Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

When Linde heard the information sent back by Lucanus's men from the royal capital, he couldn't help but hold his forehead.

The last time I felt like the world had gone mad was when I heard that Isa had rebelled.

"So a large number of low-level professionals came to Gray Collar because of bankruptcy, right?"

"My king, there aren't many of them, only a few dozen in total, but they should be enough to build a wizard tower."

Lucanus bent over and handed over the latest intelligence.

"No, this number is already exaggerated. If even low-level professionals are affected, then ordinary people will probably have a harder time surviving."

Linde lowered his eyebrows and fell into deep thought over the information.

The demons were doing all kinds of things in the capital, promoting usury and turning the capital upside down. Unexpectedly, this brought a lot of talent and labor to Linde.

But to be honest, Lind couldn't be happy.

Only a few of them came to Gray Collar. According to the information from the royal capital, usury was even just a more covert method used by the demons. These demons were hoarding large amounts of food and medicine, but the nobles in the royal capital chose to turn a blind eye. After all, most of the nobles would do the same.

But the nature of both sides is slightly different. The nobles are used to exploiting their own territories, while the demons monopolize the food and medicine in the market.

This has also caused prices in the capital to become increasingly higher. Although there is no sign of collapse at present, the princes and nobles in the capital do not seem to notice it at all.

This is also the difference between the two sides' intelligence systems. Linde pays more attention to people's livelihood and economic intelligence, which is exactly what the masters in the royal capital care about the least.

"And according to the intelligence, the strange illness that appeared in the capital is very similar to the disease we contracted at the beginning, with coughing up blood, skin ulcers, and suppuration, but the symptoms in the capital are chronic."

Flora's voice was a little hoarse, and although her tone was calm, it was difficult to conceal the anger in her voice.

"Has this disease appeared in the territory now? Can it be cured?"

Lind frowned, basically assuming that these strange diseases were spread by the demons in the royal capital.

"Isa has contacted churches in various places. If similar symptoms occur, they will be reported immediately. If there is holy water, it will not be difficult to prevent or cure it."

Then, Flora continued, "Since there is no widespread infection in the king's city, and only a small number of people have symptoms, it means that the infection is not strong. I guess the demons don't dare to do it too blatantly."

Hearing this, Linde's frown relaxed a little.

"We still need to take precautions. If those who come to the territory are infected with these strange symptoms, we need to cure them first."

After everyone reported their work and left, Lind took out the intelligence that had been sent back from the royal capital and began to look through it himself.

"Brother...Linde, what happened?"

Reina, who could no longer be brothers, had just returned from the military camp and saw Linde with a serious expression. The recent research on magic focusing arrays and magic transmission was going more and more smoothly, and it was rare to see Linde's expression so serious.

"The new king in the capital seems to be under a lot of pressure."

When Linde saw Lena coming back, he was just about to find someone to talk to and sort out his thoughts.

After telling Reina what was happening in the capital, Lind continued:

"Augustine III took away too much power in order to suppress the North, but he died too suddenly. It seems that the new king has not had time to take back those powers."

"In order to promote reforms, Clan Augustine had to constantly negotiate and compromise with the nobles, which resulted in the king's power becoming increasingly weak. Even some ordinary nobles dared to point fingers at the new king's policies on the street."

Reina didn't understand the subsequent series of analyses and just asked, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"This is a good thing, but the demons are also our enemies."

"If Clan Augustine doesn't control these demons, does he know how long it will take for the kingdom's economy to collapse? How many people will go hungry because of this?"

Linde slammed the table angrily.

"Then should we help the royal capital?"

Reina pulled Lindler back with just one sentence.

"No, we have just eaten our fill, why should we help our enemies?"

After cursing, Linde calmed down. Clan Augustine was not a fool, otherwise he would not have specifically restricted the actions of the demons within the kingdom. At least he knew not to let the demons contact the western and southern borders.

But this also shows that the other party may no longer be able to control the nobles under his command. Lind can start all over again and establish a new order with absolute violence, but Clan cannot.

"Then actually, Linde, you have already thought about what to do."

Lind was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Klan Augustine is not stupid. With just a little reminder, he will know what to do. If the economy really collapses, it will also affect us. A half-dead capital is most in line with our current interests."

Whenever Lind was a little impatient, he could always calm down after talking with Lena. This time was no exception. After chatting with Lena about the situation in the army, Lind took out a piece of letter paper and planned to write a letter to Clan Augustine in the name of the Governor of the North.

The content of the letter was quite "blunt", directly recording what Lucanus had investigated in the capital. After all, these were just prices and market conditions in the capital, and could not be considered intelligence.

Only when such a glaring number is placed in front of Clan Augustine's face can he truly realize the current situation, instead of speculating about Lind's conspiracy behind his back.

But Lind still felt unsafe. When he saw the intelligence that Clan Augustine asked his saintly fiancée, who was suspected to be a time traveler, to help with the reforms, he thought about it and decided to write a letter to the time traveler on the other side.

Lind had no interest in exchanging secret codes with the other party, so as not to cause misunderstanding from Clan Augustine and prevent the letter from being delivered to him.

In the letter to the time traveler Lilith, Lind listed the situation in the royal capital in more detail. If the other party was from the same country as himself and had received nine years of compulsory education, he should know what to do now.

Not long after in the royal capital, Clan Augustine, who received Linde's letter, smiled bitterly. How could he not know the situation in the royal capital, but it was also a fact that the king's power was reduced. Recently, he heard that the East Territory was getting together with Doug Lars. If it weren't for the loyalty of the two southwestern territories, Clan would have been unable to move forward.

However, some of the suggestions in the letter are indeed worth referring to. At least the prices in the royal capital must be controlled.

On the other side, Lilith also received the letter from the North.

Originally, Lilith was still curious about what the other party had to say, but as she read on, she realized something was not right.

A familiar feeling came over her, bringing Lilith back to the days when her brother told her what to do while she was doing her homework at school.

The most important thing is that the suggestions in the letter are indeed very effective, which makes Lilith feel very unhappy, but she can't find any reason to refute.

Not only that, the person who wrote the letter later seemed to be very excited and even explained to Lilith how to support her confidants and suppress political enemies.

This is obviously an attempt to add fuel to the fire.

Lilith was speechless. She was not in power, so what was the point of saying these things?

Although Clan also gave Lilith a lot of power and relied on the power of Lilith and the Holy See to promote reforms, Lilith's main source of power was still her identity as a saint of the Holy See.

However, some of the opinions in the letter are indeed very valuable for reference. Lilith put away the letter and decided to find a way to control the prices in the market first. Some important things must be controlled by the state.