If someone had asked Charles what would happen if he had blown a cold wind all night in the wilderness on a winter night, he might not have been able to give a definite answer.

But today, outside Nancy, Charles had an intuitive view of the problem for the first time.

At the entrance of Charles' makeshift camp, there were kneeling people, who seemed to be at least hundreds, and as they breathed, a thick mist erupted from their mouths, stained their hair, and their eyebrows, turning into white ice flowers and hanging on their hair.

And those old people who were weak were even more unbearable, the heat exhaled was already very thin, and their faces were even more frozen to blue and purple, and their eyes were full of numbness and despair.

The young children cowered in their mother's arms, greedily absorbing the heat from their mother's body, but with their mother's numbness and coldness, they could no longer feel much warmth, and they didn't even have the strength to cry.

There are scientific data that prove that when it is below minus 20 degrees, the heat in the human body will not be enough to resist the low temperature of the environment, no matter how you struggle, you will definitely freeze to death, and the process of freezing to death is similar to the situation of boiling a frog in warm water, and by the time you feel that you are unconscious, it is already too late.

The reason why so many drunks freeze to death every year in the roadside ditch in the three eastern provinces is because of the paralysis of nerves after getting drunk, and they fall comfortably into the ditch and fall asleep, and sleep straight to Elysium without any pain.

And most of these people in front of Charles are already on the verge of freezing to death.

When Charles came out of the camp, there was finally hope in the numb eyes of the old man at the head, and he tried to slam his head to the ground, but his frozen body was too straight to bend.

"Poof!"

The old man fell to the ground, his body still in a curled kneeling position.

Charles's face was grim, like a ruthless head of the family, and he asked coldly, "Are these only old and weak? What about adult men?"

Most of these hundreds of people are old and weak, women and children, young and middle-aged people account for only a small part, and adult men are even rarer.

"Yes....... I ........"

The old man trembled and wanted to answer something, but he couldn't speak.

Charles stretched out his arm and pointed at a yellow-bearded man behind the old man: "You come to answer me!"

The yellow-bearded man was an eighth-rank "captain", the highest-ranking transcendent among these people, and his physical condition far exceeded that of ordinary people, and he could still maintain his composure and physical strength even after freezing all night in the cold winter night.

"My lord, in addition to Bono's clansmen, there are nine distant clansmen in the farms and mines outside, and they can come to meet the lord of the house by tonight at the latest...... He followed the master of the house and never returned. ”

“..........”

The yellow-bearded man had no sadness, no resentment, but just said a few words so calmly, Charles felt that it was so harsh, and it pierced directly into the depths of his heart.

He followed the old master and died on the battlefield with the combined forces of Sibaia and Engru, and later followed him and died at the hands of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of Sibaia.

They never returned, only Charles himself!

But as a superior person, majesty and coldness are the two indispensable masks, Xia Er endured the discomfort in his heart, and said with a smile: "The head of the house?

The yellow-bearded man didn't dare to answer, so he could only bow his head and kneel in silence.

A few months ago, they would never have imagined that Charles would come back so soon, and in a strong way.

Who would have thought that a teenager who had been stupid for ten years would suddenly become like this?

Handsome, shrewd, powerful, and the most beautiful lord of the royal family, with the support of His Majesty the King, and the support of all the vassal knights, there is no one in the entire Chevalier family to shake his position.

If the Charles had a little shrewdness now, they would not ignore Olive Live's conscription order, and no matter how difficult it was, they would have sent some support to the Charles brothers and sisters instead of believing Viscount Bono's nonsense, resulting in today's unfortunate predicament.

"Get a little wine for Viscount Sangreid, you, you, you, and you, stay and talk, and the rest go with Olive to warm yourself in the tent, and though I hate the betrayer, you have the right to choose to follow the Lord, and if you don't want to follow me Charles Chevalier, I will give you a fortune, and you are free to leave. ”

Charles named them one by one, leaving the four transcendent and the old man at the head, and the rest of the old people and children who were about to freeze to death were all handed over to the little girl to deal with, after all, Charles was soft-hearted, and he couldn't do it if he froze people to death.

The yellow-bearded man's eyes immediately widened, and he said solemnly: "My lord, we have never betrayed you, everything we do is to protect the interests of the family, a few months ago, we lost too many warriors and wealth, and it is already difficult to maintain the rule of the family. ”

"So in the trade-off between preserving the continuation of the family or going on an adventure with you, we chose the former, but we never thought of betraying you, let alone betraying the family. ”

Charles narrowed his eyes as he stared at the five men in front of him, and began to think about what he would do to Charles Chevalier if he were in their place.

The prosperity of a wealthy nobleman does require enough warriors and wealth, and the Chevalier family has been going downhill in recent decades, and last year it suffered the heaviest loss in decades, and the family that originally had dozens of transcendents is now only supported by more than a dozen transcendentals, and it is indeed very critical.

If the only remaining forces were sent out to fight the Charr at this time, it would be morally in line with the aristocratic allegiance system, but what would be the consequences after the madness was over?

There are too many profound examples and lessons in the iterative replacement of wealthy nobles on the mainland.

"Charles Chevalier is such a mediocre heir, I really don't want to carry this black cauldron, but ...... Who will carry me if I don't carry it?"

After drinking a large glass of spirits, the frozen Viscount Sangray slowly warmed up, his stiff tongue returned to normal, and he trembled and took out an account book from his bosom and held it high above his head.

"My lord, this is the income account book of the family domain for a year, and we have been guarding the foundation of Chevalier, waiting for your return!"

This was already a gesture of absolute submission, and according to the custom, the charr would either accept the allegiance of these clansmen at this time, or not accept them, and directly expel them from the family.

Olive quietly pulled Charles aside and whispered to him, "Charles, the vassal knights in the territory are already stronger than our people, look at ......."

Olive means that Charles understands that in this era, the power of the nobles cannot be all knights who come from vassals, they must have their own core cronies, and the clansmen who are related by blood are the most common descendants.

Charles walked back, reached out and took the account book from Sangrad Chevalier's hand, and looked at it casually.

Charles's posture was casual, but the five people kneeling on the ground were all relieved, and several hanging hearts fell.

"Is it worth it for you to give me such a grand honor?"

“.........”

The hearts of the five people hung again, and their faces were extremely ugly.

"I'll write down your guilt, now get up and come with me!"

Charles walked towards the camp with his hands behind his back, and the four transcendents quickly got up and dragged the stiff old man, Viscount Sangrede, to follow.

Several people walked up to a freight wagon, and Charles motioned to the family knight on guard to open several large boxes on the carriage.

Under the bright morning light, patches of golden light are reflected dazzlingly.

The four men who followed Charles were stunned, and the box was full of golden coins.

Several transcendents looked at each other, and they all felt incredible, after all, the transmission of information in this era is too slow, and the reputation of the Shire debtor has not been lifted yet!

"This is only a part of the investment, and there are several times, more than ten times the wealth in the future, and you have to change your vision!"

"Sir, what is ...... Investment?"

"Investing! It's a game of making money!"

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