Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 21 Calling the Refugees
The sanitary conditions in the refugee camp outside the south gate of Jorn City are better than those in the slums in the south of the city. After all, the refugees have not been here for a long time.

But in terms of accommodation, refugee camps are much worse than slums.

Although the slums are chaotic, there are houses built one after another. There are no houses in the refugee camps. What appears in Sean's field of vision are tents one after another, which cannot protect against wind or rain.

Fortunately, it was the beginning of April, and the weather was quite warm. If the Jackal attack happened in winter, the refugees would freeze to death before they could even reach Jorn City.

"His Royal Highness Sean." Matthew said to Sean after getting off the carriage, "I'm a more active person, and I'm not suitable for staying in the same place for a long time. I don't have anything to do here now. I'll go around. "

"You are free, but our place will end soon, remember to come back early."

"Sure!" After Matthew finished speaking, he left Sean and walked away.

After Matthew left, Sean also ordered Henry, the housekeeper beside him, "Henry, help me gather the residents of the original River Beach Town, right in the open space in front of me."

"No problem, but Your Highness, what should they do? Do you want to drive them away?" Henry pointed to not far behind Sean.

"them?"

Sean turned around and looked behind him, and found a group of teenage children, probably more than 20, behind their convoy.

These children should have followed the convoy out of the slums. They were all yellow and thin, with dusty faces, ragged clothes, and hunger, pain, and begging written in their eyes.

"They?" After serious consideration for a while, Sean said, "Henry, send them some food first, and then ask them if they would like to go to River Beach Town with us, and you can take them with you if you want."

"Okay, Your Highness."

After Henry finished answering, he was ready to leave.

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished yet." Sean called Henry who was about to leave.

"What else is there, Your Highness?"

"I would like to add one more thing." Sean said to Henry seriously: "Remember to explain to them clearly that taking them to the territory is not to make them slaves, but to take them to River Beach Town as free citizens."

"no problem."

The butler Henry didn't raise any objections, and ordered the chief guard John and a guard to protect Sean, while he led the other two guards to get busy.

Butler Henry and the guards first took a few loaves of black bread and some drinking water from the van to the children behind the convoy, and then clearly conveyed Sean's meaning to them.

These children heard the words of the housekeeper Henry and expressed their willingness to go to River Beach Town together. After these children devoured the black bread, Henry directed them into the refugee camp to tell the refugees in River Beach Town that he and the new Lord of River Beach Town had arrived. information.

Most of the refugees in River Beach Town also knew Henry. After seeing Henry, they began to tell each other and walked out of the tent together, and gradually gathered in the open space in front of Sean.

Xiao En looked at the refugees in the river beach town in front of him, and his eyes kept searching among the refugees.

It wasn't until the [Cancel Summon] button next to [Golden Town Infantry] in the [Followers] module on the light curtain changed from gray to red again that Sean saw Windsor carrying a large bag among the crowd within ten meters.

Naturally, Windsor kept looking at Sean, and found that Sean was looking towards him, Wen Desole smiled, signaling that everything was fine.

After seeing Wen De Sole's smile, Sean was also relieved a lot.

Sean has been worried about Wen Desuoer's safety on the way here. After all, he has only the black iron subordinate now, and he may not be able to deal with very dangerous things.

Fortunately he is fine now.

. . . . . .

Gradually, there were more and more refugees in the open space, and everyone was whispering to each other about their new lord—Sean.

After the steward Henry spread, the refugees all knew that the new lord standing in front of them was the son of the Grand Duke, so the refugees' eyes revealed awe, joy and uneasiness.

The happy thing is that River Beach Town has finally ushered in a new lord, but the uneasy thing is that the new lord is only 16 years old and still a child. Can he really manage the territory well?
After all the refugees left the tents and came to the open space, the butler Henry also returned to Sean's side.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Sean felt that something was wrong, because the number of refugees in front of him seemed to be much smaller than expected.

So Sean asked, "Henry, how many people did River Beach Town have before?"

"Your Highness Sean, there are 4000 people in River Beach Town." Henry replied.

"Then why are there so few now? Not even a tenth?"

Sean frowned and estimated the number of refugees. Not counting the two dozen children who came out of the slum, there were only about 300 refugees in front of him, which was much less than expected.

"It's impossible." Henry sighed, "I asked the residents in the town just now, after escaping from the town, some of them went to other towns, and the remaining more than 1000 people Rise up Jon City."

"How come there are only 1000 left out of more than 300 people? Could it be that many people have entered the city?" Sean asked.

"Your Highness Sean, your guess is correct. The rich, noble and skilled people in Hetan Town, such as blacksmiths and carpenters, will not stay in the refugee camps but will go directly to the city to make a living.

Most of the young and strong young people have also entered the city, leaving only some elderly women and children and farmers who can only farm, and the number is naturally much smaller. ' Henry explained.

"Hey, now Hetan Town is going to become Hetan Village." Xiao En sighed: "Everyone has almost arrived."

Henry nodded.

"OK then."

Sean took a step forward, cleared his throat, and said loudly:
"Hello everyone! My name is Sean Violet, and I am the new lord of the current River Beach Town."

"Hello! Your Highness Sean." The refugees saluted Sean one after another.

Although Sean is just a Baron, one level lower than the Viscount of the Lake, Sean is the son of Grand Duke Ryan after all, and everyone should respect him more.

"I'm here today to tell you some good news!" Sean said loudly, "The first good news is that the Earl of Rivers has confirmed that he will send an army to help us wipe out the gnolls occupying River Beach Town, so that we can be safe. returned home."

As soon as Xiao En finished speaking, the refugees in River Beach Town started discussing excitedly.

"is this real?"

"Will the Earl of the River really send troops?"

"It's really good!"

"We can go home after wiping out the gnolls!"

Some refugees even hugged each other and cried after hearing Xiao En's words. After all, for these farmers who have been farming for a living for generations, River Beach Town is the place where they have lived all their lives.

. . . . . .

Sean was also very moved when he saw the true feelings of the refugees in front of him.

Sean was just about to announce the second good news, but out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently caught Windsor standing on the edge of the crowd, so Sean winked at Windsor.

Windsor was taken aback for a moment, but soon understood, stood up and said loudly:

"After the Earl of River's soldiers leave, the jackals may attack Hetan Town again. How can you ensure everyone's safety, Your Highness?"

Hearing Wen De Sole's words, the cheers of the residents suddenly dropped a lot.

Everyone looked at Sean nervously, wanting to hear what the new lord would say.

(End of this chapter)