Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Barbarians usually rob after others have harvested the wheat.

At the very least, wait until the skin has dried and peeled, or the meat has been cured and smoked, and the winter clothes have been prepared.

It got cold early in the mountains. Lawrence estimated the time for last year's robbery and concluded that he still had at least two months to prepare.

The same was true for Doug and others' previous robbery plan. There was a rest period of two or three months between the two battles.

After roughly finalizing the plan, Lawrence first arranged for the construction of the house.

"If there is a conflict between Doug and Avari, maybe more people will flee to me."

Lawrence postponed the possibilities.

"Doug's character doesn't look like he can confront the Valkyries head-on, especially now that Andrew and Redbeard have not gone against the Valkyries."

"It will take at least some time for Red Beard and others to move to the Western Route."

"Doug probably wouldn't want to part with the wealth and status here."

"I have to be careful about this guy." Lawrence looked thoughtful. "After all, I have established my own small group now. Doug is already the boss of the Pumi Xiu people. He probably doesn't like me either."

"Now there are more and more people here on the mountain. For every more person here, there is one less person in Pumixiu Town down the mountain."

"Although Doug can also arrest people from outside, if Mandekru joins me this time, he will probably be wary."

"Build more houses. It will be idle anyway. Use the felled wood to open up fertile land."

"In the future, whether there are people coming or fighting, these houses will come in handy."

Lawrence needs to think about his family and has little trust in Doug and other Pumixiu people.

When they went to sea this time, Redbeard killed the crazy Pumi Xiu people, and Andrew and Doug didn't say anything.

Barbarian society is also full of struggles, and it doesn't mean whoever has the biggest fist will be able to secure the throne.

In order to better divide the work and improve the progress more efficiently, Lawrence assigned everyone during the meal.

"We have started to divide households into households. Each household can get a house. One family is one household. For example, your family in Mandekru is one household and you can live in the house I provide for you."

Mandekru and his family sat on the straw mat and said to Lawrence: "I will give you the share given to the village and the baron."

Lawrence said: "Okay."

Lawrence then said to the others: "Mandekru rents my house and land, and you are all my slaves."

"But I will not kill you as sacrifices at will like those people outside, nor will I enslave you all day long."

"I can set you free, just like Kenny and Tulloki were free before us."

"Everyone has different things to do, but trust me, I won't set anything for you that you can't finish."

Seravan asked: "Master, I don't want to be free, I want to be a slave here forever."

Lawrence said seriously: "Of course you can. If you don't want to be a slave, you can become a farmer here. Just like a village under the jurisdiction of a noble, you are also under my jurisdiction."

Seravan and Itty were relieved. They had experienced turmoil and war, and they just wanted to be like now, with food to eat, a house to sleep in, and their families to be together. At the same time, they didn't have to worry about safety issues, and they wouldn't be lectured or beaten at any time. Kill people.

Being a slave or a serf or a farmer is just a strange title for them. As long as the living standard remains unchanged, no matter how insulting the title is, there is no problem.

Lawrence began to divide the household.

Seravan, Itti, (Torivi) Shepherdess

Manderkru family

Reglo and two male slaves who have long been accustomed to

The rest of the people have not been divided into households for the time being because they are not yet trusted and have not made any contribution.

This time it was a formal household division, and the matter was notarized in front of everyone.

"The oath taken under my witness will be blessed by God." Lawrence said to Reglo and Seravan: "Be loyal to me, and I will protect your family, honor, property and relatives."

Reglo said quickly: "Yes, Master, I have always been your second strongest shield."

The first strongman is Salil, and Salil is Lawrence’s well-deserved first shield girl.

Seravan also said: "I will serve you, my master."

Mandrake quickly said, "Maybe I should do something? But I don't know what I should do?"

Lawrence smiled and said: "You, Reglo and the others practice shield formation together and learn to cooperate with each other."

In addition to these three families of eleven people, there were also Western Kingdom captives and Ugrian captives.

Lawrence roughly distributed the building tasks for today, and then let everyone who was full start working.

"When winter comes, most of the time will be free. Let's get things done quickly now."

Lawrence watched as everyone went out to work.

The climate here in the North is cold. If you don't work, you will die, and if you are not diligent, you will die.

The special climate environment determines many factors. For example, people here are more obedient than people elsewhere.

Everyone understands the power of the group, and will die soon after leaving the tribe and group.

Reglo and Sariel will train the women in the manor. Even women like Etty and the Shepherdess who don't want to fight must learn to fight.

The fighting atmosphere on the barbarian side is relatively strong, and it is hard to say about the six prisoners of the Western Kingdom.

The three nuns obviously couldn't be counted on.

There remains an obedient seamstress, a coachman, and a farmer.

None of these three people speak the language of the Northern Territory, so communication is very troublesome.

Lawrence left them to work alone while the seamstress cleaned and made winter clothing in the cabin.

The driver went to farm with Kenny at the foot of the mountain, while the farmer was alone on the other side of the river with tools to cultivate farmland.

When communication is needed, the nun is responsible for passing on the message. The farmer usually works with Seravan, so that he can quickly learn part of the language here.

Mandekru's wooden house was quickly built. This simple wooden house can accommodate their family and livestock, and there is extra space for grain and meat and farming tools.

The nuns, who had lived in the shack for three days, soon moved into the cabin and took up residence in the room next to the seamstress's.

I can’t express how grateful I am, but I appreciate this privileged place more than I did at the beginning.

At this time, the Pumixiu people came up again.

Vip and Doug came outside the manor and looked at the place above where a long wall was built.

"This is it," Kate said.

Doug continued walking forward on the moose and said with emotion: "Lawrence always does something that surprises me. How long has he been in this land? Half a year? Or a year?"

"I remember he came before winter," said Vip.

Doug thought about something, "Yeah, a lot happened."

"Here he comes." Kate saw Lawrence.

The shepherdess had already noticed the approach of these people at the foot of the mountain and ran back to notify Lawrence in advance.

Lawrence came over with Reglo and Mandekru. After seeing a dozen people on the other side, Lawrence smiled and said:

"Doug, you came just in time. Do you want the wooden sign?"

Doug looked at Reglo and Manderkru beside Lawrence.

"Mandekru, you left the village." Doug looked at Mandekru majestically.

Mandekru showed a fearful look. Although he had strong opinions on Doug, he was as timid as a mouse under Doug's gaze.

Lawrence smiled and said: "That guy Avali is not a good guy. Mandekru doesn't want to live with Baron Avali. Come to me to live a relaxed life and recuperate."

"His hand is broken. If he doesn't cultivate with me, he will die easily if something happens in the future. Doug and Vip are used to seeing life and death, and you should understand the fragility of life. Sometimes a gust of wind can cause illness."

As the most capable witch doctor in the area, Lawrence's words made Doug and Vip give up the idea of ​​continuing to care about this matter.

"Lawrence is right." Vip said: "The Ug slave that I exchanged before died soon. I want to exchange two more Ug slaves."

Doug smiled and said: "I also want Ug slaves. How many Ug slaves do you have here?"

Lawrence looked at the Pumi Xiu and the slaves behind Doug and Vip, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course, but why are there female slaves behind you?"

"Hahaha!" Doug laughed: "Because you have always chosen female slaves and bought all female slaves, so I brought the female slaves here. Don't you like it?"

Lawrence smiled and said: "Very good, you can bring a young girl over, I'm very satisfied."

Vip said: "Then let's talk about it, use female slaves in exchange for Ug slaves."

Lawrence said: "I have five Ug slaves here, only five."

Doug looked at Lawrence in surprise, "I gave you just five, right? All the slaves you have here survived, and none of them died?"

Lawrence knew very well that most of the slaves captured by Doug and others were dead.

They either died of hunger, internal fighting, escaped and were killed, or were directly sacrificed to heaven.

Lawrence did not abuse those slaves. Those slaves were well fed and well fed and naturally had no extra thought to escape. On the contrary, Doug often killed slaves in front of the slaves. Of course, the slaves wanted to escape and resist.

"These people are not children. How can people who can survive winters die so easily?"

"Just like pumpkins in the ground and fruits on the trees, fruits without scars will not spoil so easily."

Doug couldn't help but think of the scar on his stomach again. He really couldn't get rid of the young man in front of him directly.

Whether it was Salil and Andrew, or his identity as a witch doctor, they all exerted great restraint.

Doug said: "Then let's exchange. I brought the contract."

Lawrence looked at the frightened little boy next to him and said with a smile: "There is no need for a contract. The three of us are decent people. Now there are many people watching, so we can just exchange slaves."

"Okay." Vip naturally had no objection.

Doug also signaled to the people around him to drive the slaves out.

Lawrence asked Reglo to come out with five Ug slaves and exchanged the Ug slaves for five Western slaves.

Doug gave him salt and two dog collars and ropes, and then they went home.

The matter with Mandekru ended like this. After Doug and others left, Mandekru said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Lawrence!"

Lawrence smiled and said: "You are not my slave, just call me Mr. Lawrence. As someone who rents my land and works for me, I said that I will protect you."

Mandekru said respectfully: "Yes, Mr. Lawrence!"

Lawrence entered the manor with five village women who did not understand the language.

The Pumixiu people will no longer provide slaves to this place in the future, and will not allow this place to continue to expand.

The purpose of exchanging five female slaves for Ug slaves with better combat effectiveness was to weaken the strength of this side.

Only in this way can Doug leave here with peace of mind and respond to the count's call.

"It seems that Doug will not fall out with Avari for the time being..."

The number of people in the manor has not changed, but the quality has weakened a little.

Reglo said: "Without those five coolies, mining and work would be slower."

"It's almost done." Lawrence didn't mind. "Just take it slow next time. To be honest, I didn't really want Ug slaves in the first place. I wanted to exchange these man-eating barbarians a long time ago."

Even if it hadn't been for Bull's request, Lawrence would have exchanged the Ug slaves for other slaves.

In the distribution of manor personnel, Lawrence also always excluded the five Ug slaves.

It would be better for cannibals and ethnic groups who take pleasure in killing people to perish.

Including Vipu, a Pumixiu person, although Lawrence didn't say he didn't mind, but among the Pumixiu people, Lawrence knew very well who was the good guy and who was the bad guy.

Doug had to save him that time, but now Lawrence has the right not to save him.

It's not the right time to fall out, the manor's armed forces are indeed too small.

There was no delay in the day's work, and work continued quickly after the slave exchange. Five village girls also followed the nuns to carry the pumpkins.

Compared with the treatment at the Pumixiu people, Lawrence is undoubtedly much more relaxed here, and there is also a clear rest time at noon.

As long as you don't run away or steal, nothing else matters.

Even if you run away, no one will chase you, and you will die wherever you like.

At night, the five village women slept in the shed where the three nuns had lived.

Lawrence kindly provided them with four long wooden boards to protect them from the cold wind, and also provided them with five blankets and some hay.

At night, when Lawrence went to bed to rest, he talked about tomorrow's arrangements.

"Sariel, tomorrow we will go to the Cloda people and ask Lathander and Delenn about the witches."

Sariel was lying next to Lawrence. After hearing this, she turned around and sat up and said, "Why are you asking?"

Lawrence hugged Sariel and used his other hand to touch Sophia, who was already asleep.

"I guess it's time to get to know the next door neighbor."

"Neighbor?" Salil quickly reacted, "Is it the witch?"

Lawrence nodded, "After all, we have to face it. Even if it is too dangerous to communicate, we should know more about it."