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After the more important events of the southern frontier, the incursions of the nobles into the realm, and Edward's visit, the atmosphere in the council chamber became much more relaxed.

Leon leaned back on the bench and listened to the next few topics.

Jeff first gave a brief report on the recruitment, and nearly 100 people from each village and town together enlisted, and Eric selected 60 relatively able-bodied young men to become Campbell's first soldiers.

Ever since Leon had given Eric the responsibility of training soldiers, the old gangster had been very concerned about this, and in addition to being busy, he also set up a set of "physical fitness tests" standards, whether newly recruited soldiers, mercenaries, or mountain people, as long as they passed the physical fitness test, they would get a new set of equipment and become a regular soldier under the Campbell lord. At the same time, Eric also convinces Red to temporarily serve as an instructor, who is responsible for training these outstanding people.

Eric's approach has paid off, as fifty of them have been equipped by now, and three times as many of them are working hard to develop their physical strength with this goal in mind, and to become regular soldiers as soon as possible, fighting under the command of a respected young lord.

In fact, Leon wanted to distribute all the equipment at the beginning and arm all the personnel who could fight as much as possible, but when he heard about Eric's approach, he dispelled this idea - he had already given this responsibility and power to Eric, so Eric must have his own way. As a leader, what you have to do is to give enough recognition and affirmation to the other party, so as to stimulate their enthusiasm.

"My lord, there are two towns that don't have sheriffs right now. I've got a few candidates on my side, take a look," Jeff said, handing over a note.

Li Ang didn't answer the note, shook his head and said, "No need, you can decide these yourself,"

Jeff bowed his head and wrote down the young lord's opinion in his notebook, and then began to introduce the progress of the construction of the manor. Except for a few skilled craftsmen brought over by Edward. This time, there were more than forty junior craftsmen and helpers recruited from Campbell, and when they arrived at the estate, the speed of infrastructure construction increased greatly compared to before.

Director Campbell made a point of explaining this. Originally, the timber needed for the construction of the manor was supplied by the elves, but when Singal came back last time and saw that the construction speed was obviously not enough to keep up with the development progress of the manor, he offered to increase the manpower. And build yì to increase the scope and intensity of timber harvesting. Of course, Jeff couldn't ask for this building. He immediately asked Bonda to contact Moros, and a part of the mountain people also joined in the timber harvesting operation, and after several round-trip transportations day and night, the timber supply finally reached the minimum required for construction.

Hearing this, Leon cast an appreciative look at Singel.

The Elven Elder bowed slightly and said, "My lord, thank you very much for your tolerance of Elven customs, but as a member of the Campbell Domain. We can't just put our own customs on other people, which is both impolite and quite untimely. And if the construction of the entire estate is delayed because of this, we will be quite disturbed. ”

"Thank you for your understanding," Leon said with a smile, "I have not only seen the spirit to integrate into Campbell's will, but also your efforts to achieve this. ”

"Singh, in return for this effort, I have something for you later. ”

The elven elder was a little confused, but the elves sitting behind him were full of joy, but they didn't dare to speak, and they looked quite suffocated.

"Go on," Leon gestured.

"In order to have a place to store food, I asked them to rush to build a few granaries, and only after that did the construction of other buildings begin, and so far the progress is acceptable, and it is estimated that the main part of most of the houses will be basically completed by the winter, and in addition to accommodating the refugees of Brown Bear Town, at least 50 people can live. ”

Leon nodded, this matter is indeed a matter of concern to him, and it will be more than half a month before he enters the New Wind Moon, when the cold north wind will come across the ice and snow plateau, bringing the Svir Kingdom into a cold winter. Third- and fourth-order powerhouses like them are better, those refugees, mercenaries, and elves can't stand the temperature that drops from the gathering, and if they can't be provided with caloric food, cold winter clothes, and comfortable and warm rooms, then he, the lord, is a little too much.

"Well, you must prepare everything before the winter comes," Leon thought for a moment and said, "Not only the inside of the manor, but also the villages and towns in the territory should pay attention, if there are families who are really ill-prepared because of poverty, we can give assistance." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to do this," Jeff listened carefully to the lord's command.

"But remember," Leon continued, "that there is a certain amount of aid, and the excess can be repaid in the form of helpers, or it can be offset by food or other harvests next year." ”

"The elderly, children and the sick and wounded are excluded from this list, and assistance to them is gratuitous. ”

Hearing this, people like Kaka, Erin, and Eric all nodded slightly, they knew that Leon did not set such a condition out of stinginess, but that people who did not want to receive assistance would develop a sense of dependence on it, so as to develop a kind of inertia, which would go against the original purpose of doing this.

Then Jeff turned to talk about the veterans' association, during this time, Jack went to several villages and towns accompanied by two comrades-in-arms, and contacted twenty veterans, most of whom were not in good financial condition, and a few people were either injured or sick, and life was quite difficult, so old Jack had applied for a sum of money from Jeff as a fund to improve the living conditions of these veterans.

"My lord, I ...... Can you mention a building?" said Old Jack, raising his hand.

Encouraged by the young lord's gaze, he hesitated for a moment before he said, "Can you invite these veterans to tomorrow afternoon's party?" They are very grateful to know that what I am doing is at your behest and would love to have the opportunity to meet you. ”

"Of course," Leon said with a smile at Old Jack, "Tomorrow's gathering is indeed a good time, and I would like to meet these veterans who have fought bravely for the kingdom." ”

"Jeff, prepare a few wagons and pick up those impaired veterans tomorrow. ”

Receiving the promise of the young lord, the veteran Jack was visibly excited, his hands under the table kept rubbing, and it was estimated that the news would be announced as soon as the meeting was over.

After dealing with these few things, Leon saw that Jeff was holding a pen and constantly recording in his notebook, so he took the initiative to ask: "Moros has assigned a part of the people to be responsible for harvesting timber, how is the construction of their own residence?"

Jeff stopped writing and said: "According to Bonda, the progress is not ideal, I once asked him to bring a message to let some people move to the manor for the winter, but Moros said that it is not a big problem, probably because he doesn't want to trouble us." ”

"It's okay, I'll talk to him tomorrow," Leon said.

Then he glanced over to Eric next to Jeff, only to see that the old gangster was hesitant, as if he had been trying to say something.

The young lord knew Eric's thoughts, he laughed, and said: "In addition, when Caterina and the others come back from Locke Town, Eric you can transfer the work of training recruits, and when the time comes, you can choose ten soldiers yourself, take Cheney and them to open up a trade area, you should save a lot of things with these hunters, so I don't have to limit you to return to the second order." ”

The director of the trade zone was overjoyed, and his dark and thin face suddenly flashed with a strange brilliance.

"Is there anything else?" asked Leon as he ignored the old gangster's excitement and turned to Jeff.

"I don't have anything important here," Jeff said, closing his notebook.

"Okay, the people I ordered stayed, and the others could leave, everyone has worked hard for so long, go relax and relax." (To be continued......)