When he came to Fort Art, it was already in the afternoon, Li Yunyang rode a flying demonic beast and landed on the city wall, and the commander in charge of the city wall guards immediately stepped forward to salute him.

Li Yunyang stopped the leader from kneeling and ordered: "In the future, I don't have to do these false rituals again, you now hurry up and inform Wagle and Herris, and let them wait for me at the lord's mansion." ”

"Yes, my lord. Li Yunyang's friendly attitude made the commander excited, and he quickly puffed up his chest and replied loudly, and then went to carry out Li Yunyang's order.

Li Yunyang did not ride the flying demonic beast and fly directly to the General's Mansion again, but slowly wandered around the streets of Fort Arte, wanting to see how Wagle and Herris had managed Fort Artere these days.

Under Watsongill's aggressive management, Fort Arte was less prosperous and wealthy than the town of Pavas, but more of a yearning and thirst for a stable life.

After Li Yunyang promulgated the general outline of the future development of Fort Arte, the people of Fort Arte, who saw the hope of life, burst out with their long-suppressed desire for a better life.

Along the way, Li Yunyang found that in the streets and alleys, the traces of the war had disappeared without a trace, replaced by large and small shops, and people came and went with peaceful smiles on their faces, obviously very satisfied with the new life now.

When the residents of Fort Arte saw Li Yunyang, they habitually wanted to kneel down and salute him. However, he suddenly remembered that their benevolent new lord did not like this kind of pedantic etiquette, so he followed Li Yunyang's previous instructions, bent down and saluted him, and went their own way.

Overall, Fort Atter is looking for good, and there is a thriving scene everywhere that can be transformed over time.

Li Yunyang nodded silently and walked into the Lord's Mansion. Wagle and Herris had been waiting in the hall for a long time, and when they saw him, they only bowed slightly, and then stood aside.

Compared with the somewhat nervous Wagger, Herris is relatively relaxed, still looking sleepy.

Li Yunyang looked at the two of them holding the roster ledger and other booklets in their hands, and knew that they were ready to report to him on the affairs of Fort Arte, so he asked directly to the point: "Wagger, how is the matter of rebuilding the army of Fort Arteto? And those captured soldiers under Watson Gill, how did you deal with them?"

And Wager, who was already nervous, was asked by Li Yunyang, so he knelt down directly, and said with a face full of shame: "Lord Allen, I'm sorry, I failed to live up to your expectations, please punish me!"

Wagger's actions made Li Yunyang frown a little, and he said to Wagle with some displeasure: "You get up first, Wagger, you have to remember, no matter whether I do what I tell you well or not, don't rush to kneel down and admit your mistakes, but tell me what you did as it is, let's find a way to do it well!"

To be honest, Li Yunyang didn't have any expectations for Wagle and Herris, and it was already very good to think that they could do what he told him to do well and maintain the stability of Atburg for the time being.

Before Wagger's allegiance to Li Yunyang, he was just a hundred commanders in the small town of Parvas, and although his family background sounded scary, he had long since fallen, and he had not learned much about how to lead his troops.

Rashly making Wagle the commander of the whole army of Fort Atter was also a decision that Li Yunyang had to make because he had no available people. The purpose is not to make him do anything, but only to train him.

As for Herris, who surrendered, Li Yunyang also did not expect him to make any great achievements.

Although Herris is a little resourceful and knows the situation in Atburg very well, he is not wholeheartedly loyal to Li Yunyang, and his origin is also a little unclear.

"Lord Allen, I know I'm wrong. ”

When Wager heard Li Yunyang's words, although he stood up, the expression on his face became even more ashamed, he lowered his head and said: "I have only recruited three thousand soldiers in Fort Arte these days, most of them are hard laborers in the villages outside, and the militia in Fort Artere are not willing to join the army anymore. ”

"What? Only 3,000 people?"

Li Yunyang almost thought that he had misheard, for the tens of thousands of people in Fort Art, Wagle had only recruited 3,000 soldiers, which was really far from his previous expectations.

However, Li Yunyang did not blame Wagger, but asked: "Wagger, do you know the reason why the people of Artburgh are reluctant to join the army? Didn't you give them the military pay I left behind?"

Li Yunyang had this question, not because he didn't believe in Wagel, but because he was worried that Herris or others would enrich themselves in this matter, which would affect his credibility and lead to the situation that no one joined the army.

However, Wagle smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Allen, according to your orders, all the people who participated in the defense of Fort Artre have given them bounties according to the standards you set, but after all, the residents of Fort Artre died in this war, and they are really afraid of encountering this kind of thing again, so they ......"

Wagle didn't say any more, Li Yunyang understood what he meant, it seems that he was still negligent in this matter, although money can arouse the enthusiasm of the people of Fort Arte, so that they can participate in the war regardless of the pursuit of money.

It's just that after the war, when they remember that the long sword in their hands is stained with the blood of their compatriots, it is difficult for many people to escape the condemnation of conscience, which is why almost no one joins the army.

And this kind of thing, Li Yunyang can't do anything for the time being, he can only rely on time to erase the scars in the hearts of the people of Fort Art, fortunately, Fort Artere is unlikely to have a war recently, and three thousand soldiers are enough.

Even if it really doesn't work, when the recruitment of troops in the small town of Pavas is over, it will be the same to draw troops from there, which is the advantage of having more territory.

Without delving into this issue, Li Yunyang thought for a while and said to Wagger: "In the next six months, the recruitment plan will be suspended, and the training of the three thousand soldiers recruited will be strengthened, and I hope that they will become an elite army in half a year." In a few days, when the Commander of Bren's arrival at Fort Arte, you should take your men back to Pavath and let them reunite with their relatives for a few days. ”

Since his subordinates could not recruit more people, Li Yunyang simply implemented the policy of elite soldiers to see if he could cultivate suitable leading talents among the existing soldiers.

After all, the armies of the two territories of Parvas and Fort Atre can't rely on just two people, Wagle and Burren, to dominate the overall situation, regardless of their abilities, just the daily military and political affairs can keep them busy.

The lack of talents under his subordinates is the biggest problem Li Yunyang is encountering now, originally when he was in the Buluo Territory, his subordinates were a little insufficient, but now suddenly there are two more territories, and the problem of cultivating and recruiting talents has been put on his agenda.

And Herris didn't wait for Li Yunyang to ask him a question, so he handed over a roster and a bill: "My lord, this is my new roster of the residents of Fort Arte, and the bill is a record of the distribution of rewards this time, with the signatures of the soldiers who participated in the battle or their families. ”

Li Yunyang took the roster and bills, looked at them carefully for a while, and after finding that there was no fraud, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good job, Herris, if you can show all your talents and assist Wagle well, I will consider giving you a good task to make a lot of money." ”

For now, the only weakness that Herris has is greed for money, although this is also his initiative to show it, but Li Yunyang can also see his love for money, so he simply does what he likes, and uses money to let him do things for himself wholeheartedly.

Sure enough, after hearing the words "make a lot of money", Herris's sleepy eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Li Yunyang as if he was looking at a pile of gold coins and said, "Lord Lord, if you have any tasks, I will use my 200% ability to complete them, and there will be absolutely no slack!"

Seeing that the fish had already taken the bait, Li Yunyang said with a smile: "Herris, you seem to have ignored my previous sentence, first of all, you have to show your matching ability, and I will hand over that task to you, otherwise you will stare at it from the sidelines!"

However, Herris didn't care much about Li Yunyang's words, and seemed to be thinking about what the good task of making money was.

At this moment, a guard came to the gate to report, saying that the nobles and merchants of Fort Arte had learned that Li Yunyang had returned, and they all wanted to come and ask to see him with gifts.

However, because of the incident in the town of Parvas, Li Yunyang did not have a good impression of these nobles and merchants, so he asked the guards to let these people wait outside the door for half an hour before letting them in.

"My lord, here is Hunterley, the chairman of the United Chamber of Commerce of Atburg, I have discussed with the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce for a long time, and I still think that we should pay taxes to you, after all, you have reduced the taxes for the people of Atburg for three years, and if we merchants also take advantage of you, our conscience is really not good. ”

Huntley, the chairman of the United Chamber of Commerce, who was in his forties and was thin, explained his intention to Li Yunyang straight to the point after saluting, and the businessmen who followed him also echoed him, saying that they would pay a lot of taxes to Li Yunyang according to the tax rate set by Watson Gil.

This made Li Yunyang look at Wager and Herris suspiciously, and wanted to ask what was going on, could it be that they had made some threats to these businessmen in private, so they would take the initiative to ask for taxes?