According to intelligence gathered by the East Sea Alliance's Spy Organization, Marquis Golden Sunflower did indeed handle these social groups differently from many other nobles. He seemed deeply hostile toward them, and no such groups existed in either Two Rivers County or Golden Sunflower Territory.
This time, however, no one had expected Marquis Golden Sunflower to bring his approach to governance into the Vela Nobles' occupied territory in the East Sea Alliance and crack down on these social groups.
Still, Victor was the overall administrator of the Vela-occupied territory, and all the Vela Nobles had agreed to leave it in his hands.
Victor was also responsible for collecting taxes and procuring grain. As long as he fulfilled those duties, no one cared even if he reduced the entire territory to a wasteland.
Thus, when the nobles learned that civil unrest had broken out in the occupied territory, they were utterly unconcerned. At first, they had not even considered sending troops back to help suppress it.
After all, Marquis Golden Sunflower still had the elite Two Rivers Legion under his command. How could a rebel force made up of thugs and hoodlums possibly stand against them?
Just then, however, Alex suddenly hit upon a good idea. He wanted to use this opportunity to lure the East Sea Alliance's troops out of Stone Mountain City.
He immediately contacted Victor by telegraph and drew up a plan: they would allow the unrest to spread, while the Vela Army at Stone Mountain City would pretend to redeploy troops to suppress it, tricking the city's defenders into coming out.
Once the plan was settled, Victor immediately began putting it into action.
The troops under Victor's command, including the other two legions, then relaxed their surveillance of those social groups and troublemakers. They even actively encouraged