On a cold morning that seemed like late autumn, Rosie crawled out of the abandoned kennel, circled and squatted around the kennel to warm up her frozen body.

The sleepy-eyed younger brother Silo crawled out of the kennel, nostalgic for the warmth of last night: "Brother, can we bring the house?" ”

"No...... Not yet. Lossy's tone was a little loose, "Let's go to the square first, and if we don't want to come back." ”

Rosie lifted a stone to block the door of the kennel and took his brother's cool hand to the square.

He thought he had arrived early, but the square had already gathered a lot of displaced people. Slapped in front of two felt tents.

The homeless people walked to a felt tent to check for lice and ringworm, and if there were no diseases or problems, they would be selected as the leader and receive a cotton coat from the felt tent next to it.

The autumn wind swept through the yellowing leaves and dust, making the brothers shiver and burrow into the crowd to ward off the cold wind. Relying on the advantage, they squeezed from the back to the front.

"Damn, someone ran away again."

The statistics officer flipped through the list of previous batches, called out a few names, and crossed out the names without answering: "Whatever those fools...... Next...... Next? ”

"We're here!"

An arm deep behind the table.

The statistics officer had to stand up and lean forward to see two malnourished boys, one about twelve or thirteen years old and the other about six or seven years old.

"You ...... No, it's too young. The two children reminded the statistician of his son, the same age, and couldn't bear to say.

"Please, sir, we're going to die here......"

"The lord of the castle will not let you die."

But Lossy didn't believe it. Their ideas are quite simple – what they see is true. Annan gave them three silver coins, so they believed that Annan was good.

"We're definitely not going to run, and we're just going to have one meal!"

As a result, there was a chorus of echoes behind it:

"I'll have a meal too!"

"I don't eat a single meal!"

"We've seen Jay...... Lord Annan, he knows us! ”

The magician next to him said at this time: "He didn't lie, these two little guys did come into contact with His Excellency Annan. ”

For the sake of the king of the north, the statistician thought, "Okay, your names?" ”

"I'm Losi, he's Silo." Lotie said hurriedly.

"Brother Xiluo, brother Luoxi?"

"I'm Losi, and my brother is Silo."

"It's a mouthful."

The statistics officer hesitated, did not let the two of them take off their clothes on the cold morning, wrote down their names, took out two pieces of paper and handed them to them, and pointed to the felt tent next to them: "You pick out the lice on your body first, and then take the cotton clothes." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Holding the piece of paper, Rosie ran to the felt tent with his brother as if Jack had received an invitation, and then leaned into a sheltered corner to rummage for lice in his brother's hair, and couldn't suppress his excitement in his words:

"We don't have to wander anymore! We are the people, the people of the king of the north! ”

"Can we take the house with us?" But Siloh was still thinking about his kennel.

"We're going to live in big houses, we don't have to live in that kind of place anymore!"

"Really?"

"Is Brother Jack a bad guy?" Rosie asked her brother.

Siloh shook his head: "He saved Sister Ruth, gave us silver coins, and gave us cotton clothes, he is a good man." ”

"Yes, he's not a bad guy, he must be a good guy."

……

City Lord's Mansion, second floor office.

Annan and Olmedo overlook the displaced people in the square. There are also "reserve leaders" who sneak away with cotton clothes.

Annan did not stop it, and now cotton clothes are not much more expensive than linen clothes.

"I thought you'd just recruit a thousand lords." Olmedo asked the guard outside the door to bring two cups of coffee.

"Then I might be in a hurry, starting with five hundred and then slowly increasing."

"But we don't have much time."

This is the second time Annan has heard Ormedo say: "Are you pessimistic? ”

"Are you optimistic?" She asked rhetorically.

"I'll ask first."

"I'm just being honest...... Olmedo replied, "the South hasn't been able to resist the rat people, so why can?" With the demon clan that guarded the north of the snowy mountain? But if the nezumi do invade, we'll have to face it at the same time."

"My answer is, look, it's cold and dark now, and there's no hope." The guards brought coffee, and Annan took his cup, looking at the morning light that had just emerged behind the roof in the east, "But the sun is rising......"

"He who remembers hatred will also live in hatred, and if life gives you lemon, make it into lemonade."

"What is a lemon?"

"A very sour fruit."

"Your example can be replaced by life giving you coffee beans and making it into coffee."

Annan's deliverance relieved Olmedo of many anxieties.

Olmedo's sense of security and pessimism stems from the loss of her father, who used to have Augusta to rely on, but now she only has herself and ......

"When will the North freeze?"

Annan's inquiry brought Olmedo back to his senses, thought for a moment and said, "In previous years, it was in late October or early November. ”

"Looks like I'm going to have to buy a bunch of warm clothes...... Jeffrey ......"

“…… You'd better call me Olmedo, what's the matter? ”

"I can't manage it alone."

"What about Michael and them?"

"They're still going to stay in Breeze City, and only Francois will go to Starmoon Bay with me."

Olmedo said he would let her aides come over to assist Annan for a while.

The reception of the homeless lasted at least until the morning, and Annan first went to invite Tina Wright to join Starmoon Bay.

Tina hugged her chest: "What do you want to do?" ”

"I just think it's a pleasure to work with."

Tina Wright didn't answer, and Annan ran to the scavenger headquarters.

"Your magic image is beautiful, but why aren't there any scavengers?" The centurion asked jokingly.

Annan euphemistically said that the scavengers belong to the part that has been cut — in fact, it is to use the phrase "You see, even the scavengers have joined, do you want to miss the opportunity?" "Convince other people.

Then there are the spinning mills.

Annan told the women workers that they could bring their families with them, and some of them agreed to go to Starmoon Bay, while most of the rest stayed in Breeze City.

The goblins all chose to follow Annan.

"We're on the way to the legendary revival of the King of the North!" So says Dolai.

There was also an episode during the period, and old Zoren also had to follow him, at his own expense. Seeing that he was a scavenger patrolman and knew Aunt Susan's family, Annan agreed to him.

Finally, back at the City Lord's Mansion, the number of lists sent by the statistics officials was very small, only 268 people. Many of the displaced people ran away after receiving their cotton clothes, and even with Annan, there were only 300 people brought back from outside.

However, Olmedo promised to continue to take in the homeless.

On the eve of his departure, Annan summoned the Blue Dragon and tried to send out an invitation.

"I will build you a beautiful nest of precious stones and gold in Starmoon Bay."

The blue dragon did not promise Annan, but its attitude was not so firm. Annan felt that as long as he persevered, there would soon be a blue dragon lair in Xingyue Bay.

(End of chapter)