12. Go ahead
Rand knew that he would definitely not be able to run around with more than 80 sheep, whether it was for the barbarians or the human race, the black-scaled horse was the fighting partner, the pack beast was the means of transportation, and the long-haired sheep was the source of meat and fur, so he decided to carry out centralized sausage preparation and baming.
The demonsless among the barbarians are responsible for the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of the entire tribe, and they are very good at slaughtering sheep and skinning sheep.
On the new day, Rand and his people picked out 30 of the oldest sheep or those that did not look able to survive the winter, slaughtered them and made them into dried meat and sausages.
After slaughtering, Rand also asked the demonsless to separate the small intestines of the sheep, clean them, chop up the sheep's internal organs, fat, and deboned meat, mix and marinate them with salt, wine, and spices left over from the barbarian tribes, and then add wheat flour to the mixed meat filling and put it into the casing, and then put it in a pot to cook.
After cooking a few sausages, Rand tried them himself, adjusted some ingredients, and then made them on a large scale.
Whole pieces of meat are smoked or dried to make jerky, and leftover scraps and offal are made into sausages, after all, the official term for some sausages is almost called emulsified high-fat crumbs, which can provide protein to the people of the Demon Innocent and reduce their need for grain. What makes Rand more troublesome is that there are too few spice varieties in this world, and the taste level is very simple.
Some cumin, cinnamon, and thyme were found in the barbarian camp, and the stock of spices was more than that of Lante's house, but the variety was similar, and Albert said that cumin and thyme were produced locally, but cinnamon was a product of the southern forest, and not even in Lante's house.
It can only be said that the life of the barbarian leader is generally much better than that of a small nobleman like Lante.
In addition to spices, fuel has also been bothering the rand. In Alivia, there is a very important point: you can't cut down trees at will. Rand was surprised by this post-modern concept of environmental protection in his hometown, but after looking back, Rand found that whether it was his castle, the residence of the lords, or the maned wolf city he visited, there were indeed no wooden houses, most of them were stone houses or even brick houses.
There is a very broad idea that tall trees can provide a better magical environment, something that almost all humans, barbarians, orcs, and elves know.
Albert said that before 1000 years, every race was the default tree that could bring more magical elements, but in the last 1000 years, the Tower of Purity has been found in trees, and trees older than 100 years old will form some kind of natural magic pattern in the trunk, which can adjust the proportion of surrounding life elements to a small extent.
Although the effect of a tree is not obvious, the overall effect of a forest is very considerable, so the human empire will protect all large forests, and the nobles cannot exploit them at will.
When in the territory, because of the proximity to the large forest, the demonless people of the Running Horse family will go to the forest to collect firewood or chop branches and shrubs for fuel. But now Rand was in the savannah, so Rand asked Joch what the barbarian camp was for fire.
"Mainly the reeds from the river, there are several types of reeds that are very resistant to burning, and we all use them as fuel. If the reeds in one place are cut down, they will camp in another place, but in recent years, when the leader is around, he will use a magic rune version that can directly make a fire," Joch introduced.
"Isn't the Galloping Horse Plains a magical turbulence region, how can you use a rune board to make a fire?" Rand was a little strange, but what was even more strange was that the barbarian leader's rune board Rand had not seen it, and he didn't believe that his knight had hidden the board, but felt that something had been left behind during the search yesterday.
Rand returned to the original barbarian leader's tent, searched again, and even asked the gray dog to come over with red sand to ask, and finally found a newly excavated trace under an open carpet.
After opening it outside, Rand found an iron box one meter long, 30 centimeters wide, and 30 centimeters high, and inside the iron box was a wooden box, made of a special type of wood, and there were some magic circles on the outside.
Albert knew that the box was made by the Golden Moon Elves in the southern forest, and was made of the branches of a tree, which was very good for storing magical materials.
The medium-sized wooden box that Rand saw now was called the Sealing Box, which was used by the small and medium-sized nobles in the royal capital to store valuables such as magic crystals and rune board materials, as well as smaller but more delicate magic jewelry for ladies, and larger boxes for the rune armor, magic weapons, or materials of high-level magical beasts for high-level professionals.
From the Demon Sealing Box Rand found 3 rune plates, 8 magic crystals, and an enchanted knife, the three rune plates have the functions of making fire, gathering water, and freezing respectively.
Now Rand knows what the magic rune board relies on as an energy source, but considering that the magic crystal is worth at least 10 gold coins, is it too expensive to burn the magic crystal.
However, Albert said that there is a simple magic gathering array on this rune board, and a magic crystal can last for 7-8 hours. According to Johe's introduction, this rune plate is not used alone, but the combustion of auxiliary fuel, under the joint combustion of the rune board + reed, ordinary dyes can increase the burning time by 2 times, and the residue after burning is basically only fly ash.
And a magic crystal can continue to burn for days. Rand felt as if the Magic Pattern Plate had played a role in catalyzing or improving the efficiency of combustion.
Found the rune board, the fuel problem was solved, and the whole business of making meat sausages began, in addition to making mutton sausages, there were some non-demon people who processed more than 30 sheepskins, and the other captured non-demon ones were helping the non-demon people in the original territory to make or modify clothes, making the whole territory look more like a barbarian camp than a fleeing Terran camp.
In the afternoon, the greyhounds on patrol returned on horseback, and according to his reconnaissance, there were still some small tribes upstream.
The information brought by the greyhound made everyone a little impatient, and now these small tribes are the granaries and vaults of the Rand group.
Every knight was jumping on the bandwagon, hoping that Rand would agree to attack.
However, Rand was a little hesitant, after all, the barbarian tribe is not an NPC in the game, it is impossible to wait in place for them to rob, and even if they are waiting in the camp, each barbarian will have a few barbarian cavalry left behind, and the strength of these cavalry is not low, and it is possible to be undamaged only by taking advantage of the sneak attack.
The loss of any of these knights or knight apprentices in front of him will lead to a structural loss of strength.
But there are also problems with not attacking, the food in the camp is limited on the one hand, and on the other hand, I don't know when the barbarians who went out will come back.
No matter how many difficulties there are, hesitation can't solve the problem, Rand decided to continue to investigate himself, and it is best to choose a weaker one of them to eat first, at least to match all the iron armor of the low-level knights.
Rand and Greyhound and Rohr headed north and east first, first encountering two neighboring small tribes, the two camps that Rand called the Twin Tribes were separated by a river, less than a kilometer in a straight line.
According to the number of horses, it is estimated that the barbarian cavalry of these two tribes is about 4-5 people each, which is the smallest tribe, but the two tribes are separated by the river, and although they are very close together, they cannot reach the other from one tribe at once.
Rand hesitated when he saw this, once the night raid began, and one camp was attacked, the other would definitely react. It is impossible for the two tribes to support each other, but it is very difficult to eat them at the same time.
After more than ten kilometers to the east, they saw a small tribe again, the size of this tribe should be about 5 barbarian cavalry, Rand felt that it was okay to try, but such a small tribe was far away, and now Rant's mouth was a little tricky, and he felt that it was not necessarily worth a special trip.
Further east, after walking more than ten kilometers, you can see a medium-sized camp, this camp is estimated to have about 10 people, both in terms of size and the number of horses, showing that Rand can't eat this tribe at all.
"It seems that there is no choice, everyone will pack up tonight and prepare to take the second camp" Rand made a decision on the way back.
"Okay, my lord," several knights responded, and the hearts of several people now were extremely excited. Rand will really share the spoils generously, as long as they take another camp, each of them will have a pair of iron armor, which is a wealth that can be passed on to future generations.
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In the evening, Rand once again took all the low-ranking knights and knight apprentices in the camp, and this time he did not stay at Walker, and Rand brought all his strength out.
A group of people still walked first and then west along the tributaries of the Benma River, and in the vast grassland, the river was a very good signpost.
However, when Rand saw the twin camps halfway down the road, he found that one of the camps was having a bonfire, and it was one of those carnivals.
In the light of the fire, 9 tall barbarians were drinking and merry, and what was even more rare was that the horses of the two camps were gathered on the edge of the bonfire, and the dogs in the camp were barking, but no one cared.
Rand looked at the barbarians who were carnivaling and muttered, "Otherwise, let's be late in the camp in the back?" ”
Obviously, the most troublesome point in the previous twin camps was the less than ten barbarian cavalry that had been separated, and now they were all gathered together and happy.
What used to be two bites of meat can now be eaten in one bite, and Camp Twin has become a ready-made delicacy in front of Rand's eyes.
"Let's wait, until these brutes get drunk," Rohr said
These barbarians did not get drunk for a while, but began to mess around in a slightly drunken state, and now Rand's eyes are also healed, and seeing a barbarian run into the sheepfold, he feels that his eye karma is too heavy. "The sheep turned around and slaughtered first"
As the barbarian camp carnival entered the second half, Rand 7 knights and 3 knight apprentices rode on horses, followed by a few ordinary demon supporters, slowly running towards the barbarian camp.
Once the barbarians are happy, they will be very selfless, and it is true that when the group of people in Rand was only 100 meters away from the camp, no one had noticed them.
It wasn't until the firelight reflected Rant's iron armor that a barbarian saw Rand in the afterglow, and at first he even thought it was a tribe that was coming to join in the fun, and then he saw a tall horse carrying Rand in iron armor into the camp, and a sabre with a glittering cold light arrived.
With Bai Lian's saber, he cut down the first barbarian, and Rand once again won the first kill, and the knights who entered later also achieved results. Within a few tens of seconds of entering the barbarian camp, more than half of the opponents had already been eliminated.
However, Rand knew that this time they had more enemies and more uncertainty. For example, after the barbarians next to the campfire were resolved, there were at least 4 more, and Rand rode into the largest camp, and sure enough, he saw a larger barbarian, who was having a cordial exchange with the demonsless in the tribe on a huge carpet.
Rand's blade dodged the other demonsless with precision, slashing through the neck of the barbarian leader, and the blood spurted onto the girl next to him.
Screams rang out from inside and outside the tent at the same time, and the last barbarian was dealt with by Rohr in the sheepfold.
There was no time to count the loot, so a few demon supporters could only watch the demons in the camp now, and a few people made a round, gathered the 27 demons together, and then immediately killed the other camp.
Led the horse across the cold river, although Rant thought that there would be no barbarians in the second small camp, but so far there was no abnormality in this camp, and there was no investigation in the open top, which made Rand also have some surprises.
rushed into the small camp, only to see an old demonless man come out.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the lords of our tribe have all gone to the tribe next door to have a party."
"I know, they're dead now," Rand added
"And what are you doing here?"
"Pack up the relics for them," Rand said, "Are there any other demon lovers in this camp?" ”
"What? Relic? The Demonless asked in surprise
"Yes, I told you that they were so happy"
"There are no other demon lovers in this camp"
"Alright, tell all the people here to come out and move to that camp!" Rand's words must not be questioned in any way.
Fortunately, the two camps were indeed very close, and under Rand's strict orders, no demonless person dared to drag his feet, and got up from the tents one after another to pack his things.
The camp also had a tent and three smaller tents, and Rand found a package of hides underneath the tent, containing three undug cores and a water-gathering rune board.
The 21 demons in the camp quickly gathered and moved to another camp with 6 pack beasts and 20 sheep.
After about an hour, the twin camps merged, and the two camps were familiar with each other, just as Rand had thought.
According to the Demon Killer, the leaders of these two camps are two brothers, and the brothers have just split up this year, and the main forces of the two families have recently gone to the alliance, so the children of the two brothers got together and took care of each other.
Today is the two camps that have agreed to have fun together, but the barbarians who can fight are busy and happy, and they are directly attacked by the Lanter.
The twin camps add up to 2 "older" demonless ones, 13 adult males, 22 adult females, 11 children, 10 black-scaled horses, 14 pack beasts, 47 long-haired sheep, 4 pairs of iron armor, 17 kilograms of salt, 370 kilograms of rice, 15 kilograms of demonic beast meat, and less than 30 gold coins of currency, as well as a total of 2 rune plates and 7 magic crystals.
For the Rand group, the most important thing is the ironclad, the population, and the horses.
Rand was so pleased with the harvest that he even restored the bonfire and roasted the sheep that the barbarians had not eaten before, preparing to give himself a supper.
At this moment, Albert followed Rohr over and asked, "My lord, do we want to fight another camp?" ”
"Then eat two bites and replenish your strength" Looking at Rohr and Albert's greedy eyes, Rand beckoned his subordinates to have some supper.