Chapter 226 Diplomacy
Reglo is back, and he brought back a piece of news.
"Master, we walked down the glacier for a day or two and met a group of black goat tribe living by the river. The people there raised black goats." Lawrence had been paying attention to the conditions downstream of the river and went down to explore it himself
. Four or five times, each time a part of the area was explored.
This time Reglo explored further, and sure enough found human traces by the river.
"That's right when you meet people. There should be people living near normal rivers, especially the southern region a day's journey away is definitely more suitable for living than us." Lawrence asked: "How are the people there? How do you say that
? "
Regglo and others showed no signs of fighting. Lawrence judged that those people were not savages who killed everyone on sight.
Reglo replied: "I can't understand their language. They look more like Durila people. After they found us, they brought the animal skins. I gave them salt and iron nails as you ordered."
" After they saw it, they only gave us two sheepskins, and I came back."
Reglo said excitedly: "That tribe only had more than a hundred people, and there were many men. We robbed their sheep and captured them as slaves. Let's have a baby!"
Lawrence thought about this matter. The savages were very murderous, and this area believed in the principle of the weak eating the strong.
Fighting is necessary. Even if you can bring everyone food and clothing, you still need to see some blood to suppress the bloody nature of the people around you.
Fortunately, most of the men here are dead, and the women and children are relatively peaceful. I am slowly educating these people with civilization.
Reglo, like Friesen, still maintains a pure barbarian mentality.
The cognition of barbarians is very simple. They go out to plunder and rob, and bring back a lot of rewards!
"Our enemies are the Valkyries. You know better than me how powerful the Valkyries are. In order to be able to deal with the Valkyries better next year, we need helpers." Lawrence looked at Reglo with a serious expression
. "I'll prepare some gifts. You take two Durila people over to have a look. If we can communicate, bring back someone who can communicate." "
If we can't communicate, just make a simple transaction. I need some black goats. You can improve the breed of sheep, or roosters and pigs."
Reglo nodded: "Yes! I understand."
Lawrence said directly: "Let Friesen and Mandekru go with you to show your sincerity. It's best to bring some deterrence with you."
"Go back and rest first, then set off tomorrow."
"Yes!" Reglo quickly went down to make preparations.
Lawrence was sitting on the sofa in a daze, thinking about the information brought back by Reglo.
Upon seeing this, Salil asked: "What's the problem with this?"
Lawrence replied: "Since last year, Luofen III has stopped attacking the Southern Kingdom. Instead, he has gathered men to attack the Eastern Islands." "
Everyone used to follow him to fight. The Southern Kingdom is because the Southern Kingdom is easy to bully. After breaking up the Southern Kingdom, it will be easier for everyone to capture slaves or rob." "
Now all the places that can be conquered have been occupied by Luofen III and become his territory. Those who live in the territory of Luofen Kingdom Many villages no longer belong to the border area, but are blocked by the territory of Luofen III and unable to get out." "
These people are not fools. They don't want to risk going to the Eastern Islands at all, but they themselves don't want to farm." "
My The plan is to use the speed of sled dogs to approach several manor towns in the south. If necessary, use food and property to buy these people to fight for me." "
Those plains barbarians who have experienced great wars are the real barbarians. They are enough to suppress the ice sea. The barbarians in the area."
The most elite sources of troops in the entire Lofen Kingdom are not in the ice sea area where the Vakiri are located, but in the hills and plains where the climate is more pleasant and more suitable for farming but relatively barren.
The Luofen Kingdom attacked the Southern Kingdom several times, relying on these barbarians who could barely eat enough and wanted to make a lot of money.
Lawrence quickly drew a rough outline of the terrain with tea on the table. "This river should have a curved direction like a fishhook. It flows towards the Western Kingdom, not towards the area of the Lofen Kingdom." "
We want to defeat the Vakiri, in addition to the existing means In addition, it is also very important to get help from the barbarians."
Lathander looked at the "human" shape on the table. The Western Kingdom and the Luofen Kingdom happened to be in two different directions, with a dense forest in the middle. separated by mountains.
"What is Andrew doing? Call him back and let him deal with the Valkyries. Since he wants to fight, let him come back and fight."
Lathander gave a very reliable suggestion.
Lawrence said quickly: "I only know that he is at Red Beard's place. The specific location is not clear, but Red Beard will definitely come here in the spring. I will ask Andrew's location by then." If Andrew comes back, things will be different
. It will be much easier to handle.
There are probably powerful guys on the Valkyrie side. Just looking for witches here always feels unreliable. There is a Berserker that everyone recognizes, and they feel much more at ease when fighting.
At this time, Brielle, who worked as a part-time maid, said: "If anyone can go to Durela, I can write to my father, who is a retired knight." Lawrence thought this proposal was also very good, and
hired Barbarians can't just open their mouths, and it would be nice to have a few more backup roads.
Establishing ties with the West is also necessary, but there are other problems.
"What is the attitude of your church towards other churches?"
Brielle replied: "Morning Church maintains a tolerant attitude towards other faiths, because these people often belong to various cities or a group of people, so unless It's a land and commercial dispute, otherwise there wouldn't be a quarrel."
Lawrence then remembered that the Western Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom were both loose city-state systems.
In an environment without the concept of grand unity, unless it is driven by interests, large-scale religious or secular wars cannot be fought.
Especially now, the mainstream fighting force is still the barbarians led by the Luofen Kingdom. This group of people has just come into contact with outside religions, and at this time, outside religions have not yet inserted their forces here.
This process will take at least hundreds of years, capturing the spiritual beliefs of the Luofen Kingdom through subtle influence.
Lawrence thought for a long time, now it is a racing process.
Originally, I didn't really have that many ideas. I established the Star God Sect just for the sake of my own stability.
But now thinking about the situation outside, if I don't become stronger and have a group of followers who can fight, I will be treated as a piece of cake.
"Go and ask who wants to go back. First ask how many people there are. Our ship in Dumu Village can still be sailed. Ask who can sail the ship."
Lawrence decided to establish contact with the West.
The current Western Kingdom is also in disarray, coupled with the road to wealth for Red Beard and others...
Lawrence suddenly thought of something. If the Valkyries knew that Redbeard had a more secure "fat sheep's nest", where would those people go after losing the gold nugget of the Southern Kingdom?
Will the Valkyries deal with the wizards and witches hiding in the Agama Mountains, or will they rob the Western Kingdom?
Those bandits were not reckless men who really wanted to die. They robbed to get rich, for treasures, women and food. They had no reason to come and fight against a group of mysterious forces because of the count's daughter.
Lawrence found that everything was his own idea. If he wanted to truly confirm the status of the Valkyries, he had to find someone who was familiar with the environment there to ask about the situation.
After Regloo established contact with the Black Goat tribe, he went to the merchants and asked. Those merchants could not only go to one place, and they should also have contact with the Wakiri people.
There are river tribes in the south, forested city-states in the west, the Vakiri in the east, and the Lofen Kingdom in the southeast.
Fortunately, the mountains in the north block most of the road, otherwise I would always feel unsteady on all sides.
(End of chapter)