Warlord: King of All Clans

Stein's life was saved by the Lady of River Bay, and his life experiences in the past few years were also due to the grace of the Lord's Mansion of River Bay.

Without Brother Dorne to help him solve his legal problems, Stein could only bite the bullet and confess all his crimes of the past year when he met the Matron of Riverbend.

Serious industrial accidents, abuse of migrant labor, and occupation of arable land.

Even though he presented jewels worth 170 gold coins, Stein could not escape the wrath of the River Bay Mistress.

An angry Olivia awarded him a mental lashing and imposed the maximum penalty of two hundred gold coins.

If Dorne was in Riverbend, Stein would only need to surrender to the Civil Affairs Office according to the laws of Riverbend, or directly mediate privately, and the matter could be resolved with a few dozen gold coins, without having to bring it to the attention of the Riverbend Madam.

But Stein, who had just become a capitalist, still held on to the simple heart of a wild warrior and felt that he should remain loyal enough.

Leo happened to be at the Riverbend House as well. He thought highly of this wild hunter who had fought under him in the early days and was now a big developer, so he personally saw him out.

In front of the big house, Leo patted Stein on the shoulder and said, "Olivia knows the ins and outs of construction projects very well. There are always casualties on construction sites. Your casualty figures are already the lowest in the entire Hewan.

"She was so angry only because you were the one in charge."

"Other managers may not care about the lives of their workers, but you are from Hewan, how can you be the same as others?"

Stein's nose suddenly felt sore and he nodded heavily, "I will pay more attention."

Stein was not sad at all about losing several hundred gold coins. What made him sad was the scolding from the River Bay Mistress.

Leo added: "The cement workshop in Arbroath has also started production. When you go to Arbroath, order some cement and help me secretly monitor the quality."

Stein immediately stood up straight and saluted, "I promise to complete the mission!"

The Hewan Cement Workshop has always been an official industry. Due to its low output, it has never been used by the public. All of its cement has been used to build dams, canals, and roads, and the public cannot buy it even if they want to.

Before the import of fuel stone from the west, the quicklime in the lime workshop was calcined with charcoal, which was very expensive. The cost of using it to make cement was not much cheaper than bricks and stones.

Except for the wealthy class in the towns, most people in the North built houses with wood and cheap stone. Only the nobles would use high-quality stone and bricks. The market for early cement, which was as expensive as bricks and of not very good quality, was not very large.

Now that coal from the western border is imported into Hewan, the cost of cement has been reduced, and the formula of Hewan cement has been further optimized. The quality has reached the lowest grade of modern cement and has gradually become superior to traditional bricks and stones.

The cement factory in Arbroath was built to cope with the large-scale development plan of Arbroath, but it has also begun to be commercialized and allowed to be sold to the outside world.

Leo didn't have time to take care of such trivial matters, so he could only ask the people from the River Bay who were working outside to help him keep an eye on them secretly to prevent the person in charge of the lord's mansion's industries from doing anything wrong.

After seeing Stein off, in the big house at the river bend, there was another ogre leader, Krog, who was also preparing to go to the city of Abros.

His preparations were much simpler. He only had to run straight to the lord's house and shout, "I'm going to Arbroath!"

Immediately, a large number of frightened members of the lord's mansion hurriedly helped him to formulate a migration plan, prepare escort along the way, and solve the baggage problem.

If Kroger were to lead his people down the Anzeno River from the Great Swamp, who knows how much trouble would arise along the way.

And all the troubles will be borne by the Lord's Mansion.

After returning from the city of Abros, Krog also had a great harvest. He now had more than fifty ogres in his hands, half of which were two-headed and the other half were single-headed.

Of course, there were a few that had no head and became smelly along the way.

These wild ogres were brought back to the River Reach and settled in the Great Swamp where Krog lived, where they followed Krog to fish for a living.

However, the wild ogres that had just come down the mountain were not as smart as Kroger's group. Not only could they not catch any crocodiles, they also kept stealing cattle and sheep from nearby pastures and crops from farms.

In just two months, several farms around the Great Swamp were completely destroyed by them.

Kroger, with his original dozen or so tribesmen, hunted crocodiles day and night to feed more than fifty ogres, and his initial excitement turned into boredom.

In the past, when there were fewer of them, anyone who caught a crocodile every day could feed the entire tribe.

Now the whole family is out fishing day and night, but they can barely feed the new members of the tribe.

Kroger couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to Riverbend House and said he would take his people back to the mountains of Arbroath and let them live off the land.

Leo had the same idea. The large swamp opposite the river mouth town had shrunk by nearly half in the course of reclamation over the past few years, leaving only scattered lakes and reservoirs in the middle.

The giant crocodiles here are almost extinct and cannot support so many ogres.

The Buck Mountains on the south bank of Arbroath are a natural barrier against Count Gustav's army. It is much better to settle the ogres here than in the Great Swamp.

However, these wild ogres cannot be left alone. They need to be fed regularly, and Kroger should be responsible for recruiting and training them to form a fighting force based on the river bay, rather than turning them into overlords entrenched in the mountains.

After arranging Kroger, Leo finally finished the work at hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

Savinting, who was standing next to him, was still writing documents, converting Leo's verbal decisions into files and sending them to the towns in the river bend.

But her sister Six was different. She had a messy golden hair and followed Freya around everywhere, looking for trouble.

When Savinting was working, Six, who couldn't find Freya, sneaked under her desk and pulled her skirt to mess with her.

Savinting was almost crying with anger, so she went to Olivia to complain, and then Six was punished to stand as she wished.

By the time Leo finished his work, Six had finished his punishment and sneaked up on Leo and pulled a puppy out of his arms.

Leo was helpless, "Where did you steal the cubs again?"

The kobold cubs in the Riverbend House are all weaned, not this small. This must have been stolen by Xix from somewhere to play with.

Six introduced mysteriously: "Mr. Leo, this is your grandson!"

Leo was shocked, "Six, you gave birth to a son?"

Six shook his head speechlessly and introduced secretly: "This is Rambowan's son!"

As she spoke, she threw the puppy onto the table and took out a wolf cub from her clothes. "This is also your grandson, another son of Rambowan!"

"Your adopted son, Rambowan, married a gnoll wife!"