Our family is in decline

"Lord," Vic immediately greeted Lance when he saw him, appearing very respectful.

The child's reaction immediately made the woman realize something was wrong and she quickly stood up.

What were you doing just now? How could the lord be allowed to wait for his son!

On the contrary, the seven or eight-year-old child stretched out his head from behind his brother to look at Lance curiously.

Lance looked at the few people. This was originally their home, but it seemed so reserved. In this world, class is indeed insurmountable.

"Vic, come out with me for a walk."

Lance had no intention of disturbing their normal life, so he got up and walked out of the house.

Vic hurried out and followed closely behind without saying a word.

"Have you been keeping up with your recent training?"

"I can keep up." Vic didn't know why the lord asked these questions, but he still answered honestly.

After asking some mundane questions Lance finally reveals why he found Vic.

"In order to test the recruits' discipline and ability to handle things, I plan to set up an assessment. The two instructors will be removed the day after tomorrow, and I will also hide and observe you.

I need you to help me observe and record the recruits who did not train well, did not perform patrol duties, and did not follow the rules, and then tell me after I come out. "

As he spoke, Lance stopped, turned around, smiled, raised his hand and patted Vic on the shoulder.

"Vic, you are different from other recruits. You are the smartest in the entire training camp. I am very optimistic about you. Don't let me down."

"Promise to complete the task!" Vic agreed without much hesitation, and at the same time he was delighted that the Lord had entrusted such an important task to him.

"Okay~" Lance took out a silver coin and stuffed it into his hand, "Go buy some meat for your family."

Looking at the silver coin in his hand, Vic was a little confused. He had never seen a silver coin in his entire life, let alone held it in his hand.

"Go back, otherwise your mother should worry."

Only then did Vic react and clenched the silver coins in his hand, his face full of joy.

"Thank you, Lord."

"Do you know that the assessment content is confidential?"

"Yes!"

Lance watched the child run home with joy, that is, he was fifteen or sixteen years old. He was still carefree in school at his age.

But he quickly came back to his senses, continued the arrangements he had made before leaving, found several recruits who were also relatively outstanding, and repeated similar words.

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"George, you are different from other recruits. You are the most serious in the entire training camp. I am very optimistic about you. Don't let me down."

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"Andrew, you are different from other recruits. You have the best performance in the entire training camp. I am very optimistic about you. Don't let me down."

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Vic has a quick mind and is smart, and he knows how to solve problems when he encounters them.

George, on the other hand, accepts death and has a strong personality, and will not cheat or cheat.

And Andrew is the strongest among all the recruits and has the best training performance. He can make most of the recruits obey.

The interaction of these three people can stabilize the situation when they leave.

This is the advantage of Lance training with those recruits. He has a general understanding of the personalities of all the recruits. By controlling a few people, he can control the situation even when he is not in town.

He must ensure that the training camp continues to operate after he leaves and maintain order in the town.

After all, there is still no one on hand, so slightly larger movements are a bit stretched, and can only be patched.

After the bandits are dealt with, we still need to speed up talent training.

Lance continued to walk through the night, and soon came to a brightly lit place. As soon as he got close, he could hear the sound of "dinging, clanging" metal, and looking up, he could see a long chimney. There was smoke.

This is a blacksmith shop, and Lance predicts that the demand for tools will definitely increase after the project starts, and the weapons and wear and tear of the new recruits in the training camp are also a problem.

So I found the blacksmith, negotiated good terms with him, and applied for a loan for him, which was equivalent to Lance lending him money to repair the blacksmith shop.

Then the funny thing happened. Lance discovered that the land on this piece of land was actually in his own hands. It turned out that the blacksmith had sold it to the mayor.

Anyway, he already had a loan and didn’t mind borrowing more, so Lance rented the land to him again and included it in the first phase of the project, giving priority to restoration.

In fact, nothing has changed, except that the blacksmith spent his own money to repair the store, and Lance just cleverly changed hands and the blacksmith inexplicably took on a loan, and he had to be very grateful to Lance for lending him the money.

The original collapsed building has been roughly repaired, but the original backyard wall has not yet been built. The workbench in front of the fire can only be covered with a cloth to protect it from wind and rain. Fortunately, at least it no longer affects the forging.

“Business is good~”

Lance walked directly in through the gap in the backyard building. The fire was burning brightly here, and there was no need for candles or other lighting.

You can see that this late at night, the blacksmith is still leading his apprentice, sweating profusely on the anvil, and his movements appear strong and powerful under the light of the fire. It seems that the previous blow did not make him lose hope in life.

"Lord, why are you here!" Seeing Lance's arrival, the blacksmith quickly stopped what he was doing and came over, with a smile on his dark face.

"Have you done my things?"

"I just finished it. I was thinking of sending it to you tomorrow. How can I get you to come and get it?" The blacksmith said and raised his hand to signal the apprentice holding the small hammer.

"Karl, go and get the adults' things quickly."

The half-grown child glanced at Lance, and after hearing the blacksmith's words, he quickly put down the hammer and ran back into the house.

Lance looked at his surroundings and looked for topics as a habit.

"Have you encountered any trouble recently?"

"Thanks to my lord, the blacksmith shop is doing very well now, but the coal and iron ingots have been almost used up."

"I will figure this out, don't worry."

Lance gave him a lot of discounts on the loan, and he had a large number of orders. He was not under too much pressure. On the contrary, he was very motivated and worked overtime until now, which made the apprentice named Karl suffer.

Carl is an orphan whose parents died at the hands of bandits. Lance's revival plan also targets these orphans and assigns them to different technicians as apprentices.

He was also one of the preferential conditions that Lance gave to the blacksmith, which was to train a blacksmith.

However, blacksmithing is a hard job. At first, few orphans were willing to choose this, except Carl.

"I hope to create weapons for the lord to kill bandits and avenge my parents."

The situation at that time was that he wanted to join the army but was not old enough, so he chose to become a blacksmith apprentice instead. The words he said at that time were still fresh in Lance's mind.

Lance also realized the hatred between the town residents and the bandits. If he wanted to completely win the hearts of these people, he must suppress the bandits!

Soon the young apprentice lifted out a box and opened it to find a breastplate and a helmet.

The breastplate is different from the common ones that are made into curves. This piece of his is made of two thick iron plates at the front and back. The one worn inside is not large and is mainly used to protect fragile organs such as internal organs.

He would like to wear heavy armor, but he doesn't have the ability, you know.

As for the helmet... there is no one who goes to the battlefield without wearing a helmet~

"Go get thirty more crossbow arrows and put them on the account."

Crossbows have another advantage over muskets, that is, they are quiet. They are suitable for hidden assassinations and are very suitable for their operation. It is always right to add one point.