The barbarians usually take the time to rob after someone else has harvested the wheat.

At the very least, wait until the skin is dried and peeled, or the marinated and bacon is ready, and the clothes for the winter are ready.

It was cold in the mountains, and Lawrence estimated the time of last year's robbery, and concluded that he had at least two months to prepare.

The same was true of Doug and the others' previous plans for robbery, with a two- or three-month break between battles.

After roughly determining the plan, Lawrence first arranged for people to build the house.

"If Doug and Avari clash, maybe more people will flee to me."

Lawrence pushes off the possibilities.

"Doug's personality doesn't look like a character that can go toe-to-toe with the Vakiri, especially now that Andrew and Redbeard aren't working against the Vakiri."

"It will take at least a while for Redbeard and the others to move to the Western route."

"Doug probably can't bear the wealth and status here."

"I've got to watch out for this guy." Lawrence looked pensive, "After all, I've now established my own small group, and Doug is already the boss of the Bumician people, and he probably doesn't like me." ”

"Now there are more and more people here on the mountain, and for every more person here, there is one less person on the side of Pumixiu Town down the mountain."

"Although Doug can also arrest people from the outside, but this time Mandelkru joined me, he will most likely be wary."

"Build more houses, and be idle anyway, and use the wood that has been cut down when you are clearing up fertile land."

"In the future, whether there are people coming or fighting, these houses can come in handy."

Lawrence needs to think about his own family and doesn't have much trust in Baumithean like Doug.

On this voyage, Redbeard killed the mad Bhumian, and Andrew and Doug didn't say anything.

The barbarian society is also full of struggles, and it is not the case that whoever has the biggest fist will be able to secure the throne.

In order to better divide the labor and improve the progress more efficiently, Lawrence distributed it to everyone during meals.

"We started to divide the households, and each family could get a house, one family for another, for example, Mandelkru and your family would be one family, and you could live in the house I provided for you."

Mandelkru sat down with his family on straw mats and said to Lawrence, "I'll give you my share for the village and the baron." ”

Lawrence said, "Okay. ”

Lawrence said to the rest, "Mandelcrowe rents my house and land, and you are my slaves. ”

"But I won't kill you and sacrifice you at will, like those people outside, and I won't enslave you all day."

"I can make you free again, just like Kenny and Taloki were free."

"Everyone has different things to do, but trust me, I'm not going to set you up with things you can't do."

"Master, I don't want to be free, I want to be a slave here forever." ”

Lawrence said seriously: "Of course this is okay, if you are not a slave, you can be a peasant here, just like a village under the jurisdiction of the nobles, you are also under my jurisdiction." ”

Seravon and EDI are relieved, they have experienced turmoil and war, and they just want to have food to eat, a house to sleep in, and a family to be together, and at the same time not to worry about safety, and not to be taught and killed at any time.

Being a slave or a serf and a peasant is just a strange title for them, and as long as the standard of living remains the same, no matter how insulting the title is.

Lawrence began to divide the households.

Seravon, EDI, (Torrevi) Shepherdess

The Mandel Crewe family

Reglo and two slave males who had long been accustomed to it

The rest of the people did not divide their households for the time being, because they were not yet trusted and did not contribute.

This time it was an official separation, and it was also notarized in front of everyone.

"The oath taken under my witness will be blessed by God." Lawrence said to Reglo and Salavon, "Serve me, and I will protect your family, honor, property, and kinship. ”

"Yes, master," said Leglow, "I have always been your second strongest shield. ”

The first sturdy is Sariel, who is Lawrence's well-deserved first shieldwoman

Seravin also said, "I will work for you too, my master. ”

Mandrake was quick to say, "Maybe I should do something?" But I don't know what I should do? ”

Lawrence smiled, "You and Regro and the rest of us practice the shield formation together and learn to cooperate with each other." ”

In addition to these three families and eleven people, there were also captives of the Western Kingdom and captives of the Ugs.

Lawrence roughly assigned the task of building the house for the day, and then let the well-fed crowd get to work.

"When the winter comes, most of the time will be very leisurely, so I can get things done now."

Lawrence watched as everyone went out to work.

The Northland has a cold climate, and if you don't work, you'll die, and if you don't work hard, you'll die.

The special climate determines many factors, such as the fact that people here are more obedient than people in other places.

Everyone understands the power of the group, and after leaving the tribe and the clan, it will soon die.

Reglo and Saliel would train the women of the manor, even women like EDI and the Shepherdess who didn't want to fight.

The fighting atmosphere on the side of the barbarians is relatively strong, and it is difficult to say about the six captives of the Western Kingdom.

The three nuns clearly could not be counted on.

There was only one obedient seamstress, a coachman, and a farmer.

All three of them don't speak the language of the northern side, so it's a hassle to communicate.

Lawrence left them to work alone, while the seamstress cleaned and made clothes for the winter.

The coachman goes down the hill to farm with Kenny, while the farmer is alone with tools to clear the fields on the other side of the river.

When it was time to communicate, the nun was in charge of the communication, and the farmer usually worked with Seravon, so that he could quickly learn some of the language.

Mandelcro was soon built to accommodate the family and their livestock, as well as extra room for grain and meat cubes.

The nuns, who had lived in the hut for three days, soon moved into the hut and took up residence in the room next to the seamstress.

I can't say how grateful I am, but I cherish this privileged place more than I did at the beginning.

It was at this time that the Bhumitheans came up again.

Pulse and Doug went outside the manor and looked at the place above where the long wall had been built.

Kate said, "This is it. ”

Doug rode forward on a moose, exclaiming, "Lawrence always does things that surprise me, how long has he only been in this land?" Half? Or a year? ”

"I remember he came before winter," Vip said. ”

Doug remembered something, "yes, a lot happened. ”

"He's coming." Kate saw Lawrence.

The shepherdess had already noticed the approach of these people down the hill and ran back to inform Lawrence in advance.

Lawrence walked over with Reglo and Mandel Crewe, and after seeing a dozen people opposite, Lawrence smiled and said:

"Doug, you're here just in time, do you want a wooden card?"

Doug looked at Reglo and Mandelkru beside Lawrence.

"Mandekre, you're out of the village." Doug stared at Mandelkru majestically.

Mandelkru looked fearful, and although he was very opinionated with Doug, he was as timid as a mouse under Doug's gaze.

Lawrence smiled: "That guy in Avari is not a good thing, Mandelkru doesn't want to live with Baron Avari, come to me to live an easy life and recuperate." ”

"His palm is broken, if you don't cultivate here with me, it will be easy to die if something happens in the future, Doug and Vip, you are used to seeing life and death, and you should also understand the fragility of life, sometimes a gust of wind blows sick."

As the most capable witch doctor in the region, Lawrence's words dissuaded Doug and Pulse from continuing to care about the matter.

"Lawrence was right." "The Ug slave I exchanged before died soon, and I want to exchange two more Ug slaves," Vip said. ”

Doug laughed: "I also want Ug slaves, how many other Ug slaves do you have here?" ”

Lawrence looked at the Bhumixiu and slaves behind Doug and Vip, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course you can, but why are you all slave girls behind you?"

"Hahaha!" Doug smiled: "Because you have always chosen female slaves, and you have bought female slaves, so I brought female slaves here, don't you like it?" ”

Lawrence smiled, "Very good, I am very satisfied that you can bring the young girl here." ”

"That said," said Vip, "in exchange for slave girls for slave girls. ”

Lawrence said, "I have five Ug slaves here, and there are only five left. ”

Doug looked at Lawrence in surprise, "I gave you five at the beginning, right?" All your slaves here survived, and none of them died? ”

Lawrence knew very well that most of the slaves captured by Doug and the others were dead.

Either he died of starvation, or he died of infighting, or he ran away and was killed, or he was sacrificed to the heavens.

Lawrence did not abuse those slaves, those slaves ate and drank well, and naturally did not have the extra mind to escape, but Doug often killed slaves in front of slaves, and of course the slaves wanted to run away and resist.

"These people are not children, people who can survive the winter, where can they die so easily?"

"It's like a pumpkin in the ground and a fruit on a tree, a fruit that is not scarred will not spoil so easily."

Doug couldn't help but think of the scar on his stomach again, for the young man in front of him, he really couldn't get rid of it directly.

Whether it's Sariel and Andrew, or his status as a witch doctor, they all have a lot of constraints.

Doug said, "Then come in exchange, I brought the contract." ”

Lawrence looked at the scared little boy next to him, smiled and said, "There is no need for a contract, the three of us are all decent people, and now there are many people watching, just exchange slaves." ”

"Okay." Naturally, VIP has no opinion.

Doug also motioned for the men around him to kick the slaves out.

Lawrence had Reglo come out with five Ug slaves, exchanging Ug slaves for five Western slaves.

Doug gave salt and two dogs' collars and ropes, and went home.

This was the end of MandelCrewe's affairs, and after Doug and the others left, Mandelcrowe said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Lawrence!" ”

Lawrence laughed: "You are not my slave, just call me Mr. Lawrence, as the person who rents my field and works for me, I said, I protect you." ”

Mandelkru said respectfully, "Yes, Mr. Lawrence! ”

Lawrence entered the manor with five village women who did not speak the language.

The Pumixiu will not provide slaves to this place in the future, and will not allow this side to continue to expand.

The exchange of five female slaves for the more combat-effective Ug slaves was to weaken the strength of this side.

Only in this way can Doug leave here with peace of mind to respond to the Earl's call.

"It looks like Doug won't be crushing with Avari for a while......"

The number of people in the manor has not changed, but the quality is a little weaker.

"Without those five coolies, mining and work would have been slow," Reglo said. ”

"It's almost." Lawrence didn't mind, "Slow down, to be honest, I didn't really want the Ug slaves in the first place, these cannibalistic barbarians I wanted to exchange for early on." ”

Even if Kenny hadn't asked Boole that time, Lawrence would have traded Ugg slaves for other slaves.

In the distribution of the manor's personnel, Lawrence also always excluded the five Uger slaves.

It is better for cannibals and those who take pleasure in killing people to perish.

Including Vip, the Baumithean man, although Lawrence doesn't mind what he says, but who is the good guy and who is the bad guy among the Bhumians, Lawrence knows very well.

At the beginning, Doug had to be saved, and now Lawrence has the right not to save.

It's not suitable to turn the other cheek yet, and the armed forces of the manor are indeed too few.

The day's work was not delayed, and after the slave exchange, they continued to work quickly, and the five village girls followed the nuns to carry the pumpkins.

Compared to the treatment at the Baumitheus, Lawrence is undoubtedly much more relaxed here, and there is a definite break at noon.

As long as you don't run away and don't steal, nothing else.

Even if he escaped, no one chased him, and he died wherever he loved.

At night, the five village women slept in the shed where the three nuns had lived.

Lawrence kindly provided them with four long planks to keep them out of the cold wind, and five blankets and some hay for them.

In the evening, when Lawrence went to bed, he talked about tomorrow's arrangement.

"Sariel, tomorrow we will go to the Kloda, and ask Losanda and Deren about the witches."

Sariel was lying against Lawrence, and when she heard it, she turned around and sat up and said, "What is this for?" ”

Lawrence put his arm around Saliel and touched Sophia, who was already asleep, with his other hand.

"I guess I'm going to get to know my next-door neighbor."

"Neighbors?" Sariel quickly reacted, "Is that the witch?" ”

Lawrence nodded, "After all, you have to face it, even if it is so dangerous that you can't communicate, you should know more." ”

(End of chapter)