Chapter 27: The Priests of Nature
"I want a farmer, a farmer who can farm, not a slave!"
After Zhou Mingyue, who was called over by Ness, learned about the situation, he suppressed his anger and said to Arnell.
No wonder he was so angry, slaves and farmers are basically two different concepts.
Most of the slaves in the Kingdom of Flor were war slaves, they were soldiers and slaves after defeat, and their agricultural skills were low.
"Yes, they are slaves, but they are slaves who were captured after the defeat of the Kingdom of Anel."
In this cold weather, cold sweat broke out on the back of Arnell's forehead, and he explained a little nervously.
The Kingdom of Anel?
Well, although Zhou Mingyue has learned a lot about this world, he really doesn't know much about this Anel Kingdom.
Seeing that Zhou Mingyue didn't know the situation of the Anel Kingdom at all, Arnell immediately introduced it.
The Kingdom of Flor is located in the southern part of the Savage Zone, while the Kingdom of Anel is a bit more south.
It is known as a snow-free land, with a warm climate all year round and an abundance of produce.
Well, this, Zhou Mingyue can understand, then the location of the Anel Kingdom is probably equivalent to the tropics on the earth.
The royal family of the Anel Kingdom is said to be descended from the elven god Annest, and most of its citizens have so-called elven blood.
Of course, like the Kingdom of Flor, the elven bloodline is also very thin, and only the royal family, nobles, and a few lucky commoners can activate the elven bloodline and become extraordinary.
The kingdom of Flor borders the kingdom of Anel, and the relationship between the two countries is complex, with friction and contradictions, as well as several generations of marriages.
Therefore, the relationship between the two countries is a few years of peace, a few years of war, and a few years of war and peace.
In the past few years, the national strength of the Flor Kingdom has weakened a little, and the Anel Kingdom will naturally have some ambitions.
Isn't there an idiom in Zhou Mingyue's hometown, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly between the couches?
As a result, a certain caravan of the Anel Kingdom encountered bandits in the territory of the Floran Kingdom, and the goods were looted, not to mention, leading the team to take charge of the shopkeeper, and all the men were killed, which became the fuse of the war.
Of course, the scale of this war is not large, that is, a war between several big nobles on the border, and the royal families of both sides have not yet intervened.
After all, before either side shows its decline, the royal families of both sides will not end easily.
But in this way, war slaves were born.
Most of them were farmers in the frontier territories, taken into slavery by the invading enemy army, and some were craftsmen and even officials in the towns.
In short, in Arnell's boasting, these Anel slaves are all about to become masters of agronomy.
Of course, Arnell's boasting is not too much, after all, in the legend of the Kingdom of Flor, elves were originally ancient creatures, they were born close to nature and possessed the magic of manipulating plants.
In this way, it is normal for the farmers of the Anel Kingdom to be more skilled in farming.
What's more, among the slaves brought by Arnell this time, there was actually a natural priest!
Well, the so-called natural priests are the clergy of the natural sect, which can basically be said to be the state religion of the Anel kingdom and has a broad faith base within the territory of the Anel kingdom.
Hearing this, Zhou Mingyue became a little interested in the natural priest.
Soon, Arnell summoned the natural priest over and motioned for him to put on a show in front of the lord.
The priest of nature was shrouded in a patterned green robe, and after listening to Arnell's words, he silently stretched out his right hand and pressed it towards the snow.
Suddenly, a circle of green light spread out in the snow, dissipated after a hundred meters, and then green shoots squeezed through the snow and grew.
Hey, that's kind of awesome.
Zhou Mingyue took a slight breath of cold air, this is completely against the laws of nature!
Not only did the plant violate the rule that it would not grow in winter, but it also increased its growth rate by more than ten times.
Whether this is magic or a miracle of magic, Zhou Mingyue couldn't tell the difference.
"Look up."
Zhou Mingyue was even more curious about this natural priest, and then ordered.
For Zhou Mingyue's order, the natural priest didn't pay any attention to it, withdrew his right hand, just lowered his head, looked at the ground, and didn't know what he was thinking.
But Arnell was clever and pulled the natural priest aside, not knowing whether it was intimidation or what, and when he came back, the natural priest honestly raised his head.
Zhou Mingyue looked at it, my obedient girl turned out to be a girl, and she was still a good-looking girl.
If you have to compare, on the earth, at least it can be regarded as the top school flower.
However, the green priest's robe on the other party and the vivid oak pattern on his forehead reminded Zhou Mingyue that this was not a student girl, but a natural priest who was captured in the war.
There is no doubt that with such a guy who can manipulate plants .... Well, after the girl, a lot of things have become convenient and simple.
Zhou Mingyue immediately agreed to Arnell's offer without any objections.
To say that these more than 500 slaves, in terms of numbers, far exceeded the original villagers in the valley, it was bound to cause a lot of trouble in management.
After all, not everyone wants to be a slave, not to mention that in addition to farmers and natural priests, a small number of these slaves are soldiers, which will further affect the management of slaves.
You must know that like soldiers and slaves, the Kingdom of Flor is usually sent to the mines and dug until they die of old age.
If it weren't for Zhou Mingyue's high demand this time, Arnell really couldn't find so many farmers who happened to transport back such a batch of war slaves from the border, otherwise, this trade would probably not have been successful.
Zhou Mingyue is far from being as shy as he was at the beginning.
Several ore veins near the A2 barbarian tribe not only increased his army, but also increased the amount of gold and silver sand in his hands.
Of course, if he could, Arnell would prefer to have refined copper ore powder.
After all, after refining copper ore powder and then purifying and smelting, it can be mixed with gold and silver to make Flor gold coins, silver coins and even various gold and silver jewelry, and its profits are unimaginable to ordinary people.
And Zhou Mingyue doesn't have too many special products here, so many camel beasts, come here, it's too wasteful just to transport gold and silver and fur back.
But Zhou Mingyue's copper ore had already entered the belly of the War Demon Workshop, and it was impossible to trade it at all.
As for the coal, there are already mountains of coal in the valley warehouse, but the value of this thing is not high, and it is easy to kill people when it is burned and there is carbon gas, and if it is pulled back, the commoners are reluctant to buy it, and the nobles all use good charcoal.