our family is gone

Chapter 786 Wolf Cub
Lance stayed in Bastia for two days. Originally, he felt that he should stay longer. After all, the areas outside the city were not out of control yet, and he was ready to stabilize them before getting up again.

But they didn't expect that when they ran over and announced that they had broken away from the rule of those nobles, those people quickly threw themselves into the arms of Hamlet, and even if a few interested parties wanted to resist, it was useless.

Because the earl and the nobles had been suffering from continuous wars, fighting against the barbarians, and internal strife, the oppression for various reasons had reached a point where they could no longer bear it, and all kinds of messy taxes had been collected a few years later.

Many people's food supplies have been drained out, and only some landlords have some surplus food. It is difficult to survive this winter. At this time, it is not difficult to understand their reaction.

Because people are really going to die, so who cares about you noble lords who will rule?

Not to mention the hope Hamlet's policies bring them.

For most people, the impact was not significant, because the land did not belong to them in the first place, so they could just take it back, not to mention that they would be given the land later, and they were exempted from all kinds of taxes.

They also lent them grain for the winter, with almost no interest compared to those loan sharks.

The officer had done similar things countless times, and when these problems were solved, Lance could finally go back.

As for the others, each has his own task. For example, Laura has already gone back to hatch the eggs, while Boslake needs to stay in Bastia to be responsible for management and communication with the barbarians.

People like Vic and Francis who are familiar with Bastia will not go back until the place is stable.

For example, in the military, commanders like Reynald, Barristan, and Barton all have their own places to be stationed, and they need to lead their teams to carry out missions, etc...

So in the end, only Grindel and Boudica went back with him.

On the old road, a carriage was speeding towards Hamlet, and the passenger was naturally Lance.

I looked out the window, a little worried whether I could get back before the heavy snow covered the road, so I drove a little fast.

It has been snowing intermittently since that day, and now it feels like it is getting heavier. Driven by the cold wind, the snow is flying all over the sky, dyeing the sky and the earth white.

But the last time I raced on the old road was...

Lance's eyes gradually became vague, and he took out an ordinary letter from the showroom. Looking at the thing, he couldn't help but fall into memories.

Yes, the last time I took a carriage on the old route was the first time I came to Hamlet.

He remembered clearly that he woke up at night in a bumpy carriage with two unfamiliar mercenaries beside him.

Before he could fully absorb the information, the butler overturned the car and ran away, directly falling into a showdown with the bandits.

What were you thinking at that time?

Lance didn't remember much. He only had one thought at the time, which was to survive.

Then... after dealing with the ancestor and recovering the lost land, a wonderful aristocratic life is waiting for you!

"What's wrong?"

Greendale noticed Lance's strange silly smile. The car was going so fast, shouldn't he be worried about whether Boudica was driving drunk?

"Now that things are finally resolved, I can have a good rest from now on. Isn't this worth being happy about? I will sleep until I wake up naturally every day, and then have another day of eating, drinking and having fun."

Lance couldn't hide the smile on his face. The overtime was over and it was time for vacation!

Grindel couldn't help but smile at Lance's words and said jokingly, "It seems that our lord finally remembered to take a rest."

"I'm telling you, I have to improve the menu when I have time. There's no point eating that stuff every day..."

Lance seemed to have started explaining his "retirement" plan to Greendale.

We didn't encounter any car accidents or robberies along the way.

Because after the foreign strategy was formulated, the first main road built was the Hamlet-Owendo Highway, which was based on the original old road.

The existing road was based on an old road, and some potholes were filled with brick and stone paving, and then a spacious four-lane road was built.

If the port terminal is Hamlet's exit to the sea, then this road is its exit to the inland. Lance understands the principle of building roads first before development.

As for the robbers and bandits, I don't know how many times they have been dealt with. If they dare to show up, Hamlet's army will be at your door immediately. It is very likely that the road under your feet was built by them.

Finally, before the snow blocked the road, the lord returned to loyal Hamlet.

Not many people knew about the lord's return, and Lance didn't like pomp and circumstance, so naturally no one would come to greet him in the snow.

When the carriage stopped at the post station, they heard good news that the female wolves had finally given birth some time ago.

"Great!"

Before Lance could speak, Boudica on the side could not help but shout, and then, without caring about anything else, she ran happily to the wolf pen in the suburbs.

Not everyone can be as energetic as Boudica. Greendale was already very tired after the long journey.

"You go back and rest first, I'll go take a look."

Lance was also quite curious about the bloodline of Wangcai that remained in the real world, so he separated from Greendale and ran over there.

The site has not been expanded and is still a large fenced yard with a row of interconnected bungalows. The only difference is that the original wooden fence on the outside has been replaced with an earthen wall, making it look more formal.

After all, it was already deep into winter and the yard outside was covered with snow. No wolves were seen, but Boudica's cries could be heard from the connected building in the back.

Once inside, the house blocked the howling cold wind outside, and a warm and animal smell blew in his face, making Lance frown.

"Wang!"

Figus rushed out and circled around Lance, then sat down in front of him, his hanging tongue looking very excited.

Dogs are always very enthusiastic towards acquaintances, especially when they haven't seen each other for a while. If it were another dog, it would have pounced on them and licked them madly, but Figus seemed to know that Lance didn't like that.

"Good boy~" Lance leaned over and touched the dog's head. He felt inexplicably happy, his brows relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.

Someone finally noticed Lance, and greetings began to echo in the room.

"Lord Lord!"

"Everyone, just go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me." Lance nodded with a smile, then turned to look at William who was walking up. "What's going on?"

"Five female wolves have successfully given birth to cubs in the past ten days, between 4 and 7, and now there are cubs. However, there are some differences between these cubs. Normally, the female wolf can only feed a few, and the rest will either be abandoned or eaten.

Fortunately, they are not in the wild, but under our protection, the temperature is suitable, and there is enough food, so the survival rate should be guaranteed."

William was also calculating the birth date, so he had been paying attention to this aspect. Fortunately, when building the animal pen before, he recruited several apprentices with good talents, who have been responsible for taking care of the female wolves.

The situation was only settled with their help, otherwise I don’t know how much trouble it would have been.

"Thank you for your hard work. If Hamlet could have a group of wolves, it would definitely be more helpful for various tasks."

Lance affirmed William's efforts and blessed him to strengthen himself and eliminate the fatigue he had suffered during this period.

You are strengthened, keep working!
"Boss! Boss! Come and see!"

Boudica seemed even more excited than Figus. When she saw Lance coming up, she dragged him into the wolf's den.

In fact, it was designed like a pigsty, with dens separated by a row, and the female wolves lying in the dens filled with straw.

Around them were babies that had probably been born not too long ago, their eyes not even open, swarming towards the mother wolf to suck milk. Some were able to grab some, while others were squeezed out by their brothers and sisters, making squeaking sounds.

The situation in some other dens was similar. Some were already full and asleep, with only their stomachs heaving, and the mother wolf licking her cubs.

Baimao, is he really the offspring of Wangcai? Does that mean he has extraordinary bloodline?
"Boss, I want the biggest one!" Boudica had obviously already taken a look and reached out to grab the biggest one in the wolf's belly.

She always remembered that Lance promised the wolves that he would give her a baby as soon as they gave birth.

Those female wolves have been in contact with humans for a long time and have long been accustomed to humans, not to mention that Boudica often came here before. Even if there was such an offensive action, they did not react much, otherwise the female wolves protecting their cubs would be very crazy.

"I think it's really fun." Boudica picked up the wolf cub, looking very happy.

It was a pity that the little guy was interrupted by Boudica while drinking milk. He cried so loudly and struggled with his hands and feet, but he could not escape the clutches of Boudica and was flattened.

"You'll kill it if you do this." Lance took the wolf cub from her helplessly and began to admonish her.

"I can give it to you, but you have to wait until it is weaned, and you have to learn how to raise it so that it can grow up healthily, and you have to make it learn to obey your orders."

Lance raised the wolf cub with one hand and said, "Look, it's very well behaved in my hands."

Boudica looked at the wolf cub that was lying quietly on the lord's hand and was almost asleep, and raised her fist to threaten it fiercely without caring whether it could understand or not.

"If it doesn't obey, I'll beat it!"

But just as she finished speaking, Lance hit her head with "care" and she started complaining, covering her head.

"Boss, why did you hit me?"

"You may be thick-skinned, but how many punches can this little thing take?"

As Lance spoke, he became more and more worried. After all, she was Wangcai's child, so he still cared about her. So he looked at her with some hesitation and couldn't help but question himself in his heart -

Is Boudica really reliable? Will she die if I let her raise her?
"Boss!" Boudica also sensed something and wailed, "I will take good care of you..."

In the end, after Boudica threw a tantrum, Lance agreed, but she had to learn how to train scientifically.

Lance was also helpless about Boudica, after all, he had promised her before, and it was not easy for him to really refuse.

Bless all the wolf cubs and stimulate their vitality so that they can grow up healthily. If one of them awakens its bloodline like Wangcai, you will make a fortune.

Especially the one chosen by Boudica, Lance increased the quantity without raising the price, otherwise how could it withstand Boudica's punch?

Boudica was enjoying taking care of the wolf cubs, and Lance was too lazy to care about her. However, he did not leave, but called William to continue walking inside.

The animal pen is not limited to this place. If you go deeper into it, there are many separated rooms, and some of them are large iron cages.

Just the slightest noise caused by approaching caused a burst of barking, and among them were various dogs struggling violently, making the iron cages also make a noise.

Lance had previously wanted to find a dog to train and use as a working dog, but ordinary people couldn’t even feed themselves, so how could they afford a dog?

But when Lance launched a war to regain his territory, he found a lot of dogs, even of different species.

It’s true that ordinary people can’t afford to keep a dog, but the rich people don’t care, especially the nobles. If your dog is not good during hunting games, you will be laughed at, and it is shameful not to have a dog.

Anyway, all these things were captured by Lance and locked up here, otherwise five female wolves would probably need several people to take care of them.

William has recently been selecting and training some of these hunting dogs or vicious dogs, or pairing them up to produce puppies for training.

Anyway, this is a very long process and it will take at least one or two years to complete. William is very happy in this environment because he likes dogs.

Lance also considered letting him withdraw from the police system and come here to manage the animal pens and train dogs. He could use his abilities to train a group of qualified working dogs for Hamlet as soon as possible and train more dog trainers.

This matter still needs to be discussed with him. Lance respects their personal opinions.

"Are there any difficulties?"

“These dogs are all very good hunting dogs, but they are only easy to train when they are seven months old. When they grow up, their personalities are set and difficult to correct.

Moreover, the previous dog owners fed them some drugs in order to stimulate their ferocity, and lacked the corresponding training and development, resulting in most of these guys becoming violent and crazy, only knowing how to chase and bite prey, and having difficulty in executing other commands.

Moreover, most of these dogs were fed raw food by their previous owners, and they may have hurt people and tasted human blood, otherwise they would not be so aggressive towards people. "

The difference can be seen from the fact that Figs is as smart as a human, so William somewhat looks down on the dog training methods used by the nobles.

Lance understood that these dogs had grown up and were difficult to train. They did not recognize their owners and were aggressive towards their trainers.

Those nobles probably wouldn't care if these vicious dogs hurt people, so they might even treat humans as prey. However, Lance had no doubt that those nobles had probably done this before, letting the hounds chase people...

"Isn't it just that I can't keep it acquainted?"

Lance didn't waste any time and directly released his aura towards the barking hounds.

Most of the hundreds of vicious dogs that were originally barking fell down in an instant, and were frightened to the point of defecating and urinating as if they were incontinent. Even if the remaining ones did not faint, they were so terrified that they dared not even breathe loudly.

But among them, there was still a dog that did not give in, which immediately caught Lance's attention...