forest kingdom

Lawrence wanted to know the reason why this group of bandits who dared to attack him in winter was still only a group of more than twenty bandits.

"Why did you attack my territory?"

Lawrence looked down at the man, who looked like a southerner.

His body is not very strong, and he doesn't look like a thin farmer. He was beaten to the point of dying, and he can't look like he looked like when he was healthy.

In order to survive, Ricker said honestly: "I come from the forest in the south."

Lawrence asked: "Where in the forest?"

There is indeed an area in the south that is a forest, an extension of the mountains, and there are not many roads that are actually suitable for walking.

In this era, every road is paved. It seems that the roads extend in all directions, but in fact, there are only one or two roads. The rest are in very primitive areas, which are very dangerous and easy to get lost.

Unlike modern countries, there was a lot of undeveloped land in this era. Even in many countries in the south, there was a large amount of fertile land that was not developed.

The area near the Kingdom of Luofen is definitely not a particularly good place. There are many primeval forests covered with boreal plants.

The Sidel territory is close to these forests. It extends from Dumu Port along a herringbone route, with Witch Swamp on the left and Pig Trotter City on the right. Most of the area in the middle is a pyramid-shaped resource area.

The top layer is the land of ice, then the frozen soil, then the swamps that become muddy every spring, and then the grasslands, plains, and forests.

In fact, the area of ​​Luofen Kingdom is very large. It is said to be a forest, but there are many forests. Just knowing that they live in the forest, it is basically impossible to find this group of people. This is not a park forest.

Riker fell silent and did not reveal the location of his hometown.

Lawrence knew that the other party was not lying. He thought it would not matter if he did not lie at first.

If I don't continue to answer, I'm afraid of harming my family.

If a barbarian is caught going out for robbery, he will definitely say that he is from the north. But if he is asked about his specific location and where his home is, he will either lie nonsense or remain silent.

Just from the man's subtle reaction, Lawrence determined the identity of this group of people.

"You are a group of people living in the forest. You are a group of people who developed and migrated from the Luofen Kingdom in the early years. It seems that life in the forest is not as good as outside."

Lawrence stared at Riker.

Riker raised his head and looked at Lawrence with a nervous look on his face.

Lawrence roughly confirmed his guess.

It's just a simple robbery from poor areas to rich areas.

In a unified dynasty, there will be fewer such things, but it is not impossible, and things like sneaking around will never be eliminated.

In the period of earth civilization, this group of people was equivalent to the young and old border residents. They were still the kind of people who lived in remote villages and went barefoot without risking their lives.

At the same time, there are also barbarian bloodlines from this primitive period. They have no objection to robbery and will rob if they can't survive. They also believe that robbery is a kind of business and a proof of bravery and strength.

This group of people followed their true nature and grabbed other people's wealth and women. Isn't it still sad?

It's not that Lawrence can't educate these stubborn bandits, but people have become lazy recently and don't want to preach to anyone.

"It's just a bunch of rats." Lawrence waved his hand casually and said, "Take him back and bury him in the soil with his companions. The corpse-eating vines will find him."

Riker didn't know what a corpse-eating vine was, but soon became aware of the fear.

The two barbarians quickly took Rickel away. Lawrence didn't care about this matter. He just issued an order to everyone everywhere to pay attention. In the future, no more than one-third of the people drinking should be allowed at any time to prevent the main staff from reacting after getting drunk. Not as good as.

Apart from reminding him that this happened, Lawrence did not send a single soldier, nor did he spend any time thinking about countermeasures.

Allowing the villagers to arm themselves was Lawrence's greatest confidence not to worry about invasion.

As long as there are weapons and organization, then every village is a corps, and there is no need for Lawrence to provide them with protection. They can protect themselves. Unless it is a national-level war, they can usually deal with bandits, robbers, wild beasts and the like by themselves.

The disadvantage is that once villages and towns have armed forces, it will be very dangerous for nobles and lords to manage them!

Neither the Western Kingdom nor the Southern Kingdom will learn this. This will only cause trouble and increase management costs. At the same time, due to the different strengths and weaknesses among the people, gentry and tyrants will quickly emerge.

The cost of raising a group of sheep is definitely different from raising a group of wolves, and the risks are also different.

Provide weapons, food and cold-warming supplies to farmers and workers in each village, and even allow them to open their own blacksmiths and train their own troops.

If there was no strong influence like Lawrence to rule deeply, there would definitely be chaos, and the chaos would be terrible, and the wars between villages would definitely become more and more intense!

However, even if there is chaos, as long as the villagers have swords in their hands and have enough food and water, they can beat the bandits in the south to a bloody head.

The Sidels and Valkyries of this generation are all actively participating in various battles. They have long been accustomed to battles between life and death, and even actively participate in them.

People who are stationed in the corps are used to bragging. They like to brag about how awesome they are after drinking some wine. Sometimes they don’t dare to say how awesome they are, so they always talk about how awesome others are. To a certain extent, many people who have never been to the battlefield also Yearning for a battle of blood and fire.

Having no money is not a shame, being humiliated is a shame. In this era, the definition of shame is different. If you choose to run away when being invaded, you must not shirk it by putting safety first. From the official to the private sector, everyone is extremely resistant to this. kind of behavior.

Legally speaking, Lawrence had no obligation to rescue this group of people who did not pay taxes. He only provided them with a place to farm and pay for food. These lands were obtained by Lawrence in exchange for Pig Trotter City and Sider, and they have always belonged to Lawrence.

If they cannot guard the place where they live, then a new group of people can guard it.

Ricker was brought back to Nanzhen by the indifferent Nanzhen people, and even fed him bread and wine, and also gave him a piece of warm clothes.

Everyone looked at this rare thing with sympathy or anger.

Riker was aware of the fear, but he didn't know what it was.

His companion had been buried in the soil, and a pit large enough to hold one person was left a few hundred meters away from the village.

"coming!"

A horrified shout rang out among the onlookers, and everyone quickly looked in all directions.

"over there!"

Ricker was thrown into the pit by two men, his hands and feet were tied, and nearby villagers quickly threw a large amount of snow on him with shovels.

Beneath the cold, dirty snow, Rickel couldn't see what was outside.

A black vine that is crawling between the earth and the ground like an earthworm is slowly approaching here.

The hard and cold ground was pushed up like sand, and soon the earthworm monster was completely hidden under the surface.

Not long after, blood began to flow from the place where the dead were buried!

The ground there is constantly rising, as if something terrifying is moving underground!

There are now five corpse-eating vines in the territory. In addition to the three huge corpse-eating vines of the three witches, there are also two small one-and-a-half-meter-long corpse vines, which are from the wizards of the previous pirate kingdom.

A wizard who doesn't eat people will definitely not give birth to a corpse vine, and a wizard who eats people may not actually have a corpse vine, but a cannibal who eats too many people will definitely develop a corpse vine!

Corpse-eating vines only eat dead people. The longer they rot and the higher the accumulation temperature, the easier it is to attract corpse-eating vines. Corpse-eating vines usually do not stray too far from the corpse after they are born, and they have a clear sense of territory.

The people in Nanzhen quickly went back to sleep and drink, leaving no one to guard anything in the ice and snow.

They didn't understand the characteristics of the corpse-eating vine, and mistakenly followed Lawrence's orders, thinking that Ricker would definitely die.

In the tradition of barbarians, there is also the tradition of giving the last meal to the dead, especially since there is no shortage of food and drink here in Nanzhen. Knowing that this person will die miserably, he gave some food and drink.

Rickel, who was struggling in the snow, quickly stood up and kept digging into the snow with his tied hands.

The corpse-eating vine passed by Rickel and went to eat another corpse.

Where the corpse-eating vine passed, the soil became soft, which indirectly helped Rickel escape.

Rickel, who climbed out of the snow cave, looked at the raised snow around him and the solidified blood around him. He was so frightened that his face turned pale.

While using all the imaginable images to imagine the terrifying creature he had never seen before, Ricker used all his strength to bite off the rope and run for his life in the snow. (End of chapter)