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Chapter 191 The new King’s bared teeth

Petrov sipped the black tea, leaned against the soft lord chair, and let go of a long sigh of relief

Two hold, and by now he discovered that he liked the hallstructure allowed hi officials and attendants frorip let hi the first month, some small aristocrats stepped out and openly questioned his – of course, the people who provoked them fro fa his father’s advice, Petrov delivered the coround rats directly to the gallohile the small nobles were imprisoned and after their family paid the ransom were expelled from the Western Territory

When this method was put into practice and thunder like struck down on them, the situation soon subsided After all, with the exception of the Honeysuckle Fahts of several other fa it iainst Petrov’s policies Afterward, he again guided the interest by announcing that the stronghold shall co the seizure, in this way forroup of nobles who all shared a common interest

With the exception of the 30 which had been transferred to Border Town, the rehold’s income were split into three sections 30 were used to keep the city operating, 20 were used to appease the other noble fa 20 were invested into the Hull’s territory

Nowadays, the old portrait of Duke Ryan that had hung behind the lord’s seat was exchanged with a picture of the 4th Prince, Roland Wimbledon, but he already looked forward to the day when it was exchanged with one of hihly took possession of Longsong Stronghold, they could turn the tax used to operate the city and the one invested into their own territory into one, beco truly worthy of the name of a dukedom And the 50 which were used to appease the other nobles could also be saved Instead, it could then be invested in the stronghold’s trade, in exchange generating an even higher income for themselves

Of course, the premise for all of this was that Roland Widom of Graycastle

“My Lord,” one of his guards entered the Lord’s Hall and handed him a letter, “It contains news from Border Town”

When Petrov heard that the letter had cohtened the way he sat

He received the envelope and took a fragile piece of papyrus from it Fronize that it was from one of his eyes within the ranks of the serfs

The outcoeous result Although Petrov hadn’t personally taken part in it, he still had heard a fantastic story from his father In order to find out the reasons for the Duke’s failure, he had dispatched some of his confidants to Border Town They would pretend to be artisans, herdsathered back to the stronghold

He firmly believed that the others families had done the saotten inforuised as serfs Those who had pretended to be craftsiven any sound of their presence, as if they had vanished

In the end had they betrayed him out of their oill, or were they discovered by the prince who totally re his attention on the letter