dognovel Chapter 39 High-end coup
Chapter 39 High-end coup
After handling the human trafficking case, John gradually fell in love with judging cases. In addition to being able to gain a positive influence among the common people, the most important thing was that the local nobles were really rich. That trafficking case alone had seized about 2 gold coins and a bunch of valuable items, which was enough for John to recruit more than a dozen artillery teams.
John usually sentenced the main culprit to death, and sent all the other accomplices to work in mines and farmland, thus maximizing the exploitation of manpower and making those criminals realize the seriousness of the situation.
In addition to these major cases involving criminal law, John also judges some small civil cases, such as some cases involving petty theft. Basically, they are cases where someone catches the theft and reports it directly. They then ask someone to go to the place to check and collect testimony. Then they can see if there is a criminal record and roughly determine the case.
However, John also knew that if he did this, there would definitely be people who would be dissatisfied with him, especially some nobles and big businessmen who relied on illegal means to make profits. Therefore, John recruited some farmers from the system early on, bought houses for them, and found jobs for them, and asked them to monitor whether there were any trends in various industries. Then the residents of Binsey found that there were some new faces around them, basically some middle-aged men, but they all said that they came to the city to make a living, and asked their relatives in the city to find jobs for them. When the neighbors knew about it, they realized that life in the countryside was not easy now.
In their free time after work, these people would go to the pub to have a drink, and then chat with the drinkers around them about local things in Binsey, and over time they became friends.
Late at night, in a dark small building, some people wearing black hoods and looking like standard villains gathered in the house.
"Your gang's income has decreased at present."
"Yes, these past few days, there have been all kinds of soldiers patrolling, and my little brother doesn't even dare to collect protection money."
"The main issue is human trafficking. We used to make a profit from it, but now that it's banned, all the money we made has gone down the drain."
"We paid so much money to that idiot Youston, but he was burned to death. We can only grit our teeth and accept it."
Just as everyone was complaining, the bedroom door suddenly opened, and a man wearing a purple hood came in with a man wearing a black hood.
"Everyone, there's no need to panic. Since the Midland Kingdom can't make us rich, we can join the Yoda Empire." said the man in the purple hood.
"You're so smart! Not to mention that the people of the Yoda Empire are all in East Balden, how can you get them to move to the vicinity of Binsey?"
"Is it because your family's focus is on loan sharking, and not this, that's why you start to come up with some bad ideas?"
Everyone expressed disbelief at his suggestion. Far water cannot quench immediate thirst, not to mention that the distant water is not coming at the moment. If they continue like this, they will all die.
“Don’t worry, everyone. The reason I made this suggestion is because I have been in touch with the nobles of the Yoda Empire. Otherwise, I would not have made this suggestion to you.” As he said this, he signaled the man wearing the black hood to take off his hood.
"Everyone, I am a special envoy from General Adam, the commander-in-chief of the Yoda Expeditionary Force. I am here to help liberate the people of Binsey from the clutches of Mitlan." The visitor stated his identity and purpose.
"Although we attacked the Kingdom of Balden before Mitlan, we had our reasons. It was because the Kingdom of Mitlan also wanted to attack the Kingdom of Balden. We had to enter Balden in order to protect the integrity of the lord of Balden." The messenger first whitewashed Yoda's intention to invade Balden, but it was obvious that no one bought it.
"I have a question. Currently Yoda's troops are all in East Balden. How can they suddenly come to West Balden and save us ordinary people?" Someone raised doubts at this time. It is impossible for them to become cannon fodder for Yoda just because of the envoy's empty words.
"I must be well prepared to be here. First of all, the army of our Yoda Empire has entered the land of Midland and is heading towards the south of Xibalden." The envoy's words immediately caused everyone in the room to exclaim.
"Secondly, in the East Barden region, we have already instigated many local nobles to rebel. They will open a gap for us so that we can directly kill the Midland army that has crossed the river."
"The third point is also given to you by the third prince. He has issued a certificate of nobility to each of you. Those who are already nobles can also obtain more land. As long as he becomes the King of Balden, these guarantees can be realized." The messenger spoke this time, making everyone in the room excited and breathing fast. After all, even the nobles of this small country are still nobles. Being able to become a noble means crossing the class, and for the nobles, it is nothing more than land. The more land, the more people, the more taxes collected, the bigger castles and the more soldiers they can have.
So everyone decided to follow the arrangements made by Special Envoy Yoda.
"I need you to collect as many weapons as possible, and then tell me where the Midland army is stationed in Binsey City. We need to act within three days so that the West Balden region will be leaderless and General Adam can defeat them one by one."
"I promise there will be no problem. Then we will go back and prepare. We will be able to give you what you want tomorrow morning."
So the people in the house slipped out of the house one by one in the dark and started walking towards their headquarters. After a while, a few peasants came out from the corner and looked around to see if there were any people around. One of them said, "You each find someone to chase, I will go and inform the governor." The people dispersed and completed their tasks. When the peasants saw John, the sun was about to rise.
"So, this group of nobles feel that they can't make money by hanging out with me, so they plan to join someone else?" John asked.
"I'm afraid that's it. Should I continue observing?" asked the farmer.
"Pay special attention to observe which group of people are closer to each other, and also see where they leave the city from and whether there are any tunnels." Based on the existing information, John deduced that Binsey must have tunnels used for smuggling, otherwise the Yoda envoy would not have appeared out of thin air.
After the peasants left, John thought to himself that there were only 3000 garrisons in the city, and the rest of the soldiers were either scattered in the vast countryside or had been taken away by the generals to fight. If a riot broke out in a big city like Binsey with a population of tens of thousands, these 3000 people would definitely not be enough.
So John decided to continue using his money ability to recruit some soldiers from the system who were suitable for fighting in the city.
Cavalry pass
Crossbowmen, enough, no more needed.
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After choosing and choosing, John finally chose his favorite type of soldiers:
"It's decided to be you, Highland Axeman!"