Chapter 70 The Chaos Ends
"not bad."

In the Mole Town Castle, Rhodes sat by the window and nodded calmly.

He looked down at the streets below, where the shield and spear soldiers were advancing.

At the same time, with the help of the ravens' surveillance, he watched the shield and spear soldiers searching the residents' houses one by one.

In order to ensure the military quality of the army and make the soldiers strictly obey orders, Rhodes set two standards.

The first aspect is the generous treatment of military soldiers.

Compared with other industries in the territory today, the treatment of soldiers in the third battalion of the army is definitely superior.

Meat is always supplied first, and the status of soldiers is much higher than that of ordinary craftsmen.

This will make soldiers cherish their current identities more and abide by discipline spontaneously.

On the other hand, there are naturally strict military regulations.

In order to prevent the emergence of bad apples in the early stages, Rhodes implemented a collective responsibility system in teams of ten.

If one person makes a mistake, the whole team will be punished.

The captains of each team of the Iron Wall Camp are the militiamen who came with him from Jianling.

He had already agreed with the military's philosophy and could effectively carry out Rhodes' orders.

Under the voluntary supervision of the soldiers, the current military merit system of the army is maintained quite well.

Soldiers were brave enough to kill the enemy on the battlefield without fear of death, and few of them would turn their eyes to the weak civilians and try to deceive their superiors.

Of course, there are still many small problems inside.

Rhodes could understand that. After all, the military system had only been established not long ago and had not yet formed a solid concept.

As long as the framework can be maintained, the rest will settle in time.

Rhodes withdrew his gaze from below, raised the sword in his hand, and pierced Billard's neck as he glared at him unwillingly.

There was no blood splattered, but the cold air spread from the tip of the sword, making his face stiff for a short time.

After a few seconds, the whole person fell to the ground and lost his life.

Mole Town has been captured, so this former lord has naturally lost his meaning.

After dealing with Billard, Rhodes walked to the other side of the room and said:

"I'm Rod Rossdale, the lord of Flattop Mountain and Bayou Town, and the pioneer knight of the kingdom. I think you should know me."

Hearing his words, the girl who was curled up in the blanket trembled.

But he didn't open his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

Rod came to her, picked her up through the blanket, and walked towards a bedroom.

"Have a good sleep. Don't worry. When you wake up, I will send you back to Knight Fuller. He should have returned to Broken Dragon Fortress."

Rhodes whispered, putting her on the bed in the bedroom, and at the same time he found a set of clean clothes from the surroundings and placed them beside the bed.

Seeing that she had no intention of waking up, he turned and left the room.

After Rhodes closed the door, he thought about the girl's identity, but unfortunately he couldn't remember her identity.

The fiancée of Knight Fuller of the Mark family?
He did know the identities of the knights who came to explore the land.

But who has the time to find out the identity of someone's fiancée?
The girl huddled up into a ball, and because she was not wearing any clothes, it was inconvenient for Rhodes to see her face.

After I couldn’t remember it for a moment, I shook my head and stopped paying attention to it.

Compared to this, the situation of the mining area on the east side of Mole Town is the focus of Rhodes' attention.

With the help of the raven's perspective, Rhodes looked there.

At the same time as the shield and spear soldiers on the west launched the attack, the mole tribe where the mining area was located was also attacked by the border guards.

The snowfield colt's hooves crushed the fence and swept past.

When Rhodes looked over, the battle there was over.

In the mining area, corpses of Mole Tribe soldiers can be seen everywhere.

Faced with the border guards of the principality, ordinary barbarian soldiers were no match at all.

The reason why the enemy dared to station here was probably because Billard told them that the Principality had shrunk its defenses and would not take care of this place for a short time. Unfortunately, because of him, not long after Mole Town was captured, the border guards began to rush here.

It caught them off guard.

After defeating the enemies in the mining area, Viscount Marcia was leading his soldiers towards the west gate.

In her imagination, her cousin was probably still blocked outside the high wall at this moment.

This made her speed up her pace.

The boy's army lacked equipment to break into the city, so they could only watch helplessly as their soldiers died under the wall.

However, when she actually arrived at the west side, she was surprised to find that it had already ended.

The gates of the high wall were open, and teams of shield and spear soldiers were clearing the battlefield.

Judging from the traces, it might have ended even earlier than she did.

"Elena's vision is indeed better than mine." After seeing Rhodes coming to greet her, Marcia was silent for a moment and suddenly said.

Her eyes swept over the shield and spearmen.

Having just been through a battle, she found that the soldiers' mental state was a little too good.

"It's all thanks to the help of Sister Marcia, otherwise I wouldn't be able to deal with those barbarian soldiers."

Rod said with a smile, walking towards the castle with her.

Marcia glanced at him and, without asking how he did it, took out a document and handed it to him.

"This is the document of the Lord of Mole Town. Elena said that she wants you to be the temporary Lord, but you should also know what she is thinking. This place belongs to you from now on."

"Also, I will lead the border guards away tomorrow. I wish you good luck next time."

"Only staying for one day?" Rhodes was a little surprised to hear that she was leaving tomorrow.

Marcia nodded without explaining anything.

Roll expressed his understanding, and after arranging for Marcia and the border guards, he immediately ordered his men to begin checking various areas of Mole Town.

Now that we have occupied this place, the next step is naturally the much-anticipated looting phase.

The wealth of Moletown is mainly concentrated in the castle and the mining area.

During the subsequent search, Rhodes found more than half a million pounds of grain and wheat flour in the castle.

The price of these grains alone is more than 300 gold coins.

In addition to food, he also found cash and collectibles worth a total of 130 gold coins from the castle.

100 of the gold coins need to be given to Marcia.

This is the labor fee for the border guards. It is impossible to ask them to help for free.

These are just small things. What really excites Rod is the population and iron mine of Mole Town.

The town's population was around 2,500, and with the previous turmoil and war, this number dropped to around 1,800.

The residents here make their living from the iron mines, either as miners or as blacksmiths and apprentices who process pig iron.

It can effectively fill the job vacancies in Rhodes Territory.

In addition to the population, there is the mine on the east side.

The raven looked down from the sky, presenting the situation of the mine to Rhodes.

The area of ​​the mine is not large, and it is worth mentioning that the iron ore is mainly shallow.

At first glance, there are even quite a few open-pit veins that can be mined directly.

As for other mines, most of them are only a few dozen meters deep and can be seen at a glance.

This is normal. The mining technology of this era is just like that. If you want to mine deep veins, you must be prepared to sacrifice your life.

Although Mole Town is a border town, the order of the territory is completely controlled by the lord.

But the town has a limited population, and Billard is no fool.

It is impossible to exchange precious labor for such a small amount of output.

(End of this chapter)