[Chapter 91 Another meaning of a lone commander]

Galloping south along the road, they rode their horses all night and a day. When they saw the sky gradually getting dark, David and Sharon stopped their horses.

David looked back habitually. Although he was sure that no one was catching up from Iron Tree Castle, he still couldn’t control his neck.

Sharon saw David’s action and said casually: “You looked back many times along the way. Are you worried?”

“Not worried.” David rubbed his neck. His neck was a little sore from frequently looking back and looking around: “I just feel like something is missing.”

According to common sense, shouldn’t there be a lot of pursuers at this time? They must be from different families, with strengths of different strengths, so that the protagonist has enough opportunities to show off.

As a result, he waited for a long time and didn’t even see a bird feather, which made him very disappointed.

“You galloped all the way after receiving the note from Maloney. Those nobles sent people out after getting the news, and they probably won’t catch up with us so quickly.” Sharon looked at David who was still sitting on the horse: “If you are very worried, why don’t you travel overnight?”

With the endurance and speed of these two war horses, traveling overnight can completely shake off the possible pursuers. But she was not particularly sure. After all, she didn’t know much about this world, and didn’t know if the mounts in this world were also strong?

“Maybe there won’t be pursuers.” David jumped off the horse, took out an apple from his luggage, and fed it the apple while stroking the horse’s mane: “Some things that are obvious must always be followed.”

Just like the Forrest family wanted to annex Winter Village, even if it was located in a remote area, they had to find a justifiable reason.

This is not for “commoners” like David, but for other noble families to see – we are very disciplined.

Now, it is not convenient for them to send people to kill David directly. Even if they want to “send people”, they will hire guys who are seemingly unrelated to them, such as bandits, mercenaries, etc.

But now they have no time to make these arrangements in a hurry.

After explaining these analyses, Sharon rolled his eyes: “So, we don’t need to rush so much?”

“It is still necessary. If we really waste a few days in Iron Tree Castle, there may be many bandits, robbers, and mercenaries along the way, and they will all want to kill us.” Now with David running all the way, these enemies will not appear at all.

“Okay! It sounds like a lot less trouble.”

Sharon is a super soldier who has received various training since childhood and has good combat power, but it does not mean that she is a madman who is addicted to fighting and killing.

As the daughter of Captain America, although Sharon has not shown any particularly great sentiments, she has been taught by such a father since she was a child, and her values are still very normal.

Leading the warhorse to the side of the road, David and Sharon did not stay in the village because they were in a hurry, and now they can only rest on the side of the road for one night.

“Let’s take a rest for one night. At this speed, we should be able to reach Wangbei Town tomorrow.” Wangbei Town is the largest town on the road from Tieshubao to the capital of Tilan. It

is also the transportation hub of the northern part of the Kingdom of Tilan. It used to be an important border town in the north of the Kingdom of Tilan until the Kingdom of Tilan pushed its territory to the Iron Tree Forest and built Tieshubao.

“To be honest, I prefer to stay in the wild.” Although she only stayed in Tieshubao for less than half a day and left without staying for long, the

poor sanitary environment of Tieshubao still left an indelible impression on Sharon.

She no longer has any hope for the sanitation of this world. In comparison, the environment in Winter Village is much better, especially after David, the village chief, built public toilets and made mandatory requirements for the public and personal sanitary environment in the village.

“Will the environment in the capital be very bad?”

“I haven’t been there either.” David waved his hand to indicate that he didn’t know: “But don’t have too much hope, think about Paris and London back then.”

Sharon sighed. She deeply felt the huge gap between her as a modern person from the civilized era and this backward world.

Looking at David, although many things were not said explicitly, a smart person could discover many things. Moreover, after David figured it out, he did not deliberately try to hide it.

“How did you adapt?”

David and Sharon found some stones and gathered some firewood to start a bonfire. After sitting down, they began to search for food in their luggage.

“Adapt to what?”

“This world.”

“Oh, this!” David lowered his head and continued to choose the dinner he wanted to eat: “There was no choice at first, but you will know later.”

Joining the pioneering team, building the Winter Village, and letting the village develop according to your own ideas will naturally solve the problem.

After Sharon understood what David meant, she also thought of similar questions as Mark: “So, what will you build the village into? A more modern and civilized city?”

She also thought of a deeper problem. Can other people in this world, especially those rulers, tolerate the existence of such a special city?

“If the so-called modernization is just a benchmark for the era you live in, then you underestimate me!” David took out some dried meat and some chopped vegetables, threw them into a small pot and added some water to cook them together, and then took out a few pieces of bread and put them on the pot cover next to the fire to heat them: “My goal is the stars and the sea!”

“…”

Sharon felt that David was joking. Maybe he didn’t want to answer her question, so he used this joking way to change the topic.

In a way, Sharon’s feeling was not wrong. David did deliberately change the topic.

There are some things that can be discussed with Fording, Laura, and even with Mark and Leonard, the scientists, but it is not convenient to discuss with superheroes like Steve, Peggy, and Sharon.

When it comes to the development of Winter Village, if we talk in depth, some topics are almost unavoidable. If David wants to develop the village, not to mention building a huge country, even if it is just to develop it into a large enough city, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with surrounding forces.

This kind of conflict is not necessarily caused by others provoking David, but also includes David provoking others.

To give a simple example, with the continuous expansion of Winter City’s power, the villagers under David’s rule need to reclaim more fields, but they have already reclaimed to the doorstep of other people’s homes. What should you do as a lord?

From the lord’s point of view, of course, you should support the villagers under your rule. After all, it is not his people who are bullied, and he does not need to worry about the people of other people’s homes. That is the problem that the lord on the other side needs to worry about.

Then the question is, will the captains of justice unconditionally support David at this time?

In addition, although Winter Village already has hundreds of villagers and has even started modern infrastructure construction, the Winter Town or Winter Fortress he envisioned will soon be built.

But he never overlooked one thing: there is not even a real soldier in his territory now!

At first, there was no one; now there is no shortage of people, even those craftsmen and miners are still top sources of soldiers, but don’t forget that they came to David to avoid war and disputes. If they still have to fight, wouldn’t it be better to stay in the Western Wilderness? They have a real hatred with the Storm Kingdom anyway. So

, although Winter Village’s actual combat power is very amazing and it is not afraid of foreign invasion at all, there are many deep-seated problems, and David can’t find anyone who can discuss solutions with him on these problems. So far, the only

way he can think of is to make these partners have more sense of identity with this town through the construction of Winter Village, to ensure that the city is established and developed as expected, and to attract more locals to move to Winter City through a better living environment, thereby expanding the scale of the city and forming a virtuous circle.

In this case, the surrounding forces that have been poached can either take the initiative to launch an attack on Winter Town, so that he can hold high the banner of justice to counterattack and destroy the other party; or naturally annex the other party.

This may be the only development direction that does not cause dissatisfaction among these “righteous heroes”.

“I never thought that I would lack less righteous helpers around me.”

David gulped down a mouthful of mixed vegetable stew and ate a bite of hard bread, and looked at Sharon in front of him.

He was thinking, if he developed Winter City well enough, and Sharon saw how miserable the lives of the lower-class civilians in this world were, would she choose to identify with him and finally firmly support him to eliminate other forces and fight for Winter?

At that time, when Sharon fights the enemy, she can also shout loudly: “For freedom!”

If it really becomes that situation, it will definitely be very interesting!

Not only Sharon, but even several captains can line up in a row, shout freedom and then launch a charge to defeat all the feudal forces blocking the front of the Winter Empire.

“But if they really come up with some kind of Winter Empire, I should be the first one of these three to be defeated, right?”

He didn’t know whether Captain America, Captain Carter, and Sharon, the second-generation Captain America, would become Captain Liberty. Just when David wanted to lean on a tree trunk to rest, he found someone approaching.

“Someone is coming.”

Sharon, who also noticed something, reached for her lance. Before she could hold her weapon, she saw an old man walking on the road next to her with a glowing stick.

The stick in the old man’s hand was about the same height as a person, and the top of the stick emitted a bright light, illuminating everything around him, and also allowing David and Sharon to see the old man’s appearance at the first time.

The old man also noticed the two people who had lit a bonfire not far from the roadside, and walked straight towards them: “I accidentally went in the wrong direction and missed the village. Can I rest here with you for a night?”

(End of this chapter)