Marco is dead, and the betrayers are sent to Cabin to be the first cannon fodder to fend off the beast tide, but Rand always has a thorn in his heart, and he interrogates the six surviving men, but none of them are the murderers of Marko.

He instructed Marco to steal the blueprints, and then cleanly eliminated Marco, eliminating all clues that could have revealed his identity, and it is likely that he would remain in the empty collar, silently watching him like a poisonous snake in a dark corner.

Bran, for this younger brother who likes to play tricks since he was a child, Rand didn't pay much attention, but the facts have proved that Bran is an extremely good conspirator, he quietly planted nearly ten eyes around Rand, and he never noticed it, if it weren't for Marco's suspicion of Bran and secretly kept a hand, I'm afraid Rand is still in the dark now.

The Duke of Winton was still in his prime, and several sons began to fight openly and secretly, and even his own lack of ambition was targeted and watched by Bran, one can imagine how jealous and afraid Bran should be of his eldest brother with a strong army as the backing.

After the theft, under Rand's command, the door of the drawing room was reinforced in two layers, and the doors, windows and passages were fixed with a layer of iron mesh, and there were three shifts of personnel who took turns patrolling, and the loss of drawings must not happen a second time.

......

"My lord, the soldiers recruited in the ghetto are already lined up outside the door, do you need to go and take a look?" Penn asked in a whisper from the other side of the table, as he was fiddling with some gray powder, for fear of disturbing Rand's train of thought.

"Do you need it?" Rand picked up some powder with two fingers, rubbed it twice, and sniffed it under his nose.

"If you can say a couple of words to them, I think they'll be more motivated in training. Payne reminded.

Rand remembered that in his own era, leaders would always give lectures and cheer for their soldiers before their troops set out, and this kind of occasion was easy to enhance their sense of existence and soldiers' sense of belonging, which had a great effect on stabilizing the morale of the army.

But what should I say? I don't seem to be very good at impassioned speeches, and Rand only hates that he didn't have the experience of joining a pyramid scheme organization in his previous life, so that their speeches are energetic! I believe the nonsense I said, and I can't mobilize the emotions of the soldiers?

Lala chatted at home and showed her amiability, which was what the big leaders of her time did when they went to the countryside to express their condolences.

It seems that it works.

......

"This is the recruit we recruited, can they hold a spear?" Although Rand was mentally prepared, the scene in front of him was still a little difficult for him to accept, hundreds of ragged and scrawny men stood in a haphazard manner on the school grounds, their eyes wincing and nervous.

"My lord, as long as I can feed them, I can guarantee that they will definitely be able to carry their spears and shed their blood for you. Payne said with certainty, "Weak constitution can be improved by training, and they are willing to work hard, my lord, which is a very precious quality." ”

Rand had promised one silver coin a month for helping with the fortifications, two for joining the army, and twenty silver coins for his family in the event of death.

Twenty silver coins were enough to save their children and wives from freezing and starvation, enough to support the expenses of an ordinary family for nearly three years.

For the sake of their families, their wives and children, these men, these fathers and husbands, they dare to exchange their lives for these precious rewards.

When Rand thought of this, he suddenly felt that the set of rhetoric he had prepared could no longer be spoken, and he didn't want to use the cliché to perfunctory these men who exchanged their lives for the food and clothing of their wives and children.

Rand and Payne walked up the steps, and these poor people called reserve soldiers all set their eyes on him, because Payne had a word first, anyone could sign up for the army, but the specific number of recruits had to be reviewed by Rand himself, and once there were those who did not meet Rand's requirements, they would be kicked out of the reserve soldier establishment immediately.

"Your lord, according to your request, the soldiers we recruit are facing the whole territory, not only the slums, but also the farmers and workers, who are all under thirty-five years old and over twenty years old, and have no criminal records and infectious diseases, and those who are beyond the age range, I am ready to transfer them to work in the mines. Payne followed Rand through the ranks of paupers.

Rand nodded, the main combat strength of the army The soldiers must be younger, once they are older, all the indicators of the body will decline, the reaction speed and physical strength will be much worse than before, and an army composed of old people will not have any advantage on the battlefield.

"Fellow reservists, I am Lord of Kongdu, Rand Cape," Rand said, standing on the wall, his eyes swept downward, and the paupers turned their gaze, "You were once herdsmen, blacksmiths, beggars, farmers who had lost their fields, but now you have joined my troops and become my soldiers. ”

"Then, you will take up your spears and longbows and defend our homeland and our land, and I promise you that I will not default on the reward you deserve, and I only want your loyalty, and I will only want you to be loyal to me wholeheartedly, and when winter comes, you will fend off the incoming beast tide with me!"

"I will redistribute the land to you, including those you have lost. ”

The poor were silent, having lost their fields and estates under the plunder of the aristocracy's armies, and had to pay exorbitant taxes to the nobility, and they had been oppressed for so long that they became extremely depressed.

The imaginary enthusiastic response did not materialize.

Rand looked at the poor people below, trying to mobilize their enthusiasm, but I am afraid that it will not be an easy task, and it is necessary to come up with a little visible benefit to stimulate their long-dormant hearts.

"My lord, are you telling the truth?" In the crowd, a voice suddenly sounded, people looked in that direction, only to see a brown-haired young man walking out with a nervous face, and after making an unorthodox salute to Rand, he raised his head and asked, "You said that you want to return to us the land we lost, is this true?"

"It's true. Rand said without thinking.

"My family once had three fields east of the town of Cabins, which were given as a reward to Baron Batu by the previous lord, who drove me out of my field and took possession of it. The brown-haired young man paused and asked in a voice with a hint of trembling, "My lord, if I follow you to defend against the beast tide, will you take back my land from the hands of the nobles?"

"Yes, it's not just you," Rand said in an aggravated tone, he raised his head and shouted at the crowd in a serious tone, "I will give you back all the land that was occupied by the nobles and originally belonged to you!"

"This is my promise, and I will do what I say!"

After the deathly silence, a terrifying roar erupted in the school grounds.

"Long live your lord!"