"Wang, the statistics are out." Ni walked into the house in the rain, with a rag wrapped around his head to stop the bleeding.

In the previous battle, Rini was besieged by five elite bandits, and after killing the five elites alone, he used force to deter everyone, and suddenly stabilized the line that was about to be broken through, and improved the morale and confidence of the soldiers.

"How many people have been lost......" At this time, Han Tianxiang was lying flat on the chair, and a girl with short hair next to him was carefully cleaning the wound on his waist, and skillfully sewing up some torn flesh with a red-hot needle.

After Ni came in, he subconsciously glanced at the girl, and when he saw Han Tianxiang in such close contact with her, he immediately frowned.

“…… Don't worry, she's not a nobleman, her father is a pagan doctor. Han Tianxiang nodded at the girl, the other party nodded obediently, and after treating the wound for Tianxiang a few times, he put away his tools and slowly withdrew from the house with his head down. Until she passed by Ni's side, the girl trembled and did not dare to raise her head to look at the bloodied knight.

After the girl left the house, Ni turned her head and continued: "My king, we have lost more than fifty soldiers, including many city guards, and our spear reserve force is almost all killed, and only six survived. Now counting the archers, the remaining city guards and reserves, the total available number of our army is less than fifty-three......"

"In addition, our hunting teams, fields, logging teams, and blacksmith and carpentry apprentices have all been shut down or suspended. The development of the whole town has completely stopped, and we are now ...... It's already in trouble. My king. “

Tianxiang sank his eyes and asked, "The problem of food is the first thing to solve, how much spare food do we have left?" “

Ni shook his head and replied, "It's not much, it's less than six days' rations for the people of our town, and the crops in those fields we've developed aren't ripe yet, but even if they do, we don't have enough manpower to take care of them." And...... If we don't get rid of the bodies now, it won't be long before a plague breaks out in this town. “

"By the way, there is one more thing that must be told to the king." As if he suddenly remembered something, he said, "King, the nobleman was killed by a bandit in the chaos, and now Knight Edward and his three men are planning to take his body back to York City for burial, do you agree to let them go now?" “

Tianxiang shook his head: "Let them go, there is no need to keep them here, and at the same time, they will not be welcomed." “

"Understood."

Ni took a step forward, pulled out a canvas and a wooden box, and handed it to Tianxiang.

Tianxiang took a strange look at the wooden box, and when he opened it, it was filled with gold coins and gems. As a rough estimate, there were at least a hundred gold coins and more than three hundred silver coins, as well as three very vivid rubies and an emerald green emerald.

The other canvas turned out to be a topographic map of the area around Pullen, the so-called simple map. The map is small, but it shows all the villages and terrain and place names on the way from King Pullen to Yorkshire, which is a very valuable military gift.

Tianxiang looked up at Ni in surprise and asked what was going on?!

Ni said with a smile on his face, "King, this is Knight Edward's apology and compensation to you. He said that because of their lordship, the people who should have been protected suffered a catastrophe, and they were already a great sin, but they inadvertently brought us such a heavy disaster, and his heart was really sad. Now, after the nobleman's death, his fortune is in Edward's hands, and the knight of Edward willingly gives us the wealth and asks us to take in the innocent children. “

Tianxiang looked at the gems and gold coins in the wooden box, closed the box, handed it to the nun and waved his hand impatiently.

"King?"

"Put it in the storeroom first, we won't need it for the time being." Tianxiang seemed to be a little unhappy, probably because he felt that this box was not containing gold and silver treasures, but the lives and souls of those soldiers who had sacrificed and their future, so Tianxiang felt that the box was a little too heavy for him to accept.

Ni could see Tianxiang's thoughts, and he didn't say much at the moment, put away the box and turned to leave.

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Two days later, a simple funeral ceremony was held in the royal city of Pullen, after all, there was still much to do just after the end of the war. After the simple proclamation and prayer, no one had the heart to continue to bask in sorrow, for more severe trials awaited them.

The food in the royal city is about to be embarrassed, and everyone is about to starve to death every day before they have enough to eat today, and the war has just ended, and the city has lost a large number of young people, and the labor force is scarce, and a large number of town jobs have been put on hold and cannot be restored.

"Will you leave us, king?"

A little girl grabbed the corner of Han Tianxiang's clothes with her fleshy little hand, and then said in her somewhat hoarse voice. The hoarseness of the voice was caused by a long period of howling and crying, but it didn't matter, the point was that the little girl's dirty little face was full of fear of abandonment and a deep fear of starvation again.

At this city internal affairs meeting, which gathered the only dozens of people in the town, because of the little girl's question, all the dozens of people in the city looked at Tianxiang in unison.

At this time, Han Tianxiang realized that it was not only the little girl who had this mentality, almost everyone present, more than two-thirds of whom were women, and the people of Pulun had the same expression on their faces. Especially the women's feelings are the most fragile, at this time they are already exhausted because of the loss of lovers, children, lovers, if Han Tianxiang abandons them again, then they are really ......

At this time, Han Tianxiang squatted down, and for the first time he showed a rare gentle smile in front of everyone.

The thick hand gently rubbed the little girl's head: "Don't be afraid, Dalisa. You have to be brave enough to face a qiē like your father. Perhaps, whether we have faced or will face many terrible things, some things will be beyond our control, and will drive us into confusion and despair. It will make us lose faith and the courage to live, but believe me, Dalisa, as long as the city of Pleon still exists, then you will have a home to return to wherever you are. And I'm the head of the family, so I'll fix whatever happens, even if it's almost miraculous in your eyes. Because I am the king, I have to do what ordinary people can't do, and then use my hands to make miracles and hopes become the guests of honor in this royal city of Purun. ”

Han Tianxiang has rarely smiled, especially since it was almost impossible to smile in front of so many people in the past.

Most of the time, Han Tianxiang has always seemed to be a very calm, indifferent, and even somewhat cruel person and king in the eyes of outsiders. His qiē seemed so mechanical, he always didn't go beyond his allotted time, his expression, his eyes, and his heart were as cold and indifferent as his face.

However, everyone does not know that when Tianxiang smiles, it is like the sunshine of spring, with a warm smile with a unique gentleness, and obsidian-bright eyes give others the confidence that they can completely rely on and trust him.

At this time, Tianxiang raised his head and looked at the dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people present, he still said with a smiling expression: "You all keep in mind that the Purun King City will be your last safe haven at any time. So no matter what happens, don't lose confidence and the courage to live here. Even if I die one day, someone will continue to carry the banner of the Rose of Glory and lead you into the future. So don't give up at this time, it's not time to give up yet, because heaven and earth haven't been destroyed yet. Believe me, I firmly believe that the royal city of Pulen will definitely become the only unparalleled country in the world. Then, one day, we will carry the banner of the Rose of Glory, set foot on the kingdom of heaven, forge the true kingdom of Puron, popularize the happiness of the world, and indulge in the praise of the primate of all things. ”

End of meeting.

Everyone helped each other out of the chamber, and it was clear that the faces of the people who had left were much lighter than when they had come in earlier. At the very least, their eyes are full of anticipation and vitality for the future, and they no longer resist labor.

Obviously, Wang's speech gave them a lot of encouragement and confidence, and Wang stopped the responsibility of Yiqiē on himself, intending to use his own strength to carry a vast sky for these people.

And they also choose to believe Tianxiang's words unconditionally, as he said, believe, believe, and then sing the praises of this primate world until the infinite future. The kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the kingdom of heaven is the royal city of Puren.

"As always, you will always show us the way when it matters most."

In the conference room, Ni respectfully knelt on the ground and said sincerely.

At this time, Han Tianxiang had already put away his smile and disguised himself again.

He said expressionlessly: "Having said that, I only temporarily calmed their restless hearts and made them stop thinking about that unnecessary qiē for a short time. However, Wangcheng's real problem lies in the shortage of manpower and the problem of food. We've been struggling with population and food for the past three months, and I don't intend to leave these two lifelines of development to fate. ”

Shocked by this, Ni raised his head and asked, "Wang, do you mean that we are going to take the initiative to attack other villages?" ”

Tianxiang shook his head.

"We don't have the strength to start a second battle in the short term, and we don't have the ability to meet the second battle in the short term and have the possibility of surviving."

"And what is the king going to do?"

“…… Our current predicament is because the population is so sparse that even if we capture the bandits' equipment and horses, we still don't have enough manpower to arm them. And the most troublesome thing is that the work and links in the town are also strictly lacking manpower, and the future development of the town needs a huge population as the foundation and foundation. ”

Tianxiang thought about it carefully.

He continued, "So, population development is the first hurdle that we have to think about. However, due to the current situation, it is impossible to remain in the city of Pullen and wait for the refugees to join us, so I plan to lead some of the city guards out of King Pullen to the nearby villages of Yorkshire, as well as some large cities to buy men and food. ”

"Besides, we have to go and get our share of the loot back."

"Spoils?"

Ni looked at Tianxiang strangely, and when Tianxiang turned his head to look at him, Ni suddenly thought. That's right, since those bandits are so numerous, then they must have a camp! And those camps must have gathered the wealth of this group of bandits over the years, and if such a large amount of wealth is used as the development fund of the Pulun King City, then the rise of Pulun will be greatly improved in the short term!

Thinking about it this way, the future of the royal city is by no means bleak, maybe the real bright avenue is hidden in it!

"Ne, go down and select ten men from the city guards, and let them put on the armor of the bandits, ride on their horses, and take our banners. I'm planning to leave this afternoon and arrive in Yorkshire tomorrow morning. And you are stationed in the city of Pulun, and you will be in charge of everything in the city for the time being until I return. ”

"What!" Ni raised his head in surprise and stared at Tianxiang who was sitting on the throne. And Tianxiang's eyes stared at Ni as usual plainly, without any emotion or waves. However, Ni knew that this was already the greatest expression of the king's trust in a person.

So Ni didn't retort, and with a frenzied smile of loyalty, he fell to his knees again respectfully, and replied in a dull voice.

"One qiē follow the king's will! King Purun, Rose of Glory! ”

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