Chapter 582 – The Aftermath of the Rebellion 3

Chapter 582 – The Aftermath of the Rebellion 3
Stanford stepped onto the ground of Richland Harbor through the diving board.

Ah, he was once again safely back to his parents, and he turned to look towards the ship, where a group of people were also excitedly putting their hands on the side of the ship to look towards the city of Fullan Harbor.

He waved to the ship, “Men, we’re home!”

“Whoo!” “Hooray!” A cheer erupted from the ship.

Stanford, with the support of his lord, Earl Paul Greiman, led his old and newly replenished crews northward again with plenty of food and fresh water, this time doubling the size of the fleet from the previous one to six three-masted sailing ships.

In addition to the necessary supplies, they also carried a large number of commodities, used to trade with the native tribes along the way, whether or not the profit is secondary, mainly used to cultivate friendship with the locals.

They visited the Stag Tribe in the far north again, and were surprised to find that the members of the first exploring party, who had stayed here to recuperate when they arrived last time, were still living in good health.

Winter had not yet ended when they arrived at the Stag Tribe, and Stanford’s fleet had plenty of supplies for the winter, and the natives of the Stag Tribe greeted them cheerfully, with honeycomb coals, stoves, cotton clothing, and canned goods popular with the natives.

After exploring the surrounding area, Stanford returned with the first explorers who had been away from home for a long time, but of course, a group of them stayed behind to learn and study the language and customs of the local natives.

The explorers returned to the port of Fulan with a full load of valuable herbs and animal furs, and after arranging for good men to guard the ship, Stanford declared a vacation, and most of them hurried home, especially those first explorers who didn’t come back the last time, and a few of them went to the city to spend their time drinking.

Instead, Stanford departed for Lakewood to report on the trip, having something important to tell Count Graiman face to face.

“Hey, if it isn’t our Captain Stanford.”

Riding his horse, Stanford met an old friend of his, Glitter, halfway along the way, a merchant who spent a lot of time at sea, and with whom he had cooperated many times when Stanford was still a merchant ship captain.

“Glitter, what a surprise to meet you here.”

“This must be the guidance of the Lord of Light, didn’t you go exploring to the north once again? Is this a return?”

“Yes, I have just returned, and you?”

“Off to Lakewood on a business deal. Hurry up and tell me about your adventures!”

The two men traveled in company, climbing happily along the way, and when they heard Stanford say that the savage lands north of the Rocky Mountains were filled with countless precious goods, and that the exploring party had returned laden with medicinal herbs and skins, Glitter, as a merchant, glistened with both eyes.

“Stanford, my good man, let me know when you leave next time, I must get a big ship and follow you to get rich.”

“Haha, if our lord allows it. Oh yes …… Glitter, I need to ask you about something.”

“Has there been some kind of pirate trouble again recently?” Glitter was confused and touched his head and said, “No ah, why do you ask that? Pirates have been extinct for several years.”

Stanford said suspiciously, “I just encountered a group of escorted prisoners, really a group, ah, the line was lined up for a long distance. If it wasn’t a crime of a large gang nature, how could it be such a sight?”

“Oh, you mean that!” Glitter rubbed his nose and guessed eight or nine points, “I guess it’s the rebels from those villages in the north. It looks like the new labor camp site was repaired and moved them there.”

“Rebel …… rebels?” Stanford was shocked by Glitter’s words.

Glitter gave him a look, “What? Don’t you realize that?”

“I didn’t stay out in Port Fullan long after I got off the ship.”

“Then let me tell you, not long ago a rebellion broke out in Arda against Earl Gleiman, and several villages in the north, led by Babol, lured Lord Gleiman to them under the pretext of inviting the lord to hunt, and then nearly …… all in all the situation was very sinister, and even the town of Lakelands had a There was a rebellion that echoed the same thing in Lakewood. Fortunately, the rebellion was eventually quelled.”

Stanford asked worriedly, “Is Lord Greymane all right?”

Glitter waved his hand and replied, “Our lord must have been blessed by the gods and was not in trouble at all. Of course, even though he was fine at the time, it’s a certainty that he was furious afterward. Let me tell you ……” After looking around to see that no one was there, he continued in a low voice, “Although the Count has a reputation for kindness on weekdays, he is really unforgiving when it comes to traitors. Oops, that scene, the villages suspected of rebellion, especially that Babol village, were almost arrested in their entirety.”

“Not only that, because the ones involved in the rebellion this time were all squire landowners, in short just those big families that have been entrenched in the countryside for generations, Lord Greiman even hated those landowners who didn’t participate in the rebellion. The Earl stripped them all of their status and power as tax contractors, and also legislated against their private penalties-you know how common that sort of thing used to be in the countryside.”

“And he also sent out an inventory of the countryside’s debts, one by one, and burned up by fire whatever he found unreasonable. I remember being a guest at the house of a country friend of mine, who had quite a lot of land in his family, and usually lent a little. At that time just happened to bump into the town came to check the accounts, uh …… his family has a lot of accounts with higher interest rates, and then a fire was burned down. My friend s mother in law cried out in front of the lord s men, rolled all over the yard, and had to pounce on the fire. But what was the use of that? In the end, my friend dragged his mother-in-law out of the fire, gave her two slaps, and took her inside.”

“Isn’t this …… lord afraid of stirring up another rebellion?”

“Rebellion? My God, who would dare!” Glitter’s mouth opened wide, “You are unaware of this, during that time, all demobilized soldiers were recalled to the army, Arda, Bairdin, and Emden were all on high alert, who would go and offend a raging lion that looks at anyone rather suspiciously at this time?”

Getting the general gist of what happened, Stanford shook his head, “I didn’t realize the ripple effect was this big.”

“Heh heh, I’m actually quite happy to see this happen, as well as my friends who run factories …… Ah ah ah ah, I’m not talking about the rebellion itself, but rather the measures taken by the Lords afterward.”

“How?”

“Because under the lord’s strong order, those landowners could no longer confine the countryside mudbloods, and many people countryside people began to go into the city to work.”

(End of chapter)