Chapter 1258 1259: Regional Magic

This is the first time Neumann has seen such things, the luxury and corruption of nobles, the corruption and inaction of city hall officials...

Anyway, how outrageous it is, as long as it can arouse public dissatisfaction, write it with embellishment.

The content that disturbed Andnus's order was printed on cheap paper in such a grandiose way, and it was distributed everywhere! !

Where did this come from?

How did this get in?

The first question is easy to answer, they must come from the people of the Melox Empire.

As for the second problem, it was caused by his carelessness.

Neumann suddenly began to regret that he had deployed most of the elite city defense forces in the inner city.

After more than ten seconds, the lord broke the silence with a gloomy face: "How long have these things been circulating in the outer city?"

"It's probably been circulating since a week ago at the earliest."

Neumann's face was livid: "Why didn't anyone report it immediately?! Do you know how much disaster these things will bring?"

The little nobleman turned pale, and tremblingly said: "Aren't these things normal?"

"Idiot~!"

Neumann cursed.

This kind of thing is indeed normal on weekdays. Even if the mud legs at the bottom know, it will not help, because the power and strength are in the hands of the nobles.

But it’s different now, the whole of Anderus is under siege, food control, many people eat twice a day at first, and now they eat once a day, while the noble lord described above eats three meals a day, every meal It’s not the same, and there’s even supper at night, so you can eat one bowl after another.

This will greatly stimulate those bottom-level people who can't get enough to eat.

Neumann burned the flyer in his hand, and the fire reflected on his face, making him look extremely gloomy.

A prolonged siege is the biggest blow to morale and cohesion. When the situation is stable and there are no major differences in interests, the nobles can still maintain balance and unity. No matter in which main city, there are many internal and external factions, nobles and occupation Both parties have large or small interests entangled in conflict points, but at least everyone will maintain superficial unity on the same front.

However, when there is no benefit to be gained, and even its own security is threatened, the apparent unity will be broken from the inside out.

Not everyone supports the orders from the Principality or even the Federation. Although Neumann has the highest authority in Anderus, he cannot make the nobles in the entire region monolithic as the frontier of the Principality of Valencia. In the early years, it was a place where birds don't shit, and it had to support a large number of federal troops. From the very beginning, there were a lot of hidden dangers of internal division.

With the rise of the Melox Empire, the frequent bilateral smuggling trade has created Andnus today. Under the attack of the smuggler Jin Yuan of the Merox Empire, the local nobles have always resisted the instructions from the principality. In the past two years, due to smuggling trade The young aristocrats who have risen due to influence have frictions with Andnus' traditional aristocrats.

The emerging nobles hope to gain more autonomy in this land far away from the political center of the principality, while the traditional nobles are always worried about these emerging nobles, and even sell the entire principality for trade.

In fact, the worries of the traditional nobles were not wrong. The reason why the Melox Empire was able to surround the main city of Andnus without anyone noticing was that the new nobles who surrendered played a vital role.

As the situation in Andnus City got worse and worse, the haze of insufficient supplies began to emerge, and the order in the outer city was getting worse day by day. Those traditional nobles brought their families to the inner city, and they lived in the wealthy area between the outer city and the inner city. Once a conflict broke out, they would be the buffer zone for the inner city. The chaos in the outer city would inevitably affect to them, and getting worse.

The leaflets circulating in the city at this juncture undoubtedly exacerbated the deterioration of all situations.

Almost everyone can think that this is a 'conspiracy' of the Melox Empire, but everything mentioned above is true.

The nobles were also faintly divided into two factions, the inner city nobles fought to the end, while the outer city nobles supported the peace talks.

These things are spreading secretly, and it shouldn't be able to spread throughout the city in a week, so it is necessary to stop these things from continuing to ferment immediately.

He looked at the little nobleman in front of him and said, "Immediately notify the Judgment Knights to confiscate all leaflets that have been disseminated in the city, and let those professionals go to the outer city to search door to door. Anyone, regardless of any reason, has this All these booklets must be turned in immediately, and those who refuse to hand them in will be punished as treason.”

"yes."

Professionals affiliated with the Andnus City Hall quickly took action.

The gate of the inner city, which had been closed for a long time, was opened, and heavily armed professionals rushed out from it, and began to search for 'treasonous evidence' from house to house. All the civilians hiding propaganda materials, and in the process, the outer city suddenly became more and more chaotic.

Those professionals who are almost exhausted will naturally break into conflicts in the process of breaking into the houses and searching for materials. It is only a trivial matter to loot all the property and food in the houses, defile their wives and daughters, and even kill the male master. .

Not only did the outer city become chaotic, but the atmosphere in the inner city immediately became tense.

Wearing heavy black armor, with gloomy eyes on the visor, they kept shooting back and forth. These people are one of the few Judgment Knights of Anderus, only a few dozen or so, but their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful. They were the first Appointed by the Church to oversee the city of Anderus.

As the strongest law enforcement unit of the church, the Judgment Knight has far more influence than the Federal Gendarmerie. When it finds a noble with a problem, it has the right to kill first and then act later.

All the minor nobles and their family professionals began to be questioned. A large number of brochures were found from the mansions of those minor nobles. The minor nobles who hid the leaflets were also immediately punished.

Neumann knew that there must have been spies from the Melox Empire in the city. As the time of siege became longer and longer, the region recognition magic of the central countries for the outer continents gradually disappeared. With their identities exposed, no one knows whether they are from the outer continent.

This is also the person Neumann is most worried about. If these people are left alone, as the number increases, if they open the city gate to lead the unified army into the city, everything will be over.