our family is gone

Chapter 193 The Three-Year Covenant
Walter owns real estate here, not even worse than the mayor's house. It was taken by the farmer at first, and the title deed was transferred to Lance.

But in fact, Lance didn't care about him continuing to live.

The whole family was connected to it. Under the solid masonry structure, Walter's wife and children breathed a sigh of relief. For an ordinary person, how could such a scene of bloody fighting be easily accepted~
Seeing this scene, Walter couldn't help feeling a little angry.

"This Lance is simply too deceitful!"

My wife got married when I was poor. Although the relationship between the two is not as close as glue when I was young for so many years, the relationship is deep in my heart, and the baptism of the years can only make it brighter~
So the family is Walter's key, but also against the scales.

"Okay, there is no one else, and now my child and I are not going to be much better." The woman comforted Walter, then turned to look at the two children beside her, "As long as the family is safe and well."

"Alas~" Walter couldn't help sighing, "What happened to the business group?"

I only had a rough understanding before, but I was interrupted by the safety of my family before I finished speaking. Now that the whole family is here, I can't help but start talking about what happened in the two months apart.

It was hard to hide her distress when she heard that her daughter cut her hair, and at the same time she looked at her son, the meaning of the indisputable eyes was obvious.

"Being deceived by Bill at the time, several attempts to rescue my father failed, and the business group's money wasted heavily, not to mention the empty warehouse was discovered by York, who took refuge in Gene and joined forces with Bill to put pressure on me..."

Walter could feel the pressure his daughter was under when facing those guys from the words. He had some opinions on her operation at first, but found that she had no choice at all.

The real reason is that all the guards he led were damaged, and the convoy was also robbed by bandits, which was equivalent to the destruction of both hands and feet.

Even if you put yourself in that situation, there is no better way. I am afraid that the only way is to sell the real estate in Totnes to raise funds to tide over the difficulties.

"But Mr. Lance broke in suddenly..."

Walter was still thinking about a way to break the situation, and he couldn't help but look up when he heard this, and found that his daughter had light in his eyes.

Then he heard that Lance directly captured all those guys, and even ransacked their homes overnight. Any business war is a joke in the face of absolute power.

Walter was also speechless. He didn't follow the rules at all. Are you really afraid that the sheriff will come to your door?What's more, if it gets out, who would dare to hang out with him?
But suddenly he thought again, wasn't he forcibly tied up by him?
I am also a victim...

Walter was quite helpless, but there were some things he could do nothing about.

Tiffany continued, but she didn't mention the warehouse, and even skipped what Lance was doing in Totnes, just briefly shopping and picking refugees.

It is useless to know too much about some things. On the contrary, it will only increase troubles. This is not concealment, but protection. This is what she learned from Lance.

"Ah~ Back then, I personally led the escort, but I was trapped in Hamlet..."

Walter talked about his own situation, but he mentioned the danger, simply because he didn't want to add pressure to his family.

"The convoy is leaving..." The woman simply said that the convoy was delayed because of the entanglement of refugees. The lord drove the refugees away and returned soon.

Walter looked up at his wife. If he hadn't seen the condition of the convoy, he would have believed it. This is not driving away, but killing many people.

But he didn't say much, he knew that his wife didn't want to make him worry, it's good that she's fine now.

Tiffany also noticed this, and if she hadn't been able to react before, even if she did, she would keep asking, making the atmosphere tense.

But now she has no intention of saying anything. The experience during this period has made her grow up quickly, especially with Lance, and learned a lot of things that she hadn't noticed before.

People will grow up, but sometimes the price is too high.

"I will deal with these things. No matter how we say, our family is fine. This is the best result."

Walter sets the tone, taking back responsibility as the breadwinner of the family.

It's just that Tiffany is not as relaxed as taking off the heavy responsibility. On the contrary, she has tried to bear that kind of pressure, so she knows that her father needs someone to share this pressure.

After Walter made arrangements for his wife and children, he got up and went, intending to talk to the lord about the business group, and Tiffany followed.

"Father, I made these things up, let me tell him."

"It is a foregone conclusion that the business group does not belong to our family." Walter glanced at his daughter with meaningful eyes, "The question now is to see how he reacts, which is also the future of our family."

Walter is not an idiot. When he calmed down, he already understood that it was an established fact that the business group fell into the hands of Lance.

What he is going to fight for is not the business group, but the life of his family. He has to find a way to escape from Hamlet. He would rather take his family back to Totnes and open a small shop in peace, than live under the hands of a domineering power. , because no one knows when the house will be ransacked.

Tiffany frowned slightly when she heard this, with an uncertain tone in her mouth.

"Mr. Lance probably wouldn't do that~"

Walter couldn't help shaking his head slightly when he saw this, his daughter was still too young.

His family has nothing to do with him. The farmer who is still working on the farm and his daughter who has lost more than ten catties have explained the situation. This guy is likely to attack his family in order to completely control the business group.

Now I can only keep the family by completely cutting up the business group in front of him, and then find a way to escape...

"You are in charge of the pier now, can you contact the sailors on the ship?"

Naturally, Tiffany could hear what her father meant. Did he want to seize the boat and run away?

"No, no, no! Even if we go to Totnes, our family will not survive." Tiffany was a little flustered. She had seen Lance's methods, and she couldn't bring up the slightest rebellious mentality. She couldn't imagine what would happen once she broke her face. whats the matter.

"Hey, let's go and see the situation first." Walter noticed his daughter's reaction and could only sigh.

And why didn't he know Lance's method, it was just for his family, he didn't want to sit still no matter what, he had to fight for a way out.

The two went there and found that Lance was busy sorting out the personnel information so that they could be assigned according to the type of work.

He plans to organize those craftsmen into different engineering teams and assign different tasks, carpenters do carpentry work, stonemasons...

Concentrate power to do big things, give various benefits at the same time, promote competition between different teams, and select strong and capable people to become foremen.

But he has never been exposed to these before, so he can only improve the relevant systems as much as possible, and everything is crossing the river by feeling the stones.

"What's the matter?" Lance temporarily put aside his thoughts, and looked up at the two people in front of him.

How to put it, Walter saw that the blood stains on Lance's clothes hadn't been removed, so he understood that he would probably come back to deal with government affairs immediately after leading the convoy.

Thinking about the boat rushing to pick him up, he had to say that this was the first time he had seen such a dedicated lord.

I was still a little emotional, but now I am really convinced.

"My lord, I am willing to donate to the business group. I will no longer have any connection with Hamlet if I voluntarily leave Hamlet. I just hope that my lord can let our family go."

Lance's face was a little weird when he heard this, but he quickly guessed what it was, and couldn't help showing a frivolous smile.

"You can't use other people's things as your own chips~"

This sentence directly made Walter's face pale, and many words that he had planned were blocked in his throat. He had already controlled the business group, and he really had no bargaining chips, so he didn't intend to let him go.

Noticing her father's appearance, Tiffany couldn't help but look up at Lance. There was some inexplicable emotion in her eyes, and the image of grief seemed to tighten her heart.

So you've been lying to me...

Pain~ so painful~
Lance was a little surprised, what kind of eyes do you have, making me seem to know you very well?
But he was so busy that he didn't have the heart to continue playing.

"Okay, okay, no kidding, you two come over and sit down and talk."

Lance put on an attitude that he thought was very kind, and called the two over.

Both of them were taken aback, looking at the contrast between the front and back of the person in front of them, a bit at a loss, but now the situation is stronger than others, and the purpose is to survive, and Walter doesn't care so much, and puts down all airs.

"Are you afraid that I will eliminate dissidents in order to control the business group? Do you think I am a narrow-minded person in your eyes?"

It's just that as soon as the two of them sat down, Lance directly pointed out the matter as soon as he opened his mouth. For a while, both Walter and Tiffany felt a little bit on pins and needles.

"Where~ Lord Lord, what you said is serious. I simply think that the business group is reborn under the hands of the Lord. Our family is indeed incapable of managing it, so I plan to quit and find a place to retire."

Walter is worthy of being a seasoned businessman, and what he said was impeccable and flattering.

It's just that Lance is dissatisfied, he doesn't like this kind of winding conversation.

"The situation is very simple now, without my action, you are still humiliating the farmer, and the business group has been annexed long ago, not to mention the safety of your family.

I think I have done a good job to your family. I promoted you to farm management, helped the business group settle their difficulties, and even sent extra manpower to escort your family back. I don’t owe you anything. "

As he spoke, Lance's tone changed, his attitude became a little more serious, and he raised his hand to knock on the table, revealing a kind of anger.

"But you owe me this, and you turn your head and want to get rid of me. What is it that you take Hamlet for? Who do you take me for?"

Lance's anger was unbearable on the field, and Tiffany followed him all the way. He was so calm no matter how big things encountered. He had never seen him so angry, and he unconsciously fell into a disadvantage.

My family really owes him too much~
Walter was also speechless, because this is the reality. If he didn't show up, let alone being humiliated by the farmer, his family would definitely be ruined anyway.

"What does the lord mean?"

"It's very easy for you to get rid of me. You pay to settle the account, and it's irrelevant for everyone to settle the matter."

When Lance said this, it seemed to give him a way to live, but in Walter's ears, it was actually a way to die.

Now he doesn't even have a few gold coins in his pockets, how can he pay it back?What do you pay for?

"My lord...we..." A look of embarrassment appeared on Walter's face.

Seeing her father's attitude, Tiffany could only stand up, "I will bear the responsibility of the business group, and it has nothing to do with my father."

Lance looked at Tiffany in surprise. He didn't expect her to be so responsible, so he couldn't help but nodded, affirming her courage.

Just when Tiffany thought things were turning around, Lance dragged her into the abyss with a casual sentence.

"When I went to the slave market with you, how much were the merchant's daughters on the third floor worth? Dozens of gold coins, rarely more than a hundred gold coins, do you think you can pay off this debt?"

Tiffany was stunned when she heard this, and even Walter, who had a low attitude, couldn't help showing anger when he heard the implied meaning of these words.

But Lance was not affected and said as usual.

"I'm not saying this to humiliate you, but to tell you that there are some things that you can't afford if you think you can bear them. You must have the corresponding strength, otherwise it will only be a joke."

Lance's words were very direct, but they also caused them to have different reactions.

Tiffany understood, and she took it for granted.

And Walter was more powerless to let his daughter suffer such treatment.

"Okay, no matter what you say, Tiffany has helped me a lot along the way. For her sake, I'm still willing to give you another choice."

Lance has said so much, constantly attacking and squeezing their living space, just for the present.

"Work for me for three years. During this period, I should have treated you a lot. After three years, we will settle the matter. At that time, you will leave or leave me alone."

Is this option difficult to accept?
Really not, the three-year contract is a quantifiable condition compared to the impossible to afford to lose money.

But whether three years is long or short, no one knows what will happen in three years.

"You are not convinced, thinking that I took away your family business?"

"No, no! If it wasn't for your lord, now..." Walter didn't dare to answer, and quickly denied it.

Lance raised his hand to stop Walter from continuing, "You have been locked in Hamlet for more than two months, do you know what the environment is like outside?"

Walter didn't understand why he mentioned this, but he also knew that with so many refugees, it was definitely not a good time outside.

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters, constant chaos throughout the empire, cities in the central provinces were even attacked by refugees, even Totnes was not spared, the number of hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city is even increasing, and the number of people killed by fighting is even infected. The river is red.

Pirates at sea are rampant, wantonly robbing and killing cargo ships, robbers are rampant on the road, and robbing crazily. You can ask your daughter and wife if they have seen this kind of thing with your own eyes.

The troubled times have already begun. If you can't hold on to this family business today, even if I return everything to you, do you think you can hold on to it tomorrow? "

Walter looked a little weird when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at his daughter.

After seeing her nodding slightly, the whole person fell into silence.

He had received the news two months ago that there was a drought in the central part of the country, and he was sure that the harvest would be bad and the food price would rise, so he came to Hamlet at the risk of a bandit attack, intending to take the opportunity to make a fortune, but he didn't expect to fall into it.

But he didn't expect that it would develop to this point in just two months, wouldn't the empire ignore it?

Walter knows that he is just a small businessman, so he should take care of himself first~
"Okay, three years."

He has no choice, so he can only use three years in exchange for the safety of his family.

Anyway, it is not difficult to manage a farm, and he has more time to spend with his family and teach his children, making up for his lack of concern for his family due to his busy schedule.

Of course, Lance noticed his expression and couldn't help grinning.

"I want you to re-manage the business group, control the food transactions in Hamlet, and be responsible for the business activities of Hamlet and Totnes."

"But..." Walter knew that the past three years would not be so simple, but if he wanted to control the grain trade in this area, he couldn't get around the old opponent of the Jean Merchant Group. It's not that he hasn't tried it before, but the opponent is not simple.

"Gene is dead~"

Lance didn't know what he was thinking, and the Youyou sentence directly gave Walter a chill.

Is this warning yourself?If he didn't agree just now, would he be the next Gene?
"You get ready, and you can bring up any manpower you need, and go to Owendo tomorrow."

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At night, Hamlet is not like Totnes. Without this foundation, no matter how lively the day is, it will be silent at night.

But those are ordinary people. Boudica can have a big drink and sleep with a barrel in his arms, and Leonard can keep his wife and children warm on the bed, but he still has to continue to improve the policy.

And it must be implemented within the next few days, otherwise the refugees will stay in the camp, not to mention whether they will be lazy, and the most fearful thing is that they will not see hope and cause trouble.

He doesn't have any experience in governing, but he knows a natural ability of a traverser - [plagiarism].

He has had an idea of ​​how to place these people these days.

He intends to learn from Totnes and open up more farms on the outskirts of the city, while the center begins to urbanize, even urbanize.

It is not intended to completely concentrate these people in the town, because the town's current carrying capacity is limited, and the space cannot be used to the maximum extent.

However, there are also disadvantages, that is, the management of the stalls is too large, and management is more troublesome. He cannot directly manage those people, but needs to rely on the middle-level management, which is equivalent to dispersing his own power.

The advantage of doing this is that he can manage more people. Anyway, he doesn't have so much energy to manage, so he might as well take this opportunity to train a group of administrative talents to prepare for his future recovery of the territory.

At the same time, Hamlet will not be too crowded, and the serfs do not need to spend a lot of time commuting from home to the field.

It's just that the selection of these collective farms requires many things to go forward at the same time.

The first thing is to break up and mix everyone. In his eyes, there are no locals and outsiders, only Hamlets. Otherwise, it would be a foolish behavior to form cliques and fight among themselves to waste the resources and strength of the territory.

Then there is the start of conscription. Only more and stronger soldiers can strengthen his control and support him against the ancestor.

Road construction is also a very important job. Fortunately, he now has a large number of laborers under his command...

Just when he was conceiving, there was a knock on the door.

"Put aside the supper." Lance replied casually, without even raising his head, he was still writing quickly.

It's just that the door opened for a while without sound, so I had to raise my head, only to see Tiffany standing at the door with a little embarrassment.

"Is something wrong?"

"Didn't you ask me to come here?" Tiffany was a little awkward, and a blush appeared on her face.

Lance's perception was amazing. Of course he noticed this, and found that she had actually changed back to women's clothing, a long light-colored skirt.

Just when did I call her?

"Come in, it's just that you're here to report on what's going on at the pier, and help me sort out Hamlet's field data by the way."

Lance entered the state directly in a second. He needed to allocate the first batch of fields to appease those people and at the same time give confidence to those refugees.

Walter is still doing the field measurement, it will be fun if the problem is found out~
Tiffany looked at Lance who was devoting himself to work with a strange expression.

Could it be that I am wrong?
Didn't he just say that the slave was implying himself?
Before Lance suddenly brought up the issue of slaves for no reason. She knew exactly what the slaves on the third floor were doing, and she gave her father a chance later on. Her attitude changed so much that she...

"Hurry up, you can go home and sleep as soon as you finish it." Lance's urging voice came.

Tiffany breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried forward to deal with the documents.

Facing the complicated data, she also felt a little pressure, but this feeling of needing herself is not bad...

It has to be said that it is much more efficient to have someone help, and it is much faster to hand over some data-related information to her for verification than to study it slowly by yourself.

"Okay, it's getting late, you go back and rest, and check the remaining old accounts tomorrow."

Tiffany came to her senses, she had been doing this for so long before she knew it, she couldn't help moving her neck, her eyes became sore, and working under a candle was not a good scene.

Lance looked at her like this, and after a little thought, he still took the initiative to speak.

"There are some things that I can't tell you clearly, but I don't mean to lie to you. It's too chaotic outside. I can only protect you by staying in Hamlet. I said I won't give up on you."

"Hmm~"

Lance's sudden words made Tiffany a little unresponsive, and she froze for a moment.

When she came to her senses, she was already on her way home. In fact, it was not far away, not even 100 meters away.

"What have you been doing there for so long?"

"Father!" Tiffany heard the familiar voice, and then realized that there was a person sitting at the door.

Walter's face was invisible in the dimness, but he could hear the unkind, angry tone.

"Nothing~"

At this time, she felt like a mouse caught by a cat. Feeling her father's anger, she shrank her neck unconsciously and added, "I really didn't do anything, just report the situation at the dock and check the accounts."

"Men don't have a good thing! Don't believe what they say." Walter was angrily, wishing to copy the guy to trouble Lance.

Tiffany was a little speechless, why did he even scold him~
"Okay, father, I really have nothing to do with him." Tiffany laughed at herself while talking: "People don't think much of me."

"Ah~" Walter's mood fell suddenly when he heard this. When a father can't protect his children from wind and rain, and can't be their children's support, then it represents his own decline.

What he was angry with was not others, but because he couldn't protect his family, and he blamed himself for not being up to date, otherwise, how could his daughter suffer such humiliation!
"Let's go home~"

Walter lowered his head and turned around slowly. At this moment, he didn't know whether he was getting old or his daughter had grown up...

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