Durin's Diary

Chapter 300 Advancement
When Duterte followed Dulin to sit on the bench, he noticed several young men in military uniforms standing in front of Xia Li's cauldron: "What's going on with these young men?" he asked Dulin curiously.

"They are reporters from the Daily God of Knowledge and Weekly God of Love. They are responsible for overseeing the management of prisoners of war on both sides. You can see they have white nameplates on their chests."

At this point, Du Lin noticed the surprise in Duterte's eyes: "This military uniform looks much more handsome than the ones we used to have."

Isn’t it? This is the most handsome military uniform in history that Daju found from his database. As long as you are a clothes hanger, it will definitely look good in you.

It’s no wonder that after the first batch of military uniforms were produced under Du Lin’s supervision, they were very popular among soldiers and junior officers - in a word, the new uniforms were just too cool.

This group of reporters liked it even more. They were supposed to wear neutral clothing, but they liked it so much that Secretary Ace finally decided to give each of them a set of military uniforms without the military emblem and epaulettes.

Even so, these young people were envied for a long time by the many reporters who stayed there. For safety reasons, these reporters who needed to go to the battlefield could not wear Northernist military uniforms and could only wear white uniforms.

This uniform was created by several benevolent gods and was originally worn by medical personnel in the armies of both sides.

During the war, both sides had a tacit understanding not to shoot at targets wearing white uniforms. If there were really unlucky ones, it was basically because they were better at catching than at shooting.

No soldier would be willing to point a gun at any healer, even if he is an enemy. He has no weapons in his hands, and his bag only contains various healing tools. One day he might be injured and have to rely on them for his life.

Later, many reporters also wore white uniforms, so it became an established rule for non-combatants to wear white.

But they were safe, after all, in Copenhagen, and there was nothing to worry about.

And they recently also have a new job - to write letters home for soldiers in prisoner-of-war camps and send them out.

Although it was hard work, they seemed very happy because the believers of the God of Knowledge were happy to pass on messages, and the believers of the God of Love were always happy to help others.

As for the prisoners, they were treated even better here than in the aristocratic army. There was no corporal punishment without reason, no arbitrary scolding or orders from superiors. They had two free meals a day, and could exchange the points earned from their labor for a more delicious lunch every day.

There is time for exercise at noon. As long as you don't leave the camp, no one will care about you. Some prisoners even opened up some small plots of land and asked the druids for some potatoes to plant.

The Church of the God of Mercy deeply appreciated this and even sent several teams of healers to Northernism for the first time.

People from the Church of the God of Suffering also came. At first, they wanted to warn the captives to learn to tolerate injustice, but when they arrived at the place, they found no injustice at all. In the end, they could only go to the hospital to comfort the wounded on both sides.

Then, for the first time ever, a team of healers was sent out to see if they could help more poor people who were ravaged by suffering in the next battle.

The situation is very good.

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Ace Meyer looked at the prisoner-of-war camp in the distance.

This prisoner-of-war camp was suggested by Turin. It was built on the outskirts of Florence to detain ordinary soldiers.

As for those nobles and officers, Dulin meant to ask for a ransom and then release them - given the current situation, they would not be able to cause trouble if they returned.

Ace and his old friend Sora were a little skeptical about the previous suggestion, but since the young man Durin had a long-term vision, they decided to believe it this time.

Then I found that this prisoner-of-war camp was very effective.

There were only two layers of barbed wire, and there was even a newly cleared field between the two layers of barbed wire.

But in the past two weeks, not a single prisoner has escaped. Many prisoners, even when privately confronted by Northernist political workers, have undergone a psychological transformation. They no longer harbor hatred for Northernist forces, and they say they previously believed the lies of the nobles and the church. Coming here, they even eat better than in the aristocratic army, work hard every day, and even get meat. There's no random beatings or scolding, and the food is better than before, and they can even cultivate their own fields.

These little tricks, which seemed useless to Ace, actually brought unexpectedly good results.

As for those nobles, Ace and Sora thought about it and finally held a short meeting of secretaries. After discussion, everyone present decided to accept a ransom - in order to redeem these young people and backbones, their families were willing to pay a high price.

This money can allow Northernism to obtain more funds. As for these enemies, Du Lin has another little trick. He asked the team that released the people to take them through the prisoner-of-war camp.

This move is called differentiation.

There are also people with conscience among the nobles. When they see how their soldiers behave in the prisoner-of-war camps, they will be more thoughtful when they return home.

Those stubborn ones may think that these prisoners of war are traitors, and then become suspicious of the soldiers under their command and lose their correct judgment on future battlefields.

At the same time, the captives would also see that those nobles who were once high and mighty were now living worse off than themselves.

What people fear most is comparison, which is an open conspiracy.

Ace made the decision and decided to do this.

So today is the day when the first batch of noble prisoners of war who received ransom are liberated. According to tradition, the Northernist gendarmes carry them in shackles through the prisoner-of-war camp.

It was just as the child Durin had expected. The shackled nobles were outside the prisoner-of-war camp, and the free prisoners were watching them in groups of three or five through the barbed wire, until a young noble cursed.

Then, as if a spark had been ignited, the prisoners picked up mud and threw it at the masters who were once high and mighty. Until a shield wall formed by the managers appeared and warned the prisoners not to throw mud at the gendarmes, the prisoners chose to leave the wall, but many of them still spat.

"This method is really effective." Sora came over at this time.

"Yeah, we're so lucky to have this kid, Durin," Ace sighed as he looked at the approaching prisoners.

It was just a small conspiracy that caused resentment among the nobles and their soldiers. Some of these nobles must have wondered why these usually honest soldiers seemed like a different person. There must also be nobles who felt that all this was the fault of Northernism and began to doubt the loyalty of their soldiers.

The suspicion is mutual, the child Du Lin said so confidently.

He was not wrong, he was like a wise man, as if everything was under his control.

"Everything is thanks to Comrade Roy. We will all be grateful for the sacrifices he made and his family's loyalty to Northernism." Sola expressed his feelings.

"Yes, we will all remember this young man's dedication and sacrifice, may his Lord bless him."

After saying that, Ace looked at the nobles who were lined up and began to be uncuffed. He reached out and patted Sora: "It's your turn."

Next, there is a little sense of ceremony.

　The difficulty of the DLC is okay, although my 180-level magic sun in the second round was paralyzed by the DLC prison (yes, I'm hunting giants), and I won't mention the boss's ADHD, but I think the blood-blood hammer is really useful. By the way, the brass shield +25 and then an invincible shot, and then taking the lame dragon on the top of the mountain is also an option.

　　By the way, if there are typos, you can use the correction function in the app. I may not be able to see it if you mark it directly...

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