Chapter 47: The Undercurrent of the Kingdom
After the wars with the Orc Kingdom and the St. Auluffie Kingdom, the Tower of Seven Sins incident, and the large-scale anti-bandit operations in recent months, the originally prosperous and prosperous Pole Kingdom began to show signs of decline, especially the war brought the economy to a relative standstill, and the people's lives were greatly affected
In the end, whether the Heath dynasty, which now rules this kingdom, will be like its ancestor the Yale Empire, which has caused internal and external troubles due to reckless military force, so as to turn from prosperity to decline in a very short period of time?
Although the royal team has achieved brilliant results on the frontal battlefield, it does not mean that they can sit back and relax, and the territory seized from the kingdom of St. Auluffie can no longer rule as smoothly as originally planned due to the destruction of the Tower of Seven Sins, and originally in the plan of Duris, this new territory will establish a new province, with the town of Hiprodin as the center, and rely on the original manpower and order to operate quickly, so that the outlet to the sea on the west bank can serve the kingdom's trade routes in the shortest possible time; Unexpectedly, after the Tower of Seven Sins destroyed the town of Epolodin, fear spread like a plague in the new territory, causing a large exodus of residents, this province that was established less than a few months ago is now ten rooms and nine empty towns, like ghost towns, and villages are barren, and the Pole Kingdom can only move people from within the country to fill the lack of labor in this new province
As for the original owner of this land, the Kingdom of St. Auluffy, after receiving the support of the Knights Templar, gradually gained a foothold in the invasion of the Orcs, and now the Kingdom of St. Auluffie and the Orc Kingdom are in a state of semi-truce, and have a rare opportunity to recuperate. A city-state announcing its independence from the suzerainty of the Pole Kingdom for less than half a year and returning to the rule of the St. Auluffie Kingdom is a blatant provocation by the authorities of St. Auluffie against the Pole Kingdom
Although it was entirely possible to defeat St. Auluffie again with Pouller's army, it would be harmful and useless to launch another foreign war before the domestic situation was stable, and King Duris could only endure it again and again in order to avoid falling into the dilemma of his father and brother fighting on all sides and fighting on multiple fronts, otherwise how could St. Auluffy, as a defeated country, be so arrogant
Speaking of the situation in the country, the most urgent task at the moment is to restore the economy destroyed by the bandits, and the most fundamental way is to uproot those bandits who are rampant everywhere, and the troops mobilized in order to suppress the bandit Pole Kingdom are more than the combined forces of the two wars fought with the Orc Kingdom and St. Olufe, and indeed have achieved some results, annihilating several bandit groups of hundreds of people; The feeling of never ending can never be stopped, because most of the bandit groups in the territory of Pole are now in secret contact with the Inquisition, usually the bandits in one place are eliminated, and in a few days, a new group of bandits emerges there, in fact, now the Kingdom of Pole is competing with the entire Central Church with the strength of a country, but the Holy See has a high status in the Holy Light Cult countries, even if they know that those robbers are sent by the Central Church, they can't investigate the churches and churches scattered all over the country with great fanfare. Naturally, the monastery will not investigate any conclusive evidence of collusion between the Holy See and the robbers, which is why this embarrassing situation of cutting grass but not being able to eradicate the roots has been formed
Will the huge Pole Kingdom be dragged across by bandits like this, no, no one will know the answer until the last moment, since King Duris dares to confront the Central Church, he will naturally not be the one who will be knocked down so easily
Although it is already a well-known thing that the power between the Pole Kingdom and the Central Church is like water and fire now, the last layer of skin has not been torn between the two, and the dozen or so rounds of fighting back and forth are all carried out in secret, and now from the perspective of the situation, although the Pole Kingdom is temporarily at a disadvantage, it does not mean that they have no chess to go
In the city of Ensogui in the middle of the kingdom, a rebellion against the lord that had been brewing for months was wiped out a few hours ago
Memphik Warnock looked at the man named Menovil who was sitting in front of him, and was annoyed, since you are also against Doron, why did you come to stop us when Memphik spoke, his face darkened, and his heart was resentful
A few months ago, after learning in the Bounty Hunters Guild that his father and brother had died mysteriously, and that his third brother Duolun had become the lord of the city, but he had been framed as a murderer, in order to find out the truth about his father's and brother's death, Monfik said goodbye to his friend Joyka and his friends who fought together in the Elven Forest and the Underworld, and sneaked back to Ensogui City alone to investigate
His third brother, Doron Warnock, who was uneducated and unskilled, inherited the title of the family and then relied on his status as the lord of the city to commit misdeeds, wantonly harassing the people, robbing the people's daughters, picking quarrels, raising taxes indiscriminately, and building a large number of construction projects...... In less than two months, the originally prosperous city of Enso Guiyi was in a mess, the order in the city was in chaos, the industry was depressed, the people were tossed and miserable, and the rich people moved to other places, but Duolun was still living in his castle. The life of a drunken gold fan is of course clear to the royal family in the capital that happened in Enso's return to the city, but because it was a period of foreign war at that time, the royal family needed a relatively stable domestic situation, and the position of the trade routes connecting the southeast and northwest of the kingdom was extremely important, and Duolun was the legal heir of the city lord, in order to avoid chaos in the city, the royal family turned a blind eye to the occurrence of a qiē in the city
But the royal family can tolerate Memphik, but he can't return to the city as his hometown, even if he is not the son of the city lord, as an ordinary citizen, he will never let the city be lost in the hands of that half-brother, so after sneaking back to the city, the first thing Monfic did was to secretly contact the old department, and Memphik secretly made an appointment with several former confidants and cronies to understand the situation, but he didn't expect that the actual situation was far stricter than he imagined
Before running away from home, Memphik already had a very high reputation in the family's pro-soldier troops, after he left, the original city lord and the eldest young master died unexpectedly, and the second young master who ran away from home became a suspect in the murder, this matter itself has great doubts, most of the family soldiers know Monfic's character, they know that Duolun said that Monfic's murder of his father and brother is one-sided, without evidence, and he will not believe that Memphik will do such a unconscionable thing; And the soldiers were extremely dissatisfied with Duolun's conduct, even if he succeeded in sitting on the position of the lord of the city, no one listened, most of his soldiers were waiting for Memphik's return, but two months later, Duolun suddenly forcibly disbanded the troops that had a good relationship with Memphik, and did not know where to recruit a large number of recruits to quickly fill the army, the soldiers wanted to fight on the basis of reason, but they didn't expect that the people recruited by Duolun were by no means a rabble, all of them were extraordinary, the soldiers were suppressed, and several officers who took the lead in resisting Duolun were brutally persecuted, so that the original Warnock family army no longer existed, most of the Zài soldiers were forced to leave, and a few who insisted on staying were also ruthlessly excluded by the soldiersI can only watch as the bustling city is gradually being corrupted by Duolun
However, despite the difficult situation, these soldiers did not give up hope, because they firmly believed that the second young master, Memphik, would definitely return, and sure enough, on September 15, 1686, Memphik Warnock, who had been missing for several months, suddenly appeared in front of them secretly, which made these former family soldiers excited, and Memphik developed a cohesion around him, quickly gathered the old departments scattered among the people, and secretly plotted to overthrow the rule of Duolun while secretly investigating the real cause of his father and brother's death
Not only that, but not only Memphik and his old ministry were not used to seeing Duolun, but a rebellion led by the timber merchant Menovel emerged among the people, because of the chaotic rule of Duolun, the city of Ensoguiyi, which had flourished due to trade, was declining day by day, and the trade routes were blocked, many merchants had lost their money, and the merchants all hated Duolun very much, they established the Enso Guiyi Chamber of Commerce, elected Menovel as the president, and fought against Doron everywhere, and the enemy of the enemy was his friend, and Monfic adopted a subordinate Jianyì to secretly form an alliance with Menovil, and accumulated resistance from the people bit by bit
In this way, another four months passed, under the dedicated management of Memphik and Menovir, the underground resistance forces in Enso Guicheng were already full-fledged, and Memphik's open investigation and secret visit finally paid off, a week ago, with the help of an old subordinate lurking in the city lord's mansion, Monfic finally grasped the ironclad evidence that Duolun killed his father and brother, and usurped the position of the city lord, which was a once-in-a-lifetime excellent period, and a rebellion against Duolun was being carried out quickly, orderly, and covertly
Memphik and Menovil spent seven days planning the operation, they were precise and meticulous, every detail was arranged, every contingency imaginable was in place, and every contingency imaginable was prepared, trying to make the plan perfect and successful, and Mefik had great expectations for this operation, and after this night, he could uproot Duolun and return the chaotic Enso to its original order......
But Memphik never expected the problem to appear to the allies, and just two hours before the start of the operation, Memphik suddenly received a notice from Menovil: the operation was canceled.