Chapter 68

"Sir, we used to live in the mountains of the chebman family territory. We usually rely on hunting for a living and exchange animal skins and herbs for living materials from the chebman village."

"Three years ago, more and more free people poured into the chebman territory, and we took in some of them. Later, we were expelled by the chebman family and had to live in your territory."

In the barracks of the hill camp, an old mountain man answered Victor's questions respectfully.

As soon as the temporary camp was over, Victor took Lilia, Linda and several village leaders back to the barracks of the hill camp and summoned the old mountain man named Quint.

"When the chebman family guards drove you away, did you open up wasteland in the mountains?" Victor asked the old mountaineer that this question was crucial.

"Yes, sir, we take in more and more people. We can't feed everyone by hunting. Those newcomers began to farm." The old mountain man replied with some surprise.

Victor nodded. Reclamation was the reason why the mountain people were expelled by the chebman family.

It can be imagined that the terrain in the mountain area is complex, there are many beasts, and human survival is not easy, but the products in the mountain area are also very rich. All kinds of animal skins, game, precious medicinal materials and delicious fungi are used by the mountain people to exchange cheap survival materials with the chebman family, which makes huge profits. Therefore, the chebman family will allow these tough mountain people to live in the mountains.

The mountain people can't start farming! Because food is the chebman family's means of controlling these mountain people. Once these mountain people achieve self-sufficiency, it means that the chebman family has lost control of the mountains, and these mountain people will grow up, which the Lords cannot tolerate.

Originally, although the mountain people were tough, they couldn't farm, but now they obviously have learned to farm. Therefore, the chebman family simply drove them away so that they would not become a scourge of the territory in the future.

For the Lord, the uncontrolled power in the territory is a disaster. Victor has such a disaster!

"Quint, after you return to the temporary residence, tell the mountain people in the residence that I intend to set up a hunting team to hunt wild boars in the territory. The candidates are you mountain people. Therefore, you don't have to worry about being excluded. Now you can go back."

Wild boars in the territory have become rampant. These greedy animals don't avoid meat and vegetables. They not only eat purple sugarcane, but also arch out the roots of purple sugarcane. How can they bear it!

"Yes, my Lord, I'll go back now." The old mountain people showed a relaxed smile. They can't do farm work, but they are good at hunting.

After Quint left, Lilia asked Victor suspiciously, "Sir, why did you drive away all the young mountain people today?"

Linda and several village leaders also looked at Victor one after another. This question was also what they wanted to ask.

"The gap between those mountain people and ordinary farmers is too big. Keeping them will only become a trouble for the station. It's easier to drive them away." Replied Victor with a smile.

The difference between mountain people and farmers is that a rebellious and small number, a obedient but large number, Victor naturally wants to choose a obedient farmer.

"However, those mountain people are strong and have a strong temperament. After training, they can become qualified guards. Is it a pity to drive them away?" Lilia, who was born as a mercenary, paid more attention to the strength of the mountain people.

"The land strength of mountain people is much stronger than that of ordinary farmers, but why do other lords not recruit these mountain people, but choose soldiers from farmers?"

Before Lilia could answer, Victor explained, "because these mountain people are too wild and don't have much awe of the Lord. No matter how powerful they are, they can't be soldiers!"

"Soldiers focus on loyalty, obedience and unity, but personal strength is not the most important. Can soldiers be stronger than trainee knights? Today, you can see that the three mountain people are vulnerable in the hands of the big man. Although the farmer is a little weaker and has less courage, these can be trained. You say those mountain people who don't obey orders What good is it for us? "

Victor's words made several village leaders smile. They are all farmers with red seedlings.

"No wonder the mountain people recruited by our War Bear mercenaries die the most in the battle. Those who can survive are obedient." Lilia said suddenly.

"My Lord, will those mountain people driven out become our trouble? Or will they take refuge in Pinghu village?" Linda asked a little worried, but she knew that the fierce wolf was just Victor's bluff.

"Don't worry, those mountain people can't escape my palm! As for their possible defection to Pinghu village, let them go. I have my own plan." Victor said confidently that the fierce wolf was used to frighten people, but the alchemical war mastiff at his command was not to frighten people.

As for Pinghu village, it can no longer pose a threat to victor. Victor has six alchemical militias comparable to trainee knights, five alchemical war mastiffs, and Nelson. Such strength is enough to push Pinghu village, but Victor won't do so because he wants to swallow the whole Pinghu village!

Lilia looked at Victor's hand. It was slender, white and in perfect proportion. It was the most beautiful hand she had ever seen, but she really didn't see those mountain people in the palm of adults!

Victor didn't notice Lilia's confusion. He said to everyone: "I'll take care of the mountain people who left, but most of the free people left are farmers who came from the leading people. They are familiar with the affairs of the territory and obedient to the Lord, which is a force we must absorb. At present, they don't dare to leave our shelter under the threat of fierce wolves, but we all know that it's just a bluff."

Victor said this and everyone laughed.

"Our territory is very broad. We can't control it just by relying on a hill camp, so we need villages, and villages need these honest farmers. They can farm, log, mine, and become militias or even guards after training. So how to make these people return to their hearts is what you need to do."

Victor's serious attitude made everyone put away their smiles. They already felt Victor's dissatisfaction.

Victor turned to Linda and asked, "Linda, how do you punish those free people who make mistakes?"

"Adults, they all whip. Those who fight first whip ten, then three, those who steal twenty, those who rob thirty, those who bully women whip forty, and those who kill will be hanged. Oh, by the way, those who kill were killed today." Linda replied with great momentum.

"In the future, for these people who have made mistakes, they will whip once a day until they are finished." Said Victor.

"My Lord, can I ask why?" Linda is a little unwilling. Her childhood experience makes Linda hate those villains.

"That's humane. Well, let me put it another way. If a person steals something and is whipped so many times at a time, will he die directly? If he doesn't die, can he work? He can't work, but he has to be taken care of, right? He has to eat and drink for nothing, right? Will he do it again after the pain is over?"

Victor's series of questions confused everyone's mind.

"So, only by whipping once a day and making those criminals hurt once a day can they have a long memory. Moreover, they have to work to support themselves. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded again and again. They felt that their Lord was really wise and could not raise those villains for nothing.

"Those criminals who do not change after repeated education should not only be whipped, but also shackled. If they do not change, they will be hanged or exiled." Said Victor coldly.

All people are socialized animals, and no one wants to be despised in the group. Wearing shackles is actually a kind of spiritual punishment. If this is useless, Victor can only solve the problem of crime according to the traditional method.

"As you wish, my Lord." Linda was convinced by this time.

"Also, you usually lead these free people to work. Do you think they contribute?" Victor asked the village leader again.

"My Lord, they work much better than the mountain people, but they are much worse than us." A villager leader replied that his words were recognized by several other villager leaders. Obviously, this is a common phenomenon.

"It's natural. That's what big pot people do, so they have to have private property."

The camp provides food and protection for the free people in the temporary camp. Their motivation is to become the collar people. However, Victor is not prepared to increase the number of collar people of 20 people per month. Lowering the threshold will only cause greater trouble.

"Sir, do you want to give them money?" Maureen asked cautiously.

"I have no money."

Victor has a straight face. Now he has less than 3000 gold sol in his hand. He is a standard poor Lord.

"We give them meat!"

"Hair... Meat?"

The expression on everyone's face was wonderful when they thought that there were smelly wild boar meat hanging everywhere in the free people's shanty towns.

Victor took out a box from under the table and took out a large number of wooden discs, each with a number and a different color.

"These pieces of wood are meat. For those free people who work hard, you reward them with these pieces of wood. With this thing, they can exchange meat in the canteen. In the future, they can exchange clothes, boots, fur and even purple cane wine." Victor proudly said that this closed interest system will firmly tie those free people. Victor was inspired by various points systems on earth.

"Also, starting today, the supply of free meat in the temporary camp began to decrease." In order to increase the demand of free people for meat, Victor shamelessly added.

"By the way, I will ask the deputy team leader to listen to the demands of those free people when they rotate every month. The injustice and exclusion of these free people will be passed on. Therefore, don't let me down for the sake of your village head." Victor glanced sideways at several village leaders,

The implementation of the wood chip exchange system will certainly greatly increase the rights of the villagers' leaders. Victor felt that he had to beat them.

"My Lord, I won't let you down." Several village leaders were awestruck and expressed their positions one after another.

"Let's do things." Victor waved and signaled that everyone could go.

Everyone left one by one, and only Lilia stayed. Victor was a little surprised and asked, "Lilia, what can I do for you?"

Lilia pursed her small red mouth and blinked her big watery eyes. The thief said, "Victor, can I see the palm of your hand?"

Victor put out his hand for some reason. Lilia grabbed Victor's palm and looked carefully. She also touched it back and forth with her little hand. She was disappointed and said, "I don't see anything special. Why can't those mountain people escape from your palm?"

Victor was embarrassed, but when he saw Lilia's confused face, he was really charming. As soon as his heart was hot, he held the girl in his arms with his backhand, kissed her tender face twice, and said fiercely, "you can't escape my palm!"

With that, Victor left the barracks with a smile, leaving Lilia stamping her feet in the barracks with her red face.

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"King, I have made a plan to annex Pinghu village. Please help me analyze it and see if it is feasible." Victor asked taling in the alchemy tower.

"According to the investigation of the alchemical crow, I have confirmed that Bayer and Dick have reached a compromise. Although they are still paying sacrifices to me, they are also taking in the scattered free people."

"Therefore, I plan to use the alchemical war mastiff to block their camp and limit their range of activities. Soon, they will fall into a situation of food shortage. They either ask me for help or can't pay their offerings to me. At that time, they can only be at my mercy."

Now Pinghu village pays the sacrifices on time in the name of leading the people. Victor really has no excuse to clean them up. If they can't pay the sacrifices, Victor can naturally crusade against them. However, Victor can't really kill them, but should accept them all. If Bayer knows what he is, Victor can't take him in.

"My Lord, the probability of chebman family camp supporting Pinghu village is more than 70% The king preached to victor.

"Why? I have temporarily abandoned the eastern territory. What reason do they have to interfere in my internal affairs?"

"Because if you get into internal troubles, you won't have time and energy to solve external troubles, which is in the interests of the chebman family." The king replied.

Victor was silent. The king was right. Pinghu village may have been infiltrated by the chebman family. However, referring to the chebman family, Victor thought of the old mountain man again. His mind flashed and immediately had another idea.

"Since the chebman family wants me to get into trouble, I'll make a trouble for myself!"

"I can build another free people camp near the eastern territory and recruit those displaced mountain people. I believe the chebman family will turn to support the mountain people camp because they are already familiar with it."

"But they never thought that the camp was actually under my control!"

"At the same time, the use of alchemical war mastiff limited the scope of activities of the villagers in Pinghu village, resulting in their food shortage. I used food to control them. This gentle means will not cause the chebman family's rebound. Finally, Pinghu village can only be swallowed by me. Hehe, this is the means learned from the chebman family. Food is really a good noose."

Victor squeezed his fist and came up with a solution in an instant, which made him a little elated.

"Sir, how are you going to control those mountain people? Although alchemists are powerful, their EQ is too low to control a camp." Asked the king.

"Of course not by the alchemist militia alone. However, I have two good candidates to be the leader of the camp, and the alchemist militia only needs to assist them." Victor has a plan.

"My Lord, there is another question. Do you have any food?"

Yeah, do I have fucking food? Victor was in a mess in the wind. He seemed to have seen a noose around his neck......