The assembled soldiers walked to the sleigh in the back and took out a large box filled with the name tags of the fallen soldiers.

On the day they enlisted, William sent them these name tags, engraved with their names and home addresses, at first just to show their identity, but I didn't expect that they would still have this kind of effect now.

The living soldiers held the name badges of the soldiers they knew well, and distributed them to the families of the fallen soldiers one by one.

Of the more than 180 people who came back, more than 20 were disabled, which means that they can no longer go to war.

Even, even doing some farm work, odd jobs, is very difficult, but William is not going to give up on them like this, he is responsible for every soldier who fights for him.

"Soldiers, bring me the box with silver coins in the back!" After distributing the name tags, looking at the family members who were silently crying, William shouted.

He made his promise to travel, and he had said that each soldier was given twenty silver coins, and that he did not intend to give up the money even if he was killed.

One is that his conscience does not allow him to do this, and the other is that if he wants the soldiers to die for him, he must do so, after all, no one wants their families to be left untaken care of after they die in battle, which is likely to directly cause the soldiers to be afraid of death.

The box containing the silver coins was opened, and a total of more than 13,000 silver coins appeared in front of everyone, a number that they would never dare to imagine for this group of civilians who had cultivated the land for generations.

And even if there are only twenty silver coins, it is enough for them to live comfortably for ** years, after all, most villages only have sixty or seventy silver coins a year.

Before the battle, there were a total of 310 people, including 460 archers, plus 500 heavy infantry, and 10,000 silver coins were sent out at once.

For the other noble lords, this is simply impossible, if all this money is sent out, it is enough to bankrupt them, and only William, who has deep pockets, would dare to spend money like this.

Of the thirteen thousand silver coins in cash, there were only three thousand silver coins left, and the soldiers who died in battle were more than one hundred and forty people, and they could not be treated the same as the living soldiers.

William gave another twenty silver coins to the families of each of the fallen soldiers, and another two thousand four hundred silver coins were distributed, and this time only more than six hundred silver coins remained.

What's more, the distribution to the knights, as well as the rewards of the knights, have not yet been distributed, if all of them are distributed, William actually has no profit at all, and even loses a little.

Of course, for other nobles, soldiers were their consumables, and there was never such thing as a pension, so of course, a lot of money was made, but William's situation was completely different.

Not only did his monetary income not increase, but the soldiers he had worked so hard to train had lost a lot, and his only gain in this battle was the manor that might not be able to rule completely, ah, and the more than 3,000 plundered people.

Thinking of this, William's mood became lower and lower the more he thought about it, and in the end, he even lowered his face.

"My lords, I'm sorry I didn't bring all the soldiers back, but you will be well taken care of, and there will be a pension, so you don't have to worry about your life in the future, I will lower your tax rate, and at the same time, there will be benefits every year!"

"And the disabled soldiers don't have to worry, I will arrange you properly, many of the residents of the village have not been trained, so it is very troublesome for them to enlist, you will be the instructors I appointed, distributed in various villages, responsible for their initial training!"

"And every month, you'll get a paycheck that will keep you and your family fed!" William said, looking at the disabled soldiers.

These disabled soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, they thought that their lives were ruined like this, and of course the lord would not be responsible for them, but what they didn't expect was that their lord would be so merciful to the soldiers who were disabled and killed in battle for him.

"As long as your son or husband serves me, I will ensure the normal life of your family, so, soldiers, don't worry about the death or disability on the battlefield, you are all masters, I, Baron William, am responsible for you!" William said impassionedly.

"Long live the Baron!"

"Thank you, Holy Father, for giving us such a merciful Baron!"

"May the Baron's reign be long-lasting, and may the Baron's family rule us forever!"

"Thank you, merciful Baron!"

The soldiers and their families wept with gratitude, wept, knelt on the ground in prayer, or cheered in praise of William's rule.

William's move directly raised the cohesion of his territory to a higher level, but the soldiers will no longer have worries, and they will fight bravely on the battlefield.

Now it can be said that William's rule has been firmly established, and even if there are foreign nobles who want to invade William, they will help William fight against the invaders because of their own interests and William's usual benevolence.

Of course, with William's strength and speed of development, he will not let others in.

"Okay, reunite with your families, tomorrow I will hold a funeral for the soldiers, where there will be a cemetery, dedicated to the souls of the soldiers, as well as their identity tags, I will take the soldiers and the people to pay tribute to them every year, for me, my family, the soldiers who died in defense of our homeland, they will never be forgotten, they will be remembered forever!" William sighed, then spoke aloud to everyone.

In this way, William left with the knights in the tears of the lords.

"William, is what you said true, you really want to give a pension in the future?" Although he felt that William's words just now were very touching, he didn't believe it very much.

"What's wrong? Do you not believe it, or do you disagree? William looked at the wood beside him and asked.

"No, I'm sure you can do it, and I agree, but wouldn't it be too expensive, I'm afraid we won't be able to afford it in the future!" Hu Limu said worriedly.

"No, what do you think of our current income?"

"Uh...... Our income is really, really, huge, many viscounts and even earls don't have the same income as us, but our business is shrinking, isn't it? Of course, he will not deny his current income.

"What I'm trying to tell you is that our business is much more than that, and there will be more businesses that make a lot of money in the future, so it's not difficult to pay these renewal fees, and I even have other plans!" William said confidently to Hulimu.

Yu Limu was stunned for a moment, looked at William, and then nodded with a smile, he never doubted the idea in William's head, and now the territory can be so prosperous, all thanks to the way William thought of it.