Chapter 24: The Eastern Frontier Rises

Alan stared at Hood silently for ten seconds, and realized that the other party was sincere.

He said earnestly, but also meaninglessly: "Do you know Hood, your current appearance reminds me of the old priest, who straightens his tail and opposes my abolition of the cat slave policy. ”

When Hood heard this, fine cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Like Old Will?

The purpose of this statement is self-evident.

"Lord Allen, I, I just can't bear to let the Great Iron Village fall into famine again......" Hood was anxious, and quickly defended himself.

"I know you're thinking about the village, but the environment of feudal society limits your thinking.

You can give your opinion, but you can't change the decree I issued.

I think your opinion is useful and will naturally change. And the promotion of slaves to freemen is one of the important decrees of this village, you are not long-term enough, today go back and honestly reflect on the benefits of freeing slaves.

By the way, send someone to shout in the slave field every day to make them more impressed, and let them know that through the industrious hands they can be promoted to the freedmen.

I'll write you the slogan tonight, and you have to implement it. ”

Alan said a lot of words, and several labor slogans crossed his head.

For example, "labor is the most glorious", "hard work can become a free citizen", "carry forward the spirit of model workers, strive to be a slave pioneer, and promote a free citizen in the autumn harvest", etc., it is very motivating to struggle.

Hood's face turned from white to normal, facing such a powerful village chief, no one knew that he had gone through a battle between heaven and man in his mind, one side was life, and the other side was death.

Fortunately, he stepped back from the ghost gate.

Eventually, Priest Hood gritted his teeth and forced himself to accept the New Slave Deal, "Yes, Lord Allen. ”

Hu De didn't understand, he felt that the population of Datie Village was enough, and if there were more free people, it would increase the government expenditure in all aspects, and Datie Village would be eaten poor by the village chief.

However, in Allen's eyes, the initial population of Datie Village was too small, and it was impossible for the population to start industrialization with this point, and if it did not increase the population, it would slow down his formation speed.

When the liberation of slaves began in Morning Glory Town, he knew that the village would continue to bring in a steady stream of foreign people.

In order to maintain control of the village, Eren needs a large number of troops and a weapon that is ahead of his time - guns!

At present, the steam engine has not yet been built, the relevant process machine tools are being built, and he still lacks a key material - rubber.

The piston structure of the cylinder of the steam engine requires rubber to ensure air tightness, and the crop of Datie Village is rice, indicating that the village is located in the south.

The climate here is hot and rainy, and after his field research and visits to the villagers, it is likely that this place has a tropical climate, and there should be rubber trees.

It doesn't matter if there is no rubber tree, he has several solutions in his mind to solve the airtightness of the steam engine instead of rubber, but the effect is not as good as rubber.

In addition, he needed to increase his forces to deter the slaves from rebelling.

At present, the villagers of Datie Village either work in agriculture or in the mining area, and the idle labor force is almost zero, and the value of the two jobs is so low.

Alan calculated, not counting children, the village has about 400 young and middle-aged laborers.

As for the old people in their fifties and sixties, most of them died of starvation during the famine two years ago because of the poor living conditions, and there are about forty or fifty old people living in the village.

He was going to redistribute the work of the villagers in Datie Village, giving the menial work of mining and farming to slaves, while the local villagers were to work in the military field, and by the way, they carried out in-depth education.

"Hood, add another decree." Alan said coldly.

"What decree?" Hood shook violently, thinking that he was going to punish himself.

"It is a decree that all the staff are soldiers, the militia is treated with fifty copper coins a month, three meals a day, meat at every meal, following the principle of voluntariness, male or female, age limit is less than forty years old, and over fifteen years old."

As soon as Allen's voice came out, Hood was stunned, completely confused.

What did he hear, all soldiers?

Village Chief, why do you want so many soldiers, do you want to ......

Hood's lips couldn't help but tremble, not daring to think about it.

……

In Moonlight Valley on the eastern border of Lionheart, a 20-meter-high fortress wall made of blue bricks and lime mortar lies in the middle of the valley, occupying the mountainous terrain.

The lion soldiers were patrolling back and forth on the city walls, thinking it was an ordinary day, and they were so sleepy that they wanted to sleep, when suddenly someone saw a white smoke rising from the battlements on the hill, billowing up.

"What's going on, who doesn't have a beacon fire in their hearts."

The lion soldier's body trembled slightly, he had not encountered a war for several years, he thought that he could be sent back to his hometown after this year, but he didn't expect that before the autumn harvest, the beacon fire was ignited, and the little soldier was very panicked.

When a beacon fire is lit, it means that if an enemy is approaching, it will lead to war, and war often means death.

"Arnold, don't you want to make military merits every day, want to get ahead, hurry up and sound the alarm and get ready to fight." Another lion-man soldier in plate armor shoved his comrade and roared loudly.

Arnold cursed in his heart, how can military merit be so easy to earn.

Every lion soldier who can earn military merits is a fierce beast killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and ordinary orcs are often the bones under their feet, which are foils.

He didn't dare to hesitate, he was the messenger in the team wearing light armor, and immediately rang the alarm bell on the wall.

Dangdangdang.

After three seconds, the alarm bells in Moonlight Valley also began to ring, resounding throughout the border fortress.

After a while, the Templar leader of the Moonlight Valley Fortress appeared, wearing a large cape of pure white fabric, with a golden lion's head embroidered on the back of the cloak, and the cloak was waving in the wind, and the silver plate armor was shining.

With fanatical expressions, the lion soldiers got out of the way, bowed their heads, and covered their chests with their right hands in respect.

This archon comes from the Temple, which is a sacred place, and it is said that every year the lionmen who awaken the talents of the Leo Clan will join the Temple and become the most powerful knights.

By the way, each orc has its own racial talent, and the racial talent of the lion is the lion's roar, a roar can make a great roar, stun the orcs within a radius of one meter, and the orcs one meter away are slowed down.

With this skill, when hundreds of Templars were brought together, the concussion sound wave would extend to several meters away.

A thousand Templars, who could extend the concussion wave up to thirty meters away.

Historically, the deadly sound wave of a lion's roar could be extended to a maximum of about 70 meters, and all enemies within 70 meters were concussed, but the required awakened people were as high as 10,000.

However, after using the race talent once, it will usher in a period of exhaustion and will not be able to use it for a short time.

The Templar commander hurried up to the city wall and saw a row of dark shadows on the horizon in the distance, numbering between five hundred and a thousand.

"It's a minotaur!"

The Templar Commander's face was gloomy, and the cannibalistic gaze made the recruits next to him couldn't help but look away, not daring to look at the Knight.

The right neighbor of the Lionheart Country is the Minotaur Country, which has an infinite number of people, and each warrior can top many Lioners, and has a great reputation on the battlefield.

Their racial talent is to hammer the ground, the awakened fist hammers the ground, and the mysterious power is channeled into the land, which can hammer out cracks, even the strongest city walls cannot withstand the hammering effect of hundreds of minotaurs.

Although the population of the Minotaur is small, the awakening rate is high, and collecting thousands of awakened people can also produce a miniature earthquake effect.

The Templar Commander looked at the approaching Minotaur with a worried face, hoping that there would not be too many Awakened inside, otherwise the twenty-meter-thick fortress walls would be hammered through.