forest kingdom

Chapter 72 The traditional way to get rich

The winter snow cannot melt before spring, and most creatures are trapped in caves and refuse to come out.

Except for a few.

On the snowy road outside the town of Pumexiu, Lawrence led the Dom sheep and walked hard on the [-] centimeters of snow.

Lawrence held a wooden stick to prevent him from falling, and put a ring of animal skin around his calves and wrists for protection.

Saryl and Sophia sat on the sled at the back, with Dom and Lawrence leading the way.

Despite her strong body and brute strength, Salil happily sat with Sophia on the sleigh with wooden stools, watching Lawrence lead the sheep to clear the way ahead.

Lawrence breathed the cold air that froze his nose. Although he complained in his heart, he endured it.

Who made me insist on going out in the middle of winter?

After waiting in the house for many more days, Lawrence wanted to get some iron tools to use as knife blades, and also bought some clay pots from the town.

Making clay pots by yourself is too slow, and the pots are easy to crack and are not as useful as the pots in the town.

Closed containers are a necessity and can be used in many places.

If there are ready-made things, Lawrence doesn't want to dig and burn the soil and waste a lot of time and energy making these things.

After walking in the snow for who knows how long, I finally saw a small town covered in dirty snow under the dazzling sunshine and snowfields.

The snow in the town has been trampled by people and livestock to create several roads. Standing on the hillside and looking down, you can see a lot of cleared ground.

Once you have a goal, the time to move forward is no longer difficult. Even if it is only ten minutes, it feels like it has arrived quickly.

There was much less snow underfoot, and not all of the remaining snow had been cleared away. There was still a solid layer of frozen snow and ice.

The compacted snow was very suitable for sledging. When Lawrence led Dom into the town, he found that people in the town were also preparing sleds.

The busy Pumi Xiu stood up straight and looked this way. After seeing Salil and Lawrence, he came over to say hello.

"Saryl, and Mr. Lawrence."

Lawrence didn't recognize the fat man in front of him.

The fat man had a shaggy brown beard, thinning hair and a sheepskin hat.

He can be said to be protruding and protruding, his belly is fatter than that of a ten-month-old pregnant woman, his big butt is also tilted back, and his stature is slightly shorter than the average barbarian, a little over 1.7 meters.

He doesn't look like a bad guy, but he looks like a strong man holding a big stone in front of him. No normal person would want to mess with this kind of person.

Lawrence asked, "Sorry, I don't know your name yet."

"I am Friesen." Friesen was very talkative and said proudly: "I have three wives, twenty sheep, five dogs, two slaves, children and land!"

Lawrence was not interested in other people's assets, but he was more concerned about slaves.

"I remember there were no slaves here? Why do you have slaves?"

Friesen proudly held out his belly and glanced at the two men and women beside him who were carrying boxes and wood fuel.

"They are my slaves."

Salil came over and looked at the two people, "Isn't this Seravan?"

The man named Seravan lowered his head and continued working dullly with the woman beside him, without responding to Salil's inquiry.

Friesen said with a big belly: "This weak man escaped the sacred battle, so he, his family, the land and the house are no longer his, and now it all belongs to me! This is a sacred decision!"

Salil didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, so she walked out directly, "Lawrence, let's go."

Lawrence was not surprised by this kind of thing. In the barbarian kingdom, this is the fate of the cowardly.

Civilized society is still about exclusion and restriction. In this era, if a village like this is robbed and refuses to participate in the counterattack, the whole family will be killed!

However, even in a civilized society, this kind of desertion is a capital crime, and this period is not so civilized. Killing a normal person and being punished as a slave is already a very merciful approach.Mostly it was because of the lack of labor force in the village. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, they would definitely kill him, including this person's children.

Friesen was very friendly to Lawrence, "Mr. Lawrence, I have a headache recently. Can you touch my head to make it less painful?"

Lawrence knew that it was probably the Emma family who told others about their ability to cure diseases, and these people had no sense of confidentiality at all.

Last time, I used my hands to see if Emma’s head was hot. If it was hot, rest more and drink more water.

I don’t know what Emma said. According to the understanding of these barbarians, it was probably regarded as witchcraft.

Lawrence, who knows how to see a doctor, said directly: "I'm very busy, I wish you good luck."

Friesen did not believe in good luck. Seeing that the wise Mr. Lawrence was about to leave, he quickly said: "Mr. Lawrence, I am willing to give you a chicken, a jar of butter, and a bucket of goat's milk as gifts."

Lawrence had already turned around and left, and then turned back again.

Chicken broth, butter, goat’s milk…

Lawrence looked at the big fat man with a thoughtful expression.

A fat body is naturally prone to illness. Whether it is a barbarian or a person from other places, fat people are indeed more stressed.

Thinking of this, Lawrence said: "Do you feel uncomfortable when you sleep?"

Friesen looked at Lawrence excitedly, "Yes! I often have trouble falling asleep and feel very tired every time I wake up!"

As long as the barbarians reach adulthood, they can basically roar like thunder at night.

Snoring is caused by difficulty breathing or problems with the nose.

"When you sleep today, just sleep with your body facing your right hand. Don't face the roof, and don't face your left hand."

Friesen didn't understand why, and even had some doubts, "Is it just that?"

In order to thank Fei, Lawrence Hu said: "Cowardly people will often have headaches. Warriors who fight bravely and have countless scars will not have frequent headaches. You must hunt often, so that God will give you a healthy body."

Friesen immediately believed it, "Wise Mr. Lawrence, please come to my home, I will entertain you well!"

Lawrence politely refused, "I have something else to do, let's do it next time."

Lawrence soon said goodbye to Friesen.

Because of the slave matter, Lawrence looked at the nearby houses and found that some houses were indeed without signs of repair.

Either no one lives there anymore, or they live in intact houses, and most of the original owners of those houses were people who ran away in advance.

People can actually survive alone, but most people in a collective environment don't want to do that. Once they leave the collective, they will be depressed and depressed.

Many people who run away will come back here, and then they will be caught by those who fight bravely and teach them a lesson.

They were either killed or treated as the lowest form of slaves.

For those who run away from battle and refuse to take up arms to fight, people of the same race and village will look down on them, and even take the initiative to abuse them.

In order to survive, this is the rule of the barbaric kingdom. Even if some people naturally develop selfishness and fear, they will be severely eliminated in the cruel environment.

Unless most barbarians have lived a good life without fighting, barbarian males who avoid fighting will definitely suffer extreme abuse from their tribe.

Lawrence discovered that the Pumixiu people had begun to change after joining the Wakili tribe, from an agricultural production atmosphere to a raiding atmosphere.

Farming and raising pigs cannot afford heavy taxes, so one can only rely on sudden wealth to make a fortune.

In this atmosphere, most of the men in the town will go out to rob this year and embark on the traditional road to wealth in the barbarian kingdom.

Lawrence sighed, growing more melancholy.

"Oh, I'd better hide in the mountains honestly, otherwise these people will go out to rob and call me, and I don't want to leave my hometown."

(End of this chapter)