It shouldn't be difficult to be a teacher for children. As long as those children are not the disgusting son of Baron Jimmy, there will be no problem at all. Obviously, Ilayah miscalculated the meaning of elementary school.
Ilaya is not boasting. She has lived for more than two hundred years and has already accumulated enough knowledge to become a legendary scholar.
Therefore, she is very confident. There are probably not even many scholars like Aslan who have seen country lords like Aslan in her life!
In fact, Ilaya has always used her knowledge to help each of her 'masters', such as Baron Jimmy. Without Ilaya, the fertile fields of Jimmy Town would not be so large.
The reason why Ilaya helps Baron Jimmy in this way is very simple. It is to make him more money so that he can spend money to buy more compatriots. With her by his side, the fate of those compatriots will be much better.
It took three days for the team to return to Mero Town after a lot of hardships. The team was composed of tens of thousands of civilians and had too many things to take care of. It only took three days to rush back to Mero Town, which was not easy.
The official road outside Merlo Town has been paved with cement, making it the first cement road in Merlo Town.
The road is eight meters wide and twelve kilometers long. It aims to connect Wood Fortress. Currently, only one third of it is paved. They have stopped working for five days in order to prepare it for the return of the lord.
Aslan's carriage drove onto the road. The smooth road made the bumpy feeling completely disappear.
Curious, Elijah opened the curtains and looked outside.
This was a road she had never seen before. The gray-white road surface looked like it was carved out of a huge rock, without any connecting gaps.
But this road was really too big. She had never seen these huge stone roads before.
Suddenly, the sound of neat footsteps sounded, and she turned back subconsciously.
Eight soldiers marched abreast, marching in neat steps. The soles of their feet were leather military boots produced by the Merlo Town Arsenal.
In order to adapt to various terrains and avoid injury to the soles of the feet, the soles are inlaid with a thin iron plate, which makes the sound extremely light and crisp under the sound of neat footsteps.
They were walking on a dirt road along the way, so Ilaiya didn't notice it. But now that she saw it, she was shocked and speechless.
"The Lord is back!"
A cry of surprise attracted Ilaya.
The road ahead was already lined with onlookers. They stood on both sides of the road. The food and water in their hands couldn't help but cheer when the army returned, and from time to time they would deliver the food and water to the soldiers.
"Eat the pot of juice to welcome the king!" Aslan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
At this moment, the sense of honor of all the soldiers was stronger than ever. They stood up straight one by one, making their bodies even taller and stronger.
"What do you mean by this?"
As a scholar, Ilaya could only roughly guess the meaning. She was a little surprised by Aslan's ambition, and was also very interested in his weird pronunciation.
How dare you call yourself Master Wang.
"It's not interesting!" Aslan said nonchalantly and began to arrange his clothes.
Ilaya was very depressed. She always felt that there was something different about this young lord. Could it be that her charm had declined.
As the slaves from behind slowly passed by, the original cheers turned into screams and shouts.
"Lao San! Lao San! Do you see me? I'm here!"
"It's me Yalan! My brother is here..."
The voices kept ringing, and many people began to burst into tears. Those slaves completely believed the words of the soldiers, and the lord came to take them home.
Many people found their former family members among the crowd.
Entering the Plaza de Merlo, the soldiers began to line up for the final time, and at the same time separated all the returning slaves. A square formation stood in each area, and each square formation represented the village.
Today, more than 200,000 people have gathered in Merlo Square. Even Essien and Wilson couldn't believe such a huge population.
Although they had prepared two days in advance, they were still in a hurry.
Based on the lessons learned from the Kaimen Bandit Group, when Mero Town sent out the plan to send the Mero people who had been kidnapped back home, people who had been hiding in various villages in the Mero area sent representatives to come.
This is the credibility of the lord that Aslan has been deliberately building.
As long as the people in the Mero area accept his existence and slowly recognize Aslan as the lord of the Mero area, other villages will naturally be willing to join Aslan as the town of Mero develops better and better.
Aslan slowly stepped down from the carriage, and the remaining ten knights guarded Aslan on both sides, looking at the surroundings with vigilance.
The assassination by the Inquisition left them with lingering fears.
Especially before Lancelot left, he focused on this matter.
Standing in front of the podium, Aslan opened his hands and said with a smile: "The Battle of Meli River! We won a great victory."
Merlot Square suddenly burst into cheers.
Aslan signaled for silence, and his original smile gradually became serious.
"But our sacrifices were huge. A total of 263 soldiers died in this battle, and 145 soldiers were disabled."
The entire square was silent. The Merlot army separated to both sides. More than 500 soldiers came out carrying stretchers. Each stretcher was covered with a cloak. The cloak was not big and could only cover the upper body.
The atmosphere in the entire square was horribly depressing, especially those families whose children had gone to join the army. Every one of them had a look of fear on their faces, and their eyes kept scanning the faces of the surviving Merlot soldiers.
"Their sacrifice is worth it. They have shown the majesty and pride of our Merlot people. They are all our heroes." Aslan raised his hands and shouted.
The first to respond to Aslan were the soldiers of the Merlot Army, whether they were the Merlot Army who had participated in this war or the construction corps defending the city.
"hero!"
"hero!"
"That's right! They are all heroes! Although he is gone, the heroic spirit will always protect us." Aslan continued.
More than two hundred firewood piles have been set up not far away, which is to prepare them for on-site cremation. After all, the bodies have been there for three days. Fortunately, the weather has entered autumn and is no longer hot, otherwise it would have stunk.
"This lord hereby announces! A cemetery of heroes and martyrs will be established in the western suburbs of the city to bury every hero who sacrificed his life for the Mero region so that their heroic spirits can rest in peace." Aslan's words were astonishing.
Build a cemetery for fallen soldiers.
Only big nobles and big lords are entitled to own the cemetery. It would be nice for ordinary nobles to have a tombstone. Most civilians just dig a hole and bury it after death. At most, they just build a pile of stones for commemoration later.