"Ma'am, we may be in trouble."

Early in the morning, the knight of Marlowe, led by his servants, met with Lady Caroline.

"What's wrong?"

Caroline had dark circles under her eyes and a haggard complexion.

"Some of the people in the city hall have already left Red Leaf City."

"Huh? Gone! When? ”

"It should have been last night."

"Damn...... Don't these people want to stay even one day longer! ”

Caroline bit her lip lightly, her tone a little dissatisfied.

"And...... They also took a large amount of supplies, including grain, meat, etc. ”

Marlowe added again.

"What!"

Caroline was startled at first, and then her eyes slowly turned red.

If the already difficult Red Leaf City loses these supplies, it won't even be able to wait for winter!

"By the way, why don't more than a dozen knights of your knights stop them!"

"Because...... Because they were knights escorting them away. ”

Marlowe was ashamed, and his tone was a little awkward.

"Now there are only two knights left in Red Leaf City, Knight Baker and me."

If the departure of the group of villains in the city hall was still expected by Caroline, then the betrayal of the knights made Caroline completely desperate, there were a total of 11 knights in Red Leaf City, and now 9 of them have left at once, so it's okay!

"How long will we be able to sustain our food?"

Caroline could only force herself to calm down, and now it was useless to be angry and sad, and she could only find a way to solve the problem.

"Except for the castle, there is almost no grain left, and even if the wheat is harvested in a few days, it will be enough for the whole city to eat for a month at most."

"One month ......"

Caroline bit her lips bloodied.

There are still more than two months to go until winter, and it will take at least three months after the winter, that is to say, Red Leaf City must have at least half a year's grain stockpile, but now it is only enough for one month.

Marlowe thought for a moment and said:

"The only way now is to dismiss all the people in Red Leaf City, give them some food, let them go to other lords, and maybe have a chance of survival."

As for selling titles and territories to those great nobles for protection, Marlowe didn't mention it again.

"If they are dismissed, then these civilians will become outcasts, and it is estimated that no one will be willing to accept these more than 1,000 homeless people when the various lords are collecting supplies for the winter."

Marlowe did not refute Caroline's words, for he knew that this was true, and that he had experienced first-hand a few years earlier that thousands of people had frozen to death when the haughty lord turned the outcasts out of the house.

He couldn't forget how helpless and sad those people's dead eyes were.

"Madame, let me and Baker escort you away."

Knight Marlowe persuaded again.

Caroline shook her head silently, she had no home for a long time, where could she go? Especially when she thought that more than a thousand civilians in Red Leaf City might starve to death, she felt sorry for her father's expectations of her.

If there is really no way, she can only take the last path - sell Charles's title and territory!

"Lord Marlowe, Baroness, there's something I think you should know!"

Suddenly, there was a hurried shout from outside the house.

Knight Baker rushed in quickly.

"What's going on?"

Marlowe asked with a calm face, at this time, he didn't care about Baker's rude behavior.

"Baron Charles's title has been sold!"

"What!"

Hearing the news, both Marlowe and Caroline were a little incredulous.

Caroline was even more shocked, although she already had this plan, but she hadn't had time to sell it yet!

"No way, Charles is no longer here, and his noble medal is still with me, no one can sell his title!"

Caroline didn't believe it.

If she chooses herself, she will occupy part of the initiative, and she can choose to attach herself to a nobleman with a better reputation, but now a new city lord has inexplicably appeared, which makes her a little confused.

After all, inheriting Charles's title means that at the moment of signing the contract, everything in the territory belongs to this heir, including Knight Marlowe, including Knight Baker, and even herself!

This is also the reason why she is reluctant to sell her title as a last resort.

"Uh...... It seems to have been sold in the name of Baron Charles and in the presence of everyone in the town hall......"

Baker scratched his head a little, he had only been a knight for a long time, and he didn't know much about these operations.

Caroline seemed to remember something, and quickly lifted her skirt, but she didn't care about her manners, and quickly ran to the second floor.

She found the house where Charles lived before her death and opened the door, and what she saw was a mess, all kinds of things scattered all over the place.

Although I expected it, I still felt a chill in my heart - the baron's inheritance contract and the Medal of Nobility disappeared!

Seeing Caroline go downstairs a little dejected, Marlowe could already guess what the situation was, and said with a somewhat ugly face:

"It should have been the villains at City Hall, now ...... We can't go! ”

Since someone bought Charles's title and fief, now these people belong to the new lord, and they will go to the gallows if they leave without his permission!

"It's fine to say if these people are alone and want to make a fortune at the end, but if the new lord is one of their people, or if one of the previous mayors forces us to stay in Momiji City, then we will almost die."

Marlowe is used to thinking about the worst side of things, although he thinks that this probability is very small, after all, he and those greedy villains are just different in philosophy, there is no direct conflict of interest, and he can't be so vicious, but everything is uncertain, what if.

"Huh? How good is that! ”

Listening to Marlowe's explanation, Baker realized the seriousness of the matter, and from now on, their fate no longer belongs to him.

As for leaving without the permission of the lord, it's not impossible, but you can only pray that you won't be caught in the future, and you will lose your status as a knight, and there is a high probability that you will become an outcast, and most importantly. No nobleman wanted to hire a knight with a bad reputation.

Caroline was a little bit of a god now, and she didn't know what was waiting for her and Momiji City.

From the moment the new lord signed the pledge, she couldn't leave.

She could only pray now that the new city lord she had never met was a good-natured, easy-to-communicate person, who could lead Momiji City out of its current predicament, treat the civilians of Momiji City well, and even treat her well......

Although she knew that she was thinking this was a complete luxury.

Because she knows the ugly faces of these nobles too well, it is very likely that this new city lord has taken a fancy to this large territory, so he will not care about the lives of these civilians......

……

"Baron Zhang Feng, aren't you leaving Red Leaf City for the time being?"

Pansy stood at the gate of the city and bowed to Zhang Feng.

"Of course, I won't be leaving Red Leaf City for a while."

"Then a word of advice for you, if there is a shortage of food in Red Leaf City, these untouchables are very hungry, and they are likely to do everything, you have to be careful!"

Zhang Feng raised his eyebrows, it seemed that the situation in Red Leaf City was worse than he expected.

"Thanks for the reminder, I'll take notice."

"That's good, Baron Zhang Feng, see you next spring!"

"Goodbye."

Seeing Pansy lead the convoy away, Zhang Feng touched the baron medal in his hand, and came to the gate of the castle with a little nervousness and some anticipation.