I have a shelter

To say that this piece of land is about to be recovered, what else is most valuable besides the fertile land.

It must be those manors.

These manors have never been recovered by other lords. They contain a lot of resources and are naturally the hardest bones to crack.

And some blasphemers, and even many completely mutated monsters, are also among them.

But in those clean-ups, the soldiers found that it was much easier than they thought.

The Archbishop Dawn who led them could not only break through the fog and let the sunshine shine down. The torch lit by his own hands actually has the ability to dispel fog and monsters - this is the 'Torch of Hope' lit by the hope collected from the Book of Dawn.

Although it can only illuminate twenty or thirty steps, it burns for more than a quarter of an hour. However, when the monster attack is the most violent, throwing it into the distant mist can disperse the oncoming monster group.

And after the torch is thrown, the fog in the area it passes through will be dispelled for a period of time. Although it is only a few minutes, it allows the soldiers to use various tactics. Often at critical moments, many lives are saved.

But what gave them the most confidence were the red-robed knights. After the demon-slaying battle, the sacred power they released was a level stronger than before, and it was more durable - even Martin could sing five hymns.

Compared to before, these Dawn Knights who truly understand the meaning of sacrifice, courage, justice, etc. are no longer much worse than those real Templar Knights. However, George had not yet conducted a formal baptism ceremony for them out of his own inner intentions. So these people have not yet mastered the Holy Seal.

But that's enough.

When the knights' estates were gradually cleaned up one by one, and all kinds of well-preserved materials in those estates were transported out by truckloads, George felt that their busy days had not been in vain.

As for things like leather and velvet, although they are rare, they are often found in the valley. But cotton is a southern thing. And silk that can not only be sewn into gorgeous clothes but can also be used in military applications is even rarer.

The wealth of the nobles is more than this, and George and his patrols have gained more than this.

In addition to all kinds of ironware that can be recycled, there are also many spices, cheeses, wines, gemstones, crystals, silverware, porcelain, and oil paintings; and those hidden in various corners by nobles and wealthy people are filled with silverware. Small box with fox, bronze eagle and golden lion. Nor was he spared by the excavation team led by Volpe!

These things can be said to make the eyes of soldiers and knights turn red, but there are things even more precious than these - such as those family heirlooms.

Exquisite armor, swords that are as sharp as clay—these are antiques that nobles would only wear in grand ceremonies!

When George saw these things on the first day, he wrapped them in scrolls and directed the servants of Heaven far away in the sanctuary to start work. And he gave Anthony a heavy responsibility, and while sending him away first, he also asked him to bring back a message - all the men in the territory must go all out to build equipment.

There was so much treasure in the southern part of the valley that George didn't have time to return to the shelter even once.

With these things in hand, the knights and soldiers who listened to George's lectures every day gradually became full of the spoils he threw out, and they became more and more enthusiastic about their work.

After the battle, George even took the time to bring these soldiers and knights back home in fine clothes, and distributed many good things to their relatives and friends.

This allowed the members of the patrol team to slowly understand who it was better to follow.

And as time went by, those lords whose greedy eyes turned red after receiving the letter, knew from the beginning what these people did every day and what good things they got. In the end, I stared at him greedily, unable to receive a single letter.

However, this situation did not last long, because a month later, a certain lord saw the large trucks transported to his territory - in addition to the materials collected from the manor, there were also many lords They asked George for food.

However, along with these carts came the cavalry and the forest of guns outside the castle square.

At that time, in the midst of Baron Collor, George was seen throwing two things on the table between them.

One is an agreement (or IOU). One is a list.

On the list, there are many records of flies and dogs in the barony of Collor, as well as many filthy and rotten things.

It's obvious where these words come from - no one knows more about the territory than their knights.

"Don't get me wrong, Baron Collor. I said I won't delve into the previous matters. So I got this list here specially for you to burn." George smiled slightly. Then the conversation changed and his voice became colder: "But the Holy See has been paying attention to the living conditions of the people in various regions, so there are some things that I don't want to happen again!"

George really didn't intend to go into details, because among the seven lords, these three barons are the only ones left. If you kill one person, it will make other lords feel very sad.

So the purpose of bringing out this list was just to let these lords know what their knights said to him.

They would never know who said it, they would just think it was everyone. Because many of those things were made up by Martin after using clichés.

After the show of force, George brought the topic to the main thing - the agreement and the goods brought over.

He knew that except for Baron Gavi, everyone else was very poor. But after all, this winter was too hard to endure, and those ragged survivors had too few things to survive the winter.

So he took another way to settle this charity - that is, the content written in the agreement, or in other words, this is a long-term labor contract.

(Food is controlled by "taxes", so it is naturally not a commodity for future settlement)

In general, this agreement is an IOU, indicating how much George is owed and how much he needs to take out regularly. And because it is owed, the value ratio of the materials George provides now is a bit scary compared to what the lords will return in the future. After all, one is spot and the other is futures.

And the most unscrupulous thing is that the interest is still very high!

This can be regarded as George's special customization for those poor lords - these lords, who have almost nothing except population and land, even have very little food under George's deliberate arrangement. So the demand for materials is huge.

Although the lords have nothing now, as long as there are people, the things they collect will continue to flow - such as stone, wood, coal, salt, linen, domesticated animals, etc., which require a lot of manpower to get.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this agreement is a self-selling agreement. While the lords sell themselves for George, the people will also have something to do, and they can also get a meal at work - many items are noted in the agreement, many of which are to protect the rights and interests of these participating workers.

Under George's power, as long as the lords sign the agreement, they will naturally not dare to violate any of them - even if some of them can't understand the complicated rules and regulations, the future law enforcement team will follow this agreement and come to trouble at any time (even the lords don't have this right to their vassals).

Gradually, the lords will find that if they want to get the material support from the great lord, they have to get busy. The more things they do, the more they lack people. Invisibly, they will spend more time to collect refugees and develop the population.

For George, the southern part of the valley is basically peaceful now. If the materials such as stone, wood, and coal are all left to the people in the shelter in the future, then he doesn't have to keep the lives of these lords.

Besides, the shelter is not suitable for grazing livestock, but this piece of land in the south is very suitable.

So George has already made plans for these future materials-they will become a rope, tightly tying the lords, making them senior tenants of the "Great Lord of Dawn".

——The most insidious among them are the livestock. Even if some people still have some livestock, George also lets them owe them first on the grounds of borrowing them for breeding.

In fact, most lords have very few livestock, but as the south is cleaned up more and more, the scattered farm animals will be slowly taken back by people.

People need to rest and recuperate, and so do livestock. If all the collected livestock are slaughtered for meat, it would be a waste of resources. And Johannes is not suitable for grazing, so he asked the lords to write more IOUs for him and help him run the business.

When there are more livestock, the lords will taste the sweetness of exchanging things with him, and the former prosperity of the southern part of the valley will naturally be able to slowly recover - but half of the cattle and sheep will probably be stamped with Johannes's seal. After all, in the agreement, the offspring born from these livestock "borrowed" to the lords will be half for George and half for the lords (the first one belongs to George, and the second one belongs to the lord).

Now these "administrators" are all happy to think that they have taken advantage, not only because the materials taken out by their big landlord are real and in large quantities. Because the number of cattle and sheep and the offspring can be counted, but the milk produced can be secretly kept by himself.

Before the winter came, George sent a sum of "warmth" to each territory. Not only did he exchange these warmth for agreements and IOUs, but also for many treasures that he had always coveted.

The biggest treasure among them was the one that he and Baron Gavi "inadvertently" mentioned every time he went to Bianhe Town - it was the armor given to Gavi's great-great-grandfather by a certain generation of dukes.

Baron Gavi finally gave this gift to his new boss with flattery. It can be said that this greedy bishop was very happy.

He immediately covered it with a scroll, and the armor forged by the blacksmith workshop in the distance was also changed to a new style - after all, this set of full-body knight armor that resembles the "Milan" style, outlined by gold and silver, and inlaid with gems, even if it is thrown away from its high-quality material and structure, the style and decoration are far more showy than those square tin cans!

As each area was cleaned up, George showed more and more miracles, painted big cakes, and the stories told by the Templar Knights.

Every night, the knights and soldiers would imagine in front of the bonfire, singing hymns in their mouths, and they also yearned more and more in their hearts to become the Templar Knights in the future - the adults said that everyone of them has such an opportunity. Even those with outstanding military exploits have been reserved!

Martin and other Templar Knights also said that they were not sent by the lord, but were the "Guardians of God" who were destined to gather together.

Gradually, more and more people have put on gray robes. And George is missing "home" more and more.

"It's almost snowing. I wonder if Anthony has put up the kang for me."