The next day, Owen began to meet with the nobles who came to redeem people, and the first one to come was the Youmu family.

As expected, the person sent by the Youm family was Kuros Youm, the son of Count Youm and a good friend of Owen.

After being searched and confirmed to be fine, Kuros entered the reception room and saw Owen sitting on the chair drinking tea.

"I really didn't expect that we would meet again in this form, Ou...Marquis Essen."

"You should just call me Owen as before. It sounds more comfortable to me."

Putting down the tea cup, Owen continued: "Kuros, I received the letter you sent. Thank you for worrying about me, but I will not abandon my people. Therefore, I can only face Duke Eddie's army head-on.

and defeat it.”

It turned out that Border Guard Town already had such a strong military strength, and Kouros felt that it was unnecessary for him to write a letter telling Owen to run away.

"Let's sit down and talk."

Owen raised his hand to indicate the empty seat in front of him.

Kuros walked over and took a seat. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Is my father okay?"

"Earl Youm surrendered early. He was just a little frightened and his health is not serious. You can rest assured." Owen responded.

"That's good."

Hearing this, Kouros breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "So, Owen, how much ransom do you want? As long as the Youmu family can get it, I will raise it immediately and send it to you."

"I just ate all of Duke Eddie's property yesterday. To be honest, I'm not very short of money." Owen said, touching his chin, "I want people and livestock."

"people?"

Asking for livestock is not without precedent. Kuros can understand it, but what does asking for people mean? He doesn't quite understand.

"To tell you the truth, Bianzhu Town has suffered a serious population loss in recent years. I think to develop the territory, we must replenish the population."

With that said, Owen took out a piece of paper, put it on the table, and handed it to Kuros.

"This is the ransom list."

Kuros picked up the list and looked at it. It showed how many serfs, farmers, various craftsmen and livestock needed to be redeemed for nobles with different titles. The higher the title, the more they would need.

Serfs were the largest in number and accounted for the majority.

"Let me explain, the person I want refers to a family, and family members cannot be used to make up the number."

Owen reminded: "If the required number of people cannot be found for a certain item, livestock are allowed to replace the missing parts. However, serfs and craftsmen have different values ​​and require different numbers of livestock to replace them. It is clearly written below."

Moving his eyes to the bottom of the paper, Kouros immediately found that one serf was equal to one sheep, while one mason was equal to five sheep.

"Please organize the delivery of craftsmen and livestock as soon as possible. As for the serfs, they will be delivered in batches a little later." Owen added.

The main reason is that Bianzhu Town does not yet have enough places to accommodate the largest number of serfs, so it has to make such a request.

"I see."

Kuros raised his head, frowned and asked again: "But isn't Bianzhu Town suffering from the curse of Kazitui? Can it afford to support so many people?"

"No problem." The corner of Owen's mouth raised, "I have found a way to break the influence of the curse."

"What?!" Kuros looked in disbelief.

"Kuros, when you brought your sister to visit me last time, didn't you notice that there were more newly cultivated farmlands?"

Looking back now, it seems that there is more farmland than before, but Kouros did not notice this change at the time.

He couldn't help but admire: "Owen, you are really getting better and better."

"Thanks for the compliment." Owen smiled.

"I need to go back with this list to see if I can gather the required people and livestock. I will make a detailed list for you to review."

After saying that, Kuros was ready to stand up and leave.

"Wait a minute, there is one more thing I want to talk to you about."

Owen suddenly stopped Kuros and showed a serious expression.

"I won't stay here for too long. I will return to Border Guard Town with the army in a few days. Kuros, are you interested in managing Dongsheng Fortress on my behalf as an agent?"

As soon as Duke Eddie's treasures are moved, Owen will set off back immediately.

"Why do you want to go back?"

Hearing this, Kuros suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Owen, surprised: "It was not easy to capture Dongsheng Fortress. This is a large city. Isn't it countless times better than Border Guard Town?"

"I don't have time to deal with the various forces entrenched here. It will take at least a year or two to fully control Dongsheng Fortress, so I might as well leave it to you as an agent. As one of the four major families in Dongsheng Fortress, your Youmu family must be interested in this.

This city is very familiar." Owen explained.

After a pause, he added: "What's more, I inherited Bianzhu Town from my father, and I have feelings for it."

The current strength of the People's Army is not enough to destroy all the opposition forces in Dongsheng Fortress at once, and a lot of time will inevitably be wasted.

Irving doesn't have that much time, and the third prince White will take action against him sooner or later.

Therefore, Owen must prepare for the response in the Border Guard Town instead of staying in Dongsheng Fortress.

"All right."

There must be more reasons than these, but Kuros still reluctantly accepted Irving's statement.

"But why did you choose me? Just because we have a good relationship?"

In addition to the Youmu family, the Koret and Pearl families are also capable of taking over Dongsheng Fortress.

"Pretty much, I can't believe anyone except you." Owen nodded, "Besides, since you took over Dongsheng Fortress, your father will definitely help, so I'm relieved."

"I knew it." Kuros was speechless.

Then, he asked again: "You didn't choose to stay because you wanted to concentrate on dealing with the third prince? I've also heard that rumor. Is it true?"

"Well, it's true." Owen did not deny it. "I recently received a piece of news that the third prince is currently at war with the second princess in the southern territory. He will not be able to control the eastern territory for a while, so I want to make good use of this little time.

.”

This news was brought by the spies that Owen had previously sent to the royal capital.

"this……"

Kuros found that he was already used to being shocked and did not show too much surprise.

"The third prince is a ruthless person. There is nothing wrong with you being careful about him. However, if you defeat the third prince, what will you do next? Will you...become the king?"

When he asked the last question, he looked very cautious.

"If it really comes to this..."

Owen was silent for a while before he said, "I think I will."

The kingdom cannot live without a king for a day. Since he has royal blood, he must be responsible to the end.

"In that case, I won't shirk it. I will take care of Dongsheng Fortress on your behalf."

Once they agree to this, the Youmu family will be completely bound to Owen. If Owen fails, the Youmu family will also suffer a devastating blow from the third prince.
Chapter completed!