The box of retrieved gold coins was never used, and he hid them under his bed, and every night he had his eyes full before falling asleep. Although a large amount of money is still needed for road construction, because he has invested almost 1,000 gold coins in the early stage, the follow-up project funds can be satisfied as long as the daily income of the territory is used.

Gold coins are secondary, and they won't be taken away by rats anyway, and now he is facing a happy trouble.

That is, the population of his territory has increased by more than 1,000 people in just one week!

Ever since Lucia and her refugees entered, Stannis had a steady stream of peasants moving in, and even one family after another.

You must know that there were only more than 1,500 people under the rule of Stennis at the beginning, and now there are so many influxes, they are about to become a minority, but fortunately, there is no ethnic distinction in this era, everyone speaks the same language, believes in the same gods, and pays taxes to the same emperor, so there is no estrangement.

However, in order to prevent accidents, Stannis still distributed the people who moved in to the three villages under his rule equally, in fact, he did this too much, although they were originally the lords under the notice of different lords, but it is also the difference between several towns within a county town, most of the outsiders and the people in the territory are related, so according to the probability science, the number of people assigned to each village is actually about the same.

Looking at the bustling castle perimeter, Stannis's dominance has been greatly improved, and the main quest has taken a big step forward.

"Haha, Radish, are you starting to admire you more and more?" Stannis laughed as he watched the crowded castle square.

Robert immediately gave a thumbs up, "It's worthy of the boss, if I were a woman, I would have been undressed by you a long time ago." ”

"You don't need to strip naked, you have to learn to clean yourself. "Stannis began to conceive of the next steps in the construction of the territory, such as the construction of an industrial area or a handicraft workshop.

"Master Romone, you quickly organize people to go down to count, how many people in each family must give me statistics, these are all chickens that can lay eggs, and in the future, my taxes and soldiers will all depend on them. The lord began to point.

The old man quickly wrote down his words word for word, and the maester now believed 100% in the words of this traverser in matters of internal affairs, because they were very effective.

But the rapid increase in population does not always bring benefits, although there are no regional contradictions, racial discrimination, religious wars and other problems in the real world, but the crime rate that has begun to increase is enough to give Stennis a headache, although he deliberately separated the village and the commercial and entertainment area when planning his territory, but what man can resist the temptation of the beautiful girls in the 'Chan's Entertainment Club'? so every night a large number of people pour in, so that the bubble wine is sold out of stock. At the same time, the large intestine of the fish bladder and pig that can always be swept out all over the ground in the morning is the best proof, and the first time the traveler knew that the people of this world were using these two things for contraception, he almost didn't vomit out the overnight meal.

Moreover, this frenzied absorption of the freedmen of the surrounding territories has produced an extremely serious consequence.

It's just that Stannis doesn't know it, he doesn't know that starting a war in this world can be used as an excuse for even an innocuous matter.

And what he's doing now is enough for him to be wiped out completely.

The next day.

The sound of Robon's flustered footsteps echoed throughout the castle.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the dogs of war are already knocking on the door!"

Stannis, who was sitting in his seat, was very upset, "I said, old man, when did you start to speak like this? Can't you speak well!"

Panting, Lady Romon calmed his breath a little, but the next words made Stannis feel the end coming.

"Your Excellency, I have received the latest news that the 'Bison' Bavolo family, the 'Bucks' Dill family, and the 'Jackal' Doug family are ready to form a coalition to attack you!"

Stannis's brain couldn't turn a little, he was squatting at home, how could someone knock on the door?

"Don't be joking, I have no grievances with them in the past and no enmity in the near future, they are full and come to beat me, don't joke!"

But Master Romon didn't look like a joke at all, "Your Excellency, the news has been confirmed, and although the three families have not received the permission of Duke Garcia, they have privately gathered their troops to march here. ”

"What!" Stannis fell down from his seat in fright again, this world is too casual to start a war, not to mention begging for thieves, there is not even a war announcement, isn't this Chi Guoguo's undeclared war!

But the most important question is why you want to be beaten!

"Won't they have anything to do! Why are they sending troops to fight me!"

"Your Excellency, they said that you lured all the free people under their rule to run over, and their villages were almost empty. ”

"That's the reason!" Stannis yelled angrily, in fact, he also knew that he had dug too hard, those three families were originally small families, and the people under his rule were not as many as himself, and it was a personal urgency to be pried by more than a thousand people.

But he must not admit it in face, Stannis still stretched his neck and shouted, "Those peasants ran over with their long legs, and I can't forbid them to go anywhere, why do you want to beat me!"

Master Romon looked like he was about to cry, "My lord, it's useless for you to yell at me, those lords think that you are the ones who tempted their people, and I can't help it if they want to beat you!"

"Damn, if these guys show half the enthusiasm for fighting, their people won't come running. Stannis stood up, knowing that the battle was going to be fought.

Thankfully, he's not exactly a coward now, "Since they're going to war, let them come!"

As soon as he said this, Robert and Korodov drew their swords and shouted loudly, these energetic mature men who had nowhere to vent were eager to fight every day.

However, the lord was not yet carried away by this enthusiasm, "How many people are there in the coalition army on the other side?"

"The three families add up to one hundred and eighty people. ”

"180?" Stannis almost laughed at, with an average of only 60 per village, which was worse than a village fight, no wonder he had to form a coalition army.

Originally, he wanted to order a mobilization order for all adult men to take farm tools and join the army, but now, he decided to play with the excitement.

"Convey my commands. Stannis stood up and held his sword, his face solemn.

"All the soldiers in the barracks are out to meet the enemy with me. ”