110. Placement
The Signings Chamber of Commerce is very efficient.
After the eighteen gold scrolls worth 1,000 gold coins were handed over, more than 7,000 Northland barbarians happily followed Sean. Judging from their expressions, it is not at all obvious that these people have a little consciousness of being slaves, as if they are a group of guys who have come to travel, and many of them even carry wooden sticks and other things in their hands, as if they are in a hurry, so they subconsciously bring out something in their hands.
I couldn't see Sean crying or laughing.
Out of the dilapidated little house, groups of Northland barbarians followed Sean out of his back. The veterans looked at these people who looked like barbarians, and they were naturally happy in their hearts, especially these barbarians didn't seem to resist at all, and almost everyone subconsciously felt that Sean was really amazing, and he was able to make these barbarians obey.
Even Alfred came up and patted Sean on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Commander, there is a set." ”
For the strength of the barbarians, anyone is very convinced. But only Sean knew that these were not barbarians at all, although they looked similar to barbarians, they were a group of Northland barbarians with hard IQs. The Potoloa Kingdom and the active area of the Northland Barbarians are separated by two kingdoms, so it is normal to not know what kind of people the Northland Barbarians are, but it does not mean that other people here in the Setins Oasis will not know what kind of people the Northland Barbarians are.
No one would ever come to the Saltins Oasis to buy a Northland barbarian slave, unless they were bought to be farmers. But how do you look at Sean's team, it doesn't look like a person who came to buy farmers, could it be that this is a new aristocrat who has just obtained a fief and urgently needs to use people to farm? Those mercenary groups that had already secretly put away their fangs became ready to move again, as long as they killed Sean and others, robbed their goods, and then sold the Northland barbarians back to the Setins Chamber of Commerce, this deal was worth doing no matter how you look at it.
Merely. Naturally, they wouldn't be stupid enough to come to Sean for trouble right now. Because this is simply a provocation to the authority of the Secins Chamber of Commerce.
Soon, the Setins Chamber of Commerce sent another attendant to lead Sean and the others to an empty field that had already been prepared.
In fact, the empty space like this will be prepared by the buyer himself, and then after the slave is purchased, the seller will be responsible for sending the slave over, and what will happen next. That's the buyer's business. However, Sean came in a hurry, and he had no foundation, and as soon as he entered the Setins Oasis, he went straight to the Setins Chamber of Commerce, so this vacant land was actually rented from the Setins Chamber of Commerce, and it was a hundred gold coins a day.
Wait until you've settled people here. Sean explained the situation of these Northland barbarians to Alfred, and at the same time took out the last gold exchange scroll, and asked those veterans to go to buy food first, at least to give these Northland barbarians a full meal first. Fortunately, the Harvest Horn Chamber of Commerce, which specializes in grain, has a branch in the Cydins Oasis, so it is easier to purchase grain, otherwise it is really necessary to go to the Harvest Oasis to purchase food. It takes at least three days to go back and forth.
Thirteen oases. Except for the three oases in the middle, which are several kilometers away from each other, the other ten oases are centered on the three oases in the middle and are distributed in an oval shape. They are named after the top ten chambers of commerce. The Oasis of Setins and the Oasis of Harvest are exactly diagonally apart, but the trading capital has special transport routes that connect all thirteen oases and prohibit any unauthorized persons from moving around them.
And the absolute clearance of each transport route also ensures that if there is any emergency, reinforcements can be completed within two days at the latest. Of course, this reinforcement is naturally calculated based on the foot strength of the horses, and if it is converted into human foot strength, it will take at least three to four days.
Soon, the grain was procured back, and the barbarians of the Northland immediately erupted in a burst of excited cheers, and the appearance of their green eyes was simply impossible to look at. However, although there is food, there is no other meat, but the Northland barbarians don't particularly care, they are very happy to cook a big pot of rice, and really experience the meaning of Sean's sentence "Three meals, rice is full".
"Boss, you're such a nice person." A big man smiled heartily as he ate.
As the man said this, the other Northland barbarians also echoed their words, and the scene was quite lively for a while. For these Northland barbarians, being able to eat a full meal is the happiest thing in this world, as for other things, they don't care, and they never think about it, maybe it is because of this that the Northland barbarians will live a particularly relaxed and happy life, but how much sadness is behind this lightness and happiness, then it is not for outsiders to know the way.
"Boss, this position of the chief is not given to you." The big man spoke again, and a bowl of rice was just finished by him, and a few grains of rice on the porcelain bowl were also twisted by him with his fingers, and then put them in his mouth, and there was no waste at all.
Hearing the words of this big man, Sean realized that this big man was actually the head of this tribe. Before, he had always thought that the old man who stopped him in the Chamber of Commerce was the unitary chief, because according to Sean's memory, the unitary chief of the Northland barbarian tribe was generally served by experienced old men, and the so-called experience here was not combat experience, but the experience of finding food on the ice in the northwest.
The continuation of a tribe of Northland barbarians is, to a large extent, a matter of how much food they can find. However, in the ice field, food is indeed very limited, and sometimes they even have to fight with other tribes, of course, they will not be wiped out, as long as the other tribe is willing to surrender, then they will still spare the other party and merge into one tribe, those large Northland barbarian tribes, all come to this.
Despite the hardships of life, they still try to leave food for their children and the elderly, because the former is their future, and if they lose it, the tribe will not be able to continue to pass it on, while the latter are the parents who raised them, and if they didn't have their parents to leave the food, they wouldn't be where they are today.
"Won't you let it go to me?" Sean smiled bitterly.
"There's nothing bad about it, whoever can get food is the one who has the ability, and the person who has the ability is the unitary chief." The big man added another bowl of rice, and said very heartily, "Boss, you are more capable than me." So it's better for you to be the unitary chief. ”
Although this kind of thing is normal. At the beginning, there were players in the game who used food to trick an entire Northland barbarian tribe back, but when this kind of thing really happened in reality, Sean still had some very subtle feelings in his heart. He didn't know how to describe this subtle feeling, but even if he was so cold, his heart was slightly sour, not to mention the veterans and Alfred around him who already knew the customs of the Northland barbarians.
Listening to the big man's words, Alfred pulled Sean aside. Then he said, "What are you going to do with these people?" ”
"What else can I do?" Sean asked rhetorically, "Since they have all been brought out, they are naturally responsible to the end." …… Don't underestimate them, because of the special geography of the ice region, these Northland barbarians living there can adapt to life in almost any environment. Although they are indeed a bit stupid and have to be taught many times to understand the combat instructions, once the training is complete, this is definitely a very useful army. ”
"What about equipment?" Alfred frowned and asked, "And where are you going to cultivate?" There are strict requirements for the size and structure of the army, and tribes like the Northland barbarians simply can't adapt to too complex content. …… With them, we simply will not be able to form sufficient combat strength in a short time. And raising a force is not so simple. ”
After all, Alfred was once the leader of a mercenary group. Although he had never commanded an army, his command experience was somewhat interchangeable. And the time when everyone was seriously injured and then hid to recuperate. Sean also managed to get some military books, Alfred had read them, and even often discussed them with Cecilia, although he was not a qualified commander at present, but his command ability was somewhat good.
"I've already thought about that." Sean patted his chest, and there was a "thump" sound.
Alfred immediately remembered that Sean was planning to sell the Demon Book. If you sell this book, you will indeed have the first military funds, and you can also purchase some armaments at that time, at least temporarily arm all the barbarians in the Northland, it should be no problem. And then, if all goes well, then they should be able to find a first base, and with this base they can complete the initial work of self-sufficiency first, and it is probably possible to do so.
"We've actually been targeted by a lot of people now, but they're just people who can't get along, as long as Cecilia and Sheena don't show up, those who are stronger won't be eyeing us." Sean glanced at the Northland barbarians who were still eating, and then said to Alfred, "This temporary camp was leased to us by the Setins Chamber of Commerce, and as long as we are here, no one will dare to attack us. …… I'm going to sell the Demon Book now, and you guys are here to keep watch, and if all goes well, I'll be back tomorrow morning with my armaments and supplies. ”
"I know."
"Remember, no matter what happens, don't be impulsive." Sean specifically advised, "Although they don't dare to do anything to us, they will challenge us, and this challenge is a two-way street, as long as we don't agree, they will take us." …… No matter what kind of insult you receive, don't pay attention to it, just remember what the other party looks like, and now the capital of trade is not the time for us to be presumptuous. But in the future, there will always be a chance for us to get it all back. ”
"I understand." Alfred smiled a smile that relieved Sean, "After so many years in the village of Cerroda, do you really think that I haven't learned anything, don't worry." ”
"Well, you'd better take this time to think about how you want to develop your Constructed Warriors and Demonic Warriors." Sean lowered his voice and said, "And you have to pay attention to the routes around you that you can leave, and if all goes well, we will leave here tomorrow night while it gets dark." ”
This time, Alfred also nodded heavily, revealing a solemn expression.
……
And at this moment, in a very large building in the legendary oasis.
A man in black and white light leather armor was rummaging through a room, his movements seemed to be a little hurried, and the expression on his face was also a little irritated, obviously in his room, but he did not take off his leather armor at all. He didn't seem to feel the weight of the leather armor on his body at all, just searched for something, until he finally found a fallen portrait in the corner next to the bed.
When he got this portrait, the man's hands were actually a little shaky.
But soon, he couldn't wait to unfold the portrait again, and carefully stared at the person painted on it.
The portrait depicts a girl with long blonde hair, with blue eyes and a small nose, and the corners of the girl's mouth are slightly raised, and she smiles without showing teeth, but the artist has captured the happy look in the girl's eyes very well, and shows it perfectly in this portrait.
If Sean saw this painting, he would definitely be extremely surprised, because the girl in the portrait was clearly Cecilia!
The man slowly raised his head, his eyes already showed a hint of fanaticism, and he let out an excited roar: "Sure enough, it's her!" Sure enough, it was her! (To be continued.) )
PS: Oh, yes! Another update!