Once most of the bandits had been cleared out, daily order across the occupied territories quickly returned to its previous state. Most destabilizing factors in the villages were eliminated, and the Vela army even uncovered several deeply hidden remnants of the resistance, removing some potential threats in advance.
Afterward, Victor led the Vela Nobles in repairing some of the towns and villages that had suffered severe war damage in the occupied territories. They also provided local farmers with low-interest loans for seeds and farming tools. These loans did not need to be repaid with money; once the crops were harvested, repayment in grain would suffice.
Because of the earlier chaos of war, many towns and villages had had their food stores plundered by the irregular troops. To survive the winter, many farmers had been forced to eat the seeds they had saved for next year's planting.
It was already December. Ordinarily, winter wheat should have been planted by now, but most farming households were trapped in the desperate situation of having no seeds to sow. Many were preparing to abandon their land and move elsewhere to beg for food, or even become serfs.
The seed and farming tool loans offered by the Vela Nobles were not worth much, but they still eased the farmers' urgent plight and gave them hope of surviving.
Once they saw hope for survival, these East Sea Alliance farmers would certainly seize the opportunity with all their strength.
However, most of these so-called seed and farming tool loans were only available in areas controlled by the Vela Nobles. The regions controlled by the Raine Nobles were managed far more crudely.
The Raine Nobles did not care whether the commoners had seeds to plant. After receiving Victor's order to restore agricultural production in every region, they directly