Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Lawrence asked: "Approximately how many of you are there?"

Bull put down the rice bowl that he had grabbed clean with his hands, and said with a satisfied look on his face: "My child and I are the only ones at home, and my child is at Emma's house."

"I have five people in my family, three slaves," said Emma.

The other three people also reported the situation. They were all women whose husbands left or died, leaving no men at home.

These women formed an alliance. Because Emma and Lawrence knew each other and had received rescue from here, they all followed Emma to join Lawrence.

The least two were, and the most was a woman named Surana. There were two old men, one brother, four children, and three slaves in the family, a total of eleven people.

Holm, a family of seven, including three children and three elderly people, had no slaves.

Redal had a family of ten, two children, her husband's two other women, and five slaves.

With more than thirty people joining them all at once, there will definitely not be enough food in the manor.

Lawrence found that he could not accommodate so many people now. He could only accept fifteen people. Any more would affect the stability of the manor.

After all, the Pumi Xiu people have always lived according to their rules, and coming here on the mountain would be very uncomfortable for them.

It doesn't mean that they won't cause trouble if they have food to eat. Lawrence knows the character of these people very well. They will always cause trouble when they are full.

They are not commodities, nor are they pets. They are not given food to eat and just sit in a prescribed place for a day.

Especially for men over ten years old, it would not be surprising if they even kill people, let alone sneaking into the house to steal food.

But the problem is that I have already agreed, and I really want to absorb these people.

Lawrence looked at Reguero, "Thirty-eight people, can you and Mandekru see it through?"

Reguero smiled with his teeth, "If you allow me to do it, I will definitely do it."

"Allowed." Lawrence also knew that Ci did not control the troops. He did not have enough deterrence to control the barbarians.

Lawrence looked at Emma and others again, "The premise of allowing you to be slaves here is that I trust you and think that you can work for me and obey my orders."

"If you cannot control your children, if someone steals or causes trouble, or resists my orders, then I will expel you."

Emma said: "I have no problem, I can definitely take care of the children."

Bull also said: "I don't have a problem, my child is very obedient."

The other three people also followed suit.

Lawrence also wanted to get more labor as soon as possible, nodded and said: "Okay, after you have eaten, come with me to catch some fish, bring some food down the mountain to fill your stomach, and go up the mountain in good weather."

After hearing that they could bring food down the mountain, several women quickly stood up, obviously ready to take action at any time.

Lawrence took several people to the river and used fishing nets to catch fish from the ice cave.

Basically, I don’t eat much of the fish that I have raised for a year, mainly because of the lack of seasonings, and because there are many fish bones. People here eat very quickly, and it is easy to get thorns in the throat, so in addition to occasionally stewing some soup to replenish the body, I usually eat fish. Mainly stew and bread.

I usually eat fish, usually larger sea fish. This one doesn’t taste good, so I wouldn’t want to eat it if I had the choice.

The fishing resources of this era were abundant, and before the Valkyries came up with robbery technology, they mainly engaged in fishing.

When fishing, it is easy to return home with a full load, but it is also easy to fall into the sea and capsize and drown.

Lawrence's family didn't have much food in stock, so in addition to five fish, they also gave these people a basket of bacon.

"You go back first. I will go down the mountain to find you the day after tomorrow. Then we will hunt seals together."

If we don’t hunt seals, we will definitely not have enough food.

Regardless of whether it tastes good or not, we must get some seal meat now to solve the famine problem.

Salil listened to the conversation of several people, and soon seemed to be possessed by Andrew, and revealed the key to the problem.

"Whose is the food that Doug snatched back last time?"

Lawrence looked at Sariel, "Didn't the Baron snatch it away? Even if Doug still has some, I guess..."

Lawrence paused. That guy Doug was obviously used to being a leader, and he gradually learned to win people's hearts.

Judging from the fact that he helped Avari collect everyone's food, this guy might want to be kind to the rest of the people during the winter.

Although I don’t know why the other party didn’t come back in time this time, Doug has always sent his family to Dumu Village for resettlement in the past year. It would be a lie to say that there is no food stored there.

"Did Doug put the loot that was unloaded from the seaside in Dumu Village?"

Lawrence looked at Mandekru, "How much do you know about this?"

Mandekru said in a panic: "I don't know. I came back in advance to report the news. I didn't go to Dumu Village after I came back, but we did grab a lot of food and meat."

Colin said: "All the wheat stored in our monastery was robbed, there are more than 40 bags."

Lawrence thought for a moment, "How many things did Baron Avari take away?"

Bull knows more about this matter. She used to be a waiter in a tavern.

"They took away a lot of things, including meat, wheat, wine barrels, fine cloth clothes, and a box of jewelry."

Sariel said: "Then Doug's family must have a lot of food. Maybe Vip, the blacksmith's family, and the Friesen family also have a lot of food."

"Maybe we can give it a try." Sariel crossed her arms in front of her and considered the matter seriously.

Lawrence was also used to barbaric thinking, even though everyone drank and ate together and had known each other for more than a year.

But they fight each other when they need to, and kill when they need to. This is the normal environment of this era.

To put it simply, they are a group of bandits and barbarians. In this group, there is only a class relationship dominated by the leader.

The leader will kill anyone in the team who challenges his majesty and status, and the ambitious people in the team are always weighing the strength of both parties and are ready to take the throne at any time.

Like Andrew and Doug, friends and not friends.

Save people when you need to save them, help when you need to help, and kill when your interests are inconsistent.

For example, now Doug is working for the Valkyries, while Redbeard and Andrew are thinking about being independent.

Sariel can think of plans to attack the blacksmith, Friesen, and Doug's houses without any guilt.

Lawrence realized that he was also a leader and needed to know what he should do in a timely and correct manner.

"Go catch seals first. If you can't catch seals, ask Kate to borrow some food." Lawrence made the plan in front of everyone.

After sending away several women, Lawrence began to tidy up the house.

Although the food problem is still serious, it will be easy to deal with as long as it lasts until spring.

Also, after more than thirty people join, the development speed of farmland will also become faster.

In the future, the food obtained from hunting will be difficult to meet the needs of the growing population, and agricultural production will become the top priority for the development of the manor, followed by aquaculture and fishery development.

Lawrence quickly began to prepare weapons and select suitable personnel to go out.

Sariel and Reglo must be brought along, as well as Sophia and Khalan.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to let Seravan and the three nuns look after the house.

The three nuns were clergy, but also nobles.

In fact, the beliefs of these three women are very shallow, not deep at all. They belong to the kind of thinking that belief in God is only a way out.

On the contrary, preachers like Kenny think of God as God in their minds.

Four wizards, a shield maiden, two male barbarians, and a barbarian with a severed hand, eight people should be enough.

"Now that Vip is dead and Doug is missing, if I go to the blacksmith and Friesen, will they lend me food?"

Lawrence thought about the reactions of the two people, and couldn't come up with a clue after thinking for more than ten seconds.

The mind of a barbarian is sometimes really hard to guess.

Now the nominal lord of Pumixiu Town is not Doug, nor the dead Vip, but Baron Avari of the Wakili tribe.

"How about...kill him?"

Lawrence thought about it and decided that it was the easiest and most reliable way to solve all problems using the barbarian method.