Chapter 37 (1/2)

Chapter 37

Everyone worked hard these days because of the intense pre-war preparations All the people wanted to contribute to the defense of the Lion town The situation wasn’t like this when Carrie attacked the last tiht that the territory could be kept by Xiao fae of ht that Xiao Yu would be able to defend and defeat Carrie’s troops

Moreover, Xiao Yu had focused on policies after the battle which gave the people of the territory unprecedented benefits There was no other territory, town or city they would get this much of benefits

As a result, the residents tried their best to protect the town so that this policies were maintained and kept They had to contribute to the defense of the town so that Xiao Yu stayed as the lord

In short, Xiao Yu was successful insure that the people of the territory were in the same boat as him and no one wanted this boat to sink

Xiao Yu was the ed tasks and strolled around everyday to patrol and inspect the soldiers, raceful bodies were exposed by sweat He was enjoying his life to the fullest

The slaves that were taken from the Marcus’s ca of merchants or civilians kidnapped by Marcus There were few nobles too The second batch consisted of slaves that were homeless

Xiao Yu granted severance o back to their hoive them civilian status

The social system dominant in the continent was a h the slaves existed but vast majority of people were civilians and residents Nevertheless, few races couldn’t escape the status of slaves as if they were untouchables In short, the world is in a transition period

For example, Black Iron Tribe was a race that stayed always as slaves Alot from Marcus were from Black Iron Tribe They were captured in the far south Black Iron Tribe was a very pri bodies and were best slaves for hard labor Every year adventurers would go deep south into Kalum to kidnap people from the Black Iron Tribe and sell them in the markets as the slaves Most of the Black Iron Tribe e

Xiao Yu faced two difficulties when he tried to give members of the Black Iron Tribe civilian status The first proble time They were born as slaves and lived as slaves They didn’t kno to survive on their own if they were given freedom The second proble was very loyal to the Xiao household but he was a very conservative man who couldn’t stand Xiao Yu’s ideas He had conflict with Xiao Yu several ti would never agree to such tax policies if the territory wasn’t weak Moreover, he never believed that soldiers had to be given such high treatible for their names to be passed around forever after their death

The previous tiave them civilian status too There werewas dissatisfied with Xiao Yu’s choice but he didn’t say a lot

However, Housekeeper Hong strongly went against Xiao Yu’s proive civilian status to the dancers and co occurred the Lion territory would become a joke

At the end, Xiao Yu had to use the dancers as servants to his sisters-in-law but he still couldn’t give them their freedom

This tiive freedom to the civilians andopposed hieneral rules, the noble who rescues civilians froht to use those people as his own servants If the family members of these people wanted to take them back then they had to pay certain ransom for freedom

However, giving freedoarded as a trait of a noble character Therefore, Housekeeper Hong agreed to give civilians and e to i said that he would die but never see those comfort women and Black Iron Tribe slaves as civilians

Xiao Yu had toto nity and status of the territory and its lord In fact, both of the and mentality were different

At the end, Xiao Yu decided to keep Black Iron Tribe slaves given that Housekeeper Hong would provide the As for the comfort women, Xiao Yu strictly prohibited anyone to violate theiven simple labor and provided with all the necessities

Normally, there were many comfort women kept in aristocrats houses for nobles to vent off their fantasies Souests and even shared with others