Chapter 65 Starting Point Orphanage (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 65 Starting Point Orphanage Under Bruno's arrangement, Old Ford's power was actually weakened.
But old Ford had no complaints about this. He approved from the bottom of his heart that L'Hôpital would take over the management of Idar's finances.
On the one hand, L'Hôpital was Bruno's confidant. He had previously managed the Cape Salt Fields and the fishing port, and there had never been any mistakes. The operations of the salt fields and the fishing port were also in order. It was natural for him to take over the financial power of Idar.
On the other hand, Old Ford knew clearly that what Idar needed in the future was a new generation of forces like Shabi and L'Obida, who were gradually growing up. Only they could keep up with Bruno's pace. As for himself, it would probably not be long before he was buried.
What's more, the burden Bruno gave him was definitely not light. Whether it was the Cape Salt Field, the sugar workshop, or other workshops, all of them were industries related to Idar's lifeblood. Coupled with the newly established Anti-Smuggling Bureau, he simply couldn't spare any extra time and energy to manage them.
Among those present here, most people simply redistributed and refined the scope of management.
However, Sam Layton may be the only one of these people whose power has been weakened.
After all, in Bruno's view, power comes from the barrel of a gun.
Although Sam Layton was worthy of his trust, all the soldiers under Idar could not be controlled by one person.
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Sam Layton, wearing a shiny suit of armor, accompanied by two well-dressed regular army quartermasters, stopped in a shabby alley in the city of Idar.
Today, he came to deliver pensions to the families of soldiers killed in the Battle of the Golan Heights.
The Battle of the Gran Heights allowed the Lord of Idar to successfully occupy the Gran Heights located in the north of Idar, and pushed the northern border of Idar to the south bank of the Soren River.
But at the same time, Lord Idar also suffered the casualties of three soldiers.
Only three people died in the war. This was not because Idar's army was so powerful, but more because Soran's army was too weak and the enemy's commander, Herman Barkley, underestimated the enemy, which led to such a strange result.
In addition to giving the families of the fallen soldiers the previously promised pensions, Bruno also required that the money must be delivered personally to the families of the fallen soldiers by Sam Layton, the commander of the regular army.
Today was the first time Sam Layton had done such a thing, so he stopped at the entrance of the alley and hesitated to move forward.
As the instructor and commander of the standing army, the 300 soldiers of the standing army usually eat, live and train with Sam Layton.
Although Sam Layton might not remember every soldier's name, at least everyone was familiar with each other and knew that they were also members of the regular army when they met.
But... when he thought that three soldiers would disappear forever in the regular army camp, Sam Layton felt a little empty in his heart.
This was a feeling he had never experienced in all the years he had led the army!
"Hey..." Sam waved his hand and stopped a civilian who was walking out of the alley.
When the man saw Sam calling him, he felt a little terrified and asked cautiously, "Sir... are you... calling me?"
"Is XXX's home here?" Sam asked.
"Oh! Him! He lives at the very end of the alley, but I heard before that... he seems to be dead... Now only his child still lives there..." The man's voice gradually became smaller.
"So how has this child been doing these days?" Sam Layton asked quickly.
"Whoever cooks can take turns to help. Although life is hard, at least the children won't starve to death..."
Sam frowned, and finally walked into the alley with heavy steps.
At the end of the alley is a house that has just been renovated. Although it looks shabby, it is not dirty at all.
This house should have been renovated by the Earl, Sam couldn't help but sigh. (Note: Bruno renovated some houses in Idar during the New Year, see Chapter 36 for details) "Squeak..." Sam gently pushed open the half-closed wooden door.
"Who is it! Is Dad back?" A childish voice suddenly came from the house.
Before he finished speaking, a little boy ran out of the room in a hurry, and then... he stood there, looking at the uninvited guests in front of him.
"I'm a friend of your father XX.XXX, you can call me Sam." Sam Layton walked closer to the little boy, squatted down and explained.
"Sam..." the little boy finally asked timidly. "Do you know where my father is... Many people say that my father is dead... I don't believe it..."
"Your father...is on a long business trip...so he wants you to live with me from now on..." Sam gritted his teeth, but ultimately didn't say what he was going to say.
"Is that so..." The boy's eyes obviously dimmed at this moment.
"Go and pack your things..." Sam said with a smile at the surprised looks of the two quartermasters.
In fact, Sam didn't know why he did this, but he did it anyway.
He also went to listen to the teacher's lectures to the soldiers and felt that there was some truth in it. In addition, he spent every day with the soldiers. Although he and the child's father were only superiors and subordinates, he really couldn't bear to let the child live on the streets. Perhaps... this was the comradeship that the Earl mentioned? ...
Bruno, sitting at the desk, listened quietly to Sam Layton's report.
"So...you brought the child back?" Bruno said.
"Yes." Sam Layton nodded.
"Have the pensions for the other two soldiers been paid?"
“They have all been distributed.”
He cannot be the only orphan whose parents have both passed away in Idar County. Instead of letting him wander the streets and eventually become a destabilizing factor in Idar County...why not set aside space in Idar City to build an orphanage?
After all, children need to be nurtured from an early age!
"Liszt!" Bruno called out.
"Here, sir." Liszt came in.
"Set aside an area outside the city of Idar and build an orphanage to take in all the children who have lost their parents within the territory of Idar."
"Master..." Sam Layton said excitedly.
"Go back to your barracks and train. Idar has more than one child who lost his parents. I don't want my standing army commander to wander around the barracks with a bunch of little kids in the future."
"As for the name of the orphanage... let's call it the Starting Point Orphanage. For those children, this may be a new starting point in their lives..."
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