Lilia was very happy.

The sun is shining brightly today, and the usually cold streets have become much warmer. Such good weather is rare in the water season. This young and beautiful girl is wearing a full-body rhinoceros leather armor with layers of thick leather.

Wrapping the girl's exquisite body is both practical and beautiful. Even though Lilith is the sister of Nelson, the leader of the Bear Mercenary Group, she has never owned such a fine leather armor. However, what really makes Lilith

What makes me happy is the emblem engraved on the leather armor: a nightingale standing on a rose branch, singing under the bright moon.

This emblem is the family crest of a noble. Lilith does not understand the meaning of the emblem, but she knows that she is now a lord's family guard, and everyone else in the mercenary group has also become the guard of this family.

Even uncles and uncles who were disabled due to fighting.

Lilia walked back to the War Bear Mercenary Group's station under the envious eyes of the other mercenaries. Before entering the temporary station converted from a stable, Lilith heard a burst of noise and playful cheers coming from inside.

Pushing open the wooden fence, Lilia saw two big guys, Gru and Hammer, the one-eyed dragon, twisting into a ball on the ground, while the War Bear mercenary next to them was shouting loudly.

"Gru, use a little force to hold him down. This full-body mail armor is yours!"

"Have you not eaten enough, Hammer? If you don't use your strength, this little treasure will fall into the arms of One Eye! Haha..."

Lilia glared angrily at these guys who were worried about the world being in chaos, pushed past the cheerful crowd, and walked straight into the room inside.

"Brother, I'm back." Lilia shouted to Nelson, who had his back to her and was studying a map.

Hearing his sister's cry, Nelson turned around and smiled lovingly at Lilith: "Lilia, how are things going?"

"Brother, the food and farm tools have been purchased, and the carriages and animals will be delivered to the station in a while. However, there is not much progress in recruiting people." Lilia hesitated for a moment and then told Nelson honestly.

He said: "Linda and Old John were still recruiting people in the shanty towns outside the city. Until I came back, they had only recruited less than a hundred people. I felt that it would be difficult for us to complete the task assigned by the adult.

"Lilia was a little frustrated.

"Is that so? Okay, you can bring Gru and Hammer over there later, and let them be more energetic. If you bring some more black bread, you should be able to recruit some farmers."

Erson patted his sister on the shoulder, "I'll go see the adults right away and tell him the situation. I'm sure the adults won't blame us."

"Okay, brother, I'll go right away." The girl left happily. She always thought that her brother could solve all problems, but she didn't notice the haze deep in Nelson's eyes.

Victor looked at Nelson, the mercenary leader who was standing respectfully in front of him, and showed a calm and warm aristocratic smile.

Since yesterday, Victor has been preparing to recruit people.

He did not go directly to the Earl of York to pray for help. The fat pig would just laugh at him loudly and let everyone see his joke.

His many years of experience living at the bottom of the earth made him understand that county officials are inferior to current officials, so he directly found the castle quartermaster.

After secretly presenting a purple gold coin, the originally indifferent quartermaster immediately entertained him enthusiastically. Not only did he sell him a batch of "obsolete" weapons and armor, but he also thoughtfully allowed him to use these "obsolete" weapons and armors.

"Knocked Out" is engraved with the Wimbledon family coat of arms.

When Victor expressed the need to recruit some people, the enthusiastic quartermaster asked his cronies to take Victor to the Old Jack's Tavern.

After explaining his purpose to Old Hal, the tavern owner enthusiastically recommended several mercenary groups to Victor. However, in such a mixed place, Victor always cautiously stayed in an over-the-limit state, which was already far beyond the limits of ordinary people.

His perception became more and more acute, and Victor heard the conversation between Nelson and Gru downstairs.

Victor's heart moved at that time. You must know that mercenaries are inherently half black and half white, good and bad, and a mercenary group that can uphold the morality of mercenaries is indeed rare.

From Hal, Victor learned that the War Bear Mercenary Group was originally famous in the mercenary world, and was even hired by the Kingdom of Dodo to fight several tough battles with the powerful Sasanians.

However, there is one difference between the War Bear Mercenary Group and the traditions of other mercenary groups: War Bear never dismisses disabled members, but always supports them.

This rule makes the War Bear's cohesion far superior to other mercenary groups. This is also the reason why the War Bear is more powerful than other mercenary groups. However, as time goes by, more and more members of the War Bear are disabled, and the mercenary group

The burden is getting bigger and bigger. Fortunately, the frequent wars with the Sasan people can also allow the War Bear Mercenary Group to earn generous bounties, allowing the mercenary group to survive.

However, the Sasanians relaxed their attack on Dodo, and the mercenary group's income immediately dropped significantly. Those disabled members became a huge burden to the War Bear Mercenary Group.

By the time Nelson took over the position of commander of the War Bears, the War Bears Mercenary Group had already begun to make ends meet and could not even pay commissions.

Those young members who were trained by the mercenary group were poached by other competitors one after another. The War Bear's life was getting worse day by day, so Nelson hoped to lead the members to join a noble force. Unfortunately, the War Bear's tradition still made the lord

The nobles turned them away.

However, for Victor, a moral mercenary group is more suitable to be his bodyguard than a powerful mercenary group.

In the room on the second floor of Old Jack's Tavern, Victor met with Captain Nelson. Victor did not hide anything, frankly introduced his situation to Nelson, and expressed his willingness to accept disabled War Bear members.

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After a brief deliberation, Nelson agreed to become Victor's vassal. In fact, he had no choice.

Victor then gave Nelson a sum of funds and equipment, asking him to purchase supplies and recruit people.

Now, all the supplies have been purchased, but unexpectedly there are very few refugees who should be the easiest to recruit.

"Sir, this is the situation. I estimate that we can only recruit about 150 people at most when we set out tomorrow." Nelson looked at Victor anxiously.

Without enough territorial citizens, their plan will be completely shelved.

Victor stood up and walked to the window, looking at the sparse crowd in the square, and asked Nelson: "Nelson, what do you think is the reason why we can't recruit citizens?"

"Sir, since the three provinces in the eastern part of the kingdom were ceded, a large number of landless farmers have gathered in the Human Horse Hills, trying to find a way to survive. It should be easy to recruit enough people. But we can't recruit people, so I

Doubtful..." Nelson replied hesitantly.

"What do you suspect?" Victor looked into Nelson's eyes and asked calmly.

"Sir, I suspect that the last time you were attacked by the Blood Fox bandits was deliberately spread among the refugees. Those farmers may think that we cannot protect their safety, so they would rather starve than take the risk of pioneering new lands with us.

Territory." Nelson gritted his teeth and said.

"As expected." Victor sighed and continued: "Nelson, continue to send people to recruit. In addition, disabled members should not go to the territory with us."

"Sir, this..." Nelson became anxious as soon as he heard that he was going to leave the disabled members behind.

Victor smiled and said, "Don't be excited. I will give you another 2,000 gold soles. You use this money to buy a hotel and a grocery store in the town to house the disabled members. You let these people stay in the town while they are there."

They will help us recruit citizens while paying attention to the movements in Blackcastle Town. However, they must remember to conceal their identities, otherwise, they may be in danger once people know that they are my people."

"Thank you, sir. Don't worry, sir. Although my old friends are disabled, they are all human beings. This thing will never be difficult for them." Nelson immediately raised his chest after hearing the conditions given by Victor.

The shot made a bang bang sound.

"By the way, prepare a carriage for me."

"Sir, where do you want to go?"
Chapter completed!