After handing over the placement of the mercenary group to the butler Henry, Sean led Windsor and Luo Dian toward the rear of the large army.

The carriage Henry was riding in was followed by more than twenty carriages. These carriages were all cargo carriages, and they contained materials for rebuilding the territory, including a large amount of grain, clothing, farm tools and some daily necessities.

Not only that, Henry also recruited more than fifty servants and craftsmen to maintain the operation of the castle and manor. These servants also sat on these more than twenty carriages.

Seeing Sean approaching and noticing his noble attire, the servants and craftsmen got off the carriage and bowed to Sean.

Sean waved towards them and continued walking towards the back without stopping to speak.

...

Walking behind the carriage transporting supplies were the residents of Hetan Town.

Anduin arrived here earlier than Sean, and at this time he was directing his servants to settle the townspeople.

However, the servants and townspeople did not quite believe in Anduin's identity, and there was a sense of indifference in carrying out Anduin's orders.

Sean looked at these townspeople.

According to the report letters sent by the butler Henry in the past few days, Sean knew that there were approximately 800 people in this group of townspeople.

Half of them were those that Sean had seen in the refugee camp, and the other half were people who had already entered Yoon City but were attracted by the tax-free policy.

Some townspeople were immersed in the pain of their deceased relatives, with tears on their faces;

Some looked in the direction of the Jackal's lair, their eyes filled with resentment;

Some are full of longing for a new life, with smiles on their faces.

...

Seeing Sean walking over, several townspeople shouted excitedly:

"It's the Lord! The Lord is here to see us!"

When the townspeople noticed that Sean was coming, they all knelt down towards Sean.

Seeing the crowd of people kneeling in darkness in front of him, Sean raised his hands and said, "Everyone, please stand up. The ground is cold, so be careful of getting sick."

Sean said while looking at Anduin:

"Anduin, is the progress here going smoothly?"

"It went smoothly, but they may have doubted my identity and were not very cooperative," Anduin replied.

"give it to me."

Sean solemnly said to the townspeople:

"A month ago, the gnolls attacked Hetan Town, and a large number of residents were forced to flee to Yoen City. However, with the blessing of the God of Light, the gnolls also paid the due price!

Seven days ago, I led my troops to kill more than 300 jackals on the north side of Thorn Ridge, and the remaining jackals no longer have the ability to attack Hetan Town."

After hearing Sean's words, all the townspeople became excited:

"Praise the God of Light, this is really great!"

"You must be the savior sent by the God of Light to save us!"

"Lord, may the God of Light bless you with eternal health!"

...

Many townspeople who had been suppressed for a long time burst into tears and kept wiping their tears.

Sean looked at the townspeople, and after the townspeople's voices became quieter, he continued:

"Now that the threat of jackals is gone, everyone can rebuild their homes with peace of mind.

I will also conscientiously fulfill my promise to reduce taxes.

Now let me introduce to you the governor of Riverbank Town, you can call him Lord Anduin."

Sean turned sideways and introduced Anduin to the townspeople: "No matter what orders Anduin gives from now on, you must obey him.

If someone deliberately causes trouble, I will cancel his tax deduction and even kick him out of Hetan Town, do you understand?"

"I understand!" The townspeople looked at Anduin in awe.

"Anduin, I'll leave the resettlement of the people to you. I'll go around the back." Sean patted Anduin on the shoulder and walked towards the rear of the large army.

"No problem, leave this to me."

...

Walking at the end of the procession were the two dozen children who came out of the slums. At this time, they all looked at Sean in awe.

Seeing Sean coming over, the children all knelt down towards Sean.

"Everyone, get up." Sean said to the children: "Who among you is the leader?"

After hearing Sean's words, all the children looked at the oldest child in the lead.

"Dear Lord, my name is Tom." The child said respectfully.

"Okay, Tom, did you hear what I just said to everyone?" Sean asked.

Tom nodded.

Sean thought for a while and said: "Don't run around. After Archon Anduin arranges the townspeople, you can ask him for an empty house to live in first, and I will arrange work for you in the afternoon."

"Please don't worry! We will definitely not run around." Tom promised.

...

After saying goodbye to the children, Sean took Windsor and continued walking to the back of the team.

At the back of the team were the 300 slaves they purchased at the slave market, and every twenty slaves were assigned an overseer.

These slaves were civilians captured by the Kingdom of Anjou during its attack on the Principality of Sunflower. Because the Principality of Sunflower was located farther north, the slaves were taller and had fairer skin than the residents of the Principality of Lane.

Compared with the various moods of the townspeople, the overall mood of these slaves is still very good.

Because Sean promised that one tenth of them would become freedmen every year, the slaves were very looking forward to the future, especially the young and strong slaves among them.

Seeing Sean coming over, these slaves also knew that the nobleman in front of them was their new master based on the movements of the people in front of them.

So the slaves knelt down towards Sean one after another, with excitement and anxiety in their eyes.

At this time, the slave overseer also ran quickly towards Sean, crawled at Sean's feet, and said loudly: "Dear Lord, I am your most loyal servant Pig, may the God of Light always...

."

"Okay, okay, get up." Sean interrupted, "Are they all from the Sunflower Principality?"

"That's right." Pig replied honestly.

"That's good." Sean said loudly to the slaves:

"Since you were free citizens before, you should know how valuable the status of free citizens is.

This time next year, I will allow the thirty best among you to individually return to your status as free men!"

"Thank you, Lord!" the slaves said gratefully. After receiving Sean's personal assurance, they felt reassured.

"Don't be discouraged if you have not become a free citizen. All the results of your labor will be recorded, and the status of a free citizen is also distributed according to the total score of your labor results.

I will buy new slaves in the future, and the fruits of these labors will be your advantage, and you will become freedmen earlier than the new slaves.

Of course, it’s okay for you to compete with your conscience. If there are threats or malicious attempts to suppress other people’s affairs, I will permanently disqualify you from becoming a free citizen! Do you understand?”

"Understood!"

All the slaves kowtowed to Sean gratefully, and many elderly slaves also had hope in their eyes.

I originally thought that if I only chose one-tenth, the elderly person might not be able to become a free citizen in his lifetime.

But now that the fruits of labor can be accumulated, then they will definitely become free citizens one day!
Chapter completed!