In the early morning, Rant walked out of the main tent of the barbarian tribe. To his surprise, several knights and reserve knights got up. Greyhound took a reserve knight to count the various livestock; Roll took a man to meet Walker; Albert began to interrogate the captured Undemon; Greyhound's son and another knight searched for loot next to the tent. .
Everyone will greet Lant with a heartfelt smile when they see him, a smile full of hope.
Lant was also very happy, much happier than when he became Baron (acting). Within a few days of arriving in the other world, he was running for his life every day. Although today we had more hits and fewer hits, we finally saw hope.
In the morning, before the barons moved in, Rant learned the results of the night attack: a total of 38 non-demon people were captured, 2 over 35 years old, 12 non-demon men, 17 women and 7 children. , as well as 12 black-scaled horses, 15 pack animals, and 50 long-haired sheep.
In addition to people and animals, there are 8 carts and 12 tents in the camp, about 10 gold coins, 100 silver coins and more than 200 copper coins, 3 sets of iron armor suitable for intermediate knights, 400 kilograms of grain, 20 kilograms of salt, 20 Kilograms of monster meat, more than 10 spears and knives, some magic cores of monsters, more than 30 animal skins, and several iron pots.
The grain and livestock harvested this time have greatly alleviated Rand's food pressure. However, Rand still has questions about why there are so many black-scaled horses in this camp. According to the number of tents and horses, there should be 10 in this camp. Those who possess demons above human level, where have these demons gone now?
Lant and Albert decided to question two "elderly" prisoners who were over 35 years old. According to the accounts of the two people, there were originally 10 demon-wielding barbarians in this tribe. Half a month ago, the leader of the Gray Goose tribe sent a letter asking the leaders of the surrounding tribes to go to the Gray Goose Alliance.
Because this tribe often participated in the Gray Goose tribe's alliance, they thought that this alliance would be the same as the previous ones, focusing on hunting and business, so the tribal leader took four barbarian cavalry to the alliance, but they walked for several days. , they didn’t hear anything about their leader.
The Gray Goose Tribe and the Brown Bear Tribe are the two largest tribes in the south of the Benma River. The Brown Bear Tribe relies on an iron mine in the west. The tribe is larger in scale, and the leader of the Brown Bear is also stronger in personal strength.
However, the Gray Goose tribe, which relies on salt mines, is more positive about their surroundings than the brown bears.
Relying on the salt mines in the northeastern region, the Gray Goose tribe has regular trade with the human nobles of the Southern Dragon Kingdom, and the Gray Goose uses export trade to control the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes.
Every spring and winter, the Gray Goose Tribe will convene surrounding small and medium-sized tribes for alliances and hunting. Taking advantage of the alliance, the tribes who go to the alliance can obtain a small amount of salt, and can exchange furs and black-scaled horses for salt. , ironware, grain and other inland goods.
The Gray Goose tribe's alliance had lasted for seven years until 996. In the first two years, most of the tribes who came to the alliance were intimidated by the Gray Goose tribe's large number of people, and even feared that the Gray Goose tribe would take the opportunity to eat other tribes.
However, two years later, the small and medium-sized tribes discovered that the Gray Goose Tribe only wanted to buy their black-scaled horses that were just one or two years old. In order to allow them to breed the horses with peace of mind, the Gray Goose Tribe could give them grain, salt, and even food on credit at the meeting. Stallions will be provided during the alliance period.
So in the past two years, the small and medium-sized tribes around the Gray Goose Tribe have become suppliers of black scale horses.
The reproductive period of black scale horses is half a year, and it takes another year to mature after giving birth.
During the alliance three years ago, many tribes watched the horse-trading tribes exchange 5 or 6 black-scaled horses for dozens of long-haired sheep and a winter's worth of food. Soon, the surrounding tribes all came together during the next alliance. Mares and stallions were sent, and old horses were sold, preparing to make a fortune in two years.
This year's winter alliance is officially the day when small and medium-sized tribes take the results of breeding and horse breeding in the past two years to the Gray Goose tribe to sell horses and cash out.
The above information was summarized by Albert from questioning the prisoners.
Lant was greatly shocked after hearing this. He felt that if the leader of the Gray Goose tribe had lived in his own time, he would have been a business wizard. It was not uncommon to rely on salt to eat salt. What was rare was to use the profits from selling salt to bring down the surrounding tribes. Winning over.
Turning a group of nomadic barbarians into a cooperative breeder, and what this leader is really doing is not the breeding business, but in the name of breeding, he allows the entire grassland tribe to help him hoard a large number of horses. With this group of The horses and the barbarians on them gathered together and became a huge cavalry force.
However, Lant still has some problems that he still can't figure out. According to the current trade between Galloping Horse Plains and the Dragon Kingdom, the black scale horses alone are enough to offset the food consumption of the barbarians. So why do the barbarians still attack the Dragon Kingdom? Woolen cloth? What is there that cannot be obtained through trade exchange?
"There really are demon-wielding slaves from the human race." The prisoner answered Lant's question. The only "senior" demon-free slave in the camp who was over 35 years old was named Yohe. He was once the butler of a certain baron in the Dragon Kingdom. , 6 or 7 years ago, the family was robbed by barbarians while doing business.
In this camp, the average non-demon people were newly captured from the human race in the past two years. More than half of the remaining non-demon people were exchanged or purchased in small stocks in the past nine years, so most of the captives They are all humans, and the rest are also the demon-free descendants of humans and barbarians.
Most barbarians have no particular obsession with killing, but the barbarians in the southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains like to rob human demon-embracing people. According to Yohe, the barbarians plundered the human race and kept those without demons as slaves, while those with demons were sold to large camps such as salt mines or iron mines.
His home was attacked by the Gray Goose tribe, and the owner of the house was taken away by the leader of the Gray Goose tribe. The remaining demon-free ones were brought to the alliance meeting and sold to small and medium-sized tribes.
According to Yohe, the barbarian salt mines require a large number of miners, and the non-demon cannot carry out long-term, high-intensity mining. The barbarian demon-supporters themselves do not know how to mine, so every time they attack the dragon, they will rob a large number of demon-supporters. Those who have demons can be sent to the mines, and those who have demons can mine the salt, while those without demons can boil the salt. This is the division of labor in the salt mine.
When Lant heard this, he was really shocked. He thought that the nobles of the Dragon Principality claimed to be demon supporters and lived the life of feudal landlords in the Middle Ages. The entire kingdom had no iron or horses.
The barbarians, on the other hand, appear to be living a primitive tribal life, but are actually a group of high-value-added industrial owners and mine owners who carry out business with swords.
The key is that in the eyes of barbarians, the nobles are actually a group of hard workers. Lant felt that his life of possessing demons was very similar to that of the big animals nearby, but he didn't expect the barbarians to think so too.
This other world is indeed magical enough. Masters were silent and capitalists were in tears.
However, from what Yohe said, Lant also found several key points. First, the main force of these small tribes went to the Gray Goose Tribe. Second, there were a large number of human races among the demon-free people in the tribe. These human races were all invaded by the barbarians. They were captured, which meant that he did not have to worry about the captured barbarian demonless beings causing trouble to him by capturing a new barbarian camp. On the contrary, he would be the savior to save them from the barbarians.
Third, these barbarians kidnapped the human demon-wielding people as slaves, which meant that their cheap father and brother might be working as coolies.
"Albert, fellow knights, based on the information about He just now, maybe we can attack a few more barbarian camps, and maybe we can find my father and brothers." Lant put forward his idea.
"It's a way, but will the Gray Goose Tribe give us such a long time? What if we are encountered by their main force on the Galloping Horse Plains for a long time?" Albert expressed his worries.
"It is indeed possible, but I think it may take a long time. Now that Gray Goose has gathered so many barbarians, they are not going to the south of Cornico Pass for the purpose of doing business.
What they want are Demon Holder slaves. Since all the people in our territory have evacuated, they will go back to rob the Lott Territory. However, there are only dozens of people in the Lott Territory. Can they satisfy Gray Goose's appetite? "
"But further inland, there is the Count's Knights." Rohr expressed his thoughts at this time. "The Count's Knights are not comparable to the knights in Lot's territory. The Count can also summon mages and priests."
"Head-on confrontation is not necessarily necessary," Lant said. "The northwest earldom is so big. If the earls divide their troops and station them, they will be divided and defeated by a large group of barbarians. If they gather together to confront the barbarians, it will give the barbarians a chance to sweep the rear."
How to deal with highly mobile nomadic tribes? The idea of many agricultural kingdoms is to hold on to the city and retreat when the nomadic tribes run out of food. However, in the Dragon Kingdom, the most suitable castle to defend the barbarians is the castle in Lotland.
The castle is located on a tributary of the Galloping River, surrounded by water on three sides, and the castle tower can overlook the Cornico Pass, which can be said to be the best defensive stage.
However, even if the unknown earl lost the best opportunity to send troops due to suspicion and hesitation, Lant did not think that the earl could help defend the Viscount Castle.
Because in history, large-scale barbarian invasions were unable to defend the Lot Castle: the magical turbulence on the Galloping Horse Plains blew directly into the Lot territory with the north wind. In the entire Lot territory, it was difficult for human extraordinary people to exert their full strength. .
Without the blessing of magic, low-level human extraordinary beings cannot defeat ordinary barbarian cavalry.
"The only regret is that I couldn't see the Gray Goose tribe attack Lot Castle with my own eyes, and I couldn't witness the fate of the betrayers." When Lant said this, it seemed as if he had sentenced his relatives to death.
After hearing this, Rohr and Albert also felt chills running down their spines, but they also admitted that the Lot territory now needs to face hundreds of barbarian cavalry alone. Even if Baron Bob has managed well in recent years, at most it will be... Gradually accumulating, and the Gray Goose Tribe is coercing the entire barbarian tribe south of the Benma River to advance and retreat together, I am afraid that Bob's Rote Territory really cannot be saved.
In the afternoon, Lant's two camps finally converged. The excited expressions of the people were full of surprise and admiration. Lant was the first person in several generations of his family to fight into the Galloping Horse Plains and defeat the barbarian tribe. Lant's gains in one battle exceeded those of Huck. business income over the years.
"You are really amazing, Lant." Nila finally felt relieved when she saw Lant. "Master Huck's accumulation in such a year is not as much as yours in one night."
"But we haven't returned safely to the Northwest Earl Territory yet. All the gains now may disappear in one night." Lant knew very well that his action was a big gamble. This victory was only the first round. If we don't return safely, Before Galloping Horse Barony, anything was possible.
"Master, I hope you're fine. I didn't expect you to have such a harvest in one night. It must be Master Huck who is blessing us." Mei Wennan was very excited. In his eyes, Huck, Ryan and Obot were outside. Being kidnapped was like the sky was falling. Although Lant, the youngest in the family, was promoted to a junior knight, Lant was the fourth son of a baron who was stuck in activating his bloodline at the age of 14 and becoming a reserve knight at the age of 18. Such a talent would be difficult to find in the Dragon Kingdom. It can only be regarded as a laggard.
Generally speaking, if you become a reserve knight at the age of 18, it means that this person will be a senior knight at most in the future, and your family will need to invest a lot of resources.
But now, this fourth son with not high potential actually captured a barbarian tribe with the remaining territory. This is something big that could be written into the earldom’s diary. Mei Wennan was so excited that she shed tears.
The joint venture went more smoothly than Lant imagined. According to Albert's request, all newly captured demon-free people, livestock, and finances were Lant's personal property. Lant, as the lord, led his men to defeat the barbarians, but Galloping Horse Everything in the camp originally belonged to Huck Galloping Horse, not to Lant Galloping Horse. As the leader of this battle, Lant Galloping Horse himself had nothing. In this case, all the spoils should be taken first. To rand.
For Lant, the current harvest is to earn himself a population in the knight territory. Although these people are not considered his own people, they can be replaced with several families after returning to the territory in the future.
So the original barbarian leader's big tent became Lant's tent. Johe was temporarily appointed as the housekeeper and studied with Mei Wennan. Now the Demonless One is temporarily managed by Nila.
After the issue of ownership was determined, the first thing Lant did was to celebrate by cooking a sheep. After being on the run for so many days, everyone was eating vegetarian cakes, wild vegetables or wheat porridge. The knights had a great demand for meat and wanted to eat more. Meat, or even more World of Warcraft meat can help you gain combat effectiveness.
Lant also tried on the barbarian iron armor. According to the tradition in the territory, only the family knights who reach the junior knight level will purchase a pair of armor from the territory. It is not even a full body armor, just a leather armor with iron sheets. Now the three-level knights he has obtained The armor set is full body armor, with chain mail lining, adjustable half armor and skirt armor all matching.
Such a set of armor usually costs between 100 and 200 gold coins in the dragon kingdom. If the armor material is good enough to carry runes, the price will be even more expensive. The iron armor on the Galloping Horse Plain comes from the iron mines in the southwest. Excellent quality.
Lant wore one suit himself and asked Rolle and Greyhound to each wear one. They were the two who had the hardest work these days, but they were still flattered to get two sets of iron armor.
Of course, others couldn't ignore it. Lant distributed 20 kilograms of Warcraft meat to several low-level knights and reserve knights.
