forest kingdom

Chapter 74 Andrew comes home

In the Kingdom of Luofen, the massive barbarian army successfully occupied the southern kingdom.

At this point, most of the northern territory belonged to the Kingdom of Luofen. The raiding teams brought back a large number of people and treasures, as well as wheat, potatoes and other grains loaded on hundreds of large ships.

The slave trading houses in Pig Trotter City began to purchase slaves from the barbarians at low prices, and the other trading houses also digested the treasures brought back by the warriors according to their respective levels.

Knight armor, gems, iron swords, iron helmets, anklets, silver tableware, ladies' jewelry necklaces, blood-stained rings, damaged noble leather boots, exquisite iron bows and arrows...

In the joyful celebration atmosphere of Pig's Trotter City, a team of more than ten men also quietly entered Pig's Trotter City.

Like country bumpkins, Red Beard and others looked around at the nearby women and vendors, as well as the stone-carved palace buildings.

Andrew reminded: "Hurry up and find a place to sell these things. Our copper is not enough to live in, let alone pay the second entry fee!"

Red Beard came here for the first time and was not familiar with this place. “Who should we go to?”

Andrew looked around and said, "Let's find a place to sell these things first. I think there are many places like this."

In the past few days, the city has been filled with groups of bandits who have returned from plundering.

The internal struggles in the Luofen Kingdom were fierce, and some powerful tribal leaders gradually conquered their neighbors by launching wars and formed their own tribal organizations.

The Kingdom of Luofen itself was established in this way, and those who were unwilling to integrate during the process would flee here.

In addition, in the inheritance system, the second son and younger sons and concubines have no right to inherit the land title. Without land, they will be reduced to the lower class of society.

These people have become an unstable factor in society. They either go out to be pirates or resort to force to fight for power against their brothers and fathers.

In this kind of common fratricidal fight between brothers, most of the losers fled their families and joined pirate expeditions.

Coupled with the strong local social atmosphere, those who successfully return will be welcomed by everyone and have status and rights, which gradually affects and encourages other people who want to engage in piracy.

Compared with the social atmosphere in ancient China, the struggle here is more intense.

Revolts and rebellions are child's play. The kings, leaders, and powerful nobles here are often assassinated, and there is no long-lived king at all.

Barbarism and bravery are advocated here, and no one cares about morality, nor about things like kings or royal families.

A person's achievements are only related to his fists, but the lower class advocates bravery and duel, but the king and the nobles will not follow this play, the nobles all go together.

Neither Andrew nor Redbeard has the ability to provoke Count Valkyrie.

Andrew's team, which looks like barbarians, is very normal here in Telandaho City. The place is full of barbarians who have successfully robbed and escaped intact or come back alive with missing arms and legs.

When a group of barbarians gather together, it is easy to form a tacit understanding. Although some frictions and fights cannot be avoided, everyone follows the most basic rules and does not provoke anyone stronger than themselves.

Andrew didn't want to cause trouble, otherwise he would be attacked by someone.

The security in the city is very good, there are no thieves these days.

The red-bearded men were quickly attracted by this bustling and lively city, especially the few men who had been holding back for a long time. After seeing the women standing outside nearby houses or merchant tents, they could not move.

These are fresh widows.

The coastal areas of the Luofen Kingdom are dotted with miserable widows. Whenever the ship returns, groups of widows line the beach, staring in vain at the vast sea.

Relying on the strong violence index, Andrew and Redbeard quickly led people to sell the things at a price that they didn't know was cost-effective, but at least they were satisfied with it.

This time, the fleets assembled by the Luofen Kingdom from all over the country were heading to the Southern Kingdom in the south. Red Beard and others went east to the territory of the Morning Light Church and brought back different products.

The pirates who got the money quickly went to live life, drinking, eating meat and playing with women. Andrew took the money he received and went to the slave house. Only Redbeard stayed at the hotel to guard the taxes that would be handed over to the earl after they returned.

pumixiu town
Lawrence led the sheep down the mountain, pulling a four-wheeled wooden cart behind Dom Sheep, which contained three baskets of charcoal.

The wheels are made of round wooden blocks, with only a hollowed-out hole in the middle and no lubrication or wheels.

The wooden sticks supporting the car board remain fixed in the two wheels, and the wheels roll forward under the pull of the Dom sheep and the pressure of the body.

There is a penetrating cavity on the outermost side of the stick, which is used to place awl-shaped wooden nails to prevent the wheels from rolling off.

This kind of car will break down in a short time, but it is easy to repair as long as you have a few extra wheels and card slots.

Lawrence successfully found the blacksmith to deliver the goods, and chatted for a while in the blacksmith shop.

"Lawrence!"

Lawrence heard someone calling him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was a strong man riding a sheep whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Andrew!" Lawrence stood up excitedly and walked over, "Great Andrew, you are finally back! Are you okay outside?"

Andrew smiled and said: "It's winter here, and it was still autumn when I went to the east. When I came back, I went to Telangtao City. Look, these two are my slaves!"

Lawrence looked behind Andrew and saw four women, two large and two small.

The temperaments of the four people are somewhat different.

A haggard woman in her 20s, a timid village girl in her late teens, an ordinary girl about ten years old, and a woman holding a toddler over one year old.

It should be five people.

Andrew also looked at these women and said, "I bought five in total, and one died on the road."

Lawrence asked: "How did you die?"

Andrew said casually: "I can't walk, I'm freezing to death."

Andrew quickly asked with concern: "Is Sariel okay?"

"Very good, now let's eat bread with Sophia by the stove at home." Lawrence said casually: "You plan to put them all in your home? Then I should go to live in the mountain cabin."

Andrew smiled and said: "I see that you are not married yet, so I bought you one that can have children. The other ones will see which one Salil likes. If you don't like them, give them to my friends in the mountains. I will show you another day." one time."

Lawrence said, "I've seen it before. Sariel took me there a while ago."

Andrew showed an unexpected look, "Okay, let's go back first. I can't wait to see Salil."

As soon as he finished speaking, Andrew ran out on the majestic Dom sheep.

"Lawrence, take them up the mountain!"

Lawrence shouted anxiously: "You don't have enough food to feed so many people!"

"Hahaha!" Andrew smiled arrogantly: "It doesn't matter, if it's not enough, I'll go out and grab it!"

Lawrence looked at the four women helplessly and said to the woman holding the child: "Let's eat something first. After eating, we will go to the mountain."

Lawrence took four women into the blacksmith's house. The women and children of the blacksmith's house were warming themselves by the fire.

When the cold wind blew in, the blacksmith drove his daughter and children to the bed and gave up their positions to Andrew's four slaves.The food the blacksmith gave these people was very simple, cold coarse bread and hot water from the hanging stove.

The four of them were all wearing cloaks dyed with blue grass, and they were also wearing thick clothes.

Generally, the slaves in slave houses are dressed much better than normal people. They are commodities in themselves and have a certain purchase value.

Andrew bought a slave for Salil. Considering Salil's dislike of men, he naturally bought a docile female slave.

"My name is Lawrence, and I am Andrew's friend. After you have eaten and warmed up, we will go to Andrew's house. The journey is not very far, and it probably takes as long as it takes to tan a piece of sheepskin."

Lawrence looked at the four women. They all looked okay, but he was not sure whether Salil would like them.

The four women had obviously suffered a lot with Andrew and were quickly warming themselves in front of the fire.

Under the warmth of food and hot water, Lawrence also learned the names and general circumstances of the four people.

26-year-old Hagrid was a housewife from a rural farm in the Southern Kingdom. Her husband and children were killed by bandits.

Yi Cuisi, the daughter of serfs in the Luofen Kingdom, learned various working skills since she was a child, and was sold to a slave labor camp when she grew up.

A serf and his child are still serfs, just like lambs, with their masters managing everything.

If a serf married a freeman, his offspring would be freemen, but he would have to pay half of his land and property to the slave owner as compensation.

The descendants of serfs and masters were considered to be the fruits of hard work of slave owners, so they were still coolies.

Nine-year-old Tara was sold into slavery by her parents because of her beauty.

Daisy, a 17-year-old girl with disheveled hair who looks like a woman, had no choice but to sell herself after her husband died while working overseas.

It's not that as long as they are alive, they can eat in the slave house. These women must be beautiful or have some skills, otherwise the slave house will not buy them.

Lawrence quickly took these poor women up the mountain. Some of their men were victims and some were perpetrators, but these were not important anymore.

As soon as they returned to the house with these women, Salil, who had been waiting here for a long time, strode over directly.

"Lawrence! Send them back! I don't want slaves!"

Lawrence looked at Sariel speechlessly, "I don't know where their home is."

Salil said angrily: "Then send him to the town!"

"It's already dark..." Lawrence complained, "I'm hungry, how can I sleep tonight?"

Without Lawrence's cooperation, four women and a child soon remained in the house.

Andrew was like an old father who had done something wrong, sitting dull and silent.

His relationship with Sariel had always been like this, with no common language.

At night, Sophia slept with Salil, and the other four women were placed where Lawrence had slept.

Lawrence and Andrew, who had stinky feet and body odor and was full of masculinity, slept in the cabin and endured unprecedented inhuman torture.

Lawrence came out of bed a few minutes later.

Andrew woke up quickly and was relieved after seeing Lawrence, remembering that this was his home.

"Lawrence, did you go out to pee?"

Lawrence said: "No, you go to sleep. I will keep vigil at the fire today, otherwise I will worry about something happening if the slaves are left next to the fire."

Lawrence broke into several paragraphs in one breath, but told his reasons without taking any breath.

He couldn't stand it anymore.

Andrew felt a lot more relieved, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. If you need anything, call me."

"Yeah." Lawrence walked out of the hut quietly, his neck turning red.

call……

Lawrence breathed in the fresh air and went to the mountain to fix the roof after dawn!

What forced Lawrence to leave his comfort zone was not Saryl, nor his own dignity as a man, but his unwillingness to sleep with Andrew, who had not bathed for a month or two.

Lawrence was making tools with a dagger next to the fire, and also went into the house to take a look at the four women in the house.

The bed that used to sleep two people still sleeps two people now.

26-year-old Hagrid and Tracy slept on the bed, while the other two female slaves sat on animal skin blankets and leaned on the wooden frame to sleep.

Lawrence ignored them and continued working on tools by the fire outside.

Before dawn, Lawrence said hello to Andrew, who had gotten up early, and then led the sheep to work in the mountains.

The previous roof was almost completed, but the main problem now is snow accumulation and capping.

This time Lawrence brought animal skin bedding and woolen blankets, as well as clay pots for heating hot water and tools for making fire.

The biggest problem was fuel, so as soon as we arrived on the mountain, we started to collect nearby dead branches and leaves, put the frozen dry tree trunks near the fire to bake, and then started working.

In the afternoon, after some hesitation, Lawrence put out the flames and went down the mountain.

It's not a good idea to spend the night in the mountains until the roof is built and enough fuel is available to keep warm.

Returning to the house in the evening, Sofia was leading two women to comb the sheep near the flock.

Seeing Lawrence coming back, Sophia ran over happily and said, "Master, is our house ready?"

Lawrence sighed, "It will take another two or three days, maybe it will be almost there tomorrow, but it will be the day after tomorrow at the earliest."

Sophia nodded, raised her head and said: "Today Andrew was sitting in the house, and then went out to sit. Then he said he was going down the mountain to drink and would not be back today. Sister Salil is very angry now."

Very good!Lawrence couldn't help but smile happily, he could finally sleep tonight.

"I stayed up late yesterday and am very sleepy today. I will go to bed after eating some food!" Lawrence said happily, then asked Sophia to help take care of the Dom sheep, and went to the hut to lie down for a while.

As soon as he entered the room, a strong manly smell hit him.

"vomit……"

Poor Andrew, when he came back, he found that he didn't belong here, and he also found that he didn't actually like a peaceful life.

(End of this chapter)