There was a soft knock on the door during Leon's conversation with the mountain people, it was Erin, who had just happened to see Jeff when she was leaving Clement's residence, so she was also called.

Leon motioned for her to sit down and wait for a moment, then continue the conversation with Moros.

When the old man of the mountain people came to the manor, he first went to Yelena, so he learned of Leon's plan, and was now speaking his mind.

And before that, he said another thing.

"My lord, some of the people sent to the Wolf's Kiss Forest have returned, and they have brought back two hundred and twenty-seven scattered clansmen," Moros's expression was very relieved, and his tone was also excited, "It seems that the clansmen who ran away under the siege of the wolves at that time did not attract the attention of those beasts, so they survived, if this is the case, at least twice as many of the clansmen will be hiding in the big forest, and it is estimated that they will be found soon." ”

"And the tribesmen who went north to the Wolf's Kiss Forest found traces of the activities of several small tribes, and some of them came back to report the news, and others followed the trail further north, and once they found these tribes, they would be brought directly to Campbell to rendezvous. ”

"Very good!" the young man nodded slowly, and said, "I didn't expect so many people to survive, they are indeed lucky, but even more fortunate for our entire mountain people. ”

Moros was impressed by Leon's words. After the first big battle with the wolves, there were only about 600 mountain people who followed Leon out of the great forest, which was at least seven or eight times worse than the number at the height of his heyday a few years ago, and the small population base led to a problem - even if the fertility rate was normal. Want to restore the population of its heyday...... No, it would take at least twenty years to reach twice the number it is now, which is too long.

For now, we can only rely on the existing people. Moros estimated that if you don't count the old, weak, women, children, and seriously wounded, there are no more than 200 mountain people who can really fight, and there are only four of them among the third-order powerhouses. Such a force is quite a small force in Campbell's ability to deal with some skirmishes, and if it rises to the level of a larger battle, such as an invasion by thousands of natives, or a nobleman leading hundreds of well-armed soldiers to the side. or even future actions to liberate the Ancient Tree...... Their power is completely dwarfed.

But Moros and all the mountain people understood the significance of their exit from the Great Forest this time, and if they didn't play a sufficient role, regardless of what the others around Leon thought of it. Even the mountain people themselves are unwilling.

Therefore, when they found that there were almost the same number of clansmen who survived, Moros and the others were not only surprised that the clansmen had escaped, but also felt that this should be the luck brought by the lords of the two generations of mountain people. Let the mountain people have a more wonderful performance on the stage of Campbell.

"Your Excellency. According to my impressions, the number of these tribes is about 500 to 800, and if it is a qiēshun lì, the population of the mountain people will rise to at least 1,700 in a few months!"

I have to say that the number of Moros said made Li Ang a little surprised, in terms of the living state of the mountain people and all the soldiers, even if he raised his requirements, it would mean that he would soon have a brave and warlike mountain people army of more than three or four hundred people.

While the young people are relieved, they are also a little glad - fortunately, the number of mountain people continues to rise. Otherwise, if more than 1,000 people suddenly poured in at one time, based on Campbell's current food reserves...... It is estimated that it will be consumed soon. Then there will really be an unexpected food crisis.

Moros continued: "My lord, I know that you will lead you to the Great Wasteland within a year, so do we need to change our location and station in the Black Forest in advance?"

"After all, we have lived in the forest for a hundred or two hundred years, and we are relatively accustomed to similar living conditions, we can clear a safe passage in the Black Forest in advance, and once we start moving, we can travel between Campbell and the Great Wilderness as quickly as possible. ”

Yelena and Menshak didn't know that Leon already had a plan for the safety of the Black Forest, so Moros would take the initiative to ask the mountain people to clear the passage this time, although he had heard about the dangers contained in the Black Forest, but by that time the number of mountain people would increase by two or three times, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"No need, Moros," Leon recounted his arrangement, and continued: "In fact, the location of the Bronze Helmet Mountain Range and the Wolf's Kiss Forest is also very important to Campbell, there are not only rich forest resources, but also a lot of food and all kinds of alchemy materials, not to mention that the nobles in the north now have bad intentions towards Campbell, and I need you to guard this direction for me in the future." ”

"I understand!" Hearing Leon's plan and his request to the mountain people, Moros immediately responded solemnly, "I had contact with the nobles north of the Bronze Helmet Mountains many years ago, although the mountain people could not do anything against them on the plains, as long as they were in the mountains and the great forest, they would definitely not let him succeed!"

By the time the conversation had ended, Leon had achieved his goal of letting the mountain people come to the manor for the winter, and Moros had spoken his mind, and then they discussed a few more trivial matters, and Moros could see that the new girl had something to say to the lord, so he quickly got up and took his leave.

The chamber fell silent again, except for a man and a woman staring at each other.

"What are you laughing at?" Leon looked at Erin with a mysterious smile on his face, and couldn't help but ask first.

"Guess?"

When Ireen was alone with the young man, she didn't have the quiet elegance she showed in front of everyone, and her personality seemed to be like a little girl, or rather, ...... It's more like a happy girl with an unusual sense of dependence on Leon.

"Mr. Clement gave you something good?" said Leon with a smile.

The girl was stunned for a moment, then her face slowly fell, and finally she gave the other party a fierce look, and said, "It's really annoying!"

"I hate it! It's obvious that you asked me to guess if it's good or not!" Li Ang immediately cried out in his heart, but his appearance was different.

The young man immediately opened his eyes and asked in surprise, "Is it true?"

Sure enough, the girl's expression changed from gloomy to sunny, and she said with a smile: "Count you fast!

This is a ring, quite small, but the material of the metal and the carved pattern are quite extraordinary at first glance, especially a small blue gemstone on the top adds a mysterious color to the ring.

Leon's "scrutiny" didn't have much effect on the magic items that already belonged to someone else, so he just admired them and returned them to the other party with an admiring look.

"Very good, does it work?" he asked, not pretending to be curious this time. (To be continued......)