forest kingdom

Chapter 346 The Messenger
The joining of the Valkyries makes the unification of the Ice Sea an established fact.

It doesn't matter whether the Snow Cave people agree or not, the important point is the attitude of Tran Daho City and Sidel.

The people of Snow Cave have always lived aloof from the world and lived like fugitives.

Regardless, their tribe will not be able to develop anyway.

There is a lack of cavalry, minerals, and cultivated land, especially now that Dumu Port and Pumexiu Town are still guarded by various barbarians.

Lawrence could simply claim the oceans and icebergs farther north as his own, and no one would object to this.

The Sidel people are currently unable to resist. Unless they unite with Telland Great Hoof City, they will not be able to threaten the northern border.

Lawrence's relationship with Sidel is okay now. It's not that the Sidel people have no spirit of resistance. They were first beaten to death by the earl and the first knight, and then were persuaded.

The peace was not maintained with words at the beginning, but the opponent was successfully persuaded to surrender after he felt that he could not defeat him.

Coupled with several cooperations, the kind and generous Crowfeather Prophet has always taken care of the working Sidel people.

The main military forces like Durand just want to follow Lawrence and continue to make a fortune.

Count Sdle had no right to order them to die.

If provoked, these people will resist.

Not against Lawrence, but against Earl of Sdle.

On the contrary, Telantho City is very dangerous.

There are irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides, and an overly powerful ice sea force will pose a threat to the city of Telland!

There are many powerful people under Duke Redela, especially after the death of Luofen III, there may be many fierce men who follow the king to join the Duke's staff.

Lawrence thought about it carefully and realized that it would still be very dangerous for him to fight against the Great Hoof City of Shanglan on his own now.

The Valkyries have not been trained yet and will take at least half a year to a year to slowly integrate.

Out of thousands of people, only more than 1000 can be defeated, and Duke Redela can easily form a legion of thousands more to conquer this place.

In the past, I was mainly hiding in the mountains, and Telandaho City was busy with matters in the south and was slow to respond.

Now that Binghai has been unified by himself, the Vakiri who were originally taxpayers under the duke will definitely no longer pay taxes to the duke.

Lawrence realized that he would definitely fight with Pig Trotter City!

Wild Boar Legion, Barbarian Warriors, Plains Barbarians, Ice Sea Barbarians!
Stratagems have basically no effect on these barbarians. Without a real fight, it is impossible to reconcile the barbarians according to their character.

Whether it is the Valkyrie or the Sder, they only negotiate after fighting.

The same goes for the people in Pig Trotter City. They won't be convinced unless they are beaten half to death.

Lawrence began to adjust production strategies.

Food population: 20%
Logging population: 50%
Stone population: 30%
Iron ore population: 300%
There is no need to produce too much food this year or next. Agriculture in the south and west will provide a large amount of food and wine. You only need to ensure basic food.

More time is spent on producing weapons and armor, as well as iron hooks needed for boarding battles, and shoes suitable for boarding battles.

At the same time, he wrote to the western kingdoms to summon knights to resist the pirates. Each kingdom only needed to send ten brave men to help in the battle.

The war must be fought, and Lawrence was a little unsure of when.

"Probably autumn."

"It's impossible in spring, it's impossible in summer, it's impossible in winter."

Summer is too hot, not only prone to rain, but also rough seas.

The most important thing is that it is close to summer, when the big wild boars are restless. At this time, the wild boar legions will not gather together.

"It should be autumn, it doesn't matter even if it's spring or summer. With Lathander and me here, even if we dedicate some of our people to attack the Kingdom of Waves, the remaining people will be enough to deal with the barbarians. Legion."

Lawrence's confidence comes from current technology and personnel.

Most of the people in the territory have experienced several wars. They are the people who have seen blood and know how to resist the enemy.

If you reserve food and weapons in advance, as well as various mobilizations, it will be enough to resist the looters outside.

Moreover, the six witches and myself are all here, so there is no problem with morale and combat effectiveness.

Lawrence told several witches about his plans and wanted to get opinions from others. After all, this kind of thing is related to the future of the territory, so it is better to be cautious.

Salil said firmly: "No problem, let's fight."

Lawrence looked at the other people.

Catherine said, "I don't have a problem either."

Lawrence was a little disappointed. Everyone seemed to have no objections.

At this time, Kharan suggested: "We have a lot of gold and silver coins. Since you are not interested in these, then in the spring, go to the nobles of the Luofen Kingdom and give them money, and these people will be quiet."

Catherine felt unreliable, "How could those greedy savages be so obedient?"

Khalan looked at Lawrence, "Why is Luofen III so obedient?"

Catherine was asked by Kohalan, and Lawrence, who was watched by Kohalan, also began to think about this matter.

Not only Luofen III, but also himself agreed not to attack after receiving the money.

Is this the rope by which capitalists hang themselves?

Surely not?
Lawrence found that he had done the same thing as Luofen III, and began to think about the limitations of barbarian thinking.

Barbarians would stop fighting when they reached a certain level. Why did the ancient nomads stop fighting after receiving money?Lawrence thought of several reasons.

More and more of my own people were dying, and it was unsafe to have fewer people around me, so I gradually didn’t want to fight.

If those who died were surrendered soldiers and traitors, it didn't matter how many died, but in a barbarian atmosphere that generally did not accept foreigners joining the army, most of the time those who died were their own relatives.

If this continues, even the most ruthless barbarians will not be able to hold on. The whole army does not want to fight, so they will naturally stop as soon as they see fit, otherwise they may be assassinated by their homesick men.

Furthermore, the resistance was fierce. In many places, even the landlords and officials had fled, but the local farmers did not want to flee, making it easy to gather resistance forces.

The barbarian invasion is like a tide, it goes away quickly and comes back just as quickly.

Giving money cannot buy a lifetime of peace, but it can solve short-term problems.

Lawrence said quickly: "As long as it lasts until spring, I will give two boxes of gold and silver jewelry to Pig Trotter City in exchange for a spring of peace."

Gold and silver coins are just metals here in Lawrence. Converting assets into productivity is what Lawrence values, rather than simply collecting wealth.

Lathander felt strange, "Isn't the territory of the nobles manor and farmland? Those cities also belong to a certain noble?"

Lawrence was soon reminded of an important factor that had been overlooked.

city!

"Most cities do not belong to a single noble, but multiple nobles and groups govern themselves together, including the church."

"The nobility's fiefdom and the city are not the same thing. The city has strong autonomy and has tax collection rights independent of the kingdom. At the same time, it will also attract a large number of farmers to join."

"Most of the nobles in Pig's Trotter City do not have fiefs and belong to farmers in the city. Unlike people who farm the land, the main income of Pig's Trotter City is robbery and trade."

"We give gold and silver coins, which can indeed appease the city residents who live there."

"Duke Redela has not replaced Luofen III as the king in these years. The conspiracy of the southern nobles is to disperse the barbarian kingdom."

"The barbarian kingdom without a king is just a scattered territory. The Duke does not need to pay taxes to anyone. The southern cities such as Northenri are also under the autonomy of the nobles in the city!"

The benefit after the death of Luofen III was the autonomy after the demise of the royal power.

Like the loose kingdoms of the West, the Barbarian Kingdoms are also in disarray.

"I overestimated Duke Redela. The Pig Trotter City he rules is not a piece of iron. Especially after losing a group of noble bandits last year, there is no bandit army this year."

"If we go to attack Pig Trotter City, we will definitely fail. There are still a large number of strong people gathered there, but it is impossible for them to attack us. The road is too far."

"Now that the Sidel people and the Valkyrie people don't listen to the instructions of the nobles in Pig Trotter City, then these people have to go out to fight on their own. I guess they don't like to do this."

In this era, due to the limitations of the organization and management system, the larger the city, the harder it was for a single noble to govern it.

The nobles could manage their territories and estates well because the people in these places were loosely distributed and only required tax collectors to go to each village.

The city is different. The main body of the city is businessmen. These businessmen naturally resist overly strict supervision and do not like to be taxed.

There will be nobles in the city. This is inevitable, but the nobles cannot control everything. They must acquiesce to the existence of some chambers of commerce, guilds, and churches.

If they are not allowed, these people will not come and even cause trouble. Without the operation of a large number of merchants, the city cannot become prosperous.

At the same time, most cities will absorb slaves and serfs who have escaped from various noble territories, which conflicts with the interests of some nobles.

There are also various slave houses. These merchants have a certain level of force and have a strong voice for urban autonomy.

Lawrence soon discovered that he didn't need to worry too much about the pig's trotters, but more troublesome things also appeared.

Only with a small number of people can I speak out in the territory. Once a large number of businessmen and interest groups join, I may not have as strong a voice as I do now.

Then develop slowly!

Lawrence decisively chose to refuse, preferring to develop slowly rather than give up power.

There is no need to enter the capitalist era. You only need to advance civilization from the barbaric era to the slave era, or the feudal era.

Taking too big a step can cause problems, so Lawrence decided to develop steadily.

The religious side needs some strengthening, Lawrence thought about his church.

"Are we training crows? Let crows learn to fly home from far away places and fly to deliver messages."

Sariel asked curiously: "Lawrence, can you talk to crows?"

Lawrence ignored Sariel's inquiry and explained directly: "It's so cold outside now, so the crows must know how to fly home. Let's take the crows in the manor to the town or to Port Dum to see if they can fly back!"

Salil said: "But it's troublesome to go back and forth?"

Lawrence explained: "With Catherine here, I can get to the port of Dom very quickly and come back quickly enough to train the crows over and over again."

Kehalan was also very interested in this, "Will the crow come back? Now the crow is familiar to many of us, and maybe it will stay where it is."

Lawrence has a way, "We feed the crows that deliver letters delicious mealworms every day, and then we don't give them food when they leave our place, so that the crows fostered in various places stay hungry, so that they will be hungry once they are released. I’ll think about coming back for dinner.”

Sariel thought about this possibility seriously and quickly said: "It feels a bit cruel. I thought you had a good relationship with the crows."

Lawrence seemed not to hear the question.

Sophia said whimsically at this time: "Is it okay to train dogs? Our dogs all know to go home for dinner. If we leave them far away, do they also know to come back?"

Lawrence frowned and thought about it, and it actually felt feasible.

"What a genius idea!" Lawrence nodded.

(End of this chapter)