The next day, there was a sporadic sound of horses' hooves and the sharp sound of carriages swaying on the bumpy road in the feeble hustle and bustle.

"Hey, look, there's a wagon coming!"

"Come on, come and see!"

"Thank you, the all-pervading deity, for finally hearing our prayers. ”

Along the way, the refugees on both sides of the road helped each other out of their shacks, staring intently at the people passing by them on the main road.

"I have no food for days...... I have no food," cried out a frail old woman, supported by a child of seven or eight years old, with her trembling, dirty arms stretched out.

"Yes, merciful lords, show kindness and have mercy on us!"

With the first, naturally there is the second, the fifth............ More and more refugees rushed in, blocking the way of the team in an instant.

Next to the carriage, seven or eight people dressed in bright armor rode tall horses of different black and white under their crotches, constantly using the bodies of war horses to block the contact between these surging refugees and the carriage.

Suddenly, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside by a calloused hand, and an approachable voice came out: "What happened?"

"Sir, there are a large crowd of refugees surrounding us blocking the way, do you want to disperse them!" replied the first knight.

The knight's response was powerful, and the noisy crowd was suddenly quiet, and everyone heard the knight's answer, and the refugees who approached the knight involuntarily took a few steps back. It was common to block the convoy of nobles, eat whips and be cut with swords, and no one wanted to hang up immediately.

"Bastard, how can you do this to the citizens of the Empire?" shouted the man in the carriage.

"Yes, sir!" replied the knight hurriedly, and dismounted his horse, allowing the refugees to back away and make room for the master in the carriage to come out.

Soon, when the hundreds of refugees had retreated a little to make room, Aaron in the carriage lifted the curtain and stepped out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Baron Aaron, the respected captain of our brigade. The knight said proudly.

Aaron smiled and nodded at the people around him, and winked at the knight, acknowledging his actions.

"Dear lord, please give us something to eat, we are all starving to death!"

"Yes, yes, if you don't save us, we really won't survive. ”

The crowd pleaded one by one, begging for the baron's mercy.

"Quiet, quiet!" the knight raised his hand at Aaron's signal. The cries of pleading gradually fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I deeply regret what happened to you. This time, I will only offer you some help on my own behalf, and in addition I will submit a petition to the Honorable Duke informing the Duke of your present difficulties. Aaron's eyes were moist, and his voice was heavy and muffled.

"Thank you...... Thank you, sir, and the Lord will always bless you. ”

"Hey, what a benevolent and kind old man, if there were more old men like you, it would be great!"

The refugees were deeply moved by Aarun's righteous act, and many of them wept bitterly and burst into tears.

"Soldiers, unload the food and some medicines from the wagons and distribute them to them. Aaron looked back and ordered.

"Yes, sir!" replied several knights.

When all the food and medicine on the bus were handed over to the refugees, it attracted more refugees and thousands of sensational scenes.

The war led to the displacement of citizens in four or five provinces in the south and west, natural and man-made disasters, and tens of thousands of citizens in the empire were left homeless, hungry, and life-threatening. In addition, citizens of the interior migrated to towns still under imperial control to escape the rampant thieves, and many of them fled to the southern border, where a rich and powerful garrison could provide them with a place to recuperate.

"Sir, there are more and more refugees, and our food and medicine are far from enough to meet them. The knight hurried over and whispered into Aaron's ear.

Aaron nodded, waved him to get busy, and was secretly happy in his heart. What I want is such an effect, the seeds of fraternity and kindness have been sown, as long as I fertilize and water a little, then I will not worry about no harvest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the supplies we have brought this time are limited, but I believe you know the situation better than I do. Now that the war is not over, prices are skyrocketing, and urgently needed items such as food and medicine are in short supply, it would be a bit unrealistic for you to just hope that I will send you food and medicine to survive. Aaron analyzed euphemistically.

"Alas—" said a middle-aged man, dressed in tatters but with expensive materials, "Kind and respectful lord, you have really expressed our concerns. But we are helpless, we are ............ like this now" The man spread his arms, swung a few times in pain, and continued: "There is no way to do it!"

"Yes, my lord, there's nothing we can do. "Whether they have received relief supplies or refugees who have not received them, they have all sighed, and they have endless sighs and melancholy.

"Well, it's a real headache. Alan hammered his forehead a few times in pain, pondered for a long time, and suddenly looked up and said: "I have a territory in the Salz region, although it is not large, it should allow you to have a place to stay for the time being, and you will not wander around. ”

"Ah, really? really...... Thank you so much, sir!" When the man heard this, he was so excited that he wanted to take a few steps forward and grab Aaron's arm and shake it a few times to express his excitement.

The other refugees also had excited expressions on their faces, and their strong will to survive made them involuntarily kneel down and worship and praise the baron's fraternity and kindness.

"Of course!" Alan smiled and tapped a few times, "many of you may be citizens from other places and don't know much about the Salz region. Although it is not as rich and prosperous as the provinces or other provinces, it is a good place for people to live and work in peace and contentment, far from the scourge of war. ”

After a slight pause, Alan glanced around and continued, "As long as you believe in my personality as Baron Allen-Iverson, you can follow me to settle down there temporarily. If you have any other good places to go in the future, it will be better to leave than to leave this area where war can break out at any time!"

After a while, Aaron said that he was deeply affectionate, knowing it with reason, and moving it with affection.

"Of course, is there any reason why we should not believe in your kindness and forgiveness?" replied in unison.

"Alright, then you can pack up now, and we'll be on our way to Kingston in a moment. Aaron exclaimed.

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Along the way, more and more refugees followed the convoy, and the team became larger and larger. As the size of the team grew, Aaron also selected the most prestigious person in a group of refugees who had taken refuge to be the commander of that team. In this way, although the team continued to expand, there was not much disturbance or other uncontrollable outfits.

Along the way to the west, Aaron also spent some time picking out some stout and tall refugees from these refugees as temporary security teams, which were used to control some thorns and hooligans who stirred up trouble in the team. Although these refugees are yellow and thin, with skin and bones, their tall bones are there, and as long as they return to normal diet and strengthen their nutrition in the future, then these people will be the basis for their own private army in the near future.

As a lord, it is legally permissible to have a private army, but the size is limited, and beyond that, it will be investigated and monitored by the Empire, and in severe cases, it will even be severely punished by the military department. However, now that the war is raging, in order to strengthen their self-protection ability, the lords of all parties, large and small, do not care what laws are not legal, they are all overnumbered, and the number of places exceeded is as high as dozens of times.

In this situation, the weakened empire had no choice but to let it go.

"Hey man, we take in so many refugees, do you have enough money in your pocket to settle them?

"Atai, my brother. You don't have to worry about this, you just need to take care of this improvised security team of refugees for me. Aaron's voice slowly reached Aaron's ears outside the window.

Not long ago, Aaron's men sent to Memphis returned, along with Aaron's brother Atai. Atay had long wanted to get away from Memphis, a city with a strong smell of copper and cunning in the air, and to be able to fight with his childhood playmates, but without thinking about it, he rushed back to his hometown in Aquitania Province with the visitors.

And little Gibson didn't react much when he knew that his old father was doing very well now. In response to Aaron's wishes, he expressed that he would come south to meet Aaron when the time was right, but not now.

Previously, Artey was mainly in charge of some fighting work in Memphis, and Gibson was in charge of the rest. Now, Aaron has put the hundred or so temporarily established vigilantes under his full control, which will be beneficial to his future growth. Starting from the subtleties, I believe that in the future, let him lead a team alone should not be as helpless as now.