Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

When Lowry saw Hammond and the deputy commander of the Pétain Line waiting for him, a hint of confusion appeared on his face, but he still took the head of the commander-in-chief of the Pétain Line.

The troops behind him also began to clear the largest fortress in the Pétain Line of Defense with their equipment.

Although there are still many fortresses that have not surrendered, those fortresses are not really determined to resist to the end, but want to increase more prices for themselves.

But Lowry didn't intend to indulge these people who were brought up with bad habits by Doug. He would wait until the surrounding fortresses were cleared and then slowly bombard those who refused to surrender with artillery.

"You're not the kind of person who would play tricks."

On the way back in triumph, Lowry and Hammond struck up a conversation.

"You want to give me the credit? I thought you were some pedantic knight who knew the Chivalric Code by heart."

"I just don't like dealing with those nobles."

Hammond looked back at the brothers who were laughing and cursing behind him and said, "I don't like not proving that I don't understand the ways of the world."

"Hahahahaha."

Lowry seemed to have seen something funny and couldn't stop laughing, and casually threw the head back to Hammond.

Hammond hurriedly took the head.

"We don't count merits this way here. If the merit is yours, it's yours, and no one can take it away from you."

"But I never thought you would have such an idea. The pedantic knight becomes more worldly-wise when he comes to us. Then the governor will complain about me again, saying that I, a soldier, have led someone astray again."

Hammond listened to what Lowry said and realized that he was being too deliberate. He scratched the back of his head and said, "After all, we are surrendered soldiers. I may not care about it myself, but I have to consider my brothers."

"And I don't want to be like before, where I can only live as a guard in an insignificant place because of inhumanity."

Hammond looked at Lowry's soldiers and continued, "I want to contribute to the North. I have the ability and the mission."

The unbreakable line of defense fell. Although some other fortresses, large and small, still held out, they were completely unable to stop the pace of the gray-collar workers. The entire line of defense had lost its function.

After reading the battle report, Lind organized the next course of action. Since the Pétain Line of Defense was now passable, there was no need to take a detour through the Targon Mountains as before.

After discussing with Reina, Lind prepared to use Black Iron Castle as a springboard to launch an all-out attack.

"Don't rush to recruit those soldiers. Let them farm first."

Lind said to Reina.

The population in other parts of the North has been depleted due to Doug, and a large amount of land is uncultivated. Lind really doesn't want these low-quality soldiers to affect the quality of his own army.

Lind would rather recruit some local serf farmers or free men than use Doug's veterans on a large scale.

After hearing this decision, Lena still felt a little distressed. After all, these soldiers were nominally Lars' soldiers. However, Lena also understood Linde's general idea.

"We can first let them go with the army, and once we conquer a place, we can let them help the remaining people there to farm, give them land, and let them settle down there."

"Well, that's okay too."

Linde nodded and agreed with Lena's decision. As long as it involved military aspects, Lena's thinking was still very clear.

Anyway, in this world, there is no such thing as retirement after joining the army. There is even a local folk song that tells the story of a man who, after joining the army, went to other areas in a daze, got married and had children in a daze, and became a resident of that place in a daze.

Lena's decision was simply to disband the soldiers recruited by Doug and redistribute them to various places in the North.

Later, Linde helped Lena supplement this policy. The army definitely did not need to settle down a place first and divide the land before conquering the next place as before.

Some power must be stripped away from the military. This is not to suppress the military, but to allow the military to grow in a healthier way.

Matters such as land distribution and governance should be handled by the civil officials. Fortunately, the earliest batch of nobles have completely surrendered. Although there are not many people, they are enough, and they are all successful candidates.

After the discussion, Reina went to the army with the documents.

"It's really loving."

Tia lay on the sofa and yawned.

"You are still improving his position in the army. Aren't you afraid of what will happen in the future? Or are you afraid of what will happen in the future?"

"There are already many Lars people in the army, so it is very suitable for Reina to do these things."

Lind did not directly answer Tia's question, but simply explained it.

Tia did not ask further questions, but said: "Since the defense line is gone, the ranger who helped you in the mountains can also come back."

"Well, thank you very much, I will pay more."

"It seems like you made a lot of money selling weapons."

Tia stood up, stretched, and flipped through the heavy book beside her.

This elf has recently shown signs of becoming a NEET. He is becoming more and more lazy in his life and less and less willing to go out.

She also likes to eat snacks while reading. When she opens the book, Tia's hand has already reached into the snack box next to her.

It seems that elves can never gain weight no matter how much they eat. At least Tia is still maintaining a good figure.

"Are you reading chivalry novels again?"

"No, I'm looking at the history of you humans."

Tia turned to the page where her last bookmark was and started chatting with Lind while reading.

"I think you humans are the warring race. You humans have been at war since the beginning of written records. The years you haven't been at war are almost the same as the years we elves have been at war. Compared to you humans, the demons seem pure and kind."

"And after looking at your human history up to now, I think you can win."

The elf princess has learned to learn from history. At least the elf queen will not say that she has spoiled her daughter. However, no matter how long the elf princess lives in the gray-collar society, it is just a small episode in her long life.

"So that's why you asked the Elf Queen and the druids to help me, and let some rangers serve me?"

"Don't get me wrong, it's not for you. I asked you to pay more."

Tia moved her eyes away from the book and glanced at Linde, as if telling Linde not to be so self-indulgent.

But Lind had already sat down and started to take out the letter paper, preparing to write a reply to the queen of the royal capital, as well as the next regulations. He was thinking about going to Black Iron City later, and did not notice Tia's gaze at all.

However, Lind continued chatting with Tia: "Did you know? Although the probability is very low, some subhumans can give birth to offspring with humans, just like you elves."

"Ah? Oh, I know that."

Tia, who originally had no idea, became panicked after hearing what Linde said. She buried her head in the book and stopped eating snacks. Instead, she secretly looked at Linde.

"The half-elves born have the lifespan of elves, but they cannot give birth to offspring, whether male or female, whether with elves or humans."

Lind touched his chin and thought. Although there are all kinds of completely unscientific and strange creatures that have broken through reproductive isolation in various fantasy worlds, this world still seems to have reproductive isolation. There are no strange-looking monsters, and there is also a similar concept of reproductive isolation among druids. The reproductive isolation between humans and elves at least shows that although humans and sub-humans have significant species differences, their relationship is relatively close.

"So, are you saying that the difference between humans and elves, or other demihumans, is smaller than you think?"

Linde finally looked up and looked Tia up and down. Seeing the clear eyes, even with a hint of academic meaning, Tia realized that she was a little self-indulgent.

"Well, my grades in druid courses have always been mediocre. You should discuss this with our Archdruid."

Tia was a little angry, and put down the book like a deflated balloon, sighing that she seemed to have read too many knight novels recently, and there were always some messy thoughts in her mind. She had to find a way to quit reading those knight novels.