Stonemason?

Claudia, who was brewing milk tea, was a little puzzled, and looked up at Varian, who was lowering her head, and she realized that something was wrong at this look, at this moment Varian's hand holding the letter trembled slightly, and the angular left side of his face was flushed, and his muscles and muscles were jumping uncontrollably, obviously he was in a state of rage.

How can a stonemason make Varian angry like this?

Claudia's doubts deepened, she stopped what she was doing, stood up, and found Varian's lieutenant Devon looking at the angry king in front of her with a numb face.

Devin was the head of the adjutants, Claudia had been taken care of by him many times, and seeing Devon's expression at this time, Claudia hurriedly walked over to relieve the siege and said, "Varian, what's wrong with you?" ”

Varian looked up sharply, and Claudia was startled by the anger in his eyes, but soon Varian closed his eyes, shook his head, and when he opened his eyes again, his anger had subsided a lot, and he apologized, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper." ”

Neither Claudia nor Devin naturally didn't mind, and Devin saw that the king's sanity had returned, so he asked, "Your Majesty, do you need to convene the generals for discussion?" ”

Varian paced around the room a few steps and said, "It's not early today, the generals have drunk a lot, so let them get a good night's sleep tonight." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty. Devon gave Claudia a grateful look and turned away.

Varian walked over to the couch and sat down, while Claudia resumed her previous job of making milk tea.

After brewing two cups of milk tea, Claudia brought it over and handed it a cup to Varian, who took the cup, took a sip and thanked the girl, "Very good, thank you, Claudia." ”

"You're welcome." Claudia also took a glass and sat down beside him, and asked in a sweet and clear voice, "Your Majesty, what happened just now that made you angry like that?" ”

"You can take a look at it too." Varian frowned in annoyance, and handed the letter to the girl.

Claudia took the letter and soon understood what had happened, it turned out that shortly after Varian led his troops to the battle, civil unrest broke out in the western wilderness of the Stormwind Kingdom.

The members of the Defia Brotherhood, led by Van Cleef, began to attack the village, assassinate the kingdom officials and minor lords, and disrupted the local order, and now the Western Wilderness has become a mess, especially the resettlement of the victims has been seriously disrupted, even Count Remington Richville, who was sent by Varian to preside over the disaster relief work in the Western Wilderness, was assassinated by Van Cleeff, if it weren't for the desperate rescue of many of his subordinates, and he would have died on the spot if he had Holy Light protective props, but even then he was seriously injured and couldn't be a director.

"Holy Light Protectors? It can't be the amulet I traded to him back then, right? Seeing this, Claudia paused slightly, then continued to look down and learned more things.

Many of the victims who have not yet been resettled have become displaced people, and they have begun to storm other villages that have not been attacked under the leadership of well-intentioned people, and with each village breached, they will be like locusts, taking food and burning houses, and more homeless people have to join the ranks of the mob in order to survive and become new mobs.

And because the Defia bandits intercepted the letter of help from Moonstream Town to Stormwind, it wasn't until nearly a month later when a Silver Hand Paladin Grian Stallman personally went to Stormwind City to deliver the letter, that the Grand Duke of Bellair learned about the badness of the Western Wilderness, but Stormwind City was extremely empty because of the army, and Bellair did not dare to continue to draw Stormwind troops, so he could only send a letter to Varian first.

Claudia was also in a bad mood after reading the letter, her territory was also in the Western Wilderness, and most of those victims were originally her compatriots in Lordaeron, and after experiencing hardship, they finally came to the Stormwind Kingdom, and as a result, many people were forced to become outcasts and mobs, and even disturbed the peace of many residents of the original Stormwind Kingdom.

Claudia handed the letter back to Varian: "According to the letter, Defia is an organization of thieves? ”

"It's a bunch of thieves." Varian nodded in confirmation, "So I'm afraid it's going to be difficult for our army to capture their senior members, so we'll have to deal with the rebels first." ”

"Varian, what are you going to do?" Claudia looked at Varian with some concern, she was not worried that Varian would not be able to deal with a group of mobs, in fact, the mob was no threat to the regular army at all, even if the number of mobs was large, it only took a hundred royal knights to charge a heavy cavalry to crush the mob, and the rest was to massacre and force the mob to surrender. Claudia's real concern was the aftermath of the mob, which, as she knew, was never soft in the human world, from lords to kings.

Varian will be mistaken in the face of the girl's worries: "Don't worry, I will go and ask His Majesty Dalein for assistance, the turmoil will end soon, His Majesty Dalin's Tidal Sword is the national treasure of Kul Tiras, this auxiliary artifact can make all ships sail extremely fast, with his assistance, we will board the ship at noon tomorrow, and in five days we will be able to go straight to the Western Wilderness to eliminate the Defia bandits and rebels, in addition to the bandits and rebels, the gnolls have also been making a lot of fun recently, and they can be solved together this time." ”

"What is Your Majesty going to do with those rebels?" The girl's worried expression did not diminish in the slightest and continued to ask.

"According to the previous rules, after victory, eleven kills, kill one and set an example." Varian subconsciously said coldly, and then he realized something, turned his head to look at the girl, and wondered, "Don't you still want to intercede for these chaotic people?" I remember that Lordaeron was harsher in dealing with the rebels, right? ”

Claudia did not deny Varian's words, in fact, Eleven's smashing on Lordaeron's side was simply too merciful, and the lords of Lordaeron often reacted to the mob by hanging them all, even if they were a little merciful, it was often a lifetime of hard labor, but even if Varian disposed of it, the girl always felt a little too heavy, she thought for a while, and admonished:

"Varian, I suggest you deal with it leniently, they are all your people now, and they have no choice but to become a mob."

"I know you're kind-hearted, Claudia." Varian frowned at first, and then carefully explained to the girl, "But you can't just use grace to govern the country, but also use punishment, if you easily let go of those riotous people, they won't have the slightest fear of the country, and the next time I go on an expedition, won't I still cause chaos in the rear?" ”

"Varian, I admit you're right," Claudia nodded, but then changed gear, "but you're different, whether it's the great victory you've achieved in Mount Hyjal, or the corpse of the demon lord that has given you a great reputation, you only need to kill the few vicious repeat offenders of the Defia bandits and rebels to deter them." ”

With a thoughtful look on Varian's face, Claudia continued with some apprehension: "And I don't think the simple deterrent effect is very good, I have some immature ideas, I don't know if I can use it." ”

"I'm listening." Varian turned to look at the girl and encouraged her, "Keep talking." ”

After hesitating for a while, Claudia continued to talk about her thoughts: "In the future, in addition to guarding against the Difia bandits, in order to prevent the victims from rebelling again, it is better to recruit some of the strongest victims into the army, especially if they go north to fight, they have a bitter hatred with the undead, and they are going to recover their former homeland, they will definitely have enough will to fight, and they can also solve the problem of food for a large part of the people." ”

Recruit some strong refugees as soldiers?

After thinking carefully about the girl's words, Varian also found a lot of possibilities for this idea, and was a little moved.

Now the situation in the north is bad, Arthas may go south at any time, Varian has seen the strength of the Scourge Legion in the battle a few days ago, with the current army of the Stormwind Kingdom is really not enough, these refugees can survive from the blood sea of the northern corpse mountain, which in itself shows that they are qualified soldiers, not to mention the strongest part of the refugees, recruiting troops can indeed effectively alleviate the current situation of the Stormwind Kingdom's lack of troops, and can prevent the refugees from rebelling again.

As for the discipline and loyalty of these soldiers, Varian is not too worried, the Stormwind Kingdom has many excellent officers, and has an effective training system, as long as the supply bounty of the soldiers is guaranteed, it is not difficult for the soldiers to fight loyally, not to mention that he does not intend to let these soldiers replace the position of the First Legion to defend Stormwind City and the Imperial Palace, he prefers to use these soldiers to fight against the undead in the north, and under the inspiration of hatred and recovering their homeland, these soldiers will definitely be able to burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

However, although there are many benefits, when Varian thinks of a question, he still smiles bitterly at the girl: "Your idea is good, but the treasury is not much money." ”

"What, no money?" Claudia was caught off guard by this answer, and Varian gave the girl a rough account of the current state of the treasury.

Originally, the treasury had some savings, but this year, it first received more than 100,000 refugees to the south, and then used a large army to fight in Mount Hyjal, whether it was the soldiers' pensions or bounties, it was a large amount of money, so the savings of the treasury and the budget allocated by the noble council this year have been exhausted, and the only way to get money is to raise taxes.

As for the matter of not having money, although Varian didn't have any good ideas for a while, he did think about the idea of recruiting soldiers, and said with some hesitation: "Or, add another war tax?" ”

"No, you can't raise taxes. The purpose of recruiting soldiers is to solve the chaos of the people, and if the civilians cannot survive with the tax increase, the chaos will only increase. Claudia couldn't accept the tax increase at all, and continued to think about it, and soon thought of something.

In this dispatch, the casualties of Theramore's soldiers are no less than those of the Stormwind Kingdom, and Gianna usually spends a lot more money than Varian, where did she get the money?

After Claudia asked Varian her question, Varian quickly gave the girl an answer: "Gianna doesn't need to worry about money, Kurtilas is much richer than our Stormwind Kingdom." ”