In order to welcome the new members, a grand bonfire dinner was held at Takayama Castle in the evening.

Of course, this is just a bleak and remote wilderness, a lonely moon overlooking the earth, and it is difficult to find people for dozens of miles around. But at least at this moment, there's enough popularity to make it lively.

Whole cows and sheep were tied to the grill and splashed with drops of grease from the orange flames. The vats of ale were lifted and poured into the stomachs of the warriors of the Alpine Castle that could hold more than the barrels.

Richard used some soy sauce when he grilled the meat, and finally the stubborn reckless men reluctantly admitted that it did seem to be an edible seasoning.

Surprisingly, the centaur woman actually has a high evaluation, after all, the woman has a more delicate taste, and likes this salty and umami taste that can hide the smell of cattle and sheep.

They asked the lord of Alpine Fort for some, and in return a dozen centaurs played the horse-head harp and danced the most traditional tap dance of the centaur clan in the clearing.

The yearning for beauty is a language that can be spoken without translation, and tap dancing is also popular at the Pompeii Opera House, which Richard has seen before in the southern provinces.

But the centaur dances and strikes the ground with its hooves in turn, making all the gravel on the ground tremble with it, which is a natural, inimitable racial advantage. Compared to such a powerful and powerful sense of rhythm, the performance of the human dancers is like a clumsy and unsuccessful imitation.

Richard took the lead in thunderous applause.

"In the past, when we were in the ice field, we would also take advantage of the summer to have a lively time. Gunther grinned stupidly, pouring water into his mouth like water.

"Chief, did you know that the summer solstice is an important holiday for our Highlanders? ”

There are only two seasons on the ice sheet, winter and summer. Winter is covered with snow and cold winds, and summer is shorter and more precious than in the south, so the barbarians regard the arrival of summer as the most celebrated day of the year.

Richard still knew the content of this common sense, and nodded.

"Gunther, did you capture Pompeii by the slave squad?" Richard wondered why the barbarians had become slave fighters.

The slave trade was never really banned in Pompeii, and some of the big slave traders would form slave catchers to capture natives as slaves, but that kind of third-rate armed group could not reasonably be a match for the barbarians.

"Slave catchers, I saw them in the first few years of my hunting. Gunther smirked and began to reminisce about the past, "They are not very strong, but to be honest, they are often well stocked. ”

"Then for sure, who is going to do this kind of thing. Nehru slipped over and interjected.

He was supposed to stay with the slaves, but the slaves of Alpine Fort were all due to him, so he was squeezed out there very badly, and all he received was unwashed roasted intestines.

So the Great Elder quickly figured out one thing—there was no need to hunt dangerous mammoths and saber-toothed tigers, and he could live well by attacking the slave trappers. So for several years, the tribe did not die anymore to fill its stomach, gave birth to more children than in previous years, and caught a lot of live food to sell for money. ”

Gunther lay back on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, "Now that I think about it, it was really my most carefree teenage years. ”

Nehru was sweating all over his head, and suddenly he felt that the slaves were still amiable, and slipped back at a faster pace.

"And then. Anne joined in the conversation, sipping a cup of hot beer with spices.

A classic combination of hot beer, night, campfire, and listening to stories.

"Later...... Alas, then there were fewer and fewer slave catchers. Gunther shook his head and sighed, his tone like a description of an old farmer with reduced potato yields.

"Everyone wondered why there were still as many elk, snow bears, and mammoths as in previous years, but there were fewer and fewer slave hunters, so the Great Elder asked me to take my brothers south to see if I could organize a slave hunting team to go to the ice field. ”

Gunther took a big sip of beer, "Then I entered the arena for some reason, saying that I had signed a fighter's contract." ”

"A group of barbarians organized a slave hunting team to catch the barbarians!" Richard hugged his stomach and smiled, it was rare for a barbarian elm head to come up with the idea of self-production and self-sale.

"You all take each other for fools. Anne concluded quietly.

The bonfire dinner lasted until the middle of the moon, and the excited people grew tired. Richard's face was a little red, but the warriors who tried to fight him were all carried back by their companions.

At the end of the day, Anne suddenly said to him, "Lord Richard, I have been taken care of during this time, and I may be able to go back soon." ”

"Well, remember to settle the food bill. "Richard was clutching a cow stick and bone to the marrow, and he had no time to care.

"......" Anne couldn't help but smile lightly as she looked at his face, "Lord Richard, do you have anything you need, maybe I can drop by next time I pass by." ”

"You wait......" Richard finally devoured two bites of roast meat and waved his hand for the servants to clean up the stall.

He rolled his eyes at the barbecue in his mouth, and quickly took two more sips of the ale glass, "Hire two halfling cooks for me to come back, the barbarian and these centaurs are too unpalatable to cook!"

"I also need a few white crystals, at least the size of a fist, the purer the better. ”

Crystals are of very limited use in the wilderness, and Anne thinks she has guessed the other man's idea, "You want to trick the natives with white crystals passing off as expensive gems?"

Richard had really never heard of this kind of immoral means, so he silently wrote it down in his heart, but he said: "I usually grab what I like, and I don't need to cheat." ”

He went to the treasury and took out the chest dug up by the Storm Wolf tribe and handed it to Anne, which contained gold and silver of various shapes, roughly estimated to be worth three hundred to five hundred gold coins.

"We can make up for the lack of enough, but make sure to bring my cook and crystals. ”

The half-elf didn't understand why a pioneer in the development period wanted to buy these, but with what she knew about Richard these days, it must be in vain to ask.

This guy has a very bad personality, he doesn't look like a nobleman at all, and he likes to watch people eat deflated more than a scoundrel in the market.

Anne said angrily, "It is said that women are more unpredictable than the sea, but I think you are even more elusive than women, my good lord." ”

"Just like you're praising me. Richard waved his hand and walked towards the room without looking back.

Anne stood there looking at his back, and suddenly made a grimace with squinting eyes and sticking out her tongue.

"I thought about it again, there are many people in Alpine Fort, and there must be at least five halfling cooks to be enough, five. Richard suddenly turned around, opened his palm, and emphasized again.

Anne smiled in the moonlight, and her dignified appearance could not be faulted even by the strictest etiquette teacher, "Yes, my lord." ”