In the lord's castle in Huxin Town, a meeting was going on, attended by members of the Government Council and high-level military officials.

"Master Earl, this trip to the south has been fruitful!"

Hansel triumphantly reported his achievements. He returned to Huxin Town a few days ago, and immediately got into the mood as soon as he came back, and started the resettlement of new recruits and refugees non-stop.

"In addition to the refugees, 56 talents of various professions were recruited this time, including blacksmiths, teachers, alchemists, healers, etc..."

Before he could finish speaking, Paul clapped his hands.

"Well done, Hansel, I didn't expect you to find so many people willing to come to the Northwest. I thought people in the south thought we were a poor country."

Hansel said with a smile on his face: "My lord, as long as you look for it with your heart, you will always find it. There are always some people who are unhappy in life and want to try their luck..."

"Okay, okay, the positions of these people will be arranged by Manager Ford. Let's talk about the refugees first."

Paul interrupted Hansel's introduction. Hearing what he said, it seems that those who are willing to come here are like Luther who has been eliminated by his own industry. Forget it, I don't need any masters for the time being, as long as I can work.

"How many refugees have arrived in our territory now?"

Hansel calculated silently in his heart, and immediately replied: "According to the latest statistical report, a total of 421 refugees have arrived in Arda."

"Will there be more in the future?"

"Of course, Lord Earl, and there will be many. The more than 500 people I mentioned before are just the latest number before I leave, but the several shelters we have set up are still continuing to receive refugees, and the refugees will continue to be sent to the Northwest Bay Come."

"I'm very surprised. Aren't the Royal Army and the rebels confronting each other in the Thorn Fort? How did these refugees get here?"

This time Schroeder answered his question.

"My lord, the Thorn Fortress is not used to completely block the north-south traffic, refugees can easily bypass it."

"Then what's the point of building this fortress? Can't the enemy army easily bypass it?"

"Many fortresses on the plain are not used to completely isolate traffic. Take Thorn Fortress as an example. It can garrison a full 50,000 troops and store enough grain and grass for 50,000 horses to feed for a year. There are many roads connecting the fortress. North and south, but they are all within the reach of its troops. The army is not a refugee. I want the soldiers to fight with peace of mind, and the food, drink and supply cannot be stopped. If the army rashly bypasses it and directly attacks the rear of the fortress, then Facing the danger of the supply line being cut off at any time."

Paul suddenly realized: "So it is."

He continued to ask Hansel about the refugees: "Have the refugees who have arrived been settled?"

Hansel raised his lips and said: "Your Excellency, you can rest assured that they have been arranged to live in the temporary official house on the south side of the town, which is enough to spend this winter comfortably. After such a long time of wandering, these people are now It’s like coming to heaven, and everyone is praising the Earl for your kindness. In a word, the entire refugee resettlement work is going on efficiently and peacefully.”

Paul was about to nod habitually, when a voice that disrupted the atmosphere sounded, although it sounded pleasant.

"Efficient and peaceful? Baron Abbott, efficiency may be barely considered, but the word peaceful really has nothing to do with it."

It was the female consultant "Betty Dias" Xiaojie who was speaking, and now she was looking at Hansel with a sarcastic look.

Paul asked inexplicably, "What happened?"

Could it be that Hansel has offended this big sister?

Hansel immediately replied: "Nothing happened, my lord, as I said just now, the resettlement of the refugees is proceeding efficiently and peacefully."

But he obviously lacked confidence.

The consultant Xiaojie stood up and said in a bad tone:

"Earl Greiman, do you know how your agricultural supervisor treats refugees?"

"How did you treat it?"

Irene said angrily: "The information I got is that the shelter personnel have a very rough attitude towards the refugees, beat and scolded them frequently, and even discarded or burned their belongings at will. These refugees left their homes and finally escaped from the battlefield. Baron Abbott has gone too far when he came here to accept difficulties."

Hansel immediately defended himself: "Dias Xiaojie, these refugees are described as 'disorganized and undisciplined' in a sentence that the Earl said before, and they were noisy and chaotic during their physical examination. To be able to complete the entire process as soon as possible so that they can settle down as soon as possible - this is also for their own good, the militiamen have to go down to maintain order and teach them how to line up. Understandable."

"As for their belongings, Father in heaven, what kind of possessions do they have, they are nothing more than a whole set of rags, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com A lot of clothes can't stand washing and rot, and have to be discarded, and we are not Have you issued new clothes, I don’t know how many times better than their original ones.”

The consultant Xiaojie was obviously dissatisfied with his justification, and the two argued with each other.

"Two! Two!"

Paul's head was getting dizzy, and he repeatedly signaled the two to stop first.

After finally stopping the debate, Paul said: "Dias Xiaojie is right. These refugees are already very pitiful. We can't add more suffering to them. Hansel—"

Hansel stood up immediately: "Yes, my lord, please tell me."

Paul said in an official tone: "In the future, you can't treat those who are about to become people under my rule roughly, but let them feel the warmth of home and the care of brothers and sisters, understand?"

But when the female advisor's eyes were not on him, he gave Hansel a sneaky wink.

Hansel secretly rejoiced: Earl Greiman supported me—at least he acquiesced, and besides the tone he spoke just now, hehe, it didn't hurt or itch.

He immediately said: "Yes, Lord Earl, I will notify the officers in charge of the containment work when I get back, and ask them to pay attention to their attitude in future work."

With a triumphant look on Erin's face, she gave Paul a sweet smile that made his heart skip a beat.

In fact, Irene was so dissatisfied with Hansel, besides her own sympathy, there was another important reason.

From the bottom of her heart, she believed that the reason why these refugees left their homes and fled everywhere was caused by the war between the royal family and the rebels. As a member of the royal family, she wanted to do her best to make them better and to assuage her guilt.

Of course, she couldn't say this reason now.