The city of Francis, the administrative center of the north, has grown into a large, prosperous city with more than 30,000 permanent legions, rather than a town of fewer than 10,000 soldiers and civilians combined.

It is also the home of the World Mercenary Federation, the birthplace of the top mercenary organizations, and not far from the northern casino city of Erbia.

The poor civilians who once lived here have now become rich because of Jason's generous policies, and one by one they have become the local merchant class with the Francis Chamber of Commerce.

Although it is not as good as those who seized the opportunity to obtain honorary noble titles, it is still much better than before.

Today, outside the gate of the northern heart of the city, a group of people whose whole bodies were shrouded in robes, the person in the middle raised his head, looked at the city wall that had been strengthened and heightened a lot, and the long queue outside the gate, and suddenly sighed with emotion: "It's not easy, it's the first time I've felt like I'm going home." ”

These were of course Jason and the Spartan warriors, because Jason wanted to relax and take a good look at the northern scenery on the way back to Francis, so they hid their armor and weapons with their robes, and seventeen of the hundred Spartan soldiers who served as Jason's bodyguards in this war were killed, which made him sad for a long time.

"What a change. Cú Chulainn looked at the city and muttered quietly, he had not been in the city for long, and was soon taken by Jason to the Harauja Empire.

"Let's go, let's go inside. Before leaving, he had left the city in the hands of Old Man Dia, who had become a prominent figure in the North, and more importantly, one of the first to be loyal to Jason.

Although his son was only a knight, and he himself did not even have a knighthood, no one dared to underestimate him, and in the north under Jason's rule, the nobles did not have such great privileges.

Now they only have the right to manage their own territory and the right to collect taxes, but they have no ownership rights and conscription rights, even if there are some privileges, it will not be too outrageous, and even in order to restrain these nobles, Jason also deliberately set up a joint court.

The gap between the northern aristocracy and the south is so big, but there is still no nobleman who wants to leave the north and join Phil, it is entirely because after Jason took over the north, he vigorously developed water transportation and commercial activities, although their rights have shrunk, but the wealth they have accumulated is even greater.

It's just that I don't know how the old man Diya has been doing over the years, you must know that the old man is almost seventy years old.

The group lined up at the back of the line and slowly followed the line inside.

Maybe it's because there are too many mercenaries coming in and out on weekdays, and the guards at the city gate don't interrogate too much when they see their faces, but simply tell them some things to pay attention to after entering the city, especially definitely not to enter the inner city with weapons.

The so-called inner city is the first Iron Tooth Town, and later the city expanded, and it became the most important inner city, because Jason's castle was there, and only the earliest aboriginal inhabitants and some powerful people lived in the inner city, and the land price here was also the most expensive.

I can't even buy it now.

Cú Chulainn frowned as he entered the city, and he whispered to Jason, "Your Highness, the guards at the gates are too perfunctory, aren't they? What if we are not mercenaries, but enemies with evil intentions?"

Just when they entered the city, one of the Spartan warriors said that they were from the mercenary group, and then the guards didn't even check their mercenary certificates, just asked a few casual questions and let them in.

"It's a little loose, and it reminds me of the earliest Iron Fang Guards. Jason squinted his eyes and said that the former Iron Fang Guards were a bunch of undisciplined miscellaneous soldiers.

And the long period of stable and quiet life has gradually made these people disappear the tension they should have.

After only three years, have the people here forgotten the hardships of the past? The current military governor of Francis City is probably Leonidas, who is responsible for managing the area and controlling the military power of Erbia.

Because Erbia was originally an acropolis of the city of Francis, it served as a barrier in front to avoid being caught off guard by the lack of preparation in the presence of the enemy, so the military there was later under the management of the city of Francis.

And the administrators of Erbia are Ronnat and Kai, one in charge of the army and the other in charge of government affairs.

When I think of this, Jason's face is not very good-looking, what are Leonidas and Ronnat doing?!

"Your Highness, shall we go back to the castle first?" Hassan saw that Jason's face was ugly, so he asked softly, he felt that there might be something hidden in this, Leonidas could not be so unreliable.

"No, let's go to the Mercenary Guild's general meeting to find out the situation first. "The Mercenary Guild was entirely run by Jason, first managed by Ronnat, who later resigned from this position.

Now it is still managed by several of Jason's direct subordinates, one of whom is Yaos, who is known as the mercenary tiger by the mercenary community, the earliest leader of the mercenary group, is a legendary mercenary, who once participated in the civil war in a small western country, and led his mercenary group to successfully help the small royal family quell the rebellion, and he is a big knight powerhouse under Jason.

Soon after, Jason read the information given by Yaos with a gloomy face, and the legendary mercenary Yaos stood in front of him, and behind him were Hassan and Cúchulainn.

"Count Zaogu ......" he looked at the name on the intelligence with murderous eyes, that is, this person was entrusted with the temporary management of the outer city of Francis when Leonidas and others led the troops to the front, but he did not expect that after the end of the war, Leonidas found that this person had secretly corrupted the management of the outer city.

and used the power in his hands to make a lot of money, but his hands and feet were too clean, and Leonidas and they didn't find the little tail in it at all, so there was no excuse to move him.

Moreover, this Count Zaogu is the second batch of nobles who defected to Jason, which has brought a lot of help to Jason, and his identity is very sensitive, and Jason is not here, Leonidas and they really have no right to touch him.

"It seems that I haven't been back for three years, and some people have already risen up with thoughts that they shouldn't have. ”

"Because of the huge interests of the outer city, Count Zaogu has gathered a group of nobles around him, and it will be very troublesome if he is moved. Yaos said respectfully.

"Trouble, the blood on the blades of the warriors hasn't been wiped clean yet. Jason sneered.