Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 160 Take what you need
"Come on! Whoever grabs it will belong to him!"

Doug let out his jackal cry, and his men returned the jackal holler.

Soldiers from the three families poured into the camp that the water bandits painstakingly built—there was no one guarding it at this time, and they began to loot everything they could find like a carnival.

But Qiweini's army did not move, they maintained the quality that a professional army should have, unlike those locust army who can only get money by looting spoils, Stannis' army has been borne by the government or the lord since its establishment. With a salary, you can live well without looting.

Even though he said so, Stannis could still feel the resentful eyes of the soldiers behind him, among which Robert's resentment was the strongest, making him dare not turn around.

Because in exchange for sending troops from the three families, he offered no spoils, so of course his army could only watch from the outside.Everyone saw that the people inside were covered with looted things, and they were all envious, and even more contemptuous of the stupid demands made by their leader.

Stannis decided to say something, or his prestige in the army would be lost.

He turned around and coughed twice to make his voice sound convincing, "I told you that my model army must not be looted, now we go in to maintain order, and we see someone taking advantage of the chaos Crime, decapitation... arrest first."

Although Robert was full of reluctance, he still followed the order. Now there is chaos in the camp, and the peasants who were plundered were also looted by the accomplices of the water bandits. At the same time, there were many young women inside. Intervene in time to protect these women under the pretext that they are gangsters who need to be examined.

Nearly 2000 people were gathered in the square, most of them were farmers farming outside the camp. This place has become an independent kingdom. The farmers handed over the harvested food to the water bandits before, and the water bandits also provided them with shelter. , from being plundered by other strongmen or lords.

When Stannis appeared in front of these peasants as a savior, there was no cheer of relief that he expected. Anyway, the eyes of these people showed the fear of still being manipulated and... hatred, bitter hatred.

No matter adults or children looked at him with such chilling eyes, Stannis couldn't help swallowing the Emancipation Proclamation he had prepared.

"Who's in charge here?" Stannis asked.

After pushing each other, an elderly man was pushed out by the crowd.

Stannis dismounted from his horse, and now he was trying to project a more friendly image.

"Old man, I am Earl Justin of Qiweini, and I came to rescue you from those water bandits!"

The old man was very scared at first, but when he found that the young man in front of him didn't want to whip them like other lords who didn't understand, he finally summoned up his courage and said: "My lord, we are actually doing well. No rescue is needed."

Stannis looked confused, why would anyone want to be robbed by bandits?
"Old man, I heard you right, you would rather be oppressed by these water bandits than be rescued by me, the lord conferred by the emperor?"

The old man said nothing more, but his eyes showed that they were willing to do so.

"Troublemakers!" Robert took the first step, wanting to show some color to these ignorant civilians. He was very upset that he could not participate in the distribution of spoils.Now the farmer they desperately rescued is so ungrateful, which makes him very angry.

However, this seemingly submissive old man raised his head and said forcefully: "To tell you the truth, sir, most of the people here are unbearable to be exploited by noble gentlemen, and would rather escape here to survive. Although those water bandits are fierce, But at least we won’t take away all our food, we can survive anyway, and what about those nobles? Huh! Everyone here has a relative who died directly or indirectly at the hands of the nobles.”

This sentence made Robert and Korodov, who were still very angry, speechless. These knights knew that what the old man said was the truth. The peasants at the bottom, regardless of their life and death, forcibly expropriated all their rations and even seeds.

Stannis didn't expect his reputation as a ruling class to be so bad, he rubbed his chin and laughed dumbly, "It's really black humor, this is how the lords and robbers look in the eyes of these peasants, the lords become robbers, and the robbers become the savior."

However, he also found the reason why these farmers hated him, and what he had to do now was to make them trust him again.

He stood alone in front of the peasants, trying to be seen by everyone.

Afterwards, he used the dragon roar to expand the following words to the entire square, and everyone could hear his loud and firm voice.

"I know where your fear, anger, and hatred for me come from! But I can assure you that I am different from any previous lord. I can provide you with land! Provide shelter! Provide protection! No matter what happens, I will I will never abandon you! If I fail you, you can abandon me at any time, but I firmly believe that this day will never come!"

Robert hinted in a low voice, "Speaking of the gods, you can mobilize your emotions more..."

"By the gods!" Stannis added vowedly.

No one made a sound, but Stannis could see the hesitation and heartbeat from the faces of the crowd in front of him. These water bandits have been wiped out, no one can protect them, and they will become the lord's plunder again.

Stannis knew the importance of adding more fire, but he secretly modified the original conditions to attract immigrants, "I will provide you with uncultivated land, and it will be free within one year, and at the same time after your first harvest Before the food, I will provide the food!"

Everyone whispered to each other, they couldn't believe that there was such a kind or stupid lord in the world.

"what do you think?"

Stannis said the last words to the old man, and as he expected, the old man nodded.

"Also, I will not force you to follow me. If anyone wants to leave or stay, I will definitely not stop them!"

After the lord finished speaking, he turned and left in a cool manner.

In the afternoon, all the farmers expressed their willingness to leave with Stannis. Having lost the protection of the water bandits, they might fall into the clutches of the lord again. Instead of doing this, they might as well bet that the lord in front of them could make a difference.

The traversers almost fainted from laughing in the toilet, and the population in their territory doubled without paying any price.

What surprised him even more was that the farmers dug out the stored grain from the ground one after another. These were not discovered by the water bandits or coalition soldiers before. It seemed that these farmers were not as ignorant and timid as they looked. They still shine with the cunning unique to the working people.

(End of this chapter)