forest kingdom

Chapter 257 The fight for maritime rights
While Lawrence was thinking about how to solve the problem with the Valkyrie, a team of more than a dozen ships passed by the sea.

The Durila people who were drying kelp on the beach did not run away immediately, but curiously watched the approach of these fishing boats.

People on the shore quickly gathered together, and the leading ship at sea also rowed faster.

"It's Friesen, he's not dead yet!"

Both the Durila women and the Pumixiu women hated this damn fat man.

"I really hope he sinks to the bottom of the sea soon."

Although everyone expected so, this time Friesen brought back a rich harvest.

When we went out, there were ten barbarians plus Friesen and other 20 people, making a total of three boats.

When they came back, only two people died. In addition to the original three ice-sea long boats, they also brought back ten fishing boats between two and five meters long.

Lawrence soon came down to greet the navigators.

Fleiss said with some regret: "Prophet, we did not bring back cattle or sheep this time, we only found people."

Lawrence looked at the more than 100 men and women on the beach. They didn't look like Durila people. Many of them had red hair and brown hair.

The barbarians are similar in race to the people of the Western Kingdom. They are both remnants of the Agama Mountains. Their skin color is slightly lighter, their faces are hairy, and their eyes are mostly blue-gray. Although there are many kinds of hair colors, they are mainly brown and brown.

In the Southern Kingdom, Sophia has blonde hair and blue eyes, and her skin is much more delicate.

People in the Oriental Suman Islands mainly have white skin and black hair, and their hairstyles are mostly curly.

Because of the feudal system, the Western kingdoms have a strict sense of alienation from each other. Coupled with the different perceptions of appearance and habits, each other does not regard each other as human beings.

Lawrence asked, "Who are these people?"

The Duruila guide quickly said: "They are from the Water City. It rains a lot there. There is nothing except umbrellas and fishing boats. We visited two villages and found no cattle or sheep."

Lawrence was very speechless and said: "Then they can farm and speak our language?"

"No." Fleiss replied: "I can't understand what they say. There are a few of them who can understand what the Durila people say."

Lawrence nodded, "Let these people fish here in the future, and I will arrange for people to come and build houses."

Because the places the navigators went to were all along rivers and coastal areas, many of the people they brought back were fishermen who made a living on this.

These fishermen were of no use to anyone else, but they had a lot of use to Lawrence.

"Fries, how many people have you captured here?"

Fleiss had been thinking about the issue of rewards along the way. This time he followed the advice of the Durila guide and the Pumixiu people as Lawrence said, because Lawrence had said before that as long as he obeyed and came back, he would be rewarded.

"We captured a lot, half of them, and we killed more than a dozen soldiers."

Fleiss is not good at mathematics, but he clearly remembers the contributions of himself and others.

Lawrence nodded, "You don't have ships to transport cattle and sheep at sea. The ships and guides this time are mine, so for every healthy person I bring back, I can only give you the price of twenty cans of wheat."

Fleiss looked worried, not because the reward was less, but because he couldn't calculate how much the reward would be.

Lawrence was very aware of the arithmetic level of the barbarians and explained: "Three adults are equal to two live sheep, and nine are equal to two adult Dom sheep. You have brought back about 50 people. I can give you ten Dom sheep." Sheep, I will also give you an ox and fifty baskets of wheat and ten goat-high barrels of ale.”

"Which one do you choose?"

Fleiss said quickly: "I choose the cow!"

Lawrence looked at the savages behind Fleiss, "Do you agree with Fleiss's opinion?"

The rest of the savages looked at each other, and soon someone said: "A cow is nice, but how are we to divide it?"

Lawrence said: "How about choosing goats? Each of the ten of you can take away a goat, a barrel of wine and ten baskets of wheat. Ten baskets of wheat are enough for your family to eat whole-wheat bread for half a year."

Soon some barbarians thought this was good, "Then choose the sheep."

Fleiss insisted: "I want the cow! You can grab the sheep, but you can't grab the cow, but it's very important!"

Lawrence cattle also appeared in the later period. There were very few cattle in this area and their growth rate was very slow.

Lawrence said: "I can understand your emphasis on cattle, so let's do this. This time I will give you sheep and wheat. After harvesting the wheat this summer, I will also arrange for people to go to the west."

"You can rest for a while. When I need you, I will send someone to notify you, or ask the businessmen passing by to pass the news to you, but you must promise me not to rob the businessmen on the road."

"If you can bring back silver coins, books, craftsmen and healthy men and women this autumn, I think you can get more than one cow." The barbarians quickly reached a consensus and decided to take the sheep first, and then the cattle in the fall.

"We want sheep!"

Lawrence smiled and said, "That's it. In addition to sheep and wheat, as a reward for obeying my orders, I will give you two extra pieces of clothing and a new axe."

The ten savages quickly knelt down and declared their allegiance to the Prophet, "Thank you, merciful Prophet."

Lawrence encouraged: "We are not well prepared in the spring. In the autumn we will harvest more gifts like wheat. If anyone in your village is willing to go together, then let them be prepared."

“When the wheat in the ground is ripe, go to the land promised by God.”

All ten savages thought the proposal was a very good one.

The natural occupation of barbarians is robbery. Traditional barbarians harvest once a year, and hard-working barbarians harvest twice a year.

Lawrence was very easy to talk to. "You guys have a night's rest. Tomorrow I will take people to your village to help you build new houses. You will have more cattle, sheep and clothes, and you will also need a bigger house."

"The craftsmen I sent out to build your house need you to provide food. From now on, whenever I send people to your village, you must provide them with bread and clean water, give them a comfortable house to sleep in, and at the same time protect their safety. Being bullied by the rest of your village.”

Hearing that Lawrence was willing to build a house for everyone, Fleiss and others were even more happy.

"Yes! Prophet, I will protect them! Just like protecting my cows!"

Lawrence quickly let these barbarians go down to rest, rewarded Friesen and others, and then resettled the people in the Water Capital.

Bread and eggs are the most comforting things. Lawrence is very easy to talk to this time. He takes care of food and housing. He can go back after working here for a year, and he can leave after half a year if he performs well.

Because whether they can persist for half a year will determine the direction of future development, this is the only way for the Valkyries and the barbarians of the Lofen Kingdom to go to the west. Lawrence is a little afraid of those people directly looting this place.

The mountains are busy with reclamation, and Pumixiu Town is also busy with construction and defense. There is no time to mobilize manpower and material resources here in Dumu Village.

Therefore, Dumu Village is a mixture of Durila people and people from the Water City. With the example of the Durila people, the management is more stable.

In order to reduce the hatred, Lawrence also promised that as long as these people work here honestly, he will not let the barbarians go to the Water City again and go to other places next time.

"The Valkyries..." Lawrence felt a headache from these people, and even wanted to launch the barbarians to bite those Valkyries.

But the Valkyries are not easy to fight, and there will definitely be a lot of casualties in a fight.

Lawrence himself could not think of a way to deal with the Valkyries, so he asked the wise men to share their wisdom.

"Mother, how do you think we can resist the evil intentions of the Valkyries?"

The Valkyries will definitely gather together with the army of the Luofen Kingdom. When there are more of these people, they will have any bold ideas.

Lathander ate the kelp dish brought by Lawrence and said calmly: "I heard that this kind of thing grows on the sea?"

Lawrence explains: "Wild kelp will be fixed on floating objects, or slowly grow on rocks and sand, like a rope floating in the water."

Lathander asked: "Don't you need soil?"

Lawrence thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be necessary, as long as there is a fixed rope to connect a lot of kelp to prevent it from floating away. These seaweeds in the sea mainly absorb sunlight and grow on floating objects in the sea, and are harmful to the soil. Not too demanding.”

"There's no problem with the water quality. Kelp doesn't like water that's too hot. The environment here at our beach is just right, with a lot of sea vegetables."

Luosanda did not expect that there was such a plant that did not require soil, and he also had a general understanding of the production environment of seaweed.

"Then let Khalan ripen them and create Mount Talim on the sea. How about this proposal?"

Lawrence's mind was opened.

"You can try, but I haven't had time to investigate the ocean. I don't know the wind direction changes in the ocean. If Mount Talim is created in the sea between us and the Vakiri, it may float to us."

Lathander thought about this problem, "I didn't think of this. The sea is indeed different from the ground. The mountains on the sea will move."

Lawrence quickly thought of a solution, "This is actually not serious. We don't rely much on seafood, but the Valkyries don't cultivate much land, especially this season, they mainly rely on food from the sea."

"I'm a little worried that we've pushed them too hard. Instead of surrendering, they will choose to fight to the death and fight us head-on."

Lathander looked at Lawrence who was hesitant and persuaded: "No, according to your description, I think there is no prophet in the Valkyrie tribe, so there will be no chance to lead the tribe to the right direction."

"When the Valkyrie tribe is in trouble, running away and fighting for the leadership position is what most ice sea barbarians want to do."

(End of this chapter)