Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 93: Clifford In Trouble
I did not expect at all that during the autumn, my peaceful life was still going on. there were no strange movements in the dark Guild based on Wolfgang's observations.the nobles also did not act strangely. The development progress also went smoothly. I have reported the results several times to Aurellia.Thank God, she is satisfied.
my plan to destroy the Clifford Family has also begun, through the Agents of VIESTA, we have begun to gather reliable allies not only from among the nobles who have hatred for Clifford, but also from among the nobles, we also took the traders who had been bankrupted by Them and many more.
in addition, quite a number of the residents of Clifford were willing to be employed by the La-Sa Guild into Adonia's territory. They don't have to spend money to go there. We are the ones who accommodate all their needs, many of them have moved there
with this, they will slowly lack residents whose taxes can be withdrawn. Earl Clifford had taken some action by shutting out the entry and exit into the Clifford territory so that no more people would leave. the merchants and adventurers who usually went in and out of Clifford territory to do business and eradicate monsters became difficult.
their access is restricted and the cost of retribution for entry into the city is getting higher. the merchants became reluctant to do business with the residents there the adventurers were also unwilling to take the quest located in the Clifford Region because it would waste their money.
the impact there are two. first is the scarcity of goods, especially basic needs such as Sandang, Food, and boards. The Clifford region relied on all that supply from the merchants who sold the staple for them. With high levies and strict restrictions, the merchants ultimately decided to sell their wares to other regions.
the scarcity of basic goods caused the price increase.The ordinary people who had initially been in trouble became increasingly difficult in buying these needs.they needed food, clothing, and medicine. the local merchants decided not to sell their goods and kept all of it to themselves. With this, a pretty severe crisis would occur in the Clifford region.
secondly, their security is increasingly threatened.According to reports by agents of VIESTA and the adventurer Guild of Clifford region, the activities of the monsters have recently increased.by winter, the, monsters often come out of their nests to feed.
in fact, in a report issued by the Clifford region branch adventurer Guild, the monsters had attacked the countryside outside the city walls, making them severely threatened by the existence of those monsters.
they were monsters of such a high rank that the local adventurers could not afford to fight them. The presence of professional adventurers from the more experienced central Guild would be much needed, due to the restrictions earlier, the adventurers were reluctant to take on the mission in the Clifford region.It was already out of cost, they would also run out of money to pay the entrance fee.
it could have been their personal Knights driving the monster away, but I was pretty sure that Clifford wouldn't want to do something like that.
"Hey Issac, you are evil enough to take down the Clifford Family in such a way.I hear, their territory is now a troubled territory." now Aurellia and I were chatting in front of the library building while enjoying a warm tea, but it was getting warm with Aurellia present.
I chuckled.it's true.it seems like I'm being evil now. princess Aurellia already knows that I'm looking to play with the Clifford family because their son dared to touch the wrong person.
I think they're facing a winter crisis right now.it's also what the VIESTA agent who was there said. Clifford's cash is getting thin.in addition to having to buy a lot of food supplies, cloth, cloth, and firewood for the warmers when winter is expensive, they are also looking for a way that the mysterious disease that befell their child can be cured by paying even the most famous Priests.
since late autumn, the condition of Clifford's heir was increasingly concerning. His body was very weak, his skin was pale due to lack of blood. so he was brought back to his territory for treatment, but the results were, of course, futile.
the condition of the citizens in the region is also no less concerned.criminal cases increased sharply.from my report noted that in one day, there have been five cases of theft in the storage of the rich. what was stolen was of course not money, but the staples stored there.
cases of violence are also increasing.By the reason of maintaining security, the knights are lowered directly to ensure order there? clashes between the knights and the residents there were frequent. The Knights did not hesitate to attack the residents accused of being thieves. Over the past week, as many as 90 people died due to the torture provided by the Knights. of course that figure was hidden by the Clifford family.
but, hey, it's none of my business. I still have a lot of work so let them solve this problem themselves okay. Aurellia also asked if Clifford was not getting any help from his allies?
it was almost impossible.if they were to help Clifford now, they would also run into flaws.most they could only help out by giving Clifford some pennies. obviously not enough to cover Clifford's nearly empty coffers.
leave that aside, now let me enjoy my beautiful moment with Aurellia!