Unknown Knight

That night, Aix's troops took control of the entire city of Kudan, blocked the city gates and docks, and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving.

The next day, under the instruction of Aix, Cress mobilized the undercover personnel in the city to spread the news that the nobles in the city had embezzled food and fodder, inciting the poor to riot.

Under the deliberate guidance of these undercover personnel, the rioting poor people accurately attacked the residential areas of the nobles in the west city and indeed found a large amount of food and fodder.

Aix took the opportunity to send troops to control the only six or seven noble families left in the West City District. He also accused them of embezzling food and put them all in jail.

In the next few days, Aix copied the model of Tangquan Fortress and held a grievance and public trial meeting in Kudan City.

The poor people who were persecuted by the Voldrat family came to the stage to accuse the family of their crimes. Aix convicted almost all the surviving direct blood relatives of the Voldrat family, and some of the most heinous crimes were hanged.

In the end, even other nobles were not spared. Through various accusations, they were all nailed to the sinners' pillar of shame by the poor.

It's just that Aix deliberately protected these people. After the public trial, they were locked up in the prison of the city lord's mansion. Fortunately, they were served with good wine and food.

Not only that, Aix also took the opportunity of the grievance meeting to convict some rogues and bullies. He believed that in the future, the isolated mine in Blackrock Mountain would no longer lack labor.

At the same time, Aix transferred another 200 troops from the territory to maintain order, prevent infiltration and sabotage by various forces, and isolate the inside and the outside.

Soon after, a 50-member public security team led by Bandak also entered the city.

These people included thirty veteran police officers and twenty students who had just graduated from Tangquan School and had excellent writing skills.

From the first day they entered Kudan City, they began a political review and survey covering the entire city.

This is a delicate job that requires a lot of energy and manpower. Fortunately, the previous procedures at Tangquan Fortress were smooth, and with the help of more than one hundred soldiers, the work went relatively smoothly.

This work lasted for more than half a month before it was completed.

After political review and investigation, Aix learned that there are currently 7,833 people in the city, of which nearly 500 are related to the Voldrat family by blood, and more than 1,200 are related to other nobles by blood.

Aix screened these people layer by layer and treated them differently. For example, the people from the Voldrat family were excluded, who were direct blood relatives who had been completely offended and killed. There were more than 200 direct blood relatives who surrendered voluntarily. Almost all of these direct blood relatives were sent to Blackrock Mountain, where a large number of manpower was needed for the construction and it was relatively remote and closed. Even if they had some ideas, they could not cause any big waves.

The 1,200 noble relatives and more than 200 leaders of the Voldrat family were received individually by Aix.

Aix first comforted them and said that recognizing their noble status and rights was only for their safety. He hoped that they could leave Kudan City and choose a fiefdom in the area from Shules to Tangquan Fortress.

Aix promised them that as long as they swore allegiance to him and paid him one-tenth of the tax, they would be able to obtain twice the area of ​​​​their current territory in these areas, and they would be allowed to purchase more land at a reasonable price.

They can also be provided with transportation, manpower support for territory construction, and corresponding construction materials, of course, they need to pay for these.

The heads of the seven noble families and the new head of the Voldrat family also knew that they could not stay in Kudan City under the current circumstances. Even if they insisted on staying in Kudan City, they would probably not end up well. So they swore allegiance to Aix and agreed to move to the Tangquan Fortress.

In this way, the first group of dependent nobles in the territory of Aix was formed. In the future, they will open up eight villages along the line from Shules to Tangquan Fortress, injecting prosperity and vitality into this empty area.

The remaining 5,000 people, excluding the criminals who were convicted at the public trial and sent to Blackrock Mountain, were all honest town residents. They were basically the bottom of Kudan City and were engaged in various hard jobs in the city.

Honesty and duty are their characteristics, and hard work and dedication are their qualities. These people basically will not cause any damage to Kudan City, and they are an indispensable population for the city's development.

The city of Kudan had a population of more than 10,000 in its heyday, but now only has 5,000 people left, which is obviously not enough. Aix also recruited more than 2,000 people from Tangquan Fortress to make up 8,000 people, and divided them into eight residential areas according to the existing urban divisions.

With retired disabled soldiers, relatives of chiefs and the two thousand people in Tangquan Fortress as the backbone, effective administrative control was established over the entire city.

The reason why Aix made such a big fuss about exile, fiefdom and migration was mainly to control the city of Kudan.

This city is very important as it controls the key points of land and water transport. Aix will not tolerate any unstable factors in the city. He wants to have absolute control over the city of Kudan.

Not only that, from the first day of occupying Kudan City, he blocked the entire city. Even when the spring thaw came and the residents of the city were needed to go outside the city for spring sowing, he would send troops to go with them, ostensibly to assist but actually to monitor them.

Fortunately, the ice and snow have melted, the roads are muddy, and there are almost no foreign caravans. The main trade route from the Khergit Khanate is also blocked due to the war.

Except for two caravans from the city of Aaron in the Rhodok Kingdom, no other caravans came, but these two caravans were also blocked outside the city gate by the defenders.

All the necessary materials in the city were transported by water by the caravan led by Manid, and the open area was limited to the dock area. Outsiders could not enter the city at all, let alone understand the situation in the city.

The two caravans of Aaron also attracted the attention of Aix. Through Bandak's interrogation, he learned a piece of information from Voldrat and Katia's personal maid that the father and daughter had an extraordinary connection with the city of Aaron.

As for what the connection was, Katia kept her mouth shut and didn't reveal a single word. Keeping this girl was still very useful at the moment, so she couldn't be tortured to extract a confession.

And according to James' diagnosis, the woman is really pregnant. According to the date, it might really be Axe's child, so he can't do anything to her.

They had to lock her up in a hidden attic in the lord's mansion and put her under secret house arrest. They also had to send people to take good care of her and protect her, for fear that something unexpected might happen to her.