When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 550 Hope dashed
Compared with those relatively poor areas, the nobles in Hotam County have always been lords offline.

Their territories are composed of enclaves and estates, and it is difficult to find a geographical ruling center.

There are only two places where nobles actually reside. The first is the castle, the ancestral territory of their family, and the second is the earl's court near the city or even inside the city.

A few hundred years ago, the Earl's court was a place of considerable disrespect.

But now that a wealthy businessman like Catherine can build a palace, what is the earl's entire court?
After receiving the news from Prince Conde, the imperial company stationed at Feiliu Castle quickly raided the Earl's court in Sampoli.

But as the invisible leader of the nobles in Hotam County, Sampoli is naturally not someone who can be easily dealt with.

He didn't even wait for the news of Wayne's shooting to arrive before he moved important account books, personnel and belongings back to his hometown.

His wife and children were sent immediately to the nearby Leia relatives' home in Xianshidian for refuge overnight.

Sampoli himself had not left yet. He had not even left the vicinity of Feiliu Castle, but was sitting upright in an elegant study room.

Outside the door and windows were the sounds of rolling wheels and noise, and the bright light of the candles could even be projected into the study.

Earls of all ranks, bishops, and deans attended the wedding banquet of Count Nathaniel's niece.

But in the crowded celebration crowd, the powerful earls left one after another because they could not handle the alcohol.

After walking around the small garden and washing their faces, the five earls, looking sober, gathered in this small study.

They stood or sat, listening to Sampoli tell the whole story.

"You saw what Prince Conde did." Sampoli was wearing a dusty silk shirt and a torn robe. It seemed that he had not washed for several days and had been running around.

"Rebellion is our only way out." The tired Sampoli scanned every earl present with his bloodshot eyes.

As the head of the family, Earl Nathaniel swallowed his saliva, as if he could suppress his fear. "Has it really come to that?"

"After catching Garrinon, catch me. After catching me, catch you. Then we'll all be packed up and sent to North County to eat snow sand. Then you'll be obedient!" Sampoli growled in a hoarse voice.

All the earls present shuddered at the same time.

Nothing they do can be investigated, or if they are investigated, they will become major cases that cannot be stopped.

Just like the case of the witcher Lord Chanon and the Green Gang, which almost led to the Pope.

Prince Kongdai thought he had suffered a defeat this time, so he captured someone to vent his anger.

But in the eyes of the nobles of Hotam County, who had already heard the rumors, this was a signal.

If Prince Condé really regarded the so-called "evidence of treason" as a divisive ploy as he said, and it was false, then why did he arrest Sampoli?

This clearly indicates that they are collaborating with the enemy, but there is no evidence.

At this time, Wayne was dead and the so-called "evidence" was completely cut off. In Prince Conde's view, this was clear evidence.

There was no direct evidence to prove that Guerignon and Sampoli were collaborators, but they were arrested and imprisoned on charges of collaborating with the enemy and forming a heresy.

This completely destroyed the nobles' luck and hope.

One noble is an accident, but two nobles are a gang, which is obviously intended to be exaggerated.

Who knows how many "accomplices" that Garignon will implicate? He has been "convicted" of treason, and his words are just confessions.

The most important thing is that these nobles really collaborated with the enemy, and there is plenty 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 fathers' generation, and we have known each other for decades or even hundreds of years." Sampoli tried his best to persuade these powerful earls, "When have I ever done anything that would harm you? At this critical moment, we should learn from the lords of Red Leaf Hill!"

The so-called Lord of Red Leaf Hill, to put it bluntly, is the Duke of Red Leaf Hill who sided with the royal family in the sugar and spice trade and tried to collect high spice taxes from local lords.

So, those lords agreed on the surface, but when the Duke of Red Leaf Hill left to meet the king, they launched a rebellion and showed signs of leaving Fran and joining Leia.

Faced with tremendous resistance, the then King Gobo IX had to publicly declare the Red Leaf Hill people's trading rights for spices and sugars.

Until now, this poor heir of the Duke of Red Leaf Hill has been living in poverty in Huaqiu City, the capital of the Kingdom of Fran, bearing this title.

With Sampoli's unremitting persuasion, the nobles who had been grief-stricken after the death of Garignon finally changed their attitudes and spoke out in agreement with Sampoli's words.

In fact, anyone who can appear at this wedding banquet is basically determined to be on the side of resistance.

The two earls, who felt that it had nothing to do with the matter, did not even come.

After unifying the opinions of most of the nobles in Hotham County, a new problem arose.

"Sir Sampoli, if we rebel, it won't be us who will fight Prince Condé, right? Is that true?"

"Of course not. We need to find someone who can beat Prince Condai."

"The Grand Duke? Hasn't she already fought with His Royal Highness?"

After taking a deep breath, Sampoli shook his head: "It's the Savior Army."

"The Salvation Army? Are you crazy?"

This answer was obviously beyond everyone's expectations. The earls were all confused and even began to suspect that Sampoli had been bewitched by the evil man Horn.

But after a little thought, they found that this was actually the most appropriate answer.

The Kingdom of Leia is still in the midst of a civil war and is obviously unable to intervene. Before the Leia civil war ends, it will be difficult for the two popes to mediate an outcome.

However, neither the Empire nor the Church could lend a helping hand for the time being, and it was difficult to check and balance the Prince. Even the Pope could only write a few letters, which did not have much effect.

In Qianhe Valley, there are only two people who can defeat the Imperial Order Company.

It is obvious that Meliati is alone and they themselves are no match for Prince Conde, so the only ones left are Horn and his Saviors.

"Welcome the Salvation Army to Hotham County? What if they want to divide our territory?"

"Is Horn such a fool? Can he not see the situation clearly?" Sampoli coughed, "Andre, the leader of the Saint Sun Army, said that if we can turn the tables, the Salvation Army will enter Hotam County without taking a single cent of land.

Besides, among their own territories, only the Kush Territory was divided into lands. Have you seen that the lands in Jinhe Township and Lower Ruifu County were divided into lands?
Even if he breaks his promise, he won't be able to spare the manpower to divide our land among us. At most, we can just endure under the Grand Duke for a year and wait for the King's army to come and put down the rebellion."

Taking out a map from the bookcase, Sampoli spread it out on the table: "We just need to operate a key point."

"what?"

"this!"

Sampoli tapped his finger heavily on the location of the detention dock.

(End of this chapter)