Chapter 550 Hopes dashed
Compared with those relatively poor areas, the nobles of Hotam County have always been lords offline.
Their territories are all enclave estates, and it is difficult to find a geographical center of dominance.
There are only two places where nobles really reside. The first is the castle, the ancestral territory of the family, and the second is the earl's palace near or even inside the city.
Hundreds of years ago, the Earl's court was quite a place of civilized behavior.
But now that a wealthy businessman like Catherine can build a palace, what does the earl's entire court mean?
After receiving the news from Prince Condai, the imperial company stationed at Feiliu Castle quickly raided the Earl's court in Sampoli.
But Sampoli, as the invisible leader of the Hotam County nobles, is naturally not that easy to deal with.
He didn't even wait for the news that Wayne had been shot to death, and transferred important account books, personnel and property back to his hometown in advance.
My wife and children were even more careful, and they were sent overnight to take refuge with Leia's relatives in nearby Xianshiden.
Sambori himself has not left at this moment. He has not even left the vicinity of Feiliu Castle. Instead, he is sitting upright in a study room.
Outside the door and outside the window can be heard the sound of wheels rolling and noisy, and the bright light of the candle can even be projected into the study.
At the wedding banquet of Count Nataniel's niece, counts, bishops and deans of all sizes came.
But among the crowded celebrating crowd, the high-ranking earls left the venue one after another because they were too drunk.
After walking around the small garden, they washed their faces and the five sober-looking earls gathered in the small study.
They stood or sat and listened to Sampoli's story.
"You have also seen how Prince Condé did it." Sampoli was wearing a dusty silk shirt and a torn toga. It seemed that he had not washed for several days, but was On the run.
"Rebellion is our only way out." The tired Sampoli glanced at every count present with his bloodshot eyes.
As the head of the family, Count Nataniel swallowed, as if this could suppress his fear: "Is it really that bad?"
"After arresting Gary If the farmer arrests me again, I will arrest you again, and when the time comes, you will all be packed up and sent to North County to eat snow sand, and you will be honest!" Sampoli roared in a hoarse voice.
The earls present all shuddered in unison.
Everything they do cannot be investigated, or if found out, it will be a major case that cannot be stopped.
Just like the case between the demon hunter Lord Chanon and the Green Party, it was almost traced to the Pope.
Prince Kong Dai thought he had been defeated this time and took it out on someone.
But in the eyes of the Hotam County nobles, who had long been rumored, this was a signal.
If Prince Condé really regarded the so-called "evidence of collaboration with the enemy" as a rift and was false as he said, then why did he arrest Sampoli.
This clearly confirms that they are collaborating with the enemy, but there is no evidence.
At this time, Wayne died, and the so-called "evidence" was completely cut off. In the eyes of Prince Condai, this was clear evidence.
Neither Guellinon nor Sampoli had direct evidence to prove that they collaborated with the enemy, but they were arrested and imprisoned on charges of collaboration with the enemy and collusion with heretics.
This completely destroyed the luck and hope of the nobles.
One noble is an accident, and two nobles are a gang. This is obviously going to be expanded.
Who knows how many "accomplices" that Galenon will involve? He has been "convicted" as a collaborator, and his words are just a confession.
The most important thing is that these nobles are really collaborating with the enemy, and there is a lot of evidence. They don't want to go to those mountainous counties to starve and freeze!
"We have known each other for more than ten years, starting from our parents' generation, and we have known each other for decades or hundreds of years." Sampoli tried his best to admonish these powerful counts, "When have I ever done anything detrimental to everyone? What? Such a critical situation? Damn it, we should learn from the lords of Hongyeqiu!”
The so-called lords of Hongyeqiu, to put it bluntly, is that in the sugar and spice trade, the Duke of Hongyeqiu turned to the royal family and tried to collect the wealth of the local lords. amount of spice tax.
Therefore, the lords agreed on the surface, but launched a rebellion when Duke Hongyeqiu left to meet the king, and showed a tendency to leave France and join Laia.
Under huge resistance, the then King Gobo IX had to publicly declare the Hongyeqiu people’s trading rights in spices and sugar.
Until now, the poor heir to the Duke of Hongyeqiu lives in poverty in Huaqiu City, the capital of France, with this title.
With Sampoli's tireless persuasion, the nobles who were so sad after Galinon finally changed their attitude and all spoke out in agreement with Sampoli's words.
In fact, anyone who can appear at this wedding banquet is basically a party that is biased towards resistance.
The two earls who felt that the matter had nothing to do with them did not even come.
After unifying the meaning of most Hotam County nobles, a new problem followed.
"Your Excellency Sampoli, if we rebel, we won't be the ones to beat Prince Condai, right? Is it true or not?"
"Of course not, but to find someone who can beat him. Go and fight with Prince Kong Dai’s people.”
“Duke? Hasn’t she already fought against His Highness?”
Taking a deep breath, Sampoli shook his head: "It's the Salvation Army."
"The Salvation Army? Are you crazy?"
This answer obviously surprised everyone, The earls were all surprised and even began to suspect that Sampoli had been deceived by the demon Horn.
But after they thought about it for a moment, they found that this was actually the most appropriate answer.
The Kingdom of Laia is still in a civil war, and it is obviously unable to take action. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the two popes to mediate the outcome before the civil war in Laia ends.
However, neither the empire nor the church can lend a helping hand for a while, and it is difficult to check and balance the prince. Even the Pope can only write a few letters, which will not have a big effect.
In the Thousand River Valley, there are only two people who can defeat the Imperial Company.
Meliarty is obviously unable to do anything alone. They themselves are no match for Prince Condai, so only Horn and his Salvation Army.
"Welcome the Salvation Army into Hotam County? What if he wants to divide our territory?"
"Is that Horne such a fool? He can't see clearly. What's the situation?" Sampoli coughed, "Andre, the leader of the Saint-Sun Rebel Army, said that if we can do anything, the Salvation Army will enter Hotam County without taking any land.
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Besides, among their own territories, only the Kush territory is allocated land. Have you seen the land allocated in Jinhe Township and Lower River County?
Even if he breaks his promise, he will not be able to spare the manpower to divide the land among us. The most he can do is endure under the Grand Duke for a year and wait for the king's army to come to put down the rebellion. "
Sampoli took out a roll of map from the bookcase and spread it on the table: "We only need to operate one key point. "
"What? "
"This! ”
Sampoli placed his finger heavily on the water dock.
(End of this chapter)