Green Monster Epic

Chapter 200: Arrangement

The preparations before the expedition had already been completed under Allen's instructions. Actually, it seemed there wasn't much to prepare. Allen was just worried about injuries to the tribe, so he prepared some potions for Flower Snake and the others.

Now, the tribe's people have all traded their shotguns for cannons. With the addition of the gray dwarves Manduli and Shaliwa, the tribe's weapons are no longer tattered. They have all been re-forged by the skillful hands of these two gray dwarves, taking on a completely new look.

However, Allen still underestimated the technology and raw materials required for forging. He thought that the 2,000 pounds of fine iron raw materials he purchased from Thornsburg would bring an update to the tribe's weapons. But when the gray dwarves started working, the first problem was fuel, which troubled Allen and the others for a long time, and there is still no proper solution.

The fuel for cooking in the wilderness is naturally the ubiquitous shrubs and withered willows. But if these fuels are used in forging, they will not only fail to reach the temperature required to melt fine iron, but may even mix impurities into the fine iron, reducing its hardness. Later, the gray dwarves came up with a solution to calcine the branches of ironwood and hard fir trees into charcoal, and then use charcoal as fuel, which temporarily met the requirements for forging fuel.

However, ironwood and hard fir trees grow slowly and are the preferred weapons material for most native tribes in the wilderness. Therefore, collecting some wood as fuel in a short period of time is not a problem, but if Allen and the others find a mineral vein, relying on charcoal as fuel will not be able to meet the demand at all.

Therefore, after seeking the opinions of the gray dwarves, Allen asked them to start by looking for underground black coal and crude oil resources, and slowly develop Green Field Village's forging industry.

Originally, Allen planned to have the gray dwarf Manduli and the others help the tribe's core members forge a set of fine iron armor each. Now, it seems that this wish is far away, and he doesn't know when it will be realized.

"Tomorrow, you two will take a team of people out with Saru. He will point you in the direction to wipe out two tribes."

Allen called Flower Snake and A-Xiao and said to them.

"Don't worry, Chieftain, I will definitely handle this matter beautifully!"

A-Xiao patted his bulging chest and responded enthusiastically with a smiling face. In the past six months, A-Xiao's body has become more and more burly, and his belly is as bulging as a pregnant woman's. This is the result of eating too much and not exercising.

"Okay, good."

Flower Snake just nodded lightly, his expression calm, his hands always playing with the hilts of the two thin swords slanting across his waist.

These two long swords were Allen's spoils of war. The powerful elf he encountered in the jungle on the border of the Elf Kingdom was finally killed by Allen in a desperate fight. The two thin swords seized have now become Flower Snake's self-defense weapon. Flower Snake's original path was agility-based, and these two thin swords have made Flower Snake even more comfortable, and his lethality has been greatly improved.

"One of these two tribes is a troll tribe with 15 people, and the other is a lizardman tribe with 27 people, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to bring 20 tribe members over tomorrow."

Seeing that the two of them had not asked him about the specific situation of these two tribes for a long time, Allen was a little disappointed. Afterwards, he quietly hid this emotion. Recently, after the village became peaceful, everyone's energy seemed to be high, but it seemed that they were also a little erratic like this guy A-Xiao.

There was no way, since Flower Snake and the others didn't ask, Allen had to explain the specific situation of the two tribes in detail, and reminded Flower Snake and the others of some precautions.

"By the way, if you can keep them alive, try to capture more people back."

"Ah?"

"Huh?"

Flower Snake and A-Xiao raised their heads and uttered surprised tones at the same time, staring at Allen.

"Isn't there more land outside our village now? It's a bit too much for the gnomes to plant alone, so I think it's necessary to raise some slaves to help the gnomes with some work and reduce their burden."

Allen replied like this, but he had deeper considerations in his heart, which was to prepare for the future mines.

Philip and Manduli had both mentioned to Allen that mining is a physically demanding and high-risk job. If a mineral vein is really found, then to make progress in a short period of time, a lot of effort and manpower must be invested in it. Although Green Lake Village is developing well now, the original population of the tribe, the goblins bought from Thornsburg, and the cubs born in the tribe in the past six months add up to just over a hundred. How could Allen be willing to fill them into mining work?

Since he couldn't bear to let his own tribe members do that kind of hard labor, Allen could only set his sights on the native tribes scattered throughout the wilderness. Except for jackal-headed people who are bloodthirsty and difficult to enslave, the other natives in the wilderness are also irritable in nature, but as long as the methods are tough and cruel, and the basic living requirements of the other party are met, it is not impossible to enslave them. As the cultivated land in Green Lake Village increases, the village's food is not only able to maintain the consumption of the tribe, but has now begun to have a surplus, and it is not impossible to raise some slaves.

"Oh."

Flower Snake and A-Xiao were fooled by Allen's rhetoric, and the two no longer cared about this topic. It was just that A-Xiao thought that perhaps his power would be greater by then, while Flower Snake didn't feel anything.

"Attacking these two tribes is not your ultimate goal. Your most important task next is a goblin tribe to the south of these two tribes' territory."

Allen was also gradually accustomed to Flower Snake and the others' lack of ambition, so he simply told the real task in full.

"This goblin tribe has a considerable population, with more than 40 people. The leader is not very strong. You two must bring all the people of this goblin tribe back to me."

"Ah, are we still going to take in these dwarves?"

A-Xiao's face was a little uncomfortable. From his perspective, the gnomes had a large appetite but were not very useful. Nearly half of the tribe's population was now gnomes. If they took in these 40 gnomes again, their bear-goblins would become the smallest branch of the tribe.

Flower Snake still had an indifferent attitude. He was one of the high-level members of the tribe with the best attitude towards the gnomes. Perhaps this was related to Flower Snake's adoption of the gnome Kour.

"What's wrong, don't you like these gnomes?"

Allen's expression remained unchanged, and he asked casually.

"It's not that I don't like them, it's just that these guys are really useless. They are even more clumsy when fighting. It's better to enslave more trolls and ogres than to support these dwarves. At least they are fierce when fighting and can be of some use!"

Seeing that Allen's expression was relaxed, A-Xiao thought that he was just asking about his attitude, so he unreservedly expressed his thoughts.

"Pa!"

"Ouch!"

A-Xiao's wooden stool was kicked over by Allen, and A-Xiao rolled around in Allen's stone house with the wooden stool. After exclaiming in embarrassment, he stood up awkwardly.

"I don't even know how to scold you! You haven't been to the Thunder Tribe, look at the dog-headed people who account for the vast majority in their town, and how many are those vassal tribes! Even such a powerful tribe is still dominated by its own population. Although the three branches of our goblin lineage have differences in strength, after all, we all have the same ancestor in ancient times. At least they are more likely to unite with us!"

"They are not useful when fighting, but look at planting crops, fishing, and building the village. When have they ever been lazy? But you big guys, you will sneak and play tricks if you are not careful. Do you want me to ask Philip how many rules you guys have violated this month and how many times you have been punished?"

Philip chuckled aside. Anyway, A-Xiao's attitude towards him was the same as Da Shan's, and he couldn't get close to him. He was too lazy to hide anything when he saw the other party's joke.

"Humph!"

A-Xiao's embarrassment was exposed, and he let out a heavy snort at Philip, and then invited Allen to kick him hard again.