When Spartacus brought the news back to the manor, Hidolf immediately slumped to the ground.
"You are our leader!"
Seeing Hidolf slumped weakly on the ground, Spartacus went forward and pulled him up.
"You don't understand!" Hidolf pushed Spartacus away, "You don't understand, we will never get true freedom!"
Hidolf saw much deeper than Spartacus, so he was very clear about the conspiracy behind the gold dragon knight burning the grain.
The gold dragon knight wanted to control their logistics so that they could force them to fight desperately against the slave owners and finally reap the benefits.
But they had no way to stop it and could only watch as the gold dragon burned the grain.
This made Hidolf feel despair and the helplessness of being a slave who could only be manipulated!
Spartacus frowned.
"Although you are our leader, you can't keep saying 'you don't understand' while also looking so dejected, as if we have no hope at all!
We followed you in pursuit of freedom! We followed you all the way to the Lango Highlands!
And now you're telling us we'll never get true freedom?
Then you can just cry here like a woman, or go back and beg the slave owners for forgiveness!
But I will never give up the pursuit of freedom, not even a sliver of hope, even if I die!"
After speaking, Spartacus turned and left without looking back.
Most people hesitated for a moment before moving to follow in Spartacus's footsteps.
They had tasted the flavor of blood and freedom.
Even if it was true, as Hidolf said, that they would never achieve true freedom.
They were willing to die on the road to freedom, with absolutely no possibility of turning back!
By the very end, only eight hundred people remained out of five thousand.
The eight hundred who chose to stay still firmly believed that Hidolf would not fall, that the leader who led them out of Tyrosh would never fall so easily!
Hidolf remained silent, then suddenly raised his head after a moment.
"I'm going to talk to that Aegon Targaryen. Spartacus is right, we must never give up any hope!"
Hidolf was mentally prepared.
If Aegon Targaryen really wanted to use the Rebel Army as a weapon, he had to at least fight for enough material support for the Rebel Army!
Get the aid first, stabilize the Rebel Army's logistics, and then find a way to break the situation.
"No, we can't lose you, you are the leader of the Rebel Army, you can't go!" Tanshman grabbed Hidolf's arm.
"What are you afraid of? I'm just going to see Aegon Targaryen, not going to die. Spartacus can also become an excellent leader."
Hidolf had made up his mind. No matter what, he had to personally meet Aegon Targaryen.
Even a bug before being stepped on struggles a bit, let alone Hidolf Hedley, the leader of the Rebel Army!
"Tanshman, Andres, I'm taking ten people.
After I leave, you take the rest back to the camp and bring everyone to the Lango Highlands.
Along the way, remember to see if there is any food that can be scavenged.
There's only one dragon, it's impossible for it to destroy everything edible."
Hidolf was determined to go, and Tanshman and Andres no longer stopped him.
The remaining eight hundred people were divided into two. Hidolf took ten people and headed in another direction, where he had hidden two longships in advance.
He had intended to hide two longships for a rainy day, but he didn't expect to use them so soon.
According to the information obtained from merchants along the way, Aegon Targaryen should be stationed on Bloodstone Isle, which was quite far from Tyrosh Island and would take several days to reach!
Evening.
Bloodstone Isle.
Aegon clinked glasses with Kraken, a smile on his face. Below were landless knights and second sons of nobles from the Seven Kingdoms.
"You are truly generous, three silver stags for one head. Those pirates would be thrilled if they knew their heads were worth so much."
Aegon laughed heartily, even though Kraken's dark joke wasn't funny.
"Today is a happy day. You came at the right time, I was worried about not having enough people."
Kraken chuckled and said in a low voice:
"Don't worry about the manpower issue, we are not the last wave.
As far as I know, the Lannister Family, the Reyne Family, the Crakehall Family, the Strong Family, and House Bracken have also formed a joint fleet.
Besides these great families, there are also some smaller families. Although they don't have money or ships, they have provided some manpower.
It's the same for us. There are many people from small families on the Hightower Family's ships. They have no land or assets, and many have moved their entire families, you understand."
Hearing this, Aegon immediately showed a look of "I understand."
Seeing this, Kraken raised his glass again and clinked it with Aegon's.
The glasses clinked, making a crisp sound, and the two smiled at each other.
There is only so much fertile land in the Seven Kingdoms, and it has basically been divided up by the great nobles with names.
Ambitious minor nobles who want to advance can only wait for an opportunity. The ambitious have already smelled the scent of war and are starting to bet wildly.
As long as the Hightower Family gives a slight hint, there will definitely be many minor nobles who are unwilling to accept the status quo and will offer their people with both hands.
After many years of the long summer, coupled with the peaceful and prosperous internal conditions of the Seven Kingdoms, the population has exploded unprecedentedly.
The lives of free farmers with land were still manageable, but the lives of tenant farmers without land were not as good as before.
For them, tenant farmers were dispensable, after all, their fiefdoms were tiny, and an increase in population became an unstable burden!
But for Aegon, the more tenant farmers the better, he had large tracts of land that needed people to develop.
Using tenant farmers to replace the resources, gold dragons, and ships that should have aided Aegon could not only relieve the pressure within their fiefdoms but also gain Aegon's favor, killing two birds with one stone!
"After the banquet, organize a list and give it to me. I want to know their family names and the number of tenant farmers they have aided."
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the Prime Minister has already ordered me to prepare a list and give it to you when I see you," Kraken said with a smile.
The Prime Minister Kraken was referring to was naturally Aegon's maternal grandfather, Otto Hightower.
As everyone knows, Otto was widely read and known for his erudition, but he was too blunt, arrogant, and aggressive.
Aegon didn't expect Otto to have prepared a list for him in advance.
Thinking of the list he had Alicent give to Otto, Aegon's mouth twitched.
Now the grandfather and grandson were on the same page. It was clear who were the true Greens, who were the fake Greens, and who were the fence-sitters trying to play both sides!
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