Lawrence asked, "How many of you are there?" ”

Bull put down the rice bowl that had been cleaned with his hands, and said with a satisfied face: "I am the only one in my house and my children, and my children are in Emma's house." ”

Emma said, "I have five people in my family, three slaves. ”

The other three also reported the situation, all of them were women whose husbands went out or died, leaving no men in the family.

The women formed an alliance, and because Emma and Lawrence knew each other and had been rescued from here, they all followed Emma to Lawrence.

The least, two, and the most were women named Sulana, and there were two old men, a brother, four children, and three slaves, a total of eleven people.

Home, a family of seven, three old men in addition to three children, no slaves.

Rydal, a family of ten people, two children, and two other women of her husband, five slaves.

With more than thirty people added at once, there will definitely not be enough food in the manor.

Lawrence found himself unable to accommodate so many people now, only fifteen at present, and any more would affect the stability of the estate.

After all, the Bhumixiu have always lived by their rules, and it will be very uncomfortable to come here in the mountains.

It's not that you can't make trouble if you have food, Lawrence knows very well the character of these people, and when he is full, he will always cause trouble.

They are not commodities, they are not pets, they are not just to sit in the prescribed place for a day.

Especially for men over the age of ten, it is not surprising that when the time comes, let alone sneak into the house to steal something to eat, it is not surprising that it is murder.

But the problem is that I have already agreed, and I really want to absorb these people.

Lawrence looked at Reglo, "Thirty-eight, can you see it with Mandecrowe?" ”

Reglo grinned his teeth, "If I am allowed to do it, I can." ”

"Allowed." Lawrence also knew the truth that Ci was not in charge of the army, and he did not have enough deterrent power to control the barbarians.

Lawrence looked at Emma and the others again, "The premise of my permission to be a slave here is to trust you that you can work for me and that you can obey my orders. ”

"If you can't control your children, or if someone steals or makes trouble, and rebels against my orders, then I will expel you."

Emma said: "I don't have a problem, I'm sure I'll be able to take care of the kids. ”

Bull also followed suit: "I don't have a problem either, my child is very obedient. ”

The other three followed suit.

Lawrence also wanted to get more labor as soon as possible, nodded and said, "Okay, when you have eaten, you can go with me to catch some fish, bring some food down the mountain to fill your stomach, and find a good weather to go up the mountain." ”

Hearing that they were able to bring food down the mountain, several women quickly stood up, apparently ready to move at any time.

Lawrence led a few people to the river and caught fish from the ice cave with fishing nets.

The fish that have been raised for a year basically do not eat much, mainly due to the lack of seasoning, coupled with the many fish bones, people here eat relatively quickly, and it is easy to stab the throat, so in addition to occasionally stewing some soup to replenish the body, usually stewed meat and bread are the mainstay.

I usually eat fish, but I usually eat larger marine fish, which is not very tasty, so I don't want to eat it if I have a choice.

In this era, fishing resources were abundant, and the Vakiri people were mainly fishing before they pointed out the robbery technology.

If you are fishing, it is easy to return with a full load, but it is also easy to fall into the sea and capsize and drown.

Lawrence's family did not have much to store, so he gave them a basket of bacon in addition to five fish.

"You go back first, I will come down the mountain to find you the day after tomorrow, and then we will go seal hunting together."

If you don't go to seal hunting, you won't have enough food.

Whether it's delicious or not, it's time to get some seal meat to solve the famine.

Sariel listened to the conversation of several people, and soon said the key to the problem as if Andrew was possessed.

"Where was the food that Doug snatched back last time?"

Lawrence looked at Sariel, "Didn't you get snatched by the Baron?" Even if Doug still has some there, it is estimated that it will ......."

Lawrence paused, and that Doug guy was obviously used to being a leader, and gradually learned to buy people's hearts.

Judging by helping Avari collect everyone's food, this guy may want to give favors to the rest of the people in the winter.

Although I don't know why the other party didn't come back in time this time, Doug has always resettled his family in Dumu Village this year, and it would definitely be a lie to say that there is no food in stock.

"Did Doug put the loot that was unloaded from the seashore in Ferry Village?"

Lawrence looked at Mandelkre, "How much do you know about this?" ”

Mandelkru said in a panic: "I don't know, I came back early to report the news, and I didn't go to Transition Village after I came back, but we did grab a lot of food and meat." ”

Colin said: "The wheat stored in our monastery was robbed, and there were more than forty bags. ”

Lawrence thought for a moment, "How many things did Baron Avari take with him?" ”

Bull knew more about it, she had been a tavern helper.

"I took a lot of things, meat, wheat, wine barrels and fine cloth clothes, and a box of jewelry."

"That Doug must have had a lot of food in his house, maybe there was a lot of food in the Wake and Blacksmith houses, and the Friesen family. ”

"Maybe you can try." Saril clasped her hands in front of her, seriously considering the matter.

Lawrence was also accustomed to the savage mentality, although everyone drank and ate together, and knew each other for more than a year.

But they fight each other when they should fight each other, and they kill when they should kill, this is the normal environment of this era.

To put it simply, it is a group of robbers, a group of barbarians, in which there is only the class relationship of the leader.

The leader will kill those in the team who challenge their majesty and status, and the ambitious people in the team have always measured the strength of both sides and are ready to take the position at any time.

It's like Andrew and Doug, friends and not friends.

Save people when it's time to save them, help when you should help, and kill when you should kill when your interests are not aligned.

For example, now Doug is working for the Vakiri, and Redbeard and Andrew are thinking about self-reliance.

Sariel could think of plans to attack the Blacksmiths, Freesson, and Doug without any guilt.

Lawrence realized that he was also a leader, and that he needed to recognize what he should do in a timely and correct manner.

"Go catch the seals first, and if you can't catch them, ask Kate to borrow some food." Lawrence made the plan in front of everyone.

After sending off a few women, Lawrence began to clean up the house.

Although the food problem is still serious, it can be done as long as it lasts until spring.

In addition, after more than 30 people join, the development of cultivated land will also be faster.

In the future, the food obtained from hunting will not be able to meet the needs of the growing population, and agricultural production will become the top priority of the development of the estate, followed by aquaculture and fishery development.

Lawrence soon began to prepare weapons, as well as pick out the right people to go out.

Saliel and Reglo will definitely have to bring them, as will Sophia and Kehalan.

After thinking about it for a while, it was decided to let Seravin and the three nuns take care of the house.

The three nuns were clergy, but also nobles.

In fact, the beliefs of these three women are very shallow, not deep at all, and they belong to the kind of thinking that believing in God is just a way out.

It's Kenny's kind of missionary who thinks of God as God in his head.

Four wizards, a shield woman, two barbarian males, and a barbarian with a severed hand, eight people should be about the same.

"Now that Vip is dead and Doug is missing, if I go to the blacksmith and Friesen, will they borrow food?"

Lawrence pondered the reactions of the two men, and couldn't think of a clue for more than ten seconds.

The brains of savages are sometimes really hard to guess.

Now the titular lord of the town of Phumixiu is not Doug, nor the dead Vip, but Baron Avari of the Wakiri tribe.

"Or ...... Kill him? ”

Lawrence thought about it, or the way of a barbarian to solve all problems was the simplest and most reliable.

(End of chapter)