Our family is in decline

War is just a means, fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land is the goal.

Lance finally revealed the real purpose. By eating up those nobles and wealthy families, Hamlet can ease internal conflicts and safely pass this most difficult winter.

A winter is enough time for him to sort out and solve problems, so next spring will be a healthy and energetic Hamlet.

"Give those lands to them? Isn't that unfair to some people? And will the wilderness be developed?"

Grindel understood what Lance was talking about, but also mentioned some problems.

At the beginning, Lance made an agreement with those refugees that if they helped Hamlet work for one to three years, they would be able to join Hamlet and get land. Now these people are directly divided. Is it...

And if those people have land, will they come to develop the wilderness?

If they spend money to develop it, won't it still drag down the economy?

To be honest, Lance was also a little speechless. After all, he didn't expect to kill the ancestor in a year at that time. He originally planned to work hard for a few years, but now the situation is like this, and he can only bite the bullet and do it.

"It's said to divide the land, but it doesn't say where the land will be divided. Just let them get it in the first batch. Moving those people there will just strengthen our control over the local area."

Lance had taken the land in the city for himself with a document a long time ago. Wasn't it for this matter that the Mercenary Guild came to the door at the beginning?

The fields around Hamlet cannot be divided to ordinary people, because Lance already has a development plan. If they are divided now and cannot be requisitioned in time, it will delay the urbanization process.

Similarly, several farms that have been developed around are to ensure the supply of materials for the city.

In the future, it will be a place for experimental fields and animal husbandry research, and it cannot be released, but the collective farm system will still be adopted.

Various policies are complicated and cumbersome, and all aspects need to be taken care of. It even feels that these are more difficult than fighting the enemy.

But it is difficult to do it. As long as it starts, the rest will be smooth sailing...

"And you want to disband the army and go back to being farmers. Will they be willing?"

Loyalty and human hearts are the same thing. These people may put down their guns because of the lord's order, but they may not really be willing.

"What a joke, the soldiers I trained with great effort are not used in this way. Their literacy rate is actually higher than that of schools. They have experienced the hardships of war. They are talents no matter where they are.

What we need to do is to transfer some soldiers to local militia instructors and take charge of militia training in their spare time. It costs less money, but we can also have reserve soldiers.

Of course, if they want to retire, I have no objection. Some people are really tired and don't want to get involved in these things."

Don't you really think that those ordinary people are good people?

Lance has been dealing with those refugees since the beginning. They are ignorant, superstitious and stubborn. Maybe there are a few good people among them, but most of them are muddleheaded and numb like the skeletons in the ruins.

That is, the environment limits their badness. Otherwise, their evil can refer to the guys who came to invade this time and then quickly degenerated.

To manage them, you can't rely on airdropping one or two mayors and village chiefs who are proficient in handling affairs, but also have enough power to convince them.

In the final analysis, they were suddenly pulled directly from the slave era to the budding of capital. In this process, they neither awakened nor struggled, and had no concept of this.

Educating them is a long and difficult process, but Lance will not be polite to them. They are not short of one or two people to build roads.

"I plan to take advantage of this land division to merge villages. Now many small villages are in the deep mountains and old forests to evade taxes or avoid war. There is no need to preserve them at all.

Move those villages with less than 100 members out of nearby towns, or merge several villages together, sort out the people, and prepare simple enlightenment teaching."

Lance made another very barbaric decision, completely ignoring the feelings of those people, because he just wanted to strengthen management, and at the same time, it would be convenient to implement policies and education and medical care.

Of course, another very important reason is to build roads to connect them. If it is too chaotic, it will be difficult to build roads.

Lance plans to have people from the training class responsible for affairs, retired soldiers responsible for armed forces, and police officers responsible for public security, forming a three-party cooperation, leaving professional matters to professionals.

At the same time, it is also for restraint. It is impossible for all three to be corrupted at the same time, right? Strengthen the central government's control over the local areas. If something really happens, the central government can intervene to stop the situation from getting worse.

To be honest, Hamlet's tiny place is so troublesome. The system of Reims is obviously to fill the power gap after losing the nobles, the church, and the landlords.

From these, it can be seen that Reims is a complete centralized monster. There is no democracy, freedom, and human rights for the people. Instead, it exerts strong control. The people must live according to his rules, otherwise they will go to build roads.

After Reims' detailed explanation, Greendale gradually understood his concerns, the crisis within Hamlet, and the necessity of this war.

But there are some sighs.

"You've worked too hard... When can you have a good rest..."

Reims wanted to laugh when he heard this, but he couldn't laugh.

Hamlet suffered too much suffering, and even came to his door several times, and these people were Hamlet who had just arrived after a long journey, so everyone must want to settle down in their hearts.

As for the great lord, he is just an ordinary person. It can be said that no one wants to lie down more than Lance. After all, who doesn't want stability?

But this is the last chance, otherwise Lance would not be so anxious. They don't think that it is just that they can't see the hidden disaster.

Lance still understands the story of one-shot. He can feel that Hamlet is hanging on with this breath now, otherwise he would not borrow the Ascension Sect to take the blame for the last time, and he must solve this matter.

Because once it stops, it will be difficult to start a war again. After all, with the eyes of those ordinary people and their thinking logic, it is difficult to understand things far away from them.

At that time, there will be problems with the distribution of materials, funding gaps, and economic collapse, which will be civil strife.

Let alone them, even Greendale is a little confused.

Greendale is good in everything, but her vision is not good. She is really not suitable for politics. The most fatal thing is that she lacks a big picture and has no foresight.

Especially after killing the War Wolf and learning that the Wolf Fang Tribe was destroyed, she became more conservative and always wanted to be stable. This is probably related to the survival law of the Mountain Tribe.

In such a harsh environment as the mountains, if a priest who controls the direction of the tribe is too radical, his fate is likely to be like that of the Wolf Fang tribe, climbing high one second and suddenly falling down and dying.

The reason why nothing happened before was that she was cautious and followed Lance's plan, and did not interfere in other things at will. If there was something that she couldn't decide, she would temporarily suppress it and wait for him to come back.

But these are not important. Everyone is born in the mud, and Lance is not much better. Those who have experienced this kind of thing will understand.

"Am I stupid? I always drag you down." Lance's silence seemed to make Greendale feel a little guilty.

"If you are really stupid, you can't understand those complicated herbal medicines and potions. It's just that you are too kind and not suitable for doing these things."

Lance understood Greendale's concerns. She had been trapped in Hamlet for a long time and had too little contact with the outside world. He immediately added a sentence.

"You come with me this time, just go out for a walk and relax."

"Really?"

Grindel's face couldn't help but show a surprised expression. It didn't matter where to go, but it was important to go with him.

"There is no evil god now, don't worry about Baldwin here, it's decided!"

Grindel turned over and hugged Lance, pressing his head down.

It was just a little strange suddenly.

"Why do you seem to be shorter? And thinner..."

"The structure of a person determines that the taller you are, the greater the pressure on the heart and blood vessels will be. At the same time, a large weight will also cause pressure on the body. I have a perfect body shape."

The concept of body shape has no meaning for a demigod who controls the power of flesh and blood. If Lance wants, he can become a two-meter or three-meter little giant in the next second. The muscles can be as exaggerated as possible, but it doesn't have much practical significance.

"Have they all become smaller?" Grindel had never heard of someone growing smaller, so she was a little curious.

Lance directly carried her in his arms and ran towards the room.

"Let me show you if my hard power has decreased!"

…………

Before the war came, it was very calm. This day was a time for everyone to adjust, and Lance was also free.

This trip would probably take some time, so of course I had to arrange Hamlet, assign tasks to the guards, and go to the ruins town at the same time.

This place is indeed not as lively as before. At that time, tens of thousands of people were crowded in the town, and many of them didn't even have houses, so they could only camp in the open space.

Now a large number of adventurers have realized that the ruins are a scam, and they choose to run away, making the town more spacious.

Of course, they may also be scared by the extreme darkness and the blood moon. After all, the guards' suppression at that time was also a very tough measure.

Some were seriously injured by the turmoil in the ruins, and those head adventurers who rushed into the depths suffered heavy casualties. Even if they escaped with the guards at that time, most of them were forced to withdraw.

Of course, there are still some stubborn ones, or the sunk costs are too high, which has forced them to continue.

If someone leaves, someone will come naturally.

It takes time for the things about Hamlet to spread and ferment with merchants, not to mention the transportation of this era. It also takes time to come here.

These people have not experienced the chaos of Hamlet, nor have they seen the darkness of Hamlet. They come from the old road or the dock in batches and crash into the ruins.

This is why Lance is not in a hurry to deal with the ruins. There are always some people who think they are the protagonists.

Just like those who flock to the stock market and then get cut by leeks, it is clear that it is not a gamble for ordinary people. If you get in, you can only accept the loss in the end.

However, it has little impact on those scavengers, or it can be said that scavengers are the main force now. They make a living by picking up some garbage. If they don’t ask for riches, they can still survive here.

It’s just that those rats are a bit annoying...

“This can be as big as a cat, right?”

Lance looked at the big rats locked in the cage. They were fat, with shiny black fur all over their bodies. Their tails were as thick as fingers. They weighed about eight to ten pounds, which was about the same size as a cat.

Moreover, the claws and teeth of this thing became more exaggerated under the blood moon, and its eyes were red, giving people a very violent and aggressive feeling.

In fact, it was indeed the case. When he saw no one, he was chewing on the iron cage, and his teeth made a "click" sound as they rubbed against the steel.

When seeing people, they immediately become alert, abandon the iron cage, make "hissing" sounds at people, and even rush into the iron cage.

The town had reported the rat infestation a long time ago. Around the time of the blood moon, before the skeletons spread, these rats had already come and invaded the town.

Although the number is too small to form a rat tide, the individual ones are more ferocious. These things not only destroy buildings and pollute food and water sources, but also attack humans, and some people even have their ears bitten off while sleeping.

In order to solve this problem, they set up traps, administered rat poison, and other methods.

What's even more troublesome is that their lair is in the ruins. If you catch a batch, there will be another batch. The impact is not very serious, but it is very disgusting.

Lance came here to inspect to see the situation here and think about how to deal with this problem.

Then he noticed something.

"Why do you want to open it separately?"

The man didn't understand why the lord suddenly asked this, but he still explained the reason.

"Not only are these rats aggressive towards humans, they will fight each other and then eat another."

Lance's expression became playful as he listened to the explanation.

"Is this common? Should we attack immediately or do we need to wait until we are hungry?"

"We're not sure about this either."

The man didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the lord, he could only tell the truth. After all, who would be free to study this.

Lance didn't care about this, but picked up two cages and found a pit trap dug to catch mice. There was an inverted device, which made it difficult to push out after falling in.

But Lance just pulled off the cover, released the mouse from the cage and threw it inside.

When there was only one, Shushu's first reaction was to climb out, but the next second the other one fell down again.

The two mice were stunned with their small eyes, full of confrontation, and suddenly started fighting just when the man was also a little nervous.

The two rats were fighting quite ferociously, mainly biting each other and clawing at each other with their claws. Their fur was thick and shiny, and although there was blood, nothing could be seen for a while.

Lance noticed that one of his hind legs was lame, probably because it was caught in a trap, and suddenly said, "Which one do you think will win?"