William's manpower is seriously understaffed, and his background is too shallow, so the enemy's land cannot be occupied. This will only distract him.

However, there are people who have lost ground.

You may not want the earth, but you must hold it in your hands.

After a few victories, William had a lot of prisoners on his hands, and even nobles of no low status.

After they fell into William's hands, they were still clamoring for the dignity that the nobles deserved, so they begged for a hammer, and William sent them to clean the toilets and pick up feces.

All captives fell into William's hands and had to be labored, without exception.

These failed aristocratic captives still refuse to do such "lowly" work, looking like they want to save face.

If you refuse to work, do you still have to support them and stay for the New Year?

William directly had people dig a big hole, and then threw the nobles into the big hole, and then began to throw dirt down, and was actually going to bury them alive.

At first, these nobles were still fearless, thinking that William was just intimidating them, they had seen and done a lot of this kind of thing, how could William dare to go against the entire aristocratic class alone?

But as the dirt covered half of their bodies, the failed nobles found out that William was playing for real, and began to cry for his father, begging for mercy, and saying that he was willing to do some menial work.

As long as a stubborn nobleman is still there, unwilling to compromise.

William's solution is also very simple, other nobles begging for mercy will pick it up, and the nobleman with backbone and dignity will directly bury it with loess.

The loess covered his neck, and when it was almost to his mouth, he realized that William was not joking, and the fear of death haunted his heart, and he suddenly panicked and wanted to beg for mercy.

But it was too late, and William only gave him one chance.

So the other failed nobles watched the scene of the "stubborn" nobleman being buried alive, and their hearts were cold.

It's strange that they don't have so much sentimentality when they are on top of them to decide the fate of others.

But when they become the ones whose fate is decided, they begin to panic, and they are like the untouchables in their mouths, where is there any dignity of noble blood?

The captive nobles, in groups of five, began their manual labor under the watchful eye of the overseers.

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William's sudden burst of strength surprised Prince Ferrett.

After suffering several defeats in a row, Prince Ferret could not bear it anymore, and he sent an envoy to find Prince Charles, and after explaining the pros and cons, the two began to besiege William together.

For the two of them, a weak William may be a good buffer between the two princes' domains, but a strong Hanley Collar is a dagger on their waists, which can kill at any time.

Moreover, William's development was so rapid, they would never have believed it without the help of their sinister brother behind him.

Actually, that's really the case.

Hanlailing was built by William himself brick by brick, and Liszt had the icing on the cake, but it was by no means the cornerstone of Hanlailing's current prosperity.

After the strength of the two princes merged, the army swelled to more than 18,000 at once, and surrounded the entire Hanlai Territory from all sides, slowly shrinking, and wanted to catch turtles in an urn and catch them all.

But how could William let them get their way?

In this world where communication is very backward and communication with the village depends on shouting, and the connection between them is not close enough, how can it be possible to surround William's Hanley collar tightly?

And that's William's chance!

One of the characteristics of the army led by William is that it comes and goes like the wind, the offensive is like fire, and it always kills suddenly, as if it can predict the prophet.

This is to give full play to the power of the magic mirror.

And even more insidiously, William only grabbed Prince Ferrett's army to attack, while Prince Charles's army did not move at all.

After several battles, Prince Freette's army was greatly weakened.

Originally, his army had been attacked by William several times, and now it was the same "treatment", while the army of his brother Prince Charles had never been attacked.

Under these circumstances, Prince Ferrett's heart also became suspicious, suspecting that there was something wrong with it.

Even if everything is just a coincidence, if his strength drops too much, it will also have an impact on his position.

With this in mind, Prince Freette began to grind and even retreat slowly, trying to keep Prince Charles' army at the front.

Prince Charles is just hot-tempered, but he is by no means a fool, and even his battlefield agility is much stronger than that of Prince Feret.

When William attacked him and Prince Ferrette's army did not respond in time, Prince Ferrette's actions were quickly known to him.

Prince Charles was so angry that he roared furiously in the tent, cursed his two younger brothers loudly, and then without discussion, he directly retreated more than ten miles with the army, which was equivalent to withdrawing from the battlefield.

Prince Charles is gone, where does Prince Ferrette dare to face William's army?

Hurriedly retreated to his territory with his troops, like a turtle retracted into a turtle shell!

The first territorial survival crisis of the Han Lai Territory was resolved in this way, so that the belated king's envoy didn't know what to do!

Mediation?

It seems to be.

Both Prince Charles and Prince Ferrette expressed to William through this king's envoy the intention of an armistice and the ransom of the noble soldiers whom William had captured.

William's answer was simple, it was okay to armistice and ransom noble soldiers, but Prince Charles and Prince Ferret waged an unjust war against him, causing him unprecedented losses, so he had to pay money.

If he does not pay compensation, then he will and will only choose the domain of one prince for endless harassment and fierce attacks until one of the two sides is completely down.

The threat was a scoundrel, but Prince Charles and Prince Ferret had nothing to do with him, so they had to compromise again.

After some bargaining, the two princes compensated William with a total of 23,000 gold coins.

As for aristocratic soldiers, according to the difference in status, the ransom ranged from 1,000 gold coins to 50 gold coins.

For this alone, he also contributed more than 6,000 gold coins to William.

William heard that when the aristocratic soldiers were ransomed, the first thing they did was to take a bath and enjoy their food.

As for what happened during the time of the captives, many of them were reluctant to reminisce, it was an unbearable history.

The victors were compensated, the nobles had ransoms, and as for the ordinary soldiers, neither Prince Freit nor Prince Charles were advanced.

In fact, these are said to be soldiers, but in fact, most of them are ordinary people who have been forcibly conscripted and have average combat effectiveness.

It's just a small number of guys who are knights who are the backbone of the army.

These people, either the second sons of nobles, the identity of illegitimate children, or the knight squire, have long been redeemed.

Only ordinary people are uncared for.

According to the unspoken rules of this world, after the battle between lords is over, such ordinary soldiers will often be let go, because the food they consume far exceeds the value they generate.

The two princes originally thought that William would abide by this unspoken rule, but they didn't expect William to follow the script at all.

Ordinary soldiers who were captured, and were not let go, but were relegated to slavery, and then fed and sheltered and engaged in the most difficult work of city construction.

This caused the two princes' territories to fall into a "labor shortage" after the war.

Yes, after repelling the strong enemy and recovering a large amount of compensation, William put all his gold coins into the construction of the city of New Nessete.

Brick mills, cement firing rooms, and cultivated fields are constantly expanding.

Pottery workshops, breeding gardens, fertilizer workshops, etc., have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

With the increase in the flow of people, special buildings such as theaters, libraries, and schools have also been built.

Construction of the two-way lane with concrete pavement and wide sewer lines has also begun.

Now the whole city of New Nesse is like a big construction site, full of construction sites and dust.

However, this attracted a large number of caravans to trade.

The whole city of New Nesse became lively.

For this reason, William also established the Chamber of Commerce of the New Nesset City to deal with various merchants.

Louis, a middle-aged old man, had to temporarily shoulder this heavy responsibility!

At this time, the city of New Nisse, including slaves, had a permanent population of 11,000 people, and a floating population of more than 12,000 people, forming a relatively stable pyramid-shaped hierarchical structure.

Among the pyramids, the top one is undoubtedly William.

The second is Louis, Davy and other relatively high-level managers.

Next up is a member of the Thunder Fury who joins the army to gain the Free People, or a military member of another army.

During this war, at least a hundred or so people were reduced, and in recognition of their merits, all of them were given the status of free people.

William's armies were free people.

The lower status in Hanlai's collar was the old slave who followed him step by step. Some of them were freedmen, and only a few were slaves of the first class, on the verge of promotion at any time.

The lowest status is the prisoners of war, the lowest slaves, who do the most dangerous and heavy work, and have to be brainwashed and educated every night.

But with the most basic food and clothing security, at the same time, the upward channel will not be closed to them.

The city of New Nesse is changing rapidly and is visible to the naked eye.

The area where William's lord's villa is located was expanded again.

The residential and administrative districts were separated, and a new government hall appeared, where Louis and others worked.

The increase in lime production led to an increase in cement production, which allowed William to harden the eight main roads and other minor roads throughout the city of New Nisse.

This act of behavior gave a new look to the entire city of New Nisse, and also amazed the caravans that came and went.

Not to mention the entire Svak Kingdom, even the entire continent, such wide and smooth roads are very rare.

As the population and power grew, so did the establishment of many institutions.

Thunder Fury and several other armies are sweeping the surrounding environment and conducting regular patrols to ensure that the bandits have no soil to survive in the territory around William.

The safe environment and strong military force in turn attracted many people from the vicinity to settle in William's territory.

They paid money to the lord William, to buy land or engage in other trades.

The more the population, the stronger the strength.

The city of New Nisse is getting better and stronger.

But this, in addition to the two former princes next to each other, did not want to see this, and the new Liszt in the palace did not want to see this.

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In the midst of the mighty construction, time blows like the wind, and before you know it, summer is coming.

The holy light shines mercilessly on the earth, tanning the skin of the earth.

In the kingdom of Avar, bordered by the wilderness plains, in a border town.

One sunny morning, a fair-eyed little tailor sat by the window, doing his best to do his job.

At this moment, a middle-aged peasant woman with a horse's face walked up the street, but she spoke as pleasantly as a girl, and she shouted as she walked: "Buy jam!" Good quality and low price! ”

The little tailor thought it pleasant, so he put his curly-haired head out of the window, and cried out, "Come here, dear lady, you have something to ask for here!" ”

The peasant woman, carrying a heavy basket in her hand, stepped up the steps to the little tailor and opened one jar after another as he commanded. The little tailor examined them one by one, and raised the jar to his nose and sniffed it again and again, before he finally said, "Give me four ounces, my dear lady, and half a pound." ”

The middle-aged peasant woman with a horse-faced face thought she had found a good buyer, and after weighing him the little jam that the little tailor wanted, she grunted away angrily.

"May the Lord of Light bless," cried the little tailor, "and these jams will give me a good appetite." ”

He took the bread out of the cupboard, cut it into a slice, and spread the jam on it. "I know in my heart that I won't be unpalatable," he said, "but I'll have to finish this vest before I can eat it." ”

So he put the jam-coated bread beside him and continued to sew it, feeling so good in his heart that the stitches were getting bigger and bigger.

At this moment, the sweet smell of the jam attracted a swarm of flies gathered on the wall, and they all landed on the bread to taste the delicacy.

"How can I have your share?" The little tailor, who was at work, suddenly noticed the group of uninvited guests, and he was so angry that he drove the flies away.

But the flies were all shameless scoundrels, and they didn't consider the feelings of their masters at all, so they ignored what he said, and refused to go, but called friends, so more and more flies landed on the bread.

At this moment, the little tailor was furious, grabbed a rough towel, and struck the flies fiercely, but the flies could not dodge, and at once they were killed by seven flies, some of which were even flying with their legs.

"You're amazing!" The little tailor was overjoyed to see this achievement, and said to himself, and could not help but praise his bravery, "All the people of the city should know of your feat. ”

The more the little tailor thought about it, the more he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and he cut a belt for himself in a hurry—with the best cloth!

After sewing, several large eye-catching characters were embroidered on it - in the largest font: "Kill seven at once!" ”

"And not only the whole city," said the little tailor, looking at his masterpiece, and the more he looked at it, the more light in his eyes grew, and he was proud of his "feat," he suddenly cried out, "and let the whole world know about it!" ”

At this point his heart was beating with joy, like the tail of a little lamb.