118 Raven Feathers
Lawrence returns to the estate with six new slaves.
"Reglo, leave these six slaves in your care, don't let them escape."
Reglo said quickly, "Thank you for giving them to me, master. ”
Reglo and his two male slaves were slaves of the Ug, and suffered a lot from the Ug.
Now that the Ugers have become Leglow's slaves, their fate will definitely be much worse than being educated by Lawrence.
Lawrence looked at the walking slaves in front of him and said, "We can only ask for these six slaves, and the rest of the Ugers may not live long after they are captured by the Pumixiu." ”
Sophia was curious: "Why?" ”
Lawrence explained, "Our slaves here can survive, and the Bomitheans can't take so many captives there, so they will definitely be killed." ”
"It's like adopting and domesticating a wolf, and adopting dozens of wolves at the same time."
"For the Bhumithes, a dozen slaves can be kept alive while the men are there, because there are enough people to take care of these people."
"But if the Bhumithes start thinking about the danger of these people, they will only take extreme measures to solve these instability."
"Whether it's eating, or the destructive power of escaping, or the threats to women and children, these people are not allowed to live."
Sophia asked, "Is there a way to fix this?" ”
Lawrence smiled, "I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't expect it. ”
In fact, there is also a way, which is to let the surrender faction participate in the feast of dividing up the original owner, so that the situation can be controlled to a certain extent.
At least in the short term, it's more cost-effective than killing them outright.
In the long run, you need to be integrated into the collective.
It's like turning a wolf into a hound, first of all, the wolf can't be kept in the habit of a wolf, so the habits of the Ug, the Kur, and the Dum don't need to be respected and preserved.
If Lawrence wants to make his estate stable, he needs to have a system of rules that everyone can agree on, putting aside the history and cognition of the past.
In order to increase recognition, a resounding name is necessary.
Lawrence pondered his name, and the name of the estate.
St. Petersburg, Fort Gold, Fort Mountainwind, Star-Moon City, Lord of the Storm, Blackcrow, Ice City, ......
Lawrence still couldn't come up with a particularly good name, so he named it after the location.
Anyway, foreigners who don't understand the language will definitely be called this way.
Lawrence thought for a moment, then settled on his last name.
The surname is Crowfeather, and the name of the manor is Mountain Wind Manor.
Lawrence, Lord of the Mountain Breeze, Raven Feather!
The surname of Raven Feather is derived from careful consideration, and in this world the crow is a bird capable of divination.
Oaks, swamps, skeletons, crows, these are the four ways of divination in this era.
The people in the mountains and forests worship the oak tree, believing that the oak tree can provide everything, and it is a gift from the god of nature to mankind, so human beings must provide sacrifices to the oak tree.
Asking too much will provoke the wrath of the gods, and regular sacrifices must be made.
Sacrifices are usually made with human lives, such as killing and burying people near oak trees, or nailing them to oak trees to attract birds and beasts to gather.
The swamp refers not only to eating water, but also to the place where life is nurtured, because the swamp area is more fertile than the land in the forest, and is an important transition period for humans from the forest to the plain.
People at this stage are very concerned about nature or God, and they also form opinion leaders such as prophets.
An important power of a prophet is foresight, which is to derive divination results in a way that everyone is willing to believe.
Ravens with more intelligence, play such roles in places like the Barbarians and the Southern Kingdoms, and are generally not a good thing.
Therefore, the divination results will be obtained according to the crow's flight direction and posture by cutting open the belly by killing people, and letting the crow peck at it.
Since it played the role of a prophet, the surname Raven Feather was the most suitable in every way.
Lawrence said, "Go back quickly, I will determine the life and death of these six slaves through divination, to determine if they can stay." ”
Sariel looked at Lawrence curiously, "Lawrence, do you know divination?" ”
Lawrence said, "Yes, I will, although the divination of the Bhumithes is now done by Vip, but I will also do some. ”
"Please call me Lawrence Ravenfeather!"
Lawrence said seriously: "Crowfeather will be my surname from now on." ”
Many of the things of the Bumicius people are still in charge of the old man Vep, and Lawrence is not familiar with divination for the time being, so he is not in a hurry to become a prophet.
In general, the lineage of prophets is relatively mild, and in this era when there are no written and written traditions, many knowledge, techniques and rules are relied on by their predecessors.
Usually it takes a prophet more than twenty years to learn all the knowledge of the old prophet, and in the process, the old prophet died of various illnesses and accidents.
For those who have not learned, it depends on the individual's understanding and comes up with their own solutions.
Or rely on the memories of previous years and slowly push the performance.
VIP has no intention of ceding power for the time being, and Lawrence is not in a hurry.
Now the main identity is still a witch doctor and a priest, and after the death of Vip, he is a witch doctor, a priest, and a prophet.
Lawrence had already been recognized by the Boumithean as a witch doctor, and Vip had no way to prove that he was better, so the Pumixiu, including Doug, recognized Lawrence as a witch doctor.
As for the priests, it is mainly based on the sacrifice before going to sea.
If VIP is in charge of the sacrifice and does not invite Lawrence, it means that VIP cares a lot about this priesthood.
Lawrence didn't want to participate in this sacrifice at all, because it was a traditional event of killing prisoners and sacrificing to heaven.
Instead of returning to the town of Peumitheus to rest, Lawrence returned directly to the Hillwind Manor.
The shepherdess shepherding sheep on the hillside saw someone coming from afar and quickly went to inform Seravon.
Salavin saw Lawrence come back and stood at the door to greet him.
"Master, the shed for the slaves has been erected."
Lawrence was satisfied, and said, "Okay, let these people go to the hut by the river." ”
Lawrence looked at the six slaves, "Men and women live separately, women live inside the walls, men live outside in the river houses, and the crows on the mountains are my eyes, and you can't escape." ”
Reglo couldn't wait, "Master, can I teach them a lesson?" ”
"Yes." Lawrence said calmly: "Don't beat women, don't beat these women as long as they don't run away and don't resist, men are casual." ”
When the women of the Uger heard Lawrence's words, they were a little relieved.
Whether it is a barbarian war or a civilized war, it is mainly based on the killing of men.
"These slaves are my private property, don't kill them until I have the results of my divination tomorrow."
Lawrence also set a limit on Reglo to prevent the barbarians from losing their proportions.
"Yes, master!" Reglo agreed in awe.
Lawrence wanted to summon a crow with one hand, but today the crow seemed to be out of the way, so he gave up for the time being.
In the evening, the crow flew back from the forest and made a meaningless cry.
"Ga~"
It landed on the wall near the river, and looked curiously at the strangers who were carrying the stones.
After watching it for a few seconds, the crow flew back to the stone house and ate and drank with the chickens.
The big rooster is used to the addition of this little bird.
It can't tell the difference between a crow and a crow, but if a group of crows comes over to eat, it will trigger the big rooster's sense of aggression.
The crow is also not close to the big rooster, and every time it eats a few bites and leaves.
Lawrence waited for an afternoon and approached the crow when he saw it finally return.
"Come here, stand on my shoulder."
Lawrence reached out to grab the crow that flew into the windowsill.
"Gah!" The crow quickly flew up and flew along the roof of the stone house to the door, and then left the quiet room.
Sariel scoffed, "Lawrence, it doesn't listen to you!" ”
Lawrence showed a thoughtful look and said seriously: "It's okay, just raise it in the future, maybe I should also raise a few more crows to improve the success rate." ”
Only when there is competition can there be progress.
Moreover, a single crow can easily cause a fault due to various accidents, and raising a group of crows can pass on the relationship between the two parties to the next generation.
(End of chapter)