Chapter 11: You're My Man!
Even Barry and the others were discovered by the sharp-eyed Jason and arrested the strong men!
"My lord, we ......" Barry looked hesitant when he heard Jason's arrangement.
It's not that they are also afraid that Jason is another brutal lord and don't believe him, just as Jason thought, the entire Iron Fang Lords who killed Sir Auchi would be grateful to him! It's just that they are all groups that are oppressed by these people on weekdays, and now they suddenly have to supervise these people, but they are a little uneasy, afraid that they will not be able to do well.
"Don't worry, they won't dare to do anything against you, after all, you are now my people!" Jason was full of confidence, but he felt a little awkward about this!
"Yes, sir!" Barry also felt a little off, but didn't think much of it.
"You can bring your family to the town in a few days!" Jason thought for a moment and spoke again, this place as big as Iron Tooth Town has a population of less than 10,000! How can this be?
"My lord!" Barry glanced at Jason in shock!
"You took care of Alexis's grandfather for so long after her death, and if you don't have a bad character, you can come and be my guard first!" Jason smiled and patted his arm, in fact, he wanted to pat his shoulder, but unfortunately now he is only fifteen years old, too short, and Barry is almost two meters tall!
"I still need a dozen strong young men for the time being, and I am not familiar with the place here, so I will decide that it is you first!" He didn't want to recruit guards so hastily, but he needed people to guard his castle now, the conditions were limited, it was enough to recruit these dozen first, and it just so happened that he also had more than a dozen sets of standard equipment of the royal guards that could be used to arm them.
"I'll give you ten big silver coins a month!" Jason said after a moment's thought.
The coins of this world are converted into a hundred decimal system, and one gold coin is a hundred large silver coins! Copper coins and silver coins are the same, and four copper coins to buy a black loaf, four or five large silver coins are enough for them to live a good life for a month!
Gold coins were generally only circulated among nobles or merchants!
"Thank you, sir!" Uncle Barry and the others were instantly excited, and bowed their heads respectfully, they used to be just hunters, and they had lived a precarious life in this northland for decades, and they didn't know when they would throw their lives in the wild, and now Jason is willing to hire him, which means that the family's life is guaranteed in the future!
"Go ahead and gather the townsfolk to the square as fast as you can!"
"Yes!" Barry and his Orion, now Jason's castle guard, excitedly ran to supervise the work of the city guards, this is their first mission, and they need to perform well!
Jason took the little girl, Lancelot, and a small group of city guards to the town square in advance to build a small high platform to facilitate him to speak! But there are thousands of people in the town, and he can't let everyone hear his voice! It's really an inconvenience caused by backward technology!
The little fox girl Lorna was pitifully left in the castle to sort out the gifts from Sir Auchi, and her appearance was too conspicuous to be seen.
He was still a little excited to participate in this kind of activity for the first time! But when he thought about how many people there were in the town, he was a little panicked!
After a while, the townsfolk arrived in the square one after another, and everyone had some uneasiness or anticipation on their faces! Expecting the new lord to be a benevolent lord! Most of them had heard last night's commotion, and they wouldn't be naïve enough to think they were playing house!
They also asked the guards about last night, and they were shocked to learn that Sir Auchi had been killed last night!
By the time everyone arrived, it was already past noon, and civilians generally only ate two meals a day, and lunch was usually not eaten, but Jason's stomach made a "gurgling" sound!
I glanced at the people around me awkwardly, but fortunately, they were all sensible!
"Ahem!" Looking at the black heads in the audience, Jason was still very nervous, after all, he was only a member of the audience in his previous life.
"Hello Ironfangs, I am your lord, Jason Lopez, Marquis of the Kingdom!"
What about applause, cheers? Jason looked at the audience a little confused.
Director: This script is wrong!
Jason felt that maybe his self-introduction had failed to resonate with them!
"In the past, you were oppressed and exploited by Sir Auchi! Now that the evil Sir Auchi has been subdued, your old life will be gone forever!"
Jason decided to let the townspeople elect a respected person to be the mayor of the town, and split a part of the city guard to form a security brigade to deal with chores and disputes in the town and maintain basic law and order! From now on, the city guard will only be responsible for guarding the safety of the town!
His purpose in doing this was to divide these people, after all, these people used to be in the same group, and Jason couldn't be completely at ease with them, but when there was a conflict of interests, they couldn't always be of the same mind!
There is no such thing as a strong alliance, and if there is, it must be that the interests or temptations are not great enough!
Then there is the restoration of the normal level of taxes in the territory, and the tax exemption for one year to restore the living standards of the townspeople!
Then came some unnutritious polite words, which Jason came casually, but took pity on his people, and listened to them drowsily! For example, Alexis sitting behind him, holding her big sword, drooled from the corners of his mouth! I don't know what delicious food I dreamed of!
Finally, Jason shouted impassionedly: "Our future is full of brightness, our future is full of hope! We are strong, the enemy is weak, we are invincible! Let us fight together for the future of the Iron Fangs!"
Then he spread his hands, ready to receive the cheers and praises of the townspeople, but ......
The scene was full of buzz, but no one applauded and cheered for him! The leaders in the audience were excitedly asking each other if they had heard Yunyun wrong! And the people standing behind were at a loss, we didn't hear wow!
Jason lowered his hands in a curt, saying that he had never been so embarrassed!
With a dark face, he took Alexis and his newly recruited escort to the castle, while Lancelot was ordered to reorganize the city guard and select the chief of the vigilante! If there is anyone who disobeys orders, use him to make an example! Well, Lord Jason is not in a good mood right now!
It is unreasonable for him to reflect on himself while walking! Even if he is not so impassioned, you can applaud for the sake of the leader's face!
"Barry, what do you think of what I'm talking about?!" Jason had a serious look on his face, his eyes were a little dangerous, if Barry didn't give him a satisfactory answer, maybe he would be the one who kept vigil tonight!
"Huh?" Uncle Barry looked confused, I didn't understand!
Looking at his expression, Jason already got the answer!
"You're keeping an all-night vigil tonight!"
Barry had a bitter face, he was not afraid of the vigil, but he didn't know where he said the wrong thing, and he didn't say anything!
When a few suppressed laughter came from behind him, his face became as black as the lord!
"You can't run tonight!
There was a wail, and Jason suddenly felt that he was in a much better mood and walked briskly!
Alexis has a dazed face, and she hasn't woken up from her sleep!