las looked at the army training in the field behind the castle he looked at the men marching in rows without knowing he had a smile in his face he left the castle to just look at the men he sat down and just looked

he smiled to himself [back to everden there were days that i couldn't even walk by myself but now im doing so much better , soon i must find an opportunity to fulfill the mission of the spirit i may be able to learn more about him ]

william saw las and run towards him "my lord what are you doing here ?"

"just watching ,nothing more i have some free time " william looked at the army as his lord did "my lord may i ask you something ?"

"yes ask william " william hesitated but spoke "my lord are you really going to invade orberg and erberg " las didn't looked at william he just stared at the soldiers marching "yes i can't let them be "

william couldn't really believe that "and what about the territory my lord the two houses are close relatives going to war with one means war with both " las didn't react badly

"don't worry i plan to occupy most of their land i will give some of their land to our neighbours " william was not sure "my lord i know that cannons and flintlock are very powerful but our numbers are not that good and such change at the north is something unique such thing hasn't happened for 100 years and will our economy be strong enough to last all the war ? "

las smiled "no it will not last we had a very fast growth but this happen just because we sold paper for the first time our economy is not that strong " william was confused las said this with a smile

"then my lord ? how are we going to fight if we can't feed our men at war ?"

las still had a smile " if all things go well in two months we will have the money to fight and the supplies to go to war with the baron and viscount " william was scared for a minute "my lord are you going to war in winter ? my lord you know that the winter in the north is very harsh its impossible for war in october november and december it will be very hard "

"haha don't worry i know im not an idiot i have experience in war i know that the winter in the north is terrible " william was relived

a knight was running towards las "my lord my lord " the knight kneeled in front of las "my lord something is going on you must come to speak with sir alfred " las got up "what happen knight ? is there a problem ?"

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"i don't know my lord i was sent to call you so i just run to inform you " las gave a nod "lead the way " the knight started to walk william followed las

alfred and leonard were outside his office "greeting to the lord " both saluted ,the guard open the door the 4 men walked inside the knight who called las walked to the other side of the door standing guard

las sat down in his chair "alfred what happen? is there a problem ?"

"yes my lord its a problem a very big one " las looked at him "speak what is it ?"

"my lord our population after losing land from our neighbors is around 25.000 many people when the bandits appeared run to other noble houses " alfred paused for a minute

"a report came 10 minutes ago from our gates in west and south many people Appeared when the guards asked them they said that theyare from helstain they are the people who run away "

las suddenly got up

he smiled "perfect this is perfect we will need more supplies for winter , but we just run out of manpower and more people came haha this is a gift "

"alfred do they seem like a lot ?"

"im not sure my lord the guard didn't say anything about the numbers but if they weren't many why would they report "

"open the gates and line them outside the city right now give them food to eat and let them rest "

"what my lord are you going to feed them ??? "

"yes don't ask more just do ask i command go right now "

the men couldn't do much they saluted and left when they were at the door las spoke "and handle them with kindness"

alfred started his work

=================================================================================================================================== at the western gate

one of the soldiers walked towards the leader of the big group ,the middle aged man who was in front of the people looked at the man in uniform "sir is there anything from the great lord " the man had his head down

the soldier looked at him "yes there is ,the gates will be opened we will feed you but you must make a line so we can count you when you pash the gate " the man smiled "thanks i will make the line right away "

the people started to speak "what they will feed us this is a lie for sure "

"yes yes a lie for sure "

"why would they even say that "

"be more silent if they hear you it won't and well "

the leader looked at the people there were old , sick woman with children in their hands "please make a line we must enter " the people slowly started to move it took some time to really make the line

knights were in front counting the people and counting the children woman and old

the group was able to pass the people followed some soldiers they looked at their right side " there are more people what are they doing ? " "are they from the city ?" the middle aged man saw that the soldiers was friendly so he dared to ask "sir may i ask who are they ?"

the soldier looked back "they are just like you the only different thing is that they came from another side "the man looked down "so there are others "