For Avala, the puppet leader of the Bada tribe, this winter has been a mixed blessing.

Roddy didn't come back with the team as planned, which made the puppet chief quietly breed a lot of ideas in his heart, but before he could make any trouble, the loud voices of Erwin and the others completely dispelled his thoughts.

The countless huge armor and weapons on the sleigh made the eyes of the onlookers round, and the mountain-strong Fendi elk intimidated a group of barbarian warriors who thought they were capable - needless to say, Roddy had reached an unshakable position in their eyes, but when these guys heard from Erwin that the Ten Thousand Snow Monsters had been killed, the crowd fell silent.

"Tens of thousands of snow monsters are dead?

The power of magic was beyond the comprehension of the barbarians, so no matter what Erwin and the surviving mercenaries said, the rest of the clan didn't believe it was true.

Roddy didn't expect the illiterate group to understand anything, he only came forward to explain the reasons for the death of the barbarians, compensated the families of the barbarians with several sets of armor and weapons, and then discussed something else with Sodrore.

As for death, the barbarians have long taken it lightly, because it was normal for a few people to die when they went out hunting in the past. But now that there are dead people, there are "subsidies" that have never been heard of. Erwin didn't understand either, so he came over and asked for a long time, and explained after learning a "pension" statement, which made a group of illiterate people roughly understand. As a result, they embraced Roddy even more, and instead forgot about the original leader, Avala.

The barbarians didn't care what Luo Di thought at all, what he was thinking about now was how to expand the source of troops here-

"Elwin, how many tribal quarters can you find to the east?"

In the warm room, Luo Di, who was roasting the fire, asked the big guy next to him, who was holding a deer leg and gnawing with a mouth full of oil, wiped his mouth when he heard the words, and replied: "Go back to the boss, it's no problem to find seven or eight, I have walked through those places." It's just that now it's going to be windy and snowy, and it will take several days. ”

After experiencing the battle of Solomon's copy, this fool was completely convinced by Roddy, and shouted "leader" with his mouth closed, and Roddy saw that he was determined to follow him, so he simply gave him Sauron's battle axe, and by the way, let him follow him as a "close guard", and let him call himself "boss" - this can make Erwin beautiful, and now a "boss" has already been called very smooth.

"Are you familiar with the leaders, and how are they related to the Bada tribe?"

"Vargro Leader and I can talk to each other, and Sloh further west is okay..."

Erwin looks silly, but in fact his memory and judgment are not bad, and his expression skills are okay, so Roddy quickly learns about the other tribes from his mouth and makes a plan in his heart.

There is no "human station" in the glacial plain in memory, because there is really nothing that interests human beings here, and the so-called "export mercenaries" are only the cases where those barbarians take the initiative to go out of the snowy mountains.

But now that the threat of the snow monster is gone, and he has opened up the situation again, what are you waiting for with Jinshan? It is the best choice to make this place a "rear base area" as soon as possible.

In his memory, even when the orc undead ravaged the land, no one would ever run to the glacier plain to toss, so this kind of territorial resource that is indisputable but full of excellent soldiers, Luo Di really shouldn't want it in vain.

With the decision, it's all that remains for action. From the next day, Roddy asked the soldiers to begin disassembling and modifying those giant armors, and asked the "Train King" to pull the equipment of the three major sleds, and take Erwin and others to the depths of the territory.

At the same time, Sodrore began to record and map the nearby terrain in preparation for the construction of the city.

It took ten days for Roddy to return, and when he came to the Bada tribe's garrison again, he was followed by fifty-four more barbarian "mercenaries" than he had been at the beginning.

In fact, the combined population of the seven tribes visited was already more than 2,000, but after all, this was their first contact with humans outside the glacier, and it was already a good start for Roddy to be able to exchange goods for a three-year employment period for these barbarians.

Of course, Erwin's testimony and the size of the Fendi elk also played a big role.

Fifty-four barbarian soldiers isn't a lot, but it's just the beginning, and Roddy believes... When the base is completed, these excellent soldiers will be continuously replenished to their own troop sequence.

It is an indisputable fact that the level of civilization of the barbarians is low, and if everyone is well fed, I am afraid that Roddy will not be able to bring in so many young strong young men for the first time - these guys are all about the same strength as Elwin, and the main reason why they are pushed out by those leaders is that they consume too much food and do not have enough hunting skills... Taking a group of "rice buckets" for a batch of weapons and equipment is estimated to be a good deal for those leaders.

These young people who were sold by the leader also knew that they had a few catties and a few taels, and one by one they had no arrogance at all, and a few of them were waiting for the delivery in a nervous mood, but what they didn't expect was that on the second day when the team came back, it was just in time for the traditional "New Year's Day" of the Karen Kingdom.

So Luo Di gave an order, and the soldiers slaughtered sheep and deer, stewed soup and drank wine, and a full meal made these guys completely return to their hearts.

"Wow, what a bunch of awesome boys. ”

Sodrore touched his chin and admired, he was extremely satisfied with this group of immature faces: soldiers are trained, and it doesn't matter whether they have hunting skills or not, because going into battle to kill the enemy is a different system at all. The most important thing is that they are still young with a good foundation, and military instructors like this kind of blank paper-like students.

"It is estimated that you will be able to become a talent in a few months, and after a few kills, I am afraid that you will be able to walk sideways in the kingdom. ”

With an average height of two meters, a strong body and a "berserker" talent, which allows them to suppress even orcs on the battlefield, Sodrore feels like he has to wake up laughing at the thought that he can command such a strong soldier.

"You can do these things, but... I'm afraid we don't have much time left," Roddy patted Sodrore on the shoulder, looking at the endless snow-capped mountains to the south, "When the preparations are complete, let's start preparing to return." ”

"The last time I celebrated the New Year was on the way to the Sola sentry post, and this year I was in a place where this kind of bird doesn't, and it's really a rush of life..."

Luo Di looked at the goose feather snow that fell again, and his heart was full of emotion.

Elon 590 A.D., January 12.

At this time of year, Hollier City, the largest city in the northwest of the Karen Kingdom, has been holding many large-scale celebrations since the beginning of the New Year. Banquets of all kinds are like flowing water, and the whole city is often lit up, often lasting until late January.

However, this year's Holier City is as silent as a cemetery.

The main roads of the city are empty, and as far as the eye can see, all the buildings seem to be covered with a thick white cloth, the snowflakes falling from the sky make the snow thicker, and the white smoke rising from the chimneys makes everything look like a quiet oil painting.

Heavy snow has been falling on and off for two months now.

The New Year was very oppressive for the nobles, because the roads were blocked, and the caravans that were running were basically suspended, so they could only sit in front of the red fireplace, wrapped in fur blankets all day, and stared out the window at the goose feathers and snow.

Sally, the lord of Hollier, was praying in the convent of the "Rosicrucian" with her eyes closed.

As the months passed, the duchess had grown a little taller, her eyebrows had gained some majesty because of her high position, her face had become much thinner, and she stood out among the nuns and friars in her blue and white priestly robes.

Every day since Roddy left, Sally would come to the statue of the monastery for a routine prayer. Even when the weather gets worse, she has never been an exception.

After the prayer, Sally politely said goodbye to her fellow devotees, smiling but as gloomy as the weather.

"Miss, this is the letter that just arrived today. ”

After returning to the mansion, the butler John brought over a stack of letters of various sizes, and began to briefly describe the information collected here and there in the past few days: "The information reported back by the Parl Collar Merchant House says that they have almost cleared the goods, and the income is more than planned, but because of the suppression of prices, several places have been attacked by local hooligan bullies, and some losses have been..."

"The situation in the city of Holier is still stable, the price of the food hoarded in the early stage has stabilized, and those nobles who want a piece of the pie are now more restrained..."

"Restraint? They still call restraint? ”

Perhaps it had been suppressed for a long time, and Sally looked a little annoyed by these messages, and her brows furrowed deeply.

Speaking of which, Roddy explained to her everything that might happen this winter long before leaving, and Sally listened to his advice and began to secretly stock up on food and all kinds of winter supplies early on, in order to prevent someone from dying because of "food shortages" - or "can't afford food" when the harsh winter comes.

In fact, the nobles rarely took the initiative to help the commoners in times of natural and man-made disasters, because of the feudal system, the lords were eager to squeeze all the oil and water out of the people, where did they care about such things as soup soup relief? The act of distributing bread in the slums could only be done by a compassionate nun like Sally, and the work of "relieving refugees" was often presided over by the monastery, which had little to do with the aristocracy, and they only survived the death by stuffing some sponsorship money when they were in a good mood.

As more and more people realized that the cold had become a disaster, the prices of food, firewood and other materials naturally began to soar - this was caused by the supply and demand of the market, and Sally could not get the merchants and nobles to lower the price through a decree, so she chose to squeeze a large amount of inventory into the market to stabilize the price, and succeeded in pulling the price down in one fell swoop.

Along with her, there is also the "Parl Collar Firm" controlled by Roddy. Because of the "absurd" behavior of selling firewood since September, the name of this trading house spread in and around the territory has long been deeply remembered, because when the heavy snowfall and the severe cold came, these shops became the first choice for people to buy goods, and squeezed out the share of other noble merchants in the market.

As a result, more civilians in the realm can survive the harsh winter. Meantime... The nobles who stockpiled food inside and outside the realm also hated Sally: they failed to sell for as high a price as expected and make a profit.

Blocking people's fortunes like killing her parents, Sally soon paid the price for her actions: these nobles began to band together to play their plot on all fronts.

[The name of the book has been changed, mainly for better development over there, everyone actually knows that the name "Arrow Emperor" is biased towards Xiaobai, the earliest purpose is to attract more young readers in the book city, but after all, the content is not too white, resulting in real Xiaobai readers are very cold, and the readers of this book are several books that are older, and they have long been tired of the X Emperor X Emperor X Emperor, and after the summary, there was a decision to change the name, I hope you understand. 】