Warlord: King of All Clans

After the peace talks between the Orcs and the Humans, they had to pay huge war reparations and land rents to the Northern Humans every year - at least in terms of their productivity.

Thirty percent of it will be left to Count Hermann to compensate for the war losses of Count Frelov's family and to support the defenders of the Frovald human defense line. The rest will be distributed to the various forces involved in the war.

However, the Orcs did not have enough gold and silver to pay the compensation, so half of the compensation was paid in the form of supplies.

Foreign slaves were also a type of material.

Therefore, in the past two years, a large number of slaves of various ethnic groups flowed from Frovald into the North.

The northern border, which was originally sparsely populated and had experienced long-term wars, had always been extremely short of human resources.

Many regions have low land productivity, underdeveloped transportation, and no foreign food imports. Even the mines and handicrafts that emerged in the early years have been abandoned, let alone further development.

Due to the influx of a large number of foreign slaves, many abandoned mines, manors and workshops in towns resumed operations.

Although these alien slaves had no production technology, they were easy to feed and anything that humans could not eat could be thrown to them.

Especially for orcs, the toxins in antler cassava are ineffective against them. If they really have nothing to eat, digging a cart of wild antler cassava in the mountains can help them survive the winter.

Therefore, orc slaves are very popular in the North, and if they can be sold to the South, they can even make ten times the profit.

Of course, this is also related to the Orlantis Empire's prohibition of the slave trade. When the Orlantis Empire was founded, it had already explicitly stipulated the abolition of slavery.

However, now that the country has fallen into warlord separatism, the laws of the empire can no longer apply to local areas. Those areas that did not have the custom of slavery, after tasting the sweetness of slaves, quickly purchased slaves in large numbers.

In Riverbend, the biggest slave owner was none other than Fraser.

After the spring, the northern trade route was opened, and Fraser's savings were basically used to purchase slave cubs.

Her daily job is to pester Olivia, using tantrums and flattery to get back her share of the dividends.

According to the previous agreement, Fraser's kobold mine and workshop were handed over to the Lord's Mansion for management and operation, but the profits were split in half.

Feisa, who was not very good at counting, gave all her money, food, supplies and small changes to Olivia for safekeeping.

Now that Fisa can count and has seen the power of money, she begins to ask for her share of the profits to quickly expand her tribe.

After receiving the money, Frasa will give it to the head of the caravan in Hewan and ask him to help her buy cubs while trading.

Any species of cub will do!

When Six brought the cubs back to Riverbend Town, Fraser couldn't wait to put the cubs into the basket.

A group of people, each carrying a large basket of cubs, ran to the big house to show off to Leo.

"Look, new tribesmen!"

Leo was busy with government affairs, and without even looking up he shouted, "Get lost!"

Feisa was already used to Leo's temper. She was not discouraged at all. She carried a hungry minotaur cub and put it on Leo's desk. "Look! A strong kobold!"

Leo was so annoyed that he grabbed the cub and pretended to stuff it into his mouth, "Ah, strong kobold, delicious! Delicious!"

Feisa hurriedly snatched it back, threw it into the big basket, and went to show off to the other people in the big house.

"I am the King of Kobolds! I have ten thousand dogs!"

Elodi, the little maid in the big house, followed behind with her eyes rolled. She was the manager of the cub dormitory in the big house, and all the cubs in the river bay were under her care.

When Frasa had enough fun, she would throw the cub to her and never care about it again.

In addition to the large number of purchased cubs, the large tribe of kobolds also reproduced very quickly. In just half a year, the number of kobolds had doubled.

If we add in the growing population of werewolves, trolls, ogres and other "vassal kobolds", the number of alien races in the River Bend has barely reached 10,000.

Of course, because Leo did not agree to join, the "tall dog-headed people" in the river bend have never been included in Fraser's statistics.

Apart from Fraser, the alien slave owner, there was no other slave trade in River Bay.

Because the laws of the River Bend Territory have clearly prohibited it, no matter whether it is a plantation owner, a farmer or a workshop owner, no one is allowed to buy slaves for labor.

The reason Leo gave was also very convincing. The population of the people in Hewan was already sufficient to meet the operation of the territory. If a large number of cheap slaves came in, their jobs would be squeezed out, and then a large number of lower-level people would be unemployed.

Even if we don’t count the mines and military industries in Hewan, more than half of the industries are still “officially operated” by the lord’s mansion.

Leo claimed that if the Lord's Mansion replaced all the workers in the Lord's Mansion's industries with cheaper slaves in pursuit of profits, at least 10,000 people in Hewan would lose their living space.

This trend of thought was publicized through the official gazette of the Hewan Territory and had been accepted by the people. In this atmosphere, the small landlords who had gradually accumulated capital no longer dared to speak out and fight for their right to use slaves.

But invisible serfs and miners still exist, and this is a problem of the times that cannot be solved by the system alone.

Under the influence of the Riverbend House, Frasa had no concept of raising slaves, and all the cubs she purchased automatically became members of her tribe.

Moreover, she was very smart and knew that she could not control adult aliens, so she never took adult slaves, but only accepted unenlightened cubs.

None of the adult aliens who joined Fesha's ogre tribe, including Akhhan, Kroger, Strong, Virgil, and Asa, listened to her. They all followed Rio's lead, which taught her a great lesson.

Ever since Ulian left, Leo realized that old Ulian, who seemed to have long since stopped caring about worldly affairs, was actually sitting in a wheelchair and unknowingly helping him do so many things.

The conflicts between the civil groups and clan forces in Hewan, the social problems of the nobles in Hewan, these details that Leo had never taken care of were now piled on his desk.

Internal disputes among the people cannot be resolved by force alone; they require experienced knowledge of human relations. If not handled properly, at best the people will be resentful, and at worst the people will turn against them.

And communication with foreign nobles is also a very important matter. For example, even if Leo does not want to participate in banquets and marriages organized by the Fangqi family, he must carefully consider the wording and politely decline.

Just writing a few letters every day would take up most of the day.

This is the result of Leo's full delegation of power. If he were like other noble lords, who were concerned with every detail, he might really become like the lords of the North, with gray hair after the age of thirty.

It is not without reason that noble patriarchs have always had difficulty making progress in their personal cultivation.

In recent years, in addition to regular meditation exercises, Leo has also insisted on practicing sword skills, but since this year, he has no time to practice sword skills, let alone the more time-consuming horse fighting skills.

After writing a letter and politely declining the Isenkulov family's spring banquet, Leo stretched his waist and looked around the deserted study.

This is Ulian's study. Nothing inside has been moved, except for a portrait of Ulian on the wall.

Count Ulyaan Lavard of the Reach.