System: Build My Own Territory Chapter 1305 - 343: Expand the Army! Expand the Army! Expand the Army Again!

There’s only one way.

And that is to continue expanding the army! Expand the army! Expand it more!

As long as he possesses overwhelming military power, Lynn will have nothing to fear!

Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Lynn moved his arm and raised the wine glass on the log coffee table beside him.

He downed the glass of gin that Janet had filled in one gulp again.

Lynn leaned back in the wooden chair, enjoying the sunset in the distance...

Night fell, enveloping the entire world.

Shortly after Kuisi returned from the town, the kitchen chef happened to complete today’s dinner cooking and production.

After enjoying dinner with the service of Kuisi and Janet.

Lynn sat on the lord’s throne, contemplating the future development plan of his territory.

...

On the other side under the night.

In Kakasong City

within an expansive mansion building.

Bam!

Sitting in the wooden chair, Ludovico clenched his right fist and slammed it hard on the walnut table in front of him.

Perhaps because he was too angry, the power of his fist caused all the items on the table to tremble suddenly.

Ludovico’s eyes widened, staring straight at Harry, almost questioning.

"Has Simo gone mad?"

"On what grounds does he dare to dispatch the Church Guard to levy tithing on my shop, Sir?"

Feeling the aura emanating from Ludovico.

Harry dared not utter a word, even holding his breath lightly.

Hoo hoo hoo~

Heavy breaths came one after another from Ludovico’s mouth and nose.

Seeing that Ludovico did not continue speaking, Harry carefully explained.

"Not just you, Sir, other Free Nobles are also facing tithing from Simo’s dispatched Church Guard!"

"According to the Church Guard’s words, the Church needs the support of the Free Nobles."

"They need more wealth to recruit the Free People as soldiers in the city to protect the safety of Kakasong City!"

Listening to Harry’s words, Ludovico snorted coldly.

"During the previous church meeting, Simo kept saying that any directives issued must be voted on by us before they are enacted."

"But what about now? Simo is just talking nonsense."

"Simo only cares about the ultimate ownership of Kakasong City’s leadership, never caring about the opinions and decisions of us Free Nobles."

"He collected tithing without our consent, not to gain our support, but to enforce it."

"Simo wants to force the Free Nobles into opposition with him!"

Ludovico paused for a few seconds in his speech.

"Once we can’t bear the anger in our hearts and resist."

"Then, Simo would have a reason to label us as heretics and mobilize all the believers in Kakasong City to purge us!"

"There are more than fifty thousand Free People in Kakasong City."

"At least twenty thousand of them are Church believers!"

"Even if these believers are not willing to fight to the bitter end for the Church."

"But, they would reject us Free Nobles, refuse to accept our labor employment, and be more willing to patronize our shops..."

"How are we to survive?"

Listening to Ludovico’s narrative, Harry nodded deeply.

It seems that the Church’s tithing was superficially just collecting taxes from them,

but in reality, it was inflaming their anger.

Once they resisted and were labeled as heretics, it would be hard for them to continue surviving in Kakasong City.

Harry looked at Ludovico in the wooden chair and asked.

"Sir Ludovico, what do you think we should do now?"

Ludovico did not speak, but furrowed his brows.

His eyes were fixed on the candlelight of the candlestick on the walnut table, as thoughts quickly raced in his mind.

As Ludovico and Harry fell silent, the entire study fell into silence.

Until a minute later.

Ludovico suddenly looked up, gazing at Harry, and spoke in a deep voice.

"If Simo wants to push us into an abyss of calamity, then we’ll fight him to the end."

"At worst, let it be a desperate struggle."

"Arrange for personnel to visit the residences of each Free Noble, immediately bring them here, I have an important decision to announce."

"Especially Megan!"

Harry’s expression was resolute, and he promptly responded.

"Yes, Sir Ludovico, I’ll arrange it right away!"

With those words, Harry did not hesitate and turned to walk towards the double wooden doors of the study.

Amidst a series of footsteps and the sound of the doors opening and closing.

The study fell into silence once more.

Only Ludovico remained seated in the wooden chair.

Outside the study.

Harry directly summoned the estate manager Jared, to pass on Sir Ludovico’s orders.

In just a few minutes.

Figures quickly left the front and back gates of the Knight’s Mansion, disappearing into the darkness, rushing to the residences within the city.

Until an hour later.

In the depths of the night.

Carriages arrived at the gate of the Knight’s Mansion.

Supported by the Guards, elegantly dressed men and women stepped out of the carriage compartments.

They made their way towards the mansion with wide-open doors.

Even though there were eight or nine Free Nobles who came to Sir Ludovico’s mansion.

But.

At this moment, their expressions were grave, and they did not utter a word.

Clearly, they already knew the purpose of visiting Sir Ludovico’s mansion.

Led by the estate manager Jared, this group of Free Nobles entered the mansion.

They walked through corridors, turning past corners of rooms.

After Jared opened the study’s wooden door, nine Free Nobles stepped inside.

Sitting on the wooden chair, Ludovico looked at Megan, Gai Mier, and the other Free Nobles, without rising at all.

It wasn’t until Jared arranged for people to prepare wooden chairs for them.

Ludovico spoke to them.

"Please, have a seat."

Megan and Gai Mier didn’t stand on ceremony, sitting around the walnut desk.

From such a close distance.

Megan and the others naturally saw the chaos on the table.

They naturally also understood.

Sir Ludovico had been enraged not long ago.

Seeing Megan and the others sit down, Ludovico finally spoke.

"I believe you have already guessed the purpose of my summoning you here at night, haven’t you?"

Still, no one spoke up, but they all nodded in unison.

Ludovico spoke solemnly: "So, I want to know, what do you all think now?"

"Endure Simo’s continued forcible collection of tithing from us?"

"Or unite, rise up, and overthrow Simo’s rule in Kakasong City?"

"Let us Free Nobles become the new leaders of Kakasong City?"

Listening to Ludovico’s words, the brows of all the Free Nobles furrowed deeper.

Sitting in the wooden chair closer to Ludovico, Megan Edwin suddenly spoke up.

"Sir Ludovico, if we do not wish to be forcibly taxed with tithing."

"With our power, how should we resist?"