Chapter five hundred and seventy-two killed seven at once
William's manpower is seriously insufficient and his background is too shallow, so the enemy's land cannot be occupied. This will only distract his strength.
However, saving people loses ground.
You don’t need the land, but you must hold it in your hands.
After several victorious battles, William had many more prisoners in his hands, including even noble prisoners of high status.
After they fell into William's hands, they were still clamoring for the dignity that nobles should have, so if they were hammered, William sent them to clean toilets and pick out excrement.
All prisoners who fell into William's hands had to work, without exception.
This group of failed aristocratic prisoners are still unwilling to do such "menial" work, as if they care about face rather than their lives.
If they refuse to work, do they still have to support them and stay for the New Year?
William directly asked people to dig a big hole, then threw the nobles into the big hole, and then began to throw dirt down, preparing to bury them alive.
At first, this group of nobles were emboldened, thinking that William was just intimidating them. They had seen and done this kind of thing too many times. How could William dare to go against the entire aristocratic class?
But as the mud covered half of their bodies, the failed nobles discovered that William was actually serious, and they began to cry for their father and mother, begging loudly for mercy, and said that they were willing to do some menial jobs.
As long as a stubborn nobleman is still there to hold on and refuse to compromise.
William's solution was also very simple. The other nobles who begged for mercy fished it out, but the noble man who had the integrity and dignity just buried it with loess.
When the loess covered his neck and almost reached his mouth, he realized that William was not joking. The fear of death was lingering in his heart. He suddenly panicked and wanted to beg for mercy.
But it was too late, William only gave him one chance.
So the other failed nobles watched the scene of the "stubborn" noble being buried alive, and all of them felt cold in their hearts.
It's really strange that they wouldn't be so sentimental when they are deciding the fate of others from above.
But when they become the ones whose fate is decided, they begin to panic. They look like untouchables in their words. Where is the dignity of noble blood?
These captured nobles were divided into groups of five and began manual labor under the supervision of overseers.
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William's sudden burst of strength exceeded Prince Ferret's expectations.
After suffering several defeats in succession, Prince Ferret could no longer bear it. He sent an envoy to find Prince Charles. After explaining the pros and cons, the two began to work together to besiege William.
For the two of them, a weak William may be a good buffer zone between the two princes' territories, but a powerful Han Lai leader is a dagger on their waists, which may kill them at any time.
Moreover, William's development was so rapid that they would never have believed it without the help of their sinister brother behind the scenes.
In fact, this is really the case.
William himself built Hanley collar brick by brick, and Liszt was the icing on the cake, but it is by no means the cornerstone of Hanley collar's current prosperity.
After the strength of the two princes merged, the army suddenly swelled to more than 18,000, and surrounded the entire Han Lai territory from all directions. It slowly shrank, trying to catch all the turtles in a urn and catch them all at once.
But how could William let them get their way?
In this world where communication is very backward and villagers rely on shouting to communicate, and the connections between each other are not close enough, how can it be possible to tightly surround William Hanley?
And this is William's chance!
One of the characteristics of the army led by William is that it comes and goes like wind and attacks like fire. They always attack suddenly, as if they can predict the future.
This fully utilizes the power of the magic mirror.
What's even more insidious is that William only grabbed Prince Ferrette's army to attack, while Prince Charles's army did not move at all.
After several battles, the strength of Prince Feret's army was greatly reduced.
Originally, his army had been attacked several times by William, but now he was given the same "treatment", while his brother Prince Charles' army had never been attacked.
Under this situation, Prince Feret became suspicious and suspected that there was something fishy going on.
Even if everything is just a coincidence, if his strength drops too much, it will have an impact on his status.
With this thought, Prince Ferret began to work hard and even retreated slowly, hoping to let Prince Charles's army take the lead.
Prince Charles has a bad temper, but he is by no means a fool. His battlefield agility is even much better than that of Prince Ferret.
When William attacked once and Prince Ferret's army failed to respond in time, Prince Ferret's behavior was quickly known to him.
Prince Charles was so angry that he roared furiously in the tent, cursed his two brothers loudly, and then without any discussion, he led the army back more than ten miles, which was equivalent to withdrawing from the battlefield.
Now that Prince Charles is gone, how can Prince Ferret dare to face William's army?
He hurriedly led his troops to retreat to his own territory, like a turtle shrinking into its shell!
Han Lai Territory's first territorial survival crisis was resolved in this way, so much so that the king's envoy who arrived belatedly didn't know what to do!
Mediation?
Seems to be.
Both Prince Charles and Prince Ferret expressed to William through this king's envoy their intention to cease the war and to ransom the noble soldiers captured by William.
William's answer was simple, an armistice was possible, and the redemption of noble soldiers was possible, but Prince Charles and Prince Ferret waged an unjust war against him, causing him to suffer unprecedented losses, so he had to pay compensation.
If compensation is not paid, he will and will only choose the territory of one prince to carry out endless harassment and violent attacks until one of the two parties completely falls.
This threat was simply scoundrel, but Prince Charles and Prince Ferret had no choice but to compromise.
After some bargaining, the two princes compensated William a total of 23,000 gold coins.
For noble soldiers, the ransom price ranges from one thousand gold coins to fifty gold coins, depending on their status.
In this alone, he also contributed more than 6,000 gold coins to William.
William heard that when those noble soldiers were ransomed, the first thing they did was take a bath and enjoy delicious food.
As for what happened to the prisoners during that time, many of them are unwilling to recall it. It was an unbearable history.
The victor has compensation, the nobles have ransom, but as for the ordinary soldiers, no one, whether it is Prince Ferret or Prince Charles, has paid in advance.
In fact, these soldiers are said to be soldiers, but in fact most of them are ordinary people who were forcibly recruited and have average combat effectiveness.
Only a small number of knights are the backbone of the army.
These people were either the second sons of nobles, illegitimate sons, or knights' attendants, and had been redeemed all together long ago.
Only ordinary people are ignored.
According to the unspoken rules of this world, after the battle between lords, such ordinary soldiers are often let go, because the food they consume far exceeds the value they produce.
The two princes originally thought that William would abide by this unspoken rule, but they did not expect that William would not follow the script at all.
The captured ordinary soldiers were not released, but were demoted to slaves, and then given food and shelter, and engaged in the most arduous urban construction work.
This actually caused the territories of the two princes to fall into a "labor shortage" after the war.
Yes, after repelling the powerful enemy and making peace and receiving a large amount of compensation, William invested all his gold coins in the construction of the city of New Nice.
Brick-making workshops, cement firing rooms, and cultivated fields continue to expand in size.
Pottery workshops, breeding gardens, fertilizer workshops, etc., are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
As the flow of people increased, special buildings such as theaters, libraries, and schools also took shape.
Construction of two-way cement pavement and wide sewers has also begun.
Now the entire city of Sinise is like a big construction site, with construction sites everywhere and dust everywhere.
But this instead attracted a large number of caravans to trade.
The entire city of Sinise became lively.
For this reason, William established the Chamber of Commerce in Sinise City to deal with various merchants.
Louis, a middle-aged old man, had to temporarily shoulder this important task!
At this time, the city of Sinise had a permanent population of 11,000 including slaves, and a floating population of more than 12,000. It had formed a relatively stable pyramid-shaped hierarchical structure.
Among the pyramids, William is undoubtedly the top one.
Next are relatively high-level managers such as Louis and David.
The next step is to join the army and become a Thunderfury member of the Free Folk or a military member of another army.
During this war, at least a hundred people were reduced in number. In recognition of their merits, all of them were granted the status of free citizens.
Several of William's armies were made up of free men.
The lower status people in Hanley's collar were the old slaves who followed him step by step. Some of them had obtained the status of freedmen, while only a small number were still first-class slaves, on the verge of promotion at any time.
The ones with the lowest status are the prisoners of war. They are the lowest slaves and are engaged in the most dangerous and arduous work. In addition, they have to undergo brainwashing education every night.
But they have the most basic food and clothing guarantee, and at the same time, the upward channel will not be closed to them.
The city of Sinise is changing rapidly and is visible to the naked eye.
The area where William's lord's villa is located has been expanded again.
The residential area and the administrative area were divided, and a new government hall appeared, where Louis and others worked.
The increase in lime production led to an increase in cement production, allowing William to carry out his plan to harden the cement floors of the eight main roads and other secondary roads in the entire city of New Nice.
Just this gesture gave the entire city of New Nisei a completely new look, and also amazed the caravans passing by.
Not to mention the entire Kingdom of Svacia, even the entire continent, such wide and smooth roads are very rare.
As the population and strength grew, many institutions were established.
Thunder's Fury and several other armies are sweeping the surrounding environment and conducting regular patrols to ensure that bandits have no place to survive in William's surrounding territories.
The safe environment and strong force in turn attracted many nearby people to settle in William's territory.
They paid money to William, the lord, to buy fields or engage in other industries.
The greater the population, the stronger the power.
The city of Sinise is getting better and better and stronger.
However, apart from the two former princes who were next to each other who didn't want to see this, Liszt, who was newly appointed to the throne in the palace, also didn't want to see this.
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Amidst the vast construction, time is blowing by like the wind, and before we know it, summer is coming.
The holy light shines mercilessly on the earth, turning its skin red.
In a certain border town in the Avar Kingdom bordering the wilderness plains.
One sunny morning, a handsome little tailor was sitting at the table by the window, doing his best to do his work.
At this time, a middle-aged peasant woman with a horse face walked up the street, but her speech was as pleasant as a girl's. She shouted as she walked: "Buy jam! It's good quality and cheap!"
The little tailor thought the sound was pleasant, so he stuck his curly head out of the window and shouted: "Come up here, dear madam, your goods are wanted!"
The peasant woman carried a heavy basket, climbed up the steps, came to the little tailor, and opened one jar after another according to his instructions. The little tailor looked carefully at each one, and also raised the jars to her nose and smelled again and again, and finally said
: "Four ounces, dear madam, or half a pound."
The horse-faced middle-aged peasant woman thought she had found a good buyer. After weighing all the little bits of jam he wanted for the little tailor, she left muttering angrily.
"May the Lord of Light bless you," cried the little tailor, "these jams will give me a good appetite."
He took out the bread from the cabinet, cut a piece off, and spread jam on it. "I know it won't be unpalatable," he said, "but I have to finish making this vest first before eating it."
So, he put the jam-smeared bread next to him and continued to sew. He felt very happy in his heart, and the stitches became larger and larger.
At this time, the sweet smell of jam attracted a group of flies that gathered on the wall. They landed on the bread one after another to taste this delicious food.
"What's your share?" The little tailor who was working suddenly discovered this group of uninvited guests. He was very angry and said that he drove the flies away.
But flies are shameless scoundrels. They don't consider the owner's feelings at all, so they ignore what he says and refuse to leave. Instead, they call for friends, so more and more flies land on the bread.
At this time, the little tailor was so furious that he grabbed a rough towel and hit the flies hard. The flies couldn't escape, and seven flies were killed in one go. Some flies even had their legs blown away.
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"You are really amazing!" The little tailor was overjoyed when he saw this result. He said to himself and couldn't help but praise his bravery. "Everyone in the city should know about your feat."
The more the little tailor thought about it, the more he thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more he realized it made sense. After that, he cut a belt for himself with great enthusiasm - using the best fabric!
After it was sewn, several eye-catching characters were embroidered on it - in the largest font: "Kill seven at once!"
"It's not just the whole city," the little tailor looked at his masterpiece. The more he looked at it, the more the light shone in his eyes. He was proud of his "feat" and suddenly shouted, "it also has to be done by everyone in the world.
Know!"
When he said this, his heart jumped with excitement, like a little lamb's tail.