The forest is full of life in spring, and as soon as you enter, you can see the trail of a hare.

The timid gray rabbit was so frightened that he jumped into the bushes when he saw a group of people approaching.

"Bunny!" Saliel shouted, and an axe flew away.

The rabbit in the grass was clearly not hit, and fled along the swaying low bushes, quickly disappearing.

Sariel was not disappointed, and quickly searched the bushes with a stick and retrieved the axe.

Sarile walked over to Lawrence, "Lawrence, we're picking vegetables here, there's a lot of wild vegetables to eat here. ”

Lawrence saw that the Dom sheep under him was looking down and biting an unknown plant half a meter high, and said, "Well, here it is, now the women start picking wild vegetables, and the men go to a distant place to collect wood." ”

"Get moving."

Lawrence rode the Dom sheep, which refused to move and ate by himself, and watched the rest of the people scatter.

Shieldmaiden Reglo stands near Lawrence with her shield, and her mission is to protect Lawrence, not to work all the time.

Sophia likes to take her two puppies with her wherever she goes, and after putting them from the basket on the ground, she talks to Sariel while picking vegetables and watching the two puppies not run around.

Lawrence looked at the domes beneath him, which began to be disobedient when spring came.

It's barely usable now, and when it comes to spring and summer for a while, these domes are not only disobedient, but also have a strong offensive nature, and even top people when they are in a bad mood.

But this is a dom sheep in the savage area.

Just because the barbarians can't deal with the domes doesn't mean Lawrence can't fix them.

Lawrence didn't have to deal with a domme sheep that couldn't walk today, nor did he come to practice his hunting skills.

In addition to collecting wood and wild vegetables, Lawrence began to pay attention to the state of the rest of the people because of Sariel's affairs.

Slowly, Salavin picked up the wood, put the branches on the ground in the basket, and continued to walk into the distance.

The same was true of Taloki and another male slave, who looked around for branches as if they were picking up rags, sometimes squatting on the ground to collect some leaves, for ten minutes at a time.

Sariel and Sophia chatted endlessly, and Lawrence noticed that they were talking and talking, and the wild vegetables in the basket were soon half basketed.

EDI and another slave girl squatted on the ground and slowly gathered wild vegetables, the two of them were in different places, the same clean place where the sun could shine, and there were a few more wild vegetables in the basket.

It is impossible for women in this area not to know what wild plants look like, and it is impossible to find a few wild plants in forty or fifty minutes.

Reglo went to the neighborhood to check for wild beasts, and Lawrence thought she was tired of standing, so he walked around.

Lawrence discovers, as Sariel sees, that the slaves are lazy.

Even Taloki, who would soon be freed, was not much more diligent than the others.

Are they slow?

It shouldn't be, a while ago, I built the shack and sheepfold where I lived in half a day, and at that time, even if the weather was cold and my hands frozen, these people built the sleeping house as quickly as possible.

Lawrence got off the sheep's back, and the Dom sheep, who were eating, were very difficult to call.

Especially after being hungry for a winter, the domme sheep that are now eating tender grass will not go unless they are full.

It wasn't far from Andrew's house, and EDI quickly came over and said, "Mr. Lawrence, it's time for me to go back to herding the sheep." ”

Lawrence said directly: "Let Seravin go, he will also herd sheep." ”

EDI showed a sullen expression, and soon had the courage that she had not had before, "I herd better sheep, your sheep know me." ”

"Then they should also know others." Lawrence shouted at the lazy Salavon in the distance, "Seravon! Go back and feed the sheep to the chickens, and if you lose one, I'll send you back to Friesen for another one! ”

Salavin quickly ran over, his body trembling, "I...... I will, not a single sheep will be gone! I promise! ”

Now that the chickens and sheep were on the hill and the houses were only pigs, Lawrence told Seravin to go back first, and let the unhappy EDI continue to pick vegetables.

Lawrence discovered the problem of management, and the current slaves had gradually figured out his temper and adapted to the current slave life.

After adapting, the efficiency is pitiful.

Lawrence thought about how he had felt when he used to work on the estate.

Although they were not slaves at that time, they were about the same, but they are very clear about the thoughts and attitudes of these slaves now.

Slaves were the precursors of serfs and tenant farmers, and the biggest difference was that they did not have their own assets.

A slave without assets only needs to eat every day, and mixing is a day, and there is no need to think too much about long-term things.

It doesn't matter if you work well or badly, not being whipped is the only requirement.

Every day I wake up, I just need to care about eating, waiting for dinner, waiting for rest, waiting for dark to sleep.

If your tools are broken, you will be afraid, afraid of being beaten.

When someone else's tool is broken, they will be happy, and they will be lazy when they are happy.

If the barbarians themselves follow the historical development, it may have taken a hundred years to move from slavery to serfdom.

A hundred years is fast, and if there is not enough arable land, it is estimated that even slavery will be withdrawn, and the captives will be sacrificed directly to the gods.

Or eat.

Barbarians have a strong sacrificial atmosphere, and they are often more brutal than wild beasts, and they are very skilled in the use of slaves, whether they are used as sacrifices, fertilizers, and toys, which are very common.

Lawrence could guarantee that the slaves would be twice as productive when they returned from a visit to the barbarian aristocracy.

Lawrence thinks about how to motivate these people.

Freely?

Freedom was the ultimate emancipation of slavery, so it had no effect at this initial stage.

In this era, giving freedom to slaves is tantamount to turning mastered slaves into ownerless slaves, and slaves do not want freedom.

Until the ideology, the atmosphere, and the social environment change, the incentive of freedom is not at all as real as a piece of bread.

Especially for Reglow, Seravon, Edie, and the Kurs whose villages were destroyed, freedom was not a good thing.

Serfdom was more suitable for slaves under slavery than freedom.

It was useless to divide the land and houses, and Lawrence gave Seravon and EDI farmland houses, and they couldn't keep them.

Unless Lawrence and Saliel have always provided protection for these two people, but the two people who are protected in this way are actually serfs under serfdom.

Lawrence thinks about advanced systems that allow people to take the initiative to do their jobs.

Violence and whips can do the same, but barbarians have strong genes of resistance and are as unstable as beasts.

Maybe today we cower, like a winter dome sheep, and one day suddenly they burst out and hurt people.

EDI's response gave Lawrence a direction.

Slaves actually have jobs they want, and they want easy jobs under the constant work of all kinds of troubles every day.

Taloki only shows her normal skills when building houses and walls, Seravin is a day of messing around, EDI is all kinds of sullen, and Reglo wants to show her worth.

The other two slaves were all messy, numbing jobs.

Lawrence decided to give everyone a change of scenery.

"Taloki, you and EDI stay in the house at the bottom of the mountain today, and get up early tomorrow to get rid of the weeds in the field."

"Seravan, you sleep in the sheepfold to-day, with that future milkmaid."

"Reglo, you and two male slaves spend the night in the pine forest, you can play as much as you want."

Taloki needs bonds, EDI needs men.

Seravon, who is not recognized and disliked by EDI, needs courage, and another female slave girl who has no sense of existence also needs a partner.

Leglow...... Lawrence wouldn't touch this female brute anyway, so he gave the other two male slaves to Leglow as his followers, so that he would have a stronger tacit understanding when hunting in the future.

After some adjustments, everyone's work efficiency and status have been significantly improved after one day.

Although it is still the original environment and system, under this immutable system, everyone has changed a lot.

Man was a social animal, and now all seven slaves have regained their small circle, and if this relationship continues to be stable, families can be formed.

Lawrence quickly solved the problem of his men's lack of work, and although it was only a partial improvement, it was enough to speed up the cultivation of farmland and the speed of obtaining food.

In particular, the speed of obtaining food, because of the formation of their own small circles, the hunting group and the gathering group have obvious harvests, and the shepherd group also took the initiative to find berries and bird eggs for the shepherdess.

Men and women match, work without getting tired.

Lawrence wouldn't have been too lazy to move without Sophia by his side.

(End of chapter)