Isaac left the hut and closed the door behind him.
His destination was the baron's mansion.
He didn't think Nathaniel had lied to him. The story explained how the Baron had managed to buy land from all the farmers and merge the scattered plots into a plantation-style estate where he alone decided what crops would be grown.
Such a system was necessary for silk production. The mulberry trees that fed the silkworms required large stretches of uninterrupted land.
The Baron must have used force, not only against Nathaniel but against many other farmers as well.
'No farmer complained to an official. If they had, the King wouldn't have allowed something like this to continue. That old man is strict when it comes to laws.'
Their silence made sense. Most farmers probably believed no noble or official would listen to them. Worse, filing a complaint might invite a disaster.
Isaac reached the gates of the baron's mansion.
