In early February, the guard commander Gu Huas of the viscounty led a raid on several small towns in the territory and kidnapped the three barons back to the city of Sakura.
These barons were then placed under house arrest in a small courtyard in the city, while several towns in the viscounty were completely taken over by new personnel.
Because they suffered unreasonable disasters, the families of several minor nobles wanted to report to the provincial capital, but unfortunately, most of the legions in the south were mobilized to Red Heart Province to suppress the rebellion, and no one was sent to seek justice for them.
Or maybe in the eyes of these military officers, these little nobles are just mosquito legs and not worth standing up for.
After the preliminary unification of the viscounty areas, Lorraine Hill's side also temporarily stopped.
In fact, she does not expect to rely solely on force to solve the problems in the southern border. Not only will it be difficult to defeat them one by one, but her own existence will gradually be exposed.
Still have to pick up some publicity work.
The girl sitting in her room was not wearing armor, but was writing various things at the table. She summarized some of her past experiences in Crancia and began to write some accessible pamphlets.
The language and vocabulary should be as simple and straightforward as possible so that even illiterate farmers can understand the general outline.
This may not allow the other party to join you, but at least it can reduce many unnecessary conflicts.
In addition, during this period of time together, she finally came into contact with the group of initiators of the rebellion.
"Hello, my name is Lu Bin."
In a hidden deep cave in the mountain forest, Lorraine Hill met this young man. He was Iena's brother, a rebel who had been wanted before.
"Thank you very much for saving my sister." This young man looked about 26-28 years old, with short chestnut-blond hair, wearing a leather armor, and a long sword at his waist.
He has the strength of War Sequence 3, and is not very strong, but he seems to be respected by those around him.
Compared with Gu Huas, the mercenary adventurer who made a big splash, this young man was the one who really commanded and started the uprising behind the scenes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't trust you from the beginning, and we didn't meet until now." After Lorraine Hill and Gu Huas took over the territory, the young man secretly observed you for nearly a month before sending someone to contact the unknown person.
knight.
"At least now I can believe that you are a trustworthy person." He stretched out his hand, and Lorraine Hill shook his hand briefly through the cold iron armor.
"Can you tell me your plans and ideas?" Lorraine Hill looked at the young man with a little curiosity. There were several people standing behind him. Although these people were not particularly strong, their eyes were clear and firm. It seemed that
He received intellectual education and military training.
It is hard to imagine that there is already such a complete and advanced rebel army in the southern border.
Facing the knight's question, the young man smiled and then explained briefly.
"The first person to open up the road must have a very difficult time. But those who follow only need to move along the road."
"We just learned from the advanced experiences of other countries." As he said this, he took out a dirty old booklet from under the table beside him, which contained various texts about the early propaganda of Crancia.
"I have to say, these words are so heart-warming that people can't help but yearn for them."
"If I were to believe it at first, I would always be a little uneasy and doubtful. Fortunately, our neighbors have set an example. It is indeed effective and feasible, so why don't we learn to do it." Lu Bin stroked the book and said,
Express emotion.
"But things are not that simple. We have encountered many unspeakable difficulties in the empire."
"Compared to the West Wind in the past, today's empire is stronger and more dominant."
"The territory of West Wind is probably slightly smaller than that of the Southern Territory, but the Southern Territory only accounts for one-fifth of the empire. If we are not completely successful, the Empire can easily mobilize millions of troops from the north, east, and even the center to suppress the rebellion."
"In addition, the rule of the aristocracy is not all bad and bad."
"Isn't it very embarrassing? Some good nobles have become a huge resistance to innovation."
"Because they are not bad enough, they give people hope, and the existence of hope creates weakness and wavering."
"No matter how good the future we describe is, they will not take the risk. Even if it is true, they are not willing to try everything that Crancia has achieved."
"Sometimes, I have to be guiltily grateful for the disaster, because it makes the tide recede and some cruel truths are finally exposed."
"There is a famine in the northern part of the empire, and the war continues in the southern part. Although this brings pain, it also makes everyone slowly wake up and be willing to look at the brochure I gave them and read the vision described in it."
"That's how people are. If you don't crush his last hope, he won't be determined to take risks. Everyone has been raised to be too docile."
Sitting in this cave excavated from the loess, the young man and Lorraine Hill talked about the various difficulties that people like them have encountered in recent years.
"I learned my knowledge from another mentor. He was in the Zishan Province, which is close to the center of the empire and is also a place with dense mountains and forests. Thanks to a friend of my mentor, he trained a group of intelligence officers for us.
In this way, the organization can be slowly built up, and it will not be completely scattered."
"Although I have never seen your true face, I think you must be someone who knows a lot about Crancia and the Empire. This can be seen from the daily announcements and documents, many of which are familiar to us and
Kind stuff.”
"If you also have the same dream as us, but because of your identity, you cannot expose it at will, I think it is understandable." Lubin believed that the unknown knight should come from a certain noble family, and further guessed that it might be from a certain noble family.
The second son of a nobleman.
This is because the eldest son often inherits the family business and is restricted to the territory and learns various affairs, while the second son is relatively free and can travel around. At the same time, a good family background allows them to receive a good education, expand their horizons, and have extraordinary strength.
Also more than ordinary people.
"I do have similar thoughts to yours." Facing these revolutionary people who emerged spontaneously in the empire, the girl admired them very much.
"Actually, I'm quite radical." Thinking of her goal, the girl under the mask showed a wry smile.
"Because, time is a bit urgent." She thought about the letter she received some time ago. The sage would let her know about the current situation in the outside world in some way.
There is not much time left for Ivar's world, so neutral organizations like the Sage Society are gradually beginning to tilt.
Do the witches behind the empire know? The girl thought that they should also know.
But when it comes to innovation, their methods may be different from mine.
This is probably the same as treating someone with a headache. If the lower class people cannot survive and are dissatisfied with their existence, then just cut off some of them.
The old nobles died, new nobles were born, and the people also found respite in the redistribution, no longer wandering on the line between life and death.
The world has been operating like this for thousands of years, and the rules are so clear that the witches have become accustomed to it.
When the tide rises, they watch the moon rise on the shore; when the tide falls, they watch the moon set by the water. The so-called glory is just a fun game in the eyes of these witches.
However, times have changed after all.
Just like the country in the girl's memory, who would have thought that this pattern that had remained unchanged for thousands of years would suddenly undergo earth-shaking changes in a hundred years.
Rotating machine guns, roaring machinery, soaring metal birds, factories that work day and night, etc. These things have completely changed the entire social structure, sweeping everything in the past into the pile of old paper.
Only then, faced with blows and pain beyond cognition, will they willingly admit their backwardness.
But even this process is not accomplished overnight. Instead, they gradually become desperate as they save themselves time and time again, and finally have to admit their mistakes and failures.
The civilization on this planet did not have the luxury in the past to let this process go through slowly. Now it can only accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate until it is completely destroyed, and finally a brand new flower blooms among the ruins.
"I think I can provide you with more help."
Under the surprised gazes of the people around him, the armor on the knight gradually dissipated, turning into dots of starlight and disappearing in the candlelight, and what finally appeared in front of them was a beautiful girl.
She has long light blue hair and clear eyes like the sky.
"What should you call me? Just call me Jia Lan." The girl finally remembered a less commonly used name.
Also starting from today, the rebels operating in the southern border began to disappear and became silent. In some cities and towns, a special kind of pamphlet gradually spread.
Some of them are simple metaphors, some are playful jokes, and some are extremely simple words.
Although not a single word was mentioned about uprising and revolution, the spirit that conformed to its ideas and core was spread everywhere.
Like the silent spring rain that moistens things, it slowly seeps into the soil.