Watching the townspeople consciously line up to receive the distributed items, Neo walked out into the crowd and started talking to everyone.

In the crowd, Neo saw the middle-aged woman named Di Maria again, and saw Neo coming from a distance, Di Maria hurriedly took her son to salute Neo, and said, "Praise the goddess! Thank you, merciful lords! ”

Neo kindly asked, "What about your other two children, Di Maria?" ”

Di Maria replied, "Thanks to the clothes and food that the lord gave me yesterday, those two children have never eaten so good. They are well fed and sleep at home. ”

Neo turned to Di Maria's son and asked, "How old are you, young man?" What is your name? ”

Di Maria's son was wearing a knee-length coat, the same clothing that Neo had left for the family yesterday.

The boy had been staring at Neo since he came over, and instead of having a deep awe for Neo like the others and his mother, the boy's eyes were more of gratitude and adoration.

Seeing Neo ask him, the boy hurriedly replied: "Lord Neo, my name is Anthony, Stephen Anthony, and I am fourteen years old this year. ”

The boy's psychology is simple, in his eyes, the lord in front of him is a good person who saved his family, if it weren't for the food and clothing rewarded by Lord Neo yesterday, their family would definitely not survive this winter.

The lord is so merciful, it turns out that he is the messenger of Her Royal Highness the goddess, no wonder he is so good to the common people.

Yesterday, the lord gave his family only fine food and clothing, unlike before, when the town also sent out food a few times, but those foods were not even eaten by pigs. The bread that the lord gave to his house was delicate, soft, and sweet, and he had never eaten such delicious bread. There were also the hams and sausages, which I had eaten twice when my father had returned from the battlefield while he was alive, but they were nowhere near as good as the lord's reward.

I and my two sisters have never eaten as much as yesterday, and we have eaten until our stomachs are swollen; Those clothes are also I have never seen them, they are warm and beautiful on the body, those blankets are also thick and soft, yesterday my mother in order not to stain these clothes, but also took herself and her two sisters to the river, with the cold river water to bathe everyone, wow~~! Jumping out of the icy river and getting into the soft blanket, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Neo asked, "At the age of fourteen, can you help your mother?" ”

The boy smiled shyly, "I can help a little, but I want to be a soldier of the lord like my father, build up merit, and make a good life for my mother and sister." ”

The young man's mind is always so simple, the deceased father will always be the most beautiful idol in the young man's heart, and it is also the most simple wish in the young man's heart to let the family live a good life.

Neo put his hand on the boy's shoulder and said, "Not only your mother and sister, but all the families in our town need to have a good life. ”

Di Maria said, "My lord, he is not yet fifteen years old, and he is not very good at farm work in the fields, and if he goes to become a soldier, he will only hold back the adults. ”

Neo laughed, how could Neo not understand his mother's thoughts, and said at the moment: "In the future, we have some rules to change in Fenglin Town, for example, the minimum age to be a soldier is eighteen years old, and you must have cultivation qualifications. Anthony, you're still young, and you'll think about these things when you're older and you're well. ”

Hearing Neo's words, Di Maria thought to herself, who doesn't want their children to grow up healthily, but how long can their family survive the current situation? What should I do if I finish eating all the food that my lord has rewarded?

Di Maria's face unconsciously showed sadness at the thought of this, but her mouth was submissive, and she did not dare to say what she was thinking.

Neo looked at Di Maria's expression and said kindly: "Di Maria, your husband sacrificed his life for Maple Grove Town, he is our hero of Maple Grove Town, and you as his family, we will not forget." ”

Speaking of this, Neo turned his head and instructed Warworth: "From today onwards, let Di Maria come to work in the City Lord's Mansion, and Anthony will also come to the City Lord's Mansion to help in the kitchen and receive a salary." ”

Hearing Neo say this, Di Maria was so excited that she kept praising the goddess, and pulled Anthony to kneel down towards Neo.

Looking at the crowd around him, Neo struck while the iron was hot and said, "As long as you have shed blood for our Maple Grove Town, Maple Grove Town will not forget it!" Listen to everyone, from tomorrow onwards, Lord Musin will assign work to everyone, and will be reasonably arranged according to the individual's situation, and everyone will receive a salary, and this winter, I will not only feed everyone, but also make everyone warm, and let all the homes be warm. ”

Neo's promise began to come true immediately, and the townspeople applauded, and some knelt on the ground to thank the great goddess for such a merciful lord.

Neo gave Mousin a few words, and then took Bloomberg and the others straight to the guard.

Fenglin Town has a total population of more than 3,000 people, and the town's guards are less than 300 people, who have to maintain law and order in the town on weekdays, and also go to the battlefield as soldiers when the state issues a requisition order.

The Dongsheng Continent has been fighting for many years, and the Frost Moon Lord, as a member of the Empire, naturally has to obey the orders of the Empire, and Maple Grove Town, as a part of the Frost Moon Territory, must also follow Count Faberas to go on the expedition.

The most important military exploits of the Windswept Empire, personal honors, titles, territories, etc., are closely related to military exploits. Every time the state initiates a conquest, it is a time for individuals to make meritorious contributions, and it is also an opportunity for ordinary people to cross classes. Therefore, instead of making the common people suffer enough, the long years of war were eager to try, seeing war as a means of getting rid of the lower classes.

Influenced by this kind of thinking, the people on the Dongsheng Continent always put the construction of the army in the first place, and Fenglin Town was no exception, except for the necessary expenses, all the other income was invested in the army.

The threshold of the army of the Rin Feng Empire is not low, and the personnel who participate in the army are required to be cultivators, and then awarded military positions according to their cultivation level and combat exploits.

There are few poor people in Fenglin Town, this group of people can only be called the town guard, and the quality of the personnel of the guard is also uneven, most of the personnel can only barely be regarded as cultivators who have just started, these people have low cultivation, and most of them have not even touched the edge of the low-level trainee knight. Some of them weren't even cultivators, they just joined the guards with their physical strength.

The exercises practiced by the members of the Guards are the most basic "fighting spirits" that all units on the continent have. "Chong Gong Fighting Spirit" is simple and easy to learn, as long as it is an individual, it can be learned, and in battle, it can greatly stimulate the courage of individuals, and it has long become the standard configuration of the army on the mainland.

Fenglin Town is poor and remote, there is really no value worth asking, there has never been a war here for so many years, in recent years, I don't know why, even the annual beast tide has not happened, so the residents of the town are living peacefully.

Taylor Sr., Pantanvili and Hyfeld served as captains and vice-captains of the Guard. Today, Taylor had taken half of his men and the two Hodak brothers to Frostmoon City to buy supplies, while the remaining half of them were already waiting for Neo's arrival under the leadership of Pantannelli and Hyfeld.

Obviously, everyone already knows Neo's dual identity, and now everyone kneels on one leg when they see Neo's arrival and greet him with a big salute.

The most important thing in the army is strength, and only a powerful leader can bring honor and meritorious service to everyone.

Neo didn't speak when he came to the crowd, but took out a gold coin and threw it into the air, the shiny gold coin rolled and threw it into the sky and then fell rapidly, Neo pulled out his sword and stretched it out, and the gold coin fell, just standing upright on the flat sword.

Neo then said, "I will reward any of you who can knock this gold coin off my sword, either alone or together." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the soldiers who were watching around one by one.

The sword body is smooth, the relatively thick sword ridge extends to the extremely thin sword edge, the section is arc-shaped, the gold coin is only a few fingernails thick, and the edge is equally smooth, it is not easy to erect the gold coin to the sword body by hand, not to mention that it is like Neo just now, he is steady and steady, and uses a long sword to catch the gold coin tumbling and falling in the air.

Neo looked at everyone's eager and slightly hesitant expressions and encouraged again: "What? Don't dare to come? Come together, one counts as one, as long as you knock down this gold coin, I will award each of you a gold coin. ”

Pantanvelli and Hyferd were the first to come out and say, "Lord Neo, don't blame us for being rude. ”