Our family is in decline

When Lance told the truth, many people in the audience fell silent. Maybe they didn't believe it, or maybe they had experienced similar things.

They are either victims or perpetrators...

This is not a story that Lance made up on the spot, and its origins are very interesting.

It was a bureaucrat who was arrested a few days ago. During the interrogation process, he confessed that he was one of those villagers.

However, the drought did not end after the woman was judged. Instead, it seemed to be cursed. Soon the last water source dried up, and the village chief was useless.

The cracked earth, dry wells, withered vegetation, everything seems to be shrouded in despair.

The related rumors are becoming more and more terrifying. Even people from the church have come, but they have not found anything.

They were forced to leave the village and embarked on the road of escape like countless refugees. It can be said that they suffered a lot along the way before they were finally rescued by the lord and came to Hamlet.

And he didn't dare to mention anything about what happened in the past. It wasn't until he was caught and questioned this time that he confessed to it uncontrollably.

What makes Lance funny is that the man said these words to prove that he was not a traitor. It was not his intention to do such a thing, he was just cursed.

But Lance could feel that he actually understood and knew that the woman was innocent, but he just didn't want to admit it.

This is a very twisted and weird emotion, and it further confirms the despair of this world.

Ignorant and ignorant, cruel and crazy...

This made Lance alert. He would never allow lynchings to spread. The power of trial must be limited within the law.

"It can be seen that many so-called religious trials are actually not initiated by the church, but are lynchings of other innocent people launched by the church based on the twisted psychology of some people such as envy, jealousy, hatred and fear."

Lance immediately made everyone dumbfounded when he said something, and most of them looked incomprehensible.

You must know that even outsiders know that Hamlet has inexplicable resistance to the church, and there is not even a church.

Among the folklore stories, there are also stories about churches uniting with monsters to destroy Hamlet and being defeated by the lord led by everyone.

But now the lord is justifying the church?

It would be strange if Lance is really such a good person. His words seem to be helping the church clear the ground, but in fact they are denying the legitimacy of the church's judgment itself.

It subtly implies that the church's judgments are all such absurd truths, and they have harmed countless people.

He then took the opportunity to explain that trials are based on process and investigations are based on evidence, to cool down the restless public.

"There are many ill-intentioned people trying to destroy Hamlet, but we will give a fair result and everyone's lives will be restored to peace."

After Lance's explanation, everyone understood. After being disturbed in this way, the pressure disappeared inexplicably.

The situation is under control, and work and life draw their attention back again.

But the matter is far from over. There is a reason why Lance did not take direct action at the beginning but delayed it until now.

In addition to buying time for investigation and preparation of operations, there is also the progress of wilderness development.

"The road to the ruins has been cleared and will be opened in the next few days. Everyone can pay attention to the announcement."

Why do so many people come to Hamlet? Excluding the small portion of surrounding territory, or the spies sent by various forces, they basically came for the ruins.

It can be said that the entire town of Hamlet is not even as attractive to them as a brick of ruins.

Reims was not open before because the roads had not been completely repaired and the construction of the wilderness town had just started. Now it is finally time.

Lance has already thought of how to appease the foreign population after the operation. It is very simple. All he needs to do is open the ruins, just like now.

They just released the news without even really releasing it. All the previous topics were covered immediately. No one paid attention to corruption, public security, or spies anymore. Their attention was immediately diverted.

Most of these foreign populations will move to wilderness towns, reducing the pressure on public security and injecting vitality into the new towns, because no locals want to go there.

Lance stood on the platform in the square, looking at the people dispersing below. I'm afraid there are still many problems that need to be solved before he lies down.

If it were the beginning of the game, Lance would not hesitate to capture a few people, behead them and hang them up, letting them vent their grievances and intimidating the enemies.

But it doesn't work now. Hamlet is no longer the run-down town that a hundred people couldn't get together.

Although it is said to be a small town, the actual population of over 10,000 can be called a city, although these people are separated everywhere.

If Lance took action so easily at this time, he would undoubtedly arouse hatred between locals and outsiders.

They will blame all problems on outsiders, believing that they bring chaos and corruption.

Once this antagonistic mentality is formed, it is difficult to dissolve.

But they themselves are actually immigrants, but they came earlier, registered under Hamlet's name, and became locals after they got their household registration.

Hamlet's population is still scarce today, at least compared to the population of one million back then.

If the territory wants to develop and complete the development as quickly as possible in a short period of time, it must absorb the outside population to fill the labor vacancies.

The same development will also allow Hamlet to face the world. By then there will be a large number of exchanges of people, so there will not be such hostile thoughts between them. Lance wants to control this extreme thought.

Stress that the rules are there to protect everyone who follows them, including those from out of town.

…………

There is no doubt about the success of the [rat eradication] operation, which caught those spies active in Hamlet.

I don't know if there are any among them, but at least they can't be so rampant anymore, and if they put their hands in, they will think of being chopped off.

The police reorganized by Hamlet from the Sheriff also made a name for themselves with this battle and proved their abilities.

The public security environment was cleared, and people quickly forgot those things, and did not even pay much attention to the changes within Hamlet.

In fact, a lot of changes took place. The vacant positions were filled. Lance promoted some of the best performers and purified the bureaucracy.

When Greendale completely breaks away, Lance needs to find a way to keep the town running after he leaves.

It would be easiest to arrange a consul to manage administrative affairs, but now they are all young people and do not have enough ability.

Walter, the more reliable candidate in Lance's mind, is in charge of the situation in Ovendo, but he doesn't dare to really use him. After all, Tiffany is also a senior executive, so she can't cause any accidents.

So it was just him.

Baldwin was called back from the wilderness. Lance had arranged for him to coordinate the development of the town and the wilderness some time ago, which was a test.

It seems like what Leonard mentioned before, Baldwin is a king and is very skilled in handling these affairs.

It would be too easy to let the man who manages a kingdom run a town.

Moreover, the tortured Baldwin is a benevolent person. He does not have an overly radical style. On the contrary, he is very stable, which is most in line with Lance's ideas...

"Come! I have good news for you."

Lance did not mention those things directly, but took Baldwin back to the original starting point after he returned.

But when they passed by, the leprosy camp was demolished, and not far away was a brand new camp.

Seeing this, Baldwin immediately realized something and sighed subconsciously.

"This...so fast?"

"It's still too slow. I promised to try my best to treat you. If Hamlet hadn't been so troubled and had several accidents, he would have been cured earlier."

Lance said but did not continue the topic of misfortune, but instead took the initiative to signal.

"Come and see how your old friends are recovering."

The sanatorium has always played its due role, and Greendale can return to her job after being freed from the heavy government affairs.

Under the research of her and Paracelsus, a new batch of medicines was quickly produced, and at the same time, the treatment of leprosy patients was completed.

Lance transferred Baldwin to the development zone with the intention of dividing them, because during this time he often came to care about the treatment of these patients, and at the same time, he also used the power of [Flesh and Blood Reconstruction] to speed up the treatment.

Although they are not sure whether they can achieve the kind of relationship between them, those people regard Lance as the salvation of rebirth.

Lance had no intention of seizing power, and it was impossible for those people to choose between himself and Baldwin, because that was completely meaningless to him.

His eyes are far away, not in front of him.

"I won't go in. It's inappropriate for me to appear in that kind of scene." As he spoke, Lance took out an extra box in his hand. "This is good stuff. It's the distillery's new distilled liquor. After drinking it, those things will be over."

After putting the box into Baldwin's hands, Lance waved his hand and left without really mentioning his original purpose.

The most terrifying thing about Lance is not other things, but his determination and patience, and he never reveals his purpose easily.

Just like a spider never takes the initiative to attack, but weaves its own web.

But when the weaving is completed and the target reacts, it is discovered that it is impossible to escape.

Let the target act according to his wishes without even directly stating it, as if it was their spontaneous behavior.

Anyway, Baldwin didn't notice Lance's arrangement for him. He was holding a box of wine. No one knew the expression behind the mask, but the look towards the camp had already revealed the excitement.

If you walk in quickly, you can see those people moving about in the autumn sunshine.

The cooling temperature forced most of them to wear long sleeves, but the exposed skin was no longer the ugly and disgusting fester and decay, but new skin.

Most of the twisted and deformed limbs have recovered, except for some that are too exaggerated and will take some time to be completely corrected.

Now these people are moving their bodies to get rid of the strangeness they have had for so many years as soon as possible. Even a simple movement can make them very happy.

Sure enough, only after losing it will they understand the importance. They greedily feel the vitality brought by a healthy body.

Baldwin also recovered in this way. At that time, just a simple swing of the sword could make his heart surge. No one could feel that feeling more deeply than him.

"grown ups!"

"Sir, why are you here?"

Soon those people noticed Baldwin, and his previous blindness seemed to be cured, and his senses were restored.

Seeing the appearance of these followers who had followed him in suffering, Baldwin's heart was filled with complicated emotions.

We will all be redeemed in Hamlet...

But he soon raised the wine box with a smile and shouted as if he was relieved.

"Come on, drink!"

…………

Several large ships arrived at Hamlet's quay, the first after the blockade was lifted.

Most of them were Hamlet's own ships, but what really mattered was that they were safe and sound and brought back supplies and people.

Breaking removes the fear of being attacked by monsters and opens Hamlet's passage outward.

The decks of those ships were crowded with people, all wanting to take a look at the rumored increasingly magical territory.

But in the end, it still disappointed most people. Compared to Totnes, Hamlet is simply an ordinary town.

There are low buildings and a few fishing boats, and there is absolutely no liveliness like that of a big city.

But it doesn’t matter, many of them are not here for this.

The largest cargo on the ship was not metal and gunpowder, but the adventurers who crowded the cabin.

They came to Hamlet with the desire for wealth. The rich ones, like those with missions, could have their own space, but the more who couldn't afford much money could only be crowded with other people in a cargo hold with a harsh environment. among.

Now they finally came to Hamlet, the place in their dreams.

"Disembark in an orderly manner!"

“Get in line!”

"Everyone, please pay attention..."

While the managers were taking control of the situation, someone on the other side of the Clippers had already stepped off the ship.

Under the recommendation of Little John, the professor met the lord.

"Hahaha! Are you saying that they were afraid of offending the church, so they gave up on those doctors?"

Lance couldn't help but laugh when the professor talked about the decisions made by the association's top brass. It was really funny.

This made the professor feel a little embarrassed, but he could only continue talking.

"But later on, I don't know why, but they seemed to have changed their strategy and seemed to want to contact Hamlet. I probably think it was because the news about the ruins spread, which made them feel profitable."

After the professor returned, he revealed the matter to the college, but when he turned around, he heard that his superiors had changed their story. The association had not given up on the teachers who had investigated and inspected, and would even start operations in Hamlet.

In order to shut his mouth, the association planned to put him in charge of this matter, which would give him some benefits to calm the matter.

But he needs to avoid those people today and meet Lance alone, which is enough to explain something.

Yes, he rejected the association's advice and insisted on his own justice.