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Chapter 290 Their New Hometown

Suddenly a large school of colorful fish appeared in the river, and they moved upstream at such a fast speed that a wave appeared on the water, which did not disappear for several minutes.

Hai Jiaqi shouted in surprise: "There is another war nearby!"

Frederick asked him curiously, "How did you know there was going to be a war?"

Hai Jiaqi pointed to the river and replied: "Those are rainbow fish. They eat meat. If an injured animal enters the water, they will catch up with the smell of blood. The more blood in the water, the farther it will flow. There are more rainbow fish smelling past. There are so many fish now, it means that many people died upstream."

Frederick said thoughtfully: "It should be a country in the upper reaches of the war."

At this time, Rosanna, who was sitting next to Aisha, said in a low voice, "There is only our new home ahead."

Roseanne was the girl who threw a frost spell to the fire-striped snake that climbed onto the boat a few days ago, and she was also the younger sister of Aisha's late husband. After seeing that Frederick could also use magic, she kept asking questions these days.

Frederick asked her in surprise, "So someone attacked your house?"

Rosanna replied nonchalantly: "It's a common thing. When someone sees us as newcomers, he tries to trick us. Wasn't it thrown into the river to feed the fish?"

Frederick had nothing to say. Billa and his group fought all the way. Although there are many old and weak, their core combat strength is not weak, and they are more than enough to deal with the king of the mountain in the forest.

The fleet arrived at the destination two hours later, and Bila and the others named the place "Xinxiang".

About one kilometer away from the pier, the river was boiling violently, and severed limbs would float up and be torn off from time to time.

On the shore, a group of strong men walked back, talking and laughing.

Rosanna ran to the bow, excitedly waving hello to her second uncle.

The fleet quickly docked at the pier in turn. The soldiers who had just put down their weapons talked and laughed and moved the goods off the ship, and put them on the trestle before washing the blood and minced meat.

Frederick stood on the edge of the trestle bridge and looked around curiously. The terrain of this place was both good and bad.

This is a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing a river on the other, with a radius of three to four kilometers. The surrounding mountains are five to six hundred meters high, and many streams flow down from the mountains.Near the west, there is a hill more than 600 meters high. The town is on this hill. The trees on the hillside have basically been cut down, and people have reclaimed farmland to grow crops there.

However, the flat land inside the basin is basically a swamp, overgrown with reeds, and Bila and the others built a long wooden bridge with wood to connect the town and the mountain road leading to the pier.

That's why they set their battles on the docks, if the enemy took the docks and the wooden bridges, they could trap everyone in the town before the floods brought by the monsoons turned the swamps into lakes.

At this time, Rosanna's second uncle walked carefully to Frederick's side, looked carefully, and said in surprise: "So it's really Duke Wesson!"

Frederick turned his head to look at the old man, and replied with a smile: "I don't think Billa will lie to you. It sounds like you have seen me?"

The old man introduced himself: "My name is Robbie, and I used to be a scholar."

Then he shook his head helplessly: "I used to think that I had a profound attainment in the field of ice magic. I saw in Bila's letter that the scholars at Wessenburg University had a high salary. I went to Wessenburg University three years ago. , planning to seek a professorship to earn a little money."

"As a result, I was rejected in the first round of the interview... In your words, it was brushed down. They said that my knowledge structure has aged and I can't go to Weissburg University. I can consider going to elementary school to give children enlightenment education .”

"When the interview came out, I saw you and Sage Manuel walking in front of you, as if they were talking about what differentiation and integration must be tested in the future exam."

Frederick nodded slightly. He had no impression of Robbie, but it happened to be the period when he asked for calculus to be a compulsory course at Weissburg University. A large supplementary examination fee.

After nodding his head, he repeated his old habit. He pointed to the swamp in front of him and said, "Do you plan to develop this place?"

Robbie pointed to the mountain on the east side and replied: "According to Billa's plan, we are going to burn the mountain on the east side, and when the rainy season comes, there will be mudslides, and the washed down mud will fill up the swamp over there. "

Frederick looked over there. The mountain was relatively steep, but it was densely wooded. It would take a lot of effort to burn it.

Robbie then pointed to the swamp in front of him and said: "During the rainy season, the river overflows, and the water here is more than one meter deep. Too many bugs."

Frederick took a look. The section of the basin near the river was about one kilometer long, and the volume of earth above the ground was only [-] to [-] square meters. However, there was a swamp below, and the foundation might be unstable and seepage.

So he said: "I'm worried that the foundation is not stable. You tell Bila to fill the foundation with small stones and clay, and then build the embankment after it is compacted."

Robbie immediately agreed. Duke Wesson's engineering accomplishments are universally recognized, and he heard a lot when he was in Wessen State.

The two chatted for a while, and Aisha came to find Robbie. After they muttered a few words in the distance, Robbie said that he had something to do, and Aisha called Rosanna to take Frederick back to town first.

It was only at night that Frederick found out that Robbie took people to ransack the enemy's home just now, and brought back rich booty and many young women.

Most of them are young and middle-aged, and most of them are guards and soldiers at that time. There are fewer women and many are ladies from several families. The previous concept is still there, so population reproduction is a big problem.

Frederick and Haijiaqi saw the women who were brought back outside the house very calmly, lined up on the side of the road, looking around under the torch one by one, waiting for the men here to choose.

Robbie hinted that Frederick would pick a few first, but Frederick naturally refused. This is not the same thing as engaging in passion.

At this time, an older woman quarreled with Aisha, and Frederick didn't know which side was the loser.

It's just that they spoke the local language with a dialect, so fast and urgent that Frederick couldn't understand it.

In the end, Aisha was defeated, and Frederick asked Robbie curiously, "What's going on?"

Robbie was also a little confused, and it took a while to answer: "The woman said that fighting is a man's business. If their men lose, they will follow the men who win. According to Lin Hai's tradition, when they enter our town, they are ours. According to the custom, the woman with the biggest butt should match the man with the broadest shoulders."

Hai Jiaqi, who was on the side, said: "There is such a thing, good-bearing women are matched with strong men, so that there will be more and more strong children."

"The locals also believe that a strong father will also have a strong child, and a woman with a small butt can't tolerate such a strong child and will die."

"There's nothing to do about it. There are too many people in Lin Haili who gave birth and died."

"You may not know that in some places, several countries hold regular martial arts competitions, and No. 1 can bring home the woman with the biggest butt who comes to find her husband."

Frederick nodded after hearing this. In such a place with harsh environment, shortage of supplies and poor medical conditions, it is reasonable for the locals to adopt this approach.

Hai Jiaqi smiled and said to Robbie: "Hurry up and find a ruler, don't delay doing good things tonight."

"Don't underestimate the women in Lin Haili. Once they become stubborn, ten buffaloes won't be able to hold them back."

Robbie thought he was well-informed, and this was the first time he had heard of such a thing. He shook his head and said, "I seem to understand. When I asked them to hand over half of the young women, I was worried that these women would cry and make trouble. A lot of ropes. I didn’t expect them to come out, not only did not cry or make trouble, but also helped us move things.”

Frederick smiled wryly and shook his head. In the current environment, combat power is the guarantee of survival. Being strong means having a house, a car, and deposits, and having an economic foundation. Whether it is society or a family, whoever controls the economic lifeline has to listen. who.

(End of this chapter)