Chapter 228 Inner Saint and Outer King
Friesen and others gathered at the riverside outside the manor, carrying items one by one onto the sled.
The sled dogs under Brick's command are responsible for pulling the cart. These sled dogs are larger, eat more, and are much stronger than traditional guard dogs. Their endurance is three to four times stronger than that of Dom sheep.
After hearing Lawrence's trade request, Friesen's fat and fierce face was full of disbelief.
"Prophet, why don't you just steal their things? Capture them all and make them slaves!"
Lawrence explained: "I still want to continue doing business with them, and I also need them to continuously provide a variety of goods."
Salil Standing nearby, he interjected: "Then if we capture them and make them our slaves, wouldn't they work faster?"
Lawrence looked stunned.
Normally, catching others as slaves will make others resist, and will also produce hatred and revenge.
If you let them work at this time, these people will only be very resistant, and their production efficiency will be very low, which may easily cause instability.
But that’s not the case here at the estate.
Here in the manor, the living conditions are much better than outside. Many people who join here like it very much, and their work efficiency is much better than when they are alone.
Lawrence pondered the question.
I have always disliked the use of violence.
The few instances where violence was used were due to being forced into helplessness, or because one would be in an unfavorable passive situation if one did not strike first.
But now the tribe downstream of the river is still in a very backward primitive state. It is just a group of peasants who have escaped from the labor of the kingdom's nobles.
If these people do not conquer themselves, they themselves will give birth to rulers, or they will be conquered by other rulers.
To fight or not to fight?
"Let me think about it, you continue to load the goods, I need to ask God whether this is the right thing to do."
Lawrence comforted the others, whether it was Friesen, Reglo and Manderkru, or the teenagers in the manor. Humans and Durila people are very aggressive.
In the traditional consciousness of barbarians, plunder is the most just thing. It is not a forced choice, but something that the strong should do.
Just like robbers who want to get rich, some people want to make money in a long time, and some people just want to make a one-time deal.
Everyone in the manor looked at Lawrence, curious about how Lawrence would communicate with the gods.
Salil and others knew that Lawrence must be talking nonsense, but they were still curious about what Lawrence would say.
Lawrence, who was watched by everyone, walked towards the church, quietly thinking about the future alone.
Redbeard now has a territory. It can be seen from the last time he came to trade that he only brought fish and salt. He also needs population development.
Most of the slaves provided by Pig Trotter City are women or thin and old men.
Strong men could stay in the manor to breed and do farm work, while smart craftsmen could also build houses for the manor owner and do things that required skills.
With the cessation of the war, the main source of slave trade came from bankrupt farmers, villages that were looted by thieves, or serfs raised in manors.
Farmers in the city-state did not know the methods of contraception. As the number of people in the family increased, some people would be sent to be apprentices to craftsmen such as blacksmiths, bakeries, and leather shops. They were basically slaves.
It is basically impossible to obtain slaves through legitimate means.
In the past, I was waiting for others to sell slaves, or waiting for others to come over after misfortune happened.
Nothing good like this will happen again in the future.
plunder?
Do you want to go outside and plunder?
Is this an invasion? Lawrence was very entangled, and he had repeatedly taught the barbarians to be civilized, unite and be friendly, and to resist the invaders.
Taking the initiative to attack a village that has no hatred towards oneself is definitely unjust.
But if we don't expand outward, how many years will it take to wait for the children in the manor to grow up?
Will the Valkyries allow themselves to develop peacefully?
There are also outside wizards and churches. Will they allow themselves to develop peacefully?
The wizard's power is indeed very strong, but if there are more soldiers, it is not invincible.
Whether it's the witchcraft of Kohalan or the witchcraft of Lathander or Delenn, you can win through numbers and strategy.
The tribes and city-states outside have been slowly moving in place.
For example, the nobles outside clearly have endless amounts of food, but they never let the farmers in their territories have enough to eat.
Because the nobles here clearly understand that if the peasants are overfed, they will have the strength to hold on to their weapons.
Let them not have enough to eat, let them use only wooden farm tools, let them do nothing but work every day, and don't let them be lazy.
This is true for nobles. As long as they can eat enough, they will not consider technology and agriculture.
Only when we find something profitable will we invest in science and technology and move forward.
Lawrence struggled repeatedly for a long time and finally broke the shackles of his thoughts.
Since we understand that this era is a barbaric era, and we have long known that we are surrounded by a group of people with bandit mentality, we should know whose era this is.
Looting cannot be contained unless one can provide a harvest richer than the looting.
However, the current output in the mountains and forests is obviously not enough. If you want to develop faster and make achievements in your lifetime, you must participate in the war.
I don’t have a big territory to inherit. If I don’t go to conquer the world, why should I wait for others to give me territory?
Besides, our ancestors were all robbers, and no one is naturally just.
If it were a big country, of course I would like everyone to maintain peace, but this place is not that kind of civilized world now. It is equivalent to the era of the Warring States Period, when nobles would annex territories and use various conflicts to annex and expand.
Whoever has strong soldiers and horses is the king!
Friesen and others were impatient to wait, and were about to go over to ask when they saw Lawrence walking out with a solemn look on his face.
Seeing Lawrence's face, everyone quietly waited for God's will.
"Tell them that if they don't want to surrender to me, then I will lead the army to conquer them!!"
Lawrence looked at Friesen and Reglo, "If we can communicate, bring someone back and let him go to the town to pay homage to me. The greatness!"
"If you can't communicate, then come back after the transaction, and I will take you there myself next time!"
Lawrence decided to conquer that tribe.
Rather than establishing trade relations, only by controlling the tribe more accurately and letting the tribe invest in construction and production according to its own orders can it become stronger as quickly as possible.
Of course they are unwilling to cooperate and may even engage in assassination.
Lawrence is responsible for himself, his family, and the future of these people in the manor.
In this barbaric era, you can talk about being civilized and polite, but you must have a strong consciousness in your heart.
After becoming a lord, one should not be benevolent towards outside forces.
"Inner Saint and Outer King!"
(End of Chapter)