Chapter 633: Stressed or Pregnant
Arabella frowned at the Marquess. Was it better to make his people go hungry and suffer than to admit that more than half of their harvest was ruined?
Even Arabella was prideful but she was not so prideful to not seek help in such a situation.
Marquess Sibruh’s territory was vast but not a lot of parts could be used for living or agriculture so the territory did not have many improvements over the years.
And this year, as Arabella continued to listen to the Marquess’ thoughts, she learned that his territory had a good harvest.
However, a lot of the grains and produce were ruined before they were stored properly due to rat and pest infestation.
Thus, the marquessate did not have enough food supply.
But Marquess Sibruh was too prideful and did not want it to be known that he made a mistake and did not have the harvest stored properly as soon as possible.
Marquess Sibruh did not want to be embarrassed and blamed. Nor did he want to ask for a subsidy since he thought he would seem like a beggar.
Thus, he only reported that they had a good harvest this year but did not mention that more than half of the harvest was lost to rats and pests.
Instead, the Marquess was thinking of rationing the food and spreading it thinly until spring next year.
[She’s frowning at the Marquess. Did she hear something again?] Ferdinand thought and Arabella recalled to note it down.