Our family is in decline

Silence... But Amanda's mind was spinning rapidly, and soon she understood something and said something solemnly to Lance.

"I'm just me, your friend Amanda."

Lance couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled and nodded in agreement.

"I like friends~"

By saying this she was saying that she was speaking not as a Roma but as herself.

"Sit down." He raised his hand to gesture to her, and his attitude seemed much more relaxed.

When she sat down, Amanda's violently beating heart calmed down a little, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew she was right.

He uses the word "you Roma" to describe himself because of his identity, which is the obstacle that makes it difficult for him to accept himself.

"My friend, how can I help you?"

"No!" Amanda shook her head seriously, "If I can help you, please use me as much as you can."

After hearing this, Lance realized that Amanda was also a very interesting person, and at the same time a very pragmatic person, without Tamara's naughty cleverness at all.

"We are friends. We should help each other. How can we say we are driving each other?" Lance looked at Amanda calmly, "Let's just talk and see what I can do to help you?"

"The organization is preparing to evacuate the empire, and I..." Amanda did not take up that posture again, but spoke out the situation with a tired look.

Lance also understood why she was eager to find him. It turned out that she was afraid of retaliating against Tamara after she gained power, but now she was facing a situation where she believed that such revenge had already begun.

"I will mediate the conflicts between you. In the final analysis, it is still an organizational task. You are just the executor. It is not you who makes the decision."

Since everyone has taken a stand, Lance naturally has to take a stand too.

Amanda, who had received Lance's promise, seemed relieved. She didn't know anything else, but this man had indeed done everything he promised.

And this was just the beginning, Amanda knew she had to hold on to that man...

But just when Amanda wanted to have a more in-depth discussion with Lance, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Susan's voice came.

"Sir, Miss Dai'er is back and wants to report to you."

"Let her in."

This sound made Amanda's heart suddenly pause. She could only swallow the unspoken words and focus on Lance.

"Then I...leave?"

"Sit down, it's just a report. There's nothing shameful about it." Lance waved his hand casually, not caring.

But this attitude was very helpful to Amanda, and most of her resentment at being interrupted dissipated.

The footsteps did not sound like Amanda's aggressive tapping, but soft but not lacking in power.

Greendale walked in with swinging steps. Her temperament was completely different from Amanda's. Her wide skirt looked dignified, and her calm face gave people a gentle feeling, which always made people relax unconsciously. Come down.

Apparently Susan was not a talkative person and would not reveal to others what the lord was doing.

So when Greendale came in and saw Amanda here, she was somewhat surprised, but she still nodded slightly towards Amanda as a greeting.

Although she was dissatisfied with Greendale for interfering with her business, Amanda did not show it. Instead, she smiled and nodded.

"Let's get down to business, how is the follow-up process? Have the losses been calculated?"

Lance spoke up, interrupting the inexplicable atmosphere between them.

Greendale didn't waste any words, "The total number of Hamlet's deaths in this war was forty-seven, including fifteen soldiers who died..."

As soon as Greendale opened her mouth, there was a statistic that made Lance frown. Eleven soldiers at the outpost had died. The attacks of the wolf warriors and the killings of cultists in various places also caused the death of some soldiers and civilians.

But he said nothing and continued to listen to the report.

After completing the inventory and registration, Greendale transported the supplies and prisoners back from the farm, and found an open space in the suburbs to temporarily build a camp to accommodate them. Anyway, they were all injured, so they let the medical soldiers and nursing apprentices take care of them (practice). Or guard them.

As for the two leaders, they were put under separate supervision in the town. As long as they controlled these two people, there was nothing else to fear.

Greendale was responsible for these things, while Leonard and Barton were responsible for the changes in the army.

Leonard took the troubled refugees to the wilderness development area to work as coolies. It happened that the maintenance outpost needed to transfer a group. These filling in would not delay the development progress.

At the same time, Patton took the fifty musketeers newly equipped with bayonets and muskets to the outpost to replace the wounded to relieve the pressure on the outpost.

The soldiers in the two camps in the development zone were not attacked and their structures were intact. Adjustments needed to be made to replace the soldiers stationed on the farms.

These are just one sentence in the report, but the things involved are still quite troublesome, especially the transportation of the wounded.

Being able to make so many adjustments is ultimately thanks to the war horses sent by Bastia. Otherwise, where would Hamlet have the transportation capacity to do these things?

"Preliminary statistics indicate that the loss exceeds two thousand gold coins. The specific situation will have to be reported to you after detailed statistics are made."

It's probably because Amanda is here. What Greendale said was basically negative, and she didn't even mention the positives at all. It just made it miserable.

But Lance knew that the profits from this trip alone were worth a lot of money from the captives. More importantly, the extraordinary equipment he got was something that even money could not buy.

"You guys did a great job, that's all."

Lance didn't have much to add to their handling. The town actually functioned without his presence, and they would take care of whatever they needed to do.

Amanda was not an idiot and naturally understood what Lance meant and gave her face, but she was also sensible and found an excuse and left on her own.

Lance didn't stop him. Although they had started talking, loyalty could not be reflected in words. The impression of Roma on him needed to be changed through realistic expressions.

When Amanda left Greendale, she looked at Lance curiously, but she didn't ask, just looked at him.

"What are you doing~" Lance couldn't help laughing, but he still briefly explained Amanda's situation.

"So you're going to invest in her too? It looks like the risk is pretty high and she seems to have been abandoned."

"She doesn't have Tamara's terrifying talent, but she's not bad in her own right. There are so many Roma elders, so I don't mind having one more of my own."

Lance's real intention is very simple, to train Amanda to fight with Tamara. Only by bringing them together can they divide the power within the Roma people. At the same time, he becomes the one they must win over, making them inseparable. Myself, for my use.

"What do you want to do?"

"It's very simple to improve her voice in the organization, just two words - profit." Lance was very calm at this time, without the smile he had on Amanda before, "This profit is the Ascension Potion. Before, Para Celsus has already experimented, and the effect is very good, but it is too harmful to the human body. I need you to improve and weaken the efficacy of the medicine, so that we can sell more, and at the same time increase the difficulty for others to crack the formula."

As he spoke, Lance turned his attention to Greendale, "Hamlet needs trade for blood transfusions and Roma channels. As long as the benefits are sufficient and they will not abandon the empire, then Amanda, the person in charge of the empire region, can gain power.

Amanda has to beg us in order to ensure her power, and we can hold Amanda by just holding the supply of the potion. We even have the opportunity to interfere with their psychic network and use it for me. "

"I understand." Greendale looked at Lance and knew that this man could not be charmed. When he took one step, he had already planned how to take the next three steps.

"Don't worry, I will look at Amanda's attitude before making a decision. I like friends, but I also need to see if the friend is sincere.

What is before us now is still the imperfect medical facilities. I was..."

Lance told Greendale about the situation he encountered. The need for anesthesia and pain relief medicine was very straightforward.

"For anesthesia, wouldn't the numbing incense from the Ascension Sect be just right?"

"Yes, yes, but it is used as incense. The amount of smoke emitted after lighting is difficult to control and the effect is unstable. I want to be more precise, more stable, and less harmful to the human body."

Lance had used that thing himself, and the effect was so strong that he couldn't wake up if he wasn't careful. To put it simply, Lance wanted a safe and controllable anesthetic.

"I can think of ways to modify the formula to make the effect of the medicine more gentle. As for the pain-relieving effect you mentioned, there is a ready-made plant.

The wine brewed by soaking the leaves of this plant is said to make people drunk and sleepy. It is very popular among mercenaries.

Moreover, wizards in the Levant can also extract a black paste from flowers, which can make people forget pain, and is also very popular among the nobles. "

"These are strictly prohibited in Hamlet. Anyone who dares to do this will be sent directly to me in a sanatorium!" Lance showed undisguised disgust. He knew what this was as soon as he heard it.

Greendale didn't know why the lord suddenly had this attitude, but she didn't say anything and just agreed.

“They are not available in town and I will draw attention to them.”

"First deal with the ascension potion and anesthetic potion. I will ask Paracelsus to help you. Those other things are not issues that can be discussed. They are all banned by me."

Greendale agreed and prepared to go out to work, but she didn't expect Susan to knock on the door again and interrupt.

"Sir, the caravan is back, and Vic wants to report to you."

"Let him come in." Lance said, raising his hand to signal Greendale to stay. "You also listen, Ovendor City is also in the plan."

Greendale did not move after hearing this, but continued to sit with peace of mind. If Amanda saw it, she would be a little envious.

Soon Vic walked in. After working hard outside, Vic's temperament now seemed much more mature.

"Lord!" Vic is very particular about acting resolutely. He came in and handed over a document without saying a word, "This is a report on our operations in Ovendo."

Lance briefly read through it to learn about their food war plan in Ovendo City. For a moment, he couldn't help but be surprised by Walter's sophistication. Sure enough, there is no simple thing about that kind of old fox.

This is not only as simple as making money and expanding his power. According to Walter's plan, the population of Owendo City can be directly hollowed out, and he also spends money to continuously corrupt those bureaucrats and start to place his own people in some positions. All he needs to do is give an order to cooperate internally and externally. , then an empty city will have no ability to defend at all.

What's more important is that Walter didn't ask for any money except for the money he asked for at the beginning, and he even made money after doing this.

What is ability? This is ability.

Of course, the price is to make the people of Ovendo City miserable, but who cares?

The Archon of Ovendo City doesn't care, and neither does Lance.

This is the cruelty of war.

"I brought back a lot of people this time. These are all very skilled craftsmen, or people who can read and write. I used some means to bring them back."

Lance looked through the information on those people. Most of them were found by Vic from the refugees, and some were from Owendo City.

Vic did not go into details, but Lance also understood that things were not going so smoothly, but it was impossible for Hamlet to let them go once they arrived.

Now Hamlet still has a great demand for these technical talents. The reason why the army has not been able to complete the change of uniforms is because of the shortage of manpower and the low production efficiency.

"I will arrange them." Lance said as he put down the report and turned to look at Vic. "The town just suffered an attack. It will take a while to prepare the goods. It just so happens that I will take a few rest when I come back." God, your family will be happy to see you back.”

Vic discovered this when he came back. The blood stains at the entrance to the town could not be washed away.

"I was also attacked by cultists on the way, but fortunately there was no loss."

Hearing this, Lance could only sigh. The coverage area of ​​the Ascension Sect is really large. There is a problem even from such a distance. Who knows how many people have been killed where he can't see it?

Lance was also quite helpless about this. He had just achieved certain results against the Ascension Sect, but he did not expect to be immediately counterattacked.

"It would be nice to leave this kind of thing to us. It's already good that the caravan didn't suffer any losses."

"Speaking of which, we were able to avoid losses entirely thanks to a weirdo. We met a very strange team on the road..."

Now that he was talking about this, Vic did not stop, but explained in detail the encounter with those patients, and the weirdo in the lead burst out with great strength when facing the cultists.

Holding a broken giant sword, those ordinary people basically slashed one at a time, and even the elite cultists were cut off their steel helmets with one sword.

Being able to hold that kind of giant sword, and also being able to cut through steel with one sword, this kind of strength...

"By the way, they should be here now." Vic said casually.

"Oops, the people checking and registering refugees don't know." Lance realized something immediately and rushed out.

Greendale and Vic quickly understood and quickly followed.

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