Chapter 128: Sheltering from the Rain
The barbarians on board tethered the ships together, and a large number of long warships with their sails lowered gathered together.
The three-masted galleon was protected in the middle, and Lawrence looked at the shaking ship, and the soldiers who fell overboard as the ship rocked.
"Help them get out of the water! We're going to find a warm place! ”
A few barbarians who had fallen into the water quickly swam to the shore, and these people could swim and were much better physically than the average person.
Andrew looked at the city in the distance and the Durellians who were running away, "There's a place ahead!" ”
Lawrence rode a unicorn into the dimly lit city, "Get in!" ”
The barbarian legions quickly approached the buildings with weapons and shields.
The doors of the houses here could not stop these able-bodied savages.
Soon the doors of several rooms were violently kicked open, and the screams and cries of women could be heard from inside.
Lawrence rode a black unicorn close to the street.
"I am a prophet of the North! Now I need a place to rest, and immediately provide us with a place to rest and a house, or we will come and get it ourselves! ”
Lawrence didn't delay, and said directly to Fryce: "Pull the people out of the house!" ”
The storm was coming, and Lawrence didn't want a group of people to be doused in the rain, and he didn't want a group of people to be crammed into a room.
That's a dead end.
Soon the people in the room were violently pulled out, and Lawrence quickly looked behind him and said, "The one who fell into the water just now went in to rest!" ”
Several people who fell overboard had already been given dry clothes, and there were spare clothes on each boat.
Lawrence shouted, "Go in and rest!" Don't hurt children, don't touch children and women who don't have weapons, take care of your lower body! Otherwise, I'll let you know the horror! ”
Several people quickly agreed: "Yes, prophet! ”
Lawrence soon violently opened several large houses on the street, taking over taverns, grocery stores, bakeries, clothing stores, and a large number of residential warehouses.
Shortly after Lawrence entered the tavern here, the pouring rain outside also covered it.
Lawrence sat on a bench and looked at the layout of this tavern.
The tavern is made up of six long tables, each with benches and short benches on both sides and sides, a simple stool made of a single plank, supported by a simple number of stool legs underneath.
The table was an ordinary wooden table, and there were five natives in the tavern at this time, in addition to Lawrence's thirty people.
It looks like a tavern owner, husband and wife, and a drinker.
"Tell them that I have no ill intentions, give us some braziers for warmth, and we have our own food."
Lawrence arranges a conversation with his subordinate Durella.
The Durella people quickly conversed with Durella, and Lawrence sat at a table with a few witches, with the black unicorn crouching to Lawrence's right.
Lawrence reached out and stroked the black unicorn's neck, plucked a bag from his body and handed it to the dark elf maid beside him, and the contents were one for each of them.
"Yes, master."
Candace handed a yellow cube the size of a sugar cube to Saliel and the others, as well as Lawrence.
Sariel wondered, "What is this?" ”
"Sugar, put it in your mouth and wait for it to melt, or bite into it." Lawrence explained.
The food of the crowd is orange candy, which is made from very rare oranges, which is specially used to replenish energy at critical moments.
Sariel and the others didn't know that this thing existed, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to hide it.
Lawrence made orange candy when he was making egg powder and milk powder, and he originally planned to take it out to boost morale when he got lost, but he didn't expect it to go well this time.
When I returned, I still took the near-sea route, so I didn't have to worry about getting lost, but now I feel the need to go out.
"Beoff, give the bread you have brought to the people outside, and see if anyone is making trouble."
"Yes, master!"
Beoff went out with a bag of bread and a piece of candy as he passed by the Dark Elves.
Saliel quickly chewed a piece of candy and squinted her eyes happily.
"Lawrence, anything else? Give me another one, one is not enough to eat. ”
"Shut up and go home." Lawrence fed Catherine one, and one candy was certainly too little for Catherine now.
Saliel sat unhappily to the side, and quickly looked at the tavern with curiosity.
The owner of the tavern also knew of Lawrence's prestige, and soon went into the house with the woman to bring out some food to entertain the ice pirates.
Lawrence waited quietly.
After more than half an hour, the storm outside began to gradually subside.
Durella's summers are much warmer than those in the Ice Sea, and many people wear only linen shirts.
Especially some women, it is easy to see the body through thin clothing.
Lawrence had planned to leave the place when the rain stopped, but soon someone came outside the tavern.
Fryce and Durand tacitly walked out.
Soon a man's voice came from outside.
"Prophet! Ravenfeather Prophet! I'm Hill, a merchant from the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce! ”
Lawrence looked at the door, Durand threw a fat man in, and Fryce stood outside watching a few Durella people who didn't dare to approach.
Businessman Hill quickly picked up his hat and put it on, and quickly took it off after seeing Lawrence sitting in front.
"Dear Ravenfeather Prophet, the Bartley family wants you to forgive those here, and we are willing to offer a ransom for you to get out of here."
Lawrence nodded, "Yes, let the nobles here come over, I want to talk to them, you can't be a businessman." ”
Hill breathed a sigh of relief, bent over and said, "Yes, I'll go back and tell you." ”
Lawrence quietly threatened, "My patience is limited. ”
This time I didn't have the idea of robbing, I just wanted to go back quickly.
But if the people here are willing to give money, Lawrence has no objection.
The heavy rain outside had stopped, and Lawrence quickly stood up and said, "Get out and check the boat." ”
"Yes! Prophet! The barbarians followed and stood up and hurried out to check the situation.
Lawrence looked at the tavern couple and placed a piece of Durella's coin, the gold kombu, on the table.
With the departure of a group of barbarian robbers, the tavern couple and the drinkers who came to drink on a rainy day breathed a sigh of relief.
The boss quickly ran over and clutched the gold coin tightly.
A few people cautiously leaned on the crack of the door and looked outside.
The barbarians, scattered in the various houses, soon gathered together and gathered in the harbor to begin repairing the ship.
Some boats were crammed with rainwater, some were half-sunk, some had masts broken in violent shaking, or the sailcloth on board had fallen into the water.
Beoff saw Lawrence coming and quickly said, "Prophet, our rope is broken, and five boats have floated out. ”
Lawrence looked at the small boats in the distance, none of the five boats had drifted far, especially since there were merchant fishing boats from Durella nearby that could be borrowed.
"Get our ship back and check it out."
"Yes!"
Lawrence had some of them repair the boat, some of them resting and eating on the shore, waiting for the Durellians to approach.
The slings searched for ammunition from the vicinity, and some of the barbarians, who had just been hiding elsewhere without eating, also found water-stained dried meat from their boats and began to replenish their strength.
After more than twenty minutes, a cavalry team of about twenty people approached.
The men rode deer, about twice as small as Lawrence's unicorn.
The Durella are generally shorter, as most of them are farmers, and those who farm are not as tall as hunters and robbers.
Farming is stable, stability can increase the population, there are more people than there is food, no food to eat, no food to eat, no food to eat, short enough.
The hunt is unstable, and those who survive are those who have been eliminated many times.
For example, the Bhumixiu people were eliminated to the point of being wiped out, and it was not Lawrence who was supporting them, and they couldn't survive just relying on women and children.
Then there are people in cold regions who are taller and bigger, and snow cave people are not tall, but they are fatter, and they are more durable, and they have heavy fat.
In terms of deathmatch, the Snow Cave People are no worse than the Vakiri, but the sparse population has decided that they don't want to fight the Wakiri people anymore, and they are generally good at forbearance.
In terms of race and strength alone, the barbarians did crush these Durellas who lived in the coastal areas.
The advantage of the agrarian nation should be the wisdom that has been built and passed down in a stable environment, and the elite corps formed by pooling resources.
But the reality is that these are forgotten by the aristocratic rulers, and whether or not there is a qualified ruler for the farming people will determine whether they are sheep or lions on the steppe.
The knight of the Bartley family stopped at a distance, and soon a young man of thirty came cautiously approaching.
"I'm a member of the Bartley family, Vogel Bartley!"
The man threw his weapon on the ground, walked up to Lawrence, and said, "My father is willing to pay a thousand baskets of grain, thirty boxes of linen, and twenty serfs, and I want you to leave here with these warriors......"
Lawrence said directly: "Yes, I accept your gifts, then I will ship the gifts immediately!" ”
Vogel breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Please wait a moment, I will arrange for someone to transport the grain over immediately." ”
Lawrence began to inspect his ship, and the black unicorn jumped directly from the shore to the large ship four meters away.
The Bartley family began transporting grain to these people from several estates and warehouses.
The grain would not be used for relief, but if the barbarians could be allowed to leave, the Bartley family would be more than willing to accept it.
The sailors of the City of Water jump into the sea and inspect the bottom of each boat underwater.
Lawrence soon counted his injuries.
Due to the collision of the ships, three ships had to repair the bottom and mast of the ship, which took at least one day.
Seeing this, Lawrence was not in a hurry, and rode back to shore.
"I need a map of the coastal area."
Lawrence's words made Vogel look embarrassed.
Lawrence added: "Hand it over, I promise not to attack you again, just three days ago, I attacked the kingdom of Deco in the south, and also destroyed a county of the kingdom of Kocako in the north. ”
"If you can't cherish this hard-won peace, then all you see is fire and sword!"
The barbarian threat was so good that the Bartley family quickly handed over a treasured collection of nautical charts, including the locations and coastlines of more than a dozen kingdoms in the Western Kingdom, and even Lawrence's territory.
Lawrence's vision suddenly broadened, and his understanding of the road and the direction of navigation was deepened.
"Very well, send a message to your king for me."
"The age of ignorance and barbarism is coming to an end, and you can choose your own path in the future, whether to be my enemy or to be my friend."
(End of chapter)