he asked again, "can a feudal aristocrat never fall?"


    "It''s better than no land," Andrew said.


    "Yes," Grice did not deny, "but at that time, we were different from other nobles. Here is the river collar!"


    "No one knows more about the situation in the past ten years since the two southern countries abandoned the alliance of the three and went to the river to lead! How many knights and serfs have died in order to resist Warcraft, and the population in the territory has been reduced again and again. Everyone, if this situation continues, how long can we support it?"


    Looking at the silent people, Grice continued: "think about it. Once we can''t hold the fortress and the Warcraft rushes across the sharp blade Canyon, what will happen to our family! At that time, what''s the use of more territories, we will all become wild people outside the East, have no fixed place, and live a life of being chased and preyed by Warcraft!"


    In silence, the feudal ministers grabbed the wine cup on the table one after another and poured wheat wine into their mouths.


    "This is the purpose of his reform?!" isol threw the wine cup on the table with a thump. "Or is this just his excuse! Why did the green and campes family withdraw from the alliance? Why did the nobles in the East attack Lingfeng Fort? Iron ore mountain! All this is because of iron mines!"


    Isol said angrily, "everyone covets the wealth of the iron mine! So do the greens, so do the campesians, so do the nobles in the East! So do Arthur tustra - no one wants to let go!"


    "Reform is to resist Warcraft and survive? Maybe, Warcraft always has to resist... But even so, can we resist the invasion of the southern nobles while resisting Warcraft?"


    With that, isol looked at Grice without expression.


    "The iron ore mountain belongs to Lingfeng fort," Grice said, "Besides, isn''t it because of the iron mine that we built the sharp blade fortress? Isol, as you just said, no matter what purpose Arthur tustra reforms, Warcraft always has to resist. As for those guys in the south, if they think they have a long life, come and die in our hands or in the mouth of Warcraft!"


    Hearing his words, the vassal Leighton glanced at him and said with deep meaning: "Grice, you seem to forget that we are traitors waiting to be cleared in Arthur tustra''s eyes."


    Looking at Leighton, Grice replied, "you don''t have to test me. Arthur didn''t give me any promise. I didn''t send anyone to Lingfeng castle at all, and bank didn''t have anything to convey."


    Upon hearing this, isol immediately shouted, "what are you talking about here? You want us to go to Lingfeng castle to plead guilty and wait for him to come down!"


    Grice smiled. These guys are not as desperate as they just showed.


    Looking at the dissatisfied people, Grice said slowly: "in bank''s heart, Arthur is not a belligerent. According to him, Arthur is probably the kindest nobleman he has ever heard. At least all the serfs and civilians under Lingfeng castle, even slaves, praise him so."


    "Although the family territory has been recovered, the title of their family can still be retained, and Lingfeng castle will give some compensation every year. As for the two of them, they will also get new positions. According to bank, it is no longer a trivial matter of managing the territory and farm, but fighting for the rise of the whole Shanghe collar! It is from a small puddle to a big pond."


    "Ah!" said Arthur, the vassal, disdainfully, "the guy bank has a big voice. The territory of the family has become a small puddle in his eyes now. Is that his pond?"


    Leighton also looked aside and said, "I don''t know. I thought it was the words of Burley''s beard."


    Seeing the sour taste in their words, Grice pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled.


    Among the four, only isol frowned and said, "even if he is kind and doesn''t want to fight with us, it''s true that we don''t save him. We are traitors! As traitors, even if we take the initiative to go to Lingfeng castle and kneel down to apologize, do you think we will get the same opportunity as bank? No, can we... Still get his trust?"


    Several people looked at Grice in silence again. They know exactly what happens to the traitors.


    Let alone get the same opportunity as bank, that is, to become a civilian, we have to test Arthur''s kindness.


    After a moment of silence, Grice said hard, "I don''t know. But if it were me, I''m afraid it would be difficult to forgive the feudal minister who betrayed himself, even if he was demoted as a civilian."


    Isol smiled and said, "do you think we people will be willing to become civilians?"


    Several people were silent again and became civilians from noble lords, which was also difficult for them to accept.


    "Grice, thank you for the information," isol said, "Since he doesn''t want to fight with us, let''s negotiate with him through war. I don''t expect to get the same opportunity as bank and them. After all, that''s the reward of their loyalty. I only hope that my family will not become civilians or slaves and bear the reputation of disgrace for a generation. Even if it''s a small position, I''d like to..."


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