forest kingdom

Chapter 226 Diplomacy
Reglo is back and brings a message.

"Master, we walked down the glacier for a day or two and met a black goat tribe living by the river. The people there raised black goats."

Lawrence had been paying attention to the conditions downstream of the river. He went down to explore it four or five times, exploring part of the area each time.

This time Reglo explored further, and sure enough found human traces by the river.

"Just meet people. There should be people living near normal rivers. Especially the southern region a day's journey away is definitely more suitable for living here than here."

Lawrence asked: "How are the people there? What do you say?"

Reglo and others showed no signs of fighting, and Lawrence judged that those people were not savages who would kill anyone on sight.

Reglo replied: "I can't understand their language. They look more like Durila people. After they found us, they brought the animal skins. I gave them salt and iron nails as you ordered."

"When they saw it, they only gave us two sheepskins, and I came back."

Reglo said excitedly: "There are only more than 100 people in that tribe, and there are many men. We robbed their sheep and captured them as slaves to give birth to our children!"

Lawrence thought about this matter. The savages were very murderous, and this area believed in the principle of the weak eating the strong.

Fighting is necessary. Even if you can bring everyone food and clothing, you still need to see some blood to suppress the bloody nature of the people around you.

Fortunately, most of the men here are dead, and the women and children are relatively peaceful. I am slowly educating these people with civilization.

Reglo, like Friesen, still maintains a pure barbarian mentality.

The cognition of barbarians is very simple. They go out to plunder and rob, and bring back a lot of rewards!
"Our enemies are the Valkyries. You know better than me how powerful the Valkyries are. In order to be able to deal with the Valkyries better next year, we need helpers."

Lawrence looked at Reglo with a serious face, "I'll prepare some gifts. You take two Durila people over there to have a look. If they can communicate, bring back someone who can communicate."

"If you can't communicate, just make a simple trade. I need some black goats to improve the breed of the flock, or roosters and pigs will work."

Reguero nodded and said, "Yes! I understand."

Lawrence said directly: "Let Friesen and Mandekru go with you. It's best to bring some deterrence when showing sincerity."

"Go back and rest first, then set off again tomorrow."

"Yes!" Reglo quickly went down to make preparations.

Lawrence was sitting on the sofa in a daze, thinking about the information brought back by Reglo.

Upon seeing this, Salil asked, "What's the problem with this?"

Lawrence replied: "Since last year, Luofen III has stopped attacking the Southern Kingdom. Instead, he has gathered men to attack the Eastern Islands."

"In the past, everyone followed him to attack the Southern Kingdom because the Southern Kingdom was easy to bully. After breaking up the Southern Kingdom, it would be easier for everyone to capture slaves or rob."

"Now all the places that can be conquered have been occupied by Luofen III and become his territory. Many villages living in the territory of Luofen Kingdom no longer belong to the border areas, but are blocked by Luofen III's territory and cannot get out."

"These people are not fools. They don't want to take risks in the Eastern Islands, but they don't want to farm either."

"My plan is to use the speed of sled dogs to approach several manor towns in the south. If necessary, I will use food and property to buy these people to fight for me."

"Those plains barbarians who have experienced great wars are the real barbarians. They are enough to suppress the barbarians in the ice sea area."

The most elite sources of soldiers in the entire Lofen Kingdom are not in the ice sea area where the Valkyries are located, but in the hills and plains where the climate is more pleasant and more suitable for farming but relatively barren.

The Luofen Kingdom attacked the Southern Kingdom several times, relying on these barbarians who could barely eat enough and wanted to make a lot of money.

Lawrence quickly drew a rough outline of the terrain with tea on the table. "This river should have a curved direction like a fishhook. It flows towards the Western Kingdom, not towards the area of ​​the Luofen Kingdom."

"If we want to defeat the Vakiri, in addition to the existing means, it is also very important to obtain the help of the barbarians."

Lathander looked at the "human" shape on the table. The Western Kingdom and the Luofen Kingdom happened to be in two different directions, separated by dense forests and mountains.

"What is Andrew doing? Call him back and let him deal with the Valkyries. Since he wants to fight, let him come back and fight."

Lathander gave a very reliable suggestion.

Lawrence said quickly: "I only know that he is at Red Beard's place. The specific location is not clear, but Red Beard will definitely come over in the spring. I will ask Andrew's location by then."

If Andrew comes back, things will be much easier.

There are probably powerful guys on the Valkyrie side. Just looking for witches here always feels unreliable. There is a Berserker that everyone recognizes, and they feel much more at ease when fighting.

At this time, Brielle, who worked as a part-time maid, said: "If anyone can go to Durila, I can write to my father, who is a retired knight."

Lawrence thinks this proposal is also very good. Hiring barbarians is not just a matter of words. It would also be good to have a few backup roads.

Establishing ties with the West is also necessary, but there are other problems.

“What is your church’s attitude towards other churches?”

Brielle replied: "The Morningside Church maintains a tolerant attitude towards other faiths, because these people often belong to various cities or a group of people, so unless it is a land or business dispute, there will be no quarrels."

Lawrence then remembered that the Western Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom were both loose city-state systems.

In an environment without the concept of grand unity, unless it is driven by interests, large-scale religious or secular wars cannot be fought.

Especially now, the mainstream fighting force is still the barbarians led by the Luofen Kingdom. This group of people has just come into contact with outside religions, and at this time, outside religions have not yet inserted their forces here.

This process will take at least hundreds of years, capturing the spiritual beliefs of the Luofen Kingdom through subtle influence.

Lawrence thought for a long time, now it is a racing process.

Originally, I didn't really have that many ideas. I established the Star God Sect just for the sake of my own stability.

But now thinking about the situation outside, if I don't become stronger and have a group of followers who can fight, I will be treated as a piece of cake.

"Go and ask who wants to go back. First ask how many people there are. Our boat in Dumu Village can still be sailed. Ask who can sail it."

Lawrence decided to establish contact with the West.

The current Western Kingdom is also in disarray, coupled with the road to wealth for Red Beard and others...

Lawrence suddenly thought of something. If the Valkyries knew that Redbeard had a more secure "fat sheep's nest", where would those people go after losing the gold nugget of the Southern Kingdom?

Will the Valkyries deal with the wizards and witches hiding in the Agama Mountains, or will they rob the Western Kingdom?
Those bandits were not reckless men who really wanted to die. They robbed to get rich, for treasures, women and food. They had no reason to come and fight against a group of mysterious forces because of the count's daughter.

Lawrence found that everything was his own idea. If he wanted to truly confirm the status of the Valkyries, he had to find someone who was familiar with the environment there to ask about the situation.

After Regloo established contact with the Black Goat tribe, he went to the merchants and asked. Those merchants could not only go to one place, and they should also have contact with the Wakiri people.

There are river tribes in the south, forested city-states in the west, the Vakiri in the east, and the Lofen Kingdom in the southeast.

Fortunately, the mountains in the north block most of the road, otherwise I would always feel unsteady on all sides.

(End of this chapter)