"It rained well."

    Victor reclined comfortably in his chair, picked up the coffee on the round table and sipped it gently. A few days ago, he was still worried about the plight of the territory, but now he can easily sit on the balcony and enjoy the rain.

    As victor expected, count chebman did lend him a helping hand. The first batch of materials had been successfully handed to victor. With the support of these materials, his pressure was much less. Therefore, Victor can enjoy the rain while combing the gains and losses of this refugee storm.

    This incident was planned by the prince''s party, which wanted to use the tide of refugees to bring down Victor''s territory. Victor did not wonder why the prince party did so. From the beginning of compromising with the York family, Victor expected that the prince party would take revenge on himself. Victor was surprised that the prince Party took so long to start.

    However, Victor had to admit that the prince Party hit directly on his seven inches this time. They have grasped two key points: one is that their territory is very young, and the other is to take advantage of the psychology of free people. This move can be described as cruel and poisonous. The prince party can''t not know that many people will die in this storm, but they just want to use the lives of free people to prove that Victor is not a qualified Lord. Unfortunately, the prince party did not expect Victor to understand that there were ferocious wolves and that no free people would be willing to migrate to the territory where monsters were present. As long as the news spread, the storm could be calmed down this time.

    Now, with the support of the chebmans, Victor began to figure out how to benefit from this incident.

    Victor was prepared to follow the York family''s method of hiring and transforming freemen, and let Benson take control of the Freeman camp after the paladin left. While using the fierce mountain people to deter those who are not obedient, he handed over the right of food distribution to Benson, and asked Nelson to endorse Benson, so that the free people feel that Benson has a deep relationship with the real power figures in the territory.

    Three pronged, Victor believed that these free people would be firmly controlled in his own hands. After that, bansen can hire the free people in the camp to work for the territory, and the people with good performance can also be absorbed as the collar people. In this way, the manpower problem of the territory can be solved.

    In order to ensure that Benson can take over the camp smoothly, Victor specially ordered Nelson to lead 50 escorts to help the paladins stabilize order, migrate people, and support Benson. In addition, Barol and his students have mixed into the free people, which is an internship for the little spies.

    "Victor, I just received a message from the dust falcon. Under the cover of my brother, Benson has led the mountain people into the camp." Lilia pushed the door and came over and sat lightly opposite victor.

    "Oh, does the letter say when the paladin will lead the team out of the camp?" Victor smiled.

    The reckless behavior of the paladin Claude made Victor lose a lot, and the little money he saved was almost consumed by the camp. When the plague is gone, victor will set about controlling the camp.

    "More than 600 people are willing to go back to Heibao town with the paladin, but it''s raining heavily these days. The paladin has been providing disaster relief in the camp. When the rain is light, they will lead the team." Lilia pouted and said that she was unhappy at the thought of preparing a large amount of food for the paladin.

    Victor shook his head and laughed. Lilia told him that mercenaries used to like to walk with priests when they were on duty, but now it''s just the opposite. I''m afraid it''s the ass that determines the head.

    "By the way, another group of free people have joined the camp. It looks like more than 300 people. Now there are more than 3000 people in the camp." Said Lilia anxiously.

    Victor frowned and said, "the paladin left early. Without the paladin presiding over the camp, the refugees would not come so actively."

    Originally, Victor planned to let the paladin preside over the camp so that the church could help him share the pressure. But when he had an exchange with father Conley, his attitude immediately changed 180 °.

    In the eyes of the free people, the church is undoubtedly glorious and just, but in the eyes of the church, the free people are their sheep. Now the shepherd dog has turned some sheep to Victor''s collar. The two shepherds choose to stand idly by. For them, the more sheep they want to be attracted, the better. The more wool they harvest, the higher their status in the church will be. Maybe they can be a bishop. Father Conley''s abacus is good, but Victor is going to blow his hair. There is no church in the development collar except Heibao town!

    "Fortunately, the chebman family helped us this time. Unexpectedly, the York family did not support us. Instead, the neighbors who stole our resources helped us." Lilia said with emotion that as the financial director of the territory, the daily expenditure of the territory makes her feel frightened. It''s no joke that thousands of people eat and drink, even if it has been reduced to the minimum.

    "Count chebman didn''t do this to continue stealing our resources." Victor sneered. "It''s not that the York family didn''t support us. The fact that the free people in Heibao town didn''t continue to pour in shows that they have taken measures, and they are still open to us."

    Most of the newly added free people flow in from the Buryat, which is why father Conley is happy to see their success. Although the Buryat priest is also a brother of the church, nothing makes the shepherd happier than other people''s sheep running to their own sheepfold. Victor felt a headache when he thought that father Conley was going to arrange a priest in his territory.

    After a moment of silence, Victor continued: "the York family is secretly preparing other means. I suspect they have sent someone to infiltrate the camp. It is estimated that they will control the camp as soon as the paladin leaves."

    "Why did they do this? Aren''t we allies with the York family?" Lilia said in surprise.

    "Allies? We are qualified to be allies of the York family." Victor said with a wry smile, "in the eyes of the York family, even if we were to be their vassal, we would be praised. In fact, the York family just wanted to make me bow to them when I was at the end of my rope."

    Victor knew that Sylvia took great care of herself in this incident. She didn''t provide food to herself because she installed a local tyrant in Heibao town. In Sylvia''s view: do you have tens of thousands of kinsol and want me to give you food for nothing? But how does Victor explain this? Moreover, the free private land has become its own key. If the people of the prince party control it, as long as they organize the free people to rush into the territory, their leaders and those free people will inevitably have a fierce conflict. At that time, everything will be over! So whatever Sylvia thinks, the camp must be in her own hands!

    Lilia hesitated and said, "Victor, I have an idea."

    "Go ahead." Looking at the girl''s desire to talk and stop, Victor said.

    "My Lord, I think even if this storm is over, the princes will not let us go. So..." Lilia gritted her teeth and continued, "so I think we should accept the conditions of the York family and become their vassal. You said that our biggest weakness is that we have no family support. Why don''t we choose to join the York family?"

    "Pa" "pa" Victor clapped and laughed, "Lilia, you''re beginning to learn to think from the perspective of territory. That''s good!"

    Lilia was relieved by Victor''s appreciation. Before she expressed her opinion, she was worried that Victor would be angry, but Victor has always opposed being a vassal of others.

    "We can''t take refuge in the York family. If the York family conflicts with other forces, we are the first to be knocked down. Like the struggle between hyena leaders, we always cut off each other''s claws and teeth first."

    In addition to this reason, the secret of the alchemy tower is also the reason why Victor must choose independence. Victor thought for a moment and continued: "the prince party is indeed a threat, but we have our advantage, that is, we are far more flexible and harmless than the big family."

    "Therefore, I intend to establish a chamber of Commerce, attract some lords with the products produced by the professional village and let them join our chamber of Commerce. In this way, a new force will be formed. At that time, even if the prince party wants to deal with us, it will have to weigh it."

    "Let other families join our chamber of Commerce? Can this chamber of Commerce go out?" Leia asked haltingly.

    Victor was silent. Everyone on earth was familiar with the joint-stock system. The joint-stock system was a diplomatic strategy he had thought of when planning a professional village, but Victor was not sure whether the joint-stock system could work because the military groups in the world constrained each other.

    If it had been a few months ago, Victor would have been a hundred times more confident. However, the work point system has caused such a big storm, which makes Victor understand that things have their own laws of development, which can not be changed as much as they want. Victor vaguely remembered that in ancient China, there was an emperor who was known as the emperor who was most like a transgressor. He implemented many advanced systems. As a result, he farted in just a few years! Reality tells Victor that it''s not easy to get around in the new world. He has fallen several somersaults.

    "It''s really a little difficult. But we have to try! If we don''t break through and walk, how can we know that this is a dead end? If we don''t even have the courage to try, it''s the biggest failure." Victor went to the railing and stared at the hills shrouded in rain and fog, with deep and distant eyes.

    Lilia looked at Victor in a daze. She just felt that her man was very attractive at this time. She couldn''t help blurting out, "well, Victor, I support you!"

    "The business of the chamber of commerce is still far away. The top priority is to control the installation point of the free people as soon as possible. Only in this way can we control the number of free people. Otherwise, the more people get together, the chebmans dare not continue to support us." Victor said. "We..."

    Before Victor finished, an alchemical crow flew askew in the drizzle and croaked, interrupting Victor''s conversation with Lilia.

    Victor''s face changed greatly. The alchemical crow was responsible for monitoring the Everglades. It was warning itself. The alchemical crow can express different investigation contents through actions and calls. Now the alchemical crow is constantly expressing a message: unknown monster, southwest direction, large number of groups.

    "Victor, what happened?" Lilia looked at Victor''s face and asked in horror.

    "There are monsters invading our territory! A lot of them!" Said Victor seriously.

    "How many?!"

    "The dust Falcon can''t see the edge!"

    Lilia''s face suddenly turned pale. Victor couldn''t care to comfort her and whistled. Several alchemical crows in the camp immediately flew over. Victor made a gesture. The alchemical crows flew into the sky, circled and flew to the southwest.

    "Come on, let''s go down."

    Victor took Lilia''s hand and rushed down to the next camp.

    Gru is the captain of the guard responsible for guarding the hill camp today. When he saw victor and Lilia coming down, he was about to say hello when he heard Victor shouting to him: "Gru! Send someone to see if the second sentry post lit a beacon!"

    Gru dared not neglect. When he was about to send someone to investigate, a guard came panting and shouted to Victor: "Sir, there is smoke at the second sentry post! I don''t know if their hut is on fire."

    Viktor''s heart sinks straight. The straight-line distance from the entrance of the Everglades to the camp is more than 70 kilometers. In addition, due to the terrain, it takes one day and one night to ride a horse. The second post is only 35 kilometers away from here. You can see the hill camp as long as you walk for half a day. In other words, the monster is up to ten hours away from the camp.

    "Sir, is it the ogre?" Gru asked in horror.

    Victor shook his head: "it''s not an ogre, it''s an unknown monster, there are a lot of them. Ring the alarm! Send cavalry to inform all villages, take refuge in the hill camp immediately, and inform Nelson to lead the team back."

    "Wait!" Victor grabbed Gru who turned and wanted to go: "inform the people of two farms, Carpenter Village and flax village to take refuge in the hill camp, and the people of brick kiln village to meet Nelson, inform Nelson of the situation here and let him make his own decision!"

    The farm, flax village and Carpenter Village are only 10 kilometers away from the hill camp, while the brick kiln village is closer to Nelson. As for Nelson, he takes 50 guards to the farthest free civilian settlement, and it takes a whole day to get back. If Nelson leads the team back, I''m afraid he will encounter monsters on the way.

    Victor''s order was soon carried out. Several cavalry rushed into the rain curtain from the camp. The alarm bell in the camp was sounded. People ran out of their homes. All the men gathered in the square, where they would be armed, while women and children took refuge in the camp. The tension spread in the camp in an instant.

    An hour later, the villagers of the farm nearest to the hill camp entered the hill camp under the leadership of village head George, followed by village head Maureen and his villagers, and then fero of Carpenter Village. Three hours later, Kent village head of flax village successfully brought all his men into the camp.

    "Sir, there are 743 people in the camp. There are 527 young men who can fight, and the rest are women and children. But our actual combat effectiveness is only 200 people, because we don''t have enough weapons, only 40 crossbows, 100 hunting bows, 20000 arrows, 100 leather armor, enough spears, heavy crossbows..." Barrett glanced at Victor. The Heavy Crossbow had always been kept by Victor.

    The old mercenary Barrett is the guard instructor of the camp. In fact, all the young and strong as militia have received Barrett''s military training and can at least skillfully use hunting bows and spears.

    "Heavy crossbows, we have four! And they are better than military heavy crossbows!" Said Victor in a deep voice.

    At this time, there was no need to hide any more. Any power had to be used. Four militias, including Renault, stood behind Victor, and the king began to produce three cattle subduing militias under Victor''s order.

    Victor put his hands on the table and said in a deep voice, "just now, the investigation results of the dust Falcon show that there are a large number of monsters, which are spreading throughout the territory, and the nearest one to us is less than 10 kilometers. I have sent a dust Falcon to Nelson and asked him to send someone to ask the governor Lord York for help."

    "Before the reinforcements arrive, we will stick to this camp. Barrett, I appoint you as the commander to be responsible for the defense of the whole camp. Anyone who disobeys your orders can be executed on the spot!"

    "Yes, sir." Barrett saluted victor. Even at the moment of life and death, the old mercenaries were calm and comfortable, which was an important characteristic of battlefield commanders.

    "Lilia, you are responsible for logistics, especially to appease women and children. They are the families of soldiers and there can be no riots. From now on, you have to control the food in the camp. We must stick to it for at least 20 days!" Victor said to Lilia.

    "My Lord, I''m also an excellent shooter. I can fight." Lilia shouted to victor in leather armor. She didn''t want to leave victor in a dangerous moment.

    "Men are not dead yet! When is it women''s turn to go to war!" Victor glared at Lilia discontentedly, but saw the girl stubbornly raising her head. He had to say, "Lilia, don''t forget your current identity! Logistics work is more important! I don''t trust anyone except you!"

    "Well, I''ll listen to you."

    Finally, Lilia nodded obediently. She knew Victor was right. In the case of being trapped, internal stability was the most important. As the legitimate partner of the Lord, she has the responsibility to appease the people.

    Victor turned to Barrett and asked, "Barrett, how are you going to deploy your defense?"

    "Sir, although our camp is not a strong castle, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The hill camp has steep three sides and narrow front. According to your request, in order to defend against ogres, we have widened the trench to ten meters and seven meters deep. In addition, a two meter thick brick wall has been built behind the iron oak fence. Soldiers can use bows and crossbows to shoot freely on the brick wall with the help of the defense of the fence 。”

    "In addition, although I don''t know what kind of monster it is? As long as they are not strong monsters like ogres, they can''t break our camp. As far as I know, the more monsters there are, the weaker their strength will be, such as goblins and dog headed people. Even if they are more, they have no advantage due to the limitation of earth shape."

    "So, I''m going to divide the guards and militia into three groups and take turns to defend. As long as our supplies can support, there will be no problem holding on for 20 days." Barrett said confidently.

    Victor breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the materials supported by the chebman family are still in the hill camp, and the 20 day supply is completely enough.

    "My Lord! They''re coming!" A guard hurried in and shouted.

    Victor boarded the brick wall and looked down. He suddenly took a breath of air conditioning. He saw a large group of black monsters coming to the camp along the gully.