The lord and his army returned to the realm in triumph, to the most fervent cheers of the people under his rule.

People threw columbs at him and the army, purple flowers that symbolized victory.

"Long live the House of Justine!"

"May your reign be long and secure, my lord!"

"Let me warm your bed, noble love. ”

As he watched the people chant 'Hurrah' to himself, Stannis kept waving his hand, and he began to fall in love with the feeling that war was the most addictive thing in the world.

He was going to build a triumphal arch to carry out a formal triumphal ceremony like ancient Rome, but because there was no marble arch to build and no temple for him to offer prisoners, this face-saving project had to be abandoned.

Stannis, who was still receiving the cheers of the crowd, spotted Lucia in the crowd, turned over and dismounted and walked up to the woman, and said to her with a smile: "You don't have to worry about those bandits anymore. ”

"I saw it. "You not only defeated them, but you also subdued them. ”

Stannis glanced back at the dejected bandits lined up, knowing that Lucia was still difficult to accept them, so he wanted to ease the atmosphere on both sides, "Don't worry, I will send these guys directly to the barracks, and I won't let them out to disturb the people." ”

Seeing that Lucia was still silent, the lord cautiously asked, "So...... Are you willing to stay?"

The refugee chief still did not speak.

Stannis had no bottom in his heart, so he had to raise the conditions again, "Don't worry about cultural barriers, I can let your people build a village alone, the address is optional, and I will not interfere in internal affairs, the village chief, the village deputy or something is also up to you, and you can govern yourself." There is also a tax exemption for three years, as long as you do military service on time. ”

Lucia's eyes blinked, and he knew she was moved.

"I think your people are tired of wandering, and I've proven that I'm capable of protecting you. Stannis's last words gave Lucia a reason not to refuse.

She finally showed a bright smile, "You are really special as a lord, the other lords are like bedbugs when they see us, they want to drive us away immediately, only you seem to be begging us to stay." ”

"Hey, hey. "Stennis knows that at this time, all you need to do is sell cute.

In the end, Lucia agreed to him, "Okay, okay, my lord, if I don't agree again, I feel that you and I have to swap identities, and you don't need to build a special village for us, I see that there is a large wasteland to the north of your castle, and my people and I can cultivate it there, and as for the service, our men are soldiers in the first place, and they are happy to serve under your command." ”

"Great!" Stannis exclaimed excitedly, but he still hadn't forgotten to get a vote from the gang, "I highly recommend that your harvest be transported to the water-powered mill by the river, which is efficient, wears little money, and is very reasonable." ”

In the next few days, Zivinie's first priority was to help the refugees settle down, and Stannis and Speer were busy measuring the land all day, giving each family a piece of thirty acres, and at the same time, the task of building the cottage fell to the bandits who had just surrendered, as atonement for their past crimes, and there were a few who were not happy, but after their commander Bates Moore flashed his sword a few times, everyone was very energetic.

After a few days of life, the bandits who thought they would be sold as slaves found that in fact, life in Zivigne was not unacceptable, their daily food was provided by the lord, although the bread was hard enough to smash people, but overall it was not bad. And unexpectedly, each person can also receive a 'lord's allowance' every day after finishing work, although it is not a lot, but it is enough to soak in the 'Chen's Entertainment Club' for a night, and if you want, you can also help the merchants in the market to load and unload goods to earn a lot of extra money, so as to go to the clubhouse to find a girl to have a good time. In short, compared to the previous days of sleeping in the open, licking blood with knives, and one day without a day of bandit career, most criminals (former) are still quite happy to live in the present, although the previous bandit career sounds very chic and happy, but in fact, the money they looted is mainly used by the leader to honor the 'blood and bones' Pahlavi king, and there are few who really get their hands on it.

However, the biggest gain of Stannis this time was to gain a lot of prestige, the farmers in the surrounding territories heard that there was a lord who was willing to fight the bandits in order to protect the refugees, they couldn't believe it, but when the news was confirmed, the farmers who kept the suffering of the bandits began to move into Ziviny one by one to join their relatives, and the population of Stennis's territory increased by triple digits every day.

After finishing the refugee resettlement problem, Stannis began to focus on building his own army.

Stannis sat in the newly renovated barracks as he had done at the beginning, and because the number of people was increasing, he had Speer the Engineer upgrade from LV1 to LV2, and the maximum number of trainees was changed from 40 to 100.

And the bandits were thrown into it, nominally to train them into infantry that could be arrayed, but in fact they were pulled in for ideological reform, and he didn't want his army to degenerate into locusts and only plundering stragglers.

Therefore, he is now squatting all the way to see if Batesmore, the mercenary captain, has real skills.

Although Coach Batesmore has a high skill point, he is a lazy guy to the bone, because training soldiers is voluntary labor, so the mercenary captain who has been expecting more money has lost interest.

"You guys give me good practice, or my sword will love to devour the souls of the wicked, just like your former boss. He opened by scaring with this sentence.

The cup cat only threatened twice, and the infantry rushed to change their minds, but they saw the fate of their boss, who was split in the middle in an instant.

While Stannis watched the infantry drill with satisfaction, Lucia entered the barracks with a group of about twenty men, followed by Maester Romon with a brown book.

Stannis hurriedly greeted him, "What's wrong?"

Lucia assigned those men to join the ranks, "Didn't you say that my men only need to serve in the military, I told them, and these my father's men volunteered to join." ”

The lord didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly, originally he only had a double-digit army, but now he directly broke through the three-digit army.