Yi Ye received a letter from Muleza, which said that there was an important matter to discuss, and the suffix "sir" was added, which indicated Muleza's recognition of Yi Ye.

After solving the matter here in Chanda, anyway, it is better to go over and take a look, after all, this is the first time that Yi Ye has received an invitation letter from a nobleman. After these few days, it is almost time to go back to Count de Grana. I don't know how Fatis is doing with his tax collection task, and there is no reply from Manid's side, Bestur's words, well, let him regain his confidence first.

"Cress, what did I hear about that carnival?"

"There will be this day at the end of each year, and according to the rules of the Kallad Empire, it is a day when everyone is equal, that is, there is no longer a distinction between nobles and commoners."

"It's just a fart."

"It may have been implemented under the rule of the Empire before, but now it is really just a matter of words, and this day will undoubtedly greatly infringe on the rights and interests of the nobles, but I think it is more about their self-esteem."

"What time is it today?"

"On December 23, 1257, there were seven days left before the so-called Carnival Day. There's a legend behind this, do you want to hear it, boss? ”

"Come on, it's boring anyway." Yi Ye was rushing to Fort Radogir with his troops.

"It's a follow-up to the 'Legend of the Heroes of Calradia' that I once said, and it is said that the hero gave a lot of proposals and proposals to achieve equality for all, and he proved with time that it is impossible for everyone to be equal on this continent. Later, he did a lot of work to convince everyone in exchange for the equality of this day. ”

"It's really wonderful, even if you comply with this day, what effect can it have, the bad roots are there, and you can't change anything."

"Boss, it's better for us to maintain respect for him, after all, he is a figure that even the King of the Karad Empire, Redk the Great, admires."

"Kress, when did you believe this, I took these people as a joke, no one knows the real history, because history is written by the victors, and this legend of yours may be very far from reality, and it is even more likely to be contrary."

"Let's go, Cress, we'll be history too."

Elbel Village

Fatis is struggling with his nerves, he received the tax, but unfortunately he lost two large bags of dinars, and now he is not easy to pay, because Yi Ye originally ordered him to reduce half of the tax and subsidize it himself, but now he has lost a part, and Fatis is now even more difficult.

Albel Village is one of the richest villages on the mainland, the trade near the sea is very prosperous, the size of the village is two to three times that of ordinary villages, the number of mills and workshops has reached thirty, more than ten times that of ordinary villages, there are 1,000 villagers alone, more than 3,000 people if you count the merchants, the army and other idle people who come to do business, etc., and there are even all kinds of blacksmith shops here for making all kinds of regular equipment, led by retired old craftsmen and masters of several main cities, The equipment built here is considered to be at the upper middle level in the kingdom, and compared to any other kingdom, it is superior. What storeroom, granary, all have double-digit quantities. It has not suffered from war since the time of the Karad Empire. So there is no need to build a castle, the difference between this and a castle is the lack of walls. Although Count Degrana is the lord here, because he has been guarding the borders of the kingdom all year round, he has little time to manage the village, except for the high-ranking people in the village, most people have only one relationship with Earl Degrana.

Fatis has a good character, and his status, as well as the halving of the direct tax rate, make him quite popular here. The two bags of dinar were worth about two thousand, and Fatis didn't find them after all, but he didn't have any more time to stay, and the time limit was almost up.

Returning to Fort Radogir, Mureza still received Yi Ye in his old position, but this time he was dressed more ceremoniously, the food on the table was richer, and Yi Ye also wore a more luxurious court dress. The meeting was less like a small talk, more like a formal meeting.

"My lord, don't come unharmed."

"I didn't expect you to come so quickly, Yi Ye, your movements are too fast."

"You said in your letter that you were in a hurry, my lord, let's get to the point."

"I'm not happy with the division of Fort Ruud, and I think you know who this castle belongs to."

"There's no doubt that it belongs to you."

"If you can make this Larcha suffer a little, I will have a great reward."

"It's not an easy task, please specify."

"Burn his granary, shoot his caravan, spread rumors, in short, do everything that can ruin his reputation, provided that no one finds out."

"That's not a good thing, my lord." Yi Ye looked at Muleza, and the corners of his mouth rose.

"Compared to other nobles, this is just a drop in the bucket, I think, you thought about it when you came over."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Forgive me for one more word, even if this Larcia is down, can the castle be returned to your hands?"

"There is a high probability that it can."

Fort Rude was very close to Fort Radogir, and if Fort Mureza took it, it would greatly secure the border, which the king and marshal wanted to see, but all the other nobles did not want to see, because in doing so, Muleza's strength would be doubled.

Ralcha was still holding a banquet, and he had no sense of stabilizing the frontier, but fortunately, the other kingdoms did not have time to attack here, and if this continued, it would be a matter of time before Rudburg was breached. With this defensive state, Kress can turn them upside down, but there needs to be a clear goal to achieve their goals effectively.

Food, the most scarce thing at the border is food.

Now the food of Fort Ruud is basically transported by Larcia from his other territory, Fort Loma, which has taken a lot of time. Fort Rudburg and its subordinate villages, McCann, are not yet able to produce food due to the severe damage, especially McCann, which is now almost a wasteland, so that the king did not divide the place. Burning the granary is a trivial matter, and how to escape safely after that is the most important issue. Kress proposed to burn the woods not far from Fort Ruud to get attention, and then burn the granary, and then he could escape safely. The only drawback is that it takes a lot of oil, otherwise it won't burn in this severe cold. It's just that there is only high-quality oil sold in this vicinity, and the output is not much, and it costs ten dinars a can, and the total cost is thousands of dinars, and Yi Ye only has ten thousand dinars on his body now, so he should not spend it for this task, or he should think about it.

"Execute as planned." After thinking about it for a long time, Yi Ye ordered.

Just as Yi Ye prepared, a large area of woods in the field of vision outside the castle burned up to cause alarm from the soldiers in the city, and most of them stood on the city wall to watch with the excitement, and the city wall was full of people, all discussing how the ghost weather was burned. Kress and a few people poured nearly thirty cans of oil on the granary, and after igniting it, Kress quickly left the scene, and before leaving, he took a piece of cheese, which was very sweet and delicious, and was a high-quality product.

Seeing that the city was on fire, the soldiers sounded the alarm again, and the citizens on the city wall did not have time to evacuate, and a honeycomb blocked a lump. Several lords were coming out drunk, and they wiped their eyes at the sight.

Because a lot of oil was poured and burned quickly, the fire did not leave them with a single piece of food, except, of course, the scraps of their tables.

Rumors of the burning of the Rudburg granary were so widespread that the citizens hid what little grain they had left in their homes. There were rumors that the Swadia army was coming, and quite a few even packed their bags. The lord Larcha came out to refute the rumors, saying that the army would not come, the grain would come, and many citizens believed him temporarily, but the reality slapped him hard in the ear, and not far from the door of his house, his caravan was robbed, and it was so clean that several caravan guards came back with bare butts.

Ralcia was puzzled and confused, it was a relatively safe route from Fort Ruud to Fort Loma, it was within the kingdom, and there should be no possibility of troops from other countries to rob, but his own caravan of relatives was so weak, and ordinary robbers could not do such a job. Having lost these dozens of carts of grain, Lalcha was anxious.

What's more serious is that the rumors are spreading more and more, causing a large number of merchants to dare not come here to do business, although now the grain can be sold here at a sky-high price, but I heard that all the caravans that have come here to sell grain are missing, so even if there are caravans that can reach here by the way, they do not dare to enter the city, so they have to take a detour.

The wealthy aristocrats could have survived for a while with their own food reserves, but the general citizens were not so lucky, and many of them were hungry for days, crying and shouting in the streets all day long, and the number of people became more and more, and finally the whole street was crowded, and these people sat in the streets all day long, motionless, and no one knew whether they were dead or alive. Unbeknownst to them, Larcia had already left the castle with his troops. The soldiers who remained here were all the original loyal soldiers of Fort Ruud.

Even with such irresponsible behavior, Larcha's sentence "there is a famine" can fool the past.

This lifeless castle is coming to an end, no one is doing anything, everyone is sitting helplessly on the ground. No one knew their future, they didn't know where they were to be buried, no one knew how long it was, the gate was opened, from the outside to the inside, and all eyes were gathered, and the first thing that caught their eyes was the flag with the deer, which belonged to Murezapoye. Then came the dozens of boxes of life-saving food and the tantalizing scent.

Everybody flocked to it, I mean everybody alive, and they didn't know where they got the strength to lift the plank, grab it and eat it. Muleza, who was on the side, did not stop and showed a relieved smile.