I'm not a lord

Chapter 126 Lin En Eats and Takes
When faced with the various requests made by Lynn, old Thorward no longer had the courage to refuse.

A few days ago, the archers who were serving in the White Bear Territory returned to their tribe and asked to bring their families to the White Bear Territory.

Does old Thorward dare to refuse?

He could only watch as more than 300 people completely left the tribe.

Even as the patriarch, he could not stop his people from pursuing a better life.

When people go to White Bear Territory, they can get a stable income from food through farming, and they also have stone houses to shelter them from the wind and rain. Isn't it more comfortable than mining and hunting in the depths of the forest?

The lord of White Bear Territory really keeps his word, and all the cakes he draws can be baked into delicious real cakes.

The fifty barbarian archers had only been soldiers for more than two months, but each of them was allocated land and had a stable monthly salary and food income.

With these good examples, the young men in the tribe now aspire to become soldiers and work for their lords rather than the patriarch.

After all, hunting in the forest also involves various risks, so it’s better to fight on the battlefield.

If you win, your whole family will ascend to the White Bear Territory. If you lose, you will still receive a high pension. Either way, you won't lose.

"Your Excellency the Baron, please give the order. The lowland tribes are willing to serve you."

Old Thorward simply spoke frankly.

In fact, Lynn's influence in the lowland tribe is no less than that of the tribe leader.

Not only was Lin En proficient in the language of the barbarians, he also married the daughter of the clan leader and gained the support of a group of young and strong people such as Little Soward.

In addition, the lowland tribes have a deep blood feud with other tribes.

As long as Lin En raises his voice in the tribe, there will be many passionate young men willing to fight for him.

"I want you to personally lead an elite team to carefully explore the route to the wasteland, contact the tribes in the south of the wasteland, and try to persuade them to come and join us. If you can't convince them, that's fine. I will send troops to wipe them out."

Lynn's plan was simple.

Now Old Thorward's loyalty has exceeded 85 points, and he has been taken in as his follower.

Through the follower's map exploration function, Linn can let Lao Suo explore the fog of the map in the northern wilderness.

Lao Suo has three-star attribute values ​​and is familiar with the terrain of the wasteland, so he will definitely be able to complete the map opening task well.

As for contacting other tribes, this is a side quest assigned to him by Lin En. It would be best if he can complete it, but it is not a big problem if he cannot.

Anyway, once the map is opened, he has nine ways to get the barbarians to his own territory.

"Then I'll leave right away."

Old Thorward could naturally hear the hidden meaning in Lynn's words.

The lord's greed was insatiable. He was not satisfied with swallowing the lowland tribes and wanted to eat more people.

But old Thorward thought it was a good idea.

The lowland tribes had only about 4,000 people in total, which was far from enough to satisfy the lord's big appetite.

More and more young and middle-aged tribesmen will migrate to the White Bear Territory, and the tribe’s labor gap will also widen.

The lowland tribes also need more fresh blood!
Among the nine tribes of the barbarians, it is normal for them to rob each other of their population. After seizing the population of other tribes and forcibly breeding them, they can digest them all in one generation at most.

After all, the barbarians all speak the same language and have no difference in appearance, so it shouldn't be too easy for them to integrate.

And Lynn promised to send troops, which removed the last psychological barrier for old Thorward.

The main reason he had resisted revenge in the past was that the lowland tribes were small in population and poorly equipped. If a large-scale war broke out again, the entire tribe would be at risk of overthrow. Lao Suo had seen the soldiers of the White Bear Territory before. They were well-equipped and well-trained. With excellent guides, they would surely be able to defeat the eight tribes of the wasteland.

"No rush. I'm going to recruit fifty-one archers from the lowland tribes this time. Make arrangements quickly. I'll bring them back to White Bear Territory tomorrow."

Lin En naturally would not let old Thorward go so easily. He was very envious of the young men of the lowland tribes.

There are too few barbarian archers in a squadron.

He needed at least two squadrons to be worthy of his noble position as the ruler of two baronies.

Old Thorward was mentally prepared for this, so he was only momentarily stunned before nodding obediently, "Understood. I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

That night, Lin En did not stay at Lao Su's house and left Mira at his father's house.

The second brother led his soldiers to clear a piece of land on the side of the gravel road and built a temporary military camp.

Lin En had just finished dinner with the soldiers when young men from the barbaric society came to visit him one after another.

They all had the same goal: to serve as soldiers for the lord and to bring their families to the White Bear Territory.

Meanwhile, Thorward Sr. was having dinner with his wife and two daughters.

The current diet of the lowland tribes is similar to that of the White Bear Territory serfs, mainly consisting of rye porridge, supplemented with a certain amount of meat and fruits and vegetables.

Lao Suo does have more than a dozen wives, but the status of each wife varies.

The person with the highest status is undoubtedly little Thorward's biological mother.

At the dinner table, the young woman, who was in her early thirties, couldn't help but talk about the exchange rate between salt and rye.

"When my son came back, he told me that in the Shoal Territory further south, salt can be exchanged for several times its weight in rye. I think you could talk to the baron and see if he could get more rye. He married your two daughters, so he has to..."

But before his wife could finish her words, Lao Suo slammed the table and said, "Enough! If you don't want to live, you can hang yourself on a tree right now. Don't implicate the entire tribe!"

He was really pissed off by this stupid woman.

Is that something you can say? Are you trying to kill yourself?

Are the lowland tribes qualified to bargain with His Excellency the Baron?

It is a favor from the Baron to exchange five parts of salt for one part of rye!
After all, this salt mine does not belong to the lowland tribes. They are now making a living in the territory of the White Bear Territory, and at best they are just miners.

If the Baron wants them to live, he can let them live; if he wants them to die, there is no possibility for them to survive.

Are you even bargaining?

If it weren't for the Baron's gift, the lowland tribes would still be starving in the forest.

Old Thorward knows what is right and what is wrong and knows his limits.

Even if we put aside the so-called favor, the few hundred soldiers under Baron White Bear are enough to flatten the lowland tribes.

What's more, the two daughters are listening at the table. If they tell this to the baron, the whole tribe will be finished.

After slamming the table, Lao Suo still felt unsatisfied. He raised his leg and kicked his former beloved wife off the dining table.

Afterwards, he reminded his two daughters, "You don't need to hide what happened in the tribe from His Excellency the Baron. Do you understand?"

"Understood, father."

Mira and Millie held their bowls of porridge and nodded obediently. It was the first time they saw their father so angry that his face turned red.

(End of this chapter)