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Chapter 503 - 503 503 Steal a Bit of Their Population

503: Chapter 503: Steal a Bit of Their Population 503: Chapter 503: Steal a Bit of Their Population Looking at the report in his hand, Zhao Guang’s eyes flashed with a strange gleam.

“What do you think Marquis Coruas is really up to?” Xi Fei was right beside him, Coscola and Qiao Miya had both returned.

Only Miller was still out busying himself with the merchant team’s matters, so he wasn’t here.

Because the Undead Mages had massively moved south, there wasn’t much pressure here anymore.

Yet, watching some of the actions taken by Coruas, Zhao Guang felt something peculiar.

Initially, through some business ventures, Miller had quietly placed some people within Marquis Coruas’s domain.

Otherwise, they couldn’t possibly have such a clear understanding of these intelligence reports.

Even this time, during the conscription, their own people had entered the ranks, risking danger to bring back some front-line intelligence.

Speaking of which, Miller, this guy, really has a knack for this aspect.

In the future, once they had developed and grown stronger, they would need a separate intelligence department.

“Maybe, to appear pitiable,” Qiao Miya muttered softly.

Being a noble’s housekeeper, Qiao Miya had some insight into the thoughts of the nobles.

However, the other two could only guess at this.

Zhao Guang nodded, his mind teeming with all sorts of conspiracies and tricks, along with various film and TV scenes.

“So, that’s one way to do it.

But these commoners, they are the ones who suffer.”

Suddenly, Zhao Guang’s eyes flickered with an even stranger expression, “You say, the population in Marquis Coruas’s domain is large, right?” Everyone exchanged glances, unsure why he suddenly jumped to the subject of population.

“Our population is really too small.

It would be great if we could even it out with theirs.”

“That may be true, but how are we going to do it?” Xi Fei essentially understood that her master was eyeing their population.

“Marquis Coruas has done such things, and he’s good at keeping them concealed internally.

But what if he can’t hide them anymore?

Would those commoners still send their family members to the front lines to die?

What will they do then?”

“Flee,” Coscola finally came up with a smart suggestion.

Zhao Guang nodded, “Exactly, fleeing.

So, when they escape, they will surely look for a more suitable place.

The nearby domains are all vassals of Marquis Coruas, only ours isn’t.

“All we need to do is leak some information in advance that our side has a lot of land with not many people, and then offer them good policies and treatments, and they will definitely come.”

“We don’t need better policies, our current policies are already very good,” Qiao Miya interjected.

Zhao Guang had been too generous to his subjects, as could be seen from those policies.

Initially, Qiao Miya had even thought to remind Zhao Guang that this could offend other nobles in the vicinity.

After all, the contrast was too stark, which would make those commoners migrate to their side.

Unexpectedly, they were now actively using this kind of policy to attract people.

But since their opponent was Coruas, there shouldn’t be any problem, as he was already an enemy.

“Given that, let those over there get started.

Remember to protect yourselves, and if it’s not feasible, you can disguise yourselves as refugees or slaves and come back to our territory,” Zhao Guang ordered, and behind the scenes of Coruas’s domain, chaos erupted.

“What?

Our people who went to join the army were sent to the front lines immediately.”

“No way, aren’t new soldiers supposed to only handle logistics and wait until they’ve trained up some strength before going to the front?

I remember that our front lines have always had the most elite soldiers.”

“That was in the past; the current situation is a matter of life and death.”

A person nearby added, “Yes, I also heard that now they are using other soldiers’ lives to protect those elite troops.

If they can’t hold back, those elite troops are still expected to protect the nobles.”

“I know you don’t believe it, but I have evidence.”

The person beside brought out some evidence, along with some rumors from the front lines.

Hearing some familiar names, these people could no longer disbelieve.

A few people exchanged glances, quietly dispersed, and then spread rumors elsewhere.

“Trouble has come again, they are forcibly conscripting.” As people came over to capture others, the streets immediately erupted into chaos, with widespread panic.

After these people captured a few able-bodied men and left, others cautiously peeked out.

“It’s such a pity, going there means hardly surviving.”

“Yes, such a pity, and it’s not just about surviving.

There’s also the chance of being turned into Undead, which is too dreadful.”

“Ah, when will these days end, if it continues like this, we won’t be able to go on,” who could have thought that the once thriving Marquis Domain would turn out like this.

It’s not that they are not martially inclined, it’s just that no one wants to die in vain.

“I don’t want to stay here anymore, I’m planning to leave, to seek refuge.” Someone suddenly sighed as their eyes shifted.

“Where will you go?

This is supposedly the best domain around.”

“I’m going to the North, to Viscount Zhao Guang’s domain.

I’ve heard that the domain there is even larger than ours here, with vast un-tilled wastelands, and the policies are much better than ours.”

An old man said disdainfully, “Just a Viscount, he’s just messing around, really think he can manage it?”

“Exactly, talking about vast wastelands, do you know how tiring it is to break new ground?”

The previous person shook his head, “It’s not as simple as you think.

My friend has already gone there and told me it’s all true.

As for breaking new ground, they have specialized large Alchemy machines, it won’t be too exhausting.”

That was indeed true, because Zhao Guang had really bought some machinery for breaking new ground.

Although many of his subordinates had mastered Combat Energy, which was more useful than these machines.

But for most of the people, including those who would come later, being ordinary individuals, they definitely wouldn’t find those tools as useful.

Once they coordinated, breaking new ground would be fast and also easy to win people’s hearts.

“Is that really true?” Others still didn’t believe it, as the information was too scarce.

Many didn’t even know that a new lord had appeared in the North.

“Could it be false?

Those Undead Mages certainly can’t defeat that guy in the North, they have to detour through the Beastman’s territory.

But look at our situation here, isn’t the strength comparison obvious at a glance?

“No, I need to find out more, don’t deceive me,” someone was already swayed.