Vol 3 Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Tonigel and the Young Lord (1) (first)

Looking for a connection to the Eluin Southern Army, the mercenaries sent to the Grahar Mountains were either gone forever, or brought back with useless news.

Brando knew that the mercenaries sent out were not necessarily reliable in themselves.

Not everyone in this collective mercenary will be single-minded: Fern, Kerenia, and Yuta each have their own plans, and more people have a passable mentality.

Some people sent out fled directly, and in this case Brando was not unaware, but he did not intend to use coercive measures-and it was useless.

Only those who truly stay and share their sufferings with him are reliable.

Of course, Brando didn't have to sit still. In the dark clouds that shrouded over Tonigel from the direction of Palas, he arranged for trusted people to go through the mountains through Schafflund to continue Look for traces of the Eruin Southern Army.

On the one hand, the construction of the territory is also proceeding in an orderly manner-

The renovation of the city wall was finally completed at the end of the Frost Moon, and the construction period was nearly one week later than expected-the cost of materials was far beyond the expected, and the only ones that benefited were those recruited to repair the city walls. workers.

In the beginning, this thing actually didn't go as smoothly as expected--

Because no one is willing to work for this young lord who is ‘unjust and unspeakable’, Grudin Yuwei still exists, not to mention that the reputation of Count Denel is even more heavy in the hearts of these bottom leaders.

The originally agreed Huairou policy ran into trouble almost immediately, and the lure of material conditions did not allow these people to overcome their fear of the old aristocracy, or the fear of revenge that may follow.

Antitina soon realized that even if it wasn't for the mercenaries who had ravaged around the fir town, or that the bottom-level leaders also had almost the same fear of Brando, I am afraid that the large-scale escape had already begun .

After understanding this, the aristocratic Qianjin finally understood the mistake she made, and she had no choice but to use coercive means to make up for this mistake—and in order to ensure the time limit, Antitina even acted as an 'aristocratic' Dog leg '.

The girl personally took people to the outer city, drove out the residents who lived in thatched cottages, let them gather in the square, ordered the soldiers to send them tools, and then let the mercenaries They supervise their work.

Of course, although the noble lady has reduced the amount of violence in it as much as possible, the violence in the supervision is still unavoidable, and the title “Miss Devil” soon spread in private.

The entire day passed between workers' coping and resistance to supervisors.

But this change of attitude comes from the end of the first day of work, and everyone unexpectedly expected that the 'Miss Devil' arranged a sumptuous dinner for them.

Not only the rare white bread for dinner, but also the stew—

Of course, those broths are actually undeserved. They are so clear that there is almost no water and no meat. At a glance, it looks like a puddle in the mountains-clear at a glance. So that the aristocracy could not help frowning when he saw those pots with meat, but this was not harsh on mercenaries. The meat was obtained from the forest by mercenaries. Although many, they were not enough. Divided by many people.

At first she was a little worried that workers would complain, but it turned out that things went completely beyond her expectations.

The perennial refugees living in the slums could hardly walk when they smelled the rich scent of broth, and their eyes became brighter than the hungry wolf in the forest-in their opinion, white bread was rare Once it is delicious, it is only possible to get a little during the festival or on an important day.

As for the flesh, it was only at the end of the year, to see if the lord was in a good mood, to be able to reward them with some cruelty.

As for unclearness, that's completely unnecessary.

In fact, seeing these workers gobbling up, Antitina realized that she had made another mistake. She remembered that when she was in embarrassment while in Braggs, she could only eat a little black bread every day, let alone eat a bitter fish.

With the power of this dinner, the aristocracy finally stabilized the hearts of the people. She said that as long as she stayed on the construction site, everyone could eat such food every day.

This promise caused a sensation in the crowd. Although the workers were dubious, most of them were willing to stay and look at the situation-not to mention that even if they did not want to stay, the fierce mercenaries would help them make choices.

But their suspicions were quickly dispelled, and the 'Miss Devil' fulfilled her promise so that they could eat a white bread and a small dish of stewed 'thick' soup every night.

The direct result of this is the rapid decline in the meat reserve in the warehouse-because it is not too much-the meat reserve in the warehouse comes from a small number of domesticated livestock in the territory, mostly lamb or pork, and some have been marinated Quite a long time.

These meats were provided to Gruddin and his subordinates to enjoy, but at this time, they were used to supply hundreds of people's daily consumption. Naturally, demand exceeded supply.

For this reason, Flo had complained to Antitina more than once, saying that she was consumed like this, and it was estimated that when Brando returned, their Lord Lord would not be able to eat a meal.

This statement once touched Antitina. On the one hand, she is the young lord who is most admired by her heart. On the other hand, she is only a worker from refugees. .

But after much consideration, she finally insisted on her own approach. She demanded that the mercenaries hunt as much as possible in the forest-and even dropped daily training just to replenish meat consumption.

But this approach brought unexpected benefits, and the workers gradually asked about the 'Miss Devil' to ensure their dinner and arrange people to hunt in the forest outside the city-hunting in the private hunting ground of Lord Lord in the past!

This approach once moved everyone, and even someone quietly entrusted mercenaries to tell her that she didn't have to spend so much money. In fact, it is good to have white bread every day.

Workers began to worry that the young Lord Lord would punish this kind and kind lady.

However, their way of doing so has strengthened Antitina's confidence. Instead, she then told the workers-telling them that it was not her, but the Lord Lord, that they had nothing to worry about.

Antitina used this little explanation to put all credit on Brando's head, coupled with the young lord's previous tax reduction and exemption measures, which caused him to win among these lower-level lords. High reputation.

Of course Brando had no idea about it at that time, because the young man was working on the mine in Shavrund at the time, and he could say nothing about what happened in the territory.

In fact, Antitina did not realize at the beginning that these measures would be successful-she had no experience in governing the territory, and some only had a few short discussions with Brando during the journey.

But soon she realized that she did nothing wrong.

Less than a week after starting to implement the corresponding countermeasures, some people asked her through mercenaries whether the Lord Lord needed more manpower.

This is obviously a signal that her site can already attract more laborers to join. But it's not just that, it shows that some people have begun to shake between the prestige of the old aristocracy and the prestige of the young new lord.

This is undoubtedly a good sign.

But the only thing that regretted Antitina was that the omen finally failed to recover the delay in the construction period-on the one hand, it delayed too much time on the one hand, and on the other hand, none of them were proficient in architecture and engineering.

The addition of Master Bai Lu may have more or less recovered some of their mistakes in arranging manpower, but the kingdom forge master is not a true professional-how he may have unique magic armor Insights.

But definitely not repairing a section of the wall--

This dilemma did not change until the old dwarf Oldham from the Shavrund Mine joined. No matter how unreliable the old dwarf was, he still learned at least from his fellow mountain dwarves. thing.

After correcting a few of the original misconceptions, the repair process quickly accelerated, and until the end of the month, the completion was finally announced.

On the morning of completion, Antinina invited Brando, Metisha, Shire, and all the young men's henchmen. She stood with Akane and Roman in the early morning mist, and quietly looked at the looming city wall standing in the early winter and the mist, and finally could not help but breathe out.

But then she frowned slightly, looking back at Brando who was also looking in that direction, and apologized, "I'm sorry, Lord, it's such a waste of time-"

Brando glanced at his own staffer, his eyes full of admiration.

He remembers being in Braggs when he was lucky because he could dig into a man who could make magical dredging devices-this is undoubtedly more enjoyable than picking up gold on the side of the road.

But until today, he really realized that he had found more than just a treasure—it was also a priceless treasure.

Antitina is a very quiet girl, but she also has her own persistence-Brando can see the girl's persistence in her ideals and beliefs-he feels that he can make such an outstanding person. Girl dedicated to serve herself.

After returning to the territory, he had a detailed understanding of all the work of the nobleman. He was also worried that Antitina, who had no experience in governing territories, would be in trouble-he even expected that the wall might not be until next month.

That is to say, the repair can only be completed in the middle of the moon. Although it is not a big trouble, it may still cause some inconvenience after the first snow.

But Antitina gave him a big surprise, the noble Qian Jin completed this task with his usual seriousness and meticulousness beyond his expectations.

Not only that, but the performance of Burrow and Oldham also satisfied him-except that the old dwarf always showed a little daunting.

He looked at Antitina, smiled affirmatively, and nodded.