Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Vip was continuing to talk about something, probably about the Valkyries.

Lawrence didn't understand what he was talking about. He looked at the people nearby and found that many Pumixiu people were also looking carefree, and few of them were listening.

The only three men who are truly qualified to discuss the future of Pumixiu Town are Vip, Doug, and Cobbler.

Andrew and the blacksmith were once one of them. Now Andrew doesn't know where he is. The blacksmith was killed when he was drunk last time. As a result, only three people in the village can make decisions.

The barbarians also have a strict parliamentary system, and it is not the ruler of a territory who can do whatever they want.

Nobles, free people (samurai), slaves, in this quiet town, Vip, Doug, and the cobbler are equivalent to nobility.

Lawrence looked at the crowd around him again.

Once many women aged from ten to thirty years old met Lawrence's eyes, their eyes turned from curiosity to enthusiasm and excitement.

Lawrence quickly stood still and looked at Vip, not to cause trouble by looking blindly.

[There are fewer people here, and more than a dozen men died last time. A young man like me who can kill is already regarded as a man by the women here, so I'd better be careful. 】

Lawrence thought of something else. After there were fewer people in this town, both men and women began to think about replenishing the population.

Women will choose to look for support, especially once they join the rule of the count, the tax commissions and various rules for collecting money from the nobles will cause huge changes in the originally peaceful lifestyle.

There are currently no slaves in the town, mainly because many people do not have this concept. When they find that the population and family labor are insufficient, they will start the slave trade like the barbarians in the south.

After all, there is no way to attract others to settle here. If there is no way to replenish the population, then under the exploitation of the nobles, they will either escape to the mountains and continue to be "free people", or they will gradually be transformed into slaves of the count.

There is another future, which is to follow the count and rob south three times a year, and then make a fortune.

Lawrence looked thoughtful.

[Does the count want money or people? If someone wants to tell you, it means that a big fat sheep has been found in the south. 】

[If you want money, it is because the competition for resources in the south is too fierce and there is not enough for the nobles of Big Hoof City and the Ice Sea pirates to share, so we are increasing revenue and cutting expenditure. 】

[If you want both money and people, then the South has hit a hard wall. This time it has suffered heavy losses and needs to recuperate. 】

[Unlike Hoof City, pirates do not have the habit of taking prisoners. Firstly, transportation is troublesome. Secondly, after bringing a woman on board, it is easy to lose control of the physical desires of the robbers on the ship, which will lead to bloody conflicts. 】

[It is difficult for outsiders to adapt to the ice and sea climate, and they will die quickly if they come here. 】

While Lawrence was thinking about various possible situations, Vip in front also finished speaking.

Speeches in this era are almost always short because they require a loud voice. Generally, if the speech exceeds one minute, the throat will be uncomfortable. Those who can speak for more than five minutes are gifted.

The meetings discussed in the room lasted for a long time, but generally no more than three hours.

Doug stood up and said: "We have decided to join the rule of the Vakiri people. From now on, our town of Pumixiu will belong to the fiefdom of Baron Avari!"

Lawrence didn't know who Avary was, nor who the Earl was, but he did know what life was like for the peasants and serfs in the barony.

Of course, this has nothing to do with me, just hide in the mountains.

"Baron Avari will come for inspection in three days. Now go back and prepare sumptuous food to entertain the baron."

Doug shouted loudly: "Cheer! From now on, no more bandits will loot our villages and kill our brothers!"

Lawrence was speechless. If the noble master is so good, why didn't you join him earlier?

Most of the people in Pumixiu looked relaxed and happy, such as Emma.

Emma said in a very good mood: "The snake oil ointment is kept at my house. Let's go get it. In the future, we will have Valkyrie warriors to help us guard the town, and we will no longer have to worry about those bandits!"

Lawrence followed Emma towards the house, and the Pumixiu people gathered in the village also dispersed as if they were having a meeting, not caring about what just happened.

Lawrence also understood very well. After all, if he objected, there would be a fight and bloodshed.

Many people have died in the battle with the Kur people. If they fight with the Vakiri people again, all the Pumixiu people will really die.

Doug saw Salil leaving in the crowd, and quickly caught up with him and said, "Salil!"

Salil turned around and smiled: "Doug, what's going on?"

Doug said seriously: "You'd better not come here until Andrew comes back."

Salil looked puzzled, "Why? I need to know the reason."

Doug looked very serious, "Andrew beat up Avali when he passed by Valkyrie. Although he was not the one who did it, the baron here is not a person who is willing to forgive everything."

"Wait until Andrew comes back. The Valkyries will not go near that mountain. You will be safe."

Salil heard the news about her father and asked with concern: "What did Andrew do? Didn't he say he went to borrow money from friends at the beach? Did he go to sea?"

Salil frowned, with anger that could not be hidden.

Doug reassured: "Don't worry, Andrew is not going to sea for glory this time. He promised us that he will definitely come back with the treasure."

Salil calmed down a little.

Lawrence discovered the key word, pursuit of glory? Berserker?

The barbarians on the ice sea will call the first warrior ashore a berserker.

It's not the one who goes ashore who washes his hands in a golden basin. He is the first warrior to board the opponent's bow in hand-to-hand combat, or the warrior who can still stand in the opponent's defense line after rushing into it alive.

The glory of the berserker is to die in battle. The barbarian countries believe that only a heroic death in battle can be called honorable.

Salil didn't want to fight either, "I understand, we will go back to the mountains later and come back in spring."

Doug said: "Andrew will definitely be back by then, maybe he will be back in more than half a month."

Salil felt a lot more relieved and thought that Andrew would come back soon.

Lawrence was still a stranger and couldn't get a word in to the conversation between Salil and Doug.

The fact that these two people allowed Lawrence to stand and listen was a kind of recognition of him, but currently Lawrence was not qualified to express an opinion on this kind of matter.

Doug had no intention of inviting Lawrence to drink, which in barbarian culture meant not being intimate.

Soon everyone separated. Lawrence used the "hen that doesn't lay eggs" that he was deceived to buy during the last village shopping, plus a cleaned "broken sheep's shoe", and exchanged it for ten finger-long irons in the blacksmith shop. nail.