Horn's conscription was not done haphazardly; he came prepared.
According to the census results, among the subjects of the Pope Country who came to Daze Village, there were a total of 9,753 able-bodied young men.
Horn defined able-bodied men as adults aged sixteen to forty-five without disabilities, so recruiting 4,000 qualified able-bodied men wouldn't affect the daily life on Autumn Dusk Island.
After all, they had brought enough food for the winter, and the peat production was entirely sufficient to meet the fuel demands of winter. The only thing they might lack was clothing.
But apart from a few, most of them didn't need to go out to work. Staying at home with a smoke channel stove or using a peat brazier after opening the window were both feasible ways to keep warm.
Since most of the supplies were provided by Horn, they were essentially fed for free, naturally freeing up a lot of labor, which could be absorbed into the military.
