When the People's Army went out to clean up the rebel nobles, the Dongsheng Fortress City Hall summoned the families of the fallen soldiers to the square and distributed pensions in the name of the lord.

When these sufficient amounts of real money and silver were distributed to people, everyone was surprised and moved.

Generally speaking, any compensation promised by the lord will be withheld by the officials below, or even be squandered alone. Anyway, the compensation in the end will be very small.

Before coming, the family members were mentally prepared to leave empty-handed.

Unexpectedly, the payment of pensions this time was supervised by a People's Army stationed behind the scenes, and the city hall did not dare to make any small moves.

Suddenly, Owen's reputation among the people of Dongsheng Fortress has been greatly improved.

People couldn't help but feel that Dongsheng Fortress finally had a good and honest lord.

Everyone was still deeply impressed by Duke Eddie's refusal to pay the reward for commissioned tasks. It can be said that Duke Eddie personally ruined his reputation.

After the recapture operation was over, the rebels were all escorted back to Dongsheng Fortress by soldiers and locked in dungeons.

In addition, the People's Army ransacked all the homes of the rebel nobles and found a huge sum of treasure.

Although the combined wealth of Corrett and Pearl is not as great as that of Duke Eddie, it is still a fortune that cannot be underestimated.

Coupled with the properties of other rebel nobles, the total property may be more than Duke Eddie. The exact amount will require Clive and his apprentices to spend time counting.

With such easy access to a large amount of wealth, it is no wonder that some great nobles or royal families in history were obsessed with launching aggressive wars with foreign countries.

Once you lead your army to successfully conquer the opponent, you will receive more money than you have earned by working hard to manage your territory.

This was the pleasure brought by victory in the war of aggression. Seeing so much money being transported to the castle one after another, Owen almost became addicted to it.

Fortunately, he knew very well that it was individuals who benefited from launching the war, but it was the innocent people who suffered, no matter whether the war was won or lost.

Wherever the war passes, many people will become displaced refugees. This is undoubtedly a terrible man-made disaster.

Therefore, it is better to build factories honestly, provide a large number of job opportunities for civilians, develop the territory step by step, and don't have any bad intentions.

Of course, this does not mean that Owen has completely given up the idea of ​​waging war abroad.

Some things are forced upon you. You don't want to cause trouble, but trouble comes to you.

In order to create a peaceful environment, sometimes we have to rely on war to eliminate all those dangers.

Therefore, at this stage, Bianzhu Town can only develop based on the model of military industry as the mainstay and people's livelihood industry as the supplement.

You must ensure that you are strong. After all, weakness is the original sin. Even if you don't bully others, others will come to bully you.

It took several days to try the captured rebels. Owen was responsible for trying the nobles, while the other prisoners were handed over to Mapel and Yuchena for interrogation.

With the help of Yukina's ability, Mapel can determine whether the prisoner is guilty and how serious the crime is by just asking a few questions.

After the interrogation, Mapel compiled a list of all the prisoners' crimes and handed them over to Owen for conviction.

As a result, all the nobles who participated in the rebellion were sentenced to death, and they would be beheaded in public the next day.

Some prisoners who committed serious crimes such as murder and arson were also sentenced to death. Since they were not nobles and were not entitled to death in public, they were secretly taken to an open place and shot directly.

Most of the prisoners were sentenced to hard labor and sent to mine in the mines of Bianzhu Town for periods ranging from five to thirty years.

On the day of execution, the executioners read out the crimes of these rebellious nobles to the people below.

Because they allowed the troops to loot Dongsheng Fortress, they were killed amidst the scoldings of the people.

Owen's actions to quell the rebellion and restore order in the fortress won praise from the people, and his prestige reached a peak.

Now that the main opposition forces in Dongsheng Fortress have been eliminated by Owen, we can finally start to promote the plan and establish a new system.

The day after the execution, Owen ordered his servants to hold a sumptuous banquet in the castle hall, and invited all the nobles who had not participated in the rebellion.

During the banquet, the invited nobles spoke very carefully, and from time to time would tactfully reveal their intention to seek refuge.

After all, the three aristocratic families of Eddie, Pearl and Corrett have all fallen, leaving only the Youm family as the only one, and they are still on Owen's side.

Anyone who dares to rebel at this time will surely end up like those rebellious nobles.

Dongsheng Fortress, or most of the Eastern Territory, is now in Owen's possession. If the little noble wants to continue to hang out, he must take the initiative to please him.

At the end of the banquet, Kouros suddenly stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, now that you have eaten and drank enough, Marquis Aisen will announce an important event."

As soon as these words came out, the nobles turned to look at Owen sitting on the main seat.

"uh-huh."

Clearing his throat, Owen slowly spoke: "I believe you have heard that last autumn I confiscated all the nobles' territories in Bianzhu Town. After that, I integrated all land resources and vigorously developed them, which enabled me to gain strength.

Rapidly improve and easily crush the great nobles of Dongsheng Fortress. This is the advantage of integrating resources."

Glancing around the crowd, Owen found various expressions on the faces of the nobles present, most of them negative.

He continued: "Now, the territories of the rebel nobles have been taken back. In order to better develop Dongsheng Fortress, I plan to take back all your territories and implement a new system. Of course, I will not take your things in vain.

, will provide corresponding compensation.”

"I'll give you two choices..."

With that said, Owen stretched out two fingers and told the people present the two options he had originally given to Baron Matt.

"In addition, if you think you are capable, you can continue to govern your own territory as a local official, which will benefit you even more."

As soon as he finished speaking, Earl Youm immediately stood up and caressed his chest, and responded respectfully: "Marquis Essen, I am willing to take the lead in handing over the territory in exchange for factory shares."

Kuros has obviously convinced Count Youm, otherwise he would not cooperate so actively.

The nobles present did not react for a moment, and they were stunned for a while before suddenly exploding.

"Are you kidding me?" A grumpy noble couldn't help shouting loudly.

At this moment, a group of armed soldiers burst into the hall and surrounded everyone present.

Upon seeing these soldiers, the nobles instantly withered.

Who doesn't know how powerful this force is? Even Duke Eddie's army and the combined forces of the Pearl and Corrett families are no match for them.

The scene was silent, no one dared to speak.

Knowing that these nobles would not be able to accept this matter all at once, Owen looked at everyone calmly.
Chapter completed!