Chapter 138 The mount needs to
play cards all night until early morning.
Lawrence, who had stayed up all night, picked up Sophia, while Saryl woke up the six sleeping prisoners.
Sophia opened her eyes drowsily.
Lawrence said gently: "Go home, you continue to sleep."
Sophia wanted to continue sleeping, but she soon lost sleepiness and got out of Lawrence's arms to walk.
"Go back and sleep." Sophia still liked the big bed at home.
Lawrence led the people towards the door of the tavern.
Doug was still playing cards. When he saw Lawrence was about to leave, he said: "Lawrence, help me make two more sets of cards. I will exchange them with slaves."
Lawrence raised his hand and said, "No problem, I don't want the slaves now. I need some." Salt, give me fifty jars of salt."
"This is simple." Doug smiled and said, "I will send people to Donglim Mountain to bring salt back later. Pickling fish also requires a lot of salt."
Pumi Xiu people have a fixed Salt can be obtained from the salt lake, not on the seaside, but in the mountains to the east.
Pickling vegetables, bacon, and cooking all require a lot of salt, so I go there every once in a while.
This time they brought a lot of loot, including a cabin full of food and cloth, and the food problem of the Pumi Xiu people for more than a year was solved.
Meat still has to be obtained from the mountains or nearby, so enough salt will be prepared.
After completing the transaction, Lawrence returned home with his newly purchased slaves.
Lawrence led the sheep forward, and six slaves pushed the cart behind. On the cart were the gifts from Andrew.
The five boxes weighed 700 to 800 kilograms in total. The two Dom sheep had just run a long distance yesterday, and after a night's rest, they were dragging heavy objects up the mountain. At this time, they were very weak.
Lawrence said: "There are still two sheep missing. We need to buy some mounts."
Salil nodded, "Yes, Nora also needs to rest. If she keeps working, she will fall ill and fall down. Let's find Doug to buy cattle!"
Lawrence was not so optimistic, "It's easy to buy slaves from the Pumixiu people, but it's troublesome to buy livestock. They won't sell those livestock at this time, especially special animals like cattle and Dom sheep." Chickens, sheep, and
pigs That's okay, but not the cattle and Dom sheep. They won't be sold unless they can't survive.
Salil felt that the same was true, "What should we do?"
Lawrence said helplessly: "Let's do this first. When it becomes more convenient to go out in winter, we and Doug will go outside to exchange supplies and see if there are any cattle or sheep in the distant towns. For sale."
Sariel said: "Deer and pigs are also available."
Lawrence felt that it was not that easy.
Livestock in this area are very valuable, and a good mount is ridiculously expensive.
Prices are inherently unstable, and food, livestock, and other things all have their own needs.
The mount can not only speed up the journey, but can also take people away at critical moments.
In this turbulent and barbaric area, the role of mounts has been magnified several times. A good mount can be exchanged for ten beautiful women, even at a slight loss.
The current price of slaves is also low, and this area cannot support a large number of slaves for a long time.
It can be raised now because it has just gained weight. Once it fails twice in a row, the number of slaves will be reduced rapidly.
Lawrence soon became confused.
Good mounts can only be found in big places, such as Telanthoof City.
The northern border is actually not that far from Telandatho City. If you have a mount, you can get there in three days.
But Lawrence didn’t have much money and didn’t want to go back to that place.
"Think about it carefully, the mountain roads here are difficult to walk, and we don't need mounts so much?"
Lawrence quickly convinced himself, "Just buy two Dom sheep. In a few days, I will go to the village to see who owns Dom sheep. She's about to give birth, so book one."
Sofia said happily: "Okay! Give me the lamb, and I will raise the lamb!"
Lawrence and Salil both have mounts, and Sofia also wants one of her mounts, so That’s why I’m so excited.
"No problem." Lawrence agreed readily. The group of people continued walking towards the mountain. Lawrence looked at the six slaves and then at the nearby mountains and forests.
"Sariel, are there any mounts in Delen?"
Saril shook her head, "No, they had raised bears and wild boars before, but those things were out of control. When they grew up, they started to bite and eat people. It's just for killing and eating, not for use as mounts." "
But I heard that the Valkyries can raise large wild boars."
Salil said about the rumors she heard from her father.
Lawrence said speechlessly: "Yes, I know this too."
Tran Big Hoof City is also known as Pig Trotter City, and the main force of barbarians there is the Wild Boar Legion.
The Earl is a noble who belongs to the Kingdom of Luofen. Naturally, he has a close relationship with Tran Big Hoof City. It is not surprising that he has mastered wild boar-related technologies.
Taming wild boars is a skill of the royal family of the Luofen Kingdom. Lawrence is not qualified to observe and knows nothing about it.
Not only is it about technology, there is not much technology to speak of in things like mounts, but the most important thing is variety.
Horses with good pedigrees have always been a status symbol.
The main carrying capacity in the north is still dogs, followed by Dom sheep and cattle, and then people.
Wild boars are for fighting, not for work.
Six slaves were not made to work, and they were exhausted as soon as the cart arrived near the house.
Missionary Kenny saw three nuns in nun uniforms from a distance and ran over quickly.
"Mr. Lawrence, are these three your prisoners?"
Kenny glanced at the three nuns and three other people nearby, all of whom looked like typical Western kingdoms.
The main difference is in their clothing. The appearance and dress of the Western Kingdom are much cleaner than that of the Pumixiu and Ug people.
Lawrence said: "They are trophies brought back from the other side of the sea by the Pumi Xiu people. There are more than a hundred people at the foot of the mountain. These six are my slaves."
Kenny said quickly: "Can you please let them go? Or let them live here with me, and we will find a way to raise the ransom."
Lawrence shook his head, "Not yet, wait until you are free and then negotiate a deal with me, or go back to work after getting candles and honey for me. His hometown, let the people there pay the reward."
Lawrence was not afraid of revenge, nor were the people of Pumixiu, nor the Kingdom of Luofen.
If the Western Kingdom dares to come to retaliate, the barbarians of the Luofen Kingdom will quickly set their sights on this fat sheep that jumps out.
The only people who can keep the barbarians from taking revenge are those who are poorer than them and less afraid of death.
There is none at the moment. There are only snow bears and big fish in the polar ice sea farther north, but no humans.
Lawrence ignored Kenny's anxiety and continued on his way with four women, two men and six slaves.
Kenny couldn't save anyone, but he took the initiative to help push the cart.
When the convoy was delivered near the manor, Kenny took the initiative to come near Lawrence.
"Mr. Lawrence, this lady is a resident of Durila. She is a believer in the Lord of the Morning like me, and is good at making linen clothes." Kenny looked at Lawrence, "I know you are
a kind gentleman, So I told them about your affairs and they are willing to serve you. I hope you will not beat them or give them to those ignorant barbarians."
Lawrence smiled and said: "Okay, I happen to be short of a tailor. In addition, Where are the five of them? What are they good at?"
Kenny quickly introduced the other two men.
One is a driver who can feed and take care of livestock, and the other is a farmer in his thirties with thirty years of working experience.
The names of the three women were too long and I didn’t write them down.
Kenny introduced: "They are good at copying books, documents, and dogmas. They can also clean the house, wash clothes, change candles, patrol the room, and carry bread and wine from the kitchen or wine cellar to the table." Lawrence was silent
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Twenty beautiful women like this could not be exchanged for a big wild boar that could be ridden.
(End of chapter)