Feilengcui originally had no road, but after being stepped on too many times, it became a road. - Liu Zhencheng said.
The north wind blew over with its cry, and the temperature dropped sharply overnight.
The sky is still the same clear blue, and the bamboo forest in front of the high red slope is still the same lush green.
But it's so cold.
The herdsmen of the vassal tribe were waving loud whips and driving the herds back. The winter snow was coming soon. This was the last chance for the herds to gain weight.
There were several accidents during this period. Two groups of trench rainbow hedgehogs went out to graze, each bringing dozens of fat antelopes with them. Once they went out, they never came back.
The wilderness was so big that after organizing several large-scale searches, the bodies of the killed hedgehog herders and part of the bones and fur of the fat antelope were found in the berry bushes more than a hundred miles away.
According to Knight Vieri's estimation, the remaining beasts should have been kidnapped by the wasteland bandits.
The robbers in the wasteland all live day by day. They don't bother to know about the changes in seasons and the concept of time, and there is no need to know.
Generally speaking, they will not remember that winter has arrived until the cold comes.
Every winter, there are hungry bandits and robbers in the wilderness. They pass by the frozen ice of the Sanggan River and rush into the hinterland of the Behemoth Kingdom. They risk being destroyed by the regular army to plunder food. When the cold falls,
At this time, the fighting spirit of the robbers will be particularly high. They will never let go of any object that can be robbed.
In response to this situation, Liu Zhancheng strictly ordered the herdsmen to graze their livestock before the snowfall, and were not allowed to exceed the fifty-mile radius of the red soil high slope.
Regarding the encirclement and suppression of the two remaining bandit tribes within a radius of 200 meters - the White-headed Crow Savage Tribe and the Razorback Hill Goblin Tribe, a formal memorandum was also written, aiming to resolve them all within a week.
What Liu Zhancheng has been thinking about is how to deal with the prisoners. He still lacks a compromise solution to solve the problem of banditry that is not extinguished by wildfires and springs up again by the spring breeze. Beside the bamboo forest in front of the red clay slope, under a huge hill, a group of slaves
They were digging the cellar with a bang, and kept carrying the neatly arranged withered grass inside; because that would be their home. The breath exhaled by every slave was white, and the soil was hard.
The Danube Wilderness was so desolate that Liu Zhenzhen had already removed the original sentry guarding them at night, just hoping that a few of them would run away and reduce the number of people eating.
It is a pity that none of these slaves are willing to escape. Facing the cruel winter, without weapons and stored food, escaping means death. Feilengcui has an unwritten rule that even slaves are prohibited from depriving them of their land.
Food rations. Beat, scold and insult at will.
When Liu Zhencheng was a child, he was afraid of hunger.
This regulation also strengthened the determination of bugbear slaves and ogre slaves to stay here and not leave.
A group of militiamen and lords with colorful hair, bare arms, sat in front of the bamboo forest and drank. The wine was fragrant Hobbit Rum, and the appetizer was ginseng potatoes freshly roasted over charcoal.
These ginseng potatoes were discovered by the halfling cook in the bamboo forest. Soon after the bamboo forest was planted, there were many guinea pig burrows in it. The guinea pigs in the wasteland seemed to like this dense bamboo forest that sheltered them from the wind and rain and the fresh and tender vegetables.
There are many bamboo roots. Recently, many children have nothing to do and spend all day digging out rat nests in the bamboo forest.
Guoguo is a master at digging out rat nests. He can squeeze his way into the rat hole and come out holding the guinea pig's tail, a lively one.
Guinea pig meat is very delicious, much more tender than guinea pig meat. A guinea pig weighs half a pound. The beige fat peeled off can be boiled to make lamp oil. It is not as irritating to the eyes as resin and other animal oils, and it is also attractive.
The scent of wax.
Ginseng and potatoes are the favorite food of these guinea pigs. They excrete the seeds of ginseng and potatoes in their feces, and let these ginseng and potatoes make their home in the bamboo forest with them.
The stems of these ginseng potatoes are a bit bitter and only guinea pigs like to eat them.
The ginseng potato is very small, only as big as a sparrow egg. A large bunch can grow on a root like a grape. It tastes a bit bitter when eaten raw. Behemoth herdsmen usually dig it out and feed it to the squid when there is no pasture.
.The clever hobbit halfling cook peeled it, crushed it, baked it over a low fire, and made it into bread. The taste was okay, but it was a little troublesome.
The lord created two simple cooking methods. He grilled the ginseng potatoes over charcoal until they were slightly charred, and then he tore open the skin and found strips of orange golden threads inside. The taste was waxy and fragrant.
It's as delicious as honey, and Vieri the Ursine eats it with a smile on his face.
The lord can also grind the wild ginseng and potatoes used by the Behemoth herdsmen to feed their livestock into white juice, then boil it and mix it with a little propolis candy, a specialty of the Bear tribe brought by the Vieri knight, to make it taste better.
Just like goat's milk, there is no fishy smell. Sugar is a very expensive condiment that has always been enjoyed only by nobles. The people were a little touched by the generosity of the master.
Knight Gotani originally adhered to the principles of the nobility, so naturally she was very disdainful of the ginseng potatoes used to feed livestock. At the same time, she also expressed even greater disdain for the lord who gave the ginseng potatoes to his people. However, he made a mistake once.
After tasting the deliciousness of ginseng and potato syrup, the female swan knight also began to secretly drink this delicious drink.
After a period of time, she found that her skin became much smoother, and from then on she began to drink it openly with Master Helen.
I have to share the joys and sorrows with Lady Helen. Knight Gotani found a reason for herself to continue drinking ginseng and potato syrup.
Now the people of Feilengcui, including the slaves, have developed a blind worship mentality towards their lord. This also includes the three boss ladies and even the mentor Cui Beiqian. It seems that everyone has an illusion.
As long as the lord is here, any impossible thing is possible.
Beside the bamboo forest were a row of large dumbbells made of stone, and wooden poles tied with five thick vines. The wear marks on them were clear. A group of militiamen were huffing and puffing, their noses were full of snot, and they were naked and tough.
His upper body was covered in hot sweat. Liu Zhencheng was lying on the bamboo easy chair with his feet on Kalu's shoulders. Kalu had a flattering smile on his face and was helping him squeeze his legs with all his strength.
The red soil bamboo shoots cover up the shadow of the setting sun, and in the distance there is a dim whirlpool between the sky and the earth, rolling up the weeds one after another.
Recently, in the human country of Dolot, there are often some armed guards riding tall horses, coming from the southern part of the wasteland and heading to Witherspoon in the north to welcome the human merchants there to return home. Because there is one of the most important festivals for humans in winter -
- Jostre Festival, this festival is as important to human beings as the Christmas Day of Beamon. Most human merchants will return to their country at this time, taking all their profits for the year with them, and then preparing the goods for the coming year.
Since the first snowfall, the number of businessmen coming and going has gradually increased, and the red soil high slopes will receive a group of travelers every one or two days.
Although there are no bridges on the broad Sanggan River, the lord's water-avoiding beads are really powerful. Once they enter the water, they can forcibly open a dry road within a radius of five blades. Compared with the troublesome rattan boat, they can cross the river faster.
It’s really much more convenient and faster.
The generosity of human beings dazzled Liu Shocking's eyes. The chain armor and steel swords on those ordinary knights made him, a lord who lives in the Behemoth Kingdom where steel is scarce, couldn't help but salivate. These rich humans, even the armor of war horses
They all had chain mail hanging around their necks.
Liu Zhenshao originally thought that these were the famous human heavy cavalry, but after listening to Vieri's introduction, he realized that these people were just rangers. The mount armor of the human heavy cavalry would be conjoined plate armor. Except for the four hooves, the whole body
Up and down is a moving steel fortress.
How could Liu Zhenshao pass up this opportunity to extort money?
The human merchants and the mercenary rangers who protected them expressed strong dissatisfaction with the toll station that suddenly appeared on the south bank of the Sanggan River, especially because the price was so expensive - Feileng Cui tolls were floating and there was no clear price.
It depends on how many followers and how wealthy these humans are.
As long as you give money, you have the right to be dissatisfied and complain. This is Liu Zhancheng's purpose.
The division of labor at Feilengcui Ferry is very clear. The lord is responsible for negotiation, and the two Feilengcui proprietresses Ningyu and Avril are responsible for collecting money. In addition, some strong men from the vassal tribe and mastiffs from the militia are shouting at the side.
Liu Zhenzhen felt that apart from the vassals and mastiffs who were fairly good-looking and could hold up the scene at the toll station among the militiamen, if the other militiamen were left at the toll station, this regular Behemoth Territory toll station would transform into a moving road.
A tent built by bandits.
The appearance of the militiamen is generally too violent. During this period of rigorous physical training, these militiamen have been transformed. The logs used by the Mammoth Warriors for bench presses have changed from the earliest four logs to ten; the total weight has been
It has reached a terrifying five tons. The hippopotamus poets who used to have fat bellies now have all their abdominal muscles in blocks. A half-armed log will break with just one leg. As for the pandas, not to mention,
The dark circles under their eyes were dyed white one by one, and the evil spirit in their eyes was not concealed, and "swish" came out. In addition, they liked to chew wildly with a piece of bamboo, which made their appearance even more ferocious.
The toll station on the bank of the Sanggan River was blocked by a dense bamboo forest. If something happened, you could just rush over and do it. Therefore, Liu Zhancheng strictly prohibited these big militiamen from showing up casually to avoid scaring others.
Now Lao Liu has nothing to do but train them hard every day. He does squats, lifts weights, presses ligaments, boxing, and long-distance running with heavy weights to prevent them from being exhausted until they are half dead. Then he takes a bath, drinks, sings, and goes back to the cave to sleep.
Human businessmen are generally quite polite, but there are also some short-sighted 250, who shamelessly want to tease two stunning beauties, but they calm down quickly - the mastiffs will make them fall into the Sanggan River in one fell swoop.
Sober up in the cold river water.
In the territory of the Behemoth Kingdom, no human being has the courage to fight with a group of noble lords' exclusive warriors.
The main reason is that Vieri is always hanging around with a big ax on his back. After the bear-man got a black eye, he looked like a panda with the Aegean logo, but he looked a little rougher, especially the long-handled ax with the wheel fan.
, to the human body, it is much more like a shield than an axe.
Protests are inevitable, and some human businessmen have vowed to complain to the Witherspoon Noble Oversight Council when they come back next year.
Cui Beixian never dreamed that her disciple would be such a black-hearted person, and for a while she regretted telling him to build a ferry to collect tolls.
Liu Zhenzhen has been studying the laws of Behemoth very thoroughly these days. This is a common feature of many criminals or people with serious criminal tendencies.
"Within the territory, the lord has the right to levy appropriate taxes. If you feel that the taxes are unbearable, you can choose another way to return home. The radius of five hundred miles south of the Sanggan River is within the scope of Feilengcui. You can choose to return to Sanggan
Land five hundred miles downstream of the river, and then return to your homeland." The cunning smile on Lord Pig's face made the human traders feel depressed for a while.
How is it possible to go downstream to land? How long does it take to walk 500 miles? The merchants have finished complaining, but they still have to pay. Liu Zhancheng’s old acquaintance, Boss Roger, also returned from here a few days ago, feeling very proud.
Rogge was brutally stabbed by Liu Zhancheng, and he obediently handed over the jade pendant he wore last time in exchange for money to buy the trip.
"Our Behemoth tolls are different from your human weights and measures. I forgot to tell you." Liu Zhencheng patted Boss Luo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The price will increase next time I come back.
Remember to bring enough gold coins."
Rogge was very angry at that time, his fat body was trembling, and he wanted to curse.
A huge panda man with a cold expression, carrying a cartwheel ax on his back, emerged silently from behind the smiling Lord Pig. Rogge immediately thought of the guy who was pinched by the panda warrior until his eyes turned white.
, the panda in front of me is one size bigger, and its palms look like windmills.
Luo Ge immediately swallowed the curse in his throat alive.
Liu Zhenzhen looked at the intoxicating beauty and desolation in front of him, and drained the wine in his glass in one gulp.
The Kunque sentry on the arrow tower on the top of the red clay slope blew a bugle made of ground conch shells. The desolate horn brought Liu's shocked thoughts back to reality.
The red clay slope is forty blades high, coupled with the five-blade high arrow tower, even though the Kunkel skunks are short in stature, it ensures that the red clay slope can be seen within a radius of fifty miles. The militiamen also lost their sights.
After taking down the wine glass, he stretched his neck and looked into the distance, everyone was gearing up. "Hey...it looks like another fat sheep has come to the door!" Liu Zhenzhen jumped up from the easy chair.