Transcendent Noble

The sky is getting dark, and the woods on the roadside look very gloomy. A light breeze blew by, and the branches and leaves swayed like a group of demons. The guards around Victor immediately surrounded the fief lord. The lance stretched out and the shield was erected. The whole team instantly turned into a huge hedgehog.

Victor saw the nervous reaction of the bodyguards, a burst of laughter, and a much better mood of gloom and worry.

Under Victor's arrangement, everyone witnessed the ferocious wolf, and there was more than one. Now, let alone ordinary guards, even Nelson is very nervous.

If Paladin is the protagonist to make a movie, then the bright and just Captain of Claude brought a large number of people through hardships, trekking more than 800 kilometers, and arrived at the land of hope. And met the guard led by the lord, and then the lord told Paladin that there were terrifying monsters in the territory. If the monsters were not eliminated, the people would not be safe. So the great Claude Paladin began a bloody battle with the brutal cunning monster to protect the people, and eventually eliminated the monster, only to discover that Baron was the secret mastermind. tsk tsk, such a movie must be very popular! Unfortunately, the reality is that good intentions often do bad things. Victor thought sarcastically.

Yesterday, Victor received a letter from Eskry Baron as soon as he made the deployment in response to the upcoming wave of migrants. After reading the letter, Victor was dumbfounded. Eskry told Victor in the letter that a large number of refugees migrated to his territory under the organization of the church and asked Victor to handle the matter properly, otherwise Eskry would block the border. The implication is that if Victor blocks the refugees from Eskry's lead, then Eskry will no longer allow Victor's convoy to pass through his territory.

The Eskry collar is the only place that Victor must pass through to Black Castle Town. Since Eskry and Victor have been in a harmonious relationship, Victor's fleet has never been taxed by him. Therefore, these refugees, Victor, did not accept them. He relied too much on Black Castle Town's trade.

Besides, the people in the church entangled Victor deeply and unfathomable mystery. The church until now is working hard to protect the survival of the people. How could it organize so many free people to die? The church impossible did not know that there was not enough food in this territory. Could it be that the people who plot against yourself have bought into the church?

With this question, Victor redeployed. Originally, in the face of small groups of refugees, a few alchemy war mastiffs could completely control the situation. But now that a large wave of refugees are influx in an organized way, it is not something trifling 5 alchemy war mastiffs can stop. Victor promptly led the guards to block them at the border, using the deterrence of the ferocious wolves to send them to the designated place to camp.

As Victor expected, the organizers of the refugees did not dare to let the people risk the mortal danger into the depths of the territory, so they could only set up camp obediently. But there will definitely be bold freemen who try to sneak into the core area led by Victor. At that time, they will face the obstruction of the ferocious wolves. The survivors will flee back to the camp with certain news, so the rest will not dare Moved rashly.

"My lord, do we really want to provide food to those people? That's more than 1,000 people! More than ours." Nelson said to Victor sullenly. He can accept raising dozens of people in vain, but when he thinks of feeding so many people, he is very unhappy.

Victor sighed: "They must be raised. We can't watch them starve to death. Otherwise, once these people hit our villages and camps, they will bring us even greater losses."

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Victor knows very well that hunger can drive people crazy. Only basic survival guarantees can keep these refugees in order. They dare not act rashly under the deterrence of violent animals.

"My lord, I'm afraid we can't support so many people! Is it possible to hire free people to work for us like other lords? Anyway, we originally wanted to recruit people." Nelson Suggested in a low voice.

Nelson knows that the current income of the territory is not bad, especially the products of several specialized villages are selling well in Black Castle Town. If more people are engaged in production, then there will be more than 1,000 people. It is completely digestible. Let them eat plain rice instead of hiring them and let them support themselves.

Victor shook the head: "It’s not that simple. In fact, land and population are equally important to the lord. But you see how the York family transformed the freedmen? There are more than 20,000 freedmen in Black Castle. Town to discuss life. The York family did not directly pull these people into the territory, but by donating food to the church, the free people were raised in the shanty town of Black Castle Town. The York family established three organizations, the Mason Society, Caitou, and There are hyenas. The Mason Society and Caitou are responsible for recruiting people to work among the free people, and selecting hard-working people from them to become their leaders, and those who are lazy can only continue to rely on the help of the church. Hyenas maintain it. The order of the freedmen does not allow these eliminated people to make trouble."

"Mason society, Caitou, and hyenas are like a sieve, sifting freemen over and over again. Provide qualified for the York family However, these three organizations are all freedmen’s organizations. No matter what they do, the church can’t blame the York family."

"The process of converting the freedmen for the York family was difficult and slow. Those who succeeded in getting promoted People who lead the people will cherish their own identity and naturally have a deep sense of identity with the York family."

Victor thinks very thoroughly, thanks to his life on Earth . In that highly civilized world, all countries are very cautious about the issue of refugees. Even in the Holy Mother countries, the refugees are to be placed in refugee camps instead of directly letting refugees enter their own cities and villages. Even so, the selected refugees still bring many social problems. The irony is that the most developed country continuously produces refugees but never accepts them on a large scale. This shows how difficult the refugee problem is.

In Victor's view, these influx of free people are actually refugees, and he cannot accept them at all with his current ability. Forcibly accepting them will only capsize. even more how, it was obvious that someone dug a pit for him, if he jumped down stupidly, then his brain was kicked by a donkey.

"Our production system can indeed accommodate these people. But we must not do this!" Victor said firmly: "They are not here to ask for a living, but for the work points system. Once we start hiring these People, more people will come here, we must not give them any illusions!"

Nelson looked at the guards around him, hesitated, he could only sigh .

In the face of the crisis at this time, instead of abolishing the work points system, Victor reiterated his determination to adhere to the work points system to everyone. The villagers who were alarmed immediately settled down. Internal stability is particularly important at critical moments, and Victor impossible breaks its foundation.

"My lord, I am afraid that more people will join the camp. When the time comes, our burden will be heavier." Nelson said worriedly.

Even if he is not sensitive to internal affairs, Nelson understands that more and more people eat plain rice, which will surely bring down the entire territory, but he is unable to do anything about it. Nelson wanted to use violent means to drive these people away, but Paladin was staring at him. It was destined to be an idea, even more how Victor would not agree with him.

Victor's eyes flashed a cloud of haze. The small group of refugees could only choose to go back under the threat of ferocious wolves. Now that Paladin spoils the situation, they have one more choice. Victor can imagine that more and more free people will enter the camp to wait and see, and his burden will increase. At this juncture, he was unable to recruit more people to engage in production, and even the plan to recover Pinghu Village was stranded. The most terrible thing is that Paladin cannot be allowed to evacuate now, otherwise thousands of refugees will become a burden to him, and he will not be able to get rid of it. This is an unsolvable dilemma.

"We only have one choice, and that is drag!" Victor sighed.

"Drag them to despair, drag them to leave by themselves, drag the news of ferocious wolves to spread throughout Black Castle Town. Before that, we only provided a small amount of food, as long as we didn’t die from starvation. We still We must frequently send a convoy to Black Castle Town to purchase food, and at the same time escort those who are willing to leave."

Victor doesn't know if he can delay it, but he has done everything he needs to do. In addition to intimidation, rescue, blockade, repatriation, transmission, these methods, he also needs to seek outside help. It was not without reason that Victor asked Paladin to camp in that area. There is the intersection of the three territories. In addition to Eskry and Victor, there is also Viscount Beria. When more and more people gathered and Victor was unable to bear it, the other two lords could not sit back and watch. Although they were the fish in the pond, who made them and Victor be neighbors.

Victor rode on his horse and stared in the direction of Black Castle Town. He felt that the key to calming the storm was not in the territory, but in the church. Now, the first thing he has to figure out is who is plotting against him? Is the organized migration arranged by the church? Or was it Paladin's personal behavior?

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"Stupid! Idiot! Is this Paladin? Not even an old farmer! Conley You have to take full responsibility for this!" Father Ivan, a burly figure like a warrior, roared at Father Conley in the central church.

Fr Conley was scolded by Ivan for a full half an hour, even if he was slobbered, Claude stabbed such a big basket, and he was Claude's boss. But now, Ivan told him to take full responsibility, and Conley jumped up immediately.

"As the presiding priest of the church in the civilian district, you don't know about the movement of more than 1,300 people, such a big movement? Now, there is a problem, you ran over to put the responsibility on my head? I told Don't even think about it!"

Ivan is speechless, he did come to shake the pot, but this pot is not easy to shake. For Claude, Ivan was bored. This Paladin often came to him with trivial matters. In the end, Ivan simply refused Claude's request and didn't want to hear about him. I didn't expect, in two days, Claude's left Black Castle Town with more than a thousand people.

"Claude is yours! Not mine! He acts privately, you can't escape the relationship!" Ivan jumped and shouted.

"They are all brothers of the same church. What's the point of blaming each other like this? Let's think about how to solve the problem!" Conley said with a frown, "It's strange, the movement of free people is normal. But all It flows from a barren place to a rich place, and there is a flow to remote places? There are so many people at a time? Why are they?"

Conley's soft service made Ivan calm down, he hummed Said: "What else? Not to join the work-point system."

Speaking, Ivan introduced what he had learned to Conley.

Conley was stunned, and after a long time he said: "Baron Victor is going to be bad! He will be overwhelmed by the free people!"

"It's not just him who is going to be bad! We are too bad! Those stupid freedmen are even worse!" Ivan said irritably.

Victor does not have so much food. If a large number of free people starve to death, as the presiding priest of Radiance Church, they will be to blame.

"No! Where did Claude raise the food? That's 1,300 people. They can't be supported by digging wild vegetables!" Conley frowned, and he clearly felt that there was a conspiracy in it.

"So, Claude is an idiot! He was taken advantage of without knowing it! A businessman directly donated a large amount of supplies to him, and he went on the road so excitedly. He completely forgot the church regulations. Only priests can accept donations." Ivan said angrily. In fact, this rule is already In name only. The Radiance Knight group has already started accepting donations, and they are all donations from great generosity.

The two priests looked at each other angrily. Obviously, Claude was worried about their obstruction, so he quietly led the team and let them be completely unprepared.

"What should I do now?" Conley asked, he had to admit that he was inferior to Ivan in dealing with the issue of freedmen.

Ivan walked a few steps back and forth and said: "Actually, you know that our church is not afraid of the migration of free people, just like a flock of sheep grazing, no matter where the flock goes, as long as we priest Just follow. But now, we can’t get away. There are more people in Black Castle Town!"

"If we mobilize food now in the past, it will only increase the number of people there. , Unless Master Bishop dispatches a pastor to Victor, otherwise we really can’t deliver food."

Conley was silent for a while and said: "Can you let those free people come back?"

"What did you say?"

Ivan gave Conley a cold look. Radiance Church's position has always been to protect the people, not to force them. But without coercion, how to get those crazy free people to leave Victor?

"Just say it! Only by leading the construction of a church in Victor can we recover our losses! I know that you have a very good relationship with Master Bishop, and it's up to you now." Ivan's eyes are scorching. Staring at Conley.

Conley smiled bitterly: "I can only try. To be honest, I am not sure at all. You may not know that there is a shortage of people everywhere, otherwise Claude will not be allowed to take the post. Paladin Captain."

Conley lowered his voice again and said, "The messenger who came here last time was a friend of mine. He told me that most of the Paladin and pastors have moved north."

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Ivan suck in a breath of cold air, is this going to change?