Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
One Problem Done, Another Problem Emerges!
The news of the killing of members of the William faction immediately spread to Venz and the former territory of Marquis Schazar. The response that arises from each person varies. In the palace, despite the uproar, but no one protested. They all knew that it was a necessary action to dampen the potential for rebellion.
Meanwhile, the response obtained from the territory of Duke Balzaac and the territory of Marquis Schazar is different. Most of them chose to surrender because they no longer had any reason to go to war. But there were also those who chose to fight against the royal army.
Fortunately, most of them chose to give up. They realized that if they fought the royal army, unnecessary casualties would fall and that would leave both sides burdened.
Within a short period of time, Duke Balzaac's territory had fallen to the royal army when Prince William's forces opened the gates to the royal army. A second army and a third part of the army had occupied Balzaac.
But a rather fierce resistance took place in the territory of the former Marquis Schazar. The rest of the third army of 8,000 had surrounded and clashed with the remnants of Prince William's army. Initially they were pushed because the opposing forces were superior in numbers.
But the third army received help from the rest of Prince William's army which had surrendered to the kingdom. In a short time, the resistance was suppressed and a third army occupied Schazar.
For Duke Balzaac and prince William, they were immediately led to the capital along with evidence of their treachery. The punishment for treason is clear. Die. But there are things more useful than executing them.
"Waller, let's continue our journey to the former Schazar region. While the leader of the armies of both kingdoms, major general Benedict Wilson, order your subordinates to bring a thousand men to secure Duke Balzaac and prince Lewis towards Venz. While you have to go with me."
The two who were dealing with Issac immediately nodded and prepared their respective troops to carry out Issac's orders. That same morning, they went straight to the former Schazar region.
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Schazar is the border between Moskov and Heinz. Separated by a large river called the Baltic and a large forest, relations between the two countries tend to be fine. Trading went on as usual.Even to glue each other together, several generations of Marquis Schazar's predecessors married their son to several imperial nobles of Moskov.
Administratively, this region would be a border governed by the kingdom directly. A border regiment will be stationed here to monitor the situation in the opposite country and a Marquis will be selected based on the criteria already set by the queen and the interior ministry.
Despite the crisis due to their affiliation with prince Lewis and prince William earlier, the region was actually quite prosperous. Just like the eastern region, the Northern region of the kingdom also became a mining center in the kingdom.
Admittedly, the previous Marquis was quite competent in managing his territory within certain restrictions. The city that is the center of activity of this place is large and the population is crowded. Buildings grand. But the suffering still feels. Everywhere, bums sleep in the store's emperor in a state of starvation.
Issac moved quickly to secure Schazar's marquis fortune and confiscate all of their possessions. Important assets in the form of several mines have been transferred to royal property and will be managed based on royal policy.
Schazar's family had fled to Moskov. It is possible that they gathered forces there and pushed the Moskov empire to reclaim this place. Issac must be prepared to prevent that from happening.
It would be hard to clean up the hunger that is happening now. The supplies belonging to the army he could not use because the number was limited. Fortunately, he had given Aurellia a letter at the palace and officially, the queen had lifted the embargo and isolation for the Northern region. Merchant caravans from various regions transporting foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities were walking here. Wait a few days, they'll be here soon.
Now, let's finish the last thing.
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In the evening, three people gathered with William's faction were having another meeting in a corner of downtown Schazar. The three people were worried about what had happened. But this is already in their estimation.
But that never happened. As soon as they almost wiped out all the evidence, 50 people surrounded them. Although from his magic energy all of these people were slightly weaker, but with the superiority of the amount there was not much they could do.
"So, what do wild dogs do in the land of the kingdom? Looking information? Collect data? Well, it doesn't seem to be. The only thing you're looking for here is trouble, right?"
The crowd gave way to a black-haired young man. His red eyes lit up in the middle of the pitch. It was Issac and the one who surrounded them was the agent of VIESTA.
the three men said nothing. They instantly activated their magic and attempted to break through the encirclement. But dear, Issac moves faster. He cut off the three men's hands and they fainted because of the pain they were experiencing.
"Cure them and take these three dogs to the dungeon. Hunt down all other stray dogs and as much as possible do not kill them. Let's see what we can get from them."
Devoutly, the other fifty people immediately carried out the hunt. Well, Issac will probably get a lot of valuable things, in addition to the information they have.
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Six months after the Northern region returned to royal hands, this place gradually improved. Queen Aurellia immediately ordered the construction of a highway and an unfinished bridge because the North was still in enemy hands.
Stalled efforts are now starting to run again and the mineral mining that was initially stalled, is now resumed again. Who would have thought that the processing techniques of material ores in this region were quite advanced. Finally Issac advised the queen of Aurellia to send technicians to study the techniques of processing mineral ores in this area.
In addition, the newly formed border regiments had filled out posts built for them. The number is quite a lot. There were about 3000 to 5000 people. They were affiliated with the third army and the fifth army whose headquarters were in the North.
Massive reconstruction also began. Just like the other provinces, the Northern provinces also experienced a population explosion. Several small towns appeared and villages were also awakened. Although unsuitable for agriculture, the province in the North had an advantage in the production of woolen cloth because many wool sheep lived there. So too with the farm.
The royal-owned financial institutions soon invested a lot of money to build wool production centers and farms in the Northern provinces. Not only the kingdom, many traders are investors in this field. Money flowed and labor was heavily recruited. The Northern Province soon became an advanced region.
As for the border, queen Aurellia decided to establish a surveillance post there to monitor the movements of the empire. Based on information that Issac had obtained from Moskov's spies, they intended to attack Heinz once the gap opened.
A Marquis who had been appointed to manage the border area. As for the Northern province, the interior ministry appointed Lilianne Balzaac as the new Duke and would be in charge of the Northern province.
The problems with the Moskov empire have been solved for a while. The spies have been repatriated and the Moskov empire must redeem them for a sum of money as it turns out they are very valuable spies. With this, Issac had locked up the Moskov imperial movement so that they could not be rash.
But this problem is not finished and probably will not be solved. More and more waves of refugees. If action is not taken immediately, conflict between local residents will soon ensue.
To counter that, the queen decided to naturalize those who had already entered the kingdom and closed the border to block the wave of refugees and create a safe zone with the Mariendolf Margrave region.
Issac as the palace chief of staff will enlist Angelica's help in coordinating with the Mariendolf family to resolve this. And for that reason, perhaps he would intervene in the civil war in the Grand Aria empire.
Further to the east, in his own province, there was a much more rundown problem. Federation Garlin. Issac also had to solve this problem. Perhaps, the next war was not with the Moskov empire or the Grand Aria empire. The next wave will probably come from the east.