"You think these lords are afraid of the Kaimen Bandit Group. No, they are afraid of the Kaimen Bandit Group's mysterious appearance. They hit and run, but they can't be caught. But Xiaojiu is different. He has a territory and can run away.
Priest, you can't run away from the monastery. As long as you get our support, unless Xiaojiu is willing to dedicate the entire Mero area to the teacher, he will never complain to the teacher. This is the rule of the game between nobles."
Qatar understood immediately.
"Those lords have actually been eyeing the Mero region for a long time, but they just can't find a reason to take action."
"So we give them a reason!" Watini glanced at Qatar deeply and said nothing.
Qatar sat there thoughtfully, holding the teacup in his hand as he raised it, until the tea tilted and overflowed unknowingly, and he suddenly woke up.
"Sorry! I'm sorry." Qatar said quickly.
Watini waved her hand indifferently and was reading a book by herself. Qatar had already become accustomed to Watini's habit, sitting quietly and calculating the magic model.
From time to time, the two of them would fill up their teacups.
The summer breeze was blowing gently, and a pair of beauties sat opposite each other and studied in a picturesque way.
The border junction between Merlo region and Billy region.
There is only one river between the two places, called Meili River. The river is about ten meters wide and less than two meters deep. The water flow is gentle. In summer, it is hot. From time to time, you can see civilian children living around the river.
Playing in the water.
To the north of the Meili River is Jimmy Town, owned by Baron Jimmy in the Billy region. Jimmy Town is large in scale, with a preliminary estimate of a population of 10,000 to 20,000. It is surrounded by thousands of acres of fertile fields, with greenery as far as the eye can see. The town is filled with smoke and crowds of people.
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Compared with the prosperity of Jimmy Town, the south side of Meili River is completely different.
The south side of the Meili River is connected to a whole rocky beach, which covers an area of hundreds of acres.
Walking several kilometers south from the rocky beach, you can see the land. It is obviously only a few kilometers close to the river bank, but the land is barren beyond imagination. It is obviously land, but there are only a few weeds growing here and there. Not far away
There is also a small forest here.
There are plum trees unique to the Mero region. The plum trees are a new species that evolved after the Mero region was subjected to a magic curse. They are resistant to drought, salt-alkali, and have strong adaptability to the desert environment. There are more than seven trees in the Mero region.
The mature trees are all plum trees.
However, this patch of plum tree forest has been cut down to pieces, leaving only a few smaller plum trees standing strong.
A few hundred meters away from the plum tree forest, there is a small village with hundreds of people. This village is called Mei Yang Village, named after the plum tree forest next to it. Compared to the prosperity of Jimmy Town on the other side of the river, this village looks very rundown.
Many people were half-clothed and had sallow complexions. It was obvious that they were not living a good life, but no one was willing to seek refuge in Jimmy Town on the other side of the river.
The reason is very simple. Baron Jimmy on the other side of the river is a very cruel and harsh lord, and he is very discriminatory towards the people in the Melo area. It is simply impossible to join them and become a citizen of Jimmy Town. Becoming a slave is their only choice.
s Choice.
The most important thing is that they have been slaves for generations with no possibility of turning over, so even if people in the village starve to death every year, they will not go to Jimmy Town.
It doesn't matter if parents become slaves. In order for their children to have enough to eat, many people are still willing to sacrifice themselves for their children. But if their children and grandchildren are to become slaves, many people would rather starve to death.
This is a common characteristic of Merlot people.
They have survived in harsh environments for many years, developing their perseverance and perseverance.
As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters bring out unruly people.
In addition to foraging for food in the fields, the people of Meiyang Village occasionally act as road bandits and bullies.
For example, when the food harvest in Jimmy Town was about to be harvested, he took someone there in the middle of the night and secretly harvested a batch of food.
This has become the largest source of food for the Meiyang villagers. As for Jimmy Town's revenge, they never cared about it. They had arranged for their families to leave before setting off. The pursuit of Jimmy Town was useless once they arrived. Anyway, the village was poor and destitute. Even if
I don't feel bad if I get burned.
On this day, Meiyang villagers fish when they should, hunt when they should, and cultivate the land when they should.
As for the food in the fields, they mainly use poplar cassava, which is a companion product of the plum tree.
Poplar cassava has the excellent characteristics of being thick and easy to grow, easy to cultivate, high yield and can be harvested in all seasons. The only disadvantage is that it must be produced together with plum and poplar trees. If the distance is too far, it cannot absorb the nutrients of plum and poplar trees and cannot survive.
Therefore, the yield of poplar cassava is high, but it relies too much on plum trees, and Meiyang Village has not mastered its planting technology. The nearby plum trees were ruined by villagers' planting experiments.
Today, as usual, Landol went to the plum tree forest to look at the fields, and stood sentry to observe Jimmy Town on the other side of the river. What they were most worried about was not the robbers and bandits, because they were already too poor to rob anything. The only thing they worried about was the army in Jimmy Town.
Come and surround them.
The largest plum tree in the north of the plum tree forest has been there for who knows how many years. Rondore has been standing here since he was a child. My father said that it had been there when they moved here.
Landol climbed up the tree skillfully. He did not look at the surrounding environment immediately. Instead, he fixed the wooden board on the big branch and sat lazily on it, but the next moment he almost jumped up.
He saw groups of soldiers wearing Jimmy Town military uniforms crossing the river. Among them, hundreds of troops had already come ashore and were resting their troops under the command of officers.
"enemy?"
Without any hesitation, Landol slid down a section of the tree trunk, jumped to the nearest branch, and then jumped. The second his feet touched the ground, his body leaned forward, rolled on the ground, and flew towards the village.
Run away.
The whole action was done in one go and took less than five seconds.
"Enemy attack! Jimmy Town has sent troops."
As soon as he entered the village, Landol shouted loudly. Many women who were still holding things immediately threw away the things in their hands, picked up their children and ran away. The men quickly found all the food in the house.
Pack up and get ready to run away.
This series of familiar actions and orderly large-scale movements showed that this was not the first time these people had done this.
Rondore's father pulled him and asked in surprise: "Did you read it wrong? There are still more than half a month before the grain harvest. There is no reason for Jimmy Town to send troops to drive people away?"
Landol said firmly: "I'm absolutely right. When I returned to the village, troops had already crossed the river, and they are probably heading towards the village now."
Simya nodded and began to direct the villagers to speed up the evacuation, and from time to time he would help those who were slower.