The next morning, after cooking some fish for breakfast, Stern had Goldbeard gather all the young and strong dwarves, and after a dinner and a breakfast, almost all the fish that Stern had spent two or three days picking were eaten by the dwarves, so he had to gather a large army and act together.

Some of the dwarves, women, and old men in the cave took the initiative to take off their skins and put them on sackcloth, and they gave them to the dwarves who were going out fishing.

Stern counted the number and found that there were 25 young and strong dwarves, and he arranged for five men to go to the woods with weapons to chop wood, and let Ash follow them, so that he could put the chopped wood on Ash's back and let him take it back.

The other 20 men, led by Stern, made a great journey to the valley to fish, and although the weapons of these dwarves were rudimentary, they were still very heavy and sturdy, and it would not be difficult to go to the lake to fish.

They all cut some vines beforehand, and skewered all the fish they caught on the vines, and for the whole day, Stern took them to knock on the ice on the surface of the lake to fish.

During this time, due to the close standing of several dwarves, the ice collapsed during the fishing process, and several dwarves fell into the water, but Stern rescued them in time and let them return to the cave early.

As the day passed, the dwarves had a good harvest, and thanks to this cold spell, so many dwarves could eat delicious food.

Stern had to catch as many fish as he could in the past half month, otherwise it would be difficult to catch as many fish as it snowed or the weather warmed up, and there would be no way to solve the problem of feeding these dwarves.

At night, piles of fish were placed in the cave, and the cave was occupied by a fishy smell, and it was so cold outside that the fish could only be put inside.

Men and women, young and old, all started to clean up the scales and internal organs, and everyone was very proactive, and the division of labor was clear, and the chatting while working was very lively.

Stern sat in a canvas canopy, holding a bottle of dwarven fruit wine and Goldbeard in his hand. Stern raised the bottle to Goldbeard and said, "My name is Andy Stern, and I am a mercenary of the Bauhinia Empire, who went to the Sauron Empire and was stranded here when the ship sank at sea. It's also a kind of fate that Uncle can meet you here. Come, drink one.

Goldbeard listened to Stern's words, and his face showed doubt,

"Bauhinia Empire, isn't it the Kadia Empire? Remember when my father left with his clan when he was a child, it was during the civil war on the Kadia continent, and now that Kadia is gone?" he asked, confused.

Stern replied, "The Kadia Empire fell 200 years ago, and now it is divided into 5 countries, and the Bauhinia Empire has been established for 156 years in the northeast of the continent, and it is now 156 years in the Ziyun calendar. Are you the dwarven tribe in Pompeii?" Goldbeard nodded and said, " We are the dwarven tribe of Pompeii, according to my grandfather, when he was a child, there was a war on the mainland, there was no army management at that time, our dwarves in Pompeii village of Tucker Town were attacked by some people of Tucker Town, many people were killed and wounded, and the situation was getting worse and worse, our ancestors had to leave Pompeii Village with everyone, bought a boat in Port Bate, left Pompeii Village by boat, left the Cadia Empire, the original tribe of more than 100 people, when they got on the boat, there were only more than 30 people left, they took some wealth and food melon and fruit seeds after twists and turns and finally came to this uninhabited island to settle down。 "Sure enough, as Stern thought, these dwarves only came here from Pompeii Village in Tucker Town, the current Pompeii Village is an uninhabited village, the name of Tucker Town has not changed, and now it belongs to the Bauhinia Empire, located in the south of the Arctic Ice Sheet in the north of the Empire, which is a place with low temperature and relatively barren land, which is relatively backward compared to other towns in the Empire.

In the Bauhinia Empire, there are two cities and seven towns, and there is one city and two towns on the east coast, from north to south, they are Tucker Town, Scott City, and Oran Town, of which the south of Orlan Town is the Lion Empire.

To the west, there are four towns on the border of the Canglan Empire, namely Vic, Carbine, Mantes, and Thor, of which Thor is located in the southwest of the Empire, bordering the Stormwind Empire and the Lion Empire.

In the central part of Vic Town and Tucker Town, from north to south, they are Lake Town and Cloud Dream City, and to the south of Cloud Dream City is Sol Town.

At present, the Bauhinia Empire King Carl V, Robert Carr, is in charge of the capital city of Cloud Dream, Laketown, Mantes Town, and the strategic town of Saul, which is a prosperous economy, a large population, and a strong military power are firmly in the hands of the king.

In addition, Scott City was a port city with frequent trade with the Sauron Empire, and it was also a very prosperous city with a large population, and it and the strategic town of Oran in the south were both under the control of the king's younger brother Albert Carr.

The other three towns, Vic, Kabin, and Tucker, were given as fiefs to several noble ministers who had made great contributions to the empire, and of course they could also be the victors in the struggle for royal power.

"Brother Andy, my name is Shiva Andrew, you can call me Shiva in the future, thank you for taking me in, I may have to live with you for a long time in the future, otherwise I don't know how to continue with my people. Goldbeard said embarrassedly to Stern.

"This is what I should do, Uncle Shiva, didn't I still accept so many gold coins from you? By the way, why did you come here on foot with so many people in such cold weather?" Hearing Stern's question, Goldbeard let out a long sigh, his face showed helplessness, and he shook his head and said, " It's a long story, but it all starts when we first came to the island, when my elders went ashore on the north side of the island and found a hill with a good location, and dug a few caves on the hill to settle there, and there was a plain on the east side of the hill, and our ancestors planted a lot of fruit trees on the plain, and they also loosened the soil there, and planted several seasons of cassava, oats, papaya and vegetables every year, and later caught some goats and blue rabbits and raised them in captivity, and in just ten years our people were completely adapted to the life here, and they had no worries about food and clothing, wine and meat, and lived a more and more fulfilling life。 Uncle Shiva picked up the fruit wine in his hand and took two sips and continued,

"Our fruit trees grow bigger and bigger, and there are more and more fruits on them, our goats, and blue rabbits also give birth to litters and nests, and we also find iron ore to build kilns and smelt iron tools, and our people's lives are getting better and better, this island seems to have become a paradise for our dwarves, until then we always thought that we dwarves lived here on this island, until one day a group of uninvited guests appeared and completely broke our previous concept, they fell in love with our fruit trees, Goats and blue rabbits, and from then on, in order to keep food, we started a long struggle with this group of uninvited guests. ”