The crowd walking through the forest saw the village, a small village that looked like more than twenty households.

Present above the mountain, the houses are low houses piled with stones, most of which are separated by a few meters.

There is not much vegetation around the house, only bare stones.

Lawrence was quick to say, "Get ready for the possibility of fighting, let's go." ”

Lawrence didn't ride a black unicorn, the mountain road was not easy to walk, and riding a black unicorn was too conspicuous.

Sariel and the others followed, and Catherine changed into a loose bearskin coat.

The dogs behind him quickly barked in front of them, and a man came out of the room in front of him, and the man shouted when he saw Lawrence and the others.

As Lawrence approached the village, he saw several men coming out in a panic.

Lawrence walked to find that the men had no weapons in their hands, and that the clothes they were wearing were also rudimentary linen and roughly woven clothing, and that they were generally thin, like refugees.

When Lawrence headed up the hill again, the men quickly retreated and hid in their respective houses.

Lawrence looked at the men suspiciously, and after seeing that they were all hiding in the house, he also gave up the idea of talking.

The languages of the countries are chaotic, and the language of this backcountry is certainly different from the dominant language, and it is difficult to ask for useful information.

There is even the possibility of misinformation.

Sariel asked, "What to do?" Catch them out and ask? ”

Lawrence has already made a rough judgment, and now the top priority is to go to Flying Fish City as soon as possible.

Flying Fish City is where the last landing was, and Andrew and the others will be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

"Look over this mountain, the road here should lead to that way."

Lawrence soon passed through the village, where the road was not easy to follow, and some of the steps were made of ordinary stones.

Delenn was wary of the surrounding houses, covering the crowd and a pack of dogs as they passed.

A dozen dogs were led by Brick like a flock of sheep, and each team of sled dogs shared a forked leash that they were wrapped around as they walked along the mountain road.

Lawrence didn't simply follow the path he had trodden on, but soon walked past snow-covered rocks towards the northern forest.

The last time I passed through the forest, I discovered the territory of the blonde Mercia.

This time, Lawrence walked through the forest and found that at the foot of the mountain, there was a wide river to the southwest.

Sariel looked left and right.

"Lawrence, where are we now? I can't tell the direction anymore. ”

Lawrence gave a surprised look, "Are you still remembering the direction?" It's amazing. ”

Lawrence quickly replied, "We should be facing west, due west." ”

Sariel was thinking about it, and so were Delen and Sophia next to her.

"Master, didn't we face north when we went up the hill just now? How is it facing the West now? ”

Lawrence continued, "The road turns, and we don't go in a straight line. ”

"Watch your step, we're going to take a shortcut down the mountain, Brick, you let go of the dogs and let them follow us on their own."

The road down the hill was not easy, so Lawrence crouched down and held himself down the hill.

At this time, Delenn said, "I can make a way down." ”

With earth and rock control, Delenn has learned to make various models, and he has become more and more comfortable with construction.

"There's no need, it's not too steep, I've seen the road I've walked last year, and now I'm going to that road," Lawrence said. ”

The people facing the west quickly continued to walk down the mountain, going around and around, and soon reached the port of Flying Fish through the previous road.

Sariel still didn't know which direction she was facing.

"Lawrence, where are we facing now?"

Lawrence didn't bother to answer such a question, and five or six hundred people gathered in the Flying Fish Harbor ahead.

These people, both men and women, lived in makeshift wooden houses built by Andrew and others.

Because of the existence of the sled dogs, these people discovered Lawrence and the others in advance from the reminder of the dog's barking.

A man riding a deer came from the village and stopped twenty meters from Lawrence.

Lawrence looked at the man in his thirties, who looked like a knight of the nobility, and although his body was not as strong and tall as Andrew's, he was also strong and powerful.

He was dressed in leather armor and a cape, with curly black hair, a rolled-edge sheepskin hat with a white feather stuck in it, and a triangular three-sided mustache on his face.

The man was quick to speak to Lawrence in the Kogicoc language.

Seeing that Lawrence didn't react, he greeted him in the language of the Hokuriku Kingdom.

Lawrence said, "Will you speak to me?" ”

Alekmu quickly descended from the deer and bowed politely to Lawrence.

"Of course, I'm Alikmu White Gull, from the White Gull family in the Io Kingdom."

Lawrence looked at the polite nobleman, thinking about the general news of the Kingdom of Io.

With a large amount of inland land, rivers and inland sea ports, the Kingdom of Io is a rich and powerful inland kingdom, and it is also an old power with many ancient legends.

"What are you doing here? Did you know this is my territory? ”

Lawrence looked at the older man calmly.

Alekmu bowed again, and took off his hat and held it in his hand.

"Yes, Great Prophet, I know that this is already your domain, so I have been waiting here since the fall, hoping to serve you."

Catherine approached Lawrence and said in Chinese, "He has a thin wizarding blood in him. ”

Lawrence looked at Alecmu, "Your family is an upper-class nobleman in the Io Kingdom?" ”

Alikmu explained: "Yes, but I am just an idler in the family without inheritance, and I only brought a deer and a body. ”

Lawrence looked at the camp behind Alecmu, "Okay, I just need some people, let me see what you've done during this time." ”

Alekmu was very calm, "Yes, lord. ”

After answering, Alekmu straightened up and introduced the place with a calm face.

"The potatoes sent last year solved the food problem here, and I kept some potatoes for planting in the spring."

Lawrence quickly made his way to the camp.

The houses here are all ice sea style houses, judging from the scale and traces, they are all the handiwork of those people before, and have nothing to do with Alecmu.

There is certainly no education, and neither is there a technology upgrade.

What Alikmu did was distribute food, instruct people to pick up branches for the winter, and then watch these people not run away and cause trouble.

This skill is already very good in this era, at least it doesn't make the people here rebel against their new lord.

Lawrence didn't plan to do anything either, and quickly counted the approximate number of people with his eyes.

The actual number of people was six or seven hundred, a little more than just estimated, and they were basically peasants and mountain people.

Because of the relationship between the potatoes sent by the people before, and the fact that he did not rob ordinary people when he attacked the blonde Mercia before, the people here don't mind changing to a benevolent master.

On the afternoon of the second day of Lawrence's arrival, Andrew and the others' fleet arrived at Flying Fish Harbor.

Durand looked at the man standing at the end of the river, looking closely at the other man's appearance and the black unicorn beneath him.

"Prophet! When did you get ahead of us? ”

Durand jumped off the big boat before he could get ashore, stood up and quickly got down on one knee in front of Lawrence.

Lawrence replied, "I found a way in the mountains, but I can only walk in winter, and I can't sail." ”

The northern roads were only suitable for Lawrence and a few people, and the outing required ships capable of carrying large numbers of people and goods.

"Let everyone come down and rest, and if there is a problem with the ship, repair it seriously and put everyone down."

"Yes, Prophet!"

Durand was just the guy on Steadle's side who came to help, but he also did what Lawrence commanded.

Andrew, Grace, Fryce, Crete, Duland, Rodney, Beoff.

Lawrence stood in the distance and watched as the people in the territory brought down all kinds of tools, farm tools and goods, this time not only the warriors, but also the Kogicos who had been taken from here last time.

The blonde Mercia died, but the Kocako nobles and people survived and adapted to life in the North.

Now that they have returned to their homeland, these people have changed their identities, believers in the Church of the Stars, serfs under the wings of the Raven Feather Prophet.

The 100 domesticated Kocako people quickly picked their own team members and began to form a one-on-two three.

These people are also from a production team and will help when something happens.

It can be a trio, a fifteen-person squad, a hundred-person squad, or a three-hundred-person squad.

The advanced organizational efforts quickly pacified the restless Kogicos in the vicinity, and quickly informed them of what to do this year, as well as the continued promotion of the greatness of the Star Church and the Ravenfeather Prophet.

Lawrence was relieved after Andrew and the others arrived, and began to hold a simple banquet to set up the arrangements for the next half month.

"Notify the surroundings of my presence, then hunt down the dangerous animals and bandits around and build new houses and warehouses."

"Wait for the cold winds of winter to subside a little and set off to avoid the turbulence of spring and winter."

"I will take this time to inform the people of the Durella and the Decor Kingdom to prevent you from having trouble with them on the road."

His generals had no problem with Lawrence's arrangement, and they were all very convinced of Lawrence's command.

Even if there is a problem, there is no problem, it is definitely not that there is a problem with the command of the prophet, but that everyone's strength is not strong enough.

After these people were okay, Lawrence looked at Alekmu, who was silent.

"What nobles are there in the Kingdom of Io?"

Alekmu stood up.

Lawrence said, "Just sit down and talk, we don't have that many messy rules. ”

Alikmu sat down and introduced the nobility of the Io Kingdom.

There are five great nobles in the Kingdom of Io, which are divided into the Bear Family, the Snake Family, the Bird Family, the Fish Family, and the Lizard Family according to their surnames.

The Kuma family is the king, has military and law and order rights, and regularly convenes a noble council to discuss various matters.

Compromising with the Ice Sea Barbarians was the last decision of the Noble Council.

The Snake Family is a businessman and gangster who operates slave trades, brothels and other establishments, and is also responsible for collecting taxes from the Xiong family.

The Bird family was the spokesperson of the clerical aristocracy between the monastery and the aristocracy, and was active in the Kuma and Fish families, as well as the role of diplomatic staff, running taverns and bakeries.

The Yujia is a port power, in charge of the roads of the river and seaport, and operates commerce.

The Lizards are the spokesmen of the military aristocracy, such as cavalry and infantry, and are in charge of most of the military of the Io Kingdom, defending the frontiers, suppressing rebellions, operating livestock and blacksmith facilities, and trading slaves.

Lawrence suddenly felt that his forces would also be divided into small groups in the near future.

Where there are people, there will be these things, and the military aristocracy at the front and the petty nobility at the rear will definitely split.

Merchant, scholar, thug, craftsman, farmer, navigator...... Willing or not, these people will pile up a mountain.

However, these are still a long time later, Lawrence quickly put this matter on hold, and at this time, of course, he hopes that the more talents he has, the better!!

There are few seedlings, where are they willing to suppress them. (End of chapter)