Black Iron Crown

Under the warm sunshine, the forests in the north also gradually turned from white to green, and the seven-month-long winter finally came to an end in the frigid forests.

Without the cover of snow, the frigid forest finally revealed its full appearance. In Leiner's eyes, the endless and lush forest finally regained its vitality. The canopy of the trees is tightly blocked, but finally there will still be some mottled light and shadow shining on the ground along the gaps in the branches and leaves.

And through this lush woods, Reiner seemed to be able to see the small and thin Klad people shuttling back and forth in search of their own food. They held extremely crude weapons that could almost be classified into the primitive era, hunting These docile herbivores just came out of the severe cold.

There are also scenes of being killed and taken away by hungry carnivores who have been hungry all winter. This is the most primitive jungle, which is full of dangers, and the most primitive dark jungle law is vividly expressed here.

The Clade people living here don't need any courtesy, justice and shame at all. All they want is to survive, and forming a tribe is just to survive better in this dangerous jungle.

There are fewer and fewer Krader slaves in Leiner's territory, so we should catch some more. Anyway, the Kraders live in the frigid forest, and Leiner estimates that the speed at which he captures slaves may not be able to grow up with the other party. high speed.

As long as the Klade people can be caught all the time, isn't there a steady stream of labor, and even if there is loss, it can be quickly replenished.

With more slaves, it would be impossible for Reiner to let them all go to mine. Of course, such important physical labor as farming and reclamation is indispensable. Use them later.

Let the servant at the door of the study find Sir Corder and Sir Leyland, and Reiner shared his thoughts with them and planned to hear their opinions.

"However, the Klade people are all in the dense cold zone forest. We are not familiar with the terrain there. It is estimated that it will not be very efficient to search for each other aimlessly like this?" Sir Codd first said his own thoughts. Doubts, he is not very in favor of this plan.

It is of course a good thing to have a steady stream of slaves to use, and he will not refuse, but he is not very in favor of going into the dangerous cold forest to capture slaves, which carries a lot of risk.

Reiner didn't answer right away, but turned his attention to Sir Leyland, listening to his opinion.

After pondering for a while, Sir Leyland cleared his throat and said, "I think this is feasible!"

Seeing Sir Codd's different expressions, Sir Leyland continued: "Although the rugged forest terrain in the cold zone has many dangers, our team is not ignorant!"

"Don't our hunters often hunt there? Now under our training, those hunters are already some good hands! What's more, the slave hunting does not necessarily have to be done by the army, our army itself Not much, there is no need to waste it like this!"

"So, what do you think we should do?" asked Sir Cord, frowning.

"We can let the militiamen go!" Sir Leyland said: "After more than two months of training, the militiamen have shown some initial combat effectiveness, with hunters leading the team! Perhaps we can also send some regular armed soldiers or It was the sergeants who went into the cold forest to capture the Klade people!"

"But..." Sir Corder frowned and said: "Can the militiamen take on such a task now? I'm afraid their casualties will be too great!"

"But a soldier who has not seen blood is not a real soldier. They will be cowardly because of killing and bleeding. Participating in the slave hunting team is also a kind of training.

Instead of letting them flee on the battlefield due to cowardice and be defeated by the enemy and be killed by the enemy, I would rather let them die in the cold forest now, at least it will not bring disaster to our territory! "

Hearing Sir Leyland's words, Sir Corder was speechless and could only nod his head and said, "Maybe you are right, but it all depends on what the baron thinks and what decision he makes!"

Reiner, who had been listening to the debate between the two, finally spoke at this time. He said: "Sir Leyland's method is very good. It can not only capture slaves to help us work, but also play a role in training soldiers. Let's do it!"

After finishing speaking, Reiner thought for a while and said: "Tell the soldiers, I will reward them with a copper for catching a slave, and their baron can still afford the money!"

"A wise choice, you are a wise leader!" Sir Leyland said with a smile.

And Sir Corder also said: "Follow your order!"

"Oh, that's right!" Reiner said to the two: "Sir Cod, the knights can also lead people into the cold forest for hunting, and they are the same. As long as I catch a slave, I will reward them with a copper coin!"

Sir Corder nodded and said, "I will convey it to the knights!"

In this way, three days later in the morning, ten Slave Hunting Squads from Fort Moreland entered the city, each of which consisted of forty-five militiamen who had been trained for two months, three armed soldiers in full armor, and one Sergeant Merland, five trained hunters and an archer from Reiner's army.

On average, each slave hunting team has reached the number of 54 people. Their target is only the hunting team that goes out to hunt in groups in the cold zone forest. The maximum number of people will not exceed 30 people. It is estimated that there will be no accidents in the face of them. possibility.

And for the sake of safety, Leiner ordered them to return to rest as long as they captured forty slaves after entering the frigid forest, or they must return after entering the forest for 15 days, even if they got nothing, they must return within the specified time.

In this way, ten slave-catching teams marched northward from the front of the city wall of Fort Murland, and rushed to the cold forest for action.

At this time, the Klad people who were fighting with the wild beasts in the cold forest didn't know anything about it.

After sending off these slave hunting teams, Leiner also returned to his study. In addition to the slave hunting team formed by himself, the knights also led their team to the cold forest.

After all, the exorbitant interest is not something they can refuse. As long as twenty Klade slaves are captured, it is almost comparable to their income for a whole year. Therefore, under the temptation of this interest, they don't care about the danger at all. in the forest to find their prey.

And Reiner, who was in the study, also had some other thoughts. Since he can capture slaves and get slaves to help him work, then the population should be obtained in the same way.