Lord of Industrialization

This fjord is not deep, about seven or eight kilometers, and ends at a beach. There are many fishing boats maintaining it on the beach, and fishing nets are hung on the racks to dry.

A long pier has been built in the middle of the beach. There are several watchtowers next to the pier. A wooden wall can be seen in the distance, and beyond that are dense forests and snow-capped mountains.

The Bear Claw Tribe is some distance away from the port. It is located on the top of the cliff on the south side of the fjord. You will have to walk there when you get off the boat.

Frederick had become familiar with the people on the ship in the past few days. He asked Jason: "Are there any pirates here?"

He found that the watchtower behind the pier and the wooden wall behind it could just protect against enemies from the sea. There were many watchtowers on the top of the cliffs along the way. Only pirates came from this direction.

Jason shook his head and said, "We stopped doing this business a few years ago. Of course, if adults want us to help, we can still go back to our old business."

Frederick blinked, it turned out that he was afraid of being sought for revenge.

A large group of people, both men and women, suddenly ran out from behind the wooden wall and kept waving to the boat.

Jason pointed to a woman wearing a red dress holding a child and told Frederick that she was his third wife and sixth child.

Frederick asked him curiously: "How many wives and children do you have?"

Jason said calmly: "The first wife died when she gave birth to the third child, the second wife died with the fourth child, and now there is the third one, and she brought the fifth child with her."

He asked Frederick expectantly: "I heard that women in your country die less often after giving birth. I want my second son to go to you to study to be a doctor. Is that okay?"

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "Of course."

"Let's do this. I raised this issue when I went to Cedar Cathedral to meet the first priest, and let the church organize students who are willing to study. I will pay the tuition fees, and the students will pay for their living expenses."

"If this matter is negotiated, you can ask your second son to sign up."

Jason said: "Actually, I can pay for it myself. Leather is expensive over there. The boss and I went hunting a few fire foxes and it was enough for her tuition and living expenses for a year."

Frederick followed him.

The ship quickly docked at the shore, the gangway was lowered, and the sailors disembarked carrying large and small bags to reunite with their families.

They don't have much luggage of their own. The bags are full of goods, some for their own use and some for sale.

There were also some public goods of the town on the ship, which several elders took people to move away, while the rest were goods to be transported to Nidros.

"Huh?!" Frederick was startled by the strange creature that appeared next to him.

Peterson smiled and said, "Scared you?"

He now wore a white bearskin cloak, with the bear's head above his head and the skins falling behind him.

Frederick said: "I didn't expect you to be Elder White Bear."

Several other elders who boarded the ship wore cloaks made of animal skins like him. He wore a bear skin to represent the elders in charge of military affairs, the elder with a deer head was in charge of law, the elder with a fox head was in charge of finance and commerce, and the elder with an ox head was in charge. Agriculture-related, the elder in charge of medical treatment wears an owl head on his head, and behind him is a feather cloak. The same bird cloak also has the raven elder in charge of internal affairs. The elder in charge of diplomacy wears a rabbit head, with two ears held up by wooden sticks. .

Peterson introduced the elders in the town to Frederick one by one. They, plus a wolf-headed elder who was in charge of hunting who did not come, and the priest of the Natural Church, a total of nine people, constituted the elders' council, which was the highest authority in the town. All government affairs are decided by their votes.

Next on board was Lassen, the local priest of the Church of Nature, who was responsible for receiving Frederick.

Larsen is in his thirties, wearing a dark green robe, a crown of thorns on his head, and his figure is like a ball.

He was holding an object that was as tall as a person and looked like it should be a magic wand, but the metal bear claws on the top made people think that this thing could hit or stab people.

"Welcome our good brother to the ice forest!" Larsen hugged Frederick warmly. "I received a letter from my sister not long ago, saying that you have given them great care."

After greeting him, Frederick asked curiously: "Who is your sister?"

After Larsen explained, Frederick understood that the aunt who had blocked him in Valchoire's room and screamed the loudest outside turned out to be Larsen's sister.

After the two got off the boat, they walked toward the Bear Claw Tribe. The journey was more than a kilometer long, all climbing mountains. There were winches and wooden rail pulleys for transporting goods on the roadside leading to the port.

This town has six to seven hundred households and is the largest residential area in this area. Beans, pasture and ice silk flax are grown in the farmland behind the dock.

What Frederick didn't expect was that there was actually a standard football field here, where many children were playing local baseball, competing to see who could hit the ball farther.

After the two walked up the hill, Larson pointed to the football field and said, "You came just in time. We have two games the day after tomorrow."

"The boat is back today. There will be a market the day after tomorrow."

Frederick asked curiously: "You like football very much?"

From a high vantage point it can be seen that the football field occupies an area of ​​Laoda where farmland used to be.

"Of course!" Larsen's eyes started to shine, "Football is the best sport!"

"First of all, playing football requires endurance, strength and flexibility, which are all necessary for a fighter."

"And football is the most hunting-like sport."

"Hunting requires teamwork. Hunters with different skills must be placed in different positions. Everyone works together. Is it the same as playing football?"

"Playing football is not just about hitting the ball, but also about the confrontation between players. Is it the same as fighting against a beast?"

"When hunting, you must kill with one hit. All tactics must be formulated around killing prey. Is it the same as formulating tactics for scoring goals?"

"There is also the final celebration. After catching the prey, everyone celebrates together. Do you think it is the same as celebrating when you score a goal?"

Frederick nodded, and it made sense. Similar views were also held in the Principality of Wesson, which promoted the development of football.

Larsen said with certainty: "So football is the best sport to cultivate warriors, and it is also a weapon-less war between tribes."

"We have a competition with the Niutou tribe tomorrow. Although there are more places for the church to select young people this year, they are limited. The surrounding tribes have divided them equally according to their population and there is still some leftover. Whoever wins will get those two places."

Frederick nodded. The Wesson Wheat Cup was organized to grab high-quality wheat seeds. Each village sent out the strongest people in the village. Generally speaking, those who lose in football cannot win in fights.

The football match between the Principality of Wesson, the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bayne was also like this. It was regarded as a competition between the three principalities. In the 1033 match, the Wesson team participated in the recovery of Constantinople due to the large number of main players. In the Battle of Boer, the Bayern team won in the end. The Duke of Bayern rewarded each player with three hundred gold coins, and a flowing water mat was set up in Mingxing City for three days.

Larsen brought this up to Frederick for no reason, because he was the head coach of the Bear Claw Tribe football team and wanted to learn from the inventor of football.

Frederick scratched his head and said, "I don't know what the level and style of your players are like, so I can't give you specific opinions."

Larsen said: "No problem, I will arrange a training match tomorrow morning, please help me take a look."