Friesen and the others converged on the edge of the river outside the manor to carry the goods onto the sleigh boards.

In charge of pulling the cart were the sled dogs under Brick's jurisdiction, which were large, fed a lot, had much more strength than traditional watchdogs, and had three or four times more endurance than a domme sheep.

When Freesson heard Lawrence's trade demands, his fat and fierce face was full of incredulity.

"Prophet, why don't you just snatch their stuff? Take them all as slaves! ”

Lawrence explains, "I still have to continue to do business with them, and I need them to provide a constant supply of goods. ”

Sariel stood next to her and chimed in, "Wouldn't they work faster if we took them and made us slaves?" ”

Lawrence was stunned.

Normally, capturing others as slaves will cause others to resist, as well as hatred and revenge.

At this time, if they are allowed to work, these people will only be very resistant, and the production efficiency is also very low, which is easy to cause instability.

But that's not the case here at the manor.

If you are here in the manor, the living conditions are much better than outside, and many people who join here like it very much, and the work efficiency is much better than when you are alone.

Lawrence pondered the question.

I've always disliked the use of violence.

Several incidents of violence were forced to be helpless, or if they did not take the lead, they would be in a disadvantageous and passive situation.

But now the tribe in the lower reaches of the river was still in a very backward and primitive state, just a group of peasants who had escaped the servitude of the nobles of the kingdom.

If these people do not conquer themselves, they will give birth to rulers themselves, or they will be conquered by the rest of the rulers.

To fight, or not to fight?

"Let me think, you continue to load, and I need to ask God if it's the right thing to do."

Lawrence calmed the rest of the group, whether it was Freesson or Regelo and Mandelcrowe, or the young men and Durella in the manor, who were very aggressive.

In the traditional consciousness of barbarians, plunder is the most righteous thing, not a choice that is forced to be helpless, but something that the strong should do.

Like a robber who wants to make a fortune, some people want to make a long stream, and some people just want to make a hammer deal.

Everyone in the manor looked at Lawrence, wondering how Lawrence was going to communicate with the gods.

Sariel and the others knew that Lawrence must be talking nonsense, but they were still curious about what Lawrence would say.

Lawrence, who was watched by everyone, walked to the church, and was alone and quietly contemplating the future.

Redbeard now has a territory, and from the last time he came to trade only brought fish and salt, it can be seen that he also needs population development.

Most of the slaves provided there were women, or thin and old men.

Strong men could stay on the estate to breed and do farm work, while wise craftsmen could build houses for the lord of the estate and do things that required skill.

With the cessation of war, the main source of the slave trade came from bankrupt peasants, or from villages looted by thieves, or from serfs raised on estates.

The peasant families in the city-state did not know the means of contraception, and as the number of people in the family increased, some of them were sent to blacksmiths, bakeries, leather shops, etc., as apprentices, and were basically considered slaves.

It is almost impossible to obtain slaves by legitimate means.

In the past, they used to wait for others to sell slaves to come over, or wait for others to come back after misfortune.

There will be no more good things like this in the future.

Plunder?

Do you want to go outside and plunder?

Is this aggression?

Lawrence was very entangled, and he himself repeatedly taught the barbarians to be civilized, united and fraternal, and to resist the invaders.

Taking the initiative to attack a village that you have no hatred for yourself is definitely an unjust thing.

But if you don't expand outward, how many years will you have to wait for those children in the manor to grow up?

Will the Vakiri allow themselves to develop peacefully?

And the wizards and churches from the outside, will they allow themselves to develop peacefully?

The power of a wizard is indeed very strong, but if there are more soldiers, it is not invincible.

Whether it's the sorcery of Kehalan or the sorcery of Losanda or Deren, it can be won by numbers and strategy.

The tribes and city-states outside had been slowly standing still.

For example, those nobles outside obviously have endless food, but they never let the peasants in the territory have enough to eat.

Because the nobles here clearly understood that if the peasants were too well fed, they would have the strength to hold their weapons.

Let them not have enough to eat, let them only use wooden farming tools, let them work every day except work, and do not let them have time to be lazy.

The aristocracy was like this, as long as they could eat enough, they did not think about technical and agricultural matters.

Only when it is found profitable, will it invest in science and technology, and it will move forward.

Lawrence struggled for a long time, and finally broke the shackles of his mind.

Since you understand that this era is a barbaric era, and you have long known that you are surrounded by a group of bandit thinking people, you should know whose era it is.

Raiding cannot be stopped unless it can provide a richer harvest than raiding.

However, at present, the output in the mountains and forests is obviously insufficient, and if you want to develop faster and make contributions in your lifetime, you must participate in the war.

I don't have a good territory to inherit, and if I don't go to fight the world, do you have to wait for others to send the territory to my door?

Besides, everyone's ancestors were robbers, and no one was naturally righteous.

If it is a big country, of course, I hope that everyone will keep peaceful, but now this place is not the kind of civilized world, which is equivalent to the era of the Warring States, and the nobles will also annex territory among themselves, and use various contradictions to annex and expand.

Whoever is strong is the king!

Frieson and the others were already waiting impatiently, and were about to go over to ask, when they saw Lawrence walk out with a solemn face.

Seeing Lawrence's face, everyone quietly waited for God's will.

"Tell them that if they are not willing to submit to me, then I will lead an army to conquer them!!"

Lawrence looked at Friesen and Reglow, "If you can communicate, bring someone back and let him go to town to see my greatness!" ”

"If you can't communicate, then come back after the transaction, and I'll take you there in person next time!"

Lawrence decided to conquer that tribe.

Rather than establishing trade relations, it is necessary to control that tribe more accurately and let that tribe enter construction and production according to its own orders, so that it can become powerful to the fastest degree.

Of course, they will not cooperate, and may even carry out assassinations.

Lawrence is responsible for himself, for his family, and for the future of these people on the estate.

In this barbaric era, it is possible to be civilized and polite in the mouth, but there must be a strong consciousness in the heart.

After becoming a lord, you should not have any kindness to the outside forces.

"Inner Saint and Outer King!"

(End of chapter)