Camp 7 of the refugee camp.
Derek was taking care of his sister Tata who went to sleep on the upper bunk.
The arrival of the cold winter made life in Skarre difficult for him and his sister. His sister would shiver all over when she went to bed every night.
But the temperature in the tent was so high that his sister Tata was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
The energy of a child didn't last long. After Derek covered his sister with a quilt, which was a "luxury", his sister soon fell into a sweet dream.
When Derek was about to sleep on the lower bunk, he suddenly heard the discussion between the father and daughter on the bunk next to him.
"Nancy, I've explored the area around the camp. The soil here is soft and suitable for cultivation, but it's already winter, and I can't think of any crops that can grow in this season."
Derek didn't interrupt. He lay on the lower bunk with his back to the father and daughter, listening quietly to their discussion.
"Maybe they have plant seeds that can grow in the cold winter? The attribute of the Skarre's earth veins is scorching flames, and the Queen of Skarre is also here. They should have some means to increase the temperature." Nancy said.
"It would be really helpful for our country if we could learn their method of growing in winter or get seeds that can grow crops in winter."
The old butler also knew what the winter was like when Xiu Enzhe came to the kingdom. The winter in the far south was very long... In the villages covered by heavy snow in late winter, if there was not enough food stored, people would freeze to death or starve to death.
Insufficient food storage was also a common problem, as not many farmers could hand over part of their grain to the lord and then survive the long winter.
The old butler himself came from a peasant family, but because of his good swordsmanship talent, he won appreciation in the army. It was not until he was old that he successfully entered the aristocratic class.
So the old butler knew clearly the ways that the nobles exploited the common people, one of which was to deceive the common people and make a promise that they would never fulfill.
"I'm going to participate in their reclamation plan today. If I don't come back by night, you must quickly escape from this camp and return home immediately."
The old butler finally chose to compromise. His heart was still full of doubts. If it weren't for his identity, he might have knocked Nancy out and taken her back to his country, but now the old butler could only obey her arrangements.
"They also gave you warm clothes. I believe I will be fine," said Nancy.
As Derek listened to the discussion between the father and daughter, he was completely overwhelmed by worry.
Derek also signed up for the reclamation program. His reason for joining was simple: he just wanted to give his sister more food.
But Derek also knew the ways in which the nobles deceived slaves and serfs. It was normal for them to freeze to death if they stayed outside for too long in the winter.
But Derek always felt that those people in green clothes were different from those annoying nobles, but Derek couldn't tell exactly what the difference was.
Worried about how he would be treated tomorrow, Derek fell into a deep sleep. He slept very lightly...
The next morning, he was suddenly awakened by some sound while he was drowsy.
Derek opened his eyes and sat up on the bed, and the father and daughter in the next bed also woke up.
That was the sound of music! Derek heard music outside the tent that he had rarely heard in his life. Who was playing music outside
Derek hurriedly ran out of the tent and followed the sound of music to where the green-clad men were stationed. The moment he looked up, he suddenly saw a scarlet flag rising slowly in the morning light, accompanied by majestic music.
Derek couldn't describe the scene before his eyes. There was still light snow falling from the sky, but those soldiers in green clothes were standing in an open space in a terrifyingly neat formation.
He had seen such a procession only once before, when the whole kingdom's army paraded through the streets at the wedding of King Skare.
But what Derek felt in that parade was only the bustle and luxury. However, when Derek looked at the queue in front of him, he felt a sense of solemnity that was almost impossible to make a sound.
Everyone in the queue stood straight... their eyes fixed on the flag slowly rising in front of them.
"Nancy, are they... abusing their own soldiers?"
The old butler also followed the sound of music and came to Derek's side, followed by his "daughter" Nancy.
"Abuse?" Nancy looked at the neatly arranged queue not far away and didn't understand where the old butler came up with this word.
"It's still snowing and it's so cold now, but they still let the soldiers stand outside like this. This is not something a kind lord would do."
The butler hugged his arms with both hands. The temperature in the morning was close to zero degrees. He hurried out of the tent without wearing an outer coat.
Gathering so many soldiers to stand in an open space in this kind of weather... the old butler really couldn't think of the purpose.
"But their commander is also in the team."
Nancy pointed at Lu Cheng who was at the front of the team. When she was in the Royal City of Skarre, she had determined that Lu Cheng was the commander of this team.
"Maybe the commander is just a knight?" said the butler, exhaling white air from his mouth.
Nancy did not answer her butler. Her eyes swept across the faces of the soldiers in the queue one by one.
Nancy had carefully observed these soldiers during her time in the Royal City of Scarre. The biggest difference between them and the knights trained by various kingdoms was their skin color.
The skin color of all the soldiers present was almost the same dark brown. This was not their original skin color... but the skin color after being exposed to the sun.
If it was just one or two people, Nancy could still attribute it to the fact that this nation likes to bask in the sun, but every soldier Nancy saw had this skin color...which was enough to explain a problem.
They stood in this neat line under the sun not once, but hundreds, even thousands of times.
This is true for every soldier, including commanders in the army.
What's the reason for doing this? To increase your magic power level
Nancy couldn't figure it out, but she noticed the scene on the other side of the refugee camp, where a group of refugees gathered around a strange steel golem.
Nancy originally came here by riding the iron golem, and the riding experience was not good... Nancy vomited out all the food she had eaten after getting off the car.
The old housekeeper even mistakenly thought that Nancy was cursed by her violent physical reaction, but fortunately, Nancy quickly recovered after getting off the car.
But this encounter left a deep psychological trauma on Nancy and the old butler towards this iron golem.
There was a soldier of the Skare Knight standing next to the iron golem. The soldier saw a group of people curiously surrounding them, and when he saw that the number of people was about the same, he cleared his throat.
"They committed robbery, theft and other crimes last night because they attacked the granary in a group. Queen Elena of Scarre decided to send them back to the prison in the royal capital for trial!" He loudly announced to the onlookers the crimes committed by the refugees next to him last night.
"Are the refugees here still citizens of Skarre?" Nancy got a key piece of information from the knight's verdict. Thinking of this, Nancy said to the old butler beside her, "It's time to complete your mission, father."
"Why are you so anxious?" asked the old butler.
"The queen of Scarre is also here, and their country's generals are also involved in the reclamation plan. Do you think their queen came here just to find a place to sleep?" Nancy's voice finally took on a hint of command.