Lilia whispered as she described the whole story in detail, and Victor fell into deep thought.

Victor did not refuse the freedmen who came to the camp, so the leaders of the freedmen more or less planted some eyes and ears in Victor's camp, they thought they knew the details of the camp, but they didn't know that Victor knew their details better.

The hill camp was already home to more than a hundred freedmen, and from the mouths of these people, Victor recorded everything he knew.

At present, there are 11 free private lands in Victor's territory, in addition to two large camps, 3 medium-sized camps with more than 100 people, and 6 small camps with less than 100 people, with about 1,000 people.

Victor had some knowledge of the names of the leaders of these camps, their personalities, the number of cronies under them, and the range of activities. After counting and supplementing the information during this time, Victor found that except for Baier in Pinghu Village, the other leaders of the Free Folk were all strong and domineering guys, and they always co-opted some strong subordinates to oppress those weaker members. Anyone who dared to disobey them was repressed with brutal means until everyone got used to their rule.

Now these leaders of the freedmen have become the biggest obstacle to Victor's absorption of the freedmen!

Victor had thought that when the freedfolk heard that they could obtain the status of a vassal by joining the hill camp, they would be flooded, but this was not the case.

In the beginning, a number of freedmen came to join the camp, but there were not many of them, and after investigating, Victor found that these people were sneaking in while they were out foraging, because they were afraid that the camp leader would stop them.

This situation made Victor realize the unruly and ambitious nature of the leader of the Free People, and in order to deter them, he had the guards take the ogre's head to patrol the entire territory.

Sure enough, the leaders of the freedfolk were shaken and no longer dared to openly oppose Victor's policies, and more and more freedmen joined the camp.

But this deterrence was clearly not enough, and as time went on, the freedfolk chieftains became more aware of the situation of the liege, and they no longer allowed their members to escape their control, and in order to prevent the freedmen from joining the hill camp, they began to strictly control the activities of their subordinates, and resorted to extreme and bloody measures against those who escaped.

The most obvious change is that there have been fewer freedmen joining the hill camp lately, and even those who have joined the camp are bruised and frightened, and it is clear that they are all being hunted down. And in the last two days, not even a single free man has been seen.

Through the inquiries of the recent joiners, Victor learned about the thoughts of the leaders of the outcasts, they were unwilling to give up their current rights and status, they knew that Victor had no knights under him, and that the ogre that ordinary people could not match was also killed by the knights of the York family, and the knights of the York family were about to leave this place recently. They wanted to wait for the knights of the House of York to leave before negotiating with Victor in order to preserve their current position.

Victor was annoyed by this, and he desperately needed the freedfolk to replenish the manpower in the camp and also cover up the alchemists.

He had been thinking about countermeasures for the past two days, but he didn't expect that the leader of the freedmen would dare to shoot the freedmen who tried to join the hill camp in front of the people.

This incident made Victor very angry, and now that they have killed a free man who tried to take refuge in him, should they go after that?

Angry, Victor felt a deep sense of powerlessness and frustration, and he began to wonder if his gentle methods were wrong, after all, this was no longer the Earth he was familiar with, nor was it the orderly royal capital of Gambis.

"Lilia, what do you think about this?" Victor was eager to hear the opinion of the young mercenary.

"My lord, I think they need a lesson!" Lilia said softly.

"To be specific. ”

"My lord, the reason why these leaders of the outcasts dare to do this is because they think we are not strong enough, so ... ”

Lilia secretly observed Victor's expression and noticed that the lord was looking at her with encouraging eyes, so she gritted her teeth and continued, "So, we have to teach them a bloody lesson and let them know who is the master of this territory!"

"We need to kill some disobedient people, and if that doesn't deter them, then keep killing until we kill all the disobedient people!"

This answer was expected by Victor, but from the mouth of a girl with a delicate face, such murderous and natural words still made him feel very awkward.

"Your Excellency。。。。。 Am I wrong? We've all dealt with it this way before... Seeing Victor's serious expression, Lilia asked timidly.

Lilia liked Victor very much, from the very beginning, and what girl would a handsome and elegant young baron not like?

Lilia knew her identity very well, how could a mercenary, a freeman girl, be favored by the lord?

However, the dream is becoming a reality, and since Victor began to teach her how to manage the internal affairs of the camp, everyone thought she would be the rightful companion of the lord. Lilia was both happy and terrified, she studied hard, tried to do everything to the best of her ability, and she didn't want to disappoint Victor. Although Victor never made this explicit.

Recently, Victor began to teach her some aristocratic etiquette, Lilia learned very seriously, she worked hard to learn the way the aristocracy spoke, figuring out the angle from which the aristocracy looked at things, she wanted to change herself, she wanted to make herself worthy of the status of the aristocratic partner.

However, Victor's solemn expression frightened her, and she felt that she must have said the wrong thing just now, that she had not acted like a nobleman's personal maid, she was still the same vulgar mercenary, and tears were already rolling in her eyes.

Victor looked at Lilia's aggrieved appearance, both a little funny and a little moved, he said softly: "Lilia, you didn't say the wrong thing, I just want to listen to your true thoughts." But..... ”

Victor paused and asked, "Lilia, have you ever killed someone?"

Victor's soft attitude reassured Lilia a lot, she thought for a while, and still replied truthfully: "Killed, when I was 12 years old." ”

"Then have you ever thought that the person you killed is also flesh and blood, and it will also hurt, it will be afraid, and his relatives will also suffer, have you thought about this?"

Victor was slightly excited, he had killed the gnolls with his own hands, and there was more than one, but those were just man-eating beasts, at least that's how he saw it. And now, he may have to make a decision that even he is afraid of, and it is by no means an easy thing to do.

"I didn't think about it that much, I grew up in a mercenary group, my parents died when I was very young, and in addition to Brother Nelson, I used to have an older sister and an older brother, and they all died, that is, at the hands of the outcasts. On that day, the members of the mercenary group went out on a mission, and a group of homeless people attacked our station, and the people left behind in the station were some old and weak women and children, and we sacrificed a lot of people to repel those homeless, and on that time, I shot two homeless people with my own hands, and also lost my brother and sister, and then the mercenary group killed all the people who attacked the station. In fact, those homeless people are just like us to survive, but they think we are weak and attack us. ”

The girl's calm narration shocked Victor, and he finally intuitively felt that this was not a peaceful world, that the laws of the Black Forest were followed in this world, and that civilization was only a civilization among nobles.

"You're right, we should teach them a bloody lesson!" said Victor in a silent voice.

"My lord, am I acting rude?" Lilia asked with a worried look at Victor's decision, instead bowing her head.

"No, actually, I like your true appearance, but in the future, if you want to assist me in taking charge of this territory, you will definitely deal with other nobles, so... ”

"Really?!" Lilia shouted in surprise before Victor could finish.

Lilia's heart was overjoyed, this was the first time she had gotten a clear statement from Victor's mouth, a huge sense of happiness surrounded her tightly, and she even felt a little dizzy, this would, she really couldn't care about the aristocracy's reserve.

"Why, don't you want to be my valet maid?" said Victor to tease Lilia.

Lilia hurriedly shook her head, and felt that it was wrong, so she hurriedly nodded again, as if it was still wrong, so she had to say anxiously: "I do! I do!"

Seeing Lilia's cute appearance, Victor couldn't help but laugh, and his gloomy mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Well, go and call your brother, he still needs his consent to do this, and I have some things to tell him to do. Victor said softly.

"Hmph! he dared to disagree!" Lilia pouted proudly.

Although Nelson and Lilia are brother and sister, they are 16 years apart in age, and Nelson is very doting on Lilia like a brother and father.

"By the way, my lord has one more thing, I want to tell you, about the new Renaud, I think he is very suspicious, we should investigate him secretly. Instead of going to Nelson immediately, Lilia said to Victor.

"Oh, what have you discovered?" said Victor, but he acted as if nothing had happened.

"This Renault's strength is too strong, except for my brother, no one else in the camp will be his opponent, a person with such strength should be the leader of the Free People, how could he join us alone? And he usually pretends to be a fool, so I think he is very suspicious!"

Hearing Lilia's question, Victor sighed in his heart, which is why he did not allow the members of the War Bear to meddle in the affairs of the Free Citizens, as they were far more vigilant than ordinary people.

"What is a Renault, in the future, when the territory develops, there will be more powerful knights to join our territory, Lilia, you must understand that your current identity is different, as the leader of the territory, we must be happy to see powerful people join us. ”

"But... ”

"I will instruct Merlin to keep an eye on Renault secretly, and if he is really willing to work for us, I will not care about his past, Lilia, we especially need capable people to join the territory now, you must understand that. Alright, go get Nelson here. Victor interrupted Lilia, and reached out and stroked the girl's smooth cheek a few times.

Sure enough, the girl nodded with a blushing face, no longer entangled in the question just now, and said "um" softly, turned around and left the room, still a little flustered between her steps, Victor's intimate actions just now made her flustered.

It didn't take long for Nelson to stand in front of Victor, and despite his efforts to restrain himself, his expression still showed unconcealed joy.

On the one hand, Lord Victor was finally going to clarify Lilia's identity to him, which he had been waiting for for a long time. On the other hand, Lord Victor is finally going to do something to the outcasts, and he has been patient with it for a long time.

"Nelson, I like Lilia very much, I want to take her as my personal maid, and now, I need to hear from you. Victor smiled and said to Nelson, in fact, he was a little ashamed and uneasy, after all, he was going to kidnap someone's sister, and he still used it to be a little wife.

Nelson scratched his head, he originally wanted to be polite, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into three crisp words.

"I agree. ”

Victor nodded, stood up, and said solemnly to Nelson: "I promise you that I will treat Lilia well, cherish her, love her, protect her, and try to give her happiness, please rest assured." ”

Victor's solemn attitude moved Nelson, and he bowed deeply to Victor and said, "Thank you, sir!"

"Well, that's it. Now let's turn to the question of the freedmen. ”

Victor motioned for Nelson to sit down, and then asked, "What do you think will happen if we don't take measures against the freedmen?"

"My lord, the best-case scenario is to maintain the status quo as it is now, and at worst, they will unite and attack us!"

Nelson continued in a deep voice: "However, in either case, we can't accept it, because there can only be one voice in this territory, and that is your voice!, we don't want them to understand this, but we have to do it!"

Victor knows what Nelson meant, these freedfolk leaders are opportunists like hyenas, and if they think you are weak and deceitful, they will tear you apart and devour you, so they must be eliminated or driven away, just as a tiger will not let hyenas roam its territory.

"Do you have a plan?" asked Victor softly, finally coming to this point.

"My lord, I plan to take out the three medium-sized free private lands in my territory first. Let everyone in the realm know that although we don't have knights, it's not something they can challenge!" Nelson said calmly.

Nelson had been prepared for a long time, the two large free camps in the territory were not yet something they could gnaw on, so they could let it go first, and breaking through the small camps was not enough to deter everyone, so those three medium-sized camps became his targets.

"After that, what will happen in the territory?" asked Victor, he was not worried that Nelson would not be able to take out the three medium-sized camps, he knew very well that Nelson's strength was not inferior to that of ordinary knights.

"After that, some of the leaders of the freedmen will leave the territory with their men, some will take refuge in Pinghu Village, and some will be killed by their free people, and then these people will come to us with those heads. Nelson smiled disdainfully, he knew all too well what these people were thinking.

Victor nodded, he could accept this situation, the camp in the east was secretly presided over by the Chebman family, in fact, even that piece of land was already controlled by the Chebman family, at present, they could only choose to accept it. And Pinghu Village, with a large population, is no worse than Victor's hill camp, and if it is attacked, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the gains outweigh the losses. Moreover, the villagers of Pinghu Village are already Victor's nominal lords, and they have also begun to pay the offerings on time, as long as they pay the offerings, their strength will become weaker and weaker, while Victor will become stronger and stronger. Not to mention that Victor has laid out, trying to disintegrate them from within.

Victor took out a piece of parchment and began to write on it with a quill pen, taking out the lord's seal and poking it heavily in the parchment clay. Finally, he handed the parchment to Nelson.

This is a letter of order written by Victor to suppress the bandits, which states that Victor believes that there is a group of bandits entrenched in his territory, and he now orders the captain of the territorial guard to exterminate the bandits.

This instrument was of great significance to Nelson because it meant that his act of killing was authorized by Victor, and that Victor was responsible for all the consequences arising therefrom.

Ordinary lords will never sign such a document easily, otherwise they will be in trouble once the Radiant Church is investigated, so the lords often choose mercenary groups to eliminate disobedient freedmen in their territory. It was also a small trick of the aristocracy to fight against the Church.

"I won't let my lord down!" Nelson quietly took the paperwork, his cold voice filled with a cold and bloody aura.

"Nelson!" Victor stopped Nelson as he was about to leave.

Nelson turned and waited for the lord's command, but Victor spoke softly to him.

"Just do it!"

After a deep look at Victor, Nelson left the room with a murderous aura.

Originally, Victor also wanted to ask Nelson to kill as few people as possible who were oppressed, but after all, this was a life-and-death battle, who had time to distinguish between these people, and who could be safe? It was better for the layman not to interfere with the insider.

Heaven save yourself, since you have numbly given up the right to fight against fate, then accept the end of destruction together.