first wizarding world war.

Chapter 263 Only the Knights of Favonius Left

The residents of Iya soon learned what it meant to be taxed like a ton of money after their hometown was occupied by the army from the Fars Empire.

Naiman, the general affairs officer, was a good official with a conscience. He originally wanted to pretend to be nice and try to pay some money to let these people leave. At the same time, he also did not forget to send letters to nearby cities, hoping that they would send troops to drive away the "invaders."

However, he did not expect that after entering the town of Iya, the Knights of Fars captured a group of young and middle-aged men and expressed their intention to take them back to the Fars Empire.

Naiman had no choice but to persuade them, but he didn't expect that the leader of the knights was very reasonable and said that he could use the head tax to redeem these young and middle-aged men.

And the tax was not high, only one drachma.

The currency of the Black Phoenix Dynasty, the drachma, is different from the fars, byron, and inglima. The basic currency does not distinguish between gold and silver. They are all currencies made of a mixture of gold and silver, and the denomination is determined according to the ratio of gold to silver.

About 3.2 drachmas equals one volt.

The Black Phoenix Dynasty also has paper money, with a face value and purchasing power equivalent to that of gold and silver currencies. However, Charlotte said that she does not want paper money, only gold and silver drachmas.

Of course, the residents of Iya town were unwilling to let their sons, fathers, brothers and husbands be taken away by the Fars people, so they paid taxes enthusiastically and redeemed these young and strong men.

After Charlotte collected the first tax, she started arresting children all over the city. Neyman had dealt with him once before and knew that Charlotte was not "cruel", so he came to persuade him to let these poor children go. Charlotte still imposed a child tax of one drachma.

After capturing the children, Charlotte tried to capture women, the elderly, livestock, and furniture. After seven or eight days of hard work, she turned the town of Oia into a maze without the knowledge of all the residents.

When local armies from several nearby cities came to rescue, Charlotte chose to withdraw his troops without hesitation. Shortly after his withdrawal, all the property of the nobles, wealthy merchants, and farm owners in Oia town suddenly disappeared, and 70% of the food stored in Oia town was inexplicably reduced.

Charlotte had just delivered the wealth and food to Machupi when she had a feeling that the connection between Oia town and several other labyrinths had been cut off.

He knew that the maze was not omnipotent, and the cities he had maze-liked were all cities without extraordinary strongmen in charge. So this was the first time he encountered someone breaking the maze and restoring the town of Iya to normal.

Although Charlotte was surprised, he did not stop at all. He had no shortage of supplies and had roughly determined the direction, so he set off towards Interlaken at full speed.

This time the march went more smoothly and Charlotte soon returned to the front line.

Chloe arrived in Oia ten days later than Charlotte. Wherever she passed, she could hear the sound of crying. There were rumors everywhere that Charlotte could collect taxes hundreds of times a day and plundered all the wealth of the city.

However, as a member of the royal family, Chloe could only come into contact with nobles. In addition, Charlotte's looting style along the way, leaving nothing behind, also left him with a very bad impression, so he believed the rumor without a doubt.

Chloe was furious and immediately led his troops in pursuit, but this time, he failed to catch up with Charlotte.

Charlotte found a gap on the front line where the two armies were fighting, and slipped through calmly. After leaving for several months, she finally returned to Interlaken.

The town was the same as when he left. Because Charlotte attracted a lot of attention and the front line was in chaos, the two armies fought fiercely. Miraculously, the town did not encounter war again, and even hundreds of residents returned. Of course, these residents could not find their old homes. Italo Calvino, the quick-handed clerk temporarily appointed by Charlotte, did not understand war, but was an expert in handling documents. He allocated houses to these residents and designed a set of techniques for allocating houses, the main one being - drawing lots!
When Charlotte returned, everything in Interlaken was in order.

He had just rested for two days when Claire Brittany came with Abner Sumei. Charlotte was very surprised and hurriedly welcomed them to the city. She asked, "Why are Mr. Brittany and Mr. Sumei here? Is the war on the front line over?"

Claire Breton sighed and said, "The war on the front line is not over yet, but the Breton Offensive is over."

Abner said: "Byron did not withdraw its troops, but continued to increase its troops. The Empire had to follow suit and increase its troops in Felanden. Originally, we planned to launch a feint attack on South Seraf to attract the Byron army to split up, but this strategic goal completely failed. Therefore, the Purple Finch Knights and Maple Leaf Knights will leave and continue to fight in Felanden."

Charlotte didn't expect to wait for this news, and couldn't help asking: "Where is Nanselaf?"

Claire Brittany replied: "You can only give up."

Abner could see that Charlotte was unwilling to give in, and said, "This is a strategy! Sooner or later, we will be able to retake South Seraf."

Charlotte wanted to ask, what about the Principality of Behemoth? But he was so sensible that he didn't ask this question. This matter was not something that Claire Brittany and Abner Sumei could solve. He pondered for a moment and said, "Can I ask to stay in South Seraf?"

Claire Breton shook his head and said, "Your position is too low to be a military consul. Even I can't be a lord because my position is not high enough, so you can forget about it."

Although Abner did not believe that Charlotte could do anything after the two main knight groups, the Purple Finch and the Maple Leaf, left, he knew that Charlotte wanted to stay in South Seraf to keep the war out of the Principality of Behemoth.

After all, the Principality of Behemoth is Charlotte's hometown, and it is only natural that he does not want his hometown to be destroyed by war.

He smiled and said, "But there are other ways."

"For example, like in Behemoth, Claire Breton and I can appoint you as the general affairs officer of several major cities in South Slavia."

Charlotte was a little less upset now. He was not doing this entirely for the Principality of Behemoth, nor did he want another war in the Territory of South Seraf. Although he didn't know how far he could go and what he could do, it was better than doing nothing, right?
Claire Brittany patted Charlotte on the shoulder and said, "After we leave, we will need some supplies, and someone will go to Silver Pigeon Castle at that time. I will always remember this friendship, and I won't say anything more."

Charlotte nodded and said, "I will prepare the supplies."

Neither of them said who the supplies would be given to, but everyone, including Abner, knew where the supplies were going.

Claire Brittany smiled softly and said, "Don't be so depressed. Although we failed to complete our strategy, we did not lose the battle."

"In addition, the rest of the knights were disbanded during the war..."

Claire Brittany blinked and said with a smile: "From now on, in the Principality of Behemoth and the Territory of South Seraf, only the Knights of Favonius will remain."

(End of this chapter)