 that's one of the things they were doing so they were leaning on people they were taking the pulse of the nation because this is a period there's no web and there's no newspapers yet but it is the birth of the beginning of public opinion being really interested in politics and talking about it in the pubs and the taverns so that they're spending money they got a suitcase full of cash and they're trying to you know get the powerful people to turn to their way and get their their supporters to vote for them so that's one thing they're up to