Chapter 166 Refugee 3
In the Lord's Castle in Lake Center Town, a meeting was going on, attended by people from the Government Affairs Council and high-level military officials.
"Your Majesty, this trip south has been fruitful!"
Hansel proudly reported his achievements. He returned to Lake Town a few days ago. As soon as I came back, I immediately got into the mood and started the resettlement work of new recruits and refugees without stopping.
“In addition to the refugees, this time we also recruited 56 talents from various professions, including blacksmiths, teachers, alchemists, healers, etc...”
Before he could finish speaking, Paul clapped his hands.
"Well done, Hansel. I didn't expect you to find so many people willing to come to the northwest. I thought people in the south thought our place was a poor place."
Han Serge said with a smile: "Your Excellency, as long as you search carefully, you will always find it. There are always some people who are not living as they wish and want to try their luck..."
"Okay, okay, these Let Director Ford make detailed arrangements for the people's positions. Let's talk about the refugees first."
Paul interrupted Hansel's introduction. He seemed to be willing to come here. It's Luther who was eliminated by his own industry. Forget it, he doesn't need any masters for the time being, as long as he can work.
"How many refugees have arrived in our territory now?"
Hansel calculated it in his mind and immediately replied: "According to the latest statistical report, a total of 421 refugees have arrived in Arda. "
"Will there be more?"
"Of course, Lord Earl, and there will be a lot of people. The more than 500 people I mentioned before were just the latest number before I left, but. The several shelters we have set up are still taking in refugees, and refugees will continue to be sent to the Northwest Bay.”
“I’m surprised, aren’t these refugees facing each other in the Thorn Fortress area? How did you get here? ”
This time it was Schroeder who answered his question.
"Sir, the Thorn Fortress is not designed to completely block traffic between the north and the south. Refugees can easily bypass it."
"Then what's the point of building this fortress? The enemy forces Can’t it be easily bypassed?”
“Many fortresses on the plains are not designed to completely isolate traffic. Take Thorn Fortress as an example, it can garrison a full 50,000 troops, and It stores enough food and grass for 50,000 horses for a year. There are many roads connecting the north and south of the fortress, but they are all within the reach of its troops. The army is not a refugee. If you want the soldiers to fight in peace, you cannot provide food and drink. Stop. If the army rashly bypasses it and attacks directly to the rear of the fortress, it will face the risk of the supply line being cut off at any time. "
Paul suddenly realized: "That's it."
He continued to ask Hansel about the refugees: "Have all the refugees who have arrived been resettled?"
Hansel raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Sir, you can rest assured that they have been resettled. They were arranged to live in a temporary official residence in the south of the town, which is enough to spend the winter comfortably. After such a long period of wandering, these people are now in heaven. Everyone is praising your kindness, Lord Count. In a word, the entire refugee resettlement work is proceeding efficiently and peacefully."
Just as Paul was about to nod habitually, a voice that ruined the atmosphere sounded, although it sounded pleasant.
"Efficient and peaceful? Baron Abbott, efficient may be barely considered, but the word peaceful is indeed not relevant at all."
The speaker was the female consultant "Betty Dias" "Miss, now she was looking at Hansel with a sarcastic look. Paul asked inexplicably: "What happened?"
Did Hansel offend this young lady?
Hansel immediately replied: "Nothing happened, Lord Earl, as I just said, the entire refugee resettlement work is proceeding efficiently and peacefully."
But he obviously lacked confidence.
The consultant stood up and said in a bad tone:
"Count Grayman, do you know how your agricultural supervisor treats the refugees?"
"How?"
Irene said angrily: "I got The intelligence is that the reception staff treated the refugees very rudely, beating and scolding them at all times, and randomly discarding or burning their belongings. These refugees left their homes and finally escaped from the battlefield. They traveled all the way to this place to face difficulties. Ah Baron Bert went too far."
Hansel immediately defended himself: "Miss Dias, this group of refugees is described as 'unorganized and undisciplined' as the count once said. ', there was a lot of noise and chaos when they were being examined. In order to complete the whole process as soon as possible so that they could settle down as soon as possible - this was also for their own good, the militiamen had to go down in person to maintain order and teach them how to line up. It is inevitable and understandable that something unpleasant happens during this period."
"As for their belongings, Father in heaven, they have nothing but rags. , a lot of clothes couldn’t withstand washing and rotted directly, so they had to be discarded. And didn’t we give out new clothes, which are many times better than their original ones?”
The consultant lady was obviously dissatisfied with his explanation, and the two started arguing with each other.
"You two! You two!"
Paul's head was pounding after hearing this, and he repeatedly motioned to the two of them to stop first.
After finally letting the argument stop, Paul said: "Miss Dias is right. These refugees are already very pitiful, and we cannot add to their suffering. Hansel——"
Hansel stood up immediately: "Yes, Lord, please give me your orders."
Paul spoke in an official tone: "In the future, you must not treat those who are about to become the people under my rule rudely. Instead, I want them to feel the warmth of home and the care of brothers and sisters. Do you understand?"
However, He took advantage of the fact that the female consultant's eyes were not on him, and quietly glanced at Hansel.
Hansel was secretly happy: Earl Grayman supported me - at least tacitly approved of it. Besides, the tone of his words just now, hehe, it's not painful or itchy.
He immediately said: "Yes, Lord Earl, I will inform the officers responsible for the containment work when I get back and ask them to pay attention to their attitude in future work."
Irene's face He showed a victorious expression on his face and gave Paul a sweet smile, which made his heart skip a beat.
In fact, besides her own sympathy, there is another important reason why Irene is so dissatisfied with Hansel.
In the bottom of her heart, she believed that the reason why these refugees left their homes and fled everywhere was due to the war between the royal family and the rebels. As a member of the royal family, she wanted to do her best to make their lives better so as to alleviate her own guilt.
Of course, she cannot say this reason now.
(End of this chapter)