Chapter 108 (1/2)
”Sneeze --!”
The hat wrapped in the blanket sneezed hard and squatted shivering by the fireplace with a bowl of hot soup in his hand.
The hat who had just returned to the castle from the outer shack was reporting his findings to the dark haired wizard.
”Are you really sure?”
Lauren's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he were lost in thought: ”I mean, it's not just some rumors and troublemakers, but someone behind his back?”
”It's absolutely true.” it seems that the other party is doubting himself. The hat quickly defended: ”you have to believe me. I'm definitely not telling a lie!”
”That night, after the granary caught fire for half a day, it has spread all over the outside! People everywhere are talking about the shortage of food in the castle. There are all kinds of things. If someone didn't do it deliberately, the news wouldn't spread so fast.”
”Isn't it because I halved the relief bread and potatoes?”
”My wizard master, you must not have received relief food.” the hat sighed like an adult and replied with a bitter smile: ”in this weather, it is good for those poor people to eat. Who is picky about how much?”
”Of course, there are picky people everywhere, but certainly not many. But if it were not organized, this kind of resistance would never have become a climate, let alone become what it is now.”
”And you may not know that every time the castle guards on patrol leave, a group of guys will sneak into the shack and agitate the elderly and the only young people everywhere; not only that, I also heard that even many castle guards are rumouring that there is no food in the granary!”
”Are even the guards spreading rumors?”
”It's not just that. The guys who sneak in seem to be ready. Anyone who joins them will give a dagger and some potatoes.” the hat took out a handful from his pocket and handed it to Loren: ”I got it from another guy.”
Lauren took it and looked at it carefully. The dagger is so rough that it is even covered with rust - but it can be used as a weapon anyway.
”How many daggers are there?” Loren asked. ”How many people have they attracted?”
”I don't know, but there must be hundreds.” the hat flat mouth: ”although the cover is very good, I can still see at a glance that it doesn't look like I've been hungry!”
Loren fell into a deep meditation. It takes a lot of money to distribute food and weapons, incite and win over refugees, and even buy the guards of the castle.
Behind these people can only be the Seine family and their henchmen - only they can have such sufficient financial resources in the whole Shenlin castle and do all this behind their backs.
Loren had expected that the castle guards would be bought off. After all, these people were originally soldiers of the Seine family. It was only because the count of shenlinbao changed people that they turned to be loyal to ruven Fred. It was normal to be attracted.
On the contrary, those soldiers recruited from refugees have even higher credibility and loyalty, but I'm afraid they can only be used as guards. If you really let them stick to the castle, the result will be disappointing.
The rebellious castle guards, bewitched refugees, plus the Seine family and their trusted private soldiers... The wall of Shenlin castle can never stop so many enemies. I'm afraid it can only last less than a day with only a small number of guards and guard knights.
Even this is Loren's most optimistic estimate.
Of course, if it really evolves to that step, it is the problem of the open rebellion of the nobles of shenlinbao. Duke lottel will certainly not let them go - even if they are just for their own small life, these nobles will not be stupid to this step.
They will certainly mobilize their own private soldiers, but the number will never be very large. The only real worry is the refugees and the bought castle guards.