Chapter 42: Northerners experiences and initial thoughts on the intelligence system
There is a place in Wilderness Town that is respected by almost everyone. This kind of respect is different from the awe and love that the people of the territory have for the lord, but a kind of gratitude that arises from the heart.
This place is the hospital that James is responsible for. It is only natural that a person who is loved by the townspeople manages a place that is respected by people.
Of course, there must be a share of Allen's contribution to this. The hospital is an institution directly under the Kingdom's cabinet. Allen previously devoted a lot of resources here and gave James almost all the power. The townspeople now have this
Recognition is inseparable from Allen's preference.
At this time, in a certain ward of the hospital, there were two injured northern humans sitting on the bed leaning against the brick wall, eating lunch in front of them.
It was a sick meal, usually provided to patients recovering from serious injuries.
A large piece of honey cake can keep the patient in a good mood, a bowl of broth can give the wounded enough energy to recover from the injury, and a large piece of grilled fish can supplement enough protein.
It's winter now, and Alan doesn't have enough energy and time to do greenhouse work, so there are no green vegetables now.
If it is a warm season, some vegetables will be added to add some dietary fiber.
Yes, of course Allen ordered such a particular menu.
Alex, who had a large piece of muscle torn off his left leg by a warg, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said to his brother with a smile: "Brother, do you think the people here eat like this every day?
You see, Peter, who takes care of us, also has three meals a day. Although there is no meat, he is full, which is much better than ours."
With that said, Alex picked up the broth in front of him, took a few sips, and then lowered his voice and said quietly: "Brother, do you think Chief Gael will take us to stay and serve the king here?"
The other person is Aulai, whose left forearm was completely bitten off by a warg. He is Alex's biological brother.
At this time, he was using his good right hand to carefully hold the spoon and bring the broth in the bowl to his mouth. The depression on his face could not be saved even by honey cake.
Ever since he lost his left arm, Aolai has felt inconvenient everywhere. He even spilled the soup several times. This outstanding hunter in the past was filled with despair. He felt that he might as well die like that. It was so happy.
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He said to his brother in a low voice: "Alex, don't think so much. Didn't you see how many people there are in this place? Didn't you see how prosperous it was when you came? King Allen stayed
What should we do? What’s more, I’m disabled now, what else can I do? Maybe you can still have a chance? I don’t know!”
When it came to the end, Aolai was a little excited. As the eldest brother, he was thinking much more than that. He didn't know what kind of price that guy Gale paid to allow the wounded to receive such preferential treatment here.
You must know that there were nearly fifty wounded people brought back by Allen. At this time, there were forty-two people who survived. The seven people who died had serious internal injuries. When they came, they had a lot of air out and in.
Not even James can do anything for such a wounded person.
This is not the first time that the elder Alai has participated in this kind of hunting. The wargs in the forest and the humans living in the same area are natural enemies. Either you kill me or I kill you. Sometimes, they even want to kill you.
Facing the joint attack of wargs and orcs.
Many injured people did not die in the fight with the enemy, but died from inflamed and smelly wounds. Only less than one-third may survive.
Earlier, some companions who had recovered from their injuries would develop fever and weakness. They would panic, and finally suddenly twitch and die in a coma. At that time, no one knew why.
It wasn't until a sloppy man who called himself a wizard in brown robes taught them how to prepare a potion that this situation disappeared.
After arriving at the hospital in Wilderness Town, Aolai's eyes were opened. Those guys who claimed to be doctors tied him up directly after arranging everything, and they tied him very tightly.
Then, before Aolai could figure out the situation, he handed a glass of extremely spicy liquid to his mouth and motioned for Aolai to drink it.
After drinking it, Aolai instantly felt as if his chest had been tested by fire, and then he fell into a whirlwind.
In his hazy vision, Aolai saw doctors wearing linen shirts using knives to cut off the flesh of his left arm bit by bit. Strangely, the pain from the wound became more and more intense.
Finally, Aolai, whose mind was filled with thoughts of the Lake, fell asleep in the Mimi Lake.
After Olai woke up from the pain of his arm injury again, he looked like this now.
Not only the two brothers Alex and Alai, but all the remaining northerners were surprised by the life of the residents of Wilderness Town. It was different from the shock and envy when they saw the city wall, but the life of the residents here.
The approach is full of incomprehension.
During the few days they lived, they discovered that there were many things here that were different from them.
For example, the clothes worn by the people here are not very good or gorgeous, but they are not shabby and are kept a little tidy, especially now in the winter when there is no need to work in the fields.
And most of them seem to be very fond of cleanliness. It is very common for them to wash their hands and feet after work. There are also special places throughout the town for people to dump dirty water, and the clean water they use can also be found anywhere in the city.
Cellar acquisition.
After dark, these people will not go back to their houses to sleep immediately. Some women, together or with their children, wander around a street specializing in selling various items. Occasionally, some women will bite mothers.
Grit your teeth and buy a piece of candy or something for your distressed child.
Most of the men would gather in the tavern in the city, holding a glass of beer or mead, loudly discussing the day's work, the previous wars, and the gossip of the lord and the mayor.
Of course, not all of them were men here. Several young men from the north met the familiar Deserve, and at Deserve's invitation, each of them drank a glass of mead.
Soon, there were a few regulars in the tavern, but most of the time, they would drink a glass of wine together, and no one laughed at them. Most of the people here were no better than these northern people two or three years ago.
How much stronger are the young people?
Of course, these young people's observations will not be interrupted by drinking.
During their observations, they further discovered that most of the children living in towns did not need to help the adults at home, but went to a place called school to study.
Several of them ran over out of curiosity to see what they were doing, but when they came back they said they didn't understand.
And the thing that shocked them the most happened on their third day here.
It was an extremely cold day. In order to get some drinking money, under the guidance of the tavern owner, they planned to go to the Anduin River to catch two fish.
After all, the tavern is also a government agency, and there is a certain amount of purchases every day, but indiscriminate hunting and killing are never allowed.
Of course, this does not include the fishermen who have opened ponds on the banks of the river and have begun to breed fish. They are the main force in providing large quantities of fish.
When they reached the gate of Wilderness Town, they happened to see thousands of soldiers, led by a crown and three-star flag, running south along the road. It seemed that that direction should be the very ancient road.
The hundreds of galloping cavalry and the nearly a thousand well-armed infantry in the team gave a great shock to several young northerners who were preparing to go fishing.
Of course, this matter must have been arranged by Allen. He did not want to show these northerners his strength. There was no need.
On the morning after his return, he summoned Fatis and asked his military minister to take most of the soldiers to search carefully in the black forest to the south to see if there were any traces of a large number of wargs.
Even if you can't find a large number of enemies, you still need to bring a certain deterrent to the scattered scum.
This is not only for the sake of Till and others who are still exploring the old jungle road, but also for the safety of future project implementation.
Allen didn't want blind wargs to harass the northerners who were working every day.
For this matter, Allen also asked Beorn, who came to discuss business matters, to arrange for one or two tribesmen to follow the troops to clean up those fish that might have slipped through the net.
Allen's friend, the skin-changer Beorn, has been very proud of himself recently. On Raven Ridge in the Lonely Mountain, he personally avenged his kin. After returning from the battlefield, his wife gave birth to a fat girl for him. It can be said that
With both children, you are a winner in life.
When he learned about Allen's needs, he readily agreed. He arranged for the new skin-changer Ogris to cooperate with Fatis to complete the work.
It turned out that due to the defeat of the Orc Legion in Gushan, less than one-fifth of the number was killed by the coalition forces.
With no strength and no leader, they had no choice but to retreat into the tunnels deep in the Misty Mountains. They no longer dared to frequently harass creatures throughout the Misty Mountains as before.
of other categories.
At this time, two hidden families of skin-changers learned about the Battle of Lonely Mountain from the mouths of birds, and then came down from the Misty Mountains and came to join Allen.
Later, Allen introduced the two families to Beorn. They were both skin-changers, so they should have more in common.
Now, there are four families and thirteen skin-changers living in the oak forest to the west of Wilderness Town. Unknowingly, Beorn's tribe has also grown a lot.
When Beorn came this time, he brought a gift to Allen, which was a newly adult hound.
Even Allen, who had never raised a dog in his previous life, recognized the breed of the dog in front of him at a glance. Isn't this a golden retriever? But why is it so big?
The shoulder height is almost one meter, right? The body length must be more than one meter.
There are also those strong muscles, light yellow hair, honest face, intelligent eyes, and the talent of understanding human speech, which are so popular with Allen.
Overjoyed, he named his pet dog after Juan, a divine dog from ancient times, hoping that it would be equally loyal to its owner.
Juan, who had already learned his fate, stretched out his pink tongue without any instructions, licked Allen's outstretched palm, and then squatted in Allen's footsteps, like a loyal man.
Guard.
Allen was very satisfied with Juan and very grateful to Beorn, but Beorn told Allen not to care. This was just a little return of friendship.
Without Allen, his current life would not be possible, let alone such a difficult thing as revenge.
When Beorn came this time, he mainly talked about large-scale honey farming and dairy farming. Kress did a good job in passing on Alan's information to them.
This matter is not difficult for skin-changers. Beorn has extremely rich knowledge in breeding, but he currently lacks a certain amount of manpower.
Beorn hopes that Allen can arrange some animal-friendly residents to help complete this work before tomorrow spring.
Over there in the oak forest, Beorn has cultivated a large garden. If nothing else happens, there will be a certain amount of honey production in the autumn tomorrow.
However, the cycle of cows may be longer. After all, the number of Beorn domesticated is not large, and reproduction takes a certain amount of time.
These requests are nothing to Allen. Jamila, who is sitting next to him, has already recorded the matter. I believe that she will soon select the right personnel to assist the skin-changer in completing these tasks.
After discussing these simple matters, Allen and Beorn talked about another matter.
That is the ability to communicate with animals. Allen wants to use the specialness and concealment of animals to initially build his own intelligence system.
Originally, Allen planned to visit the brown-robed wizard Radagast to see if he could pass on this ability.
It wasn't until I saw Beorn today that I remembered that Beorn also had this ability.
Isn't this just darkness under the light? The relationship between Allen and Radagast is not particularly good, at most they agree with each other.
Allen had no idea whether he would be taught or not, and whether he could be taught.
But Beorn is different. Even if this ability cannot be taught, Beorn's son Grim has expressed his willingness to serve Allen many times.
However, Allen considered that the two families were so close, that Grimm had just reached fifteen years old, and that Marianne was still pregnant, so it was not appropriate to accept his allegiance hastily.
But now the situation has changed to a certain extent. If Beorn agrees, Allen is ready to accept Grim and let the skin-changer be his intelligence chief.
After being plotted by a warg on Old Jungle Road this time, Allen felt that he had a big flaw in intelligence.
There are historical trajectories and general trends. Allen can also rely on his understanding of Middle-earth to speculate and figure out.
But for small-scale short-term intelligence, he was completely blind. He was no longer in the all-out defense posture before. To start developing, he needed to have a certain understanding of the surrounding situation.
Just like a few days ago, there was a group of bloodthirsty wolves not far from his territory, but he had no idea about it.
With such intelligence capabilities, how can we safely let the townspeople go out to develop more villages? Let them die?
So while Alan was thinking, he was extremely envious of the ravens of the Lonely Mountain dwarves. Those birds could not only provide intelligence, but also deliver letters. They were simply the information couriers of Middle-earth.
If you want to build your own intelligence system, in the current environment of Middle-earth, it is not feasible to rely entirely on humans, because the efficiency is too low, but you can rely on animals, especially birds.
They fly very fast and hardly attract the enemy's attention. They can be said to be very suitable intelligence agents.
But there are also problems. One is whether the animals are smart enough to complete this work, and the other is how to communicate with these animals.
All these problems can be solved by Beorn. He can train animals to become extremely smart. He can also understand animals' speech, and even make animals understand human speech.
Of course, besides Beorn, Allen still has other choices. This is a magical world after all.
For example, the dwarves of Lonely Mountain have a language that can communicate with ravens, and Bard, the lord of Riverdale City, also has the ability to understand the thrush. According to records, the more powerful King Thranduin can understand most birds.
class language.
But the dwarves take this aspect very seriously, as it is a racial secret. Bard is already the lord of Riverdale City, not to mention King Thranduin.
Ability like this is generally regarded as a racial secret and will never be spread easily, especially among dwarves.
Allen has always been cautious about these knowledge issues and has never asked his allies to share them. He thinks it is better to exchange.
So after comprehensive consideration, Allen mentioned this matter to Beorn.
The relationship between the skin-changer clan and Wilderness Town is very complicated. They are both allies and guests. Compared to the dwarves and elves, the relationship between the two parties is closer.
Beorn, the leader of the skin-changers, is also a very close friend of Allen. Based on their friendship, Allen felt that mentioning this matter would be too abrupt.
It's just that Beorn's reaction was very strange. He told Allen with a surprised look on his face that Kress, who often visited the oak forest as a guest, had almost learned this ability and was fully qualified for this part of the job.
After hearing the news, Allen was much more surprised than Beorn, but he did not show it too much, but asked Beorn if he could teach this skill to more people.
Beorn scratched his head and said that he needed to choose. Only humans who are recognized by the skin-changer can learn this skill.
Beorn's ability to make such a promise has greatly exceeded Allen's expectations.
Afterwards, the two friends had a hearty drink in the banquet hall. In the afternoon, Beorn said goodbye to Elu and went back to his garden.
Allen did not immediately summon Kress because of Beorn's words. Things went too smoothly, far beyond Allen's expectations.
He hasn't figured out the specific operation method yet. How many animals should be released and how many strongholds should be built in the Misty Mountains? How should Dol Guldur be monitored? Should a reconnaissance team be sent to Mordor to investigate Long's movements?
Allen needs some time to collect his thoughts, and then discuss with Kress how to establish a pro-intelligence agency.