Chapter 827: Aftermath (3)
Now. It wasnt like I thought all nobles treated their subjects as less than human, but those that didnt were few and far between.
Maybe I really am a saintess I mean saint.
The officials we sent out to administer the lands were reporting on a daily basis. However, I hadnt the faintest clue about running a government, thus I dumped the mountain load of paperwork on my young adjutant, Ansom Krayt.
At the same time, I sent out Tallin to patrol the province on my behalf. His job was to beat any scoundrel foolish enough to stir trouble in my lands, and check up on those officials I sent out.
Even though I did vet those officials, it was also a fact that the entire province was severely understaffed. Thus I did not filter too many out either. As long as there wasn't anything too egregious, I basically sent them on their way. Hopefully, obtaining power wouldnt suddenly change their personality.
As it stood, the biggest problem facing the region was an acute lack of food. Time and time again, Ansoms reports made mention of how this shortage had driven many to crime and robbery. This wasnt a new problem, unfortunately. The province had always been the definition of the poverty line for food production. Barely hanging on was the best they could achieve.
In fact, the Ertalonese army had raided their food stocks a few times while traveling through this region during the initial invasion. Thanks to that traitorous new lord that murdered his brother, the current situation was balancing on a knifes edge.
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By the time I was done reading through the reports, I shuddered at the mere thought of the human tragedy facing us. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, would starve to death at this rate. Not to mention the whole host of problems, like the desperate turning to crime, war profiteering Then the truly desperate who would have to sell themselves or their own to make ends meet.
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