Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 64
After handing over the placement task of the mercenary regiment to the butler Henry, Sean led Wen Desuoer and Luo Dian towards the rear of the large army.

Henry's carriage was followed by more than 20 carriages. These carriages were used to pull goods, and they were loaded with materials for the reconstruction of the territory, including a large amount of food, clothes, farm tools and some daily necessities.

Not only that, Henry also recruited a total of more than 50 servants and craftsmen to maintain the operation of the castle and manor. These servants also sat in these more than 20 carriages.

Seeing Sean approaching and noticing his aristocratic attire, these servants and craftsmen got off the carriage and bowed to Sean.

Sean waved at them, did not stop talking, but continued to walk towards the back.

Walking behind the carriage carrying supplies were the residents of River Beach Town.

Anduin came here one step earlier than Sean, and at this time he was directing his servants to resettle the townspeople.

But the servants and the townspeople didn't really believe in Anduin's identity, and there was a hint of effortlessness in carrying out Anduin's orders.

Sean looked at these townspeople.

According to the report letters sent by the housekeeper Henry in the past few days, Sean knows that there are about 800 townspeople in this group.

Half of them were those that Sean had seen in the refugee camp, and the other half had already entered Yorn City but were attracted back by the tax exemption policy.

Some townspeople were immersed in the pain of their deceased relatives, and there were still tears on their faces;

Some looked in the direction of the gnoll's lair, their eyes filled with resentment;
Some are full of longing for a new life, with smiles on their faces.

Seeing Sean coming over, several townspeople shouted excitedly:
"It's the lord! The lord has come to see us!"

When the townspeople noticed that Sean was coming, they all knelt down towards Sean.

Seeing the crowd of people kneeling in darkness in front of him, Sean raised his hands and said, "Everyone, please stand up. The ground is cold, so be careful of getting sick."

Sean looked at Anduin while talking:
"Anduin, is the progress here going smoothly?"

"Successful or very smooth, but they may doubt my identity, not very cooperative." Anduin replied.

"give it to me."

Sean solemnly said to the townspeople:
"One month ago, the jackals attacked River Beach Town, and a large number of residents were forced to flee to Jorn City, but under the blessing of the God of Light, the jackals also paid the price they deserved!

Seven days ago, I led the troops to kill more than 300 gnolls on the north side of Thorn Ridge. The remaining gnolls have no ability to attack River Beach Town. "

After hearing Xiao En's words, all the townspeople became excited:

"Praise the God of Light, this is really great!"

"You must be the savior sent by the God of Light to save us!"

"My lord, may the God of Light bless you with good health forever!"

Many townspeople who had been suppressed for a long time burst into tears and kept wiping their tears.

Sean looked at these townspeople, and after the voices of the townspeople became quieter, he continued:
"Now that there is no threat from the wolf man, everyone can rebuild their homes with peace of mind.

I will also earnestly fulfill the promise of tax cuts.

Now I will introduce the governor of Riverbank Town, you can call him Lord Anduin. "

Sean turned to introduce Anduin to the townspeople: "No matter what orders Anduin gives from now on, you must obey him.

If someone is messing around, I'll take away his tax break and kick him out of River Beach, get it? "

"Understood!" The townspeople looked at Anduin in awe.

"Anduin, I'll leave the settlement of the leaders to you. I'll go to the back." Sean patted Anduin on the shoulder and walked towards the rear of the large army.

"No problem, leave it to me here."

Walking at the end of the leader team were the twenty or so children who came out of the slums, and they all looked at Xiao En in awe.

Seeing Sean approaching, the group of children knelt down towards Sean.

"Everyone get up." Sean said to the children, "Who is the leader among you?"

Hearing Xiao En's words, all the children looked at the oldest child in the head.

"My lord, my name is Tom." The child said respectfully.

"Well, Tom, did you hear what I said to everyone just now?" Sean asked.

Tom nodded.

Xiao En thought for a while and said, "Don't run around. After Consul Anduin arranges the townspeople, you can ask him for an empty house to live in first, and I will arrange work for you in the afternoon."

"Please rest assured! We will not run around." Tom promised.

After saying goodbye to the children, Sean led Windsor to continue walking to the back of the line.

At the end of the line were the [-] slaves they bought at the slave market, and every [-] slaves were assigned a supervisor.

These slaves were civilians captured by the Kingdom of Anjou's attack on the Principality of Sunflower. Because the Principality of Sunflower was located in the north, the slaves were taller and larger than the residents of the Principality of Lane, and their skin was fairer.

Compared with the various emotions of the townspeople, the overall mood of these slaves is still very good.

Because Sean promised that one tenth of them would become free citizens every year, the slaves looked forward to the future very much, especially the young and strong slaves inside.

Seeing Xiao En approaching, these slaves also knew that the noble in front of them was their new master based on the movements of the leaders in front.

So the slaves knelt down towards Sean one after another, with excitement and anxiety in their eyes.

At this time, the overseer of the slave also quickly ran towards Sean, prostrated himself at Sean's feet, and said loudly, "My lord, I am your most loyal servant Pig, and may the God of Light be forever."

"Okay, okay, get up." Sean interrupted him, "Are they all from the Sunflower Principality?"

"That's right." Piggy replied honestly.

"That's good." Sean said loudly to the slaves:
"Since you were freedmen before, you should know how valuable the status of freedmen is.

This time next year, I'm going to let the top thirty of you individually revert to freedman status! "

"Thank you Lord Lord!" The slaves said gratefully, and they were reassured by Sean's personal assurance.

"Don't be discouraged if you don't become a free citizen, all your labor achievements will also be recorded, and the status of a free citizen is also allocated according to the total score of labor achievements.

I will buy new slaves in the future, and the fruits of these labors will be your advantage, and you will become freedmen earlier than the new slaves.

Of course, it is okay for you to compete with conscience. If there are threats or malicious suppression of other people, I will permanently disqualify you from being a freeman!have you understood? "

"Understood!"

All the slaves kowtowed gratefully to Sean, and many old slaves also showed hope in their eyes.

Originally, I thought that if I only chose one-tenth, that old man might not be able to become a free citizen for the rest of his life.

But now that the fruits of labor can be accumulated, they will definitely become free people one day!
Thinking of this, hope ignited in the eyes of all the slaves.

(End of this chapter)