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Gordon had heard that crops in the southern part of the peninsula were declining year by year, so much so that some farmers were unable to make ends meet and switched to their careers.

However, after the field investigation, he is not so alarmist as the rumors. The fields near Cloud Scale City have indeed been decreasing their yields year by year since two years ago, but the magnitude is very small, and it can be seen as a fluctuation in grain production within the normal range.

And after following Venia to the southerner tip of the peninsula, she witnessed the thriving scene near the town of Green Wheat and Gordon didn't believe it anymore.

Pensa read the other party's thoughts from Gordon's expression, he sighed, and said, "Your lord, don't believe it. Although we Aikan people still live a simple and fulfilling life of hard work and joy in the harvest, it is because of the presence of Vinya. She was an excellent druid and knew a lot of useful knowledge about agriculture. It is because of her efforts that our land can remain fertile under the erosion of the water of the White River. ”

"Wait...... You mean the White River? ”

Pensa nodded: "It seems that although you have only been here for a short time, you have a lot of knowledge about the geography of the island, and you know the existence of the White River." About a decade ago, the water of the White River flowing out of the Vesoura Mountains suddenly appeared in the White River, in which a mysterious substance can affect the soil, reduce the yield of various crops and even die; Mutate many plants in the swamp. I don't know about spells, so I don't know what this mysterious substance is, only Vigna knows better. ”

The former patriarch of the Aikan people sued sù Gordon, at first. Plant mutation occurs on both sides of the White River, because most of these places are located in the depths of the Blackwater Swamp. So it didn't go unnoticed.

It wasn't until over time that the White River's effects began to spread, eventually eroding much of the swamp and then endangering the Ekan people's fields.

Venia organized a team of people to build dikes and change the direction of the White River and its tributaries, but the farmland was not directly affected.

But the water of the White River gradually seeped into the ground and began to pollute underground water sources throughout the southern part of the peninsula. So eventually, the Aikan people's fields also showed a reduction in yields.

If it weren't for the fact that the female druid had learned a special fertilizer that could suppress this adverse effect, I am afraid that the grain grown by the people of Aikan today would be barely enough to eat, and not a single grain of surplus could be used to make wine.

But despite Vinia's best efforts, the people of Akan now produce food. It is still decreasing year by year.

Cloud Scale City, where Gordon is located, has not had a major impact because it is far away from the Vesurayama Mountains and the White River, and several nearby rivers also originate from underground water sources in the northern part of the peninsula. But if left unchecked, perhaps in a few years, the pollution of the White River will spread to Cloud Scale City. Even the northern part of the peninsula will be affected in the future.

Seeing the old patriarch Pensa's stern face, and listening to what the other party said was reasonable, the head was the way, and Gordon could no longer treat this matter as a dispensable legend. After he left the cultural center, he approached Venia and asked. It also confirms that what Pensa said is indeed true.

"Your Excellency. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this. Venia bowed to Gordon and explained, "I would have liked to wait until the threat of the Salou was resolved before I told you about it, but since you asked, I will tell you everything I know." ”

The female druid told Sù Gordon that the harmful substance contained in the White River was an extremely corrosive magical energy. Her teacher also came to the Hyven Peninsula to investigate the changes in the White River. According to the old druid, this harmful substance in the White River should be related to the palace of the Grand Arcanist of the Magic Empire of Netherduran in the Waisula Mountains.

"Since this is true, then I, the Lord of Hyven, cannot sit idly by. I don't want my fiefdom to be turned into a barren land where I can't grow food by the river. Gordon nodded, "But like you said, it's best to wait until the Salou threat is resolved before we can concentrate on the White River." ”

Saying goodbye to Venia, Gordon returned to his lodgings, combing through the newly acquired information and then formulating his next course of action.

After two days in Qingmai Town, those redstone guards under Gordon's command finally recovered. So he decided not to stay any longer and marched westward. By this time, the combined forces of the Salou had set up camp on the banks of the Pebble River on the edge of the Blackwater Swamp. When they cross the river, they enter the cultivated plains of the Aikan people. At that time, if the enemy divides his forces and attacks and loots and destroys everywhere, it will cause great damage to the production and life of the Aikan people. This was not something Gordon and Vignia wanted to see.

By the time the army was dispatched from Green Wheat Town, Gordon's team had grown to a thousand. The new troops are the "Three Hundred Warriors" of the Aikan people.

Indeed, as Vigna said, they were carefully selected from among the men of Aikan, all of them tall and muscular men. Moreover, the people of Aikan have amassed a lot of wealth by selling liquor, so Venia generously equipped them with a full set of shiny and dazzling fish scale armor.

Compared to Freeman's private army, which only had two pieces of armor, helmet and cuirass, these Aikan warrior helmets, cuirass, leg armor, shin armor, arm armor, and shoulder armor were all complete, and they were also equipped with forged steel swords. The dense cloud patterns on the sword body are from the hands of his own family at a glance. Even Chuck, armed with the Cold Iron military sword, was envious of these Aikan weapons. After all, there are no master blacksmiths under Gordon today, and the weapons are all based on the excellent materials themselves to be called "excellent".

And forging Mo. It is impossible for a master of the level of Tiehe to come to such a poor country as the Haiwen Peninsula.

However, Gordon believes that if he builds the peninsula into a prosperous and wealthy territory in the future, it will naturally attract all kinds of good people.

The Akan warriors are well-armed and good-looking, but Gordon and Chuck, as well as the battle-hardened Redstone Guards. It can be seen that this army is just a superficial appearance. An army that has not been tempered by brutal battlefields. There is no soul.

And the commander who led the three hundred Aikan people was simply a microcosm of this force.

"Lord, allow me to introduce you, the warrior of our Akan tribe and the commander of this army, General Alva." Vignia brought a tall young man to Gordon.

This man, Alva, must be about the same age as Gordon, probably in his twenties. He has bronzed skin and is a head taller than Gordon. Unlike the Aikan people Gordon usually saw, he wore not simple aboriginal clothes made of a piece of linen wrapped in a piece of sackcloth, but wore the same intricately cut Ferreton costume as Vinia.

With unusual clothing and an angular, manly face, Alva looks good. Among the people of Aikan, they can definitely be regarded as the ones who stand out from the crowd.

However, the personal temperament that can be cultivated after a long period of environmental cultivation and experience is still very lacking. Just like this army he leads, there is no form and no god.

"Hello, Alva...... Checkmate. Gordon greeted the other man.

Alva held his head high and gave a simple "um". In response.

His arrogance immediately angered Chuck behind Gordon. The Freeman family officer, who now commanded six hundred soldiers, sneered, "A stinky boy who commands three hundred looks dares to call himself a general...... Do you really know what the word 'general' means? ”

Now Gordon has the title of earl, and he is the lord of the entire Haiwen Peninsula, and in the Ferreton Empire, he can be regarded as a person of status. He is confronted with the impudence of a minor character like Alva. There is no need to speak out in person, and naturally there are subordinates to do it for you.

"What did you say!" Alva is like a fighting dog that can be easily provoked. Immediately, his eyes widened at Chuck's words. The muscles in his body slammed into the ground, almost tearing his clothes.

If you are an ordinary person, you may be frightened by Alva's posture. However, in Gordon's eyes, the other party's muscles can't even block a simple spell of his own, and it can't pose a threat at all. And for Chuck, he is not afraid of a giant like Rufus, let alone the immature boy in front of him.

Alva saw contempt in the eyes of the two men, and said, "While you outsiders were living in the town of Green Wheat, eating the food of our Aikan and drinking the wine of our Aikan, I had already led my warriors to repel five Salo attacks on the edge of the swamp!" I don't know how you deceived the patriarch into asking for help from you. But we Aikans don't need the help of you outsiders with bad intentions to defeat the enemy alone! ”

The disdain in Chuck's smile was even stronger: "Repelled five enemies? So may I ask your Excellency, the general who commanded an army of 300 people, how many people have you killed? How many heads were cut off? How much loot was captured? ”

The battle-hardened former Ferreton officers had long seen that these Akan warriors had never experienced a decent battle at all, and they looked like they had never seen blood. He reckoned that Alva's so-called "repulsion of five Salo attacks" was merely a voluntary retreat into the Blackwater Swamp after the Salou saw the Akan people appear from afar.

What Alva encountered was nothing more than a small group of troops who had come out to loot.

"I ......," Alva said as Chuck asked. As Chuck had estimated, Alva's troops had never fought the enemy head-on, and every time they appeared, they fled far into the swamp. He also thought that it was his mighty and powerful military appearance that scared the other party away and won without a fight.

"Alright, Chuck." Gordon said. It's not interesting for a veteran soldier to fight with a proud and complacent stunned young man. However, this does not mean that he can tolerate Alva's existence.

"Venia, I think you'd better let your Akan general stay in Green Wheat Town. I don't need him. Gordon said.

"My lord, Alva is just young and vigorous, and he has no malice." The female druid explained to Gordon with an anxious look on her face, and gave Alva a hard look to apologize to Gordon.

Alva's title of "General" was decided after many discussions among the elders at the Akhan tribal assembly. If there is any weakness in the Aikans, perhaps the penchant for bluffing is one of them. Three hundred of them who haven't been in a war. But he is called a "tough warrior". A young man who led these three hundred goods had the title of general.

To know in Ferreton. Only the commander of an army group consisting of two or more corps is qualified to be called a "general".

For a centurion-level officer like Chuck, not to mention an imperial general, he is also a corps commander, and he is also unattainable. So today, I can't bear to see a Peninsula aboriginal with only 300 people under his command, and he actually holds the title of general.

The reason why the Aikan people like to bluff is also because they have no martial tradition. When facing foreign enemies, they are already passive, and if they are weak to the enemy in terms of momentum, it will be really troublesome.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the Aikan people's self-emboldening method to increase tribal cohesion. The problem is that this Avar actually took these bold lies seriously, even in the face of Gordon. So arrogant and impudent.

Faced with the desperate explanation of the female druid, Gordon raised his hand to stop it, and then said: "Venia, it seems that I must emphasize a fact. You Aikanites have turned to me, Gordon. Earl Freeman, lord of the Hyven Peninsula officially swears allegiance. All the people of Aikan, including this one, are a little unconscious. The young people who can't see their position clearly are my people. The Stirling family used to be the nobles of the Empire, so you should know what kind of crime it is for the lord to be rude to the lord. I didn't whip him right away. And then caught in the dungeon of Seacliff Fort and locked up, it is already quite merciful. ”

After speaking. Gordon took his army and rode forward, without looking back.

Venia was momentarily speechless. Recently, in her relationship with Gordon, she deeply felt that this man was humorous, knowledgeable, approachable, and almost never aristocratic, so that she almost ignored the identity of the other party, the lord of the Haiwen Peninsula.

"Alva, you idiot...... Why did you offend your lord as soon as you met today? Venia looked at the tall young man and couldn't help but sigh.

When she first joined the Akan tribe, she was just a suspicious and ostracized stranger. If Alva's parents hadn't embraced her, she wouldn't have been able to integrate into this new group so quickly. To Vinya, Alva was like her own brother, so even if he caused a big accident and offended Gordon, she couldn't bear to blame him harshly.

"Sister Venia." Alva saw the matriarch sigh, but said disapprehantly, "We Aikan people don't need any lords at all!" Didn't you live well when you didn't have a lord before? Why do we have to find someone to rule over us for no reason? I don't think his short, thin soldiers can defeat the combined forces of the Salo. When the time comes, we will have to rely on ourselves! ”

In order to adapt to the hot and humid jungle warfare, when Gordon recruited the first batch of Freeman private troops, he specially selected men who were flexible, had excellent endurance, and were of moderate size. Unexpectedly, in the eyes of Alva, a layman, it has become synonymous with "short and thin".

Although Vinia is not familiar with military affairs, she knows that Gordon is the man who has exterminated the evil spirit that has entrenched in Strindberg for many years. How could the army he had formed be useless?

The female druid didn't want to argue with Alva too much, but ordered, "Now you can only lead the troops back to Green Wheat Town." Defending the town is also a heavy duty, and you can also prevent enemy sneak attacks when you are in Qingmai Town. ”

"Sister Vinia, go back with me, and ignore that arrogant outsider."

Vigna shook her head. If she did, she would have offended Gordon completely.

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"My lord, we're leaving?" Chuck asked.

"Why, you were so happy when you mocked that stunned young man just now, and now you're worried?"

Chuck touched his head embarrassedly: "Hehe, I didn't hold back for a while...... I used to be a soldier of Ferredon, and I yearned for those great names on the star wall of the imperial capital, so I couldn't bear to dare to call myself a general for a native of the peninsula. ”

Gordon didn't have much of a feeling for the wall of stars on the Imperial Capital's Platinum Plaza. Even when he was in the imperial capital before, he didn't take the time to see this famous attraction. For a mage like him, he may feel a little excited when he sees a wall engraved with the names of legendary **masters such as Bigby, Demon Duncan, and Ilminster.

Chuck added, "But we're leaving, will we have a bad relationship with Ms. Sterling?" She is the Ikan Patriarch. And the stunned young man named Alva seems to have a good relationship with her, and the two of them are still called sisters and brothers. Hey, maybe Alva treats you so badly because he likes Ms. Sterling. And your presence made him feel threatened. ”

Gordon couldn't help but laugh: "You think too much...... It doesn't matter if you have a bad relationship with a female druid. Because although she is the patriarch of Aikan, she is not alone in the entire tribe. When it comes to serious matters, it is also necessary for the elders of the entire clan to hold a meeting and decide together. ”

"You know so much!"

"Do you think that in the past two days in Qingmai Town, I am really resting with nothing? At a time when you are concerned about the gossip of men and women, I have inquired about the power structure of this tribe. Gordon said.

"Your Excellency is wise."

Gordon pouted: "Poor sycophant." ”

Chuck disagreed: "If I had been a good sycophant, I wouldn't have been in the army for twenty years, and I was just a little platinum centurion." ”