In the end, more than half of the robbers were willing to stay and work, and the crisis was initially resolved. However, Ed didn't know how to deal with the last few stubborn members, so he could only keep them locked up for the time being.
In the castle hall
"Miss Carly, thank you so much this time. If it weren't for you, our territory might have suffered a calamity." Ed was very grateful to Carly.
"No, Lord Ed, it's just a small matter, don't worry about it." Although Carly was young, she was still very clever.
"This is no small matter, Miss Carly. This is a matter of great importance concerning the territory." Ed felt that Carly had risked her family's safety to tell him this information, so he couldn't take it lightly.
"Yes, Lord Ed, thank you very much for your concern. I was kidnapped by those bandits and brought here some time ago." Carly was secretly pleased, but her appearance remained unchanged.
"Yes, Miss Carly, if you need any help or anything else, please let me know."
Ed thought that since she was a little girl who had traveled so far and for so long, she probably wanted to go back.
"Yes, I do need some help. The gloves you sold last time were very nice. Could I exchange them for some more? And could you please inform my father to come here?" Carly was preparing to have her father come over.
Ed was surprised that the gloves were quite good over there, and now Carly was even asking him to buy some.
Anyway, there's plenty of rabbit fur now, enough to produce lots of gloves and boots. The main problem with the territory right now is a lack of salt, so we can exchange everything for salt.
"Miss Carly, no problem. I have plenty of gloves here. You can have as many as you want. I can also give you some as a reward for your help to the territory this time."
"That's wonderful, thank you so much. You don't have to call me Miss, you can call me Carly." Carly was overjoyed. She and her father desperately needed some original assets. If she had the gloves Ed gave her, she wouldn't need to ask Uncle Grandet for them again next time. She could find a buyer who offered a higher price herself.
Ed looked at Carly's beaming face. Perhaps his gloves were indeed very popular over there, and possibly quite valuable, but Ed didn't want to delve too deeply into it. The gloves were just ordinary to him; he could make much better things. Right now, all he needed to exchange for these gloves was some salt.
Consider this Ed's way of repaying Carly for her help with the territory.
"Well, Carly, no need to thank me. Your help this time is very important to the territory. However, regarding informing your father, I don't know where he is. Perhaps you should write a letter and tell me the specific location."
Ed didn't know where Carly's house was. Now that he had these robbers to work for, he didn't want to leave for the time being. However, these robbers couldn't be placed in one place; they had to be separated and allowed to gradually integrate into the territory. Ed didn't believe that with such good food in the territory, they would want to leave after a while. Judging from their behavior, being a robber wasn't a very promising career.
"Yes, I do need to write a letter to tell my father about the situation."
Carly planned to take the gloves Ed had given her back first, exchange them for salt with Uncle Grandet, and then have her father bring the salt over to exchange for the gloves, so that her father could become a merchant in the future.
As for herself? She didn't want to go back for the time being. She wanted to stay here and explore. There seemed to be many wonderful things here, things she had never seen before.
"Yes, Carly, I'll write you a letter on this paper."