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

Chapter 442: The Border of Anjou

After resolving the dispute over the post station, Isa's journey continued. A group of nobles in the big cities of Anjou had been killed when the new land law was implemented. The remaining nobles immediately realized that the times had changed, and they changed their tracks. They no longer cared about the family land, but instead began to cultivate the next generation of talents and became much quieter.

The bigger the nobles, the more humble they have become, while the small and medium nobles are still as arrogant as before.

Perhaps because of the peaceful handover, those poorly informed nobles were still dreaming of bullying their neighbors as before, thinking that even if the emperor changed, he would not be able to control them.

Even in many areas of Anjou that were less affected by the war, the rural nobles began to become more aggressive, thinking that the new emperor was no better than them.

However, the so-called peaceful handover was not actually very peaceful. Linde only promised Alberto that he would not attack the royal family and people of Anjou again, but those nobles were not considered common people in Linde's eyes. Many nobles who opposed the new land bill and the new noble title succession bill were hung up by Linde, and his troops were dispatched quickly, as if it had been premeditated.

Linde controlled the situation very well and did not allow the rebellion of the nobles in those regions to expand further, mainly because of the disparity in strength between the two sides. This was also the reason why the great nobles of Anjou were silent. The emperor's butcher knife was still hanging over their heads. The era of aristocratic wars was over. If they did not change track and focus on cultivating the next generation, in two or three generations, the family title would be gone.

There is nothing more stupid than launching a rebellion against a founding emperor who had just driven out the dragons and demons of Sauron.

You have to know that His Majesty is still very young, at least he can live much longer than those old nobles. He might even have to watch these old nobles die out because they can't keep up with the times.

However, due to the information gap and the fact that the country nobles themselves were not the focus of attention, or in other words, when railways and communication machines had not yet been laid out in towns and villages, the empire was unable to free up the hands to control these country nobles, which made the country nobles the most arrogant and domineering group.

These country nobles were different from the prominent nobles. They still felt that they were located in the border areas and that the emperor had no control over them. So when the nobles kept silent, these country nobles were even more presumptuous than before.

If you ask what capital these country nobles have for their insolence, it is that the long-term family integration and the intricate network of interests have woven a protective umbrella for these nobles. There are even many country nobles who talk eloquently about their own importance and constantly hypnotize themselves and other country nobles that even if there is a change of emperor, the emperor has to rely on themselves to rule the border areas.

Of course, those who knew about the change of emperor were already well-informed. The Randolph family was located away from the previous war and did not suffer much loss, so they did not know much about the new empire. There were even many people inside the empire who believed that it was still the Angevin period.

The Randolph family is only a representative family among the many border nobles in Anjou. There are many other nobles with complicated situations. These nobles are located in remote areas, have no external pressure, no abundant resources, and no central control. They are lawless on their own land.

Looking at the peasants digging for food in the fields and the skinny serfs, Isa couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, and just glanced at the priest of the Church of the God of War who was accompanying her.

The priestess also understood what he meant. After all, she had done this kind of thing many times along the way. The priestess immediately set out for the nearest church to ask the local nobles to liberate the serfs and ask the church to give the serfs the most basic protection.

In order to get more people to work in the factories, Anjou once followed Linde's example and liberated the serfs, but the effect was not ideal. It only liberated the areas around the capital of Anjou. For these rural areas, serfs were still the private property of local nobles. Even though the empire's orders had come down, these nobles just turned a deaf ear to it.

Isa, who originally wanted to solve the child labor problem, basically stopped and walked along the way because such scenes were too common in the countryside, and even took a long detour. She has not yet reached the former capital of Anjou, but has instead moved further and further towards the border.

Most of the villages around here are like this. To use a phrase from Linde's previous life, most of the places here are "not aware of the Han Dynasty, let alone the Wei and Jin Dynasties."

In most territories, it might take several years for someone to take a trip out in the lord's carriage to purchase some supplies and then come back. However, a few years is enough to change the world.

"Which is the next village?"

After a little replenishment, Isa asked the attendant beside her: "It's Hidden Mountain Territory, Lady Saint, I suggest we prepare first. There are no regular roads in Hidden Mountain Territory, and there are mountains everywhere, which makes it difficult to travel."

The servant spread out the map, and Issa realized that she was almost at the border of Anjou.

Although the Hidden Mountains is located on the extension line of the southwestern border between Anjou and Capet and theoretically belongs to Anjou, it has actually never been developed because it is located in the mountains and has no resources.

By the way, this place is very close to where Margaret asked Lind to build the railway. Perhaps it is precisely because of the dragons' secret efforts that Anjou's control over this place has always been very poor, which also allowed this place to remain safe and sound in the war that swept almost the entire continent.

However, now that the dragons have gradually begun to come to the fore, there is no need to hide this dragon's lair. So of course this vague area must be clearly demarcated. Unfortunately, although the Hidden Mountain Territory is very close to the dragons' hometown, it has not benefited from the dragon railway because of the many mountains between them. It is better to say that they may not even know what a railway is, let alone that they are actually only separated from the dragons by a group of mountains.

If the Randolph family is a typical country aristocratic family, then Hidden Mountain Territory is a typical secluded place, or a forgotten place.

"I didn't expect that we were getting further and further away from the center of Anjou."

Isa looked at the map and smiled helplessly.

"Lady Saint, do you want to go back directly to the capital of Anjou?"

The attendant beside him asked.

Isa thought about it and decided to go and take a look first.

"Now that we've come this far, let's go see what the real border looks like, so that His Majesty can have an understanding, right?"

Since she was already here, Isa decided to go to this hidden mountain area to take a look.