"Take down that gang of bandits, restore port transportation, and I'll double your salary!"

Stannis announced the astonishing decision, and the reluctant men finally began to get active.

"Boss, that's what you said, you can't afford it!" said Robert, overjoyed, as he began to move his joints.

"Of course, Boss, I spat at a nail in one mouth. "Stannis doesn't care about this little profit now, as long as he can dredge the shipping lane, as an important transit point, won't he be a source of money.

His men began to high-five each other and cheered, but Korodov poured cold water on him at the right time.

"My lord, although it is appropriate to remove these scourges for the sake of the people, with our current strength, I am afraid that we are no match for those water bandits. The chief knight said worriedly.

Stannis was very disdainful, a bunch of unclothed bandits had nothing to fear, and they were not armed to the point that they loved to use other people's skulls as bowls.

"My knight chief, don't you always be so disappointed, those bandits are a rabble after all, as soon as my army arrives, don't they immediately scatter and wait to be killed?"

But Korodov still didn't soothe his doubts, "My lord, are you sure to defeat a group of 3,000 water bandits?"

Stennis stiffened with his relaxed expression, and he suspected that his ears had misheard.

"Toto, lot...... How many people!"

"Three thousand, my lord, this is still two months ago. ”

Stennis's three views have been refreshed again, are the people of this world all determined to be robbers? The number of bandits hiding in this remote place is actually more than the number of people in his territory! So who are the unsightly robbers? Is there still a royal law!

"How can there be so many?" until now, Stannis still couldn't believe it.

But Korodov gave the answer, "My lord, in fact, most of them are coerced peasants, they are all good citizens, but they were forced to join by the bandits, and the core bandits who are really fighting are only 700 people. ”

"700 men, that's a lot!" Stannis's legion now adds up to only 150 troops.

Korodov shrugged, "This is also the reason why the Hoth family has not taken the initiative to eliminate those water bandits, these bastards are not so much robbers, but more of a force that cuts the land and governs the country, they have built a huge camp as a central town, and the peasants who have been forced to join cultivate and support them in the surrounding area, they can be called the lords of that place, but they are not recognized." ”

Stannis thought seriously, this is a piece of fat, just to be eaten from the wolf's mouth.

"Boss, you see that there are many people on the other side, let's not provoke them!" Robert always retreated.

But Stannis didn't think so, if most of these bandits were people who didn't know the truth, and if he could break them down, it would undoubtedly be a qualitative leap in his strength.

And as for his own strength is not enough to start a war with them, isn't there still an empire to support him! Sean Bernard personally promised him that he could dispatch Charachi's imperial ** team for his use, although he could only use it when he was forced to do so, but he thought that the current situation was already very critical!

He wrote a letter to Charaki asking for help in anticipation, and praised the commander for his beauty and wisdom. But after two days, the lord who looked through the autumn water didn't even receive a single hair, so this foolish woman wouldn't have forgotten about herself again!

The Empire is really unreliable, and they can't be expected to put themselves on the throne of the duke!

At this time, he thought of his alliance again, and he painstakingly created the Eastern Alliance just to deal with this kind of thing, and he picked up a group to go out and beat people.

Soon, the three interrogators came to Zivigny to meet with Stannis.

The lord roughly told his thoughts and the other three, and hid his true purpose, just an impassioned statement of the righteousness of the people.

But these three old fritters obviously won't be easily fooled, and no one looked at him with a suspicious expression.

"You're saying you're going to join forces with the three of us to fight against the bandits who are entrenched in Old Hoth's territory?" Hillier asked on behalf of the others.

"Yep!" Stannis nodded, believing that although they had not yet established the revolutionary friendship that had been witnessed by the storm, these allies would not abandon themselves so ruthlessly......

Sure enough, Stannis still overestimated the friendship between them.

"Is there any benefit for us to help you send troops? You must know that the consumption of troops is very large in terms of equipment and food!" Lan Daoer closed one eye and became arrogant, this second dog obviously will not help easily, only genuine benefits can impress him.

Barrow looked at Hillier, the master of the deer family did not speak, because this is also what he cared about, although he liked this flexible dragon lord very much, but as a lord, he had to put the family first, and it was impossible for them to waste their strength to help Stannis no matter what he said.

But Stannis was prepared, he smiled slightly, and gave the conditions that these people would never refuse.

"I don't want any of the captured prisoners or the treasures that I have captured, and I can give you all the fame, just leave the poor peasants who have been taken captive to me to settle down, I am a man of a good heart by nature!" Stannis said lightly on his terms.

Barrow and Randall looked at each other in astonishment, in this era, the robbers who took the initiative to attack the party that caused the trouble, if it was said that it was for the people, it was a ghost who didn't believe it. But if the lord sent troops to wipe out these strongmen, either for profit or fame, it was the first time that a man like Stannis was just to save the persecuted civilians, and if he hadn't heard of it, these two people would have thought that this guy was a funny man.

But there are still smart people, and Hillier understood Stannis's intentions as soon as he heard them, or maybe this was the true purpose of the lord who had been out of tune.

"You...... You're not kidding!" Lan Dale asked in disbelief, he still couldn't believe that there was such a stupid guy in the world.

"A gentleman's word!" Stannis replied in the affirmative.

Barrow and Randall celebrated, and the two of them hugged each other excitedly, as if the treasures that belonged to the water bandits were already in front of them.

However, there is another person who has not expressed his attitude, and he believes that the distribution of the spoils needs to be discussed again.

"I don't want to take prisoners, but I want you to give me a third of the rescued peasants. Hillier offered his terms.

Stannis, who was stealing fun, suddenly paused, he didn't expect that someone would also see the value of those civilians, could it be that this guy also has ambitions?