Our family is in decline

Lance stayed in Bastia for two days. He originally thought he would stay longer, after all, the areas outside the city were not out of control yet, and he was ready to stabilize and stand up again.

But he 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, even if a few interested parties wanted to resist.

Because the earl and those nobles had been oppressed for various reasons because of continuous wars, fighting barbarians, and internal strife, they had reached the stage of unbearable oppression, and all kinds of messy taxes had been collected for several years.

Many people's food was emptied, and only some landlords had a little surplus food. It was difficult to survive this winter. At this time, it was not difficult to understand their reaction.

Because people were really going to die, who cares who will rule you noble lords?

Not to mention the hope that Hamlet's policies brought to them.

For most people, it didn't have much impact, because the land was not theirs in the first place, and it was taken back, not to mention that they would be given land later, exempting those heavy taxes.

Moreover, they were loaned food for the winter, with almost no interest compared to those usurious loans.

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

As for the others, each had his own tasks. For example, Laura had already gone back to hatch eggs, and Boslake needed to stay in Bastia to manage and communicate with the barbarians.

Those who were familiar with Bastia, such as Vic and Francis, also needed to wait until the place was stable before going back.

For example, commanders such as Reynald, Barristan and Barton in the army all had their own places to be stationed, and they needed to lead the team to carry out tasks, etc.

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

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

Looking out the window, I was a little worried about whether I could get back before the heavy snow covered the road, so the speed was a little fast.

Since that day, the snow has been intermittent, and now it feels like it is getting heavier. Under the encouragement of the cold wind, the snow is flying all over the sky, dyeing the sky and the earth white.

It's just that the last time I drove on the old road was...

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

Yes, the last time he took a carriage to drive on the old road was the first time he came to Hamlet.

He remembered very clearly that it was a night when he woke up in the constantly bumpy carriage, with two unfamiliar mercenaries beside him.

Before he could fully accept the information, the butler overturned the car and ran away, and directly fell into a duel with bandits.

What was he thinking at the time?

Lance didn't remember too much. He had only one thought at the time, that is, to survive.

Then...I solved the ancestor, recovered the lost land, and a wonderful noble life was waiting for me!

"What's wrong?"

Grendel noticed Lance's strange silly smile. Now the car is going so fast, shouldn't he worry about whether Boudica is drunk driving?

"Now that the matter has finally been resolved, I can have a good rest next. 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's smile was undisguised. Overtime was over, and now it was time for vacation!

Glendale couldn't help but smile at Lance's words, and teased: "It seems that our lord finally remembered to rest."

"I tell you, I must improve the menu when I have time. There is no point in eating those things every day..."

Lance seemed to have begun to explain his "retirement" plan to Glendale.

There were no rollovers or bandit robberies along the way.

Because after the foreign strategy was formulated, the first main road to be built was the [Hamlet-Owendo] highway based on the original old road.

There was already a foundation for the old road, and the brick and stone paving filled some potholes, and then expanded to a spacious four-lane road.

If the port terminal is the exit of Hamlet to the sea, then this road is the exit to the inland. Lance still understands the principle of building roads first to develop.

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

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

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

And when the carriage stopped at the post station, I heard a good news that the female wolves finally gave birth some time ago.

"Great!"

Before Lance could speak, Boudica on the side couldn't help shouting, and then she didn't care about other things and ran to the animal pen where wolves were raised in the suburbs.

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

"You go back and rest first, I'll go and see."

Lance was also quite curious about the blood of Wangcai left in reality, so he ran there separately from Greendale.

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 deep into winter, and the yard outside was covered with snow. No wolf was seen, but Boudica's purring could be heard in the connected rear buildings.

Entering inside, the house blocked the howling cold wind outside, and a warm and beastly smell hit his face, making Lance frown a little.

"Woof!"

Figgus rushed out in small steps and circled around Lance, then sat down in front of him, his hanging tongue showing excitement.

Dogs are always very enthusiastic towards people they know, especially if they haven't seen each other for a while. If it were another dog, they would be eager to pounce on them and lick them wildly, but Figgus seemed to know that Lance didn't like that.

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

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

"Lord Lord!"

"Everyone, please be busy and don't worry about me." Lance smiled and nodded, then turned to look at William who came up, "How is the situation?"

"The five female wolves have successfully given birth to pups in the past ten days, ranging from 4 to 7, and now there are twenty-seven.

It's just that there are some differences between these wolf pups. Normally, a female wolf can only feed a few, and the rest will either give up or simply eat them.

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

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

With their help, the situation was settled, otherwise we wouldn't know how troublesome it would be.

"Thank you for your hard work. If Hamlet can have a group of wolves, it will definitely be more advantageous for various tasks."

Lance affirmed William's efforts and gave him a blessing to strengthen him and eliminate the fatigue during this period.

You're reinforced, keep working!

"Boss! Boss! Come and see!"

Boudica looked even more excited than Figgus. When she saw Lance coming up, she dragged him to the wolf den.

In fact, it has the same design as a pig pen, with nests separated in a row, and the female wolves lie in the straw-filled nests.

Surrounded by them were the mantises that had probably not been born for a long time and had not even opened their eyes. They were swarming under the female wolf to suck milk. Some of them were able to grab them, while others were squeezed out by their brothers and sisters and made squeaking sounds.

Some other nests were similar, some were already full and fell asleep, with only their bellies rising and falling, and then the she-wolf was licking her babies.

Baimao, is he really the descendant of this guy Wangcai, that is, does he have extraordinary bloodline?

"Boss, I want the biggest one!" That fellow Boudica had obviously taken a liking to it, and reached out directly to pick out the fattest one in the she-wolf's belly.

She could always remember that Lance promised the wolves to give her one when they gave birth.

Those female wolves have been in contact with humans for a long time. They have long been accustomed to humans, not to mention that Boudica often came here before. Even such offensive actions did not have much reaction, otherwise the female wolf protecting the cubs would be Very crazy.

"It's fun to think about it." Boudica picked up the wolf cub, looking very happy.

It was pity that the little guy was interrupted by Boudica from drinking milk. He screamed loudly and struggled with his hands and feet, but he couldn't escape the clutches and was rounded and flattened.

"You will kill it if you do this." Lance reluctantly took the wolf cub from her hand and warned her.

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

As he spoke, Lance raised the wolf cub with one hand to signal, "Look, it behaves very well in my hands."

Boudica looked at the wolf cub that was lying on the lord's hand so quietly that it was about to fall asleep. She didn't care whether it could understand or not, and raised his fist to threaten it fiercely.

"I'll beat it if it doesn't obey you!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, her head received a "care" from Lance, and she covered her head and complained.

"Boss, why are you hitting me?"

"You're a rough-skinned guy, but how many punches can this little thing take from you?"

As she spoke, Lance became more and more worried. No matter what, he was still more concerned about Wangcai's cubs, so he looked at her hesitantly and couldn't help but question himself——

Is Boudica really reliable? Will she die if she is raised?

"Boss!" Boudica also felt something and wailed quickly, "I must take good care of myself..."

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

Boudica, a living Bolance, was also helpless. After all, she had promised her before and couldn't really refuse.

Bless all those wolf cubs and stimulate their vitality so that they can grow up healthily. If they awaken their bloodline like Wangcai, they will make a lot of money.

Especially the one Boudica chose, Lance increased the quantity without increasing the price. Otherwise, how could it withstand Boudica's fist?

Boudica took great pleasure in taking care of the wolf cubs, and Lance didn't bother to care about her, but instead of leaving, he called William and continued walking inside.

This is not the only place in the animal pen. If you go deeper, there are rooms separated one by one, but some of them are large iron cages.

Just the slightest movement caused by the proximity caused a burst of barking, and among them were all kinds of dogs making violent movements that made the iron cages tremble.

Before, Lance wanted to find dogs to domesticate and use as working dogs, but ordinary people couldn't even eat enough, so where could they get dogs to raise?

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

Yes, ordinary people can't afford dogs, but those rich people don't care, especially the nobles. If your dog is not good in the hunting game, you will be laughed at, and it would be embarrassing to have no dog.

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

Recently, William has been selecting and domesticating these hounds or vicious dogs, or pairing them up to give birth to puppies and then domesticating them.

Anyway, this is a very long thing, and it will take at least one or two years to get it done. William is also 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 pen to train dogs, give full play to his abilities, and 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 seven months ago. After they grow up, their personalities are fixed and difficult to correct.

In addition, the previous dog owners fed them some drugs to stimulate their ferocity, and lacked corresponding training and cultivation, resulting in most of these guys being irritable and crazy, only knowing how to chase and bite prey, and it is difficult to execute other commands.

In addition, 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."

From Figs's intelligence, he knew the difference, so William looked down on the methods of training dogs by those nobles.

Lance understood that these dogs had grown up and formed, the training effect was very poor, and they did not recognize their owners and were also 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 they can't keep them tamed?"

Lance didn't waste any words, and directly released his breath to sweep towards those barking hounds.

The hundreds of vicious dogs that were still barking fell down instantly, and they were scared to pee and poop like incontinence. Even if the remaining ones didn't faint, they were so trembling that they didn't dare to breathe loudly.

But among these, there were actually dogs that didn't give in, which immediately attracted Lance's attention...