In late December, on the border between Besançon and Lucesen, the sun is shining brightly and the sun is warm.

A winding road winds from north to south and winds between rolling hills. From time to time, the falcons soaring in the sky chirped, looking for traces of their prey. The deciduous shrubs between the hills and the yellow weeds in the lowlands whirred under the cold wind, startling the birds that are working hard to feed in them~

Two light arrows flew out of the bushes below the hill in turn, towards the two pheasants who were startled.

"Hit! Hit! ”

A young man with a bow and arrow, a padded jacket, leather armor, and a sheepskin hat in the shape of a hunter leaped forward and ran quickly towards the prey where the arrow had landed.

"Look, Ron!"

Ron examined the two fested pheasants. Even in winter, these wild animals can easily fill their stomachs and grow fat and strong with the grain spilled in the wheat fields after the snow melts. One of them was shot in the abdomen, and the other was shot through the head by a sharp arrow. Obviously, the arrow in the abdomen was only hunted by himself.

"Tut-tut~ Dawson, your archery skills are too accurate, you can hit such a small target!"

Dawson smiled and scratched the back of his head, not in the slightest bit carried away by his archery skills.

"Ron, you forgot, I was a hunter."

"Remarkable! Let's go, the master is still waiting for us to go back. ”

"Let's go!"

With that, Ron picked up the other hares and Dawson who were hiding in the grass and walked down the hill.

In a cave under the leeward slope of a hill in the north of Lucesen, several other hunting teams had already returned. He is cleaning the fur of his prey, intending to cook a delicious barbecue meal over a campfire.

"Sir!"

Yat, who was wiping the steel knight's sword that had been with him for years, glanced out of the cave.

"Next!"

Ron casually threw his prey to a soldier who was plucking chicken feathers and walked towards Art in a hurry.

"Ron, you two have gained a lot."

Looking at the four or five hares and two fat pheasants on the ground, Art praised.

"Master, most of them were caught by that Dawson guy, I don't dare to be greedy."

Ron sat down on the stone by the fire as soon as he finished speaking, tightened his tight wool coat, and reached over to the flame to keep warm.

"Dawson's archery skills are well-known in the Legion, and it's normal that you can't catch him."

Ron smiled and turned his head to look behind him.

In the blink of an eye, Dawson had already cut the hare's fur from head to tail, and obtained a complete rabbit skin, which he hung on the branch that he held up beside him. Dawson, a hunter by training, never wastes anything on his prey. In his opinion, these are the gifts of the emperor, and if they are wasted, they will be punished by the Lord.

The others who had returned early had already put their cleaned game on sticks and roasted them by the fire. After a while, the oil and water on the hare's body began to drip out, and the cave was filled with the smell of roasted meat......

"Master, here you go!"

Ron handed a roasted hare to Art.

Puff~

When Art took it, he tore off a piece of the hare's thigh and ate the wine in his hand.

"Everyone hurried to replenish their strength, took a short rest after eating, and then continued on their way."

"Yes, Lord Count!"

The crowd replied in unison.

Returning to the valley with Art this time was the reorganized Earlguard, a fifty-man formation, formed on the basis of the original Chinese command camp guard.

These people took the former Chinese army command camp guard as the backbone, and absorbed experienced and outstanding combat soldiers, in addition, the task force led by Dawson was also temporarily incorporated into the Earlguard, they are very good at lurking assassination, and of course they can also anti-submarine and anti-ambush.

The Earl's Guard was led by Ron himself, and they were all armored cavalry. Each person is equipped with a sword, a chain mace, a broadaxe, a bow and a crossbow, and a steel dagger at the waist. Among them, there are also many shield-wielding soldiers, whose main task is to form a shield array to protect Art when his life is threatened.

After eating and drinking in the cave and resting for a while, the group hurried across their horses while it was still early, and ran all the way to the city of Lucesen. Try to get there late and rest in the hotel.

Later in the day, the north gates of Lucesin were about to close. The soldiers standing on the tower saw more than 50 cavalry cavalry coming towards the city gate in the distance, and suddenly panicked. Hurriedly ordered the soldiers under the city to close the city gates.

"Count Art, I'm really sorry, none of my men have seen the world, and they are the ones who hurriedly closed the city gates. You see~"

At the gates of the northern city of Luces, the garrison officer learned that the Earl of Wales was passing by something that did not look long outside the city, and hurriedly ran over to open the gate himself and welcomed Art in.

"Forget it, you can't blame them for that. We didn't say hello in advance, and it wasn't unusual to be mistaken for bandits. However, thank you for coming to relieve the siege, otherwise my men would have camped outside the city tonight. ”

"Thank you, Earl, for your kindness!"

"Let's go!"

Then the group rode towards the city.

After watching Art and the others go away, the city defender turned to the soldier who ordered the city gate to be closed.

"You bastard, it's not good to offend anyone, you just picked the most unprovoked master! Do you know that this Earl of Wales is a confidant of the Marquis, and even our Earl of Lucesine wants to give him three points......"

"If he hadn't been so kind today, you would have gone to see the emperor a long time ago!"

The soldier bowed his head and was silent, and his body trembled uncontrollably~

Early the next morning.

South of Luces, even though it was still early, a hotel was crowded and noisy.

At the entrance of the inn are several large iron pots, in which fragrant thick soup and wheat paste are boiled. A group of ragged homeless people dragged their families around the iron pot, smashing their mouths and swallowing saliva~

These were displaced and bankrupt citizens who had previously been displaced to the south, as well as peasants and unemployed artisans in the surrounding area. After the end of the war, they returned to their hometowns or wandered around the city, hoping to find a living job and barely fill the stomachs of their families.

"Everybody, come here! Come here! ”

On the steps of the hotel's entrance, a man who looked like a clerk greeted the growing number of homeless people and beggars outside the door.

"Don't worry, everyone, everyone has a share of the porridge in the pot today. Listen to me first, and someone will share the porridge with you. ”

"We were sent by civil affairs officials from South Wales to Lucesin to recruit displaced people. All adult males under the age of 40 are eligible to apply. Once you have agreed to the conditions and are allowed to go south with us, you will be able to take your family into tents on the other side, and someone will lead you south to Wales. ”

"This lord, do you have any land to plant when you go south with you?"

A young homeless man in the crowd asked.

That's what I'm going to say next. Our goal this time is to recruit a large number of people who have cleared the land. As you can see, the province of Lucesn has not been affected much in this war. You won't get land if you stay here, let alone feed your family. ”

"Our Earl's realm is different, and now we have a lot of land that needs to be cultivated. Whoever goes south with us will be given a large amount of land, which will produce enough food to feed your family. The surplus grain can also be exchanged for an equal amount of money from the civil administration. ”

"Really?"

"No, it won't!"

After the clerk finished speaking, the crowd exploded.

"Everyone, be quiet! Be quiet! ”

The clerk turned to a peasant-like figure beside him, and the man stepped forward.

"You see, this is the homeless people we recruited in Lucesin before. When we met him, this guy was as skinny as a monkey. Look at it now, this physique, how does it look like a homeless person, this is a rich peasant in a village! ”

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, and they were all surprised by the change in the identity of the guy in front of them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this lord is right. I was originally a peasant in a village outside the city, and after losing my land, I came to the city to find a livelihood before I met the people from the civil administration. If it weren't for them, my family would have starved to death in the streets~"

"See it all, this is the benefit of following us back to the valley - to be able to support ourselves and our families!"

The clerk then said.

"Master, just by your words, how dare we follow you south."

At this moment, another guy in the crowd asked.

"This guy~"

The civil affairs officials were speechless for a while.

"If you don't believe his words, then do you believe the words of me, the Earl of Wales?"

"Lord Earl, why did you come without saying hello? If I had known you were in Lucesen, I would have sent for you. ”

In the room on the second floor of the hotel, the civil affairs official said politely while pouring wine for Yate.

"It's not your fault, we just entered the city, and we were going to find a hotel to stay for one night and continue our journey tomorrow, and we didn't expect to meet you in the city. Have a seat! ”

"Lord Earl Xie."

"You're fast enough, you only told Cooper to recruit the outcasts half a month ago, and now you're in Lucesine."

Yate was satisfied with the efficiency of civil affairs.

"Lord Earl, the old butler has convened a civil council overnight after receiving your letter. On the third day, we went to the north, east, and south to recruit the displaced people from all over the country who were returning to their hometowns. So far, more than 3,000 people have been recruited by the civil administration and are being sent back to the valley in batches. ”

"Considering that it is winter, it will be difficult for these displaced people to survive without food, and having a place to stay and a mouthful of hot porridge is what they crave most now. So, it's relatively easy to recruit now. Once spring arrives, it is difficult to recruit. ”

Art nodded in satisfaction.

The official continued: "If the current trend continues, we will be able to recruit about 20,000 people by the beginning of spring tomorrow. It can basically ensure that the land that can be cultivated at present will not be abandoned. ”

Art listened attentively, nodding in approval from time to time.

"In addition, you can also recruit the bankrupt hunters and artisans in the surrounding area, and you can relax their conditions appropriately. Especially the craftsmen, they will be of great use to me in the future. ”

"Yes, Lord Earl, I will command you to go down."

"Okay, you go down first. By the way, we will arrange food and lodging for the guards, and we will continue to travel early tomorrow morning. ”

"Don't worry, Lord Earl, I'll go."

"Sir, Lord Count is back!"

The soldiers of the county garrison of the city of Tignats hurried to report to the captain of the county garrison company.

Wall, who was training the county soldiers at the venue, was overjoyed, and then led people out of the city to greet ~

On the way to the Hall of Lords in Tinets, Yat walked towards the Hall of Lords surrounded by a group of people.

Along the way, the people cheered and cheered, and they were all happy with the achievements of the new earl.

Historically, Tiniets has been a barren land forgotten by many rulers, and its inhabitants have little presence. After a battle of successors, this small county town became a new province of the princely state, which meant that the status of the people who lived and worked in the land increased......

After a short time, the group walked into the lord's hall.

"Lord Earl, you're finally back."

Scott, the long-awaited warden, came in through the door and strode towards Art.

"Scott? How did you end up here? ”

"Report to Lord Count, the people of the civil administration sent people out to recruit the exiles some time ago, and when they return, they will arrive in Tignaz first, and then I will arrange them unified."

"I see. Come and sit. ”

"Lord Earl Xie!"

After a brief conversation, Art beckoned Scott and Wall to dine with him.

"Ron, go and stay with your father, I'll give you a day off today."

Ron, who was standing on the sidelines, happily walked over to Scott's side and sat down to eat together.

On the second day, Art, who had planned to leave the county town and return to the valley, was forced to stay for a day due to the arrival of the noble squires from all over the county. Antayas also hurried from the territory to meet Arte.

"Lord Earl, according to your previous orders, after I returned to the county, I immediately began to investigate the group of mongrels who colluded to invade the county and the valley territory, this is the list~"

Art took it and glanced at it, then turned to Ron beside him.

"Ron, I'll leave this to you, clean them up for me!"

Ron Yin laughed and said, "Master, don't worry." ”

Early in the morning of the third day, Art set out on the final leg of his journey back to the valley with more than forty members of his guard. Ron led several members of the task force and several guards to "visit" the poison who had secretly opposed Art~

Along the way from Tignets to the valley, you can see the land that has long been renovated. The air is mixed with snow melting, and a thin layer of mist rises in the sunlight. On the hillside in the distance, the leaders took advantage of the sky to plough the land, preparing to sow grain seeds at the beginning of spring and continue to cultivate for the coming year.

Riding along the road, from time to time peasants bowed to Arte. Then he carried his farming tools and walked towards the nearby wasteland, picking up the guys in his hands to reclaim the land that had just been granted the right to cultivate.

On both sides of the trail, you can see the remnants of the fires from the fires, and the buds at the top of the treetops are thriving in the cold winter. Like the nascent province of Wales, these shoots have taken root after being baptized by frost, snow and fire......

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Chapter 476: A New Atmosphere