"Well, you did a good job. It seems that choosing you as the city defense officer was a correct decision." Ryan nodded approvingly. Although he was a little overstepped, it was indeed a great help to Ryan.

Population is what he values ​​the most. Centralizing the population for protection was originally part of his plan, but now it saves a lot of effort.

Hans was relieved when he saw that Ryan was not going to pursue the case. It seemed that the baron was easier to talk to.

"With such a concentrated population, is there enough housing in the city, and is there enough firewood and food?"

In this era, due to productivity, the population is often relatively scattered. For example, Canaland has a population of only 20,000. The population of any town on Blue Star is more than this number.

However, it is divided into several towns and more than a dozen villages, and the permanent population of Doman City is only five to six thousand.

This is because the land around Doman City is not enough to support such a large population, so it can only be spread out.

It is winter now, few crops can survive, and there is a huge amount of firewood for heating.

Doman City, which originally had a permanent population of 5,000 to 6,000 people, suddenly saw an influx of twice as many people. Whether it was eating, drinking, sleeping, heating or housing, it was a great test.

Hans shook his head with a wry smile and said: "There is no shortage of food and firewood. There is no shortage of other things in Cana. There is no shortage of these things. The main problem is the housing problem. Now the city is full. Many people are setting up casually on the open space.

shed.

If it snows this winter, many people will freeze to death."

"Don't you organize people to build a house? Even a simple wooden house is better than a shed with air leakage from all sides." Allen was a little puzzled. With so many people and no shortage of wood, how much can be repaired?

"I tried it before, but the effect was not ideal and caused several riots, so I had to stop."

Hans felt miserable. It wasn't that he didn't do anything, it was just that he couldn't do it!

Ryan understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. They lacked a co-ordinator. Thousands of people were working together. If there was no effective co-ordinator, it would be normal to cause riots.

Moreover, once people do something collectively, they will develop a mentality of laziness, commonly known as "fishing", and want to do less, even if those houses are closely related to them.

"Is the daily food distributed in the city?" Ryan suddenly asked.

"Yes, in order to save time when migrating, they often only bring a few days' worth of food. Now they have already eaten it. The Knights of Home distribute food every day.

Don't worry, they will pay back double the amount after next year's harvest." Hans thought it was Ryan who was reluctant to part with the grain, so he quickly explained.

Ryan immediately understood that there was another reason behind it. The food was borrowed. Who would bother to build a house?

After all, their roots are outside the city, and now they are just taking refuge. Who will own the house after the house is built? Of course it is the nobles. In this case, why bother to build the house? They are not full.

After figuring this out, Ryan felt confident, and the next plan had quietly been formed.

Unknowingly, the group of people had arrived in front of the former lord's castle under the "welcoming welcome" of the people.

Looking at the strong and tall castle in front of him, Ryan couldn't help but feel a little confused. What happened to the previous lord of such a castle that looked like a turtle shell?

If the orcs could attack such a castle, the walls of Doman City would not be enough to see.

After telling Hans about this doubt, Hans' mouth twitched and he told the whole story.

It turned out that the previous lord was not killed in the castle, but led his soldiers to attack on his own initiative, and was sent to see the Lord of Holy Light by an orc with a stick.

Fortunately, not everyone was stupid with him at that time, and they still fought off the orcs after the lord died in battle.

Rather than repelling them, it is better to say that the opponent had plundered enough. That time, the Cana Territory lost two to three thousand people, and the remaining property losses were countless.

Many well-trained soldiers were also brought by that stupid pig lord to see the Lord of Holy Light. Because of his stupidity, what is left to Ryan now is an extremely bad mess.

After hearing this, Ryan wanted to dig up his grave and open his head to see what was inside. He actually fought with orcs in the field. How crazy was his brain?

"It is useless to talk about what happened. Knight Hans, let me inform you and ask all the officials from the villages, towns and the city of Doman to come to the castle at seven o'clock tonight to discuss the matter. Don't let me invite them."

Ryan bit the word "everything" very hard, and his murderous aura was so obvious that Hans was so frightened that he quickly accepted the order and left.

Entering the castle, he found that it was very clean, and it was obviously cleaned frequently. Ryan winked, and Delay immediately led people to conduct a carpet search. Two hundred people turned the castle upside down in a short period of time.

The details inside were quickly reported to Ryan. The castle has four floors in total, does not occupy a large area, and does not have a moat. After all, the person who built it was only a baron, and his financial and material resources were limited.

The environment inside is a bit damp and dark, and the interior is empty with no one living inside. However, all the warehouses have a large amount of food, firewood and other things piled up like mountains.

There are no traces of treasures, and there are obvious signs of removal of decorations. It seems that someone visited this place after the death of the previous stupid pig.

"At least these people have some sense of propriety and don't live openly in the castle." Ryan casually sat down on a chair and said to Allen and others.

"That's asking for death. Although we only have two hundred people, we are not afraid of their rudimentary equipment." De Lai was a little disdainful.

"That Hans is hiding something from us." Allen said in a deep voice.

"What else can there be? In a barony, there are two junior knights who can't take the turn of being in charge. Some people escaped from the battle." Ryan said calmly while closing his eyes to rest.

"Escape from battle, then why didn't Hans say anything?" Allen suddenly looked disgusted. The word "escape" had never been mentioned in the knight's dictionary.

"Now, you have to ask him. Let the soldiers be divided into two shifts, take turns to rest and cook some hot food. Everyone is working hard during this period." Ryan's fingers silently tapped the armrests, and he said slightly tiredly.

"Okay, it's just that the craftsmanship of the soldiers is not very good. Let's find some servants tomorrow. This castle also needs people to take care of it." De Lai looked at the somewhat empty room and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ryan said half-jokingly: "You can arrange this matter. Uncle Deman is not here, so you have to be my big housekeeper."

"Hahaha, that's my honor." Delai bowed slightly and replied with a smile.

"Lei, what should we do with the civilians who came back with us?" Allen suddenly remembered that there were more than 20 prisoners who had been rescued by them.

Ryan slapped his forehead and forgot about this matter, and immediately said: "Bring that Hevian, I want to ask questions, and by the way, I want to ask if there are any cooks inside. Anyone who is willing to stay in the castle to work can stay.

If not, send them out."
Chapter completed!