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Vol 05 Chapter 145: The First Southern Campaign I

Time passed, a new year began, winter faded away, and spring arrived.

I have now turned twenty. The age when kids became adults in Japan.

So far, all the policies have been progressing smoothly.

And then, an incident occurred.

「Another strike, huh…」

The plebeians refused military service once again. When you hear that people are refusing military service, you might think they are part of some kind of anti-war movement, but that’s not the case.

This strike wasn’t motivated by fear of war.

「So, what happened this time?」

「Well, about that…」

According to Raymond’s explanation…

It seems that ten patrician Families, struggling with financial difficulties, unjustly confiscated the property of the plebeians under them. They twisted the laws and came up with some suitable reasons to do so.

Naturally, the plebeians were dissatisfied. However, they couldn’t compete with the patricians who had knowledge of the law.

However, there are knowledgeable individuals among the plebeians as well. For example, those engaged in