old.In a corner of the main hall, an unassuming official at the very end cast a furtive glance at a maidservant even less noticeable than himself outside. The maidservant came to pour him wine, and se... locally and were on the verge of starvation.Now, in the capital city, to be granted a plot of land in the incredibly fertile royal hunting grounds, exempt from taxes for a decade, they would naturall...