"Are you awake?"

This...... It's the voice of Priest Louis!

When Jon awoke, he had not even opened his eyes when he heard this voice that made him both respectful and terrified.

"I—I've got no money!"

Hearing Louis's voice, Jon reflexively closed his eyes and shouted, "I have no money, ahhhh

Louis just slapped him on the thigh and laughed helplessly: "Don't worry, you don't have to pay for it this time."

"Your lord has spoken. It's a wound you've suffered to defend Frozen Waterport, and you'll have to go through the bills - that is, you'll be reimbursed. ”

…… Great, great.

Jon subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he fell unconscious in the middle of the battle, he didn't know what the battle was like after that, whether he had been injured in other ways, and how long he had been delayed. So he didn't know how much money he had to heal his injury...... It's just subconsciously crying poor.

Although he was only shot once, and it was in the leg, it was a big deal to amputate his leg. Because of the special skills of the Silver Sir Church, amputation surgery did not cost much money.

But the old captain's treatment fee before really scared Jon.

The old captain was slow to end the battle, and he had already had a breath left when he was sent to the church. By the time he was brought to church, the cost of treatment had risen to twenty-six pounds—the price it had been after crying poor, and it had been twenty-eight pounds before.

One thing to say, this price is indeed not sky-high.

After all, this is the value of a human life.

The old captain didn't mean he couldn't afford it.

After all, he was a veteran and emptied his family, so he can still afford to pay for it. Or he just had to sell his beautiful armor and not only pay for the treatment, but more than enough.

He just didn't want to pay. He felt that he would not be able to earn back this money for the rest of his life...... It's better to leave more money for your children.

The militia is not paid. When they're not fighting, they're just ordinary townspeople, each with their own job – most of them fishermen. The only benefit is that you can get a little meat to eat during the festival every year.

And when the town was in danger, they had to take up arms and assemble to buy the children and women time to take refuge. And the militia group can join with only one weapon, so most of them don't even have leather armor.

Most of them, are good at using guns. After all, they are all fishermen, and when they were young, they would go to spearfish to play when they had nothing to do, and they had speed and accuracy.

The most important thing is that the gun is not expensive. At least it was much cheaper than a steel longsword, at least to the extent that every family could afford it.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that there is no iron ore in the frozen water port, so it can only be transported from outside.

But the average fisherman, if he doesn't catch anything of special value, can earn more than ten pounds a year per person...... In fact, this income is not low, and it is much better than that of farmers in the mainland.

You must know that the clerk of the mayor of the town earns more than thirty pounds a year.

But the problem is that if you deduct the daily expenses and taxes paid, there is really not much money left over from the money you can save every year.

If each fisherman can save a pound or two a year, that's pretty good.

His wounds, if to be cured, would have cost at least four or five pounds. His family did pay for this money. But once it is taken out, it means that his family's savings are completely drained.

But his brother is almost married......

So Jon was very entangled. He didn't even know how to tell his family, and at one point thought that it would be better to die and let his family carry his body to the mayor of the town to ask for money to compensate.

Or like the old captain, spend ten shillings digging out the bullets, heal the wounds, and leave the rest to fate.

It's up to Sir Silver to take care of him.

But come to think of it, a person as stingy as him wouldn't like it either.

Coming back to his senses, Jon couldn't help but sigh: "Thank you so much, Lord Lord......"

This amount of money may not be anything to them as aristocratic lords, or even the cost of a meal for them, which may not be as valuable as a barrel of good wine and a comb.

Not to mention anything else, just a ticket from Lengshui Port to the royal capital costs a minimum of eight gold pounds.

But for them as civilians, this is a deposit of four or five years, or even six or seven years, which will directly affect their family's life plan for the next few years or even more than ten years.

"Your lord, you're such a good man."

Jon exclaimed, trying to sit up from the bed.

"Be careful, don't do strenuous activities these days. Your wounds are not yet healed, and the old wounds are falling. ”

Louis admonished, reaching out to Jon on his back to help him sit up.

He asked Jon with some curiosity, "Jon, what do you think your lord is?" ”

"Good guys."

Jon said categorically.

“…… Because he paid you? ”

Louis couldn't help but laugh.

Jon shook his head and whispered:

"Because he has such a good background, he can still treat us as human beings. As I can remember, people like us don't have much money at home. ”

He glanced at Leon, the "robber" who was still in a coma, and his face was a little complicated: "I am even willing to heal people like him......"

"No, I think the lord is willing to heal him, at least not out of kindness. Well, don't talk about that. ”

Priest Louis shrugged his shoulders and said with great interest, "You may not know how much respect those who came with you have for your lordship...... What a fear. ”

"Fear?"

Without thinking, Jon replied, "Then they're going to be punished—why fear someone who just saved themselves?"

"Unlike our mayor, he is a scholar from Frozen Water Harbor and grew up with me. It's normal for him to be close to us young people.

"But my lord, he's not. Whether these goods are lost or not has nothing to do with him...... He won't take half of our tax less just because the goods are lost. Whether we live or die has nothing to do with him. However, in this situation of no benefit, he fought the robbers...... Isn't that a righteous act?

"No matter how cruel the Lord is to the enemy, his purpose is to protect us, to protect Frozen Water Harbor. The more brutal his methods are, the more respectable he is because he fights for justice. ”

Jon replied with great confidence.

His mind flashed through the brief speech Annan had given to them, the reassuring, uplifting command.

It's as cold as the wind of winter, and it's exciting—

"The most respectable thing is that my lord is a lord...... But they charged ahead, and they were the first to rush towards the robbers! ”

Jon said very seriously, "Lord Louis, you know, they have guns!" These truckloads of goods are half a life for us, but does he really care? ”

Hearing this, Louis's face was slightly serious.

The tall red-haired priest nodded slowly, "You're right. Also, you don't know, Jon...... The lord didn't even go to see you mayor when he entered the city before, but took the two of you directly to the church. It wasn't in accordance with the rules, but I just happened to run into you on the road, so I quickly brought you straight over.

"If he's just for acting, there's no need to rush this time. Because for him, it doesn't really make a difference whether you live or die...... The only difference is that you will pay more for the longer it takes, and your body will be more damaged, and you may even have to have your leg amputated.

"He's the son of an earl, and he must know that we in the Silver Jue Church aren't really good at healing. If you come two hours late...... Your leg may be gone. ”

As he spoke, Louis patted Jon's thigh again and said seriously, "You do have to thank the lord, but not because he saved you money, nor because he can remember that you civilians don't have money.

"It's because he really cares about your life and health...... That's why he broke the rules. He believes that human life, this leg of yours, is more important than his face. ”

The wound on his leg healed very well, and Jon didn't even feel the pain after being slapped twice by Louis.

But when he heard Louis's words, his heart was warm to the point of sourness.

His admiration for Annan has also risen almost to the level of fanaticism.

Although he was injured, he felt happy. It's like when he just succeeded as the captain of the militia, his father quietly took out his coffin book and replaced him with a half-new leather cuirasse.

No expression is required. Words are not needed.

The act alone is enough to warm people's hearts.

Although the lord has a cold face and is frightening at a young age, he is not only brave, just, and well-behaved, but also has a warm and humane heart.

Can Frozen Water Harbor have such a fatherly leader...... The little lord, what a blessing.

Although the height is not very paternal......